Wow, you liked the first letter! Yay! Well, here is the second letter...thank you to all the people who reviewed, you made this HEAPS easier!! But, still, it's taken me ages to sit down and type this out, I have been thinking and thinking, to accomodate for all those reviews, what to type! I am new to this, people, remembering that...

YAY! I don't have to write another disclaimer, those things are just soo annoying to type, they take up too much time and effort. hehehe, laziness is virtue, peoples. O:)



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Harry held the second, shorter note in his hand for a while, thinking, before he could bring himself to read it. He hadn't recognized the hand-writing, and that's what made him wonder.

Hermione had been acting strangely lately, kind of aloof and quiet, even avoiding Harry at times. Every time he asked her what was wrong, she either told him nothing was wrong, or mumbled to herself and edged away. Harry felt like he was losing her, and that hurt. Awfully. It had been bad enough when she had gone out with Viktor Krum. Hiding his emotions then had been difficult, and when they'd broken up, he'd supported her, guilt stricken about the happiness he was that Krum was out of her life. That supportiveness had eventually turned into a relationship, and everything had been wonderful. Until recently.

Harry didn't even have his best friend to turn to. Ron had also been acting strangely. Harry felt suspicious, even though it was his girlfriend and his best friend he was talking about...Ron and Hermione wouldn't do that...
would they? Ron knew how Harry felt about Hermione...

And then he had received the letter from Ginny, which made things a little complicated. And before he could recover from that, this other note had arrived, and everything totally turned around. Harry was being pulled in so many directions he felt like a puppet.

Settling back in his chair, Harry held the note up in the light of the fire and read the words written there.


'To Harry,
You are probably wondering why I would write to you. I mean, we hardly know each other. Being in different houses and year levels makes it difficult for us to know each other well.

Cedric's death hit me hard. But I'm guessing it may have hit you harder, since you were there, and actually witnessed it. It's taken me a long time to finally work up the courage to write this, because I feel like I'm betraying Cedric's memory by doing so. I guess what I'm trying to say is that...well, I guess I've kind of grown to like you. As in, really like you.

I don't write a letter like this to every guy I like, but it's just that I remembered how you asked me to the Yule Ball last year, but Cedric had already asked me, so I had to say no. Now I sound incoherent, my grammar is all out! OK, well, I was just wondering whether we could spend the next weekend at Hogsmeade together, if you wanted. You don't have to, it's just a suggestion. I mean, you don't have to feel obligated or anything to go with me, I was just wondering if you wanted to. Oh dear, now I sound stuck-up! I'd better just send this note before I totally stuff it up. Which I already have.

From,
Cho Chang.'


Harry sat in thoughtful silence for a long while, the note in his hand. It was true, he had used to really like Cho. But he loved Hermione, and there was a big difference between a crush and love. But Hermione had been acting strangely lately...as had Ron. And then there was the letter from Ginny.

'Argh, this is so frustrating!' Harry muttered to himself. 'What a mess!' He quickly re-read Ginny's letter, and laughed silently at Fred and George's antics. Then he read Cho's note, and felt confusion about the situation he was being placed in. He wanted to be 'just friends' with her, but she wanted a relationship.

Harry sat and thought for a full ten minutes, his heart blowing this way and that way, like a leaf lost in the wind. It was then he remembered the third note...


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I know you all LOVE cliffhangers!! MWUAHAHAHA!! Ahem.

Oh my God, that was soo hard to write, you have no idea! I kept stopping and changing and re-writing and re-phrasng and re-everythinging everything! Re-everythinging...think that exists? I'll have to put that in the Dragonlady Dictionary for Muddled Fanfic Writers. Any contribution for the Dragonlady Dictionary etc., you can write it in your reviews, because I'm sure you ARE going to review, right? Right? Anyone? Anyone??

So, anyway, what did you think? Good? Bad? Note from wrong person? Remember, don't jump to any conclusions, it's not finished yet!! Review and tell me what you think, who he should end up with! I'll tell you now, Hermione's winning at the moment! Cho's not winning any popularity awards, and Ginny's hanging on...barely. That's after one letter, can't wait for more reviews and hints and ideas and words for the Dragonlady Dictionary for Muddled Fanfic Writers!! Flames aren't welcome, exactly, but if you absolutely MUST flame me, then I guess I'll just have to learn to cope...

By the by, I bought the 'Come What May' single today...you know, from Moulin Rouge, and I LOVE it!! I'm listening to it now! Just thought you might like to know that. Ahem.

As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, so you will be.
So be prepared,
To review for me!!

Dragonlady