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~Chapter Four: On the Hogwarts Express~
A/N: Thanks again to Wendy for typing this for me.
Cho woke up, 8:00 a.m., not too late yet. She got dressed and went down for breakfast. She saw Harry sitting in a table, alone. Harry saw her, too. He smiled and waved.
"Hi,"
"Hello, where are Hermione and Ron and the others?" Cho asked.
"Oh, they are just slow. Only you're here? Where are your parents?" Harry asked and gestured the seat next to him.
Cho sat down, "Oh, they are just busy again. Dad is overseas, and mom has an important meeting. They are always like that."
"Right." Just then Ron walked in, "Ron, why you have to come every time I talk to Cho?" Harry thought furiously.
"Oh, I think I'll just be going, nice talk with you." Cho stood up.
"Yeah, you too."
"Bye."
"Bye." Ron sat on Cho's Chair. "How is she?" Ron asked.
"Huh?" Harry was still thinking about Cho.
"I asked how is she."
"Cho?" Harry asked. Ron nodded. "She's okay!" Harry relied quickly.
"Okay? Harry! She's the prettiest girl I've ever seen."
"Oh yeah? Who said 'they don't make them like that in Hogwarts' last year? Wasn't Fleur the prettiest girl on Earth?" Harry asked jokingly.
"Fine, the prettiest girl in Hogwarts, okay? Really Harry, if you tell me not to lose my chance, hope you won't too."
"It's not the same, Ron." Harry said hopelessly. "You and Hermione were best friends since first year. Me? I haven't said a dozen words each time I talked to her. Plus even Cedric Diggory wasn't good enough for herm how would I win an angel's heart?"
"How do u know Diggory wasn't good enough!?" Ron asked suspiciously.
"She wrote that Diggory wasn't her boyfriend." Answered Harry.
"She wrote to you in the summer?"
"Yeah, but…" Just then everyone else came down. They finished their breakfast and went to king's Cross Station. Fred and George acted like they were chatting and went into the wall between platform 9 and 10. Then Harry and Ginny, then Ron and Hermione. This was actually the first time they were early. George declared a family meeting, and Hermione were taken for a Gryffindor Perfect meeting. Harry was alone in the compartment reading Rebecca.
"Harry had his eyes on the book but mind somewhere else. He was thinking about Cho. "Can't I just try?" He asked himself. "No, don't even go there; you know how embarrassed and humiliated it was last year when you asked her to the Ball." A voice answered. Harry shook his head and concentrated back on the book again.
Just then he heard a knock on the compartment door, he thought it was either Ron or Hermione, so he went to open it, but he was wrong. Outside the compartment Cho and three other girls who Harry assumed is Cho's friends.
"Hey Harry," said one of Cho's friend, Sherry, "Mind if we sit here, other compartments are all full." Harry saw a smile on Cho's face.
"Not at all, you want me out, or…"
"Oh, of course you can stay here, we are the visitors." said Sherry.
"Okay." Harry said. He sat down and went back to his book, but now, it was even harder to concentrate, having Cho beside him, Harry just couldn't think anything rational. After about another ten minutes, another knock. "I'll get it." Said Sherry. "Now it's Ron." Harry thought, but he was wrong again. It was another strange face.
"Hey, Sherry Helen, Wendy, want to come for a… sorry Cho, can't let you know." The boy said.
"Why?" Cho asked in a rather careless tone. Harry doubted that Cho really wanted to know.
"Cause you are a Prefect. Bye." Then they left.
"Oh god, leaving me here with Cho, alone. What should I do?" Harry thought, but he didn't know that Cho was thinking the same thing.
"I though being a Prefect has advantages." Finally Harry said.
"Oh, they are just being stupid." Cho replied, "What are you reading?"
"Oh, Rebecca, Ron gave me for my birthday." Harry blushed; he didn't want anyone to know that he was reading a romance book.
"It's a good book, this and Gone with the Wind are my favourite." Cho replied. It was much, much better than the reaction Harry thought Cho would gave.
"You like romance?" Harry blurted out. "Oops, why did I say that?" Harry thought.
Cho turned red, too. "Yeah, I like romance."
Silence fell between them; Harry was trying as hard as he could to find a topic to talk about. Finally Cho started, "Where's Ron?"
"Oh, he is having a family meeting." Harry replied.
"Really? I saw the twins were with Jordan and Ginny was with her friends, too." Cho said.
"Oh, well, maybe he just didn't want to come back."
"Right, neither Ron nor Hermione want to be your friends anymore." She said teasingly.
"Then, you want to be my friend." Harry blurted out. "Harry! What were you thinking?!" Came a voice in side Harry. "Shut up!" Another voice hissed.
It took Cho a bit to process what Harry said. She couldn't believe her ears.
"I beg your pardon?"
"If Ron and Hermione don't want to be my friends anymore, will you be my friend?" Harry asked again. "Oh Harry, you are so going to regret this." The voice said. "I told you to shut up." Another voice replied.
"Yes, I will." Cho answered with a sweet smile. "Oh, Cho, you'll be sorry you made this decision." Came the first voice inside her. "Relax, he's not asking Cho out, just friend, Cho, don't hope too much." Another voice said.
They talked for the rest of the journey. Harry thought Ron was with Hermione, which as a good thing. They talked about Quidditch, O.W.L.s, and whole bunch of other things. Still, neither of them said about their true feelings.
A/N: Sorry, I know this chapter is a littler boring, but next chapter would be more about what Cho feels, so please be nice, if you want the next chapter, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
~Chapter Four: On the Hogwarts Express~
A/N: Thanks again to Wendy for typing this for me.
