Author's Note: I forgot to put the disclaimer! Omg. Well, here it is!
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story belongs to me. It all belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling, and the people at Warner Bros.
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Chapter 7~Start of Rumors
"What's wrong?" A familiar voice called to Cho. She who the voice belonged to, but at the same time sounded so different. Cho found herself still sobbing with her head in her hands. She didn't bother to look up.
"He. hurted. me!" Cho cried. She realized her own voice sounded different. It sounded like a six year old girl's voice. "Now I got a boo- boo!"
"Who hurted you? The voice sounded angry. Cho knew that it was a little boy talking to her. Then, she was shaking. Someone was shaking her hard. The boy's voice faded, and a different voice called her name.
"Cho! Cho! Cho!" The voice was loud. And then.
"What?" Cho screamed as she quickly sat up. It was just a dream. She was sitting in her bed, and Eva was kneeling by her side.
"Finally you're awake! I had to shake you and call your name like a hundred times!" Eva stood up. "Come on! You've got a Quiditch match today. Remember? Oh, have you gotten your gown for the Ball tomorrow night?"
"The Ball! My dress robes! Oh my gosh! I forgot about that!" Cho was going through so much lately, that she forgot to send post to her parents saying what robes to pick out.
"Oh, not to worry! Just ask Hagrid if he would take you shopping tomorrow morning." Eva suggested.
Cho calmed down. "Um, how did I get into my bed?" She looked down at herself. "And into my pajamas? The last thing I remembered was that I was in the common room. I.I cried myself to sleep in the common room!" Cho couldn't believe she cried herself to sleep. She has never done that before.
"Roger Davies carried you to you bed. We had to let him in the girls' dormitories." Eva smiled. "He's pretty strong. But he did say you were as light as a feather."
Cho was embarrassed. Her team captain had to carry her.
"Anyway," Eva continued, "Penelope cast a spell that changed you into your pajamas." Eva was now in front of the closet mirror fixing herself. "Oh, Daisy and I wanted to apologize for last night. We didn't mean for you to get upset. That is why you left, wasn't it?"
"Cho nodded. "It's okay. I guess." Then she got up and changed.
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Draco Malfoy, Marcus Flint, and the Slytherin team were walking out on the Quiditch field. They were dressed in their green and silver uniforms. The Ravenclaw team was already out there. They were dressed in blue. Draco immediately saw Cho. She looked at him, but didn't smile. Then she took her place behind Davies.
" I want clean game out of all of you. On my whistle. Three, two, one," Madame Hooch blew her whistle, and both teams mounted their brooms, and rose into the winter air. Then she released the quaffle. The chasers from both teams immediately flew to it. The keepers took their place at the hoops, the beaters wee watching for bludgers, and the two seekers, Cho and Draco, flew high above the field to look for the golden snitch. Draco however didn't care about the snitch, and didn't search for it. He was more interested in Cho. He flew over to her.
"Hey." Draco said loudly. He had to raise his voice to talk over the loud cheering crowd.
"Hi." Cho gave him a little smile, and went back to looking for the snitch. She wasn't really happy to see him, and had a serious expression on.
"Something wrong?" Draco asked as he inched his broom closer to Cho's.
Cho looked at him still serious, and flew higher and farther. Draco followed.
"Why are you following me?" Cho narrowed her brown almond shaped eyes. "I flew away so I can get away from you." She didn't want to be mean to him, and want him to leave. She actually wanted to e with him. But she didn't have a choice. Draco was part of her troubles.
"Sorry." Draco looked a little hurt. "Have I offended you in some way?"
"I'm sorry Draco. I just had a bad night and a lot on my mind lately." Cho replied back. "And no, you didn't do anything wrong." Draco smiled.
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Harry was sitting with Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor section of the stands watching the Quiditch match. He was cheering of Ravenclaw of course.
"Have you found Cho yet?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione. Ron shook his head.
"Look!" Hermione yelled as she pointed high above the field. "I found! And she's with."
"Malfoy?!" Harry and Ron said together. Ron's jaw dropped.
"What is he doing? Why is he talking to Cho?!" Harry was now angry and full of rage. "Who the bloody hell does Malfoy think he is?!"
"Um, Harry?" Ron was still looking at Draco and Cho. "I know you don't want to hear this, but it looks like they're.flirting!"
