Disclaimer; I don't own any of the characters, nor the base of the plot. All of the said things go to the ever fabulous J.K. Rowling.

xTeenageAmbitionx
a Cedric/Harry fanfic.

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The next morning Harry got up very tired. "C'mon mate, Hermione is waiting for us." Ron said, yawning in the process.

"Alright…I'm coming." Harry said sleepily, lifting his hands to his eyes and rubbing the sleep out of them.

After a while, once Harry, Ron and Hermione were in the Great Hall eating their breakfast, Harry felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked over to find none other than Cedric peering at him from behind. "Cedric? Uh, hi." Harry murmured softly.

"Hey. You guys mind if I steal him for a few?" He asked Ron and Hermione.

Harry got up from the Gryffindor table and followed Cedric out of the Great Hall and to a more secluded area near the marble stair-case. "Um…Cedric I've been wanting to ask you something…" Harry began.

"Same as I, that's why I asked if you would accompany me here." He smirked before letting Harry continue.

"So…what happened last night," He stopped, "I…don't know if I can actually ask him? What if he turns me down? Ugh…"

"Go on." Cedric urged after a few moments had passed without a word.

"Ah," Harry collected his thoughts and after a few more painful moments he went on, "um so does this mean we are, you know, going…out?" He let go a big breath, awaiting a response.

Cedric nodded, "If you're willing. I mean, you are the Harry Potter." His lips curled into a smile.

Harry grinned at this, "Yes but let us not forget you are the Cedric Diggory, Hufflepuff-hunk, teen heartthrob. Ah and of course I could go on."

Cedric just stared at Harry for a bit, "I love your smile, Harry." He then kissed Harry's forehead. "Let's go back to the Great Hall; I shouldn't keep your friends waiting."

"Oh, well, yes." Harry said, wanting the moment to last forever. "Yes, we should go." They somehow made their way back to the Great Hall without making a noise. When they separated; Cedric to his house table and Harry's to his, they looked at each other like they have never done before—a look of wanting, a longing for each other.

"So what did Cedric want?" Hermione asked; both she and Ron had finished their meal.

Ron nodded, "So did you ask?"

Harry smirked, "Yes. We…are going out? I'm not sure if I want everyone to know, and I don't think he does either so please don't tell anyone," he paused, "at least not yet." He added as an after thought.

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Later that day after classes the trio went outside as it was a gorgeous day.

"Wow, it sure has been warming up lately." Hermione said.

"Yeah." Both Ron and Harry said.

After a little while a beautiful Asian Ravenclaw girl came up to the group. "Hi Harry. Um, have you seen Cedric anywhere?"

"Oh hi Cho! Um…no, I'm sorry. Last time I saw him was in the Great Hall during breakfast." Harry answered.

Cho looked a tad disappointed but she managed to smile, "All right, well thank you anyway Harry. See you!" She waved and walked away.

"Hmm, that's odd, isn't it? I wonder where he could be." Hermione pondered aloud.

Harry nodded, "Yeah. Well I'm sure he's just wondering around. I mean, he does have a lot of work cut out for him. He is Cedric Diggory after all." He shrugged. "What's this feeling? I can't be jealous can I? No…of Cho? Cedric all ready told me he was gay…right?"

"All right you two, we should get working on our homework, yes?" Hermione said getting up.

Ron nodded and got up as well.

"Um…I'll meet you in the commons, 'k?" Harry said, unmoving.

"All right. Don't be too long, you shouldn't procrastinate!" Hermione chided, walking away with Ron by her side.

"All right, finally some alone time." Harry thought to himself. He got up and started walking. He didn't know where, his legs and feet were in control.

He found himself wandering around the Quidditch pitch. "Wow…this year has been so eventful. This definitely won't be a year I'll forget easily."

"You can say that again." A voice from behind Harry said.

He turned around with a shocked expression planted on his face. "Pardon? Cedric! What're you doing here? Cho came by earlier looking for you."

Cedric just chuckled, "Yeah. She's been a bit smothering lately."

