Awkward Declarations

That evening after dinner, the entire contingent of Hogwarts' students that were involved in the second task was in the infirmary waiting to be checked. Cedric brought Cho who in turn brought Mandy and as she had nothing better to do, Megan tagged along. Ginny was escorted there by the twins as they knew they couldn't rely on Ron to do anything responsible.

As soon as they stepped into the infirmary, the tension in the room shot up as they received glares from three of the four other students. With the harsh glares being thrown at them, Ginny quickly moved behind her brothers and said "Come on, we can come back later."

George shook his head and said "Cedric, we've known each other for a long time. We know we screwed up with Harry and there's not a day that goes by that we don't regret it. If there were any way to fix it we would but he won't even give us a chance."

Cedric gave them a look before replying "Do you blame him? He thought of you as his older brothers and he trusted you. In his eyes, you wadded up that trust and threw it in his face. How would you act if he had done it to you?"

George looked down as Fred said "We probably would have pranked the crap out of him and then never had anything to do with him again."

Megan said "So because its only little orphaned Harry, everyone expects him to just take it and then welcome you back whenever you feel like accepting him again. That sounds a lot like your idiot brother talking."

They both flushed at the comment but didn't say anything. Megan looked at Cedric and said "I think I'll wait outside, it's starting to smell like rat in here."

Ginny's eyes grew wide at what she heard as Cho and Mandy were looking back and forth trying to figure out just what was being said. Cedric caught Ginny's expression and said "In case you didn't catch that, Harry places you in the same category as Scabbers and he has learned from his father's mistakes and swears he won't repeat it."

Madam Pomfrey came out to see the Weasley twins with the most somber expressions on their faces that she has ever seen. Poppy knew everything that went on in her ward and was aware of the words that had just been spoken. She stepped up to Ginny and said "Why don't we start with you?"

She waved her wand and ran a quick diagnostic on her and found nothing wrong. She smiled and said "See that was easy enough. Miss Weasley, you are free to go as you are perfectly fine."

The three Weasleys sighed in relief and headed for the exit. As they entered the hallway, Ginny saw Megan and despite her brothers' urges, she stepped over to her. "Whenever you see Harry again, tell him I am sorry for everything. I know there's nothing I can ever do to regain his trust but I just want him to know that if he ever needs anything from me, I will be there."

Megan looked up and replied "I will give him the message. Can I ask a question?"

Ginny nodded.

Megan softly said "I'm not saying this to upset you but I want you to look at it from Harry's point of view. You're coming to me now offering Harry your help. Where were you when he was all alone and he needed the people he thought of as family to be there for him?"

Ginny softly said "I owe him more than anyone but I was too afraid to stand up for him. I'm just a third year. Nobody listens to me."

Megan scoffed "What would Harry have done?"

George sadly said "He would have fought the world to protect us."

Megan nodded her head and stood to walk back into the infirmary just as Madam Pomfrey was finishing with Mandy. Poppy checked Cho over next and upon pronouncing her fine said "Miss Chang, would you escort Miss Brocklehurst back to your dorms, I will need to do a more thorough check up on Mr. Diggory as he wasn't under the effects of a hibernation charm while he was in the water.

Cho replied "Yes, of course Madam Pomfrey." She stepped over to Cedric and gave him a kiss on the cheek before leading Mandy out and into the hall.

Cedric and Megan looked at her warily as she smiled at the both of them. "Now that all that is out of the way, I need you to follow me."

Cedric asked "What no check up?"

Poppy smirked "If you had your heart set on it, I'm sure I could make the time to give you a complete diagnostic."

Cedric paled. "No thank you Madam Pomfrey. I feel fine."

Cedric and Megan shared a glance at each other and with shrugged shoulders followed Poppy into her quarters. Once she closed the outside door, another door appeared on the far wall. She said "I am trusting you with a very precious secret. If you were to betray this trust, I will personally hunt you down and use every bit of my knowledge to make your life a living hell."

They both gulped as they looked at the normally stern but sweet healer. In the end, she smiled and said "Not that I have to worry about that."

She opened the door and said "You have company."

Megan's eyes grew wide and she burst through the door. As she saw Harry lying on the bed, she moved like lightning and was immediately beside him and trying to wrap him in a hug. Poppy had to admonish her to not be too rough with her patient as he was still fragile. It took all of a second before Megan had her lips planted firmly on Harry's. She started talking a mile a minute and saying "We were so scared and worried. Don't you ever do something like that again! What the hell were you thinking?"

Harry smiled sheepishly up at her. "Megs, um…I know everything we've talked about but a wise lady told me I was an idiot so I need to ask you something?"

She snarled out. "Well, what is it?"

"Well, I was hoping that maybe you would you know…um…go out with me?"

She smiled "Are you asking me out on a date?"

He frowned "Not really since I've been told I'm going to be asleep for a while."

She frowned in return. "Then what are you asking?"

"Well, I was hoping that…you know…um…you would…um…bemygirlfriend."

"WHAT?"

Cedric was laughing in the background. He knew it really wasn't funny but just seeing Harry again had lifted his spirits a lot. He knew there were things they needed to talk about before Madam Pomfrey started working on Harry again but he was enjoying the show that two of his favorite people were giving him. He finally chuckled out "Geez Megan, he's asking you to be his girlfriend, go steady, you know, only snog him."

She growled back at Cedric "I know that you idiot. I just wanted him to say it to where I could actually hear the words instead of his mumbling."

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