Emma watched the pair of boys with worried eyes; the first task was in two hours and they didn't even look scared. She was glad Cedric was being friendly towards Harry; the rest of the school still seemed to think Harry had cheated and were being extremely rude to the boy. Emma sighed, rolling her eyes and watched them step into the tent before taking a deep breath and standing with Hermione. The two girls made their way thru the crowd towards the back of the tent.

"Harry?" she asked thru the curtain and Harry looked at the curtain "Emma?" he asked and stepped closer. "Yeah, Hermione's here too" she told him. Cedric looked towards Harry and saw him whispering to the curtain before he shook his head and laughed. "Are you scared?" Hermione asked him "Not really" he said. "Well you've just got to concentrate then you just have to..." Emma said, trailing off "Fight a dragon, yeah" he told her and the two girls made a squealing noise before throwing the curtain aside and launching themselves at him.

"I' m scared" Emma told him after Hermione had stepped back to let the two talk and he hugged her closer to his body.

"I'll be alright" he told her and she smiled. "I know" she said.

Cedric watched with jealous eyes as Emma hugged Harry, how he wished it was him. "Alright, I'll be back" she told Harry and ran towards Cedric "Hey, remember your promise" she told him and kissed his cheek as he smiled down at her. "I remember" he whispered in her hair. "Alrighty then I guess I can go then?" she aksed and her boys nodded their heads. "Right then, be careful guys" she told them, giving them both a kiss on the cheek. She made her way back to her seat with Hermione and saw Ron sitting in the spot next to Hermione's seat. "This isn't going to be awkward at all" she told herself and rolled her eyes before taking her seat.

Emma sat biting her nails as the cannon sounded and Cedric entered the pit taking a look around. She saw the dragon before he did and the next thing she knew his arm was on fire and Cedric was shouting spells at the flames, trying desperately to extinguish the flames while trying to hide from the dragon. She screamed when he jumped out of the way of the deadly tail just in time and smiled when he grabbed the dragon's egg, holding it high above his head with a smile. She clapped her hands and excused herself before standing to walk towards the tent. She took a deep breath before she stepped inside.

"Hey Emma" Peter said from his spot next to Cedric. "Hey Pete" she said as she stepped further into the tent, his friends parting so she could stand by his side.

"Are you alright?" she asked him as she looked at his burn.

"Yeah, just a scratch" he told her and she hit him.

"It is not, you're bleeding" she told him as a tear slid down her cheek. "Hey, I'm fine" he told her, lifting her chin to look at him "I told you not to enter" she whispered and he pulled her to him with his good arm. "I know darling and I'm sorry" he joked and she smiled up at him.

"No dying" she told Harry, after she excused herself from Cedric's side and he smiled at her. "And leave your pretty face, I don't think so" he joked and she kissed his forehead, right next to his scar, as she always did. She sat with Cedric for a few moments before she walked towards the front of the tent, where it entered the pit. She saw Harry jump onto his broom and fly away and she smiled. She let out a horrified cry when she dragon broke free from its restraints and flew after Harry.

"What's going on?" Cedric asked, sitting up as his friends turned their heads toward her. "He…the dragon, and flying and he's flying towards Harry, they're gone" she blabbered, not making any sense. "That doesn't make any sense" Scott said. She turned towards the group and tried to calmly explain what had happened.

"He's shit out of luck, that kid is" John said and she glared at him. "Sorry?" he asked and she nodded her head at him as Cedric laughed. When the task was finished she bid goodbye to Cedric and made her way back to her common room with Harry.

"How do you suppose I open this thing?" Cedric asked her a few days later as the two stared at the golden egg sitting in front of them on the grass near the Black Lake.

"Not sure" she said as she inspected it.

"You tried opening it already and it screamed at you?" she asked and he nodded his head.

"Yeah that happened when Harry opened it too, right before him and Ron had their talk" she said as she poked it.

"I doubt poking it is going to get it to not scream at me when I open it" he joked as he watched her from his spot underneath the large oak tree.

"Hey, at least I'm trying here" she told him, turning her head to glare at him. She let out a loud laugh when he pounced on her, pilling her onto his lap as he tickled her "I give up!" she screamed as she tried to pull away from his grip.

"Maybe you should open it in the bath?" she suggested an hour later as they sat in the library.

"What good would that do?" he asked as he shut his Charms book and looked at her.

"I don't know we've tried everything else just about" she said as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Well, it could work I suppose, I'll try it later and let you know how it goes" he said as he stood.

"Oh please, tell me how your bath goes" she said dramatically and he winked at her. "Didn't know you thought of me like that Emma" he joked before he left, missing her blush.