If that happened...
What would become of the relationship they had slowly built? Would she still be able to stand beside him and pretend nothing had changed, or would she lose even the little place she had in his life?
Rebecca couldn't help thinking that perhaps she needed to keep her distance from Cedric for a while, at least until these feelings faded away.
It had been such a long time since she had felt anything like this that she couldn't help wondering if it was simply because she had been caring for him day after day.
Perhaps her emotions had become tangled with concern and gratitude. Perhaps she only cared for Cedric because she had spent so much time looking after him, and once he recovered, those feelings would disappear on their own.
"Did you see that?" Julian called out, slightly out of breath after another round of practice.
Cedric turned his attention back to the boy and gave him a small round of applause.
