Cho Chang sat up in bed, contemplating her dream. She had been swooning over Harry

when Draco Malfoy appeared. He started talking to her and she felt her stomach knot up

like it had when she'd first seen Harry after Cedric's death. She was puzzled so she woke

herself up.

She got dressed and went down to breakfast. She was so caught up in her thoughts that

she didn't realize it was Valentine's Day. All around, girls and guys were snogging and

laughing with glee. It was Cho's first Valentine's Day without Ced so she wasn't sure she

wanted to join the festivities.

Cho sat down at the Ravenclaw table and slowly lifted her bacon to her mouth. But she

couldn't eat it. She searched for Malfoy and saw him frenching with Ginny Weasley.

Padma Patil saw her staring and mouthed, "Love potion". Cho smiled half- heartedly. Her

eyes roamed the room until they fell on Harry. He looked up and saw her gazing at him.

He stood up and walked to the Ravenclaw table. She smiled up at him; he'd grown a foot

since his fourth.

"Hey." He said. "Cheer up its Valentine's day." He said without much enthusiasm. Cho

laughed.

"Sod off." She pushed his shoulder lovingly.

He sat down and ran his fingers through his horribly unruly hair. Cho grinned. Malfoy &

Ginny broke apart and Ginny winked at Harry. Malfoy looked at her questioningly. The

potion was wearing off.

Malfoy rubbed his eyes, realized what was going on, and slapped Ginny's cheek.

"You red headed muggle-loving bitch"

Ginny smiled "Thank you" she replied and walked over to Harry.

"I'll go..." Cho began.

"No! Stay..." but she was already gone.

"Sorry Harry..." Ginny apologized.

"S'ok." He looked at her, and then he blurted, "What the bloody hell were you doing with

Malfoy?"

Ginny took a step backwards. "I... I don't know." Her ears turned red. "I..." she started

to sob. Harry stood up and walked away.

Ron stopped him about ten feet away. "Why the bloody hell d'you make my sister cry?"

Harry kept walking. Ron ran to catch up with him. "Jeez, I don't know what's gotten into

you, ever since this summer you've been acting like a bloody jerk!" Harry stopped

suddenly.

"Voldemort's back and no one believes me. Can you get that through your fucked up

head?" Ron blushed the color of his hair.

Harry stomped off. Cho watched his from a distance and thought about it.