Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs entirely to JK Rowling. The only part that
belongs to me is the plot, Madison, Frosty, Hope, Amy and a few other
random characters here and there.
A/N: Thank you to all reviewers! You have truly inspired me to continue with the story! I love you all! I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter since I did it a bit differently. We're back on Harry's POV now! Also, this ought to be a long chapter cus I have some. "stuff" planned for this one. ^_^ Here, Robustus, here's the next chapter! Now you better NOT steal my baby!
*~This Chapter is dedicated to Richard Harris who died Friday, October 25, 2002. He will live in our hearts forever. ~* ~*~
Harry walked into the common room late one night. The dance was still a week away. 'Plenty of time to find a date' he thought to himself. 'oh, who am I kidding?' Madison was sitting alone by the fire with a quill and parchment working. Ron and Hermione were nowhere to be seen.
"Hey Maddy." Harry said quietly and tiredly as he walked over to sit next to his sister. She looked startled at first, but then smiled.
"Hey." She replied softly. "What are you up to?"
"Nothing much. What're you writing?"
Madison looked down at the parchment. "Oh, nothing really. Just a letter to the Harpers. They want me to go visit them over Christmas. I said no and I was going with you." She added quickly at the hurt look on Harry's face. "What's wrong? You look upset."
Harry hesitated. He had been wanting to talk to her about Cho because her and Madison were really close friends. 'Well, it's now or never' he thought. "Well, I wanted to ask Cho to the dance, but I'm really nervous."
For a moment, Harry thought he had said the wrong thing. Madison looked as though she were going to explode on the spot. But then, her eyes grew to colossal size then sprang up off the floor and squealed as she jumped up and down.
"OH, MERLIN, THAT IS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!" She bounded over to Harry and wrapped her arms around him and continued to bounce. Harry was quickly running out of air and had lost his glasses by the time Madison had let him go. "So what's the problem?"
"Well." Harry began. Somehow, Madison already knew.
"I see. I'll ask her for you." Madison interrupted. "She told me she thought you were cute. Go to bed. I have some plotting to do." And with that, she scooted her brother up the staircase.
Ron was sitting up in bed doing his potions assignment when Harry came through the door, glasses still knocked askew.
"What happened to you?" Ron snorted, holding back the laughter. "Did Snape finally rape you?"
"Shut up you." replied Harry, with a bit of sick amusement. "Madison going to try to hook me up with Cho." He walked over to his bed and plopped down. Ron laughed at the big goofy grin on Harry's face.
"Well, good for you." said Ron, putting his book down. "by the way, Frosty left a note here. I didn't open it. It's in the drawer." He gestured towards the night stand.
Harry opened the drawer and found a very small piece of parchment inside. He lifted it out and read outloud:
Dear Master Harry:
Danger is lurking nearby. It will try to manipulate those closest to Harry Potter. Be careful!
~Frosty, at your service
After sitting for a moment and exchanging a glance, Harry threw it aside.
"What a loon."
~*~
"Good morning everyone." said Snape in an unusual gleeful tone. "First, turn in your assignments from last class. If you recall, you were to compose an essay on the steps for creating a magic-stripping potion. Second, I want you to take out your cauldrons and start making a sample. I'm not quite sure if we'll test it. But go ahead and get a start on it."
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked to one another with astonished glances. Was Snape really in a decent mood?
"Oh, before I forget, there will be no more homework for the rest of the term. Just study for your final tests that will take place this coming Friday."
Yup. Something was up with Snape. Everyone seemed to notice it too, especially when he told Neville that he was doing an exceptional job on the labs lately.
"Wow, I wonder what's up with him?" said Hermione. Her eyes were glued to the smile that was creeping across Snapes face.it was actually a pleasant smile. Scary, but pleasant.
"Didn't you hear?" Whispered Lavender Brown from behind them. "There's rumors flying all over the school that Snape and Professor Hope have a thing for each other and may have hooked up."
Ron burst out laughing..and he couldn't stop. Even after Hermione back-handed him. Harry looked cock-eyed at Snape. How on earth could someone love that man? His attention, like so many other peoples, had soon been reverted back to Ron. He had fallen off his chair and rolling around on the floor laughing. Ron's face was terribly purple. Harry wondered if Ron was able to breathe through her spurts of laughter. Unfortunately, he has also caught Snapes attention.
