"You could have asked me."

Cedric glanced over at Luna as they sat at the liberary, far enough from each other so nobody would notice, but close enough so that their knees touched. It was even more discreet, seeing as how she wasn't looking at him while they talked. Cedric looked to his left and spotted Potter and his friends studying, probably for the second task. He turned back to look at Luna and leaned in a bit closer to her.

"What do you mean?" Luna glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, an annoyed expression on her face.

"You could have asked me to the ball," hissed Luna, her blue eyes flaring a bit. Cedric opened his mouth to answer her, but nothing came out. Luna scoffed at him. "Oh, I see. No, no, Cedric, its fine. You're image is important to you. You need to go to the ball with a girl just as good looking as you, with the exception of her hair being slightly less dull than yours," Cedric opened his mouth to interject, but Luna shut him up with a look.

Luna stood up, almost slamming her book closed as she did. Cedric grabbed the strap of her bag as she passed him, standing up and spinning around to follow her as she made her way out of the library.

"Luna," Cedric growled as they passed Potter and Granger, talking to Madam Pince. Luna spun around as they walked out of the library.

"Cedric, let go," said Luna, pulling on her bag.

"No," said Cedric, his voice lowering as he leaned down closer to her. They stifled their argument and looked sideways at a cluster of second year Hufflepuffs who were staring at them, some with their mouths hanging open.

Cedric suppressed an eye roll and grabbed Luna's elbow, leading her towards a darker area of the corridor.

"What's the matter with you?" asked Cedric in Luna's ear. "You've never acted like this before."

"Well you don't have to listen to Cho go on and on about you," sneered Luna. Cedric gaped at her.

"Seriously, Luna, what's up?" Luna rolled her eyes and looked away, crossing her arms over her chest. Cedric raised his eyebrows expectantly and Luna tsked.

"I'm jealous," Cedric looked at her in astonishment, trying to hold back a grin. Unfortunately, it slipped through anyways.

"Really?" he asked, Luna rolled her eyes at the smugness in his tone.

"Oh, don't look so smug about it. It's not like it's a feat for someone to be jealous for you."