Arrival of Beuxbatans and Durmstrang

Eventually, a week later, the two other schools arrived.

First came Beuxbatans with their flying carrige. Their horses were huge, and when the came oit, it was all girls. Girly girls none the less. Fun.

Immediately, they were flirting with the guys, and I swear, they have to be part veela. Most of the boys were in a trance.

Five of the girls came to try for George, but failed.

"Sorry, but I have the most beautiful girl right here beside me, and not even the veela at the World Cup could make me forget this." George said, putting an arm around me. They walked away, slightly put out.
Good, I thought. Wait, why do I care? I started to argue with myself as I cam to the realization. You know you have feelings for him, deep down. How can't you, with how many times he's kissed you? Because I'm not ready to date anyone! That doesn't mean you don't want to. Shut up!

All of a sudden, someone gasped and yelled, "The lake! The lake!"

The water in the lake was bubbling strangly, and suddenly, a mast emerged. It was the Durmstrang ship, with all the students. When they came ashore, I saw that Viktor Krum was among them. I elbowed George.

"What?" he asked.

"It's Krum." I whispered.

As he walked past, Krum and I locked eyes. He seemed surprised about something, probably the fact that I wasn't afraid to make eye contact, like everyone else.

We went in the Great Hall for the feast, and Dumbledore brought out the Goblet of Fire.

The next day was Saturday, so there were no classes. A lot of us were in the Great Hall, seeing who all entered.

I was sitting with Fred and George,  when Cedric entered. He looked at me and smiled, trying to get back in my good books, but he ruined it with his stunt at the World Cup.

Everyone fell silent as Krum entered, and put his name in.

Tons of other people put their names in, and we went on with our normal lives.

We had just gotten the order forms done, and we were counting the money we had saved up, including a third of what my parents gave me.

"Hey, we actually have enough!" Fred said.

"When are we starting the shop up?" I asked.

"Summer after next, once Fred and I are out of school." George told me.

Eventually, Halloween came, and it was time to select a champion from each school.

We all fell silent as Dumbledore stood to announce the names.

The fire in the Goblet turned green, and it shot out a slip of parchment.

"The champion for Durmstrang is Viktor Krum." he said, after catching it.

The fire turned green again, and parchment flew into Dumbledore's hand again.

"For Beuxbatans, the champion is Fleur Delacore."

For the third and final time, the flames turned green, and paper shot out.

"Our Hogwarts champion is Cedric Diggory!"

There was an explosion of cheers from the Hufflepuffs,  and from a bunch of others to.

Suddenly, the flame changed green, and another piece of paper shot out.

"Harry Potter!"

Everyone went deathly silent. Harry was underage, not supposed to be in the competition. But ye couldn't have put his name in. There is only supposed to be three champions,  not four, and the Goblet of Fire is powerful enough to know this. It would take a powerful wizard to confuse it.

Later that night, it was just George and I awake. He was sitting in an armchair, and I was sitting on the couch. It was complete silence, but it was a friendly sort of silence.

He suddenly moved to sit right beside me. I jumped a bit, because I had zoned out.

"I have a question." he stated.

"Yes?"

"Will you go out with me?"

"George, don't take this the wrong way, but I'm not ready to date anyone. For starters, I haven't even sorted out my feelings yet. Two, I'm just not ready."

He thought for a moment before responding.

"That is a reasonable answer. I'm going to bed, so I'll see you in the morning."

He stoood up, made me stand too, and hugged me. I hugged him back, and he kissed me. It must have lasted five minutes or so. Then, when we broke apart, he kissed my forehead and went to bed. I decided to get some sleep too.