"Is there something funny?" Snape asked calmly. He looked down at the boy with mild amusement. Ron was totally unable to answer. He was laughing so hard, he began to choke. It was then that Snape pulled a small vial out from underneath his robes. The liquid inside was dark blue and shimmered. It swirled non-stop. Snape stooped down and handed the vial to Ron, whom accepted it greatly. After he had managed to gulp it down, he stopped laughing and sat up, absent-mindedly wobbling from side to side. He looked as though he was in a bit of pain. Snape walked back to the front of the room to continue with class. Harry just looked at his friend in amazement as he and Hermione helped Ron back to his feet.
"What was that all about?" asked Hermione a moment after Ron had plopped back down on his chair. He looked thoroughly exhausted.
"Snape offered me extra credit if I took a laughing potion to test it. He didn't want any of the students to know." said Ron, out of breath. "He told me he'd give me the antitoxin. There's a phrase that can set it off. It must have been something Lavender said."
"You moron." said Hermione.
"Snape gave you extra credit?" said Harry stunned. "You're brilliant, and he must be ill" Hermione sat back in her chair an silently applauded Ron for the extra credit.
A few more minutes had past when something else out of the ordinary happened. While the students were working on their assignments and talking to one another excitedly, Madison came bolting through the door and right at Harry.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked as Madison scurried in front of his desk. Madison leaned over the table and whispered.
"She said 'yes'!"
~*~
The rest of the week seemed a blur. All Harry could really remember was leaping over the desk and tackling Madison while laughing excitedly. The night of the dance seemed pure chaos. Even though Ron hadn't managed to find a date, he still decided to go. He was dressed in his new dress robes, without lace.
"How do I look?" he asked Harry after studying himself in the mirror for a good ten minutes. His robes were velvet and dark blue. It meshed great with his hair too. He had an enormous smile across his face.
"Well," replied Harry with his fist on his chin. "if Madison doesn't swoon, you'll soon have to pull me off you." Ron made a sick face and broke out in laughter. "Now how about me?"
"You look great." said Ron, wiping a tear from his eye. "Cho's a very lucky girl." Harry's robes were velvet as well and were dark hunter green.
"Shall we?"
The boys walked down towards the Great Hall, where Harry was supposed to meet up with Cho. She had beat them there. Harry nearly fell over when he saw her standing there by the door. She was dressed in a spaghetti-strap dark red dress that hung down to the floor. Her hair was hung down just past her chin and there was a faint sparkle of glitter. When Cho saw Harry, her face cracked into an enormous grin, exposing her pearly whites.
"Hey!" Cho started walking over to Harry.
"Hey." he said stupidly. Harry was still in total awe. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ron roll his eyes then disappeared into the Great Hall. "Shall we?" he offered his arm, which Cho took and giggled.
The Great Hall had never looked better. The candles that were floating around aimlessly were the only source of light, along with a bunch of starlight from the ceiling. The tables had once again been pushed up to the sides of the Hall to provide maximum dance space. However, a band was no where to be seen.
Cho started dancing right away near a group of her friends. She pulled Harry over with her. He didn't know any of these people. As time went by, he began to feel a bit out of place. Cho and all her friends were talking and laughing about things that Harry didn't know.
"Hey, Cho, I'm going to go get some punch." Harry said, even though Cho hardly seemed to hear him. Harry wandered around for a bit. He hadn't seen Ron since he left them at the door. He saw Oliver and Madison off sitting at a small round table with Hermione and Victor. Finally, he had found someone who he could talk to.
"Hey, Harry!" called out Oliver, who was the first to spot Harry walking over. He leapt out of his chair and ran towards Harry..actually, ran INTO Harry. Plowed him over, in fact. Harry's glasses were knocked clear off his face as he was crushed by the nineteen year old boy.
"Woah, hey man," said Oliver apologetically as he climbed off of Harry. He offered his hand to Harry. Harry couldn't see it, but he could hear Madison and Hermione off at the table laughing hysterically and he heard a few 'huh huh' s that could only belong to Krum. "Sorry. I'm just happy to see you! I haven't gotten to talk to you since the train station. Oh, here's your glasses. Come sit with us!"
