"Would you please hurry up! I'm hungry!" said Ron, loosing his temper. He watched as Harry looked through his trunk for matching socks. "I mean, really…Since when do you care about matching socks?"

"Since now…and if you are in such a hurry help me." said Harry, his eyes never leaving his rummaging hands.

Ron sighted and tried and knelt next to Harry.

"I remember when you used to wear one white sock and the other one orange…so did I until…" Ron stopped looking for socks and looked at Harry.

"…until I started going out with Hermione…" Ron was now grinning and had an amused face.

Harry, noticing Ron's quirky behavior, stopped looking for socks and looked at Ron.

"And your point is…?" said Harry.

"Who is it?"

"Who's what?"

"The girl who's done this to you."

"Done what?"

"Made you fall into the tangled web girls call L O V E."

"Cut it out, Ron…the only one who is in love here is you." said Harry, putting on a black sock and a navy one, 'This will have to do' he thought,

"Oh Harry, get off it. Who is it? It's that new girl isn't it?"

"Who? Audrey? No…" Harry blushed.

"Wow, you and Dumbledore's daughter…classic. But wait a second, weren't you all about Cho?"

Harry looked at Ron like he had thrown steaming acid over him.

"What is it?" asked Ron

"Ron, you know exactly what Cho thinks of me…what almost everyone thinks of me…" Harry spoke in a soft whisper.

"Harry you know you didn't…"

"I know I didn't what? Huh? Kill Cedric?" Harry got up…he was fuming with anger and sadness.

"You know you aren't responsible for that Harry…calm down." said Ron, a bit taken back on Harry's mild explosion.

"You know what Ron? I think It IS my fault…everyone else says it is…I should just get used to the fact." said Harry, sitting down on his bed, trying very hard to hold back tears.

"Harry, I didn't mean to…I mean…I'm sorry…" Ron started to say.

"It's not your fault. I'm the one with the problem…" Harry said looking down. His throat was soar as his need to shed his tears increased. "Ron, you go ahead…I'm not very hungry…"

"Do you want me to stay…or to bring you something back…?" asked Ron. Harry took a deep breath and forced a smile.

"No I'm fine…just need to rest. Go…Hermione must be waiting." Ron looked at Harry, as if to see if he really was ok and left.

Harry, after almost a year of holding his emotions deep inside, cried.

*~*~*~*~DOWSTAIRS IN THE COMMON ROOM*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"God! What's taking them so long!!! I could eat a zebra!!!" said a starving Ginny.

"You know men…they always complain that we take forever to get ready, when it is THEM who take a lifetime to just get dressed." said Hermione, falling back onto the couch.

Audrey sat next to her and sighted…she was very hungry too and couldn't wait to see what they were serving tonight.

Ron came into the common room with a saddened expression. Hermione looked over her shoulder and got up.

"Where have you been! I'm STARVED!!! Let's go!" Hermione took his hand and led a gloomy Ron out the portrait hole.

"Where's Harry?" asked Ginny. Audrey was glad she asked first, she was wondering that herself.

"I don't think he's feeling well, so he told me he was staying in tonight." said Ron, but Audrey sensed that he wasn't telling the truth. Ron looked at Hermione and then at Audrey. He realized that they both knew he was lying. He was grateful that they didn't nag for the truth. Hermione and Ron started out the portrait hole closely followed by Ginny, who was making fun of them. Audrey started to go after them, but decided against it. She turned around and headed up the boy's dormitories.

Audrey reached the door to Harry's room and knocked softly. No one answered. She knocked again, this time louder, and there was still no answer. Audrey gently turned the door knob and poked her head inside the room.