" Is it true?" " Yeah. I hear they're really great friends now." " Loony Lovegood? I guess Cho really has lost it since Cedric died." " Did you see her crying in the bathroom the other day?" " Have you lost your mind?" Marietta Edgecombe, Cho's best friend, asked Cho as they were on their way to lunch one day.

Cho just shrugged and said, " She's not that bad, Mari…" " NOT THAT BAD?" Marietta asked. " She's loony, Cho! Why do you think we call her Loony Lovegood?" " Because you're stuck up preps?" Cho muttered under her breath.

" What?" Marietta asked. Cho shrugged again and Marietta said, " Stop with the shrugging!" " Sorry," Cho said sullenly and Marietta frowned. " You really need to get over Cedric. He's not coming back, you know…" " I KNOW!" Cho exclaimed, causing everyone to stare at her.

" I KNOW HE'S NOT COMING BACK!" Cho shouted, not caring that everyone's attention was on her. " I REALIZE THAT, MARIETTA! I'M TRYING TO GET OVER IT! YOU THINK I JUST WAKE UP EVERY NIGHT CRYING BECAUSE I WANT THE ATTENTION?"

" Maybe!" Marietta exclaimed. " Everyone knows you'd do anything for attention, Cho!" " Excuse me? I'm not the one who dyed her boyfriend's hair purple so she could spend the whole day fretting loudly about how horrible it looked!" " AT LEAST I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!" Marietta yelled.

Before she realized what she was doing, Cho's hand flew into Marietta's cheek. Marietta seemed to realize what she had done and stammered, " Cho… I…" " Don't, Edgecombe," Cho said icily, making Marietta wince. " Go find Rick." " But…" Marietta said before Cho cut her off. " Go."

Marietta scampered off and everyone went back to their laughing and chattering in the halls. Cho went off to find Roger.

" Did you hear? Cho Chang and that Edgecombe girl started tearing each others heads off today in the corridor," Seamus Finnigan told all of Gryffindor table. " Edgecombe told her she was crazy for giving Lovegood flying lessons and got onto her about Cedric and Chang started yelling.

" Edgecombe said that Chang was a drama queen, and Chang started nagging Edgecombe about something she did to her boyfriend and Edgecombe told her that at least she had a boyfriend. And then Chang smacked Edgecombe."

" She had to have deserved it," Harry Potter said, listening intently. Hermione said, " I have to agree. I invited Cho to the thing." 'The thing' was how Gryffindor was referring to the first meeting of the defense group.

Ginny said, " I think it was sweet of Cho to say yes to Luna. I don't know why she wanted on the roof, but I had to say no because I've been so busy lately." " Thanks," a voice said from behind them. " They turned to see Cho Chang standing behind them.

" I came to make sure of the time to meet in the Hogshead," Cho said quietly, whispering in Harry's ear. The hairs on the back of Harry's neck stood up as she did so. Harry said, " Ten o'clock." Cho nodded and said, " Thanks. I'll be there."

Even after Cho left the table, Harry was shivering.