Butterflies and Badgers - Chapter 7
Title: Butterflies and Badgers - Chapter 7
Genre: Romance, Suspense, Action
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Cedric/Fleur (Ginny/Draco, even though it's not the main pair!)
Warnings: kissing, language
Status: WIP
Summary/Notes: I'd give this whole chapter away if I wrote a summary, so I'm not going to write one. =) But it's in Cedric's POV. Before, the other chapters were pretty general, but I think writing in Cedric's POV is fun, so I will do that for the remaining chapters.
Other chapters have different ratings so if you're easily offended, make sure you read the info before them.
Other chapters: (ratings in parenthesis)
Chapter 1 (R) - Caught Red-Handed
Chapter 2 (PG) - Twice In One Day
Chapter 3 (PG) - No More Heartbreaks
Chapter 4 (PG) - Devious Plans
Chapter 5 (PG-13) - Unexpected Changes
Chapter 6 (PG-13) - Mischief
Fleur was sleeping on a hospital bed. Cedric was pacing around the room as if he was going to be a new father.
Fleur only had a broken leg, but it was broken in three places, therefore causing her short of breath. Madam Pomfrey had given her a sleeping draught so Fleur wouldn't feel the pain of the antidote, a potion.
It was in the wee hours of the morning, but Cedric wouldn't leave her side. Oh, he knew she'd be alright, but he loved her too much to leave her. And what would she think when she woke up and he wasn't there?
Madam Pomfrey had instructed her to leave once she woke up. However, she would only be able to wake up once her leg was healed. It had been a day and some odd hours since they first arrived there.
And Cedric was worried. Worried that he would never get to see Fleur's eyes sparkle the way they did when he touched her. Worried that he would never get to tell Fleur again that he loved her. Worried that he would never get the chance to propose to her. Or to marry her. Or to have beautiful, French, British, veela children.
Cedric's worries were swept away into oblivion when Fleur awoke. She was confused up until she saw Cedric. With a smile, she sat up. "Zedric."
Cedric walked over to her and kissed her forehead. "Fleur."
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Ginny was sitting on a bench just outside the Quidditch field, hand in hand with none other than Draco Malfoy. Harry never believed Cedric, so Cedric decided to "stalk" Ginny with him for a whole Saturday until she met up with Draco. And there they were.
"See? I told you, mate!" Cedric whispered, peeking at them from behind a tree. Harry was behind a tree next to Cedric and he was gawking at him. "I can't believe it...Ron's gonna freak...I mean, Draco called Hermione a mudblood, and we all know Ron's got a thing for Hermione, and Ron's little sister Ginny going out with the boy who called Ron's lover a mudblood...Oh this is too messed up..." His voice got louder with each word.
Cedric covered Harry's mouth. "Quiet! Or else they'll hear us." "Mmk," mumbled Harry. "Wemoo or an!" Cedric looked at him. "What?" Harry forced his hand off his mouth. "I said to remove your hand." "Oh," responded Cedric sheepishly.
Ginny and Draco were kissing.
"Can you believe her?!" Harry whispered angrily, his brows furrowing. Cedric shrugged. "Hey, I told you, man, but you didn't want to believe me..." "Oh, shut up." "Just trying to do the right thing. Hey, Harry, I'll see you around." "Why I oughta kill that mofo..." "Harry?" "Oh right, bye." "Bye."
Cedric walked from behind the tree, not caring if Ginny or Draco saw him. He placed his hands in his pockets and hummed a tune as he passed many giggling girls, shy first years, rough boys, and Slytherins, who just couldn't help but chant, "Diggory!"
Cedric waved politely at them. He really didn't want the Slytherins to be rooting for him, much less wearing those horrid badges. But it was out of his hands. He couldn't control everyone, not that he ever wanted to. And frankly, at the moment, he didn't care. He was feeling depressed and didn't want to speak to anyone. Not even Fleur.
He passed a group of Beauxbaton girls and didn't even to bother look at them. Fleur had said she was going to rest in the Beauxbatons dorm. He figured she'd still be there.
"ZEDRIC!" Footsteps became more apparent to the pretty boy. Cedric wheeled around, and it was none other than...
"Fleur?"