Harry walked with Oliver over to the table where the four of them had been enjoying cookies and punch.
"Where's Cho?" asked Madison curiously after noticing she wasn't with him.
"Talking to a huge group of other people and ignoring me." Harry replied lazily as he plopped down into a seat between Madison and Hermione.
"Ah, yes, she does that to me too" said Madison simply, taking another sip of her punch. "She does it a lot. You got to watch out for that."
"Well, on a personal level, I don't think she's all that I made her out to be." said Harry disappointedly. "Neither is this dance."
Then, just as if he had asked for it, the nights first slow song came on. Harry recognized it, he had heard Aunt Petunia play it on the radio once, before she had turned it off saying, "American trash." It was called, "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith.
"Hey, Madison, I'm going to go get us some more punch." said Oliver, touching her face. "I don't like this song much anyway. I love you." Madison smiled, then he walked away. Right as Oliver trotted away, Ron came up.
"Hey, Madison." He began. "I. I was just wondering, if, well, maybe if you would.um. like to dance?"
"Ron, .I"
"Oh, no" Ron stuttered terribly. "I understand with Oliver and all-" She put her finger to his lips.
"Let me finish." Madison said with a hint of a giggle. "I'd love to dance." She stood up, put her arm in his, then walked off onto the dance floor. Harry looked around for some other sort of refuge, but turned to discover Hermione and Krum were long gone. He was alone. Harry looked down into his empty cup as if for some sort of possible comfort there.
"Harry?" asked a soft voice that pulled him back into reality. It was Cho. She offered Harry her hand, which he took. They walked slowly out to the dance floor. Cho turned and looked at him then gave him a weak smile, which he did not return. He just wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in close. Cho's smile left her face as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
'I could spend my life in this sweet surrender. I could stay lost in this moment forever.every moment I spend with you is a moment I treasure.'
Cho drew in closer and whispered into his ear. "I'm sorry." Harry pushed her away slightly and hushed her.
'Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together.. I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever .. Forever and ever'
Harry pulled Cho back in, where they met for a kiss. Harry's very first. He felt a rush of pure glee and excitement run through him. 'This is great!' he thought to himself. Her hands fluttered to his face and his to her neck. As their lips unlocked, he looked into her black eyes and smiled. Harry then looked over to Ron and his sister to see how they were doing; Ron couldn't look happier. In fact, he looked like he was having the time of his life.
'I don't wanna close my eyes. don't wanna fall asleep cus I'd miss you baby, and I don't wanna miss a thing.'
Harry watched with deep amusement as Ron pecked Madison on her cheek.
"Cus even when I dream of you. the sweetest dream would never do, I'd still miss you baby, and I don't wanna miss a thing'
.and as she playfully smacked his cheek. Cho grabbed Harry's chin and turned it towards her. She then kissed him again.
'Cus even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream would never do. I'd still miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing. Don't wanna close my eyes. I don't wanna fall asleep, yeah, I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing.'
As the song ended, Cho released him. She looked at him and smiled. He kissed her on her cheek, which might have been a bit of a mistake because just then, she broke out into a series of giggles. 'Girls.' he thought to himself.
"Will you excuse me for a minute?" Cho managed to ask though her laughter. "I need to go freshen up."
After Harry watched Cho walk off, he returned to the table to find Madison, Oliver and Ron sitting with. Amy. and she looked MAD. Sat down right as Ron was trying to talk to her.
"I'll kick his bum." Said Ron angrily. "That little bastard."
"Who are we talking about?" asked Harry curiously.
"Malfoy." answered Oliver. "He's getting a bit. fresh.with Amy here."
"Damn right he's getting fresh!" snapped Amy suddenly. "That little shit keeps grabbing my ass, makes crude gestures and can't stop kissing on me." Harry made a face. "Yeah, and if that's not enough, he then ignores me for like, a half hour to grunt around with those to cavemen he hangs out with."
"Does he think you two are an item or something?" asked Madison.
