Stronger Than Your Pride
It only takes a few months to change your physical appearance. You can drop habits in only a few weeks, lose friendships in minutes, but your life can change completely in mere seconds.
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iHappy Sweet Sixteen, Hermione! Meet me after dinner, I need to talk to you about Harry. I'll be in the library. It should be empty, since nobody has assigned homework yet. Forever, Cho Chang./i
The second to last year of Hogwarts had just started, and Miss Granger had already received mail. One might question why a student would use an owl to communicate with another student, but Hermione knew perfectly well that Cho was far too proud of her new owl to refuse a chance to show him off.
Hermione tucked the note away in the pocket of her robes and resumed her first dinner of the school year. It hadn't started off well, as her two best friends, Harry and Ron, had forgotten her birthday again. They did every year, but she had hoped after five years of being close friends, they would remember.
"Cho?" Hermione called out in the library. It was much darker than it usually was, which made it less friendly. Then again, the Gryffindor common room was so empty that it no longer appeared very friendly as well. Still, she was happy to be back at Hogwarts.
Over the summer, she and Cho had become fast friends. Although she suspected something bad at first, Hermione soon found that Cho was eager to meet more people who were more -- intelligent than most of her friends. Hermione was ecstatic at the idea of a friend who is both female and who loves school nearly as much.
"SURPRISE!" yelled out several dozen students. Hermione gasped.
"Happy Birthday, Sweetie!" Cho ran over and hugged the still shocked Hermione. Ron and Harry were next in line, and lead her over to a table filled with presents, sweets and a cake.
"You guys," Hermione whimpered, tears building in her eyes.
"Don't cry, Hermione," begged Ginny, who was swallowed in a massive group hug that consisted of most of the Gryffindor house and a select few others whom had somehow been affected by Hermione's presence.
"You really shouldn't have," Hermione said once again. She had just finished opening the last of her presents after most of the cake had been consumed.
"Bet you're glad we did," smiled Cho. "By the way, Hermione, I really do need to talk to you."
The girls slipped away from the festivities and hid behind a bookshelf near the Restricted Section.
"So what did you want to talk about?" asked Hermione.
"You talk to Harry a lot, right?" asked Cho. Hermione nodded. "So I expect you'll know if he still -- has feelings for me, right?"
"I don't think he does," Hermione replied, though she was still unsure.
"Okay, good, because I like a new boy and he's not exactly on friendly terms with Harry."
Hermione paused to think of who it could be. It could be almost anyone.
"Well, I can't speak for Harry, but I really don't think he'll mind," she said. She really wanted to ask who the boy was, but thought it to be inappropriate.
"Excellent. That's all I wanted to talk about, for now. Thanks Hermione, you're the best," Cho hugged her newfound friend.
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Author's Note: Dun dun dun! That's chapter one! What do you think so far? =) I borrowed the title from Kelly Clarkson's "The Trouble With Love Is" and I borrowed a lot of ideas from J. K. Rowling. Think she'll mind?
It only takes a few months to change your physical appearance. You can drop habits in only a few weeks, lose friendships in minutes, but your life can change completely in mere seconds.
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iHappy Sweet Sixteen, Hermione! Meet me after dinner, I need to talk to you about Harry. I'll be in the library. It should be empty, since nobody has assigned homework yet. Forever, Cho Chang./i
The second to last year of Hogwarts had just started, and Miss Granger had already received mail. One might question why a student would use an owl to communicate with another student, but Hermione knew perfectly well that Cho was far too proud of her new owl to refuse a chance to show him off.
Hermione tucked the note away in the pocket of her robes and resumed her first dinner of the school year. It hadn't started off well, as her two best friends, Harry and Ron, had forgotten her birthday again. They did every year, but she had hoped after five years of being close friends, they would remember.
"Cho?" Hermione called out in the library. It was much darker than it usually was, which made it less friendly. Then again, the Gryffindor common room was so empty that it no longer appeared very friendly as well. Still, she was happy to be back at Hogwarts.
Over the summer, she and Cho had become fast friends. Although she suspected something bad at first, Hermione soon found that Cho was eager to meet more people who were more -- intelligent than most of her friends. Hermione was ecstatic at the idea of a friend who is both female and who loves school nearly as much.
"SURPRISE!" yelled out several dozen students. Hermione gasped.
"Happy Birthday, Sweetie!" Cho ran over and hugged the still shocked Hermione. Ron and Harry were next in line, and lead her over to a table filled with presents, sweets and a cake.
"You guys," Hermione whimpered, tears building in her eyes.
"Don't cry, Hermione," begged Ginny, who was swallowed in a massive group hug that consisted of most of the Gryffindor house and a select few others whom had somehow been affected by Hermione's presence.
"You really shouldn't have," Hermione said once again. She had just finished opening the last of her presents after most of the cake had been consumed.
"Bet you're glad we did," smiled Cho. "By the way, Hermione, I really do need to talk to you."
The girls slipped away from the festivities and hid behind a bookshelf near the Restricted Section.
"So what did you want to talk about?" asked Hermione.
"You talk to Harry a lot, right?" asked Cho. Hermione nodded. "So I expect you'll know if he still -- has feelings for me, right?"
"I don't think he does," Hermione replied, though she was still unsure.
"Okay, good, because I like a new boy and he's not exactly on friendly terms with Harry."
Hermione paused to think of who it could be. It could be almost anyone.
"Well, I can't speak for Harry, but I really don't think he'll mind," she said. She really wanted to ask who the boy was, but thought it to be inappropriate.
"Excellent. That's all I wanted to talk about, for now. Thanks Hermione, you're the best," Cho hugged her newfound friend.
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Author's Note: Dun dun dun! That's chapter one! What do you think so far? =) I borrowed the title from Kelly Clarkson's "The Trouble With Love Is" and I borrowed a lot of ideas from J. K. Rowling. Think she'll mind?