Fleur jumped into his arms and placed a sweet kiss on his lips. "Zedric! I feel much better now!" Cedric forced a smile as he held her. "That's...that's great, Fleur...I'm happy for you." Fleur spotted the sadness in his eyes and became concerned. "Zedric? What iz it?"
Cedric shrugged. So she noticed. "Nothing, Fleur...I...I just haven't been feeling like myself lately. I really need some time alone..."
Fleur tilted her head a bit, biting her lip. "Oh?"
"Yeah, I hate to do this to you...but...I really just need time to think..." He released her, kissed her hand, and then walked off, looking at the ground as he headed for the Hufflepuff common room.
He had left Fleur to ponder about what was going through his head. She stood there for a moment before returning to her friends. When asked what had happened, she replied, "I do not know..."
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The third task was just weeks away. Time had passed so quickly. It felt like just a few days ago, Harry was telling him about the dragons. Then he was telling Harry about the egg. The second task. The whole drama between him, Cho, Fleur. Draco and Ginny. Then the incident with Fleur and Draco and him.
Laying on his bed, he began to remember all the events in his head clearly. Hell, some of them came more clearly than others. Him and Cho...at the Yule Ball. Fleur with Roger. Oh, Cedric sure had felt some jealousy that night. His hatred for Roger was burning in his head. Seeing him dance with her, hold her hands, whisper in her ear, even give her a goodnight kiss on the cheek was painful.
And then he got with Fleur. But then that whole Cho thing. Both girls broke up with him and Fleur went back to Roger.
But now he finally had Fleur. She was his to hold. So why wasn't he happy? He had helped Fleur overcome a broken leg. Shouldn't he have felt happy about that? Or how Fleur was so eager to see him again? Or that he could hold her, kiss her, touch her whenever he wanted?
Cedric couldn't keep this feeling that something terrible was going to happen out of his mind. Could it be the tournament would be cancelled? Fleur would break up with him? He would lose the tournament? Or he wouldn't even get to participate it at all for some odd reason?
Whatever it was, he knew many would be affected by it, and he didn't like that. But perhaps it was just the fact that he didn't know what was going to happen that drove him so crazy. So crazy, that he was now in fact dreaming of all the possible things that could happen. It never occured to him that maybe, just maybe, someone would die in the future.
Genre: Romance, Suspense, Action
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Cedric/Fleur (Ginny/Draco, even though it's not the main pair!)
Warnings: kissing, language
Status: WIP
Summary/Notes: I'd give this whole chapter away if I wrote a summary, so I'm not going to write one. =) But it's in Cedric's POV. Before, the other chapters were pretty general, but I think writing in Cedric's POV is fun, so I will do that for the remaining chapters.
Other chapters have different ratings so if you're easily offended, make sure you read the info before them.
Other chapters: (ratings in parenthesis)
Chapter 1 (R) - Caught Red-Handed
Chapter 2 (PG) - Twice In One Day
Chapter 3 (PG) - No More Heartbreaks
Chapter 4 (PG) - Devious Plans
Chapter 5 (PG-13) - Unexpected Changes
Chapter 6 (PG-13) - Mischief
Fleur was sleeping on a hospital bed. Cedric was pacing around the room as if he was going to be a new father.
Fleur only had a broken leg, but it was broken in three places, therefore causing her short of breath. Madam Pomfrey had given her a sleeping draught so Fleur wouldn't feel the pain of the antidote, a potion.
It was in the wee hours of the morning, but Cedric wouldn't leave her side. Oh, he knew she'd be alright, but he loved her too much to leave her. And what would she think when she woke up and he wasn't there?
Madam Pomfrey had instructed her to leave once she woke up. However, she would only be able to wake up once her leg was healed. It had been a day and some odd hours since they first arrived there.
And Cedric was worried. Worried that he would never get to see Fleur's eyes sparkle the way they did when he touched her. Worried that he would never get to tell Fleur again that he loved her. Worried that he would never get the chance to propose to her. Or to marry her. Or to have beautiful, French, British, veela children.
Cedric's worries were swept away into oblivion when Fleur awoke. She was confused up until she saw Cedric. With a smile, she sat up. "Zedric."
Cedric walked over to her and kissed her forehead. "Fleur."
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Ginny was sitting on a bench just outside the Quidditch field, hand in hand with none other than Draco Malfoy. Harry never believed Cedric, so Cedric decided to "stalk" Ginny with him for a whole Saturday until she met up with Draco. And there they were.