"I guess so." Amy replied. "We're not though. I keep telling him to knock it off and I smack him, but he just thinks it's a game. I wish he'd just stay away from me."
"You don't have to really worry much with Madison around." said Oliver. "Malfoy's scared shitless of her."
"Hey, Amy?" asked Ron quietly. She glared up at him, still obviously angry over the fact that Ron shot her down and she got stuck with Draco. "I was wondering. since I don't have a date and yours turned out to be a horny git, do you maybe want to finish the night up together.?" This actually made Amy smile. She stood up, took his arm then walked out to the dance floor.
The rest of the dance seemed to go pretty well. He hadn't seen Cho in a while, but he didn't really mind. He was sitting with his sister, her fiancé (which they had announced earlier that evening, Harry had jumped up and down excitedly yelling and cheering) one of his best friends and her boyfriend. Ron must have been out with Amy. They laughed and talked about everything. Dumbledore, the Dursleys, even Quidditch. They were talking so much, they didn't even realize another slow song start up. Madison was the first to notice it.
"Oh, my gosh!" Madison shrieked and pointed into the crowd. Everyone turned and looked. No one was prepared for what was seen. Ron and Amy were out on the dance floor and, well, doing a bit more than dancing. "That is SO cute!"
The dance had finally come to an end. Harry walked with Cho in silence up to the Hufflepuff tower. She turned and looked at him.
"Hey, I had fun tonight." She smiled.
"Me too." Said Harry smiling back. "Well, I guess I'll see you when I get back from break." He turned and started to walk away.
"Wait a minute!" called Cho from behind him. Harry turned around and looked at her half-assed confused. "Where's my sugar?"
Harry ran back and pecked her on the cheek, then ran back off to the Gryffindor tower. Madison was inside the common room waiting for Harry. She gave him a grin which asked 'Had fun?'. Harry smiled and nodded.
"Well, you ready to see the Dursley's tomorrow?"
~*~
A/N: Ahh. yesh, Sara had fun writing that chapter. Cho and Harry went a bit farther than I expected, but oh well. I think it went well. And if that chapter didn't please Robustus, I'll shoot myself. O_o Give me Brett back now!! ^_^
A/N: Thank you to all reviewers! You have truly inspired me to continue with the story! I love you all! I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter since I did it a bit differently. We're back on Harry's POV now! Also, this ought to be a long chapter cus I have some. "stuff" planned for this one. ^_^ Here, Robustus, here's the next chapter! Now you better NOT steal my baby!
*~This Chapter is dedicated to Richard Harris who died Friday, October 25, 2002. He will live in our hearts forever. ~* ~*~
Harry walked into the common room late one night. The dance was still a week away. 'Plenty of time to find a date' he thought to himself. 'oh, who am I kidding?' Madison was sitting alone by the fire with a quill and parchment working. Ron and Hermione were nowhere to be seen.
"Hey Maddy." Harry said quietly and tiredly as he walked over to sit next to his sister. She looked startled at first, but then smiled.
"Hey." She replied softly. "What are you up to?"
"Nothing much. What're you writing?"
Madison looked down at the parchment. "Oh, nothing really. Just a letter to the Harpers. They want me to go visit them over Christmas. I said no and I was going with you." She added quickly at the hurt look on Harry's face. "What's wrong? You look upset."
Harry hesitated. He had been wanting to talk to her about Cho because her and Madison were really close friends. 'Well, it's now or never' he thought. "Well, I wanted to ask Cho to the dance, but I'm really nervous."
For a moment, Harry thought he had said the wrong thing. Madison looked as though she were going to explode on the spot. But then, her eyes grew to colossal size then sprang up off the floor and squealed as she jumped up and down.
"OH, MERLIN, THAT IS THE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!" She bounded over to Harry and wrapped her arms around him and continued to bounce. Harry was quickly running out of air and had lost his glasses by the time Madison had let him go. "So what's the problem?"
"Well." Harry began. Somehow, Madison already knew.
"I see. I'll ask her for you." Madison interrupted. "She told me she thought you were cute. Go to bed. I have some plotting to do." And with that, she scooted her brother up the staircase.
Ron was sitting up in bed doing his potions assignment when Harry came through the door, glasses still knocked askew.
