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A/N: Hello again! It's a four day weekend, so I will take this time to write you, my lovelies, a new chapter! The big one-oh! We've reached double digits. That's the first time I've done that with fanfiction. So that's a good sign. :3 I hope this one goes better for me, as I wasn't too satisfied with the last one...hopefully you like it:D Please read, review, and have a nice week!
Thanks to:
luv sean faris: Thanks! Don't worry, everything is going to get more romantic from now on out, so don't worry. Just keep reading, and you'll be satisfied...X3
RobynLesko: Thanks! n.n I'm glad you liked it. Actually, I had been thinking about doing a dream sequence...because anything you want can happen in those. X3 You read my mind! Heheh. Anyway, sorry about your job. :( Life sucks sometimes. But I'm happy this made you smile. :D And even though I've already picked the dream sequence for this chappie, there can always be more...:P
tropicaltoadfly: Yes, I liked that part, too. I do that a lot, where I say stuff that comes out wrong, but sounds right to me, lol. Thanks for reviewing!
Iris Knotwise: I'm glad you liked it! Yes, Phantom Cedric would be pretty damn sexay. I can only imagine...:3 Thanks for the review!
Wavy Blue: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
HelloLonely: He he, thanks! Yes, Rob is fine. X3 And you gotta love those play on words!
Mysticdark1: Sure thing, glad we got that cleared up. :3 Thanks for reviewing!
This chapter is dedicated to Lucas. You are the weirdest person I know, but that's why I love you! I'll never forget that time you were Gaston in the musical and you went skipping down the hall in your pretend muscle shirt. LOL. We need to go the O-Garden soon or the tradition will die! It can't die:o And the wafer cookies, omg. Best. Idea. Evar. We will do that again someday, too.
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Someone Like You
Chapter Ten - The Remedy
"True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist. Nor can it be hidden where it truly does." -Anonymous
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Kate was sitting quaintly in at a small tea-table in a long extravagant yellow dress, slipping from a small porcelain cup as she read out of the book that was laying on the table in front of her. The air around her was warm and summery. She looked up from her reading, gazing across the long stretch of delicate green grass and triumphant trees, fresh with morning dew. Her gaze turned towards the house off in the distance, where she could see one of her sisters walking around outside in her nightgown. Kate took no notice of it...
Then she heard a voice behind her. "Lizzie..."
She knew that voice. And she had been wanting to hear it so bad, for so long, to hear him say her name...
"Mr. Darcy..." Kate turned and nervously stood up, not quite knowing what to say. She felt overwhelmed by love, like speaking would pop an unsettled bubble in her heart.
"Lizzie, I hope you're not mad. Caroline...we're not..." Cedric said nervously, teetering back and forth from his heels to his toes.
Lizzie nodded comprehensively. "I know. It's okay." she said quietly, not daring to blink, as if he would leave if she did.
Kate was swept up as his grey eyes looked into hers...she couldn't bear to look away.
And before she knew it, she was in his arms, and his lips were on hers...and she gave hers fully...blissfully and full of love, they kissed, a perfect kiss...and it got deeper, and deeper, and Kate wished she'd never leave his arms...
"KATE! KATE!" Hermione was shouting.
Kate peeled her eyes open. She was sleeping a very discombobulated position, almost sideways on the bed, on her stomach. Her hair was halfway matted against her face, little wisps sticking up everywhere.
Kate looked up, seeing Hermione fully dressed in her school robes standing next to her bed.
"It's nearly ten-thirty! Classes started in a half hour–you better hurry!" Hermione exclaimed hurriedly.
Kate shot up. But as soon as she did, a cloudy feeling filled her mind and she became extremely dizzy.
She groaned, falling back down onto her bed.
"Are you okay?" Hermione asked, a little worried.
Kate muttered something incomprehensibly.
"You better go up to the hospital wing and have Madame Pomfrey check you out. You don't look very well. I'd go with you, but...I can't be late to class!" Hermione explained.
