"Here he is!" Ginny teased as we all walked quickly towards Cedric. My heart started to pound erratically in my chest and my stomach fluttered as my favourite crooked smile spread across his face. "The birthday boy!" she laughed and I watched as she threw me a playful look.

"Mione" Cedric said happily as he walked up to me and quickly pulled me into a hug. "I have missed you" he said before he pressed a kiss against the top of my head.

"I have missed you too" I replied as I looked up at him. Me and Cedric then smiled at each other; I felt our faces start to gravitate towards each other's but we both stopped when we heard Ron's voice saying hello to Cedric.

"Hey" Cedric said to him as he smiled warmly at him as he kept his arms around my waist.

"Hey" Harry, Ron and Ginny said together.

"Happy Birthday" they all chorused.

"Thank you" Cedric replied happily with a large grin.

"We got you this" Harry advised and Cedric pulled his right arm from my waist and took the three presents from me. In all fairness that asked me what to get Cedric for his birthday; and this meant a great deal to me. We had been together just over two years now; and there were times were I still didn't believe that Cedric was mine. Yes now that he had left school things were difficult but we both knew that we were strong enough to get through anything.

"Aw thanks!" he smiled. "You didn't need to" he offered modestly.

"We wanted to" Harry replied as Ron smiled meekly at him.

"Yeah" Ron replied and we all fell into an awkward silence.

"So I guess we best leave you guys to it" Ginny said breaking the silence, and by the look in her eyes she knew that both me and Cedric didn't want to come off as rude by leaving to spend time together. "Come on you two" she teased as she playfully shoved Harry and her brother. "See you" she winked at us both before the three of them left our company.

"See you!" we both called as we watched them disappear into the busy crowds on people that were walking up and down the narrow streets.

"So where to first my love?" Cedric asked warmly and I tore my eyes away from the direction where Harry, Ginny and Ron disappeared to and I looked up at him.

"Anything" I grinned as I dropped my arms from his waist and I slid my right hand into his left. "You pick" I added eagerly. "You are the birthday boy after all" I teased and I watched as he chuckled at my playfulness before he started to lead me down the street in the opposite direction to the others. In all honesty I didn't mind what we did; as long as we were both together it would be perfect.

We both quickly went back to Cedric's room at the Three Broomsticks to drop off his presents; however when I went to open the door to leave he put his hand on my right wrist to stop me.

"Cedric?" I asked in confusion. "Is something wrong?" I questioned.

"No" he smiled as he stood in front of me. "Just something that I need to do" he advised with a warm smile.

"I see" I noted. "What?" I enquired as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closely to him so my chest was now against his.

"This" he advised before he pushed his lips against mine. I fell into the kiss instantly and slowly snaked my arms around his neck. My heart started to pound in my chest and my stomach fluttered as Cedric deepened the kiss and his smooth tongue slid against mine. It felt like me and Cedric hadn't been away from each other and I loved it! Being with Cedric was as easy as breathing; this just showed me that we were meant to be together - no amount of time apart was going to change this.

"I see" I breathed after we broke apart and I watched as his mouth spread into a large toothy grin.

"Ced" I said cheekily.

"Yes" he panted.

"Come back here" I said and I pulled on his clock and pulled him back to me so our lips collided again. I wanted to feel his lips again and we fell into our kiss once more and as I felt Cedric tenderly cup the back of my head I couldn't help but sigh against his lips - very happy to be back in my lover's arms.

After we had spent some time together in his room we then decided to go to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop for some lunch. We had shared a few dates here in the past; and it was nice to be back here just the two of us.

"This is nice" I smiled as I rested both of my hands onto the table after finding our seats after ordering our food and drinks.

"Yes" he agreed as he reached forward and slid both of his hands into mine causing us both to smile at each other.

"Come here you" he joked.

"Wha-" I managed to get out before Cedric pulled me forward and we both shared a brief kiss over the small wooden table.

"Wow!" I breathed after we broke apart.

"Yes wow!" he laughed. "I've missed you" he reminded me.

"I missed you too" I returned as I started to slowly stroke my thumbs along his hands. "I hate that we can't see each other more" I pouted.

"I know baby" he answered lovingly. "But there will be a point where we will see each other all of the time" he grinned.

"Yes" I confirmed as I squeezed his hands slightly. "I love the fact that we are getting to spend your birthday together" I added fondly.

"The most perfect birthday present" he advised happily.

"I haven't given you your birthday present yet" I chuckled.

"I know" he replied. "After this we could go to my room and you could give me it then?" he suggested.

"Yeah" I said as a large grin spread across my face; yes I know that it would mean that we would be spending most of Cedric's birthday in his room. But I didn't mind; part of my present we needed to be on our own any way. "Would be nice for some privacy too" I winked at him.

"Yep" he answered. "A nice cuddle is very much wanted" he chuckled just as the waitress brought us our hot chocolates, marshmallows and cream. Me and Cedric then feel into a long conversation about what we had both been getting up since we last saw each other; I loved hearing Cedric talking eagerly about his work. He loved working with his father; and he felt like he had managed to find his place in the world - and I was very proud of him.