10

A/N-This is 7 continued, have fun!

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Harry headed up to Gryffindor tower.

"Where have you been! I've been waiting here for at least half an hour!" Ron said.

"I was with Cho. Why? What happened with Parvarti?"

"I don't want to talk about it here. Let's go to the dormitory."

"Okay," Harry said. They went up to their dormitory and sat on Ron's bed.

"So, what happened?" Harry asked.

"Well, I met her and I thought we were going to go outside. Nope. She brought me to the Room of Requirement. When we got in there it was a bedroom! A blood bedroom! It was a giant bed with like 50 candles floating throughout the room. I asked her what was going on. She said it was obvious. She wanted to have sex with me Harry! Sex! I may not be prude, but I won't go that far!"

"Okay. That was totally unexpected from Parvarti, but...hey...people change," said Harry.

"Wow. What a day," Ron said.

"Do you like blondes?" Harry asked.

"What?"

"Do you like blondes?" Harry asked again.

"Some, why?"

"One of Cho's friends. She's blonde. I asked both of Cho's friends if they were single. The brunette named Courtney said she wasn't. The blonde named Erica said she was. I didn't tell her your name at first, so, Erica asked me your name. When I told her Ron Weasley, she said that she knew you, and started to say something, but cut herself off. Then she said nevermind, said bye, and ran away," Harry said.

"Really? Well, I broke up with Parvarti, so you can tell her I'm interested. But I'll have to see her first."

"Okay."

"Well, I want to do something. Want to play quidditch? I think it should be starting soon."

"Nah, I'm going to o find Cho and her friends," Harry said.

"Bye."

"Bye."

Harry left Gryffindor tower and headed towards the entrance hall. Then he went out the oak doors and looked around. He found Cho and Courtney sitting in the same spot as they were before. He waved to Cho, and she waved back. As he walked over to her, he saw Cho and Courtney wave again. He looked behind him and saw Erica.

"Hi," he said.

"Hi."

"Ummm...Ron wants to meet you. He broke up with his girlfriend, and I told him that you said you were single. He told me to tell you he's interested, but he wants to meet you first."

"Really! Thank you!" She kissed him on the cheek and ran back inside the castle.

"What was that about? Why did she kiss you?" Cho asked Harry as he got closer.

"I told her that I told Ron that she was single. He said that he's interested and he wants to meet her."

"Ohhhh. Okay."

"Does she like Ron a lot or something?"

"Maybe, why?"

"Because, if you didn't notice, she kissed me because I told Ron."

"I noticed, and yes, she does have a major crush on Ron. She had a crush on the Weasley twins too. They're gone though. She's planned to go see them over winter vacation," Cho said.

"Oh. Okay, whatever."

"I thought Ron had a girlfriend?"

"He did. He broke up with her."

"He broke up with Luna this morning! Why'd he break up with, whoever it was he was going out with?"

"She brought him to the Room of Requirement and tried to have sex with him," Harry answered.

"Are you serious?"

"Ya."

"Oh my gosh! Who was it?" Cho asked.

"Parvarti Patil."

"As in Padma Patil's twin?"

"Yup."

"Wow. I heard Padma did the same thing on Friday night!"

"You mean last night?" Harry asked with a smile.

"Whatever," Cho said returning the smile.

"Erica's going to have a field day," Courtney said.

"Huh?" said Harry.

"She's probably jumping up and down on her bed in our dormitory right now," Courtney said.

"You're probably right! Well, Harry we have to go. I'd rather see Erica go on a date with Ron, than end up in the hospital wing," Cho said.

"Okay. Bye." Harry leaned towards Cho and she leaned towards him. They made out for about 30 seconds before Courtney couldn't stand it anymore.

"Can't you do that when Roger's with us so that I don't feel left out?" she asked.

"Sorry Courtney," Cho said.

"Ya, sorry. Roger who?"

"Davies," Courtney said.

"Ah."

"Well, bye Harry," Cho said.

"Bye.," Courtney said.

"Bye," said Harry. He went into the castle, and up the marble staircase to Gryffindor tower.

"So, what's up?" Ron asked.

"That Erica girl? Turns out she has a major crush on you. Don't tell her you know. Cho and Courtney said that she was probably jumping up and down on her bed. That's what they said before they left anyway," Harry said.

"Okay. I hope she's not another nut case like Luna," Ron said.

"She was normal, until I mentioned your name."

"Oh great."

"Well, you ready for dinner? I'm starving."

"Ya, me too."

"Huh?"

"Ya, I'm ready. Me too, I'm starving."

"Oh, let's go."

"Hermione! Let's go! Where in bloody hell are you!" Ron yelled.

"She's not up there, so stop yelling!" Lavender yelled at Ron.

"Well, where is she?"