How could she do that in front of him? Or worse, in front of the school? Everyone knew Harry and Cho was an item! How could she do that with the one person Harry truly hated? "I have to go."
"No Harry, you can't! You're not allowed." Hermione grabbed his arm. "You can't go into the empty castle because everyone's out here." Harry knew she was right. He had to stay.
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Almost an hour has passed, and the game was still going. None of the seekers has caught the snitch. They didn't even bother to look for it! Draco and Cho were just talking.
"Another score for Slytherin! The points are even!" Lee Jordan, the commentator, called out into the microphone. "Both teams are tied 150 to 150! Chang and Malfoy better catch the snitch soon instead of flirting! Or else we'd be here all day!" Lee chuckled a little. When Cho and Draco heard Lee, they realized they were still playing Quiditch.
"Oh, oops!" Cho giggled. "We're still in the game!"
"Yeah, I forgot too!" Draco looked down at the crowd who was looking up at them. That second, a golden object flew between Cho and Draco. They looked at each other waiting for a reaction. Then the object zoomed downward. Cho and Draco tore after it. They followed it through the hoops, and around the stands. Oo's filled the crowd. Cho and Draco were tied, neck and neck, and the snitch was only less than a foot away. It was close enough for both seekers to reach out and grab. Cho was the one who flew closer to it, and her fingers touched it. Before she knew it, she was laying oh her back on the ground. Her broom must have tripped over something, and she was tossed ten feet. Draco on the other hand got a surprise when his broom tripped over Cho's broom, and he too was tossed ten feet. He landed right next to Cho, but then he was forced to roll over, and he ended up on top of her. Draco was looking at Cho. Their eyes grew wide, and they were embarrassed. The crowd gasped and was hushed. Harry's jaw dropped, and his face turned red with anger. Draco didn't seem to get off Cho, and he didn't know why he stayed in that position. Cho was burning horribly with embarrassment.
"Ooo! Looks like Chang and Malfoy have got a thing going on! Watch out Harry!" Lee said after a few moments.
"Mr. Jordan!" Professor Mcgonagall scolded. The crowd giggled and whispered.
"Um, Draco?" Cho said slowly and looking into his blue mysterious eyes.
"Hmm?" He answered as he looked into Cho as if he was in a trance.
"You can.get off me now." Cho whispered.
"Oh!" Draco quickly scrambled to his feet. "Sorry Cho. Hehe."
Cho got up and realized she was holding something. She opened her hand, and there laid the snitch. The crowd began to cheer gain.
"Finally! Ravenclaw wins the game! Chan has caught the snitch!" Lee was relieved the game was over. The Ravenclaw team ran to Cho and acknowledged her. Draco smirked, but hat faded when the Slytherin team came to him.
"What happened out there?" Flint yelled. "What's wrong? Are you falling in love with their seeker?!"
"No!" Draco yelled back. That was the truth. Draco isn't falling in love with Cho. He was already madly in love with her and has been ever since he came to Hogwarts.
"Whatever!" Flint continued scolding. "You just made us lose the game!"
Draco sneered. He didn't care about the game anymore. All he wanted was to be with Cho again.
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After the came, Cho changed into her school clothes and was headed to the library to meet her friends for some study time.
"Congratulations Cho." A voice called behind her.
Cho spun around and saw Harry. He didn't look too happy. His arms were crossed. "Thanks. My team might play Gryffindor on the next Quiditch match." Cho didn't walk closer to Harry. There was a ten-foot gap between them.
"Yeah. Let's hope for that." Harry slowly walked to Cho. "Then maybe we can talk during the game. Did you have a nice time talking to Malfoy and getting to know him better? Hmm? Did you like it when you two were on the ground and."
"Harry Potter!" Cho scolded. "How dare you?! I don't know what your problem is! Look, you were there watching, and nothing happened! What has gotten into you? I fell, and Draco fell. That's it! So what id we were talking? It's not a big deal."
"No big deal?! No big deal. Cho! You were practically flirting with the guy! In front of everyone!" Harry argued.
"Ugh! No way! I was not flirting with him! We were not flirting! Never! Not in a million years!" Cho was nervous and her cheeks were turning pink from embarrassment again.
"Mmhm. Sure. Anyway are we still going to the Yule Ball together tomorrow night?" Harry was still angry and didn't believe Cho, but he still loved her.
