Disclaimer: I don not own Harry Potter. However, I do own the idea of the Make Out Room :P.
A/N: Basically, this is a short chapter explaining what the Make Out Room is (judging from the name, I suppose most of you know) and WHY THE HECK DOES CHO WANT PRIVACY IN THERE (ESPECIALLY IF HARRY IS NOT INVOVLED)! Oops, I think I gave away too much. Enjoy J
Harry Potter and the Ring of Fire – Chapter 3 – The Make Out Room
Fred pushed George's hand off his shoulder.
"Alright, I'll tell you guys," Fred said and the whole Gryffindor Quidditch team gathered around, "the Make Out Room is this secret place hidden in underneath our noses."
Everyone looked down at the floor, trying to look for the Make Out Room entrance.
"No not in here!" Fred said and poked his head out of the circle and checked if the coast was clear. He noticed that Hermione and Ron left the table, "You could say that's it was under Hermione's nose the whole time."
"So you mean the Make Out Room is in the library?" Harry asked, knowing that Hermione was always in the library.
"Smart boy," Fred mumbled and winked at Harry, "the Make Out Room is in the library. In order to find the Make Out Room, look for the initials M.O.R carved at a side of a bookcase. Once you find the bookcase, lay low and search the bookcase for a board with a carving of a lion on it. Pet the lion's head twice and the board should disappear and there should be an opening. Crawl in the opening and there's the Make Out Room."
"I see," George said, " but who's M.O.R?"
"M.O.R stands for Make Out Room, idiot," Fred responded and slap his twin on the back of his head, "the Make Out Room is pretty dark, so make sure you have your wand for light."
Time passed quickly and the team realized that they were going to be late for their classes. They said goodbye to each other and went their separate ways. All Harry thought about was the Make Out Room during Charms. He nearly hit Ron's head with his levitating textbook while the class was reviewing their 'Wingardium Leviosa' spell.
After dinner, Harry walked to the Make Out Room. He was very curious about it. He searched the sides of each of the bookcases carefully, pretending he was trying to find a book (the librarian was watching him like a hawk). Harry finally found the bookcase with the initials M.O.R carved on it after several minutes. He got on his hands and knees and started to crawl, looking for the wooden board with the lion carved on it. Harry found it with ease, much quicker than trying to find the bookcase. The wooden board, shinier than the rest of the wooden boards on the bookcase (probably when petting the lion, the students wiped off the dust) was at the middle of the large bookcase, quite hidden from wanderers. Harry petted the lion twice, just like Fred had told him to, and the board slid down quickly and quietly, revealing a small opening just big enough for students to fit through by crawling. Harry put his right hand forward, feeling nothing under his hand; he lost his balance and tumbled down the concrete slop, finally falling on his bottom.
"Lumos," Harry whispered and a light at the end of his wand, which Harry carrying in his left hand, appeared.
The room was small, the walls were grey concrete and with no windows. Cobwebs hung on the dark corners of the room. A sofa, which looked like it had been here from the 60's since the colors were mixed greens, yellows and shades of orange, was placed on one side of the room. The other side of the room was stacked with books. As he waved his wand around to take a closer look at the room, the door whipped back up, making Harry jump. Harry noticed that there was a small flight of stairs (no wonder there was this 'slope' at the entrance). Harry also noticed scribbles on the wall behind the dusty old-fashioned couch; he moved closer for an inspection. Harry then realizes that the scribbles were actually names and signatures of people who have been here before making out since all the names were in a pair. He searched the wall for familiar names, and there were many. He found Fred and Angelina's name in messy scribbles (probably written by Fred), Percy Weasley, one of Ron's brother, with his girlfriend Penelope Clearwater, Roger Davies and his girlfriend with many more familiar names. Harry grinned as he saw Sirius Black's, his godfather, name on the concrete wall. His heart jumped a bit when he saw Cho and Cedric's name written on there. The thing that surprised Harry the most was seeing his parent's name up there. The ink was faded a bit but he could still make out the words: James + Lily.
Suddenly the door slammed down again and light from the library poured into the dark room.
"Nox!" Harry whispered quickly to his wand and the light from his wand was put out. Harry had forgotten that the lock was broken so anyone who knew about this place could come in without a warning.
A figure entered the room feet first, with their back towards Harry, carefully placing their foot on the steps, trying not to fall.
"Must be someone who comes here often. He or She knows about the stairs," Harry thought
The figure made it down the steps carefully. Harry froze, not wanting to be found. The door slammed back up, blocking the light from the library once more, leaving Harry and the unknown figure alone in the room. Harry wanted to dive and hide behind the towers of books, but it was too late. The stranger turned around towards Harry and mumbled, "Lumos". The end of her wand glowed.
"Harry!" she gasped, nearly dropping the wand
"Cho?" Harry asked, "Is that you?"
"Ya its me Harry. You gave me quite a scare back there," She replied, still panting
"Sorry," Harry said, "why are you here?"
"Study," she replied in flat tone and held up a large textbook, "there's a quiz tomorrow in Defence Against the Dark Arts. I thought I should have a last minute study…" Cho paused.
"What? Is something wrong?" Harry asked
"Are you here alone?" Cho asked and collapsed onto the sofa, sinking into the soft cushions.
"No," replied Harry, "why do you ask?"
"Nothing. It's just that most people come here to make out, except for me." She said as she opened her big textbook, "I thought I was interrupting something down here."
