"Love is in the Air"
Chapter 2
Harry was waken when Colin shook his shoulders. Wiping his eyes, he looked around and adjusted his glasses. A page of his book was stuck to his face, and he pulled it off as he sat up. Looking at the watch Ron gave him for his birthday, he saw that it was 9 AM. He also noticed Colin, standing behind him smiling ear to ear.
"You should probably head off to your breakfast Harry, you don't want keep Cho waiting any longer," said the younger boy.
"Why didn't anybody wake me up before now?" asked Harry sleepily.
"Nobody noticed you laying there, everyone is so excited about going to Hogsmeade today, there is going to be a fair today, did you know?"
"Yeah Colin, I know," Harry stood up and stretched. He had been having a wonderful dream, Cho had asked him out, and Ron and Hermione were going out too. Harry suddenly looked at Colin and said, "What did you say Colin?"
"There is a fair..."
"No before that, about Cho..."
"You don't want to keep Cho waiting any longer. She asked me to come get you for your date."
Harry blinked...It wasn't a dream!
"Why didn't she send Ron or Hermione?"
"They were kinda...um...busy...they weren't at breakfast, but I know where they are. I saw them go up to the girls' dorm after everyone left for breakfast."
"Ah, I see, well I better go get ready. See you in Hogsmeade, thanks for waking me. Hey Ron...have fun?"
Ron was walking down the stairs from the girls' dorm, he had a small smear of lipstick on his lips, it was the same shade of red he turned when he saw Harry and Colin.
"Um...I was just...um...well the thing is, me and Hermione were..."
"...Studying," Hermione finished as she came down the stairs behind Ron.
Harry chuckled and rolled his eyes. "It's okay guys, I know what you were doing, Ron's got some of your lipstick on his lips..."
Ron's eyes went wide and he wiped at his mouth furiously. Hermione was blushing a deep red.
"I should have known not to hide anything from you Harry, you can spot a flying gold walnut from 500 feet away. Good morning Colin."
Ron finished wiping his mouth, satisfied the lipstick was gone.
"I have to go change real quick, Cho is waiting for me in the Great Hall."
He ran up to his room and pulled a fresh robe out of his trunk and threw it over his head. He grabbed a handful of Galleons and stuffed them into his money bag, which he put in the pocket on the robe. Running down stairs he saw Hermione and Ron sitting at a table talking quietly.
Cho looked up and saw Harry running down the stairs. She smiled and sighed as he got to her.
"Sorry I'm late, I overslept, and nobody bothered to wake me up."
"It's alright, I was just worried you were going to stand me up."
Harry gasped at the mere thought of standing her up. She giggled and punched his arm playfully.
"So what all did you want to do today, Cho?"
"I figured we'd decide when we got there, see what all the fair is offering."
"Okay with me."
They spent the next few hours walking around Hogsmeade, hand in hand. They rode the tunnel of love, and a muggle ride called a ferris wheel. Cho saw a nice little restaurant near Three Broomsticks that she wanted to try. It turned out to be a place called Outback Steakhouse and Harry had to spend quite a few Galleons on the dinner, but they were thoroughly satiated. Harry just sat and watched Cho eat her dessert. Her eyes sparkled in a way that Harry couldn't describe. After she finished, he emptied his butterbeer and left a tip on the table for the waitress.
"That was a wonderful dinner, Harry, thank you."
"You're welcome, Cho."
She walked right up next to him and wrapped her arm around his waist. Harry smiled and put his arm around her shoulders. They walked back to the carriages that would take them back to Hogwarts. They managed to get a private carriage and they talked a little as they rode home. She looked over at him, and he looked back at her. Suddenly their lips were pressed against each other's and Cho's tongue slid into Harry's mouth. After a little while, the carriage stopped and Harry got out and helped Cho down. She kissed his cheek and they walked off toward the castle.
"I was wondering if you..." Harry said.
"...wanted to go out again sometime?" Cho interrupted, "Sure, I'd love too."
Harry just smiled at that. Cho smiled back and they parted ways when they got inside. Harry walked up to the Fat Lady and said, "Babblefish. Oh hey Neville...they still not giving you the passwords?"
"No, they are, I'm waiting for someone, she's supposed to be here soon."
"She? You dog! Who is she? Do I know her?"
"There she is, coming down the stairs."
"Who, all I see is..."
"Hey Gins," Neville interrupted.
"Hey, Nevy...oh...um...hi...Harry...I didn't see you there..." Ginny said and began blushing brightly.
"You ready to go, Gins?" Neville asked her as he stood up.
"Yeah. Well good night Harry..." she said and bit her lip while she continued blushing.
*Wow, Ginny and Neville are still together from the Yule Ball...that's pretty cool, I wonder if Ron knows?* Harry thought as he walked up the stairs. He opened the door and peaked inside. Ron's curtains were shut, and he could hear motion inside.
Suddenly he heard laughter. It was Hermione. *They aren't...not with the door unlocked...Hermione would have remembered that if they were.*
"Hey guys, what you doin'?"
Suddenly Ron poked his head through the curtains. "Nothing Harry, I was just...studying...arithmancy..."
"Oh ok...wait, you aren't taking arithmancy...I know Hermione is in there," Harry said while approaching the bed, "Cover yourselves if need be, I'm coming in."
Harry threw back the curtain and Ron and Hermione were on all fours on a large white mat with colored circles. Harry had seen this game before, Dudley got it for his birthday a few years ago, of course he only played it once, then threw it into his spare bedroom, aka: Harry's summer room.
"Twister?" Harry said in puzzlement.
"Yeah, would you mind being the spinner? This is the championship round, it's tied 2 games to 2..." Hermione asked him.
"Um...yeah...sure..." Harry said between blinks.
He had got his friends all wrong. They were just playing a friendly game of Twister, nothing more...
"Right hand...Blue," Harry said after spinning the little hand.
Ron, delicately maneuvered his hand through Hermione's legs and had to press his arm against her thigh in order to reach the spot. Harry thought he heard a light moan, but payed no head to it.
"Left foot...Green"
"You are as good as dead Weasley, this championship is mine."
Ron shifted his body around, and his arm rubbed against her leg as he stuck his left foot under his right and tried to reach the circle. He shifted some more, and Hermione gasped and fell to the mat. Harry would have seen why she fell but a spider had caught his attention. It was dangling delicately over the water jug.
"I win! You know what that means Hermione...you owe me 10 kisses!"
"Well in that case, I win, you goof ball."
Hermione planted her lips on Ron's and they fell into each other's arms. Harry reached up and shut the curtains. Had he looked closer, he would have noticed the buttons were on the wrong side of Ron's shirt.
Harry walked over to his own bed and grabbed his pajamas and pulled them on quickly, just in case Hermione decided to let Ron breathe for a second. He walked around the corner of the bed and hopped up into it. He sank down into its soft comfort. Pulling the blanket up over his body he almost instantly fell asleep.
Cho suddenly walked into the room. Harry sat up and she climbed on top of him. Pushing him down to the bed, Cho ripped his shirt open. "There's something I have to tell you Harry," Cho said.
"What is it, Cho?"
"I'm actually Snape!" Cho reached up and pulled a mask off her head and it was indeed Snape. Harry sat straight up in bed. Neville was staring at him, wondering why he was making such a racket in the bed.
"Nightmare, Harry?"
"Yeah, you can say that again."
"Oh, well good night."
"Night Neville."