Warning: 2300+ words

The author is proud of herself, and she thinks it was a bad idea to write and end this chapter like this.

But she is mad anyways so it doesn't matter now.

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"That was a good move Ronald." I hissed at him. "If you haven't came after seeing Harry fighting that big dragon I must have given you a piece of mind, directly making a hole in your head-"

"Cool down Ella, he is back isn't he." Hermione said.

"Sorry I was being a jerk." He said, and hugged Harry.

Atlast they are back, Harry looks really depressed without him.

As days went on my crush towards Harry grows on. I can't just take my eyes off him.

I have decided now, I would ask Harry for the ball. Obviously if I ask him, he won't deny.

The ball was just announced and there were so much crowd everywhere.

Everyone was talking only about it and trying to find a partner.

"So Hermione whom are you going to ask?" I asked her as we walked through the great hall.

"Hm, I don't know, let's see." She said.

"Yeah, but you know you can't take books as your date." I have just finished the sentence when she threw the book at me.

"Shut up, am going to library, you wanna come?" She asked.

"No you go alone I have a work to do." I explained her.

"Asking someone huh?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Kind of." I giggled and walked off.

I saw Harry and Ron near the open corridor.

"Hey guys, Harry I wanted to ask-" I began but he cut off.

"Not now Ella, you know Professor McGonagall told me I have to dance first, so I have to find a partner." He growled. "Will talk to you later."

Saying that he grabbed Ron and walked off.

Idiot.

Now seriously, he is blind, he is idiot, he is a..a..

Cool down, ask him later.

I marched away from the ground, to the place I know will be empty. I walked towards the bridge, it was deserted as everyone was busy in the ground finding their dates.

Ohky so I will ask him nicely, be cool, it's ohky you knows he is stupid.

After ten or so minutes later I calm down and walked back towards the castle with my books which are still in my hands.

Only few steps were left for the end of bridge when I bumped into someone.

"Oh am sorry..." I said picking my books, as a hand came in helping, I looked up to find Cedric there.

Oh boy!

"No am sorry.." he said as we both stand up and he gave me my books.

I start walking again but he stretched his hand on the side of the bridge stopping me.

"Um...?" I mumbled looking up at his towering figure.

"I don't like giving hints and babbling it round and round, so am asking you straight," He said taking a deep breath. "Would you like to go ball with me?"

I felt my breathing stop as the words left his mouth. I can't believe Cedric Diggory is asking me.

Ahhhhhhhhhh

"If you are going with someone else then it's ok.." he said and removed his hand.

"No." I said. "I mean yes, I would like to go with you." I smiled.

He smirked at that, "ohky then, see you later, I have charms now."

"Ok, I also have class, potions." I said awkwardly.

We walked together towards the castle while talking.

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"Hermione, you are a girl-" Ron started. It's 24 December and he is saying this now.

I was sitting at the other side of Hermione, my head totally sunk in the book.

"Oh well spotted," she said acidly.

"Well....you can come with one of us!"

"No, I can't," snapped Hermione.

"But why?" He asked rather suprised.

"Someone already asked me." Saying that sharply she stood up.

"Who?"

"Why should I tell you?" Saying that she marched off.

I heard him muttering something to Harry, and I knew he had turned towards me now.

"Ella-"

"No, I don't know with whom Hermione is going." I stated.

"So Ella-"

"No, I can't go." I said.

"But-"

"Cause I have said yes to 'someone'," I said.

"Everything aside, how do you know what he is going to ask?" Freddie asked from the other side of the table.

"Experience." I shrugged

"Whom are you going with Ella!" Asked Harry, rather loudly.

"You would get to know tomorrow." Saying that I walked away.

I reached the dormitory and leaned over my bed.

"So Hermione whom are you going with?" I asked her.

"First tell me yours Ella?" She said looking from her pile of books.

"Fine, it's Cedric Diggory." I giggled.

"What?! Wow, nice." She squeezed sitting beside me. "Am going with Victor, Victor Krum.."

"You are joking!" I gasped as I sat. "Damn we would be dancing first.."

"Yeah, am thinking of some spells to reduce these curls..." She explained. "Would you help me?"

"Surely."

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I walked carefully with my long silver dress.

Don't trip. Don't

I reached the stairs when I saw Ron and Harry, with Parvati and Padma. Harry was looking like he is a bloody rich buisnessman with the most handsome face in the world, and is gonna kill anyone who tried to offend him.

"Hey guys!" I smiled. They both looked at me with a bit suprise.

"Wow Ella." Said Ron. "Where's Hermione?"

"She is coming in a while," I said.

"Whom are you going with?" Asked Harry sharply.

"Not even a compliment.." I rolled my eyes. I was just going to tell him when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"You are looking beautiful." Said Cedric, as he was looking a god in this suit.

"Thanks, you are looking nice too.." I said blushing a bit. "I mean very very nice."

He laughed at that. "Shall we?" He asked stretching his hand outward.

"Surely," I said placing my hand in his, and turned towards Ron and Harry. "See you guys."

After a bit of chatting Professor McGonagall came and instructed us to go on stage. I saw Hermione with Victor, she was looking incredibly beautiful and she was grinning widely.

Everything was in rush as we heard loud applause and reached the stage.

I took a deep breath as his one hand came around my waist and the other joined my fingers in his.

The music starts, but it all feels in slow motion as his eyes looked at me. It feels like he can see inside me, and his gaze made butterflies in my stomach.

By every round we take the distance between us decreases. The closeness was making my steps disturbed as I nearly stepped onto my own dress resulting in falling on him.

"You alright?" He asked as I removed my hands from his chest, and place back to his shoulders.

