Days swiftly come and go
I'm dreaming of her
She's seeing other guys
Emotions they stir
The sun is gone
The nights are long
And I am left while the tears fall


A month had gone by since the breakup and life was moving on around Hogwarts, whether Harry was ready for it or not. He sat at the Gryffindor table and pushed his dinner in circles around his plate. He couldn't keep himself was glancing over at the Slytherin table every now and again to catch Ginny and Draco locked in some disgustingly sweet gaze. 'That slimey git,' he thought to himself. A sharp elbow to his arm drew his attention next to him.

"Harry, are you still tied up about Ginny?" Ron was speaking to him, of course, but even he couldn't tear his eyes away from the sight of Draco oggling his baby sister.

"Ron, she's your little sister, shouldn't you be kicking his arse or something?" he asked. Ron turned to him with a sigh.

"Harry," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, "as much as you and I still think of her as a little girl, she's not. If I tried to stick my foot in that, I'd never hear the end of it." Harry nodded in agreement. He had to accept that Ginny was old enough to make her own decisions.

"I know, I know," he muttered, "I just hope he's treating her right." Ron laughed.

"Look at them, Harry," he leaned his head in their direction, "if anything I'd say she's being treated better now than when she was with you." Harry shot him the evilest look he could muster and Ron laughed while trying to protect his face.

"Aye, mate, I'm only kidding."

Harry went back to pushing his food around and took a look around the room only to catch the eye of Cho Chang. She smiled and gave him a polite nod in his direction. He blushed a little before turning back to his plate. Though his heart was still wound around Ginny, he couldn't help but remember that one, fateful kiss with Cho in the corridor. He had thought about giving her a note or something and meeting with her someplace where they could talk alone, but he just didn't have those kinds of guts. Little did he know Cho Chang was on her way to Gryffindor table with a note of her own.

It was strategically placed in Harry's lap so that no one around would notice. To the naked eye it would seem like a simple 'hello' conversation. He opened the note under the table.

'Harry. If you'd like to, meet me in the West corridor after lunch. I'd love to talk to you. -Cho'

He sighed with a grin on his face. This is just what he'd been waiting for. Just what he needed to get his mind off Ginny for a while.


Do you know what it feels like being alone?
I'll find someone new.


Sure enough Harry gobbled the rest of what he was planning to eat and rushed to the West corridor where Cho was waiting. She was leaning with her back against the wall and a book in her hand. He felt a little unsure about interrupting her but the book dropped to her side as soon as he approached.

"Hey," she said with a bright smile. He gave the same smile to her.

"Hi."

"It's been a while since we talked, so I thought we could use some alone time." He nodded with a nervous grin.

"Yeah, of course."

"How was your summer?" All these questions were making things a little easier. As long as she gave him a topic, he could go on like this for days.

"Oh, it was good, I was at Ron's mostly." She nodded. "How about yours?"

"Oh, it was alright. I just sat around my house being bored." He laughed.

"Boredom can get the best of you." He gave a nervous little laugh and rubbed his hand across the back of his head. She looked at the floor for a moment then back up at him.

"So, you and Ginny aren't together anymore, right?"

"Yeah. We, uh, things didn't work out."

"Well," she looked at the floor again, "I mean, I know it's usually the guy asking the girl but.. er.." Harry could kind of finish the rest of that sentence for himself and, not meaning to, of course, he answered before she could get the rest out.

"Yeah, I'd love to." She stopped and laughed a little before that same bright smile returned.

"Great."


Swing, swing, swing
From the tangles of
My heart is crushed
By a former love
Can you help me find a way
To carry on again?


Her shoes clicked against the corridor floor as she made her way to her next class. Books in hand she had a bad habit of staring at her feet when she walked. She heard voices but didn't bother to look up until she got closer and realized that she recognized at least one of them.

"Good. I'm actually kind of glad you asked. I don't think I would have had the guts. We might have gone on like this forever." The female voice chuckled and Ginny turned the corner just in time to see Cho Chang lean in and lock lips with none other than Harry Potter. She stopped dead in her tracks and hurried back around the corner.

'I should have known,' she thought.