Here ya go.(: This take place during PoA.
The first Quidditch match of the season was approaching quickly. The match was to be Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, and the Hufflepuff Seeker and Captain, Cedric Diggory, was a little nervous. Gryffindor was the house to beat. They had Harry Potter, the 'boy who lived' on their team, and he was incredible. He was also the youngest Quidditch player in a century, so he had to be good. Besides, Gryffindor house had the amazing Oliver Wood as Keeper, who was already being recruited for Quidditch outside of school.
The entire time this was going on and Cedric was practicing for the match with the rest of the team, he started feeling differently towards someone very close to him: Maddie. She was no longer the little girl that had been bursting with energy, struggling to say his name, and never ceased talking. She was the exact opposite now. At age twelve, she had learned to confine her energy, had no difficulty with pronunciation, and was quiet. Now Cedric felt that he had feelings toward her. He no longer saw her as a friend, but something more.
Yes, the four year age gap was something of a hassle, but it didn't bother him. According to something his father told him once, "Love has no age, no limits, no boundaries." True, he probably wasn't in love with her. However, the saying fit. At the same time, he didn't want to ruin a perfectly good friendship, but he found it hard to contain his feelings whenever Maddie was around.
It was during double Potions, a class he loathed enough already, the day of the Quidditch match when he saw the note. It was pressed into his Potions book on page 394, the exact page Snape had said to turn to. He recognized the handwriting at once.
"Good luck this afternoon. Let's show those Gryffindors. Maddie."
He stared at the note curiously. He noticed that she dotted the I's with hearts. It probably doesn't mean anything, he thought, but later on in the class period, he realized that she neverdotted her I's with hearts before.
The class period was difficult to get through, especially since the double period was with the Gryffindors. Cedric found his mind jumping from topic to topic: Potions to Maddie to Quidditch then back to Maddie again then to Gryffindors then back to Maddie a final time and back to what he should have been focusing on, taking notes on the effects of Felix Felicis. It wasn't until Snape was standing over him that he realized that he had been lost in his thoughts again.
"Mr. Diggory, your notes, please," Snape said, holding out a hand for Cedric's parchment. Unintentionally, he handed Snape Maddie's note. Snape raised an eyebrow as he read. "Not your love notes, Diggory, your notes of Felix Felicis." He sneered. "And you call yourself a Prefect."
Crap. He hesitantly handed Snape the correct notes. Snape read over them and shook his head. "Five points from Hufflepuff, Mr. Diggory," he announced.
"What?!" Cedric said in shock. "What'd I do?"
"First off, the key ingredient in Felix Felicis is not 'love', second, I do not believe Miss Lewis or Quidditch has anythingto do with Potions, and third, the effect of Felix Felicis is not 'love' either. And that's another two points for shouting."
Cedric was ready to tackle Snape right then and there. Snape must have hated this particular class; he had his two least favorite houses, both together at once. It was obvious Snape hated the Gryffindors, and he certainly didn't favor the Huffelpuffs either.
At last Cedric found the nerve to look down at his paper and immediately saw why Snape was so displeased, and did not blame him for taking points away from Hufflepuff house:
"Felix Felicis: liquid luck. Molten gold in color. Key ingredient: love. Invented by M.S.L. Effect: love. Makes drinker exceptionally lucky at Quidditch." Down at the bottom was written Maddie's name in cursive, first and last. Cedric could feel himself bright red.
Later on in the period, Cedric received a note from one of his dorm mates, Joseph, who talked way too much and slept about four hours every night (which he chose to do). Joseph was extremely unpopular—even amongst Cedric's other dorm mates—though Cedric could not fathom why, as when a person got to know Joseph, he was extremely nice. Afraid to be caught passing notes in class, Cedric waited until Snape's back was turned to unfold the piece of parchment.
"What was that about?"
He picked up his quill, dipped it in ink, and wrote hurriedly, "Accidentally handed Snape a note from a friend. No big deal."
Quickly he received the reply: "A friend? He called it a love note. Anyway, if it was just from a friend, why did Snape mention Maddie?"Everyone in Cedric's dormitory knew about Cedric and Maddie's friendship, and would obviously know to whom Snape was referring to when he said "Miss Lewis". Cedric, afraid of being caught passing notes, scribbled, "I'll explain later", before returning to the lesson.
After Snape's class, Cedric was walking the halls before the Quidditch game and happened to run into Maddie, which wasn't exactly difficult to do. "Good luck at the Quidditch match," she said, smiling.
