Chapter Eight – School Really Begins

Chapter Eight – School Really Begins

Harry had just got back up to his room when he found the message from Fleur waiting for him. It was far too late to check it in the room but he wanted to know what she wanted. He decided that since he would be losing sleep tonight already it would be fine to lose a little more. He picked up the little figure of Fleur and brought her down to the now empty common room.

"Yes, Fleur?" This activated the message.

"Harry, I'm sorry that I haven't seen much of you this week. I just wanted to wish you luck on your exams tomorrow and I hope everything is going well. Cho has been talking about you a lot and I am very happy for you. You make such a cute couple. Let me know how things are going. Talk with you later."

The transmission ended and Harry was a little confused. She was happy for Cho and him but then why did she run? Maybe she didn't want to interrupt their conversation. It was too late to think about this though as it was nearing one in the morning and he still had class in the morning. To think, he thought it would be easier having fewer classes.

The next morning Harry found himself being shook awake. "Huh, what's going on?" Harry found himself mumbling.

"Come on Harry, you have to get up!" It was Ron shaking him awake.

"Why do I have to get up?"

"We have Herbology in a half hour and as is you won't be getting any breakfast."

Harry sat up and looked around groggily. Sure enough, everyone but him and Ron were already gone. "Why do I always miss meals?"

"Maybe if you would get to bed at a decent time then you would get up in time for meals. I waited for you till midnight, how did your tests go?"

Harry got up and began to get ready. "I passed them all but I had to stay late for Potions. We can talk while we go, I want to talk to Justin."

"Fine, but you might want to put some pants on before you head out."

Harry looked down to see that he was indeed not wearing pants. "Hey, it was a long day yesterday and you don't hear the ladies complaining." Harry then remembered his conversation with Cho from the other day. He looked at himself in the mirror without his glasses on and wondered out loud, "Do you think I look cuter without glasses?"

"Uh, sorry to tell you this Harry but I don't swing that way."

"Shut up Ron, Cho brought it up."

"She thinks you should stop wearing your glasses?"

"Yeah, she thought I might look cuter. Oh well, just a thought." They quickly rushed out of the portrait hole and bumped into Hermione.

"Hey Hermione." Said Harry.

"Hi Harry, how did your tests go?"

"I passed them all, I start with Snape this afternoon."

"Congratulations Harry!" Squeaked Hermione.

"Hey Harry, ask Hermione what you asked me earlier." Piped in Ron.

"Do you think I would look cuter without my glasses?"

"Are you trying to steal my boyfriend? Why would you be asking him a question like that?" Hermione said jokingly.

"Very funny, Cho brought it up and I am seriously thinking about going without them."

Hermione thought about it for a second. "I think you should stick with them for now. Besides, they are helping you out for now."

"I suppose." They had arrived at the Herbology greenhouse and got ready for class. Everything went as normal but there was something different about Professor Sprout. She seemed to be beaming more at Harry and he realized that the teachers must have talked about his accomplishments from the previous evening. Harry seized an opportunity to talk with Justin when Neville had spilt an entire bag of Moon Calf manure.

"Justin, why didn't you tell me that you're the Hufflepuff captain?"

"It didn't come up. How did you find out?"

"I had dinner with Cho the other night and she told me about it, congratulations."

Harry noticed that Justin became a little sad at that comment. "Thanks."

"What's wrong?"

"Becoming captain just makes me think about Cedric, so does Cho."

"I'm sorry about Cedric Justin, he was a good guy. He meant more to me than I even realized."

"He talked about you a lot. During the tournament, he didn't want any of us badmouthing you. By the way, on behalf of all Hufflepuff's we want to thank you Harry. What you did for Cedric was very kind."

"He would have done the same." Harry wanted to change the subject to avoid this conversation. He then noticed that some of the Hufflepuffs were missing. "Hey, why are there people missing?"

Justin looked around himself and seemed to come back to reality. "Hospital wing."

"What happened?"

"The Slytherins have been on a rampage recently. They have been having 'accidents' all over the place."

Harry had been spending all of his time in the library so he hadn't noticed what had been happening. He talked with a some other people and found out that there were a lot of little scuffles all over the place. Much to his surprise, the Slytherins didn't appear to want to win the house cup at all. Many of them were losing large amounts of points for Slytherin and were receiving detentions. Harry knew that he could take care of himself but he still worried about his friends.

"Hey Justin, you guys know that if you ever need help you can always count on a Gryffindor."

