I allow myself a big morning stretch while still lying in bed yawning. I abruptly stop my morning stretch feeling someone arms around my waist. What the fuck. I turn to see Dracos sun kissed face, beside me. I smile down at him, Merlin he's so peaceful when he sleeps. I slowly climb out of the duvet letting Draco's arms fall onto the bed. I turn back to ensure he's still sleeping and quietly slip out the door.

"Y/N?"

I turn away from the door and walk out into the hall seeing Blaise.

"Blaise." I say firmly as I head down the hall wanting to flee as fast as possible.

"Woah woah woah" he adds grabbing my arm. "Get in here" he continues, pulling me into his empty room.

I huff.

"What? I have somewhere to be" I say tapping my foot impatiently.

He scoffs.

"Y/n, it's 8:00 am on a Saturday. You have nowhere to be".

"Fine".

I flop onto Blaises bed spreading myself out like a starfish.

I sigh.

"Well? What is it you want to know Zabini?"

"C'mon" he chuckles. "You just came out of Malfoy's room!"

"Alright alright" I roll my eyes in defeat.

I sit up, back against the headboard as Blaise climbs a top the bed placing himself directly across from me.

I give him an overview of all that happened the day of the ball while I stop to ask about his night too. To which he responds and I quote: 'hanging with the boys'. I roll my eyes in response. I continue with my story telling him about all the events that lead up to Cedrics and I's almost kiss eventually ending on how I accidentally fell asleep in Draco's room after cuddling.

"Right...cuddling" he grins while doing air quotes.

"Ugh, get your head out of the gutter!" I snap smacking the back of his head.

"Hey!" he shouts soothing the back of his head with his hand.

"Grow up."

"So...which one does your heart desire the most?" he beams sarcastically.

I chuckle.

"I-"

Which one does my heart desire the most? Draco's always been there in the background since the beginning, well up until now. I got to see a real sweet side of him, a side that he doesn't just show to anybody. I understand that if I move forward with our relationship it won't be an easy thing. He doesn't know how to communicate, he'd rather bottle up his feelings than talk about it. But... I am more than willing to help him with that, whether that be as a friend or- well something more. And then there's Cedric. Ahhh sweet Diggory, he exudes pure bliss I just can't explain it. Not to mention he's definitely boyfriend material, honestly it's crazy how he hasn't had a girlfriend yet. All the girls at Hogwarts practically drool over him, maybe he's waiting for the right one. Hmm I don't know, anyway- I love every minute I spend together with him. In fact i'm a little upset with myself for not kissing him when I had the chance, but something just felt- off, It just didn't feel right. Ugh, I think I know who I want, well for now at least.

"So?" Blaise questions once more.

Merlin I hope I'm making the right decision.

I bite my bottom lip nervously.

"Malfoy."

He laughs.

"Malfoy's just that irresistible huh?"

"You're a nutter you know that?" I smile getting off of his bed.

"Wait" he turns from where I was previously sitting to face me. "Does Draco now about you and Diggory's late night smooch?" he questions raising a brow.

"Almost smooch!" I correct crossing my arms.

"Ok ok, almost smooch".

I take a deep breath.

"No. There's no need to upset him over nothing" I respond reaching for the door. " I swear if you tell him Zabini it'll be the last thing you do and you can count on that" I seethe before slamming his door.

I head back over to my dorm and take a nice warm shower before heading off to the library to do some light reading.

As soon as I walk into the library I'm meet with Cedric's warm eyes and smile. He pats the empty seat beside him on the couch as he clears his belongings off of it.

I return the smile as I walk over to him taking a seat beside him.

"Hello darling" he beams while placing a soft kiss on my cheek.

"Ced" I say sweetly in return.

"Look, about last night" I mumble looking down.

"I've already said it Y/n, but I'll say it again. You don't need to explain yourself, if you're not ready then your not, we'll get there" he smiles down at me.

Get there? Oh Cedric why'd you have to say that, now I feel bad for not telling you about Draco. But I can't crush your heart like that.

"Come on, let's get breakfast?" he asks collecting his belongings.

I nod in agreement as he takes my hand in his.

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We arrive to the great hall and take a seat waving down Luna to come sit with us. Luna joins us sitting directly across from us.

"How was your time at the ball with Neville?" Cedric questioned as he poured some fruits onto his plate.

"Lovely, you know Nevilles an amazing dancer" she says softly.

Cedric and I both raise our brows in disbelief.

She chuckles.

"Yes, I know. I too was quite surprised".

We all laugh as we continue to eat our breakfast and chat about our plans over Christmas break.

"Oh Y/n, you got a little something right here" Ced observes placing his thumb to the side of his mouth.

"Oh" I blush, wiping my face with a napkin.

"Did I get it?"

He chuckles.

"Not quite, here-" he places his thumb on the corner of my lips gently wiping off some oatmeal.

"T-Thanks" I stammer a little embarrassed.

He places the same thumb in his mouth his eyes never leaving mine as he savors the oatmeal before sending me a wink. (I'm so sorry for this image please don't hate me)

What in Merlins name is he doing.

I clear my throat wanting to erase that image from my mind and scan the room.

And there he is. His cold grey eyes meeting mine. Of course he had to see what just happened. I huff. Cedric's really out here complicating things huh?

"I'll be right back" I say turning to Luna and Cedric before standing up.

"W-Where are you going?" Cedric asks standing up as well.

"Just stay here Ced, I'll be back" I announce walking towards the exit of the hall.

I make it outside the great hall and start looking around for Draco.

"What the hell was that?"

I turn to my side to see Draco leaned up against a wall with his arms crossed and jaw clenched.

"Draco-I can exp-"

"There's no explanation for him to be touching you" he spat.

"He's just a friend" I reassured.

"Really?" he gets up off the wall starting towards me. "Cause it sure as hell doesn't look like that Y/l/n".

I gulped.

"Let me make this simple for you" he leans in engulfing me in his expensive cologne "me or Diggory?"

Shit.

"Look, I like you ok? I don't know what else I can say to reassure you of this".

"That's easy, just go up to Diggory and tell him you're unavailable" he announces.

"And if he asks by whom?" I cross my arms. "Draco, you and I both know we're not ready to tell anyone anything we just started this" I laugh sarcastically.

I saw him tense up and get angrier if possible, he knew what I said was true. We weren't ready to deal with the problems that came with being an official couple.

He huffs proceeding to roughly grab waist as he kisses me. I feel his lips melt into mine as I place my hand on the back of his neck pulling him closer to me.

"Come on" he smirks intertwining his hand with mine as he leads me down the dark hall.