Author's Note: About 5 more chapters to post! I'm also writing the ending
to part 2 right now. Just to let you know, it's very dramatic and the
ending is kinda sad with a sorta "twist". I tried making some parts funny,
but they either end up very dramatic or stupid. Lol. If it sounds like
something you wanna read, let me know so I could start typing it and
posting it soon. It'll probably be more interesting and better then I just
described. Oh, there's also an evil biatchy mother. Hehe (
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story belongs to me. It belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling and the people at Warner Bros.
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Chapter 13~Close Call
Cho tiptoed silently following Draco outside of Hogwarts castle. She hid behind a cornered wall and saw him sitting on a big rock under a tree that over looked the surrounding water. The bright moon's reflection hit the water and mad it sparkle like the stars. Draco looked into the distance. Cho slowly and quietly walked to him.
"Hi." Cho said when she was behind him.
Draco jerked his head in surprise. "What are you doing here? Your protective hero boyfriend is probably worried." He turned back around and looked into the distance.
"Do you want me to leave? I can leave if you want to be alone." Cho asked already taking baby steps backwards.
Draco was silent for a minute. He wanted her to stay, but didn't say so. Instead, he said, "No, I don't want you to leave, but you should. Potter wants you with him.as always."
"I don't really want to leave. Even if Harry wants me with him, well then, too bad. Because I don't want him with me. Not right now. I want to stay with the person sitting right in front of me." Cho sat down on next to Draco on the rock.
Draco shook his head and laughed. "You would risk your relationship with Harry just to spend time with me?" He looked up at Cho.
"There isn't really a relationship between him and me. There never was, there never will be. I just like him as a friend. I don't want to dump him after all the good things his done for me. Though, what I'm doing now is pretty cruel. I don't know." Cho said feeling very guilty.
"I'd never think that you, Cho Chang, a sweet, innocent and beautiful Ravenclaw could be so.bad!" Draco laughed and shook his head. Cho just blushed and smiled.
The two of them could hear the music outside. Even if the tune was fast and wild, Draco asked, "Do you want to dance? There's no chance we could do that in there."
"I'd love to." Cho replied happily. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and his around her waist. For the first time that night, Draco actually enjoyed the Yule Ball. The moonbeam shone brightly on them like a spotlight on centre stage. It was a magical moment.
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Harry sat with Ron and Hermione and looked for Cho.
"Harry, sit still! You're so tense!" Hermione said annoyed.
"Sorry, but I'm worried about Cho. She said she was going to the lavatory and she's been gone for half an hour!" Harry kept glancing at the door to watch for Cho. Hermione frowned.
"Well, you know girls. Except for Hermione maybe..uh, no offense," Hermione glared . "But Cho might be fixing herself and all that stuff. Plus, it's a bloody castle for crying out loud! It could take her a while to get there and back. This is our fifth year here, and I still get lost sometimes!" Ron said.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I suppose."
"I'm going to go to the lavatory. Be back soon." Hermione got up.
"Now I know you're not going to fix yourself up because of what I said." Ron gave a playful smile, and Harry laughed along.
Hermione hit Ron on the arm along with an angry, "Ugh!". Then she walked quickly out of the Great Hall.
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Draco and Cho were now back on the rock and talking.
"So anything special planned for Christmas?" Cho asked running her forefinger over the rock.
"No," Replied Draco. " Just the same; a boring strict Christmas with me, my mother an father in our boring home. You?"
Cho smiled. "Nothing special either. Just my family and me. I love talking about magic and Hogwarts to my mum and my dad has no idea what I'm talking about. He looks at me with a twisted, bank stare." She started to laugh as she pictured her dad.
"You know, you're really lucky." Draco looked at her with jealously.
"I am?" Cho asked thinking how she'd ever be lucky.
"Don't you know? A lot of people like you Cho. You've also got a great family that loves you and know how to show that they care. They aren't so strict about everything." Draco explained.
"What are you talking about? I don't think that many people like me and yeah, my family is really cool, but your family can't be so bad. Plus, you live in a manor! You're filthy rich. Tell me how that can be not lucky." Cho said.
"It's great to get anything you want, a huge house and money, but it all doesn't mean a lot to me. I've never told this to anyone or said anything so.deep. But all I really want is my family to love me. I act like money is the greatest thing in the world, but it's not. It's best to have love than money." Draco's face started to turn a light red. He couldn't believe he just admitted that.
Cho looked at him sympathetically. "Oh gosh. Draco.I'm sorry. Don't your parents love you at all? I mean, they've got to. You're they're son."
Draco shook his head. "I really don't know. If they did, they've got a stupid way of showing it. I can believe my mother would love me a little, but my father.never, I'm sorry to say. I don't think he even cares if I get hurt, tortured, or even died.
"Don't say that! It can't be true---" Cho suddenly stopped at the sound of shuffling behind them. "Did you hear that?"
"It's probably Filch's stupid cat." Draco said.