Kate lazily turned over in bed, like she was ignoring her. She felt very weak and cold, so she pulled her blankets close to her. It didn't seem to help.
"Oh, bother." Kate heard, before she slipped easily into sleep again.
The next time she woke up, she was in the hospital wing, in a white bed near a window. She was instantly cold again, and yanked the sheets and blankets up to her shoulders. Her head felt cloudy still, and thinking was hard.
"Finally, you wake." Madame Pomfrey said irritatedly, as she touched the tip of her wand to Kate's left temple.
The tip of the wand turned flaming red. "Yes, you have a fever."
Kate had seen that charm used before, but she didn't know the color code. "How can you tell?" she asked tiredly.
"Well, red means fever. Orange means you're normal. Purple means you're below your normal body temperature, and blue, well, that means you are dead. So obviously, you aren't dead, so that should be good news to you. But you need more rest, and lots of drinks." Madame Pomfrey explained.
Kate looked over to a large glass on the night stand that had been filled with sweet, pulpless orange juice.
"Thanks." Kate said quietly, taking a drink from the glass.
"You'll need to stay in here until you are well again, but that does not exempt you from your schoolwork. I trust you have friends who can bring you your work in the evening?" she asked.
Kate nodded. She had at least one person in each class who would be willing to...
"Okay. Now, all you need to do is rest. Sleep. You could read, but you don't have any books. So just sleep for now. I'll check on you next time you're awake."
Kate nodded again, and she laid down flat on the bed. She fell into sleep again.
The next time she woke up, it was to the smell of something hearty and sweet. She peeled open her eyes again, and saw a tray of food on her night stand. There was a large bowl of chicken noodle soup, accompanied by a helping of cornbread. Kate smiled. It looked very good.
Moments later, Madame Pomfrey was back to her, checking her temperature again.
"Still feverish, but you look a little better. Are you feeling warmer?" she asked.
"Kind of." Kate answered tiredly.
"Well, eat some dinner. It will make you feel better. Then I anticipate your friends will come and see you...even though you need to rest..." she grumbled, walking off.
Kate pulled the tray onto her lap, taking in sweet scent of the soup. Finding herself quite hungry, she ate it quickly, the warm soup sliding down her throat with comfortable ease. The cornbread was warm, too, and buttery. She was done eating in a matter of minutes.
A few minutes later, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and the Weasley twins arrived at the hospital wing.
"Kate! You look absolutely disastrous today!" George said with a smile.
"Why, thank you." Kate replied, rolling her eyes.
"Kate, how are you?" Harry asked earnestly. He had been worried about her all day, obviously, and couldn't wait to come and see her.
"Just...cold and shaky, and my head doesn't work to well." Kate explained humorously.
"Oh, that reminds me. Here's your Defense Against the Dark Arts homework. Professor Moody is giving you the watered down version. You have to write a response paragraph. The rest of us have to write an essay. You lucked out." Fred said, putting the homework on the night stand.
"I believe Angelina's got some stuff for you too, so she'll be coming up later as well."
Kate nodded comprehensively.
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Cedric had noticed Kate's absent that day, and felt himself a little worried. Sure, he was worried about his friends. But this felt different.
And when she hadn't reappeared by dinner time, he was quite concerned. He could bet her friends would know where she was.
After dinner, he caught up with Angelina in the hall. "Hey, Angelina," he said, as she turned around.
"Yes?" Angelina asked skeptically.
"Where's Kate today?" he asked, trying not to sound so concerned.
"Oh, she's come down with the flu. She's been in the hospital wing since this morning." Angelina explained.
Cedric felt somehow relieved. Okay, so the flu wasn't good, but at least it wasn't anything worse than that, like getting eaten by one of Hagrid's skrewts.
"Are you going to see her?" Cedric asked.
"I will a little later on this evening. Why?" she asked suspiciously.
"I...just want to visit her, too, that's all." Cedric explained slowly.
