“Potions homework.” You replied.

“Can’t believe you didn’t do it sooner. Here, let me help you.” He offered.

The two of you stayed up for several more hours, your conversations about the Triwizard Tournament quickly becoming a distraction from your potions homework. You finished it nonetheless and you and Cedric both went into your separate rooms to sleep.

The First Task

Dragons. You didn’t believe it when Cedric told you, but when you looked at the scene in front of you, there was no denying it anymore. The stands were filled with students from the different schools and you were proudly wearing Cedric’s yellow and black Quidditch shirt, cheering him on.

Your whole body was filled with worry when they called Cedric’s name. The dragon sat very protective on top of her eggs and you watched as Cedric transfigured a stone into a dog to distract the dragon. It worked well enough for the majority of the time, but the whole stadium gasped when the dragon spewed fire at Cedric, leaving a burned mark on his cheek. However, despite this Cedric managed to get the egg and was taken back into the champions’ tent. You let out a sigh of relieve and felt much happier watching the rest of the champions retrieving their eggs. Once Fleur and Krum were done, you hurried down the stands towards the champions’ tent and you saw you were being followed by Hermione Granger who shot you a quick smile.

As soon as you saw Cedric you ran towards him and wrapped your arms around him in a tight hug. He winced slightly at your sudden action and you pulled away instantly, murmuring an apology. Half of his face was covered in some sort of crème, which would ease the burn on his cheek you assumed. You kissed his other cheek softly, careful not to hurt him again.

“I’m really proud of you.” You said as you helped him stand up and together you walked back to the Hufflepuff common room. Cedric was mostly talking during the way back, you occasionally made a noise and nodded your head to let him know you were listening and by the time you two could start about the golden egg under his arm, you had already arrived in the common room. As soon as Cedric entered, you could hear cheers all around him and the common room was once again bursting with as much life as it had the day the Triwizard Cup had chosen Cedric as champion. This time, you did get around to the golden egg and when Cedric opened it, you definitely weren’t expecting that to happen. The egg started making a scream-like noise and Cedric quickly closed it again. He looked at you with a confused look on his face, and you just shrugged because you did not have a clue what this could mean.

The Yule Ball

The castle was buzzing with excitement for the upcoming Yule Ball and you had bought a new dress especially for the occasion. While you were walking to your Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson, you heard quick footsteps approaching you and soon saw Cedric walking next to you.

“What colour dress are you wearing to the Yule Ball?” He asked.

“Excuse me?” You replied, looking up at him.

“Well, I don’t want to buy the wrong colour corsage.”

“For me? Why? I haven’t been asked by anyone yet.” You told him cheekily, before disappearing into the classroom and sitting with your friend, leaving Cedric staring at you before laughing and shaking his head.

Cedric arrived in the common room that evening with a box of chocolate from Honeydukes, trying to find you in the crowded room. You were in a chair by the fire, reading what looked like his copy of ‘Quidditch through the ages’ and he smiled. He walked over to you and grabbed the book with one hand, the other hand holding the chocolate behind his back.

“Hey-“ You started but stopped when you saw Cedric crouched before you.

“My dearest, most beautiful y/n” he started, revealing the chocolate to you from behind his back. “will you be my date to the Yule Ball?” You smiled at his softness and nodded happily, placing your lips on his in a soft and sweet kiss.

The evening of the Yule Ball came, and you couldn’t think about anything else but the opening dance. Obviously, with Cedric being a Triwizard Champion, the two of you had to do an opening dance together with the other champions. You didn’t really like being the centre of attention and Cedric knew this, so we you came walking into his dorm he immediately wrapped his arms around you.

“It’s one dance baby. Once it’s over people will have already forgotten about it. Just look at me the whole time.” You hummed quietly in approval, but it didn’t sound very convincing.

“Come, we’ll practice.” He said softly and that’s how the two of you found yourself dancing around the room and all your worries had gone away.

The Golden Egg

“Hey babe.”

“Hmm?”

“Wanna take advantage of my Prefect privileges?” Cedric asked cheekily. You looked at Cedric smiling and rolled your eyes, knowing he meant the use of the Prefect’s bathroom.

“Don’t you have a clue to solve instead of taking baths with your girlfriend?” You joked.

“Well, yes. But here comes the best part. I can combine them.” Cedric told you, leaving you with a confused look on your face. “Moody told me to bring my egg next time I take a bath.” This caused you to raise an eyebrow at Cedric.

“Weird, but okay. I would love to take advantage of your privileges, then.”

That evening you and Cedric walked to the Prefect’s bathroom together, he muttered the password ‘pine fresh’ and the door opened for you. Cedric had taken you to the bathroom on multiple occasions, but it never failed to amaze you as you watched the water drop down in different colours.

When the bath was filled with water and bubbles, you got in as a content sigh left your lips. Cedric was beside you in an instant.

“If you’re going to make noises like that, we’re gonna have to skip the whole golden egg part.” He whispered in your ear. You giggled and kissed him softly on the lips, then the cheek, below the ear, and his neck. You heard his breathing become a little bit unsteady and you pulled away.

“Nope.” You said, smirking at him and reaching behind him to grab the golden egg. You felt his fingers dug into your skin for a split second, before they went back to stroking your back as you both examined the egg.

“Should we open it?” You said questionably. Cedric nodded as he used one hand to open it and it immediately started screaming again, causing you to drop the egg in the water. Cedric dove in the water but did not come up again for a while.

“You’ve got to hear this.” He said and you followed him underwater. However, the egg wasn’t screaming anymore, but singing a beautiful song.

