"And then...we kissed and one thing led to another..." Bridgette said to Alexis, laughing as her eyes grew wide.
"Did you...sleep together?" she asked.
"Oh nooooo. No. No no no no no," Bridgette said, shaking her head fastly as a disgusted look formed on her face.
"Well why not?" Alexis exclaimed.
"Because...I hate him," Bridgette said as though it were obvious.
"Then why'd you kiss him?" Alexis asked, a smile playing at her lips.
"HE kissed ME!" Bridgette exclaimed, clearing the grounds, "I simply tilted my head and leaned forward a bit to see him better in the dark."
"Why would you want to see him better? Why didn't you just leave to prevent the kiss from happening at all?" Alexis asked, grinning hugely.
"Just...shut up," Bridgette said, laughing slightly, "he had this weird look on his face, and I was trying to see what it was in the first place."
"Whatever...I'm leaving, come get me when you finally wake up!" Alexis said, giggling a little before leaving.
"I'll be down in a few," Bridgette said, laughing and rolling over so she could stretch a bit.
After a few minutes, she got up and practically ran down the steps, consequentially running right into someone and falling down on her butt.
"Clumsy me!" she exclaimed, getting herself up off the ground before looking up at the person.
Brent stared down at her with his gorgeous hazel eyes and she looked away. "Anyway, I should be going," she mumbled.
"Could we talk Bee?" he asked, turning around as she did and reaching out for her arm.
"I don't think we have anything to say to each other," Bridgette whispered, forcing herself not to look at him. "Now let me go, Lexi is waiting for me."
"Please. Just a minute," Brent said softly.
Bridgette sighed and looked up at him. "Fine," she mumbled, yanking her arm out of his grip, "Where?" she folded her arms across her chest as she looked up at him.
"Let's go take a walk," he suggested.
"Fine, ok," she said, shrugging and following him down the rest of the stairs and out into the common room before they went out and made their way outside.
"Well, you're the one who wanted to talk so...talk," she said awkwardly, playing with the cuff of her sleeve.
Brent reached out and took her hand in his but she jerked it away, stuffing both of them into her jacket pockets.
"Can you give me another chance?" he asked.
"Wh--what? How could you even ASK me that Brent?" Bridgette demanded, pushing her long hair behind her shoulder.
"Look, Bee, I messed up, I'm sorry...we can fix this," he said, stopping and making her face him.
"No we can't Brent. You...you broke my heart; I can't forgive you like that. You made me feel used and...and useless," Bridgette exclaimed.
"I didn't mean to, Bee, I just...I guess I got freaked out when you said that you loved me," he explained. "I didn't want to hurt you."
"Do you know just how...transparent you are?" Bridgette demanded, halting in her tracks.
"What do you mean," he asked, looking her straight in the eyes.
"You are SUCH a bad liar!" she shouted.
"What? Bee, I'm not--" he began but she cut him off. "Don't even try, Brent! You just want to get me into bed again!" she exclaimed.
"No, really," he said, sighing, "I'm not lying Bridgette, really, just give me another chance! What we had...it was amazing...spectacular...real!"
"Real? Oh my God, Brent, what we had wasn't real!" Bridgette cried. "If it was real you wouldn't have left!"
"I told you, I made a mistake! I...I panic under stress Bridgette! It WAS real! I felt it, and I know you did too!" Brent exclaimed, suddenly leaning forward and kissing her.
She let him deepen the kiss a little before pushing away. "I don't think I could trust you again," she sighed.
"Please try...for me, Bridgette...for us," he whispered, reaching for her hand.
"How do I know it couldn't happen again Brent...I'm sorry, I can't," Bridgette whispered, pulling her hand back before running away.
"Bridgette!" Brent called after her but she kept running, her vision blurred by tears.
"Whoa...what's the matter?" Cedric asked, reaching out and grasping her arm as she ran into him and then tried to run away from him.
"Nothin, Cedric, really, just let me go," she said softly, trying to hide her tears.
"What happened Bee?" he asked.
"Leave me alone and don't call me that! I don't even like you!" she shouted, pushing him off of her before running off.
He caught up to her and turned her around, forcing her to stop and look at him. "Please, just tell me what happened...maybe I can fix it," he said.
"NO!" she screamed at him. "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
She jerked from his grasp and turned around, running back in the other direction without knowing it. She wasn't even looking and ran right into Brent again.
"Somebody KILL me!" she screamed, crying out and sitting down in the middle of the hallway, one boy standing on each side of her.
"Oh, I should have known," Cedric said, glaring at Brent. "Get the fuck away from her, now."