Justin gave a weak smile. "Thanks."

The class ended and soon they would be facing the Slytherins. Harry felt something brooding in his body and he feared that the potion from the previous night had a lingering effect. He slowly calmed himself down and made his way over to Hagrid's hut with Ron and Hermione.

They reached the hut long before the other students. The other Gryffindors appeared to be lingering and talking with the Hufflepuffs. Charlie came out of the hut and greeted the trio.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Asked Charlie.

"Fine." They all answered.

"Congratulations on passing your tests Harry."

"Thanks."

"Some of those creatures would have been hard for experienced wizards to get by and Professor Figg told me you got by them with ease."

"Just doing my job, so what's on the docket for the day?"

"Well, last week we met a Phoenix and today I thought we would meet the Irish Phoenix."

"Ah, I've always wanted to see an Augurey." Said Hermione.

"I thought it best to look at them before the rainy season. I don't think the students would appreciate its cry for long periods of time." Charlie then looked up towards the school. "Ah, here come the Slytherins."

Harry looked up towards the school and saw that all of the Slytherins were coming down towards the hut. Harry then noticed that standing at the door was Snape. This was the second time that he saw Snape leading the Slytherins down to class, what was going on? Maybe he could find out when he had his private study with Snape later.

Their lesson occurred without any consequence. They learned about the Augurey but weren't all that impressed. Last week they got to see a rare and beautiful bird and an Augurey was nothing compared to the real Phoenix. Oh well, have to learn about the boring creatures along with the interesting ones.

At the end of the lesson Harry was surprised to see that Snape was once again standing at the door of the castle. The Slytherins all filtered up to the door and flowed in to the building. The Gryffindors soon followed and joined the rest of the students at lunch.

Upon entering the Great Hall, Harry was surprised to see that Fleur was actually eating lunch with the rest of the Professors. She gave a smile and a wave to Harry that gave a rise to his spirits. It was good to have her around again. He then felt a couple of arms wrap around him from behind. Judging from the height of the grapple it could only be Gabrielle. Harry saw that Fleur was laughing.

"Hello Gabrielle." Said Harry without turning around.

"You haven't forgot about tonight have you?" Asked Gabrielle.

Harry turned around to confront his grappler. "Of course I haven't, I'll see you and your sister tonight. I'm counting on you to make sure she actually shows up."

"Don't worry, I'll make her come. What time should we meet?"

"How about right after dinner?"

"Sounds good Harry, we'll see you then." She then raced off and Harry turned his attention back to the Gryffindor table. He caught Godric's eyes and could see that he was once again looking very pissed.

"So meeting the Delacour's tonight?" Asked Ron.

"Yeah, I haven't seen much of them since school started."

"I thought you would spend your first night without studying with Hermione and me."

"I think you two can survive without me. In fact, remembering the other night I think you two would prefer that I wasn't around."

"Quiet Harry!" Squeaked Hermione.

Everyone finished their meal and got ready for their classes. Ron and Hermione would be going to Muggle Studies while Harry would be going to his first private study, Potions.

"Good luck Harry, try not to kill each other." Said Hermione.

"Do you think they would send me to Azkaban if I did kill him?"

"If the jury knew who he was you may just get away with it." Joked Ron.

They all went their separate ways and Harry soon found himself in front of Snape's door. He knocked. "Come in Potter!"

Harry slowly walked in, he wished he had drank some of that potion so he wouldn't feel so nervous. It was possible that Harry was more powerful than Snape but for some reason he still felt intimidated. "Hello Professor."

"Come in Potter, my time may not be important to you but I value it."

"What would you like me to do?"

"Today, you'll be replenishing some of the ingredients that you wasted last night."

"Wasted?!"

"Yes, wasted. Those ingredients could have been used in useful potions instead of that shit that you made."

Harry couldn't believe it, a teacher had actually swore at him. "You're jealous!"

"Jealous? Jealous of what?"

"You're jealous that I was actually able to come up with a potion that you would never have been able to think of."

"Please Potter, that hodgepodge of ingredients could barely be called a potion."

"Well, what the hell was it then?"

"I would call it a fluke."

"I could do it again if you want. Maybe go a little slower so you can actually understand what's going on."

"You're pushing it, just because you think you are above everyone else doesn't mean it's true. I'm giving you a lot of slack right now and I don't think you should be wasting it."

"You say you're going easy on me? I find that hard to believe." At that moment there was a knock at the door and the fight was disrupted. It was Professor McGonagall.

