who to choose? pov: reader/ x reader

part 3 <3

"I am so sorry y/n." He spoke, "I didn't know someone else was in here... are you okay?" He was referencing my smudged makeup.

"Yes. I'm fine. It's nothing." I replied snappy, clearly not in the mood for this.

He was taken aback. That was not usually my normal tone of speaking. "Is it because of Draco?"

I was silent. I didn't want to admit that his words got to me. I didn't want to admit that he had the power to hurt me. But then again, I'm not special. He's rude to everyone. "No."

Cedric clearly didn't believe me but took the hint. As he was about to leave he stopped, stared at me for a quick second, and said, "Your a good person y/n and Draco's just a loathsome git."

"Yeah." I said so quietly that I doubt he even heard me.

"I'll see you around Alatar." He said as he closed the door.

"Bye." I whispered. I wonder why he cared. Maybe he's just a nice person expressing concern over a mutual friend who seemed upset. I was probably just overthinking it. Right?

After last night's bath, I went straight to bed and into a land of dreams. If only I could've stayed there. I woke up and headed to the common room where I found my fellow Gryffindors. I was dreading this moment but I had to do it. I walked up to Ron, Hermione, and Harry and said in a hesitant tone "Harry, can I have word with you?"

"Uh yeah. Sure." Harry hesitantly said he sent a confused look back at his friends. "I don't like you." I burst.

His face looked confused and baffled.

"I mean I like you as a friend. You're a great friend. But I don't like you in a romantic way. You're a great guy and al-"

"Y/n. I understand." He exclaimed in a chuckle. "I figured that it was just Malfoy being Malfoy in the courtyard."

"Oh thank god!" I embraced him in a warm hug. "Friends." I said with a smile. Harry returned to his friends and probably told them what just happened.

Later that day, I was walking through the corridors when I spotted Cedric. I had been feeling guilty all day about how I acted towards him in the prefect's bathroom. "Cedric!" I motioned him over. "Look. I'm sorry about the way that I acted yesterday. I was upset and shaken."

"Don't worry about it. Draco has a peculiar talent of getting on people's nerves." Cedric replied light-heartedly.

"I never said Draco was the reason I was in there that night," I mumbled in a feeble attempt to lie.

"I could tell y/n. And you're a horrible liar."

We started laughing. And lost in the moment, without thinking, I hugged him. My head hung over his shoulder. I acted so fast that it took me a second to realize that I was in his arms. He and I weren't close like that. Not close enough to be hugging in the middle of the hallway. I unwrapped my arms trying to be as calm as possible.

"I better get going now. Thanks for everything!"

Without even letting him respond I turned around, kept my head down, and speed-walked. I tried to make it seem like I wasn't in a rush. I lifted my head once to see if Cedric was still there, but he had gone. I turned around and walked right into Draco Malfoy.

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