"Me? What about you? You're as good as a stalker Diggory, why don't YOU fuck off?" Brent demanded, standing nose to know with Cedric, the two boys about the same height and build.
Cedric just glared at him and he laughed. "What's the matter, Diggory? Afraid to fight me?" he asked.
"Thought so," he said, smirking before backing up a moment later.
"Don't tempt me," Cedric replied, his hand wrapped secretly around the handle of his wand.
"I said to leave, Stevenson," Cedric growled.
"And I suppose YOU'RE going to make me?" Brent demanded.
"No, let's do this the REAL way sissy boy, not with our wands, fight like a REAL man," Brent said.
"Brent, stop it!" Bridgette cried. "Maybe you both should just leave!"
"Stay out of this, Bridgette," Cedric said.
"DON'T tell me to stay out of my own business! Don't tell me to stay out of my own life!" Bridgette shouted, "I hate both of you, just LEAVE ME ALONE!" But it was too late; Brent had already punched Cedric in the face.
"Bridgette, get BACK," Brent exclaimed as Cedric lunged for him.
Bridgette screamed and leaped out of the way as Cedric tackled Brent to the ground.
She watched in horror as Cedric threw punch after punch at Brent, "Brent you idiot! Both of you just stop!" Bridgette exclaimed, running forward and pulling Brent away from Cedric, barely able to look at his nearly pulverized face.
"This isn't over, Diggory!" Brent exclaimed.
Bridgette looked over at Cedric and mumbled, "Cedric, I think you should go."
Brent tried to say something but she stopped him, "We need to get you to the hospital wing," she said worriedly.
"I can walk Bridgette, I'll be fine, I just need a few band aids, really," he told her.
"No, I'm going with you," she said, taking his hand and walking with him to the hospital wing. She could feel him squeeze her hand and looked up. "This doesn't change anything, Brent, I hope you know that."
"I know Bee...I know" he said softly, "Just...thank you."
She didn't say anything as they approached the hospital wing. "Oh my God, what happened to him?" Madame Pomfrey asked, rushing him over to a bed.
"He fell outside," Bridgette said quickly, following them in and over to where she had Brent lay down.
"Really, it's not that bad," Brent said, pushing Madame Pomfrey away from the bed and sitting up.
"It won't be when I'm done. You," she turned to Bridgette. "Out. Out out out."
"Ok," Bridgette said, about to walk away, but for some reason she quickly bent over him and placed a feather light kiss on his lips.
"Out!' Madame Pomfrey exclaimed and Bridgette quickly left, seeing Cedric outside waiting for her.
"God, Cedric, Brent was right, you are a stalker," she said.
"How could you just turn around and go back to him after what he did to you?" Cedric asked, "What about what happened between us during break Bee? And by the way, I'm not going out with Heather."
"Then why were you eating each other's faces that day about a month before break?" Bridgette asked angrily. "And as for what happened over break...it was a mistake, one I won't be making again."
"It wasn't a mistake Bee; you obviously wanted it if you didn't pull away right away. You're starting to remember, admit it, you've had several dreams now," Cedric said.
"I've only had two and that doesn't mean I'm starting to remember you!" Bridgette exclaimed. "I don't want to remember you! I hate you, just go away!"
"You keep saying it, but you don't mean it. None of it ever reaches your eyes Bridgette! Goddamit why can't you just...push aside the fact that our parents were trying to set us up together at the beginning of the summer and open your heart to me!" Cedric exclaimed.
When she didn't say anything, Cedric covered the distance between them and kissed her passionately.
Bridgette didn't know whether to scream or to just kiss him back. She was so confused right now. She had just kissed Brent, so wasn't she technically back with him? Yet here she was kissing Cedric back, "No...I can't fool around Cedric...I, I made a commitment...to Brent," she said, pulling back.
"Wh-What?" Cedric asked. "After what he did to you? Why?"
"It just feels right Cedric. He was my first you know and...he just seemed genuine when he apologized," Bridgette told him, trying to break from his grasp.
"Kiss me," Cedric said.
"What? Cedric, we just kissed," Bridgette said, confused. "No, I kissed you...I've always kissed you...you kiss me and if you don't feel anything at all, go in there with him, I wish you all the happiness in the world...but if you kiss me, and feel something, please, stay out here with me," he said, gazing directly into her eyes.
"What? You're fucking crazy Cedric!" Bridgette exclaimed, glaring at him before walking back into the hospital room.
Cedric sighed and ran a hand through his hair in frustration. He glanced into the room and felt a pang at his heart as Bridgette sat down beside Brent on the bed and leaned down to kiss him. "I love you," he mumbled before walking slowly back to the Hufflepuff common room.