"Severus I need to talk to you." She then noticed that Harry was in the room and that the two of them looked quite red with anger. "Oh Harry, am I interrupting your first session?"

"Believe me, it's a welcome interruption."

"Quiet Potter!"

"Severus! I don't know what's going on here but I think you two need to calm down." Huffed Professor McGonagall.

"I'll calm down when he acknowledges the fact that I do have some talent." Said Harry.

"And I'll calm down the moment he leaves Hogwarts."

"Severus, I need to talk with you in private." Said McGonagall in a stern voice.

"Fine, Potter get started on those ingredients." Harry immediately began to grind up some Unicorn horn. Professor Snape and McGonagall went into Snape's office to talk in private.

Harry was in the middle of mincing some Dragon liver when something startled him. From the office came Snape's voice, "What?!" Then the conversation went back into to some low muttering that Harry couldn't hear. Professor McGonagall then burst out of the office and gave Harry a weak smile before heading out of the dungeon.

It took several minutes for Snape to finally come out of his office but when he did Harry could tell something was different. "Potter, make something for headaches and nausea." He then went back into his office. Harry didn't want to get into any trouble so he quickly made up a cure all potion for light health problems.

Harry walked into Snape's office a little apprehensively. He had never been in the office himself but Snape certainly thought he had been. Harry was surprised to see many rare ingredients lining the shelves of the small office. Several small cauldrons were cooking various potions that obviously had to brew for a while. "Err, professor?"

Professor Snape looked up at Harry and Harry was surprised to see that Snape's pale face seemed to be even paler. "Give it here." He grabbed a goblet and dipped it into the cauldron that Harry was carrying. Snape then gulped down the potion and sank back into his seat.

As much as he didn't want to ask Harry could tell that something was troubling Snape. Even though he didn't really consider Snape a fellow human being he thought it would probably be best to ask about what was going on.

"You alright professor?"

"I'm fine, now get back out there and replace those ingredients."

Harry was pissed with himself for even trying to reach Snape at a human level. He didn't see Snape for the rest of their scheduled time and when he was supposed to leave he left.

"That was a waste of my time, I made one frickin' potion." Harry hoped that the rest of his lessons would go better. He didn't even care what was going on with Snape. Maybe McGonagall told him that he had an incurable disease and would die a slow and painful death. Hey, people can dream can't they?

Harry made his way back up to the Gryffindor common room to see if he could hook up with his friends before dinner. He glanced around the room and saw that all of his dorm members were in the common room save Ron. Ron being the guy he was looking for must be up in the room so Harry ventured up there. When he got to the door he found a sock on the door handle. Harry was very confused by this but just picked up the sock and tried to walk in the room. It was locked!

Alohomora

The door flung open and Harry heard a shuffling inside the room. Upon entering, Harry saw that Ron's curtains were quickly drawn shut.

"You alright Ron?"

"Dammit Harry, didn't you see the sock?" Replied Ron.

"Yeah, why did you leave it on the door handle." Harry, using his glasses, then peered into the curtains and saw what all the fuss was about. Hermione was putting on her shirt and so was Ron. "Oh, I am so sorry guys."

"Quit using those glasses Harry and get the hell out of here!"

Harry quickly ran down the stairs and hit the floor laughing. He must admit, he did tell them to get a room. By the time he had regained his composure he saw that most of the common room was now looking at him.

"I hope you didn't do what I think you did." Remarked Dean.

"If you think I just went into our room then you would be thinking what I just did." Harry said through his laughter.

"Didn't you see the sock?" Asked Seamus.

"Yeah, but I didn't know what it meant."

"I would have gone in but I couldn't get the door open. Then Dean told me that it meant someone in there wanted privacy for a while." Said Neville.

"How was I supposed to know?" Asked Harry.

"Didn't you mention having a cousin? Didn't he ever bring girls home?"

"Dudley? Girls?" Harry then went into another fit of laughter. This time, his joy was interrupted by Ron kicking him in the shins. "Ow, what was that for?"

"I can't believe you did that."

"How was I supposed to know what the sock meant?"

"Well, don't let it happen again." Harry then saw that a very red faced Hermione was coming down the stairs.

"Sorry Hermione."

"I'm sorry too, but let's not talk about it."

"Okay, so maybe we can do what I came here to do in the first place. I was looking for you so I could go grab some food."

