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This is the last of this series. There will be another sequel soon!

Cedric and Hermione spent the summer switching between his house and hers. Cedric's parents had fawned over her and made her blush countless times before it was Cedric's turn to blush as his father took out countless photographs off baby Cedric and showed them to Hermione. Both had been the same shade of red though one was from Cedric's embarassment and one was from Hermione giggling. Eventually Cedric had tugged on Hermione's hand and pulled her out of the room. In the back garden Cedric had turned to Hermione to find her still giggling, tears in her eyes. Cedric glared but it only made Hermione worse. Finally Hermione calmed down, straightened up and wiped away the tears that strayed from her eyes. Walking over to Cedric she wrapped her arms around his middle and rested her head against his chest. She sighed happily as he kissed the top of her head.

"I wish we didn't have to go back to school."

"I thought you'd want to show me off, Granger. I'm insulted."

Hermione laughed and tightened her arms around Cedric's waist. One hand strayed underneath his shirt and the other ran up and down his back.

"I do, believe me. But I'm gonna miss you. I won't be able to spend as much time with you as I do now."

"I know, but we can spend time when we're revising. I love it when we're together, even if we don't talk."

"Getting gushy are we, Diggory?"

Cedric didn't reply and when she looked up at him he looked quite hurt.

"Sorry, I'm used to our banter, need to realise when it's time to be serious..."

Cedric half smiled and leant down to kiss her briefly, he really did love spending time with her. They'd been together a month and three weeks and he knew it was rushed but he really did love her. And he had liked her a long time before they got together. It was a shame that they were going back to school the next day, he was going to miss spending days with her. He just hoped that they had some freetime together.

Hermione smiled and sighed as Cedric kissed her and thought about going back to school the next day. Of course she was excited. Hogwarts was a second home to her and she'd be able to see all her friends again, not to mention going back to lessons. She just wished that Cedric was in the same house as her or the same year, that way they could spend more time together. They'd make it work though. She only worried about the reactions they'd get, especially from Cho and her friends.

"Cedric..."

"Mmm?"

"Does Cho know about us?"

She felt Cedric stiffen and tighten his hold around her before he answered her. "No, I don't think so. Although she might have seen us. Why?"

"I was just... I figure if we're gonna get any trouble it'll be from her or her friends."

"Oh. I suppose. She's not so bad you know, everyone seems to think she's some jealous controlling girl but she's not. She's just a bit spoilt because she's an only child. Her friends on the other hand... This one girl Marietta is the worst. She seems to think the sun shines out of Cho's..."

"Oi!"

"I think she's got a bit of a thing for her actually. I'm sure I've seen M.E heart C.C written on some pieces of parchment!"

Hermione looked astonished and couldn't stop giggling as he told her tales from when he and Cho were together and Marietta would accompany them in the grounds and look thoroughly jealous that they were together. Cedric said this was because she herself wanted to be with Cho and denied that it was because she was jealous of the relationship, as Hermione said.

Eventually the time came when Hermione had to go home, Hermione said goodbye to Mr and Mrs Diggory and walked back into the garden where Cedric took hold of Hermione by the elbow and gave a sharp twist. Both Cedric and Hermione felt as though they were being compressed enough to fit through a keyhole but within seconds they were standing in Hermione's back garden and both suddenly felt huge after being so compressed.

As it was now September and was almost 10 O'clock the sky was a deep blue and they could only just see each other before the motion sensor light came on. Cedric's head whipped around to see who'd turned it on as Hermione smiled and explained what it was. Cedric relaxed a little and slowly walekd Hermione backwards until she was pressed up against the wall.

"Cedr..."

Hermione didn't get to finish the word as Cedric's outh had covered hers and he was kissing her with his hands slipping beneath the back of her shirt. Instead of finishing the word she ended up moaning into his mouth as his knee pressed against her crotch.

They hadn't had sex yet and while both were fine with waiting (Hermione was still embarassed about his "joke") Hermione knew that she wanted to. And soon. That was another reason neither wanted to go back to Hogwarts, they may have to wait until Christmas before they could have sex.

Eventually they stopped kissing and groping and Cedric leant his forehead against Hermione's. He growled at her lightly and she giggled. She smiled at him and placed er hands on her chest.

"I know what your thinking" She murmured "I don't want to wait until Christmas, I wish it had happened yesterday..."

Cedric looked at her confused for a second and then realisation dawned on his face and he smiled slightly. He leant down and kissed her lightly.

"I was thinking that, I won't lie. But I don't wish we'd done it yesterday, because if we did you wouldn't have enjoyed it as much because you'd be second guessing yourself out of embarassment. I want you to thoroughly enjoy it and if that means we wait until December then we will. Although... There is another way we could..."

"How?" Hermione enquired, her brain working to find a loophole in rules that allowed them to see each other. She couldn't find any. Cedric only smirked and told her he'd see her in the morning. He kissed her again and she moved forwards as he pulled away. He smirked at her as she pouted and said "Now, now Granger. More of that tomorrow when you're showing me off." Then he twisted on the spot and was gone.

