The next day mom and dad took us to Kings Cross Station. When I say 'we' I mean me, Oliver, and Cedric. I was none too happy when I was told we were taking Cedric with us since his dad had to work. And to add to my unhappiness, I was stuck sitting in the back seat between the two boys. As soon as we got to our platform, I said a quick goodbye to my parents and boarded the train. I was hoping Oliver and Cedric would sit in a different compartment. But when I remembered we all had the same friends, I resigned to just sit next to the window with my nose in a book. Sweet Merlin, I was turning into Hermione Granger.

The compartment door slid open. I expected to see Cedric and Oliver but was met with Katie instead. "What happened yesterday?" she asked as soon as she sat across from me. "Why was Cedric in your room?"

"I don't want to talk about it." I replied, my voice implying her to drop it.

She eyed me suspiciously but didn't say anything. Oliver and Cedric entered our compartment. Oliver smiled at Katie. He kissed her cheek. "I've missed you."

Katie just blushed. "They're so gross, eh Aly?" Cedric joked. I just glared at him. His smile left. Thankfully, neither Oliver nor Katie noticed.

"Got room for four more?" the Weasley Twins, Fred and George, asked. They had their girlfriends, Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, with them.

"Sure." Cedric said while sitting next to me. I didn't think it was possible to cram eight people into one compartment, but it was. I wasn't very comfortable. Being this close to Cedric was always hard, but after what happened yesterday, it was practically unbearable.

I stood. "This compartment is a little too crowded for me. I'll catch you guys later." I walked out and closed the door. I walked to the back of the train and found a next to empty compartment. The only inhabitant was an older man who was sleeping. I read the luggage above him. "Remus J. Lupin." I shrugged and sat on the opposite seat.

It didn't take long for Katie to find me. "What is going on Alyssa Marie?" she whispered harshly.

"You can talk normally. He's completely out of it."

She sat next to me. "And you completely ignored my question."

I sighed. "Fine. But you cannot tell anyone. Got it?" She nodded. "Okay." I told her everything that'd happened the day before, glossing over the fact that I was currently hiding a dark hickey under my polo.

"That jerk." she hissed when I finished.

"Yup." I ran my hand through my bangs. "I don't know why he did any of it." My voice broke. "Did he find out my true feelings for him and decide to play with me?"

Katie hugged me. "He's not that mean. He looked pretty upset when you got up and left."

"What am I going to do Katie? I love him so much, but after yesterday…I'm just so hurt and angry."

"I don't know, but we need to change into our robes. We're almost there."

"I don't want to go back while he's there."

Katie gave me a stern look. "You can't avoid him. You're both in Hufflepuff."

I sighed in defeat. "Fine."

When we got back to our original compartment, we found it empty. "They probably left to change." Katie said, grabbing her trunk.

I pulled out my uniform and locked the door. "And you said I couldn't avoid him." Without thinking, I pulled my polo over my head. I heard Katie gasp and realized I had just exposed my hickey. "Shit."

"Holy cow!" she exclaimed. "You told me he just nibbled. You didn't tell me he was a wannabe vampire!"

"I didn't notice until last night." I said, buttoning my shirt and putting on my yellow and black tie. "Hence the collared shirt."

We were silent while we finished dressing. "Did you like it?" she asked suddenly.

"Did I like what?" I asked while putting my luggage back in the rack. I sat back down after unlocking the door.

"When Cedric bit you."

"I really don't want to talk about it."

"Please? Oliver's never given me one."

"I never gave you what?" Oliver asked, entering the compartment followed by Cedric. I couldn't help but notice how delectable he looked in his uniform. He sat next to me and Oliver next to Katie.

My eyes flashed to Cedric and back to the couple in front of me. "A hickey."

Oliver blushed. I felt Cedric tense. "How'd this become a topic of discussion?" Oliver asked.

"Just normal girl talk." Katie and I replied in unison.

"I'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from telling my sister every private detail of our relationship Kates."

I nodded. "Me too. There are just some images that stay in your brain forever."

I totally zoned out during the sorting ceremony and before I knew it, I was in the common room. I loosened my tie and started to relax on the plush couch. "So how was your summer?" Rob Quinton, a fifth year and a good friend of mine, asked.

I shrugged. "It was okay. Pretty boring really."

"I'm sorry." He looked around then whispered, "Make any leeway with Cedric?"

"That's really something I don't want to talk about."

"Okay, but look who's coming to talk to you."

I looked toward the entrance to the boys' dorms and groaned. Cedric was heading straight towards me. "Bugger off Quin." I said. He left with a grin on his face.

"Can we talk?" Cedric asked, sitting next to me.

"Physically? Yes. With each other? No." I stood to leave, but he caught my arm.

"Please Aly?"

I made the mistake of looking at him. He had his most sincere puppy look on. I sighed and looked around the room, everyone had gone to bed. "Fine." I sat back down.

"Thank you."

"What do you want Diggory?"

Cedric flinched. I had never called him by his last name. "I want to talk about yesterday." he finally said.

"Well I don't."

"Humor me. I wanted to apologize. I shouldn't have acted the way I did."

Hurt rushed over me for the umpteenth time that day. But with that hurt came anger. "You're apologizing for kissing me?"

His eyes met mine. "Never. I'll never apologize for that."

I was confused. "Wait. What?"

He grabbed both my hands in his. "I'm apologizing for what happened after. With Oliver." He sighed. "You have no idea how hard it is to feel this way about your best friend's sister."

"About as hard it is feeling this about your brother's best friend?"

He smiled. "Did you just admit you like me?"

"Only if you did."

"Oh I did." he said before pulling me into a kiss, much like the first one we shared. I took the initiative this time and lay on the couch, pulling him with me. I opened my legs so he could lay between them. He sighed as his body made contact with mine. He undid the top three buttons on my shirt and pushed it open. "Woah." he said, running his hand over the hickey he'd left the previous day.

I laughed. "Yeah. Katie called you a wannabe vampire."

"Katie knows?"

"Yes. Now get back here." I pulled his head back down to mine. Instead of kissing him, however, I did my own work on his neck. I bet and sucked on an extra sensitive spot. He leaned into me and I could tell just how much he wanted me.

"Aly, as much as I'm loving this," he started in a low voice, "we need to stop. Otherwise I'm going to take you here and now. And I don't think your brother would appreciate me deflowering his little sister in the middle of the Hufflepuff common room."

I let my hands drop. "My brother." I groaned.

"Yes. Your brother." Cedric said, nuzzling my neck.

"We can't just drop this. Especially not after tonight."

He looked at me. "Let's not tell him. Not yet anyway. We can wait till he warms up to the idea. If we get Katie in on it, it shouldn't take long."

I smiled. "Good. Now we should probably go to bed." I glanced down at his erection. "Looks like someone needs a cold shower."

Cedric looked down and blushed. "He…he…oops."

"I didn't think I had that affect on anyone." I said while he pulled me up off the couch.

"You have on me for a long time." he mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." He kissed my forehead. "Goodnight Aly."

"Night Ced." I gave his hand a squeeze before heading to my dorm for a cold shower of my own."