"What happened to you?" Ron snorted, holding back the laughter. "Did Snape finally rape you?"
"Shut up you." replied Harry, with a bit of sick amusement. "Madison going to try to hook me up with Cho." He walked over to his bed and plopped down. Ron laughed at the big goofy grin on Harry's face.
"Well, good for you." said Ron, putting his book down. "by the way, Frosty left a note here. I didn't open it. It's in the drawer." He gestured towards the night stand.
Harry opened the drawer and found a very small piece of parchment inside. He lifted it out and read outloud:
Dear Master Harry:
Danger is lurking nearby. It will try to manipulate those closest to Harry Potter. Be careful!
~Frosty, at your service
After sitting for a moment and exchanging a glance, Harry threw it aside.
"What a loon."
~*~
"Good morning everyone." said Snape in an unusual gleeful tone. "First, turn in your assignments from last class. If you recall, you were to compose an essay on the steps for creating a magic-stripping potion. Second, I want you to take out your cauldrons and start making a sample. I'm not quite sure if we'll test it. But go ahead and get a start on it."
Harry, Ron and Hermione looked to one another with astonished glances. Was Snape really in a decent mood?
"Oh, before I forget, there will be no more homework for the rest of the term. Just study for your final tests that will take place this coming Friday."
Yup. Something was up with Snape. Everyone seemed to notice it too, especially when he told Neville that he was doing an exceptional job on the labs lately.
"Wow, I wonder what's up with him?" said Hermione. Her eyes were glued to the smile that was creeping across Snapes face.it was actually a pleasant smile. Scary, but pleasant.
"Didn't you hear?" Whispered Lavender Brown from behind them. "There's rumors flying all over the school that Snape and Professor Hope have a thing for each other and may have hooked up."
Ron burst out laughing..and he couldn't stop. Even after Hermione back-handed him. Harry looked cock-eyed at Snape. How on earth could someone love that man? His attention, like so many other peoples, had soon been reverted back to Ron. He had fallen off his chair and rolling around on the floor laughing. Ron's face was terribly purple. Harry wondered if Ron was able to breathe through her spurts of laughter. Unfortunately, he has also caught Snapes attention.
"Is there something funny?" Snape asked calmly. He looked down at the boy with mild amusement. Ron was totally unable to answer. He was laughing so hard, he began to choke. It was then that Snape pulled a small vial out from underneath his robes. The liquid inside was dark blue and shimmered. It swirled non-stop. Snape stooped down and handed the vial to Ron, whom accepted it greatly. After he had managed to gulp it down, he stopped laughing and sat up, absent-mindedly wobbling from side to side. He looked as though he was in a bit of pain. Snape walked back to the front of the room to continue with class. Harry just looked at his friend in amazement as he and Hermione helped Ron back to his feet.
"What was that all about?" asked Hermione a moment after Ron had plopped back down on his chair. He looked thoroughly exhausted.
"Snape offered me extra credit if I took a laughing potion to test it. He didn't want any of the students to know." said Ron, out of breath. "He told me he'd give me the antitoxin. There's a phrase that can set it off. It must have been something Lavender said."
"You moron." said Hermione.
"Snape gave you extra credit?" said Harry stunned. "You're brilliant, and he must be ill" Hermione sat back in her chair an silently applauded Ron for the extra credit.
A few more minutes had past when something else out of the ordinary happened. While the students were working on their assignments and talking to one another excitedly, Madison came bolting through the door and right at Harry.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked as Madison scurried in front of his desk. Madison leaned over the table and whispered.
"She said 'yes'!"
~*~
The rest of the week seemed a blur. All Harry could really remember was leaping over the desk and tackling Madison while laughing excitedly. The night of the dance seemed pure chaos. Even though Ron hadn't managed to find a date, he still decided to go. He was dressed in his new dress robes, without lace.
"How do I look?" he asked Harry after studying himself in the mirror for a good ten minutes. His robes were velvet and dark blue. It meshed great with his hair too. He had an enormous smile across his face.
"Well," replied Harry with his fist on his chin. "if Madison doesn't swoon, you'll soon have to pull me off you." Ron made a sick face and broke out in laughter. "Now how about me?"