"Nope," Harry said and sat down with her, "I'm here for the first time. But it says on the wall…."
"The wall is nothing," Cho said cutting him off. Harry knew that he was pushing it by reminding Cho about Cedric.
"Anyway, you got a girlfriend?" Cho asked without a sign of hesitation
"Pardon?!" Harry asked in shocked
"Got a girlfriend?" Cho repeated again, this time in more of a tone of boredom
"No," Harry finally managed to get out
"Oh I see. I thought what's her name…Ginny Weasley was you girlfriend. Fred told me that she has a major crush on you." The girl said and winked
"Fred says a lot of stuff doesn't he?" Harry asked and rubbed the back of back of his neck with his semi-sweaty hands. "I know Ginny has a crush on me, but I like her as a friend, nothing more or less."
"Well said."
"Let's get off the subject about love shall we?" Harry asked.
"We shall," Cho replied and flipped the pages in her textbook.
Cho and Harry talked for hours, until they realized that it was passed midnight and the library was closed. Eventually Cho said goodbye to Harry and left for bed. But then Harry realizes that Cho left her textbook…….
The Great Hall was full of chatter as usual. The smell of scrambled eggs, bacon and toasts filled the morning air. Harry walked to the Gryffindor table, carrying Cho's textbook.
"Good Morning Harry," Hermione said cheerfully and moved over to let Harry sit down.
"Morning Hermione," Harry said and rubbed his eyes, he didn't have enough sleep. Harry put down the heavy textbook and served himself some eggs.
"What's Ginny doing?" Harry asked and looked at Ginny. She was waving her wand around like a maniac screaming out some type of spell.
"She's trying to cut that apple over there with the Cutting Spell," Hermione said and pointed to the green apple that was in front of Ginny. Ginny looked around and saw Harry's eyes meeting hers; she quickly stared at the ground, blushing.
"Expert Studies on the Darks Arts and Dark Arts Artifacts," Hermione read the cover of the textbook out loud, "Harry! Why are you studying this thing?! Dark arts?! Was there homework that I didn't know about?"
"No! The book, it's not mine!" Harry said feeling kind of embarrassed, "it's….."
"Cho Chang's," Hermione said. Harry gave her a weird look. Harry also spotted at the corner of his eyes Ginny looked up at Harry again.
"It's written here," Hermione said and pointed to a name that was written in neat handwriting in the corner of the book, "I understand Harry. But what I don't get is that why do YOU have it?"
"I was talking to her yesterday in the Make…"
"Did I just hear someone say the Make Out Room?" Fred interrupted and poked his head between Hermione and Harry. Harry finds Fred to be very annoying now. "Had fun with Cho last night in there didn't you Harry?" Fred asked and nudged Harry's side. Harry saw Ginny glaring at him now.
"Don't get any ideas Fred," Harry replied, "Cho and I were just talking last night."
"Whatever you say," Fred said, "I suggest you give the book to her now." Fred pointed to the group of girls who just walked in; one of them was Cho.
Harry got out of his sit and yanked the textbook out of Hermione's hand. (Hermione seemed to be very interested in it.) He walked over to the Ravenclaw table.
"Cho?" Harry asked quietly. Cho turned around.
"Good morning Harry," Cho said, "you need anything?"
"Oh nothing. I just wanted to give your book back," Harry replied and handed Cho the book.
On his way back, he noticed that Ginny looked bitter. He knew that Ginny was jealous, and mad too. Ginny thinks that Harry is her boyfriend, though Harry showed no affection to her other than friendship. Ginny was locked in her own armour of virtue. Harry sat down again, continuing his breakfast when he heard someone's voice behind him.
"Hermione, I'm sorry to bother you but this Cutting Spell just doesn't seem to work for me, could you show me how it works?"
Harry snapped around, it was Ginny, holding her wand and green apple.
"Sure thing Ginny," Hermione said and wiped out her wand. She pulled an apple out of the fruit basket and placed it in front of her. "It's quite easy. Just aim and fire."
Hermione rolled up her sleeves and yelled, "Cuttinio" (A/N: The closest spell I could find that cuts an object in half is 'Diffindo' in darkmark.com's spell book. But in their spell book, it says it RIPS an object in halves, not cut. So I made something else. If there is such spell, please tell me in the review section.) The apple immediately split in half.
"There, now you try it Ginny." Hermione said and placed the apple that was in Ginny's hand on the table. The Gryffindors watched closely.
"Cuttinio!" Ginny shouted and waved her wand. A quick flash of light shaped in a crescent moon flew out of Ginny's wand, and to Harry's surprise, it missed the apple by inches. The crescent moon flew at high speed towards the Hufflepuff table, a young girl at the table spotted the spell and ducked, screaming as she went down. The spell did not stop there, it remained in the air and headed towards the Ravenclaw table, and to this particular girl.
"Cho! Watch out!" harry screamed and darted to the Ravenclaw table, hoping he can warn Cho in time.
(A/N: I'll leave it there. My neck hurts from writing too much. What I try to say when Ginny was bitter and everything is that HARRY DOES NOT LOVE GINNY! HE LIKES HER AS A FRIEND! And Ginny missing was no accident, she wanted to hit Cho with the spell. Quite evil eh? And I'm sorry for not making Harry kiss Cho in this chapter when they were in the M.O.R ...but I promise there will be some snogging in the Make Out Room with Cho and Harry in the story later!!) REVIEW REVIEW & REVIEW!! I NEED REVIEWS!!