Sorry this has taken so long guys, I've been writing Sweet Home Hogsmeade and I've been busy w/ school but since its Spring Break, I have a lot of time! :)
Chapter VII
A moment later Ron burst out,
"I need to tell her. That's the only way I will ever feel okay again. And maybe, you know, maybe she likes me back?" Harry sighed and said,
"That would be a good idea, and don't worry about it. It'll turn out fine, I promise." With that Ron ran out of the Great Hall to find Hermione. Harry just chuckled to himself and wondered what Ron would say.
To keep himself occupied before he would meet Cho, Harry finished all his homework so he would have the whole time in the library only to talk to Cho. He wondered what she had to say to him. Whenever he saw her in the Great Hall she would smile and blush very deeply. As Harry sat up in the common room, which was almost empty he saw Hermione come in followed by Ron.
She still looked angry and he looked frustrated. Harry then found out why when he told him what happened after Hermione just glanced at Harry and stomped her way upstairs.
"Harry, I didn't get to tell her. She refused to even acknowledge I was even around her. How will I get her to listen to me?" Ron asked.
"Wow, I thought she would listen to you. Maybe you should just give her time to cool off. Remember, she still thinks that you like someone else and now she is extremely jealous." Harry replied.
"I'll talk to her tomorrow when she has had time to forgive me if she ever can," Ron looked a little worried that she wouldn't ever pay any attention to him or forgive him. With that Harry told Ron he'd be back later to tell him about his meeting with Cho.
The library was somewhat crowded but Harry could easily distinguish Cho from everyone else. She was sitting at a table, alone for once and she had her head propped on both of her hands. She looked so beautiful. Harry had never seen someone look so beautiful. Except his mother of course. Harry took a deep breath and started walking towards her. She looked up and her white complexion suddenly had red spots on both of her smooth cheeks.
"Thank you for agreeing to meet me here. Sorry that we haven't been able to talk since." She blushed more deeply. Cho was now a little embarrassed because she could tell he was looking at her in admiration.
"Yeah... its a shame." Harry was almost over come by her beauty.
"I came here to talk to you about -umm- how do I say this?" she looked like she had never been more embarrassed in her life.
"I came here to ask you if you- umm- like me." Harry didn't know what to say.
Cho was quiet and waited for Harry's response. He didn't reply right away. He blushed as he answered,
"Cho, can I ask you why you are asking me this?" Cho looked like she had been expecting a different answer.
"Well, Harry. I feel really bad about the way I feel about you. With Cedric and all." Harry was confused.
"I don't quite understand Cho."
"Ok! I'll just come right out and say it!" Cho looked nervous but the color was rising even more in her face. "Harry, I really really like you. It's got nothing to do with your being famous and all. I also feel bad about not being able to go the Yule Ball with you last year. Will you answer my first question now?" Cho was slightly shaking at making such a confession to him.
"Cho, the truth is that I do like you very much. That's why I wanted you to come to the ball with me." Harry felt like a balloon of happiness was welling up inside of him. Cho now smiled and then began to frown.
"I feel so bad about Cedric. I did love him though. I just feel in my heart that liking you is wrong."
"Cho, I'm not going to ask you for a relationship right now. I think it would be good to let you heal and remember Cedric, but not to grieve." Cho turned to him and then gave him a hug.
"Wow, I didn't know how well you would understand how I feel. Thanks a lot." They were interrupted by Cho's friend Lydia who came over to tell her that one of her friends had just got dumped and was crying in the bathroom.
"Tell her I'll be there in a minute." She then asked Harry, "Will you meet with me on the grounds later? I'll send you my owl when I know when. Right now I need to go to Elizabeth. Bye Harry." Cho left softly smiling at Harry. Harry then rushed up to the common room only to hear shouting on the other side of The Fat Lady. The two voices were Ron and Hermione's.