"Somewhere with Draco I would imagine."

"The Room of Requirement," Ron and Harry said to each other.

"Let's leave them alone. I don't want to know what they're doing."

"Me either," Ron said.

They headed to the Great hall for dinner. On their way over to Gryffindor table, Cho came to talk to Harry.

"Hey, Erica wants to meet Ron at seven O'clock in the entrance hall, at the bottom of the marble staircase. Okay?"

"Okay," Harry said.

"Ron."

"What?"

"Erica wants to meet you at seven O'clock, in the entrance hall, and at the bottom of the marble staircase."

"Okay. Thanks," Ron said.

"No problem."

They finished eating dinner and Harry went to find Cho.

"See you around eight?" Harry asked Ron before he got up.

"I'll try. Maybe later, maybe earlier. Who knows," Ron answered.

"See ya."

"Bye."

"Let's go,' Harry said to Cho as they walked out of the Great Hall.

"Okay. I can't wait to see what happens with Ron and Erica,' said Cho.

"Me too. I hope everything goes okay though."

"Me too."

They went and sat next to the bush that they usually sat next to.

"What do you want to do?" Harry asked.

"Well, I wanted to ask you something."

"Okay. What is it?"

"Ya know how you told me that Parvarti tried to have...sex... with Ron?"

"Ya. What about it?" Harry answered.

"Are you ready for that?"

"For what?"

"Sex."

"No, no, no, no, no. Why? Are-Are you?"

"I don't know. I've never done it before. I wanted to be able to leave school with at least a little bit of experience."

"Okay, but we have the rest of the year for that!"

"I know, but, what if we don't last the rest of the year? I'd rather it be with you than anyone else."

"Thanks, but...what if we have a baby? I'm not ready to be a father."

"I'm not ready to be a mother either"

"Don't you think we should take that into consideration?" Harry asked.

"WE are! We're talking about it right know!"

"Fine! But if we end up having a kid, I'm not going to raise it! At least not while I'm in school."

"I love you!" Cho said.

"I love you too."

"I'm going to go get ready, then meet me in the Room of Requirement."

"Okay. Bye. Wait!"

She was already gone. He had just remembered that Draco and Hermione were said to have been in there. He went into the castle, and then went to the Room of Requirement. He knocked on the door. He could hear someone coming and they opened the door. It was Cho.

"Hey," she said.

"Hey."

"We're alone. I'm going to lock the door so that no one else can get in."

"Okay," said Harry.

"You ready?"

"Not really. Can we talk first?" Harry asked.

"Sure. About what?"

"This."

"Okay."

"Why? I know you said it was because you wanted experience, but if you only do it with someone who's ready to have a kid with you, they can help give you that experience. Whether it be me, someone else from school, or some guy you meet. Can't you wait until then?" Harry asked her.

"Ya. Your right. I should wait. I've always wanted to leave Hogwarts not a virgin. I guess I just never thought of the consequences."

"Good, because if you want to leave Hogwarts with a kid, then you need to find another guy. I don't want a kid at 17."

"Neither do I."

"Well then, what do you say we leave, go to sleep, and act like this never happened tomorrow?"

"Sounds like a plan."

"Okay then. See you tomorrow," Harry said.

"Bye."

"Bye."

Cho got up to leave, and then sat back down. She looked at Harry then said, "Do you want to make out?"

Harry felt like she had read his mind, "Ya." They made out for a while, then broke apart.

"Wow," Harry said, feeling extremely stupid because that's all he could say at the moment.

"You're getting better," said Cho, "Any girl would love to make out with you."

"That's a compliment right?"

"Ya," Cho said with a smile. Harry smiled back.

"Ya know, you've got a gorgeous smile."

"Thanks. You have a very pretty smile yourself. No wonder so many guys have asked you out."

"Well, actually, you and Roger Davies have been the only ones that have asked me. Since the summer after what happened to Cedric anyway," Cho said.

"What do you say we go see if Ron and Erica are back yet?" asked Harry.

"Okay," Cho looked at Harry's watch, "Oh my gosh! It's nine; they've got to be back by now."

"If they liked each other, they might not be."

"Why do you say that?" Cho asked.

"Ron will want to get to know her."

"Erica would want to get to know Ron too."

"Well, why don't we go to our common rooms and see if they're there. If they're not, we'll meet back at the bottom of the marble staircase."

"And if they are in our common rooms?"

"We can meet there anyway. If you want to that is. We can say good night there."

"Okay. See you in around 15 minutes to half an hour?" Cho asked.

"Yup. Bye."

"Bye."

They both got up and left. Harry headed towards the Gryffindor common room. That's when he saw Filch.

"What are you doin' down here? Up so late? For a late night stroll, I suppose?" Filch asked.