The three of them headed down to the Great Hall and did not say a word. Harry could tell that Ron and Hermione were both embarrassed about what happened and he knew that he probably shouldn't talk about it.

After the group started eating the tension seemed to ease. Harry told them about how boring his first lesson went and about what happened with Snape. Neither of them could come up with a good theory about what happened between him and McGonagall.

A little while passed and Harry thought he better go talk with the teachers before they left. He needed to find out who was available for the next day and hoped it would go better than tonight's lesson.

"Excuse me, Professor McGonagall."

"Yes Mr. Potter?" Replied a rather distraught looking Minerva McGonagall.

"I was wondering if you had time available tomorrow to work with me."

"I'm afraid tomorrow will not work. Thursday would be a better day for me but I think you could start working with Professor Figg tomorrow. She told me before that her morning was available for a few hours."

"Great, so I'll see you on Thursday?"

"Very good, I'll see you then." Professor McGonagall then went back to stirring her stew.

Harry then went down the table to where Mrs. Figg was talking with Charlie Weasley. Harry didn't like having two people who knew about his personal life talking with each other, stories could be told that Harry didn't want others to know.

Mrs. Figg immediately saw Harry come down the table. Her years as an Auror had obviously sharpened her senses. "Hello Harry, how are this fine evening?"

"I'm good, and yourself?"

"I'm doing quite wonderfully, Mr. Weasley here was just telling me about your trip to the Quidditch World Cup. What can I do to help you?"

"I was wondering if we could start tomorrow? Professor McGonagall told me you had some free time in the morning."

"Yes, that should work. Fleur and I will see you tomorrow morning."

"Fleur?" Asked Harry.

"Yes, this is a rare opportunity and I think she would benefit from observing. Besides, from what she tells me you two have worked together on spells in the past."

"You got me there, I'll see you two tomorrow. Bye."

Harry then rushed out of the Great Hall but his forward momentum was hindered by a pair of hands grabbing his arm. Was he always being pulled in different directions? It seemed like that. Harry wasn't all that surprised to see that it was Gabrielle that had grabbed him.

"Where are you going Harry?" Asked Gabrielle.

"I was just heading down to the library to meet you and your sister. You didn't think I would forget did you?"

"Good, we can walk down there together."

"Where's your sister? I didn't see her at the staff table."

"She went down to the library early, she said she would see us there."

Harry and Gabrielle walked down to the library together talking about their days. They were nearly there before Gabrielle slapped her forehead.

"What?" Harry asked.

"I forgot to bring my books, talk about stupidity. Can we go up to my dorm quick?"

"It's your study time, I don't mind at all."

They quickly went up to the tapestry that Harry now recognized as being the home of the Ravenclaws. Gabrielle quickly ran in to get her books while Harry waited outside. In what was now becoming a trend he found his shoulder was being tapped, it was Cho.

"Hey Harry, waiting for me?"

"Actually, I'm going to help Gabrielle with some homework. We haven't really seen each other and I agreed to spending some time with her."

"Oh, and here I thought you were here to see me."

"Well, just consider it an added bonus."

Cho began to look Harry up and down now which kind of frightened him. "What?" Harry finally asked her.

"Have you ever tried to do something with your hair?"

"Lots of times, nothing works."

"Well, mind if I give it a try on Saturday?"

"Why would you want to do that?"

"I just want to give it a try, is that okay?"

"I have a feeling you will fail at it but you can try if you want." Harry then noticed that Gabrielle had appeared from behind the tapestry.

"Well, I'll let the two of you get to work. I'll see you on Saturday Harry." She then gave Harry a quick hug and went behind the tapestry herself.

"You know what?" Asked Gabrielle.

"What?" Asked Harry out of instinct.

"I think you might get lucky on Saturday."

"What?!"

"Not like that Harry, get your mind out of the gutter. But I do think she wants to advance the relationship."

"And why would you think that?"

"Girls can tell. Let's get to the library."

Gabrielle certainly had surprised him with that last comment. He didn't expect her say such a thing but he guessed that she didn't really have a normal family. When you are around Veelas you see a lot of affection and Harry guessed it was probably very common to talk about the subject.

They reached the library and found that Fleur was already studying. Harry walked over to her and peaked over her shoulder to see what she was reading. On the page she was looking at was a picture of a Lethifold. Wanting to have a little fun with her Harry pulled his cloak around Fleur's head just as a Lethifold would do to its prey.

Fleur let out a scream that Harry thought the whole school could hear. He quickly pulled off his cloak and gave Fleur a quick smile.