"Yeah, of course. Whatever." Cho wanted to run away. "Um. I have to go." Her voice shook. She slowly backed away, and left for the library. Harry was staring after her.
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"Cho! Finally! Where were you?" Abigail, another one of Cho's friends called to her.
"Sorry. I ran into Harry on my way over here." Cho laid her arms on the table, and buried her face when she sat down.
"You probably ran into Draco too." Eva mumbled angrily.
Cho heard her and lifted an eyebrow. "What did you say?" She said to Eva as she narrowed her eyes.
"Oh nothing." Eva said sarcastically and looked at the ceiling.
"I heard you!" Cho was getting annoyed. She was under enough stress as it is. "I know what you said! And no, I didn't bump into him!"
"Who?' Abigail asked.
"No one!" Eva snapped.
"Okay, okay." Abigail drew back.
"Eva," Cho said more calmly. "Nothing happened out on the Quiditch field earlier. You should know. Everyone should know. Why? Because everyone was there and witnessed it."
"Cho, can we talk about it later?' Eva was giving her a look and her teeth were clenched.
"No. You brought it out! We're talking now." Cho said almost loudly.
Eva looked at everyone in the room. Then she got up, grabbed Cho by the hand, and dragged her to a private corner.
"Ow!" Cho whispered angrily when Eva let go of her arm.
"How could you?" Eva's voice was shaky. She was about to cry. "You know how I feel about Draco!"
"I told you! Nothing happened on the ground!" Cho hated fighting with her best friend.
"It's not only that!" Eva continued. "What about when you two were in the air flirting instead of looking for the snitch!"
"We were not flirting Eva!" Cho couldn't believe it. First Harry, and now Eva! Who's next? Did the whole school think she and Draco think she and Draco were flirting? "I tried to get away from him, but he just followed me. Draco didn't know why I didn't want to speak to him, so he asked me if he'd done anything wrong. I told him no, and apologized for ignoring him. I couldn't just give him the cold shoulder and brush him off!"
"Well," Eva looked down, and fidgeted with her fingers. "Well.yeah.but.ugh. Okay. I know you didn't mean anything towards him. You win. I'm sorry."
Cho smiled and hugged Eva. "Forgiven." Then they went back to their table and studied with Abigail.
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story belongs to me. It all belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling, and the people at Warner Bros.
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Chapter 7~Start of Rumors
"What's wrong?" A familiar voice called to Cho. She who the voice belonged to, but at the same time sounded so different. Cho found herself still sobbing with her head in her hands. She didn't bother to look up.
"He. hurted. me!" Cho cried. She realized her own voice sounded different. It sounded like a six year old girl's voice. "Now I got a boo- boo!"
"Who hurted you? The voice sounded angry. Cho knew that it was a little boy talking to her. Then, she was shaking. Someone was shaking her hard. The boy's voice faded, and a different voice called her name.
"Cho! Cho! Cho!" The voice was loud. And then.
"What?" Cho screamed as she quickly sat up. It was just a dream. She was sitting in her bed, and Eva was kneeling by her side.
"Finally you're awake! I had to shake you and call your name like a hundred times!" Eva stood up. "Come on! You've got a Quiditch match today. Remember? Oh, have you gotten your gown for the Ball tomorrow night?"
"The Ball! My dress robes! Oh my gosh! I forgot about that!" Cho was going through so much lately, that she forgot to send post to her parents saying what robes to pick out.
"Oh, not to worry! Just ask Hagrid if he would take you shopping tomorrow morning." Eva suggested.
Cho calmed down. "Um, how did I get into my bed?" She looked down at herself. "And into my pajamas? The last thing I remembered was that I was in the common room. I.I cried myself to sleep in the common room!" Cho couldn't believe she cried herself to sleep. She has never done that before.
"Roger Davies carried you to you bed. We had to let him in the girls' dormitories." Eva smiled. "He's pretty strong. But he did say you were as light as a feather."
Cho was embarrassed. Her team captain had to carry her.
"Anyway," Eva continued, "Penelope cast a spell that changed you into your pajamas." Eva was now in front of the closet mirror fixing herself. "Oh, Daisy and I wanted to apologize for last night. We didn't mean for you to get upset. That is why you left, wasn't it?"
"Cho nodded. "It's okay. I guess." Then she got up and changed.
