Jessicas POV✨

I walked out the great hall and made my way back to my dorm, I wanted to have a rest after the big performance and didn't want to interrupt Ron and Hermione's moment.

I was almost at the common room when I heard someone walking behind me.

"Well if it isn't Wood."

I looked behind me to see Patrick quickly approaching me with a menacing look on his face. I looked back round breaking into a run, trying to get to the common room as fast as I could.

I had just approached the fat lady's portrait and was about to say the password when he grabbed ahold of my wrist forcibly pulling me away. "Don't make a sound." He muttered as he pulled me into a dark corridor.

He pushed me against a wall and placed his hands on my waist.

"I see you have gotten over your accident. The little whippet you were singing with today was attempting to beat me up whenever he had the chance. Quite funny really." He whispered into my ear before trailing down to my neck.

"Let go of me you-"

"I told you not to make a sound." He growled in response making me shiver. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get out of his grip. His hands were gripping so tightly to my waist pushing me against the wall that it was merely impossible for me to get away.

I felt his lips press against the crook of my neck as he began leaving hickeys.

I felt a tear roll down my cheek as Patrick placed his hand under my skirt. I thought I was done for until I heard someone yell.

"STUPEFY!"

Patrick suddenly went flying back letting me break free, I ran towards the person who had saved me from what could've been more of a traumatising moment than it already was.

"Cedric?"

The tall Hufflepuff boy pulled me into a hug before taking my hand. "Let's get you away from this psycho." He said as we looked round at Patrick who lay flat on the ground.

We made our way back to my dorm, not bothered at the fact that Cedric is a Hufflepuff and might get caught.

"You go get changed into your comfies and I will wait here." He smiled at me making me feel much better already.

I went through to the bathroom and got changed. I looked at myself in the mirror and then it suddenly hit me. Patrick had attacked me, again.

I then uncontrollably burst into tears as I saw the numerous hickeys all over my neck that he left. What will Fred think?

"Hey, can I come in?" I heard Cedric's voice say from the other side of the door. "Y-yeah." I slowly opened the door and was immediately pulled into another one of Cedric's warm hugs. I buried my face into his shirt and began sobbing. "It's okay, let it all out."

We must've stood there for fifteen minutes until someone burst into the room. Fred.

"Hey Je-" He looked between me and Cedric horrified, "What the bloody hell is going on?" His face was written with anger and fury as he walked closer to us both.

"Fred if you're thinking what I think you're thinking, it is not true." Cedric calmly spoke as Fred walked closer to me, inspecting my neck.

"JESS! IS THAT A HICKEY!" He yelled causing me to jump back in shock.

"Fred calm down-"

"HOW CAN I CALM DOWN WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND JUST CHEATED ON ME?" Fred interrupted Cedric and glared at me. "I trusted you Jess"

"FRED YOU SHOULD TRUST ME. CEDRIC WAS COMFORTING ME!" I screamed at him not able to control my emotions any longer. "HE IS LIKE A BROTHER TO ME."

"AND WHY WOULD YOU NEED COMFORTING? ITS NOT LIKE PATRICK IS IN HERE!" He stepped closer to me making me step back and look at the ground. I couldn't take all of this. It was too much.

"Jess, do you want to tell him, or should I?" Cedric asked me from a few meters away. We both knew if he went any closer Fred would punch him.

"Tell me what?" Fred looked back and forth at Cedric and I waiting for someone to say something. "TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON."

"I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED." I screamed at him in response and began sobbing once again. Cedric took no hesitation into pulling me into another embrace. Fred's face fell from the tense look he had a few seconds ago into his normal soft, caring expression.

"Oh my merlin Jess. I- what happened?" He lifted his hand up to my face and wiped my tears away with his thumb. I tried to get my words out but I just ended up crying harder.

"It was Patrick. Jess said he pulled her into an empty corridor and did these things to her." Cedric explained to Fred and gestured to the hickeys on my neck. "He was about to take it to another level but luckily I arrived just before that could happen and managed to get Jess away."

Cedric explained the rest of the scenario up to him coming in the room. I looked up at Fred and noticed a tear roll down his cheek before quickly wiping it away. He doesn't like to cry in front of anyone unless it is George or me.

"Well I best be heading off. See you guys tomorrow perhaps?" Cedric suggested while opening the door and making his way out. We both nodded in response, Fred and I now sitting on my bed hugging.

"Thank you Ced." I whispered to him just before he closed the door.

"No problem sister from another mister." He smiled at us both one last time before leaving the dorm. As soon as the door closed I looked over at Fred who burst into tears.

"Freddie? What's wrong?" I pulled him closer to me and played with his hair. "I am a horrible boyfriend. I went off on one thinking you cheated on me. But really you were sexually assaulted and I wasn't there to help. I promised myself I would protect you. And I failed."

"Awe Freddie." I also began to cry thinking back to what had happened today. "You didn't know. The scene you walked into looked like I had cheated on you so I don't blame you."

Fred nodded slightly before nuzzling into the crook of my neck and wrapping his arms tighter around my waist. "I don't want to lose you." His voice croaked, his head still buried in my neck.

"You'll never lose me. I am your one and only after all." I whispered back before slowly nodding off. Trying to forget the traumatic end to the night.

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