"I'm a champion." Fleur forced herself to believe these words.
She couldn't. Maybe it was hard to think because she hadn't yet eaten breakfast. Fleur quickly dismissed the thought. Even if she had eaten a feast, she still wouldn't have believed it.
Fleur had escaped from the strange, noisy dinning hall a few minutes earlier, she needed to be alone. And this lake seemed like the place to do just that. Her usual hideout was an oldtower at Beauxbatons. But, being at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that was not an option, so she had to make do with the Hogwarts grounds.
The Hogwarts grounds were not that terrible. Actually they weren't terrible at all. Fleur had walked on an old, almost completely covered up dirt path, that led her through a small group of trees and she found herself at the shore of a lake. Where, she set herself down on one of many rocks and finally, could concentrate on her thoughts.
"I'm a champion in the Triwizard Tournament," a knot formed in the pit of her stomach, "This is dangerous! People have been terribly hurt!"
And her eyes filled with tears at the very question, "Have people died?" Fleur felt ashamed of herself, for thinking such a thing, "Of course not. That would be impossible. No one has died in the Tournament and nobody ever will...
Right?" Fleur felt the not in her stomach and her eyes filled up with tears, "What have I gotten myself in t-".
She was stopped mid-thought when a loud "snap" reached her ears. Fleur wiped her eyes, someone was coming and all hopes of being alone for the rest of the morning were gone.
She stared at her lap, hoping that whoever it was coming would see a shy girl deep in thought, turn on their heels and leave.
No such luck.
"Mind if I join you?" Fleur looked up to see who the charming voice belonged too. Her eyes met a pair of bright green ones.
Fleur nodded and he sat beside her on the rock next to her and introduced himself as...
"Cedric," He held out a hand for her to shake.
"Fleur," she took his hand in hers, and shook it, feeling a tingling that went from her hand and through her entire body. Fleur looked down at her lap, wondering if the feeling she just had could be seen in her face.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Fleur looked up at Cedric, his green eyes were set on the fantastic scenery before them.
Is it possible that he got even better looking since the last time she saw him?
"Et eez very 'eautiful." Fleur agreed, the reflection of the bright blue sky shining in the lake.
"It's amazing, the whole world is just beyond that horizon," Cedric gestured at the point where the sky met the land. He was truly amazed. Fleur was just as amazed by him.
"Do you t'avel?"
Cedric smiled at her and she felt warmness spread through her body, Fleur returned the smile.
"No, but I hope too. I want to go every where, Romania, Milan ... Paris ..."
Fleur nodded and smiled, the sun made the bronze flecks in his eyes shine gold... "Paris eez o-key, very crow'ed, noisy, and full of ob-nock-cious pixies..."
Cedric let out a laugh, he looked so great when he laughed, "I guess I'll have to cross Paris off my list then!" He smiled again at her and Fleur smiled back. Could this be love?