"You two are friends?" Harry asked, tilting his head to the side.

Cedric nodded, "Best of."

"Oh…there's a lot about you I don't know, Cedric."

"So it seems. Well it'll just be even more for us to talk about, eh? Care to join me?"

Harry nodded. After a few minutes of walking he asked, "So where are we going?"

"Just over here, near those trees." Cedric answered, pointing to a group of isolated trees. "No one ever goes there so it's very quiet. It's my 'secret place' I suppose you could say. I come here when I need some time to think."

"That's quaint, isn't it? I usually just go to an empty class room when I need time alone. Of course that's kind of hard with my friends around me a lot. But I appreciate it…before Hogwarts I had no friends."

"That's hard to imagine. Why the bloody hell wouldn't anybody want to be friends with you?" Cedric laughed and tugged Harry closer. "See? There's also a lot about you, Harry, that I don't know about either."

"Well…you see I didn't have a nice life up until I learned I was a wizard. I didn't even know until I was ten." Harry paused, waiting to see if Cedric wanted to say anything but before he could continue they reached Cedric's 'secret place'.

Cedric sat down under a tree, took a branch and started writing in the dirt. "Wow…that must've been hard, Harry. I'm sorry you had to go through that." He said before marveling over his work. "Come look." He motioned for Harry to come closer. (He had been standing at the opening the whole time).

"It's all right. I managed to survive some way or another. I'm here, aren't I?" Harry smiled and looked at what Cedric had written. It was a heart with their names intertwined in it. "Ah! That's amazing." He slumped down next to Cedric, careful not to destroy his work and hugged him.

"Thanks." Cedric replied a little sheepishly.

"So what were you doing when you saw me talking to myself? Which…I wasn't really talking to myself, more like thinking aloud." Harry scratched his chin for a moment before waiting for an answer.

"Well I was actually trying to find you. And I did, but you were with your friends so I didn't want to intrude. But then I saw Hermione and Ron walk away and you wonder around so I kind of wondered around a few paces away with you, trying to find a good reason to randomly come up to you. Though I couldn't find one so I kind of just interjected in your conversation with yourself." He laughed slightly.

Harry blushed a little, "Well you alone are the reason to randomly come up to me. You know I've liked you for a while…" his voice trailed off. "Have I said too much? I don't want him to think I was stalking him or anything…" He snapped his head up towards Cedric's, whom was staring at the picture he had drawn. "I wasn't stalking you or anything." He said and then looked down out of embarrassment.

Cedric laughed, a big grin crawling on his face, "Yes I know. God I love you Harry." He bent down and kissed Harry's forehead again.

"I love you too." Harry replied quietly.

"Wow, it's going to be getting dark soon. I think we'd better get heading up to the castle." Cedric replied.

"Oh. Yes of course." Harry said reluctantly. "Yes I have homework to finish anyway."

"Oh I'm sorry, if I knew I wouldn't have kept you so long. Come, I'll walk you back." Cedric stuck his hand out for assistance.

Harry took hold of it and got up. He looked Cedric right in the eyes and kissed him, this time not just a peck on the cheek or a small kiss on the lips, but a passionate kiss. Cedric greeted this kiss openly and stroked his hands through Harry's hair.

Once they finally stopped the small make-out session, they got their belongings and headed up to the castle, every few seconds looking at each other and smiling a small, knowing, smile.

"Well here we are." Cedric said, once they got to the landing of the Gryffindor commons. "Thanks for the talk. I'll be seeing you?"

Harry nodded and pecked a small kiss on Cedric's cheek, "You definitely will." And with that he muttered the password and walked into the commons.

End Notes; Finally the fourth chapter is done! And, of course, so is my hiatus! I'm so sorry I took such a long hiatus! What was it? Three months? Again I'm so sorry! But here it is! The fourth chapter in my pride and joy! I'm loving how this is coming along. Oh and there will be quite a surprise in the next chapter. You'll never see it coming. Muwahaha! Watch out for the next chapter! (It will definitely be coming out in less than three months! Haha!) Thanks for reading everyone, and please review!!