"Very funny Harry."

"Sorry, couldn't resist." At that moment Madam Pince came from around the corner.

"What's going on here?" She asked.

"Sorry, just simulating a Lethifold attack." Harry quickly apologized for his actions.

"Well, if you do it again I'll see that you're banned from the library." She then turned and went back about her business.

The rest of the evening was spent helping Gabrielle with her new studies. Harry was entertaining the girls during their study breaks with his stories about his examinations and various other tales about his time at Hogwarts. Fleur seemed to return to her old self until Gabrielle brought up Cho.

"You have another date with her? I'm guessing things are going well then." Asked Fleur.

"She's a nice girl, it's just kind of sad that Cedric had to die for me to find out just what she's like." Answered Harry.

After the brief conversation about Cho Fleur seemed to become a little quieter. She would talk still but Harry and Gabrielle dominated the rest of the evening's conversation. It was getting to be very late at night and the library was closing so the group decided to end their study session. With Harry and Fleur's help Gabrielle got through her homework with ease.

Harry walked the two girls back to the Ravenclaw common room and gave them a couple of hugs before heading off to his own bed. He would be studying with Mrs. Figg and Fleur in the morning and then he would have a free afternoon. Maybe it would be a good time to go see Sirius, after lunch would probably be the best time. The rest of the students would be in class and he could safely navigate the halls.

The next morning Harry worked on some variations of spells used by Auror's. Mrs. Figg assured him that he had the makings of a great Auror and that he could easily handle the wizards that she had sent to Azkaban. It was near the end of their lesson that she told Harry something he wasn't expecting.

"I want you to learn the Unforgivable Curses."

"Why?"

"You must be prepared for anything. I'm not saying that you should ever use them but if you don't know them then your opponent will always have an advantage."

"If you say so."

"Besides Harry, do you know of any ways to counteract the Cruciatus Curse or Avada Kedavra?"

"Of course not, there aren't any."

"Maybe that's because nobody has been able to do it yet. I want you to try and do it Harry."

"How?"

"Well, we'll get to that later. You may be needing some help with it from Professor Flitwick but I can talk with him later. For now, I have to get ready for class. I'll see you later."

Harry then went over and said goodbye to Fleur. She had been observing the two of them going at it all morning with utter fascination. She knew that they were years beyond her and was amazed with what Harry was able to accomplish at such a young age.

Harry had lunch with his friends but was determined to leave as soon as possible to talk with Sirius. He had said that Harry couldn't visit him till the exams were over and since they were over Harry was going to spend all afternoon with his godfather.

He already had his invisibility cloak stuffed under his clothes so he simply headed down to Hagrid's hut while everyone else was heading up to get their books. Harry found that Charlie had taken his lunch down to the hut and was just finishing the meal. He thanked Charlie for everything he was doing for him and then put on the invisibility cloak.

Harry entered the inner door and then he heard something alarming. There was a conversation going on inside the bunker, one talking about Harry. He recognized the first voice as being Sirius' and the second voice belonged to "Mrs. Figg?"

"Ah Harry, we were just talking about you." Replied his teacher.

"What are you doing here?" Harry asked.

"I was just having lunch with an old colleague. I hope you don't mind."

"Old colleague?"

It was Sirius that answered Harry's confusion. "Arabella and myself were Auror's for the Ministry. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about that but I guess it never came up."

"I guess it didn't." Harry sat in amazement. He had never known what Sirius did for a living.

"Well, I have class starting soon and I should really get back up there. I don't think Fleur is quite ready to fly solo right now. I'll talk with you later Sirius, and you too Harry." Mrs. Figg then headed towards the door. She pulled out an invisibility cloak of her own and waved goodbye before disappearing.

Harry was at least happy that he for sure had another person who could share his secrets. His inner circle was now growing and Harry knew that he could trust all of them. He and Sirius had a long conversation that night about everything that had been happening to him. Sirius seemed to know a lot about what was going on and agreed with Mrs. Figg about Harry learning the Unforgivable Curses.

Looking out the enchanted window Harry saw that night had come and that it was time for him to return to the castle. He said goodbye to Sirius and disappeared under the cloak. Hopefully, by this time tomorrow he would be able to transform into a different animal. Damn, he forgot to transform for Sirius. Oh well, that can be for another visit.