"What if it's a person?" Cho looked worried. "Oh my god. I.I have to go. Just in case. I can't have any more rumors spreading. It'll eventually reach Harry and.you know."
"Wait!" Draco grabbed Cho's arm before she got up. "Can you try to meet me on Thursday? In the library at midnight."
Cho nodded. "I'll try." She stood up and smoothed her dress and casually walked back inside Hogwarts.
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"There you are!" Harry jumped to his feet when he saw Cho. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, sorry. I looked in the mirror while I was washing my hands and I saw my hair! It was so messed up so I fixed it." Cho lied acting like it was true.
Harry looked over at Ron who smiled as if to say, "I told you so."
Just then, Hermione ran towards them yelling, "Harry! Harry!".
"What is it? What's wrong?" Harry said worried.
"Cho.she.. I saw." Hermione panted.
Cho started getting nervous. Her heart was beating hard against her chest. Was Hermione about to spill about she and Draco?
"What?" Harry asked again.
"Cho." Hermione took a deep breath. "Cho's a liar; a cheater!" Cho's eyes widened.
"Hermione! What's your problem?" Harry asked shocked.
"Well it's true! She's been lying to you! She doesn't love you! She never did!" Hermione explained feeling a lump in her throat.
Before Harry could answer, Cho pulled Hermione by her arm and led her out into the hallway. She harshly let her go.
"What are you trying to do?!" Cho whispered angrily so that no one could hear. "Ruin my life?! Tear Harry and I apart?!"
"He deserves to know!" Hermione yelled. Her eyes began to water. "How could you do that to him?! After all he's done for you!"
"So you were the one making that noise! You nosy little prat! How much did you see?!" Cho demanded.
Hermione gave her a dirty look. "I was walking back from the lavatory and." She paused. Draco was coming their way. "I saw you and him together." She finished before Draco passed them.
"What are you looking at Granger?" Draco snapped.
Hermione glared and said, "I have no idea, but I'm certain it's not human. A slimy slug perhaps?"
"Are you sure? I guess I was wrong about you. You aren't that smart at all. I thought you'd know slugs don't walk and talk." Draco stepped up to Hermione. "You're the slug. It's filthy. Just like you are. You mudblood."
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Wow. That'll send me off running."
"I know you will as soon as I leave. What? Are you going to cry now?" Draco smiled.
"You know, I'm not the only one here. Cho is too. Why don't you go and make fun of her along with me? I know you see her. Unless you're eyesight is blurred." Hermione looked at Cho whose jaw just dropped.
"I wouldn't be seeker if I had bad eyesight now, would I Granger? You're getting dumber and dumber every second." Draco shook his head and left to go in the Great Hall.
"Ugh! How can you stand him?! I absolutely hate that boy!" Hermione groaned when he was out of sight.
"Who cares? There's a different side of him okay? Now, how much did you see?' Cho asked still angry.
"Like I said. I was walking back from the lavatory and I sad you and him," Hermione started. "When I came, you two were talking. I was so disappointed. I'd never thought, out of all the good people, you would do that to someone. I felt so sorry for Harry." Cho felt a stab of guilt and winced. "I'm sorry for saying this," Hermione continued. " But if you don't love Harry, you should break up with him rather than him finding out about you and Draco later on. That would just hurt him more you know. He um.deserves better." She looked down with a flushed face.
Cho didn't gat angry anymore, because she knew it was true. Harry did deserve better.
"Hermione, you're right. I'm sorry. I know he's one of your best mates." She thought a moment realizing something. "You.like Harry don't you?"
Hermione looked up with an even more flushed face. "Can you tell?"
Cho smiled. "For how long?'
"You have no idea." Hermione said. "As our friendship grew stronger, I guess I started "liking" him."
"Really." Cho said thinking of something. "Alright. Promise that you'll forget what you saw on your way back from the lavatory and not tell Harry about Draco and I. Then I'll promise to find a way to break up with Harry and tell him that he'd be better of with you."
"No!" Hermione said quickly. "Tell him that there's someone special out there for him."
"Deal." Cho replied. Then they both returned to the Great Hall and acted like nothing ever happened.
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Author's Note: I changed this chapter a little, so it's different from what I originally wrote. It should be better than the original, because it was just stupid. Please r/r!
Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story belongs to me. It belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling and the people at Warner Bros.
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Chapter 13~Close Call
Cho tiptoed silently following Draco outside of Hogwarts castle. She hid behind a cornered wall and saw him sitting on a big rock under a tree that over looked the surrounding water. The bright moon's reflection hit the water and mad it sparkle like the stars. Draco looked into the distance. Cho slowly and quietly walked to him.
"Hi." Cho said when she was behind him.
Draco jerked his head in surprise. "What are you doing here? Your protective hero boyfriend is probably worried." He turned back around and looked into the distance.
"Do you want me to leave? I can leave if you want to be alone." Cho asked already taking baby steps backwards.
Draco was silent for a minute. He wanted her to stay, but didn't say so. Instead, he said, "No, I don't want you to leave, but you should. Potter wants you with him.as always."
