Disclaimer: I don't own anything, all the characters belong to JKRowling and the song "No regrets" to Robbie Williams
Tell me a story
Where we all change
And we'd live our lives together
And not estranged
Cho was sitting on the edge of her comfortable four-poster bed, absentmindedly playing with her curtain of thick black hair. This was her final year; the carefree time of childhood was gone for a long time already, it actually ended the moment when she saw a dead body of her former boyfriend Cedric Diggory. But with the memory of him, a thought of someone completely different crept into her mind. Harry Potter. The one who kept her company during the cold, wakeful nights. He was her hero, more than that; it was him who she imagined saving her from the claws of darkness, her prince on a white horse. However she had destroyed this frail relationship by her own stupidity. She was mourning at Cedric for so long that she didn't realize she was losing Harry as well... At the end of her sixth year, a voice inside her was telling her that she could undo all those things, however she wasn't strong enough for doing so and ran away from her last chance...
I didn't lose my mind it was
Mine to give away
Couldn't stay to watch me cry
You didn't have the time
So I softly slip away...
She was ripped out of her contemplation by a friend of hers, Marietta Edgecomb. "Cho, hurry up! We're going to be late and you don't want your date to be waiting for you, do you?" Marietta's lip-deep voice rang through the dormitory. This was the second and her last Yule ball she was going to attend at Hogwarts. And again, she wasn't going there with the one she wanted "Isn't it ironic?" she thought bitterly...
No regrets they don't work
No regrets they only hurt
Sing me a love song
Drop me a line
Suppose it's just a point of view
But they tell me I'm doing fine
"Yeah, coming!" she answered. Marietta was more than pleased when she heard the news about their break-up. She kept repeating that he wasn't good enough for her and such, but Cho knew better. She didn't deserve him. Once she even met that infamous Hermione Granger, the reason of their fight by Madam Puddifoot's. They had a little chat and Hermione told her she was sorry about their break-up and that she was surprised when she heard the news, because they looked like they were meant for each other.
I know from the outside
We looked good for each other
Felt things were going wrong
When you didn't like my mother
Cho sighed and started grooming herself. When she was finished, she looked into the mirror. The reflection she saw was all along the same good- looking girl, however when she took a closer look she noticed that her once shining dark eyes faded and instead of them there were someone else's, they looked hollow and empty. She knew the reason of this, but decided to deal with it later. Yet she couldn't help herself but take one last glance at a moving photograph of Harry and her. She knew he was already over her, now dating Ginny Weasley. She felt constantly a huge surge of hate and jealousy towards the redhead girl.
I don't want to hate but that's
All you've left me with
A bitter aftertaste and a fantasy of
How we all could live
"Oh, come on, Cho, you have to pull yourself back together! You have to get over him,"she instructed herself. She was now completely confused, she didn't know who she hated more, Ginny for taking away the love of her life, or Harry for leaving her all alone when she needed him the most. "Stop being selfish! Where were you when he needed you? You were so blinded by your own problems that you didn't even try to help him with that burden he carries... "
No regrets they don't work
No regrets they only hurt (We've been told you stay up late)
I know they're still talking (You're far too short to carry weight)
The demons in your head (Return the videos they're late)
If I could just stop hating you (Goodbye)
I'd feel sorry for us instead
Again, she took the photo she once threw across the room with all the rage she had and stroked the place where Harry's face was. She could feel the hot tears, which trickled down on her pink cheeks and fell onto the picture.
Remember the photographs (insane)
The ones where we all laugh (so lame)
We were having the time of our lives
Well thank you it was a real blast
It took her several minutes to calm down and fix her make up. Then she took one last swift glance on herself and descended the stairs. The way through the common room and corridors was pretty uneventful she was already used to flocks of people greeting her, she was a very popular girl after all.
No regrets they don't work
No regrets they only hurt
Write me a love song
Drop me a line
Suppose it's just a point of view
But they tell me I'm doing fine
She took one last deep breath and smiled at her date, the hunk Roger Davies. He extended his hand and she automatically took it. And then it happened... Although she was mentally preparing herself for it the whole afternoon, it took her a lot of effort to collect herself from the sight of Harry and Ginny. Harry seemed to catch her gaze and now they were staring at each other as they were passing by... Harry tried to smile a bit; it was a shy smile, and the smile Cho loved so much...
Everything I wanted to be
Every time I walked away
Every time you told me to leave
I just wanted to stay
Every time you looked at me and
Every time you smiled
I felt so vacant you treat me like a child
I loved the way we used to laugh
I loved the way we used to smile
Often I sit down and think of you
For a while
Cho gave him one last glance and tore off her look of him. Then she turned to Roger since he was whispering something to her ear... "You look amazing tonight, absolutely breathtaking" she heard. With that she smiled and kissed him passionately with all her effort, trying to numb the pain inside her chest.
Then it passes by me and I think of
Someone else instead
I guess the love we once had is
Officially dead