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Confidant

Anna was currently in the library on Halloween. She hadn't seen Brady in ages and she was secretly glad about it. The time away from him made her realize her feelings for him weren't as deep as she thought. She didn't have any homework either, so she was looking for something to read. She was humming 'Come Fly with Me' by Frank Sinatra as she was browsing through the Muggle Literature section.

"Sinatra?" a male voice said to her left.

Anna turned around and saw Cedric leaning against the shelves. She subconsciously thought he looked cute as his hair fell into his eyes.

"You know Sinatra?" she said completely surprised.

He arched an eyebrow, "Just because I'm a pureblood doesn't mean I'm not familiar with Muggle singers."

She had the decency to blush, and quickly grabbed Sense and Sensibility off the shelf. She made her way towards her favorite spot in the library. A corner that had two chocolate brown armchairs in front of one of the many fireplaces in the library. She assumed he was going to follow her.

He casually sat down in the adjacent chairs - clearly he wanted to talk.

"So how have you been since first year Potions class, Cedric?" she asked.

He laughed, "It appears we have a lot of catching up to do, don't we?"

"Oh, we most certainly do."

He stretched out his long legs.

"Alright, Minsley. You go first," he said.

She fingered the pages of the book while she thought over things to say.

"Well, I'm still friends with May and Holly. I like to read Muggle Literature and listen to Muggle music."

He nodded, clearly asking her to continue.

She paused, "Oh, I'm dating Brady Masterson."

Cedric sat up in his chair. "The sixth year Ravenclaw?"

She nodded in response.

He gave her an odd look, "You don't seem too thrilled about that."

She bit her lip, wondering how much she should tell Cedric. She didn't want to scare the poor boy off by dumping all of her problems onto him the first time they've talked in years.

He noticed her hesitation, "You can tell me anything, Mins. Maybe I can help you with your situation."

She nodded, took a deep breath and began to explain the entire situation to him. She told him her doubts that this wasn't just a bump in the road for them and that she didn't feel as deeply as she originally thought. All the while, Cedric absorbed this information.

"Well, I think you should talk to him," he said finally.

She rolled her eyes, "I had come to that conclusion myself, but I feel bad for just dumping all of that onto you."

"Don't worry about it, Mins. I still feel horrible for not recognizing you when you literally ran into me."

She wondered why he decided to call her Mins. She obviously knew it was in reference to her last name, but she just didn't understand why no one had thought of it until now. Anna didn't mind so much, she rather liked the nickname.

"Don't worry about that, Ced. We're even now."

"Excellent," he said as he looked at the clock on the fireplace mantle. "I'll see you at dinner, Mins. I have to meet up with Max and Trav before dinner."

He started to walk away.

"Ced, wait!" she said a little too loudly. She winced when she saw Madame Pince stare at her menacingly. He turned around and looked at her expectantly.

"Happy Halloween," she said before finally opening her book.

She failed to notice the huge smile on his face as he left the library.

xxx

"I think I'm going to dump Brady," Anna said at dinner only an hour later. May and Holly both looked up from their meals in question.

"Why?" Holly asked.

"Would Cedric have anything to do with this?" May asked as she arched an eyebrow.

Seeing Cedric out of the corner of her eye, she sighed dramatically. "You got me. Ced and I have been having a torrid affair for months and we plan on running away to Bermuda together."

Cedric, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation, started to choke on the pumpkin juice he had been drinking.

"So he was listening to our conversation then," she thought as she smirked.

"Alright, Cedric?" she asked innocently. She patiently waited for him to recover. She was curious to see how he would respond.

"Love, we're not running off to Bermuda, we're going to the Bahamas. You always get those two mixed up," he winked at her.

"How silly of me, you would think I would remember by now. We have been planning this for months!" she said.

Holly looked at Anna wide-eyed.

"Are you serious?" she shrieked.

Anna rolled her eyes, "Of course not! Cedric has nothing to do with my decision. I've been thinking about it for awhile and I finally came to a decision."

Holly appeared satisfied with her response and left the table to meet up with her boyfriend, Mark Dabney, a seventh year Gryffindor.

May looked at her friend carefully. Whether Anna realized it or not, Cedric Diggory was definitely the reason why she was breaking up with Brady.

xxx

"Brady, wait up!" Anna said as she ran to catch up with him. He stopped, waiting for her to catch up.

"Where's the fire?" he joked, taking in her flushed appearance.

"You, Brady Masterson, walk way too fast," she finally said.

He shrugged, "What do you need? I'm meeting up with-"

"The guys, I know. You always are. Look, can we talk?" she said seriously.

He stared at her, and nodded. "Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you for awhile, but I just didn't know how to bring it up."

She nodded, thinking about how to tell him she was breaking up with him.

"I don't think this is working out," he blurted out.

She blinked, trying to comprehend what he had said.

"What?"

"I think we should see other people," he elaborated.

"Oh," she said, slightly deflated that she wasn't the one doing the breaking up.

"You're an amazing person, Anna, but I think it would be best if we parted ways," he said, thinking she was really cut up about it.

She nodded, agreeing with him. "So this is it, then?"

He nodded, trying to be sad, but she could tell he wasn't.

"I'll see you around, Brady," she said, walking away. She wasn't in the least sad or hurt. All the while she kept thinking that was way too easy.

xxx

"Are you going to put your name in the Goblet of Fire?" she asked Cedric a few days after the Tournament had been announced.

He put down his quill and stared down at his Charms essay for awhile, "I think so."

Not really thinking, she blurted out "Why?"

He looked up and arched an eyebrow, "Doesn't eternal glory sum it all up?"

She looked at him shrewdly, "I don't know you that well, Ced, but I know eternal glory is far down on the list of things you want for yourself."

He sighed, "You're right, but my dad wants me to enter."

"So?"

"So, I want to make him proud of me. To prove that my sorting into Hufflepuff wasn't a mistake," he said quietly.

She blinked, realizing he was opening up to her. Amos Diggory was a Gryffindor to the bone, so it must have been terribly disappointing that both of his sons, Jonah was five years older than Cedric, were sorted into Hufflepuff. She never knew it was that extreme, though.

"Your father is a fool, Ced," she replied in an even tone.

Realizing she had to explain herself quick, she quickly plowed into her explanation.

"He's a fool Cedric, because he doesn't see what's right in front of him," she said quietly.

He remained silent.

"Ced, you're the Quidditch Captain, a Prefect, and you're the smartest student in our year. You are one of the nicest guys I know. What else could he possibly want?"

He opened his mouth as if he was going to reply, but he decided against it.

"Thanks, Mins. That means a lot," he said giving her a half smile.

She just nodded, and watched as he walked away. With a sinking feeling settling in her stomach, she knew she hadn't changed his mind one bit about the Tournament.

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