kalverliefde - (n.) the temporary affection and infatuation usually experienced by two young people in love [Dutch]

Cho and Cedric had dated for about six months when he died. Cho had been popular with the boys before that, but she considered Cedric to be her first real relationship—her first love, even. Their connection had been deeper yet more natural than she ever would have expected. And sometimes she still wondered: would that have lasted? Would they have stayed together long-term, even after Cedric graduated, after she graduated? She knew that the answer was probably no; most first loves didn't end in marriage, after all. But would they had been different?

With him gone, Cho felt like half of her heart had been ripped out of her chest. And as people told her to move on, to stop crying already, she began to wonder: what if he really was The One? What happens to someone who loses their soulmate at sixteen? Would she ever feel the same way about somebody else, or had she lost her chance?

Eventually, the pain faded. She dated Harry, which was a disaster, then Michael, which was far better. They had a connection; she began to feel happy again.

But still, she knew that she would never completely forget about Cedric.

And every once in a while, she wondered again what would have happened had he survived...