"So you're implying you'd like to go visit her with me?" Angelina asked in a clarified tone of voice.
Cedric nodded. "Yes."
"Well, okay, I guess. Meet me at the foot of the stairway to the hospital wing at 8:30." Angelina appointed.
"Okay. I'll be there." Cedric responded.
Angelina had begun to walk away, still feeling suspicious about the whole thing, when Cedric called out, "Oh, and Angelina..."
She turned around. "What?"
"Will you bring Kate's book? The...er...Pride and Prejudice? I'm sure she'd like to read it while she's sick." Cedric asked.
Angelina nodded, feeling some of her suspicions had been confirmed. "I will."
"Thank you." Cedric said.
"No problem."
Angelina reached the Gryffindor common room. Harry, Ron, and Hermione had just returned from visiting Kate, and were now grouped around the fire. Harry and Ron momentarily left the couch to go to a table and work on their mass of Potions homework. Angelina and Hermione were left alone.
"Hey, Hermione," Angelina said quietly, leaning over.
"What?" Hermione asked.
"Have you noticed anything...weird about Kate lately?" she asked.
"Yes. And she's not the only one. Harry has...well, I think he fancies her." Hermione whispered.
Angelina nodded. "He seems to...but...I don't think he's the only one."
Hermione gave her a befuddled look. "Who else?"
"Well, you know, Kate and Cedric Diggory have seemed to have become good friends as of late. But I was just out in the hall, and he wanted to come see her with me. Okay, so that's not the unusual part. But he seemed really worried about her, and he seemed really eager to see her. And he even especially asked me to bring Kate her book. Seriously. I live with Kate, and I never knew she had some special book!" Angelina exclaimed quietly.
"So you think Diggory fancies Kate?" Hermione asked comprehensively.
"I dunno, but he sure seems to care about her a lot." Angelina answered.
"Maybe he's just a nice, considerate guy." Hermione suggested.
"Well, I'll get to see some first-hand interaction between them tonight, so maybe I'll see something that confirms my suspicions." Angelina observed.
"D'you think Kate fancies him as well?" Hermione asked.
Angelina shrugged. "She would never admit it if she did. She seems to think that'd be terribly cliche, or something."
Harry had only caught a few words of their conversation, but he was able to piece together what they were talking about. Diggory likes Kate? Maybe. Kate likes Diggory? Not bloody likely. Maybe in another life, but not here. Having Cedric as competition would have made him sweat, if it wasn't for the fact that Kate had some sort of sworn grudge against him, even though they were friends. And besides, Angelina didn't know if Cedric did like Kate. The only way to know for sure would be to ask him, and Harry would bet Angelina wouldn't do that.
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Kate was reading lazily through her Defense Against the Dark Arts homework. The chapter was on Vampire Bats, and while Kate could've probably written a whole essay about them, she was grateful for only having to write a paragraph. It was less thinking.
She glanced at the clock on the wall. It was nearly eight thirty. It was getting late, and she was getting tired again. She wondered if Angelina was ever coming to visit. She wouldn't mind if she didn't, because that would mean Kate wouldn't have to get her other homework. But Angelina was one of her best friends, so it would be nice to talk to her...
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"Are you ready to go?" Angelina asked slowly, as she walked up to Cedric, who was already waiting at the bottom of the stairs, an eager look on his face.
"Yes." Cedric answered, sounding excited. Angelina had already added three points to her list. One, he was there first. Okay, so maybe she was just late, but still. Second, he looked eager. Okay, so Angelina was eager to see her, too. Third, he sounded excited. Okay, so Angelina was excited, too. Angelina felt her stomach sink, thinking her suspicions may turn out to be wrong.
"Oh, here's the book you wanted. You can give it to her since it was your idea." Angelina said, handing Cedric the old copy of Pride and Prejudice.
"Thanks." Cedric said, smiling, taking the book. They began to climb the stairs silently.
Angelina kept telling herself just to ask him. Ask him if he fancies her, she told herself. But she just couldn't do it...
