** A note from the author: This is based on an exaggerated version of a real life experience. It has been twisted to fit the parts of everyone in this story but it actually was very different. So uh here it is. What can I say, I have this in my head (I must remind you that when things come to my head I must write them down whether you like it or not. Sometimes I get very bad feedback. But I write what's on my mind.) and I have a mild amount of writer's block for the next chapter of "Is this Love?" So read and review.





Dancing For the First Time



A boy of 14 was standing near the doorway. He was watching the girl with his emerald green eyes slightly hidden behind his glasses that he always wore. His messy black hair that could never be tamed with a comb fell across his forehead covering the lightened shaped scar that made him the- boy-who-lived He watched from the shadows and stared openly at her thinking he was hidden.

His green eyes had a dazed gleam upon them. He had a small smile upon his face and a dreamy expression was set upon his face. He watched the girl the smile broadening. He had the love disease. Harry Potter had a crush.

The girl was Cho Chang, a beautiful fifth year that was both popular and pretty. She was also the Ravenclaw seeker last year. Harry Potter had first seen the pretty girl in his third year at Hogwarts. He had versed Ravenclaw and had versed her. She had given him a smile when they first saw each other and that was all it took. His stomach was in flip-flops. But that wasn't the worse of it after that she had followed him through the whole game knowing that he would find the snitch and then she could strike. The Griffendor team had watched in shock, this girl had stumped Harry on a much slower broom. Shaking their heads they watched as Harry tried his best to be an opponent while he was slowly falling for her all along.

This year though quidditch had come to a complete stand still at Hogwarts. That was because of the Triwizard Tournament that was taking place after more then a hundred years absence. Though Harry had been deeply disappointed by the idea of having no quidditch. He found that he had been chosen to be the second representative from Hogwarts. Something he, completely bewildered and confused, accepted, yet knew he didn't deserve.

More then quidditch had changed though. He and Ron were in a fight because Ron was jealous of Harry. Hermione was the only one that stood by his side. New students had arrived at Hogwarts from two different schools he had originally known nothing about and Sirius was now officially someone he could trust. Mysteries and odd occurrences kept popping up and there seemed to be a sense of danger. The year was becoming rather hectic.

On top of all that Harry's crush on Cho Chang had grown stronger. It could no longer be denied. He had to admit to his self that he had a crush on Cho Chang and he liked her. Her smile or her glance, even in the slightest direction of him, turned him bright red. He always felt weird when he saw her. Something he had never felt before. Here he stood staring at the girl that he thought to be one of the most wonderful things on earth.

She had said no to him once before and sure he had been embarrassed but now he was under her charm once more. Everything from his past experiences had been completely forgotten. He watched the graceful figure with her dance partner, the handsome Cedric Diggory. The real Hogwarts champion and the Hufflepuff seeker and a heart throb for many. And yet Harry couldn't help feeling jealous toward this boy. Though he knew he deserved her he still couldn't stop that cold feeling from running through him every time he saw them together.

The chance he had been waiting for came at last. Cedric and her broke apart smiling and laughing. Cho went and sat down and Cedric went off and chatted with his buddies while he got the two drinks. It was like Cho was veela or something and he had him under her spell. Before Harry knew what he was doing he was halfway across the floor and continuing toward her. It seemed like all eyes on him knew exactly what he was going to do.

The truth was only one pair of brown eyes was upon him. As she danced along with the Durmstrang champion, the pretty girl who had transformed from her old self for one night into something beautiful, was watching her best friend. She stole glances at him all through the night feeling terrible that she couldn't be his dance partner and solve all the miserable troubles he had gone through before finding Parvati. Hermione noticed that Parvati was having a grand old with another strange boy from another school. Poor Harry. She watched him as he went across the dance floor drawing her eyes completely away from Krum she watched.

Krum spun her around and looked at her curiously as he dragged her through the steps. He followed her gaze but couldn't quite pin point what she was looking at. What was wrong with his Hermy-own-nee. He wondered about this as the song continued, and he continued, but only half of Hermy-own-nee was dancing. The other half was watching her Harry. Though Krum was too stupid to see this.

Harry kept walking toward the girl of his dreams. He couldn't escape her spell. He was standing before her before he even realized it. He hadn't noticed it before but now he saw that several girls had gathered around her. They were all giggling and laughing with her.

"Isn't Cedric a darling." One of them said.

"He is quite kind to me." Cho said softly. She was turning slightly red.

"Oh come on. He's absolutely wonderful and handsome and he's every girl's guy of her dreams. And he picked you of all people." Said the girl giving Cho a smile. Cho and the others broke into a fit of giggles as they watched Cho's face turn even redder.

Harry was about to turn around once more but he coughed and all of them turned around to face him. They were all giggling too. Cho was staring right at him. Harry could feel himself going all red.

"Wantto Dance." He managed to croak. It sounded like he only said Dance. But Harry didn't need time to figure out that he had just embarrassed himself. He ran off. He disappeared not believing he had actually said that.

"I think the famous Harry Potter wanted to dance with you." One of the other girls giggled.

"He's gone now." Cho said giggling. "Oh look there's Cedric with the drinks." Cho smiled and waved goodbye to her friends. The Harry Potter completely driven from her mind.

Harry walked back over to Ron a while later and sat with him not daring to dance for the rest of the night. "I'll never ask another girl to dance." He mumbled. Ron didn't seem to hear him. But Ron could tell that Harry was strangely embarrassed and upset. He didn'tgive any though to it. He just turned back to watching Krum and Hermione dancing. Little did he know that Harry's gaze was still set upon Cho and Cedric but there was something odd about it.

Hermione turned her attention back to Krum but her expression was sad. Harry had just had his heart broken. She would have definitely danced with Harry. But he didn't want to dance with her. And so for the rest of the night Harry and Ron didn't dance and Hermione danced with Krum feeling miserable and guilty.



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** I was going to continue it and make it a short story, but I'm going to make it a few chapters instead. This starts off in the fourth year but the next chapter is going to be set in their seventh year. I know this isn't much. It will get better. The next chapter should be up soon. The other chapters will probably be longer too but I just thought that I should just end this chapter here instead of going into the future. Alright?! So please Review. I would greatly appreciate it. More to come. **