Cho woke up, 8:00 a.m., not too late yet. She got dressed and went down for breakfast. She saw Harry sitting in a table, alone. Harry saw her, too. He smiled and waved.
"Hi,"
"Hello, where are Hermione and Ron and the others?" Cho asked.
"Oh, they are just slow. Only you're here? Where are your parents?" Harry asked and gestured the seat next to him.
Cho sat down, "Oh, they are just busy again. Dad is overseas, and mom has an important meeting. They are always like that."
"Right." Just then Ron walked in, "Ron, why you have to come every time I talk to Cho?" Harry thought furiously.
"Oh, I think I'll just be going, nice talk with you." Cho stood up.
"Yeah, you too."
"Bye."
"Bye." Ron sat on Cho's Chair. "How is she?" Ron asked.
"Huh?" Harry was still thinking about Cho.
"I asked how is she."
"Cho?" Harry asked. Ron nodded. "She's okay!" Harry relied quickly.
"Okay? Harry! She's the prettiest girl I've ever seen."
"Oh yeah? Who said 'they don't make them like that in Hogwarts' last year? Wasn't Fleur the prettiest girl on Earth?" Harry asked jokingly.
"Fine, the prettiest girl in Hogwarts, okay? Really Harry, if you tell me not to lose my chance, hope you won't too."
"It's not the same, Ron." Harry said hopelessly. "You and Hermione were best friends since first year. Me? I haven't said a dozen words each time I talked to her. Plus even Cedric Diggory wasn't good enough for herm how would I win an angel's heart?"
"How do u know Diggory wasn't good enough!?" Ron asked suspiciously.
"She wrote that Diggory wasn't her boyfriend." Answered Harry.
"She wrote to you in the summer?"
"Yeah, but…" Just then everyone else came down. They finished their breakfast and went to king's Cross Station. Fred and George acted like they were chatting and went into the wall between platform 9 and 10. Then Harry and Ginny, then Ron and Hermione. This was actually the first time they were early. George declared a family meeting, and Hermione were taken for a Gryffindor Perfect meeting. Harry was alone in the compartment reading Rebecca.
"Harry had his eyes on the book but mind somewhere else. He was thinking about Cho. "Can't I just try?" He asked himself. "No, don't even go there; you know how embarrassed and humiliated it was last year when you asked her to the Ball." A voice answered. Harry shook his head and concentrated back on the book again.
Just then he heard a knock on the compartment door, he thought it was either Ron or Hermione, so he went to open it, but he was wrong. Outside the compartment Cho and three other girls who Harry assumed is Cho's friends.
"Hey Harry," said one of Cho's friend, Sherry, "Mind if we sit here, other compartments are all full." Harry saw a smile on Cho's face.
"Not at all, you want me out, or…"
"Oh, of course you can stay here, we are the visitors." said Sherry.
"Okay." Harry said. He sat down and went back to his book, but now, it was even harder to concentrate, having Cho beside him, Harry just couldn't think anything rational. After about another ten minutes, another knock. "I'll get it." Said Sherry. "Now it's Ron." Harry thought, but he was wrong again. It was another strange face.
"Hey, Sherry Helen, Wendy, want to come for a… sorry Cho, can't let you know." The boy said.
"Why?" Cho asked in a rather careless tone. Harry doubted that Cho really wanted to know.
"Cause you are a Prefect. Bye." Then they left.
"Oh god, leaving me here with Cho, alone. What should I do?" Harry thought, but he didn't know that Cho was thinking the same thing.
"I though being a Prefect has advantages." Finally Harry said.
"Oh, they are just being stupid." Cho replied, "What are you reading?"
"Oh, Rebecca, Ron gave me for my birthday." Harry blushed; he didn't want anyone to know that he was reading a romance book.
"It's a good book, this and Gone with the Wind are my favourite." Cho replied. It was much, much better than the reaction Harry thought Cho would gave.
"You like romance?" Harry blurted out. "Oops, why did I say that?" Harry thought.
Cho turned red, too. "Yeah, I like romance."
Silence fell between them; Harry was trying as hard as he could to find a topic to talk about. Finally Cho started, "Where's Ron?"
"Oh, he is having a family meeting." Harry replied.
"Really? I saw the twins were with Jordan and Ginny was with her friends, too." Cho said.
"Oh, well, maybe he just didn't want to come back."
"Right, neither Ron nor Hermione want to be your friends anymore." She said teasingly.
"Then, you want to be my friend." Harry blurted out. "Harry! What were you thinking?!" Came a voice in side Harry. "Shut up!" Another voice hissed.
It took Cho a bit to process what Harry said. She couldn't believe her ears.
"I beg your pardon?"
"If Ron and Hermione don't want to be my friends anymore, will you be my friend?" Harry asked again. "Oh Harry, you are so going to regret this." The voice said. "I told you to shut up." Another voice replied.
"Yes, I will." Cho answered with a sweet smile. "Oh, Cho, you'll be sorry you made this decision." Came the first voice inside her. "Relax, he's not asking Cho out, just friend, Cho, don't hope too much." Another voice said.
They talked for the rest of the journey. Harry thought Ron was with Hermione, which as a good thing. They talked about Quidditch, O.W.L.s, and whole bunch of other things. Still, neither of them said about their true feelings.
A/N: Sorry, I know this chapter is a littler boring, but next chapter would be more about what Cho feels, so please be nice, if you want the next chapter, REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!