After making love me and Cedric then went into the shower together; and nothing surpassed passed kissing and cuddling. I loved being in his arms; I felt so safe and loved. I loved the fact that I had been able to find my soul mate; and even though all we had been through we had fought against the odds and stayed together.
When we left the shower we then quickly got ready for our day; when I was finished I quickly packed my things into my handbag that I might need. When we were both ready we left hand in hand - both very eager to see what today was going to bring.
When we walked out of the Three Broomsticks I noted to myself that Cedric looked nervous again; however I decided to drop it. He had already told me to leave it and I didn't want to push him on it.
I smiled meekly as I took the scene in front of me; Hogsmede wasn't too busy so we were able to just have a low hum of busy echoing around the village. It was overcast with a slight breeze that was making the trees sway. I could hear birds squeaking as they were flying past above and in the distance I could spell the freshly baked goods being made in Madam Puddifoot's tea shop.
We decided that we would go to Madam Puddifoot's tea shop for our breakfast; thankfully it had just recently opened so we were able to go and sit in one of the private window booths. Cedric sat in front of me after he had placed our order at the till; and as we waited we held hands and talked lovingly to each other. And as I continued to gaze lovingly in my white knight's eyes I couldn't help but start get overwhelmed by the look of love and devotion. Even after all this time I couldn't believe that Cedric was mine; and even after all we had been through it just showed me that he was in fact my soul mate.
Before I knew it we were now walking hand in hand up the pathways towards Hogwarts; I couldn't stop a warm smile spreading across my face at being back here. No matter when I ended up living Hogwarts was always going to be my forever home.
"Penny for your thoughts?" I heard Cedric say, which broke me out of my train of thought.
"Hmm" I hummed as I tore my eyes away from Hogwarts and looked up at him.
"You looked deep in thought" he noted.
"Oh I was just thinking how glad I was to be back" I advised happily. "Hogwarts will always feel like home to me" I added.
"Me too" He smiled back. "Even though we both have had highs and lows here it will always be our home" he stated as he threw a loving look up at Hogwarts. This statement then made my mind begin to think about all the highs and lows that I had here; visions of memories started to fly around my mind and I pursed my lips. A collection of all the adventures that me, Ron and Harry had been on over the years fighting he-who-must-not-be-named and the Ministry continued to plague me. However as I started to think about mine and Cedric's start of our relationship I started to feel better about the memories that was currently trying to engulf me. Even though our first year together was very rocky I was happy that the pair of us had gone through it as it had made us even stronger.
My mind then went onto my accident with the Dragon and I couldn't help but shudder at this. Yes my post traumatic stress disorder and nightmares over this had subsided - but the memory still proved painful for me. Thankfully I pushed my mine on to the many date nights that me and Cedric had shared; however as I was just about to think about mine and Cedric's reunion after the Battle of Hogwarts I heard him chuckle, which broke my train of thought.
"What?" I asked as I looked up at him.
"I love the face you pull when you are deep in thought" he teased.
"Erm" I muttered as I nervously brushed some hair behind my left ear. "Well like I have said before Ced-" I began to advise. "I don't know how to react to that" I reminded him.
"Yes" he smiled. "You have told me that before my love" he added as he dropped my right hand and he instead linked my arm as we started to walk up the steps to the entrance. I then watched as he knocked on the door and we stood in silence before the door opened and Filch appeared, which Mrs Norris by his side.
"Yes?" he questioned dryly.
"We are here to see Professor McGonagall" Cedric explained.
"Is she expecting you?" Filch asked in the same monotonous tone.
"Yes" Cedric nodded.
"Very well" he said sounding very body as he stepped to one side and so we could walk into the door. I then let Cedric lead me through the doorway, very eager to see Professor McGonagall and to find out the reasoning to why we were here.
