Okay well I checked my reviews today and holy shit there were a lot so thanx guys and I think someone said I need a betta reader. Well I agree lol. I am the worst at gramma lol but I don't know how the whole betta thing worx but I'd be greatful if anyone wud like to be my betta so neways…on with the story. Oh and the lyrics are from Buffy the vampire slayer thing but I don't own nething but the storyline in this fic.

Chapter 2 The Yuletide Drama (part 2 of the ball)

'Oh he laughed, he laughed his wonderful laugh. Dare she say he was laughing with her. Oh he was so dreamy so prince like but she just had to get rid of Cho and Viktor. Oh wow this is my lucky night' Hermione thought to herself. To her luck Viktor had been taken by Kakaroff for 'a minute' and her darling bestfriend Cho was talking to one of her friends and Cedric was staring at Cho. This was her queue.

"So did you kiss and make up?" Hermione asked smiling shyly.

"Mione you look beautiful, sorry, no we haven't made up we actually broke up but we agreed to come to the ball for, as Cho put it our 'final appearance'." Cedric replied sullenly but Hermione's heart stopped when he called her beautiful and when did he start calling her 'Mione'. It didn't matter when he started calling her that because she liked it anyway.

"Well she doesn't deserve you anymore. She changed a lot this year Cedric." Hermione sighed.

"Yeah you're right. I'm kind of happy about it though. The only scary thing is I have to get back into the 'dating game'." Cedric shuddered making Hermione laugh.

"Well I'll always be here to help you with the female species. I mean I am a female although I think Harry and Ron only just noticed." She laughed. Cedric smiled and let out one of his whole hearted laughs.

"I guess you aren't just the little bookworm everyone thought you were but if you ask me you need to start taking time out to make everyone notice just how lovely you are Mione."

"I don't really have the t-"

"Alright you lot get into your lines its time to enter, Hermione dear is that you?" Professor McGonagal asked(I can't spell her name lol and my books are to far away lol)

"Yes"

"You look lovely, now everyone follow me."

Hermione didn't pay attention for most of the first dance until it became the time to switch partners.

"Hey Mione you look beautiful and you came with Krum." Harry said astonished.

"Yeah, I thought it was about time I showed that I'm not some little worm." Hermione replied as the rest of the Schools joined the dance floor. Harry had just been asked to dance by Cho so Hermione cleverly ran off to put phase 2 of the plan into action. Phase 2: play hard to get and be mysterious. Hermione walked her way out of the hall making sure she walked passed Cedric. To Hermione and Ginny, she was playing to get the guy. To everyone else she looked quite distressed after Dumbeldore had finished his speech about Voldemort.

Cedric followed Hermione out onto the grounds. He knew she was a key to this coming war with Voldermort but no one ever stopped to check she was okay. He was sure Harry and Ron did all they could but he also knew Hermione had a tendency not to tell anyone how she felt and tried to help the boys. He followed Hermione down to the giant tree by the lake. She was sitting with her arms wrapped around her. Her eyes glistened, preparing to let the tears fall. She saw Cedric and tried to cover her smile, phase 2 had worked but she really was starting to get scared about this whole voldermort thing. She was fed up and tired of having to defeat him year by year just to have him return the next year.

Cedric just stood there nailed to the spot he was a boy, he had no idea how to comfort her. Why was this so hard for him. Part of him wanted to run over and hug her but the other half said. Wait the other half was remembering a poem he had read in her book along time ago. He could hear her whispering it to the shadows. She was letting him into her world. His heart jumped. He remembered every last line. Cedric sat down next to the girl and let her talk it all out with him.

Every single year
The same arrangement
I go out and fight the fight
Still I always feel
This strange estrangement
Nothing here is real
Nothing here is right
I've been making shows of trading blows
Just hoping no one knows
That I've been
Going through the motions
Walking through the part
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart
I was always brave
And kind of righteous
Now I find I'm wavering
Crawl out of you grave
You find this fight just
Doesn't mean a thing

The tears started falling when Cedric put his arms around her. When had she got this emotional.

Finally after she was all cried out and hour later she turned to Cedric.

"Why did you come out here? You just got cried allover." She asked.

"I think it's cos I like you." Cedric replied looking into her teary eyes. Hermione started to lean towards him. He let her come closer and closer. His mind was racing, she was going to kiss him.