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Draco Malfoy, Marcus Flint, and the Slytherin team were walking out on the Quiditch field. They were dressed in their green and silver uniforms. The Ravenclaw team was already out there. They were dressed in blue. Draco immediately saw Cho. She looked at him, but didn't smile. Then she took her place behind Davies.
" I want clean game out of all of you. On my whistle. Three, two, one," Madame Hooch blew her whistle, and both teams mounted their brooms, and rose into the winter air. Then she released the quaffle. The chasers from both teams immediately flew to it. The keepers took their place at the hoops, the beaters wee watching for bludgers, and the two seekers, Cho and Draco, flew high above the field to look for the golden snitch. Draco however didn't care about the snitch, and didn't search for it. He was more interested in Cho. He flew over to her.
"Hey." Draco said loudly. He had to raise his voice to talk over the loud cheering crowd.
"Hi." Cho gave him a little smile, and went back to looking for the snitch. She wasn't really happy to see him, and had a serious expression on.
"Something wrong?" Draco asked as he inched his broom closer to Cho's.
Cho looked at him still serious, and flew higher and farther. Draco followed.
"Why are you following me?" Cho narrowed her brown almond shaped eyes. "I flew away so I can get away from you." She didn't want to be mean to him, and want him to leave. She actually wanted to e with him. But she didn't have a choice. Draco was part of her troubles.
"Sorry." Draco looked a little hurt. "Have I offended you in some way?"
"I'm sorry Draco. I just had a bad night and a lot on my mind lately." Cho replied back. "And no, you didn't do anything wrong." Draco smiled.
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Harry was sitting with Ron and Hermione at the Gryffindor section of the stands watching the Quiditch match. He was cheering of Ravenclaw of course.
"Have you found Cho yet?" Harry asked Ron and Hermione. Ron shook his head.
"Look!" Hermione yelled as she pointed high above the field. "I found! And she's with."
"Malfoy?!" Harry and Ron said together. Ron's jaw dropped.
"What is he doing? Why is he talking to Cho?!" Harry was now angry and full of rage. "Who the bloody hell does Malfoy think he is?!"
"Um, Harry?" Ron was still looking at Draco and Cho. "I know you don't want to hear this, but it looks like they're.flirting!"
How could she do that in front of him? Or worse, in front of the school? Everyone knew Harry and Cho was an item! How could she do that with the one person Harry truly hated? "I have to go."
"No Harry, you can't! You're not allowed." Hermione grabbed his arm. "You can't go into the empty castle because everyone's out here." Harry knew she was right. He had to stay.
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Almost an hour has passed, and the game was still going. None of the seekers has caught the snitch. They didn't even bother to look for it! Draco and Cho were just talking.
"Another score for Slytherin! The points are even!" Lee Jordan, the commentator, called out into the microphone. "Both teams are tied 150 to 150! Chang and Malfoy better catch the snitch soon instead of flirting! Or else we'd be here all day!" Lee chuckled a little. When Cho and Draco heard Lee, they realized they were still playing Quiditch.
"Oh, oops!" Cho giggled. "We're still in the game!"
"Yeah, I forgot too!" Draco looked down at the crowd who was looking up at them. That second, a golden object flew between Cho and Draco. They looked at each other waiting for a reaction. Then the object zoomed downward. Cho and Draco tore after it. They followed it through the hoops, and around the stands. Oo's filled the crowd. Cho and Draco were tied, neck and neck, and the snitch was only less than a foot away. It was close enough for both seekers to reach out and grab. Cho was the one who flew closer to it, and her fingers touched it. Before she knew it, she was laying oh her back on the ground. Her broom must have tripped over something, and she was tossed ten feet. Draco on the other hand got a surprise when his broom tripped over Cho's broom, and he too was tossed ten feet. He landed right next to Cho, but then he was forced to roll over, and he ended up on top of her. Draco was looking at Cho. Their eyes grew wide, and they were embarrassed. The crowd gasped and was hushed. Harry's jaw dropped, and his face turned red with anger. Draco didn't seem to get off Cho, and he didn't know why he stayed in that position. Cho was burning horribly with embarrassment.
"Ooo! Looks like Chang and Malfoy have got a thing going on! Watch out Harry!" Lee said after a few moments.
"Mr. Jordan!" Professor Mcgonagall scolded. The crowd giggled and whispered.
"Um, Draco?" Cho said slowly and looking into his blue mysterious eyes.
"Hmm?" He answered as he looked into Cho as if he was in a trance.