"I guess you could say that," Harry said as he walked right by Filch.

"I'll get you Potter. I'll find something wrong."

"Good luck!" Harry said. He kept going to Gryffindor common room. Once he got there he looked around for Ron.

"If you're looking for Ron, he's not back yet," Ginny said.

"Thanks Ginny."

"No problem. So how's it been going with Cho?"

"Good."

"How far?"

"Huh?"

"How far? Have you made out yet?"

"Ya."

"Had sex?"

"No." Harry was getting agitated. He could feel his temper rising.

"Good. I'm done."

"Thank you," Harry said as he left. He went straight down the marble staircase, and got to the bottom to see Cho coming.

"Sorry," she said, "I got bombarded with questions from Courtney."

"Let me guess, she wanted to know if we…" Harry asked. Cho nodded.

"Thought so. No Erica?"

"No Erica. No Ron?" Cho asked.

"No Ron. Want to go for a late night stroll?"

"Sure?"

"Where do you two think you're going?" Filch asked.

"We've already had this conversation Mr. Filch," Harry said.

"Harry, what are you doing!" Cho whispered in Harry's ear.

"Taking care of a problem," he answered.

"Ah yes, Mr. Potter. The late night stroll?"

"That would be it."

"How do I know you two aren't headed for the room of requirement?" Filch asked. Harry thought this was an odd question to ask but quickly thought of an inappropriate answer.

"Why, Mr. Filch. First of all we're standing in front of the doors that will take us outdoors. Second of all, we've already been there tonight. Besides, we wouldn't dare go there when we know you're roaming the halls."

"Oh really Mr. Potter? Why is that?"

"We might get in trouble."

"And why is that?"

"Because we were being naughty," Cho piped in. Harry gave her a funny look, then smiled. Filch turned around and left talking about how he heard a loud crash and thought it was Peeve's. Cho giggled, Harry smiled, and they both were about to go out onto the grounds when the oak doors started opening.

"That was bloody brave Harry! That was you picking on Filch, right?" Ron asked.

"Ya. Cho helped finish him off though."

"So, why are you two still out?" Erica asked.

"We could ask you the same question," Cho answered.

"We were about to go looking for you two," Harry said.

"Well, here we are," said Ron.

"So, how'd it all go?" Harry asked.

"Great! We really got to know each other. We have a lot in common," Ron said.

"Good," said Cho.

"Well, I think we should all turn in for the night. It's quarter to ten. Bye Ron," Erica said, kissing him on the cheek, "Bye Harry."

"Bye."

"Bye."

"Bye Harry," said Cho. She kissed him on the cheek too. Then she whispered, "Don't want them to feel upset," in his ear.

"Bye."

"Bye Ron," Cho said.

"Bye." They split up.

"So, how was your date?" Harry asked Ron as they got out of earshot of Cho and Erica.

"Awesome. We talked the whole time. Like I said, we've got a lot in common."

"Cool. It's nice to see you happy for a change. You look retarded when your depressed."

"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind," Ron said with a lot of sarcasm.

"Your welcome." They got to Gryffindor common room right before Hermione went to bed.

"We can talk tomorrow. I'm exhausted," she said as soon as she saw them.

"Good idea," Ron said, "so, how did your date with Cho go?"

"It was okay."

"Let me guess, she wanted sex, you talked her out of it, and then you both came looking for us?" asked Ron.

"Pretty much. How did you know?"

"I guessed. Plus Erica told me Cho was going to ask you. I knew you wouldn't do it though. I figured either you talked her out of it or broke up with her. The second one was eliminated when you were in the entrance hall together."

"Yup. You know me too well," Harry said with a smile.

"I know. It's like I can read your mind." They both laughed.

"Night," Harry said.

"Night."

Before Harry went to bed that night, he got out the parchment he had used to ask about frenching. This is what he wrote:

September 4

This is Harry Potter again. I wanted to ask you if I was right in a decision I made. My girlfriend asked me if I was ready to have sex earlier tonight. I told her I wasn't and we had a long conversation about it. She said she wanted to do it because she wanted to have experience when she left school. I told her I understood that, but I didn't want to have a kid at 17. She said that she wasn't ready for a kid either and so I told her that she could get that experience from someone when she's older. She agreed with me. I was wondering if I made the right decision.

Then the reply came:

I should certainly say that you did! If she's pressuring you into it, and you don't like it, then break up with her. If you like making your own decisions that is. I think you did something noble Harry, very noble indeed. I have had many writings about teens that've had sex and had kids because of it. Never have I had a person write me telling me they talked their partners out of it, especially when they're 17, like you. And by the way, you don't need to write the date.

Harry replied:

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind next time.

They didn't reply this time. Harry put the parchment away, and went to bed.