You both reached the surface again and he smirked at you.

“I’m glad you’re so clumsy.” He said as he placed the closed egg on the floor next to the bath.

“Now we just have to figure out what the song means.” You said.

“Yeah, we can do that later.” He breathed and he pressed his lips hungerly on yours, you responded quickly and wrapped your hands around his neck, bringing the two of you closer together.

The Second Task

You didn’t remember a thing when your head reached through the surface of the water. Looking sideways, you saw Cedric grinning at you, and you smiled back, immediately feeling safe. You swam towards the dock together and were soon wrapped in a number of blankets to keep you warm. Cedric returned and sat next to you -after he had shaken the hand of probably everybody on the dock- and wrapped his right arm over your shoulder, pulling you closer to him. You blushed when you thought about the clue, the song that the merpeople had left.

“We've taken what you'll sorely miss”

Cedric and you had spent most of your moments together to figure out the clue and, once you had decided that he had to go in the lake, pondered over any object he would sorely miss. His wand had come up in the conversation, but you quickly rejected this idea since the rules stated that the only weapon the champions were allowed to use was a wand, so it would make no sense to take this from them. After some consideration, and the most unrealistic suggestions, you both decided that it was a tie between his broomstick or his Prefect badge. Neither of you had suspected that you would be put into an enchanted sleep while you waited for him at the bottom of the lake.

You turned to Cedric and put your hand on his cheek, moving his face towards your own, and kissed him softly. He responded quickly and kissed you back just as soft, and the both of you pulled away before things got too heated, blushing furiously.

“Thank you for saving me. And for surviving another task.”

“Anything. I can’t leave what I’ll sorely miss behind now can I?” Smiling, you nodded and kissed him once more and you both watched Krum transfigure back from a shark to a human, swimming back towards the dock with a distraught looking Hermione Granger. You smiled at her, now understanding why she followed you towards the champion’s tent after the first task.

Eve of the third task

You and Cedric were curled up in front of the fire in the common room, you were preparing for exams and Cedric was deep in thought, thinking about the last task that would happen tomorrow. He had just returned from the Quidditch pitch, which he told you had been turned into a maze. In the middle of the maze, the Triwizard Cup would be hidden and whomever reached it first, would be crowned champion. It sounded simple enough, if you compared it to dragons and holding your breath for an hour.

Cedric’s fingers were aimlessly stroking your hair and you sighed in content and looked up from the Charms book you were currently reading.

“Are you nervous for the task?” You asked him, deciding that studying could wait.

“A little bit, yeah.” His fingers stopped tracing your hair, as he thought about what to say next. “I suppose it is better than dragons.”  He said, to which you nodded in agreement.

“Do you need help studying?” He asked, thinking it was best to not think about the tournament for a while. You laughed, only Cedric would voluntarily study when he had been exempted from all exams due to the tournament.

“I had just decided to give Charms a rest. I could do with a walk though.” You said and you quickly glanced at your watch, which read 8:00PM. Cedric got up at once and extended his arm out to you, which you took gratefully.

The two of you walked along the Hogwarts grounds and you were once again reminded how lucky you were to be here. You watched Hagrid attending to some Nifflers he had taught you about in the previous class and your gaze fell on the, now unrecognizable, Quidditch pitch. You thought about the times when Cedric and you would go out on the pitch together, just to fly around. You weren’t as good of a flyer as he was, hence why you weren’t in the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, but you enjoyed the feeling of the wind through your hair when you were up in the air and you loved it when Cedric was present, the two of you just passing the Quaffle back and forth and talking. Cedric seemed to be thinking along the same lines as he followed your gaze.

“I hope they turn it back into the Quidditch pitch soon enough, we could do some flying again.” You murmured something along the lines of an agreement.

“Luckily, we have your backyard during the summer.” You responded, to make sure he wouldn’t be too disappointed when they decided to leave the maze present for a little while.

“I’m glad you’re going to be staying for a couple weeks.” He told you, and you nodded excitingly. You loved being at home with your parents, but the Diggory’s residency was something else. For starters, everything in his house seemed to be working on something magic related, from the dishes to the photographs, from the garden to the rooftop. You grew up in a Muggle town, your mum was a witch, but your dad was a Muggle and therefore your parents had hardly any magical touches around the house just in case someone came over uninvited. You never minded or missed magic, but after your first flying lessons at Hogwarts, it was a pity to not be able to practise flying over the holidays.

For Cedric, it was exactly the other way around and he loved coming with you when you visited your parents during breaks. He was amazed when you told him your mum hardly did any magic at home, saying she didn’t want to show off her abilities in front of your father. He did, however, notice her flicking her wand at the pile of dishes on the counter and she gave him a quick wink when she saw him looking. He couldn’t blame her, he thought.

The Third Task

Cedric looked at you one last time before entering the maze and you gave him a quick thumbs up. You were once again in his Quidditch shirt and was cheering him on next to Amos, his dad.  Minutes past when Krum entered the maze, and finally Fleur did too, leaving the audience to wait patiently for their favourite champion to return.

You heard a sound as if someone was apparating in, and you were momentarily confused as you couldn’t apparate within Hogwarts but you soon heard cheers erupt from the crowd around you. Relief flooded through your body as you saw him standing there, cup raised above his head and a smile that made his whole face light up. You and Amos both sprinted from the stands towards Cedric and you reached him first and jumped into his arms. He responded quickly by wrapping his arms below your ass and you wrapped your legs around his waist, hugging him tightly.