Hermione smiled and walked into her house, she walked up the stairs and greeted her parents before going up to her room to make sure she had everything to take with her. She especially made sure she had Cedric's birthday present, he would be eighteen almost two weeks after she turned seventeen. She'd bought him some books he had been admiring in Flourish and Blotts a few weeks previous and also some things like Chocolate frogs and Peppermint Imps. Basically, things he had mentioned he liked.

When Hermione awoke the next morning she got dressed and went to eat breakfast with her parents. Cedric had offered to take Hermione to the train station because it took so long for Hermione to drive there. As Hermione was finishing her second piece of toast she heard her father open the front door and greet Cedric warmly. They had met earlier on in the holidays and got on very well, which made Hermione happy. She was very much "Daddy's Little Girl" so it was important for her that her dad was happy.

"Got your stuff ready, Granger?"

"I do indeed, Diggory. Although you'll have to shrink it for me."

They went upstairs to Hermione's bedroom where Cedric promptly shrunk her trunk until it was small enough to fit in a backpack. Hermione put it in her bag and zipped it up before turning to Cedric.

"What did you mean last night? When you said there might be a way...?"

"Ohh, got naughty things on your mind do you Granger?"

"No, I'm just curious. I don't know how we could exploit the rules so that we could..."

"Just forget what I said, Granger, you'll find out soon enough"

Hermione smirked and walked closer to him, resting her hands on his waist.

"Oh really?" She asked, in a deeper than normal, sultry voice. Cedric swallowed and she felt his heart quicken against her chest.

"You're... Not allowed to do that."

"Mmm, why?" She asked in the same voice, fluttering her eyelashes at him and smiling.

"Cause..." Cedric choked out "When someone as heart-stoppingly sexy as you, says something like that... certain things happen."

Hermione loved knowing that she could cause this reaction in him and desperately wanted to continue. She could feel his hard member pressing against her lower stomach and wished she could push him over to the bed and do it right then and there. Unfortunately she heard her father's slippered feet trudging up the stairs so she pressed a kiss to Cedric's neck andmoved away quickly, picked up her backpack and slinging it on her back, leaving a flushed Cedric standing in the middle of the room. She quickly exited the room so that her father wouldn't come in and see the rather large bulge in the front of Cedric's pants.

"Oh, sorry Dad. Didn't realise you were coming up!"

Soon after, Cedric, Hermione and Hermione's parents were standing in the back garden saying goodbye and preparing to apparate to the train station. Hermione felt the now familiar compression of apparition and tightened her grip on Cedric's arm. They arrived in the same alleyway that Hermione had seen he and his father disappear down less than two months ago. Walking around the corner they saw the familiar faces of people who went to their school but weren't necessarily their friends.

Cedric took hold of Hermione's hand and smiled at her as they walked into the station. Immediately the result was apparent as whispers and points followed them as they passed through the barrier onto Platform 9 and 3/4. Ginny Weasley grinned at her and walked over to them, she hugged them both and then walked off with Michael Corner to find an apartment to sit in.

Cedric gave Hermione a swift kiss before going off to find his friends and Hermione went to find hers before going to the Prefect apartment. The journey was typical of a train journey full of teenagers, there were fanged frisbees whizzing up and down the corridor before Hermione obliterated it. There was a lot of shouting and laughing and sugar fueled hyperactivity which most people expected her to quell. She didn't. Eventually Hermione came accross Cedric's apartment, she found him lounging accross the seats while his friends were squashed up on the other side.

"Diggory! Sit up! Preece, move over and sit next to him. You look like a tin of bloody Sardines like that!"

Everyone was silent for a minute and looked between Cedric and Hermione as he sat up, Malcolm Preece did as he was told and Hermione smirked at them. Just as she was about to leave Cedric grabbed her hand and pulled her into the apartment. He kissed her deeply then pulled away, murmuring "You know I love it when you boss me about" Hermione smirked and noticed the glint in his eye.

"Mmm, I know. Why do you think I do it?"

Hermione left the apartment to wolf whistles and shouting and couldn't help grinning as she walked down the corridor.

Soon enough they were at Hogwarts and the sorting had just finished, Dumbledore was giving a speech about Harry and Voldermort and suddenly Hermione felt an enormous feeling of guilt wash over her. She reached over the table to Harry and tapped his hand. He looked at her and noticed tears in her eyes. She mouthed "I'm so sorry." and Harry knew what she meant. But he also knew that it was their fault she hadn't been to see them, they had banned her from coming to stay afterall. So, Harry smiled and nodded and squeezed her hand slightly before going back to listening to Dumbledore.

Like on the last day of term Hermione saw a piece of parchment flutter down infront of her again. She picked it up and opened it to read under the table.

Meet me at midnight in the Room of Requirement.

Come and boss me around...

Cedric x

Hermione grinned and folded the paper back up before looking over at the Hufflepuff table, she saw Cedric staring at her with dark eyes. She smirked at him and winked.

This was going to be a great year.

Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed this story, it has made me unbelievably happy to read new reviews and to see new people have added my story to their favourite story list or even favourite author list! I promise the sequel will be out soon!