"Thanks," Cedric mumbled, before a thought came to mind. Come on, Cedric, it's not that hard, he thought. She started walking away, but Cedric called, "Uh...Mad?" She turned. Cedric felt completely tongue tied.
"Yes?" she asked after a moment of silence.
"Never mind," he said, loosing the courage he had moments before, "it's not important anymore." She looked puzzled but nodded and walked away, her hair bouncing over her shoulders. Cedric sighed as soon as she was out of earshot. He started mumbling to himself as well. "You've got to tell her sometime," he said, walking towards the Quidditch pitch. "It can't be that hard. I just don't want to ruin what we have now. She may not even fancy you back," he reasoned when he heard a voice behind him.
"Cedric?" the voice said. He turned; it was Joseph.
"Yeah?" Cedric said, starting to lose patience. At this rate he'd be late to his own pep talk before the Quidditch game.
"Who were you talking about?" Joseph asked. Cedric was about to answer 'no one' when he realized Joseph said about instead of to. Still, the next words out of his mouth were, "No one."
"You were talking about someone," Joseph said. He took a step towards Cedric, making the latter feel slightly uncomfortable. "You said that someone may not fancy you, and you were talking about a girl. Who is she?" he finished. Cedric looked around before starting to open his mouth, just to make sure no one could hear him, when Joseph blurted out, "Is this about the incident in Potions?" Cedric froze. All he could do was nod. "I knew it! You do fancy her!" Joseph said.
"What?! No, I don't," Cedric said, worried. "No. She's just a friend..."
"Exactly," Joseph said proudly, probably because for once he was on top of the latest gossip. "You even said 'I just don't want to ruin what we have now'." Joseph smiled, waiting for Cedric to reply.
Finally, he sighed. "Alright, yes, I do." Joseph looked extremely proud of himself. "But don't tell anyone. I don't want anyone to know."
"Got it!" Joseph said. He turned and added, "Good luck!" before dashing off.
Cedric had practically forgotten how much he loved Quidditch when he stepped out onto the pitch that game in the blaring rain. It was extremely difficult to play with it pouring down on him and every other Qudditch player.
"Cedric!"
He turned to where the voice was coming from. The Hufflepuff Chaser, Heidi Macavoy, was warning him about the oncoming Bludger. He dove downward on his broom, barely avoiding the ball. Suddenly, he saw out of the corner of his eye Harry Potter, the Gryffindor Seeker, accelerating towards a streak of gold. The Snitch.
Cedric too sped up on his broom and soon was well past Harry. He reached his hand out for the Snitch. His fingers grazed it when he heard a scream coming from behind him. He ignored it, grasping the Snitch...Hufflepuff had won. He heard several more screams, this time coming from both on and off the pitch. He looked over. Every face in the crowd was on the ground. Several people were in shock. Cedric, too looked. Harry was freefallling towards the ground.
Cedric dove to try to catch Harry, but not before Oliver Wood could, placing him—unconscious—on the ground. Cedric landed and ran over to Oliver. "Wood!" he said. "Oh my God, is he o—"
"Attacked by a Dementor," Oliver said before Cedric could finish. Quickly Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall ran to the pitch and carefully took Harry to the hospital wing. Oliver suddenly seemed to realize Cedric was there. "Well...congratulations, Diggory," he said.
It suddenly dawned on Cedric that he had won.He had actually beaten Gryffindor in a Quidditch match. However, he felt extremely guilty. "Listen, Wood...let's replay the match," he suggested. "You..."
"Nah, you won," Oliver said, standing, as he had still been kneeling on the ground. "Good game, see you later."
"Wood!" Cedric called, starting to follow him. "Wood, you can't be serious, Potter fell off his broom..."
"And you caught the Snitch," Oliver said. "Automatic one hundred and fifty points, you won, good game, good bye." And with that Oliver was gone. Cedric stood dumbfounded for a moment. The entire school knew how much Oliver thirsted for a Gryffindor victory. He's too damn proud to replay the match,Cedric thought before leaving to change out of his Quidditch robes.
After dinner Cedric returned to the Hufflepuff common room. No way did Hufflepuff deserve that victory. Harry Potter fell off his broom after a Dementor attack, for Merlin's sake! he thought. Still, he entered the Hufflepuff common room. His heart skipped a beat as he noticed the room was totally empty, apart for one person sitting in a chair before the fire with an open book and a quill stuck behind her ear, a piece of parchment pressed into the book's binding.
He approached Maddie slowly, afraid what might happen. He stood over her, blocking her reading light. She looked up and smiled. "Hi, Cedric," she greeted warmly. "Good game. Too bad about Potter, though."