***

The rest of the week flew by and soon it was Saturday. During the week Harry learned how to transform into what he considered a very obvious creature. He had transformed into a King Cobra during his lesson with Professor McGonagall. It wasn't that surprising for Harry because of the link he shared with Voldemort. Now, not only could he converse with snakes but he could also become one of them.

Before the end of the lesson they made a quick trip to London to register Harry's stag form. He easily transformed for the proper authorities and they took pictures of his marking to be added to the very short list of Animagi. They were very impressed with his ability to transform at such a young age.

For Harry's first lesson with Flitwick Harry had a very unusual request. Dumbledore had given him the idea that he didn't know how to make food for himself and that kind of stuck with him because he had been missing meals so often this year. He and Flitwick worked together to teach Harry how to prepare different varieties of food. Harry learned that you needed to know the ingredients and cooking preparations in your mind before you could make the food. That is what Jean Luc had been putting into those cook books.

Saturday had come and Harry knew that he would be going on a picnic with Cho that very day. They had agreed to meet down at the lake. By the time Harry got down there Cho was already waiting with a basket in hand. Harry couldn't tell her that he could easily make the food for them because they had only been going out for a short time and Harry didn't quite trust her fully. Besides, he was told to keep it secret.

"Harry, ready to go?"

"Go, go where? Aren't we going to picnic here?"

"No, I have something else planned. Come on, we're going to Hogsmeade."

"Won't we get in trouble?"

"No, I have a pass to leave any time I want now. All the prefects just got one."

She grabbed Harry by the arm and rushed him out of the gates of Hogwarts. They traveled through the village until they reached a building that Harry never really paid any attention to.

Alfonso Barbarello – I can fix any hair, no challenge is too big.

"A wizard barber?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, your friend Hermione found it before. Haven't you noticed her hair isn't bushy anymore?"

"Yeah, but I thought she was using that cream."

"Nope, now lets go fix that mop of yours."

"You actually think he can help?"

"Couldn't hurt now could it?"

"I suppose not." Harry knew that he could probably correct anything that the barber may do so he wasn't all that nervous.

Cho sat Harry down and began to dictate what she wanted done with Harry's hair. In all the commotion that was happening he couldn't be sure what was happening to his head. Various spells and potions were being a put on his hair and it was almost an hour before he was able to look at himself in the mirror.

"It's straight!" Remarked Harry.

"You expected something else?" Replied Alfonso.

"Thank you very much Alfonso." Cho then paid the wizard barber for his services and escorted Harry out of establishment.

"What do you think Harry?" Asked Cho.

"I guess it's good, I'm not used to having neat hair."

"I think it is really nice. It looks very cute on you. You know what else would look cute on you?"

"No, what?"

"Me." Cho then planted a big kiss on Harry's lip. Wait what was that? It's her tongue!

Harry kind of stumbled backwards. "What was that for?"

"For being so cute. Come on, let's go eat some food."

They picnicked in an open meadow near Hogsmeade that afternoon. Cho told Harry all about her classes and about being a prefect. Harry tried to act surprised when she told him about the prefect's bathroom, but then he remembered that she already knew he had bathed in there. There conversation carried on like normal for a long time before a weird subject came up.

"Have you given any more thought to my suggestion?"

"Which suggestion?" Asked Harry.

"About getting rid of your glasses."

Still feeling the effects of kiss from earlier he heard himself blurt it out. "I already fixed them."

"You got them fixed?"

"Err, yeah." Harry realized that somebody his age would not be able to fix their own eyes. He made up a story about getting them fixed over the summer.

"Then why are you wearing your glasses?"

"For comfort, they don't actually have a prescription." Harry then took off his glasses. "Go ahead, walk over there and put up some fingers."

"I believe you, so will you not wear your glasses for a while to give it a try?"

"I tell you what, how about I not wear them when we're alone together."

"Sounds fair, now come here." Cho then planted another big kiss on Harry. This one lasted much longer than the first one and Harry even felt a little blood rushing towards his lower extremities. Not wanting to scare Cho he quickly got up and suggested that they return back to school.

That night it happened again. It had been a long time since his last wet dream and it kind of caught him by surprise. The last dream he had featured Fleur as a solo act but this time it was Cho making the solo appearance. He awoke in the middle of the night and quickly performed his cleansing charm on his clothes and sheets. That's when he noticed that Ron appeared to be missing from his bed. Harry put his glasses on and searched through the walls trying to locate his friend.

"Common room again? You two have got to find a better hiding place." Harry muttered this to himself as he was looking at his two best friends making out on one of the couches down in the common room.