ok so, yeah. here's the next chapter. I know the chapter seems depressing but i think it turned out that way because of the music i was listening to while writing it lol. but after this one it's all up hill from her (that is until it goes down hill again, ooo intrigue).

i dont own anything! onward...

Allie ran as fast as she could, not caring anymore if anyone saw her run faster than humanly possible. She passed countless students gawking at her like she was some carnival sideshow. She ran past all of them and left the school behind. She came to a halt at her giant weeping willow by the lake. That spot was the only thing that could give her comfort now. She collapsed against the base of the tree trunk, unable to control her emotions any longer. Everything that had happened in the last 24 hours caught up to her and she couldn't take it anymore.

Allie curled up in a ball and sobbed. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 she tried to count, praying that it would help calm her down, it seemed to work in the movies... She felt something drop over her shoulders, she gasped and pretty much jumped out of her skin. She looked up to see Cedric standing there. He had draped his coat over her, she hadn't realized until that minute it was about 20 degrees outside and she was running around in short sleeves. She hadn't bothered to go back to Gryffindor Tower to get her coat before running out here. She fiercely wiped the tears from her eyes, not wanted Cedric to see them.

"I thought I might find you out here." He said slowly. Cedric sat down next to her, his eyes never leaving Allie's face. She noticed that his gray eyes held no fear, unlike everyone else's.

"Yeah, well I'm a creature of habit." She sniffled. Allie looked at Cedric with red rimmed eyes (this time from crying, not from the red tint that usually appeared). "What are you doing here?" Allie had assumed he would want nothing to do with her after everything he had found out this morning. Why would he? She had been lying to him since they'd met each other.

He gave her a quizzical stare and sighed. "Allie, I don't care what you are, I care about who you are. Being a vampire or surviving the Killing Curse doesn't change how I feel." He reached out and took her wrist in his hand, he turned it over so he could look at the scar. He traced the lightening bolt with his finger gently.

"I'm sorry I lied to you." Allie said quietly, she watched as this fingers ran over her scar.

He shook his head. "I understand why you did it." He stated simply to her. Cedric let go of her arm and returned it to her. She curled up farther into his coat. They gazed over the surface of the green-gray water like they had done so many times before, it seemed like nothing had changed, and they were back to how things used to be. "Is it true, that you and Harry have a strong connection?"

Allie looked at the Hufflepuff with watery eyes. He continued to look away from her and out at the lake. "Yes." she whispered.

Cedric nodded his head and chuckled nervously. He glanced down at his hands and started to play with his fingers. His mood changed dramatically in an instant. His features darkened into something stunned and hurt.

"What?" Allie asked, not sure if she really wanted an answer. She felt her heart sink lower into her chest.

"You and Harry are meant to be together, Allie. I heard everyone talking about it." He stated matter-of-factly. "Who am I to come between that?"

Allie was at a loss for words, all she could do was shake her head and begin crying again. "No, no I chose you, you! I want to be with you." She fought back.

"But you're not supposed to be." He cupped her cheek in one of his rough hands. "Allie there is nothing more I would want than to be with you but that's not in the cards for us. I would do anything to keep you, you've got to know that. But..." He looked away from her. "But it'll be easier for you if I just take myself out of the mix." Allie felt a stabbing pain in her chest were her heart was. Why he doing this? Allie felt completely numb, a second later the numbness was replaced with an undeniable ache in her chest, the pain made the numbness seem welcoming. Her heart hadn't just broken, it shattered along with every other fiber of her being. She looked up at the handsome boy sitting next to her. She could see that his eyes were filled with hurt, also.

He didn't have to do this. He just felt like he did. "Cedric, don't." She couldn't think of anything to say. He gave her a small smile and leaned in to give her a kiss on the forehead. He leaned back slightly keeping a mere inch between their faces.

"If you ever need me. I'll be here." He told her sincerely. Allie couldn't sit there anymore. She jumped up and handed his jacket back to him. He stood up and just looked at the coat like it was a loved one who had just died. "Please let me walk you back to your dorm." He offered.

Allie shook her head and once again felt herself running unnaturally fast, not caring where she went anymore. She had to escape the pain that this day had brought her.

Allie ran as fast as she could for as long as she could. She ended up by the Qudditch pitch. She climbed up into Gryffindor stands and curled up on a bench, at the moment she could care less if she was up a good hundred feet from the ground. Everything in her life had turned into such crap so fast, this was a record for screwing things up, even for her. Allie was sure that her failsafe humor couldn't make this situation any better. She felt the cold wind whip around her, sending a eerie chill up her spin as she lay on the hard wooden bench. Allie heard footsteps approach the pitch, she was hoping it was just someone taking a stroll and passing by. Figures. The footsteps got louder as they climbed up the stairs, she recognized the way the feet fell on the wood, heel to toe, heel to toe.

Allie closed her eyes, hoping that he would go away. She heard him sit down on the bleachers behind her, the warmth of his body touching her back. She couldn't look up at him but she felt anger and sadness fill her. "Are you happy? Cedric broke up with me." She hissed followed closely by a lone sob. She pressed her knees farther into her chest.

"Well he's an idiot." Harry said tenderly. Allie shot up and glared at the dark haired boy. His eyes were concerned, but not gloating.

"He broke up with me because of you!" She yelled through even more tears. Allie was never a crier and now she couldn't stop. Damn it!

"I'm sorry." He replied. Allie looked at him, stunned. Why was he acting like this? Harry's sincere attitude made Allie furious. She couldn't stop her car crash of emotions, they were spinning out of control, and the only thing left for her to do was crash and burn.