"Yeah.." I nodded. After so many dances I left the stage and reached where Ron and Hermione were shouting at each other.

I hugged Hermione between her argument and she giggled.

"Tell her Ella, she is pairing with Harry's opponent." Ron growled.

"This whole tournament's supposed to be about getting to know foreign wizards and making friends with them!," saying that she ran off.

"Really Ron?" I asked as I sat beside him.

"Yeah you would support her won't you, she is with Cedric, who is my opponent too Ron." Said Harry for my suprise.

"Ah..Harry you know its-"

"What??! If you wanted to go with a champion so for your kind information I am Hogwarts champion too." He stated.

"Harry what do you mean? I just-"

"But you are just too overwhelm by that Cedric that-"

"You know on that day in morning I came up to you, I was going to ask you but you were so determine to find a "partner" that you didn't even listen" I said.

"So you could have asked after that?" He said back. "When we asked you, you could have said yes!"

"Harry I-"

"Ron don't." I said to him. "I want to be your choice, not your only option." Saying that I stood up and walked away.

What does he think of himself? Just a minute ago I was so happy, I was so calm and he is shouting me for no reason.

What is his problem anyways-

I was so drifted by my thoughts that I didn't even saw as I collied with someone. I was falling backward when a hand came around my waist and prevented my fall.

I looked up to find Cedric looking very angry.

"Why are you crying?" He asked in a steady voice.

"Am not crying." I said wiping the corner of my eyes.

"What does he said to you?" He asked and took a threatening step forward.

"Nothing..it's alright." I said and placed my hand on his chest to stop him.

"If you say so," he said taking the step back, and in a second his anger expression was replaced by smile. "So, what's the plan now?"

"Not much really, I would just go to my dormitory, am tired." I told him.

"Oh ok then, meet you tomorrow." He said with a disappointed look.

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The next two days were quite, Hermione don't talk to Ron so to avoid him she stays in library with Krum. Ron barely saying a thing to me as Harry was avoiding me completely.

So I spend most of the free time on the bridge talking with Cedric. He told me some tricks in quidditch and am sure I will be in team next year.

"You mean we would be playing against each other next year?" He asked.

"Now game is a game," I laughed.

"Wouldn't you do a little bit of partiality for me?" He said dramatically.

"Same question goes to you." I said.

"You are... mindful." He laughed. "So, I will meet you after my potions, Snape won't let me spend my time at the bridge."

"Sure, you can go." I said. After some time I left for the castle too. I have never thought I would talk to someone else other than the trio.

The much I think of it, the worse it feels.

I climbed up to the stairs, I don't know where am planning to pass my time now. The weather cold so I can't hang around in ground. I don't wanna disturb Hermione too.

Damn this sucks.

I stepped up on the moving stairs, I feel someone behind me as the stairs start moving.

I turned around to see Harry standing, feeling alarmed I turned my back toward him.

"Ella.." I heard him as he climbed next to me.

"Remembered my name do you?" I asked him.

"Ella am sorry, you know what's going in my mind," He said. "With all that stress and then you dancing with-"

"Oh you didn't stop talking to Hermione," I spat. "She did the same didn't she?"

"Yeah but it's different." He shrugged.

"I beg to differ." I said looking away. And noticed the staircase was still in the middle of the air.
"Why isn't it moving?"

"I don't know," he said coming closer. "Listen, it's different because I don't care whom Hermione go with-but I do care...that you didn't go with me!"

"You didn't asked me," I said facing him as he was towering over me.

Wait a second how's that possible we are of same height

-And yes he was standing on the stair above.

"I know am sorry, am just too much..too much of a..." He trailed off.

"Jerk, stupid, Egoistic, idiot." I suggested.

"Kind of." He said rubbing back of his neck. "So am I forgiven?"

"Depends." I said folding my hands over my chest. "If you can elaborate why do you care if I go with someone else?"

"Um... because... because..I-I um.."he said moving more closer, I tried to step backward but he stopped me as he captured my arms in his hands.

Suddenly the staircase start moving upward. Due to the force I lost my balance, but he catches me.

"Wh-where do you thi-think it's taking us?" I shuttered.

"No idea, and I don't even care." He said.

"It's different because Ella you aren't my only option, you are my choice" Saying that he came forward and the other second our lips were connected.

His closeness was enough to make me forget how to even see or do something. I can't feel anything other than the feeling in my stomach.

After sometime we broke off for air. I looked around to find staircase has taken us to the astronomy tower, which was deserted.

"Let's go,"he said, but I didn't move.

No no no everything is wrong here.

"Ella? What happened?" He asked again.

"Nothing, I loved the time I spent with you, but I can't do it anymore." I explained.

"Wh-what do you mean?"

"Fairy!" Without telling him anything I called out for her.

Everything stopped.
She popped out of nowhere as she was sliding to the hands of stairs.

"You told me not to come, and now you are calling me yourself when I have arranged a romentic date for you?" She asked.

"Um..I can't, I mean it's leading to a love triangle isn't it?" I asked her.

"Yeah, kind of. But anyways Cedric is gonna-"

"No," I tried to say it calmly, but I know I shouted. "No he is not. Please let him live."

"Now you are really making this story different," she said angrily. "You can't save everybody, you can't have everything Aarohi."

"But...I can't live here anymore. I don't like love triangles, it's messy." I declared.

"Wow! So you wanna go your home?" She asked.

"Nah! We would try a different world,"I said. "Come on now!"

Did I just saw her rolling her eyes.

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So, thoughts?

Actually I wanted to finish it in this, because if I start writing every incident in my mind it would look like a HP fanfiction.

Hint: next time it's gonna be Thor.

Do votes and comments.

P.S: just tell me my staircase idea was amazing.