Also for all my readers, I'm starting a new story, unfortunately I'm acutally doing it on Emma and Tom based on them filming Emma's new movie Beauty and the Beast, and as it incorporates actors I cannot put it up on here, instead it is on my Wattpad account, which if you go on my profile, there's a link to go directly there!

Cedric plopped into the seat right beside Hermione causing the whole hall to stare at them.

"Wh, what are you doing?" Hermione hissed at the much too attractive for his own good, 6th year.

"Hermione you came out of the blue and kissed me a few days ago, I think I have the right to sit here and eat while I find out why. I've meant to ask you several times now but every time you distract me." Cedric said before snatching a piece of bacon off of Hermione's plate.

Hermione blushed, her cheeks practically crimson. "People are staring." At the same time thanking god that it was still really early so no one was really there but unfortunately everyone that was there, was staring.

Cedric looked around. "Oh sorry. Didn't know that." He gave her an innocent smile.

Hermione rolled her eyes. "Sure and Snape's actually blonde." Hermione said sarcastically.

"Really, no wonder he dyed his hair black. Can you imagine him as a blonde?" Cedric said shocked. "Hey maybe he's related to Malfoy."

Hermione gave him a look. Cedric just grinned at her then as he opened his mouth to say something else she shoved a piece of egg into his mouth.

Cedric chewed it thoughtfully. "Yum, do that again!"

"No you've already stolen enough of my breakfast." Hermione said. "You know, you seemed so composed at the World Cup and I thought you were so mature, now I'm not so sure."

"I'm offended but so you know, I act like this with my friends all the time."

"Oh great, so this is the real Cedric Diggory?"

"Yep." Cedric said as he took another piece of bacon off her plate.

"Hey!" She exclaimed as she whacked his hand softly.

"I'm a growing boy. I need food."

"Get your own plate."

"You're no fun." Cedric pouted. Hermione rolled her eyes. "You still haven't answered my question."

"It was nothing Cedric." Hermione said blushing.

"See, I would believe that if your cheeks weren't red." Cedric said dryly.

"Look Cedric..." Hermione paused.

"Yes?"

"Itwasadare." Hermione blurted.

"Hermione slow down. I couldn't understand a word you said."

"It was a…dare."

Cedric blinked. "Wait do you mean you kissed me on a dare?"

Hermione nodded.

"And here I was thinking I was irresistible." Cedric joked.

"Oh dear lord." Hermione said in disbelief. "Those fangirls have really gone to your head."

Cedric laughed good naturedly. "Relax Mione, I was only joking. Though about the dare, I'm not sure if I should feel insulted. What exactly was the dare?"

"Kiss the next guy that comes through the doors." Hermione whisphered.

Cedric's jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "What if it was someone like a professor?"

"Ugh don't remind me, I should never have let Lavender and Parvarti get to me." Hermione said burying her head into her arms. "I shudder to think if it might've been Professor Moody, Snape…or Binns."

Cedric laughed so hard he nearly choked on Hermione's orange juice.

"Hey that's mine!" Hermione said as she realized her drink wasn't where she last put it.

As it was, Cedric ended up eating off Hermione's plate while she scowled at him whilst she made finishing touches on her Potion's essay.

!

Hermione was in Transfiguration when she felt someone throw something at her.

"Ow." Hermione said rubbing the back of her head as she turned around to see who it was. Pansy smirked at her. Hermione took a deep breath as she gave Pansy a tight smile. Then turned around. Minutes later she was hit another. She whirled around to glare at Pansy who gave her a snarky smile in return

"Ladies what's going on?" McGonagal asked.

"Nothing professor." Pansy said innocently.

McGonagal raised a brow at her then turned to look at Hermione.

"It was nothing professor." Hermione said.

McGonagal stared at her while Hermione avoided her gaze.

Then she snatched the two pieces of paper that Pansy had thrown at her and opened them up.

Everyone watched as her brows furrowed.

"Miss Parkinson detention tonight and 30 points off Slytherin." She said grimly. "I do not tolerate filthy names written or spoken. And if I ever see you with this Rita Skeeter woman, I will take more points off and count on detentions till Christmas."

Pansy's face turned a bright shade of red as she glared at Hermione.

At the end of class Hermione told Harry and Ron, the latter who was still not speaking to her, that she would catch up to them.

"Professor can I see what Pansy Parkinson wrote that caused you to take action?"

Professor McGonagal looked up. She took off her glasses. "Miss Granger." She sighed. "You may if you like but sometimes, things are better left unknown."

"She'll sneer it to my face one way or another."

"You're mostly likely right." She said sadly as she handed Hermione the papers. "Please do keep in mind Ms. Granger making a scene like you did with… Mr. Diggory, may have unexpected repercussions so please be prepared."

Hermione blushed as she knew exactly what she was referring to.

"I never meant to Professor."

"Oh I know that dear girl. But I have to say you were very lucky that it was Mr. Diggory that entered first instead of Mr. Crabbe." Professor McGonagal said smiling.