"You look great." said Ron, wiping a tear from his eye. "Cho's a very lucky girl." Harry's robes were velvet as well and were dark hunter green.
"Shall we?"
The boys walked down towards the Great Hall, where Harry was supposed to meet up with Cho. She had beat them there. Harry nearly fell over when he saw her standing there by the door. She was dressed in a spaghetti-strap dark red dress that hung down to the floor. Her hair was hung down just past her chin and there was a faint sparkle of glitter. When Cho saw Harry, her face cracked into an enormous grin, exposing her pearly whites.
"Hey!" Cho started walking over to Harry.
"Hey." he said stupidly. Harry was still in total awe. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ron roll his eyes then disappeared into the Great Hall. "Shall we?" he offered his arm, which Cho took and giggled.
The Great Hall had never looked better. The candles that were floating around aimlessly were the only source of light, along with a bunch of starlight from the ceiling. The tables had once again been pushed up to the sides of the Hall to provide maximum dance space. However, a band was no where to be seen.
Cho started dancing right away near a group of her friends. She pulled Harry over with her. He didn't know any of these people. As time went by, he began to feel a bit out of place. Cho and all her friends were talking and laughing about things that Harry didn't know.
"Hey, Cho, I'm going to go get some punch." Harry said, even though Cho hardly seemed to hear him. Harry wandered around for a bit. He hadn't seen Ron since he left them at the door. He saw Oliver and Madison off sitting at a small round table with Hermione and Victor. Finally, he had found someone who he could talk to.
"Hey, Harry!" called out Oliver, who was the first to spot Harry walking over. He leapt out of his chair and ran towards Harry..actually, ran INTO Harry. Plowed him over, in fact. Harry's glasses were knocked clear off his face as he was crushed by the nineteen year old boy.
"Woah, hey man," said Oliver apologetically as he climbed off of Harry. He offered his hand to Harry. Harry couldn't see it, but he could hear Madison and Hermione off at the table laughing hysterically and he heard a few 'huh huh' s that could only belong to Krum. "Sorry. I'm just happy to see you! I haven't gotten to talk to you since the train station. Oh, here's your glasses. Come sit with us!"
Harry walked with Oliver over to the table where the four of them had been enjoying cookies and punch.
"Where's Cho?" asked Madison curiously after noticing she wasn't with him.
"Talking to a huge group of other people and ignoring me." Harry replied lazily as he plopped down into a seat between Madison and Hermione.
"Ah, yes, she does that to me too" said Madison simply, taking another sip of her punch. "She does it a lot. You got to watch out for that."
"Well, on a personal level, I don't think she's all that I made her out to be." said Harry disappointedly. "Neither is this dance."
Then, just as if he had asked for it, the nights first slow song came on. Harry recognized it, he had heard Aunt Petunia play it on the radio once, before she had turned it off saying, "American trash." It was called, "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith.
"Hey, Madison, I'm going to go get us some more punch." said Oliver, touching her face. "I don't like this song much anyway. I love you." Madison smiled, then he walked away. Right as Oliver trotted away, Ron came up.
"Hey, Madison." He began. "I. I was just wondering, if, well, maybe if you would.um. like to dance?"
"Ron, .I"
"Oh, no" Ron stuttered terribly. "I understand with Oliver and all-" She put her finger to his lips.
"Let me finish." Madison said with a hint of a giggle. "I'd love to dance." She stood up, put her arm in his, then walked off onto the dance floor. Harry looked around for some other sort of refuge, but turned to discover Hermione and Krum were long gone. He was alone. Harry looked down into his empty cup as if for some sort of possible comfort there.
"Harry?" asked a soft voice that pulled him back into reality. It was Cho. She offered Harry her hand, which he took. They walked slowly out to the dance floor. Cho turned and looked at him then gave him a weak smile, which he did not return. He just wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in close. Cho's smile left her face as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
'I could spend my life in this sweet surrender. I could stay lost in this moment forever.every moment I spend with you is a moment I treasure.'
Cho drew in closer and whispered into his ear. "I'm sorry." Harry pushed her away slightly and hushed her.
'Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together.. I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever .. Forever and ever'
Harry pulled Cho back in, where they met for a kiss. Harry's very first. He felt a rush of pure glee and excitement run through him. 'This is great!' he thought to himself. Her hands fluttered to his face and his to her neck. As their lips unlocked, he looked into her black eyes and smiled. Harry then looked over to Ron and his sister to see how they were doing; Ron couldn't look happier. In fact, he looked like he was having the time of his life.
'I don't wanna close my eyes. don't wanna fall asleep cus I'd miss you baby, and I don't wanna miss a thing.'
Harry watched with deep amusement as Ron pecked Madison on her cheek.
"Cus even when I dream of you. the sweetest dream would never do, I'd still miss you baby, and I don't wanna miss a thing'
.and as she playfully smacked his cheek. Cho grabbed Harry's chin and turned it towards her. She then kissed him again.
'Cus even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream would never do. I'd still miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing. Don't wanna close my eyes. I don't wanna fall asleep, yeah, I'd miss you baby and I don't wanna miss a thing.'
As the song ended, Cho released him. She looked at him and smiled. He kissed her on her cheek, which might have been a bit of a mistake because just then, she broke out into a series of giggles. 'Girls.' he thought to himself.
"Will you excuse me for a minute?" Cho managed to ask though her laughter. "I need to go freshen up."
After Harry watched Cho walk off, he returned to the table to find Madison, Oliver and Ron sitting with. Amy. and she looked MAD. Sat down right as Ron was trying to talk to her.
"I'll kick his bum." Said Ron angrily. "That little bastard."
"Who are we talking about?" asked Harry curiously.
"Malfoy." answered Oliver. "He's getting a bit. fresh.with Amy here."
"Damn right he's getting fresh!" snapped Amy suddenly. "That little shit keeps grabbing my ass, makes crude gestures and can't stop kissing on me." Harry made a face. "Yeah, and if that's not enough, he then ignores me for like, a half hour to grunt around with those to cavemen he hangs out with."
"Does he think you two are an item or something?" asked Madison.
"I guess so." Amy replied. "We're not though. I keep telling him to knock it off and I smack him, but he just thinks it's a game. I wish he'd just stay away from me."
"You don't have to really worry much with Madison around." said Oliver. "Malfoy's scared shitless of her."
"Hey, Amy?" asked Ron quietly. She glared up at him, still obviously angry over the fact that Ron shot her down and she got stuck with Draco. "I was wondering. since I don't have a date and yours turned out to be a horny git, do you maybe want to finish the night up together.?" This actually made Amy smile. She stood up, took his arm then walked out to the dance floor.
The rest of the dance seemed to go pretty well. He hadn't seen Cho in a while, but he didn't really mind. He was sitting with his sister, her fiancé (which they had announced earlier that evening, Harry had jumped up and down excitedly yelling and cheering) one of his best friends and her boyfriend. Ron must have been out with Amy. They laughed and talked about everything. Dumbledore, the Dursleys, even Quidditch. They were talking so much, they didn't even realize another slow song start up. Madison was the first to notice it.
"Oh, my gosh!" Madison shrieked and pointed into the crowd. Everyone turned and looked. No one was prepared for what was seen. Ron and Amy were out on the dance floor and, well, doing a bit more than dancing. "That is SO cute!"
The dance had finally come to an end. Harry walked with Cho in silence up to the Hufflepuff tower. She turned and looked at him.
"Hey, I had fun tonight." She smiled.
"Me too." Said Harry smiling back. "Well, I guess I'll see you when I get back from break." He turned and started to walk away.
"Wait a minute!" called Cho from behind him. Harry turned around and looked at her half-assed confused. "Where's my sugar?"
Harry ran back and pecked her on the cheek, then ran back off to the Gryffindor tower. Madison was inside the common room waiting for Harry. She gave him a grin which asked 'Had fun?'. Harry smiled and nodded.
"Well, you ready to see the Dursley's tomorrow?"
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A/N: Ahh. yesh, Sara had fun writing that chapter. Cho and Harry went a bit farther than I expected, but oh well. I think it went well. And if that chapter didn't please Robustus, I'll shoot myself. O_o Give me Brett back now!! ^_^