Finally, the reached the hospital wing and entered.
Kate's head snapped over as soon as she heard the door open and close. She saw Angelina first, and smiled, and the Cedric. She felt something strange inside of her set off and she remembered the dream she had had. Oh, my God, she panicked inside. I was Elizabeth Benett. And he was Mr. Darcy. And I kissed him! Oh, it was nightmare! She told herself, though she actually, truly, liked the dream.
"Hey, Kate," Angelina said, reaching her bedside, adding to the homework stack on her night stand.
"Hullo, Kate," Cedric said. "We, er, brought this." He handed Kate the book.
Kate smiled at it fondly as she took it from him. "Thank you so much! I've been dying to read..."
They exchange satisfied glances. Angelina, in the middle, felt weirded out. There was definitely something there.
Kate felt herself feeling better since Cedric had arrived, despite the fact he brought her dream back to memory. It wasn't such a bad dream, she decided, as long as she forgot the part about how he was Mr. Darcy...
No one said anything for a moment. Finally Cedric asked, "So, how are you feeling?"
Kate shrugged. "I'm feeling better, now, actually." she didn't add that it seemed to have something to do with him. That seemed very, very strange.
"Well, I hope you get better soon. And enjoy the book." he said considerately.
Kate smiled and nodded. "I will. And by the way, you look a lot nicer without the mango face. The only bad thing is now I don't have such an easy target to make fun of you."
"You still have the fangirls." Cedric said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, right, Golden Boy. I forgot about them." Kate smirked.
Angelina gawked at them. Were they...flirting? It sure seemed like it. Angelina felt her suspicion level go up a notch.
Finally, Cedric said goodbye, and they left. Angelina wouldn't have bothered to stay with him, but she had finally decided she was going to ask him about liking Kate. She was going to do it.
So once they were out in the hall and a fair amount of ways down the stairs, she asked plainly, "Do you have a thing for Kate?"
Cedric stopped in his tracks, answering promptly. "No. She's just my friend!"
"Oh." Angelina responded. That was all they spoke on the way back down the stairs.
She still felt suspicious. He could lie about something like that, despite him being so honest and fair.
And Cedric wondered if he had really given the right answer. Kate was his friend, and he cared a lot about all of his friends. He would try to make them feel better and visit them when they are sick, too. But this was different. He could've stayed to talk to Kate all night. She was very intriguing...but he didn't have a thing for her, did he?
Kate fell asleep very soon after they left. She had turned onto her side, clutching Pride and Prejudice close to her. She smiled deeply as she fell out of consciousness, almost wishing that the dream had would come again...and she realized just how much better she felt since he had come, like he was some sore of magic remedy, like he was all her heart needed...
And although neither Kate nor Cedric knew it for sure, Angelina knew it. There was definitely something between them. Something definitely more than friendship. And she knew it was only a matter of time before they figured it out as well.
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I'm so cool, too bad I'm a loser
I'm so smart, too bad I can't get anything figured out
I'm so brave, too bad I'm a babyI'm so fly, that's probably why it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so green, it's really amazing
I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me.
I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy
It's so strange, I can't believe it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
It feels just like I'm falling for the first time
I'm so chill, no wonder it's freezing
I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything
I'm so thrilled to finally be failing
I'm so done, turn me over cause it
Feels just like I'm falling for the first time
Anything plain can be lovely, anything loved can be lost
Maybe I lost my direction, what if our love is the cost?
Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has its cost
Anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
What if I lost my direction? What if I lost sense of time?
What if I nursed this infection? Maybe the worst is behind
Barenaked Ladies - Falling for the First Time
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A/N: Haplah:3 I hope you liked it. Sorry there wasn't more Kate/Cedric interaction, but there will be lots more next chapter. I love that song, by the way. It's such a good one. So what's going on here? Do Kate and Cedric really like each other? For the answers, keep reading! Please review, they are greatly appreciated! Much heart, my lovelies:D