Hermione stared at her teacher for a second. "Professor how'd you-"

"Go on Ms. Granger I don't want you late to your next class." She said, a certain twinkle in her eyes.

!

"Wait you're trying to tell me that Granger kissed you on a dare." Ian said.

"Yes." Cedric said.

"So that means she doesn't have a crush on you."

"Yes." Cedric groaned.

"So you like her but she doesn't like you."

"Yea- Hey wait what!"

"Mate," Ian patted Cedric on the back. "I've been your friend since first year. I know you almost as well as your mum."

"Oh shut up. I'm going to the library."

"Ha." Ian said jumping up.

Cedric looked at him worried. "You okay?"

"Don't look at me like that." Ian huffed. "I said ha because you're going to the library which just so happens to be Hermione Granger's heaven on earth. Thus this proves-"

"That we owe Binns a 3 page essay on the History of the Gregorian era." Cedric said rolling his eyes.

"Bloody hell I forgot about that."

!

"What'd Parkinson send you Mione?" Ron asked this time swallowing his food before talking. Hermione said nothing not even looking at him.

"Mione I'm sorry okay, I overreacted."

Hermione looked up at him arching a brow. "Really." She said dryly.

Ron gulped. "Really Mione."

"It's okay." Hermione sighed rubbing her head. "You can just read it if you like." Hermione said putting two pieces of crumpled parchment on the table. Harry grabbed it as soon as Hermione let go of the papers.

"Blimey Harry that was really good seeker's skills." Ron said in amazement.

"Oh for heaven's sakes. I'm going to the library."

"But Mione you always go there." Harry said not opening the letter yet.

"And you don't go there enough. At least one of us is trying to figure out your egg so you can be prepared and don't DIE!"

Harry looked down a bit ashamed. "Sorry Mione I didn't mean it like that. I'll do some research tomorrow."

Hermione sighed. "Please do Harry, if your hunch is right that someone is trying to off you by putting you in this competition, we need to be ready for anything. Plus I'd hate for bloody Trelawney's prediction of your death to be right. She'd be bragging about it for the rest of her life." She said before grabbing all of her stuff and leaving.

Ron and Harry looked at each other.

"Did Mione just curse?" Harry asked.

"Never mind that she just told a joke and a good one too."

Hermione wondered in one of the aisles lost in thought about Parkinson's words. Of course she had called Hermione a mudblood. Hermione had to roll her eyes at that one. It was pretty darn overused by now. But then she had accused her of slipping a love potion into both Cedric and Harry's drinks. Then was going to tell Rita Skeeter that fact as soon as she could. Plus Pansy also called her a bunch of names, including a jab at the fact Ron had even admitted she was easy and asked if she'd also done Ron Weasley. Hermione was so lost in thought she didn't see the person that she bumped to.

Hermione closed her eyes as she waited for the impact of falling backwards but it never came as she felt two arms wrap around her. She opened one eye cautiously. Cedric gave a crooked grin. "Nice bumping into you too." He joked.

Hermione rolled her eyes as she stood up straight with his help. "Sorry Cedric I wasn't looking. Thanks though for catching me."

"No problem at all."

!

Weeks passed and the friendship between the two deepened though they did try to hide it more. After a few incidents with Cedric's fan club and Slytherins of course. The library had become their haven where they talked for hours about school, their families, their friends, their… expectations. That was probably the most popular subject of all. Hermione had so many expectations that she had to fulfill as Harry's best friend, as the perfect daughter, the perfect student, and such.

While Cedric had almost the whole house of Hufflepuff on his shoulders. They had never been known for much and the glory was never put upon them rather they were the house that every other person considered the house for the brainless and gutless. Not to mention that Cedric's father had so much confidence in him that Cedric felt the burden of it all. He cringed almost every time owls came. He didn't want to read more of his father's assurance that he would win for sure and he would of course beat Harry Potter like he did before.

Before they knew it, it was December.

"Hey Mimi." Cedric said as he sat down at the table that Hermione was currently occupying.

Hermione looked up at him curiously. "Where'd you get that from?"

"Dunno, it just popped." Cedric grinned. "It seemed fitting though. I mean it's a cute name isn't it?"

"Do you want my honest answer?"

"Nope."

Hermione rolled her eyes. But then groaned as she heard some giggling in the background. Hermione's face suddenly turned hard as she let out a long sigh.

"You and bloody Krum, bring those annoying whimpering idiotic girls into the library. I can't study when I hear all the shrill giggling and whispering the words hot, sexy, oh my god, every other minute. I swear if I don't get an O on my Ancient Runes test I will send you to Timbuktu. No better yet Papa New Guinea where the cannibals are! They won't care how lovely your face is!"

"Timbuktu? Cannibals. Wait does that mean you think my face is lovely?" Cedric said grinning.

Hermione glared at the Hufflepuff.

Cedric blanched. "If I can get rid of all of them can I stay here with you?" Cedric asked giving a puppy dog look.

Hermione ignored him as she looked back at her book. "Only if you can get rid of every single one of them."

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