Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter; I own Cedric's fiancé and her family. Not to mention Mara and Bryan.
Chapter 17
NPOV
"I'm not wearing gloves" I said.
"Come on they're going to be little white gloves plus they'll be more sophisticated" Becky said.
"Nice suggestion but I don't want to have sweaty hands at my wedding" I said.
"It won't be too hot until July."
"Better be safe than sorry" I said.
"If you say so" she shrugged indifferently.
I flipped through my magazine that came in the mail today. I couldn't help but let my mind wander to earlier. Was I really being watched? It couldn't be, could it?
"Are you okay?" Becky asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"I don't know you seemed distracted" she said.
"I wish I could say the same to you" I said.
"I don't know, I miss Ryan so much, I have a feeling he wants to break up with me" she said sadly.
"Why would he want to break up with you?" I asked.
"Because I have a feeling this whole long distance is tearing us apart and I thought we were doing so well" she said.
I was going to say something next when the doorbell rang. I got up to answer it but all I saw was a medium sized box in the hallway. From the looks of it, the invitations came already. I grabbed the box and headed back inside.
"They came" I said.
"Already? I was sure that they would take months" she said.
I shrugged as I opened up the box. I heard the phone go off and I went to answer it.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey Nikki it's Ryan" he said.
"Hi um, Becky's here if you want to talk to her" I said. She looked up in confusion.
"Actually I need to talk to you" he said.
"Oh" I said as I walked outside on to our balcony.
"The reason why I'm calling is that I wanted to know if it's okay with you that I could propose to Becky the night of your bar-be-que" he said.
"Finally I didn't think you weren't going to propose" I said.
"What makes you say that?"
"For one thing, she thinks that you're breaking up with her" I replied.
"I love her with all my heart and I was busy trying to plan on how to do the proposal, I'm afraid she'll say no" he said.
"She has to be an idiot not to say no to you" I said.
"You think?"
"I don't think. I know my cousin pretty well she's going to say yes" I said. "Just treat her right and we won't have any problems, got it?"
"Yes ma'am" he said.
"Okay here's my cousin" I said. I handed her the phone and she started to chat away aimlessly as she walked away.
Later that night, Becky had to go into work to fill in someone's shift while I decided to stay home and just hangout. I hadn't heard from Cedric all day and I was getting worried. I was getting a little bit worried since the last time I talked to him was probably this morning.
My cell phone started to ring as I was getting comfortable. Who would be calling me now?
"Hello?" I answered. "Hello?"
I pulled my phone away from my ear for a second before pulling it back closer. "Hello?" all I heard was breathing before I slammed my cell phone shut.
Damn telemarketers.
I tried to get back into my reading when I picked up my phone. I flipped it opened and scrolled through the missed calls. 'Private Caller Unknown' had appeared. Something was telling me that whoever it was, was trying to scare me. To say that it was working, well, I would be lying.
Then my phone rang again, and thank god Hannah's name appeared.
"Are you okay? You sound like you're out of breath" Hannah said.
"I'm fine trust me, it's just um, well I've had a rough few days" I said.
"Really?" she asked.
"Yeah and it's somewhat complicated" I said.
"Lay all out on the table" she said.
"How?"
"Why don't you open your apartment door and see?" Hannah asked. I looked at my phone quizzically before I got up from my spot on the couch to go to the door.
"Aren't you glad I came?" Hannah said as she closed her phone when I opened the door.
"When did you get into town?" I asked as we hugged.
"Awhile ago, Bryan said hi and Mara is coming a week before the party but I wanted to come out early if that's fine" she said.
"It is, I just wasn't expecting you" I said.
"That's what you get when you're dealing with magic folk" she said.
"Yeah and boy do I have loads to tell you" I said.
I told Hannah everything from up to meeting up with my ex, to the lunch and to what was happening now. I know I have told Paige and Becky what happened with the ex situation but I could never tell them about this. There was no way in hell they would believe me.
"Wow" she said.
"I know and in the middle of my wedding planning, I have to deal with someone who is after me, sheesh can they go bother someone else?" I asked.
I don't know sweetie" she said, comforting me.
"I'm just stressed with everything going on and not to mention, Cedric is definitely hiding something from me and it has to do with his work. He only told me that there were some problems there and he wouldn't want to tell me what it is. God, I thought that we were supposed to be honest with each other" I said.
Hannah was quiet after I spoke. I looked over her and her eyes seemed to play something in them but I couldn't tell what. What does she know that I didn't?
"Hannah, what is it?" I asked.
"You're going to hate me" she said softly.
"Whatever it is, I won't hate you and you know that" I said.
"Well, Cedric does know something at his job and it has to do with you" she said.
"What about me?" I asked.
A/n: And now things are slowly but surely being revealed. Hope your holidays went well.
That was the good news and the bad news is that I start school again in two weeks meaning less updating *screams* but I do try and update when I can and also good news I got three chapters left of my Dancing on Thin Air story. I just need to update the next chapter and I'm set.
Also, I have a new story up it's called The Crazy Adventure in Narnia. Crappy title I know but it was all I could think of. It's about two girls who get sucked into Narnia and must find a way to get home. More specifics of the summary are over at that story so check it out!
You know what to do. Thanks for your patience and support!
Signing out for now,
Spikeluver89