"Uh huh," he said. He cleared his throat. He paused before saying, "You know we didn't deserve to win."
"Wood's just too stubborn to replay the match," she said, returning to her book. He realized at once that she was writing an essay for Snape. She looked up after a moment. "Uh, excuse me, but I have to finish this essay for Snape, it's due next lesson..." He moved out of her reading light but something kept him rooted to the spot. She was unaware of his presence until he put his hand on top of hers to get her attention. She looked up.
"Can we talk?" he asked. Puzzled, she nodded, pulling her quill out behind her ear and starting to write with it, thinking it was just a typical conversation. However, as she put it down, Cedric shut the book. She looked up. "It's very important," he added.
"Alright..." she said, waiting.
He pulled up a chair alongside her. He was quiet for a moment before saying, "How do you feel about...me?"
Puzzled, she said, "I feel like you're a brother to me, why?"
"Because I..." He sighed. There was no avoiding it now. "Well, I used to see you as a younger sister, but...I don't really feel that way anymore."
"Oh?" she said, taking it obviously the wrong way.
"Ikingodavncyoo?" he said, too fast to comprehend and too incomprehensible to even consider speech.
"I'm sorry...I didn't catch that." she said, extremely confused at this point.
"What I mean to say is...I think I...I sort of...fancy you?"
"Oh..." she said, now clearly understanding. She immediately knew what Cedric was about to ask. She sighed. "Well, uh, Cedric, I...I really don't know what to say..." She was blushing heavily and biting her lip. "I mean, we've been friends for years, and...I just don't want to ruin that, and you're, well...you're sixteen, and I'm twelve..."
"I know," Cedric said, his heart sinking.
"Well, uh, can I have some time to...to think it over?" she said, obviously embarrassed.
"Oh," Cedric said. "Okay. Sure. Terrific." He stood and started to leave.
"Cedric!" she called. He turned. "I'm sorry?" she said, feeling extremely bad after her reaction to what he said.
He sighed, and walked back to her. Before he had time to stop himself or realize what he was doing, Cedric was passionately kissing Maddie. For the first few seconds of it, Maddie's eyes were wide, but then she shut them and got into it as well. Cedric finally pulled away. "Just think it over, okay?" he asked before walking away. Maddie resembled a fish, her eyes wide and her mouth slightly opened as she nodded.
Cedric walked away. Oh, Merlin, I'm such an idiot! he thought. I can't believe I did that! God! Before he realized it, he was in his dormitory with Joseph. Everyone else was gone. Joseph seemed to be waiting for Cedric's arrival. "What just happened down there?" he asked. "I could hear..."
"I kissed Maddie!" Cedric said. Joseph's face was priceless but Cedric seemed very shocked about it himself.
"You what?" Joseph asked in disbelief. "Tell me what happened."
"Well I walked into the common room and she was there and she said 'good match' and I was thinking about how beautiful her eyes looked in the light of the fire because you know I love green eyes..." At this point Joseph was thinking, Actually, no, I don't know.... "And I ended up blurting out that I fancied her and then she said she was sorry and everything and I told her to think about it and we ended up kissing!"
"So are you, like...an item now, or something?"
"Not now," Cedric said, while secretly thinking that for someone with hardly any friends, Joseph sure did know a lot about teen slang, even using the term 'like' improperly. "I wish," Cedric added longingly.
The next few days Maddie and Cedric avoided each other as much as possible, and when they had no choice but to be together, they never mentioned the kiss. Finally, on the third day, Cedric was in the Great Hall, not able to concentrate on anything, when he noticed out of the corner of his eye Maddie stand up to exit. He hoped she wouldn't stop by him to talk. After avoiding him for so long, he felt his heart breaking. She didn't slow when she walked by, but he noticed a note next to him on the bench.
He picked it up and looked over, ready to tell her that she had dropped something, but she was gone. Thinking it was homework or her essay for Snape, he unfolded the parchment. However, it was just a small paper, and on it was written a single word:
Yes.
i really liked that chap.(: i thought it was soo cute! :D lol okay anyway today i was on the harry potter wikia and i looked up hogwarts and it was soo funny because i got the houses section and each house got this paragraph as a description except hufflepuff which got one sentence which was "Hufflepuffs are particularly good finders!". i started busting up laughing lol. PLEASE don't change it, i want to see how long it stays lmfao.
please review. if you don't feel like reviewing tell me who your favorite "finder" is. XD