"See? I told you, mate!" Cedric whispered, peeking at them from behind a tree. Harry was behind a tree next to Cedric and he was gawking at him. "I can't believe it...Ron's gonna freak...I mean, Draco called Hermione a mudblood, and we all know Ron's got a thing for Hermione, and Ron's little sister Ginny going out with the boy who called Ron's lover a mudblood...Oh this is too messed up..." His voice got louder with each word.
Cedric covered Harry's mouth. "Quiet! Or else they'll hear us." "Mmk," mumbled Harry. "Wemoo or an!" Cedric looked at him. "What?" Harry forced his hand off his mouth. "I said to remove your hand." "Oh," responded Cedric sheepishly.
Ginny and Draco were kissing.
"Can you believe her?!" Harry whispered angrily, his brows furrowing. Cedric shrugged. "Hey, I told you, man, but you didn't want to believe me..." "Oh, shut up." "Just trying to do the right thing. Hey, Harry, I'll see you around." "Why I oughta kill that mofo..." "Harry?" "Oh right, bye." "Bye."
Cedric walked from behind the tree, not caring if Ginny or Draco saw him. He placed his hands in his pockets and hummed a tune as he passed many giggling girls, shy first years, rough boys, and Slytherins, who just couldn't help but chant, "Diggory!"
Cedric waved politely at them. He really didn't want the Slytherins to be rooting for him, much less wearing those horrid badges. But it was out of his hands. He couldn't control everyone, not that he ever wanted to. And frankly, at the moment, he didn't care. He was feeling depressed and didn't want to speak to anyone. Not even Fleur.
He passed a group of Beauxbaton girls and didn't even to bother look at them. Fleur had said she was going to rest in the Beauxbatons dorm. He figured she'd still be there.
"ZEDRIC!" Footsteps became more apparent to the pretty boy. Cedric wheeled around, and it was none other than...
"Fleur?"
Fleur jumped into his arms and placed a sweet kiss on his lips. "Zedric! I feel much better now!" Cedric forced a smile as he held her. "That's...that's great, Fleur...I'm happy for you." Fleur spotted the sadness in his eyes and became concerned. "Zedric? What iz it?"
Cedric shrugged. So she noticed. "Nothing, Fleur...I...I just haven't been feeling like myself lately. I really need some time alone..."
Fleur tilted her head a bit, biting her lip. "Oh?"
"Yeah, I hate to do this to you...but...I really just need time to think..." He released her, kissed her hand, and then walked off, looking at the ground as he headed for the Hufflepuff common room.
He had left Fleur to ponder about what was going through his head. She stood there for a moment before returning to her friends. When asked what had happened, she replied, "I do not know..."
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The third task was just weeks away. Time had passed so quickly. It felt like just a few days ago, Harry was telling him about the dragons. Then he was telling Harry about the egg. The second task. The whole drama between him, Cho, Fleur. Draco and Ginny. Then the incident with Fleur and Draco and him.
Laying on his bed, he began to remember all the events in his head clearly. Hell, some of them came more clearly than others. Him and Cho...at the Yule Ball. Fleur with Roger. Oh, Cedric sure had felt some jealousy that night. His hatred for Roger was burning in his head. Seeing him dance with her, hold her hands, whisper in her ear, even give her a goodnight kiss on the cheek was painful.
And then he got with Fleur. But then that whole Cho thing. Both girls broke up with him and Fleur went back to Roger.
But now he finally had Fleur. She was his to hold. So why wasn't he happy? He had helped Fleur overcome a broken leg. Shouldn't he have felt happy about that? Or how Fleur was so eager to see him again? Or that he could hold her, kiss her, touch her whenever he wanted?
Cedric couldn't keep this feeling that something terrible was going to happen out of his mind. Could it be the tournament would be cancelled? Fleur would break up with him? He would lose the tournament? Or he wouldn't even get to participate it at all for some odd reason?
Whatever it was, he knew many would be affected by it, and he didn't like that. But perhaps it was just the fact that he didn't know what was going to happen that drove him so crazy. So crazy, that he was now in fact dreaming of all the possible things that could happen. It never occured to him that maybe, just maybe, someone would die in the future.