"What are you playing at Harry? Don't do that. Don't act like you are upset about it!" She stood up and started to pound on his chest, taking all of her anger, frustration, and sorrow out on him. "Admit it! You love that Cedric broke up with me! Just admit it! Don't act like you don't care!"

Harry let her punch him until he actual felt like she might do damage to herself, he hardly felt her punches but he could see her tiny fists get redder and redder every time she struck him. He grabbing her wrists in his hands to restrain her. "Allie, I care. Don't you ever think I don't care about you. I am upset about this because you are upset, I would never want to see you hurting, even if that means you aren't with me." He kept a firm hold on her arms and looked her up and down before his bright green eyes locked onto her own. "Look at you! You're breaking down, Allie. Yeah, shit is happening right now but you can't fall apart. This isn't you! You're stronger than this!" His words sunk in and she felt the tears in her eyes dry up, a quite sob escaped from her mouth. Allie collapsed into Harry's chest. He wrapped his arms around her tightly. "It'll be ok, Allie. Everything will be alright. I won't let anything happen to you, I'll help you get through this. I promise."

Harry sat down on the bench, Allie still clinging to his chest. He rocked her gently as her sobs continued to grow quieter and quieter until they stopped all together. She wiped her eyes with the tips of her fingers. The blond gave Harry a small lopsided smile. "Thank you."

He pulled her closer to him in response. He laid his cheek on top of her head. "Your welcome." He rubbed his hand up and down her arm, trying to shield her from the winter wind. She looked him over and realized that he wasn't wearing a coat either. He must have been freezing, she was cold and she could handle the low temperatures better than a normal human. .

"Come on, let's go inside." Allie said. He nodded his head in reply. They stood up and Harry led her down the rickety wooden stairs. "How'd you find me anyway?" Allie questioned.

"I don't know. I just had a feeling you were here. That connection thing must really work." He stated. Allie chuckled lightly. She felt her breathing return to normal. His presence had managed to calm her down tremendously.

"Hey, Harry? Can we take the long way? I might have gotten a grip but I still don't want to see all those people."

He smiled down at her. "I have a better idea." He pulled his dad's invisibility cloak out of his sweatshirt pocket.

Allie nodded. "Nice."

On the way to Gryffindor Tower, the two had over heard several different conversations about Allie, each one more bizarre than the last. According to one Slytherins girl, Allie was raised by Count Dracula and killed him when she found out she was a witch. Ok, so (A) vampires are real, Count Dracula not so much and (B) thats just dumb, get a life. There was also something about her not being able to die, which didn't seem so ridiculous. She had no clue if one day she would just stop aging and stay that way for the rest of... well forever. No one knew, not even Dumbledore. Allie guessed she'd find out eventually, she had enough to think about right now.

Harry took the cloak off of them just inside the portrait hole and he stuffed it into his sweatshirt pocket. Harry gently squeezed her hand and dropped it from his grasp. Allie looked down at it. She hadn't even noticed that they had been holding hands the whole way back to the Tower.

"You ready?" He whispered to her. She shook her head at him.

"No."

Harry waited another second. "Are you ready now?"

"Yes." Allie responded quickly. She and Harry walked around the corner and into the buzzing Common Room. All the Gryffindors were in small groups talking (Allie figured the talk was about her). She looked around waiting for someone to spot her... ah there we go. A third year did a double take in Allie's direction, when the girl realized who it was she began smacking her friend in the arm, trying to get her attention. Within a few seconds everything was silent. Allie just waved at her fellow Gryffindors, not knowing what else to do. The fear she had felt only twenty minutes ago was long gone. Harry (strangely enough) had shaken some sense into her on the bleachers, Allie was back to being herself. She wasn't a cry baby before everyone found out, she wasn't going to be one now.

Fred and George stood up and walked over to her. They were uncharacteristically quite. They came up on either side of her, both just staring down at the small girl. Allie hoped they weren't about to kick her out of the dorm and start chasing her down the hallway or something like that Allie glanced from one twin to the other waiting for their move. The two red heads started grinning at her.

"Fred, I'm hungry." George said through a smirk. Allie couldn't help but giggle at their stupid game. She would kiss the Weasley twins if they weren't so high up.

"Yeah, me too. You know what I'm think George?" Fred asked with a sly voice.

"Oh, yeah. Allie sandwich!" They squished her in a huge hug between them. Allie laughed and laughed, she hated those stupid Allie Sandwiches but she would accept them today. The twins were telling her in their own weird way that they were ok with her. They let her go and she glanced around the room. Everyone was still staring at Allie.

"Come one, guys!" Allie looked up to see Fred glaring at his house mates. "Your being a bunch of gits." Fred's words got to them. They all turned away and started talking amongst themselves once more. The twins nodded their heads in unison.

"Thats what I thought. Morons." George mumbled under his breath.

Allie rolled her eyes. Fred and George led her to the couch they had been sitting at when her and Harry arrived. Fred motions for her to sit, Allie complied to his request. Fred sat next to her, All scooted down she she could rest her head on the arm of the couch. She stretched her legs out so they were laying across Fred's lap. George and Harry plopped down on the couch across from them. All of a sudden Allie felt completely and utterly exhausted. She'd had a very trying day and it took it's toll on her.

The twins and Harry talked about Qudditch, doing their best to stay away from conversations that involved words that started with 'V' (e.i. Voldemort and vampires) but Allie wouldn't have taken notice anyway. She was drifting off into a deep sleep where she hoped the events of this horrific day couldn't touch her.

ok so i told you it was alittle emo, but admit it! you would feeling pretty rotten too if you had the day Allie had. and idk. i feel like my writing getting sucker with every chapter. i have so much i want to put into it but im not sure it's all coming out right. please give me so input, i would really appreciate it. thanks for reading!