"You can.get off me now." Cho whispered.
"Oh!" Draco quickly scrambled to his feet. "Sorry Cho. Hehe."
Cho got up and realized she was holding something. She opened her hand, and there laid the snitch. The crowd began to cheer gain.
"Finally! Ravenclaw wins the game! Chan has caught the snitch!" Lee was relieved the game was over. The Ravenclaw team ran to Cho and acknowledged her. Draco smirked, but hat faded when the Slytherin team came to him.
"What happened out there?" Flint yelled. "What's wrong? Are you falling in love with their seeker?!"
"No!" Draco yelled back. That was the truth. Draco isn't falling in love with Cho. He was already madly in love with her and has been ever since he came to Hogwarts.
"Whatever!" Flint continued scolding. "You just made us lose the game!"
Draco sneered. He didn't care about the game anymore. All he wanted was to be with Cho again.
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After the came, Cho changed into her school clothes and was headed to the library to meet her friends for some study time.
"Congratulations Cho." A voice called behind her.
Cho spun around and saw Harry. He didn't look too happy. His arms were crossed. "Thanks. My team might play Gryffindor on the next Quiditch match." Cho didn't walk closer to Harry. There was a ten-foot gap between them.
"Yeah. Let's hope for that." Harry slowly walked to Cho. "Then maybe we can talk during the game. Did you have a nice time talking to Malfoy and getting to know him better? Hmm? Did you like it when you two were on the ground and."
"Harry Potter!" Cho scolded. "How dare you?! I don't know what your problem is! Look, you were there watching, and nothing happened! What has gotten into you? I fell, and Draco fell. That's it! So what id we were talking? It's not a big deal."
"No big deal?! No big deal. Cho! You were practically flirting with the guy! In front of everyone!" Harry argued.
"Ugh! No way! I was not flirting with him! We were not flirting! Never! Not in a million years!" Cho was nervous and her cheeks were turning pink from embarrassment again.
"Mmhm. Sure. Anyway are we still going to the Yule Ball together tomorrow night?" Harry was still angry and didn't believe Cho, but he still loved her.
"Yeah, of course. Whatever." Cho wanted to run away. "Um. I have to go." Her voice shook. She slowly backed away, and left for the library. Harry was staring after her.
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"Cho! Finally! Where were you?" Abigail, another one of Cho's friends called to her.
"Sorry. I ran into Harry on my way over here." Cho laid her arms on the table, and buried her face when she sat down.
"You probably ran into Draco too." Eva mumbled angrily.
Cho heard her and lifted an eyebrow. "What did you say?" She said to Eva as she narrowed her eyes.
"Oh nothing." Eva said sarcastically and looked at the ceiling.
"I heard you!" Cho was getting annoyed. She was under enough stress as it is. "I know what you said! And no, I didn't bump into him!"
"Who?' Abigail asked.
"No one!" Eva snapped.
"Okay, okay." Abigail drew back.
"Eva," Cho said more calmly. "Nothing happened out on the Quiditch field earlier. You should know. Everyone should know. Why? Because everyone was there and witnessed it."
"Cho, can we talk about it later?' Eva was giving her a look and her teeth were clenched.
"No. You brought it out! We're talking now." Cho said almost loudly.
Eva looked at everyone in the room. Then she got up, grabbed Cho by the hand, and dragged her to a private corner.
"Ow!" Cho whispered angrily when Eva let go of her arm.
"How could you?" Eva's voice was shaky. She was about to cry. "You know how I feel about Draco!"
"I told you! Nothing happened on the ground!" Cho hated fighting with her best friend.
"It's not only that!" Eva continued. "What about when you two were in the air flirting instead of looking for the snitch!"
"We were not flirting Eva!" Cho couldn't believe it. First Harry, and now Eva! Who's next? Did the whole school think she and Draco think she and Draco were flirting? "I tried to get away from him, but he just followed me. Draco didn't know why I didn't want to speak to him, so he asked me if he'd done anything wrong. I told him no, and apologized for ignoring him. I couldn't just give him the cold shoulder and brush him off!"
"Well," Eva looked down, and fidgeted with her fingers. "Well.yeah.but.ugh. Okay. I know you didn't mean anything towards him. You win. I'm sorry."
Cho smiled and hugged Eva. "Forgiven." Then they went back to their table and studied with Abigail.