Author's note: I'll be making a reference to the movie 'Twilight' in a scene below. This chapter will be about a flashback so it's kind of boring, but please read through anyway.

He thought that it was normal for any teenager at fifteen years old to do such things. He did it once too when he was her age, but stopped when he found himself becoming dependent on it.

He wanted Hermione to stop cutting herself while he was still at Hogwarts. She was in her fifth year, and he was in his last. He couldn't even bear the thought of what she could possibly do when he's not in school anymore. He had to be with her at all times, but it was like she never acknowledged his presence. Not that she needed him anyway.

No one would have ever thought about Cedric Diggory and Hermione Granger being close friends since she was stuck close to her two best friends. Ever since the day she helped Cedric, he felt the need to be there for her too, and help her with whatever problems she might face. Now that he knew her better, he realized that death was not so far if she's alone. Even if she won't die physically, she'll die emotionally, and he didn't want that.

He remembered about the time when he visited the Grangers, the summer before her fifth year and his seventh year. It took a lot of courage to actually go there, since they had only gotten close for an amount of five months. You can hardly call that 'close'.

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He wasn't accustomed to muggle transportation, so he had to polyjuice his way to Harry and pretend as another female Gryffindor just to ask about it and gave a reason that he really idolized Hermione and wanted to know her more. Harry, being as innocent as he can be, told him all about muggle transportation, and alas, he got the information he needed.

The train trip lasted for three hours, and he spent another hour to Hermione's house. When he got there, the polyjuice was still on (he used something that could last for over 24 hours), and he was thankful because he knew that if he was himself, no doubt Mr. Granger wouldn't even let him in, let alone keep him overnight.

As he got inside, Hermione raised an eyebrow. She clearly didn't know who it was, but she made no attempt in showing it to her parents. She just smiled at him and talked to him like they really knew each other. Upon reaching her room, it was then that Cedric revealed to Hermione that it was him. She gaped at what he said and punched him playfully for it.

Cedric realized that he still had half an hour more to go before the potion wore off. He waited patiently for the last half hour.

When they grew tired of talking and chatting, Cedric slowly turned back into himself. Hermione blushed at the site of him and at the thought that they were alone in her room together. She told him that she was already sleepy and faked a yawn. Just as she was about to turn away from him and hide her reddening cheeks, Cedric grabbed her arm gently from behind and kissed her on the lips.

Cedric knew that he shouldn't be taking advantage of a fourteen year old girl, but, his feelings were just too hard to fight.

Hermione found herself on her back and him on top of her. His kisses were gentle and sweet. He found her lips addicting because it tasted like strawberries. She must have eaten strawberry sweets again, he thought.

He continued to plant soft, sweet kisses on her virgin lips. He snapped back to reality when he remembered that he was in her house, in her very room. Her mom might suddenly barge in and find the two of them in a very peculiar situation. He whispered to himself 'stop it' and pulled away from her. Even Hermione was confused at why he suddenly kissed her.

He apologized to her, saying that it was just a spur of the moment thing and that it shouldn't have happened. Hermione understood this, since she herself got carried away too. They agreed to not talk about it and just think that it never happened.

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Now that he thought of it, he realized that he already had her that time, and it was his biggest mistake that he let her go.

He was always with her, every hour of the day.

Now that he thought about it, he wanted more, but he just couldn't have her.

Author's second note: Remember that I'll be updating this one regularly, so where are your reviews? :P It makes my day you know. I know this one is short, but don't worry, I'm almost done with the next chapter.