"I don't really want to leave. Even if Harry wants me with him, well then, too bad. Because I don't want him with me. Not right now. I want to stay with the person sitting right in front of me." Cho sat down on next to Draco on the rock.
Draco shook his head and laughed. "You would risk your relationship with Harry just to spend time with me?" He looked up at Cho.
"There isn't really a relationship between him and me. There never was, there never will be. I just like him as a friend. I don't want to dump him after all the good things his done for me. Though, what I'm doing now is pretty cruel. I don't know." Cho said feeling very guilty.
"I'd never think that you, Cho Chang, a sweet, innocent and beautiful Ravenclaw could be so.bad!" Draco laughed and shook his head. Cho just blushed and smiled.
The two of them could hear the music outside. Even if the tune was fast and wild, Draco asked, "Do you want to dance? There's no chance we could do that in there."
"I'd love to." Cho replied happily. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and his around her waist. For the first time that night, Draco actually enjoyed the Yule Ball. The moonbeam shone brightly on them like a spotlight on centre stage. It was a magical moment.
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Harry sat with Ron and Hermione and looked for Cho.
"Harry, sit still! You're so tense!" Hermione said annoyed.
"Sorry, but I'm worried about Cho. She said she was going to the lavatory and she's been gone for half an hour!" Harry kept glancing at the door to watch for Cho. Hermione frowned.
"Well, you know girls. Except for Hermione maybe..uh, no offense," Hermione glared . "But Cho might be fixing herself and all that stuff. Plus, it's a bloody castle for crying out loud! It could take her a while to get there and back. This is our fifth year here, and I still get lost sometimes!" Ron said.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I suppose."
"I'm going to go to the lavatory. Be back soon." Hermione got up.
"Now I know you're not going to fix yourself up because of what I said." Ron gave a playful smile, and Harry laughed along.
Hermione hit Ron on the arm along with an angry, "Ugh!". Then she walked quickly out of the Great Hall.
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Draco and Cho were now back on the rock and talking.
"So anything special planned for Christmas?" Cho asked running her forefinger over the rock.
"No," Replied Draco. " Just the same; a boring strict Christmas with me, my mother an father in our boring home. You?"
Cho smiled. "Nothing special either. Just my family and me. I love talking about magic and Hogwarts to my mum and my dad has no idea what I'm talking about. He looks at me with a twisted, bank stare." She started to laugh as she pictured her dad.
"You know, you're really lucky." Draco looked at her with jealously.
"I am?" Cho asked thinking how she'd ever be lucky.
"Don't you know? A lot of people like you Cho. You've also got a great family that loves you and know how to show that they care. They aren't so strict about everything." Draco explained.
"What are you talking about? I don't think that many people like me and yeah, my family is really cool, but your family can't be so bad. Plus, you live in a manor! You're filthy rich. Tell me how that can be not lucky." Cho said.
"It's great to get anything you want, a huge house and money, but it all doesn't mean a lot to me. I've never told this to anyone or said anything so.deep. But all I really want is my family to love me. I act like money is the greatest thing in the world, but it's not. It's best to have love than money." Draco's face started to turn a light red. He couldn't believe he just admitted that.
Cho looked at him sympathetically. "Oh gosh. Draco.I'm sorry. Don't your parents love you at all? I mean, they've got to. You're they're son."
Draco shook his head. "I really don't know. If they did, they've got a stupid way of showing it. I can believe my mother would love me a little, but my father.never, I'm sorry to say. I don't think he even cares if I get hurt, tortured, or even died.
"Don't say that! It can't be true---" Cho suddenly stopped at the sound of shuffling behind them. "Did you hear that?"
"It's probably Filch's stupid cat." Draco said.
"What if it's a person?" Cho looked worried. "Oh my god. I.I have to go. Just in case. I can't have any more rumors spreading. It'll eventually reach Harry and.you know."
"Wait!" Draco grabbed Cho's arm before she got up. "Can you try to meet me on Thursday? In the library at midnight."
Cho nodded. "I'll try." She stood up and smoothed her dress and casually walked back inside Hogwarts.
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"There you are!" Harry jumped to his feet when he saw Cho. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, sorry. I looked in the mirror while I was washing my hands and I saw my hair! It was so messed up so I fixed it." Cho lied acting like it was true.
Harry looked over at Ron who smiled as if to say, "I told you so."
Just then, Hermione ran towards them yelling, "Harry! Harry!".
"What is it? What's wrong?" Harry said worried.
"Cho.she.. I saw." Hermione panted.
Cho started getting nervous. Her heart was beating hard against her chest. Was Hermione about to spill about she and Draco?
"What?" Harry asked again.
"Cho." Hermione took a deep breath. "Cho's a liar; a cheater!" Cho's eyes widened.
"Hermione! What's your problem?" Harry asked shocked.
"Well it's true! She's been lying to you! She doesn't love you! She never did!" Hermione explained feeling a lump in her throat.
Before Harry could answer, Cho pulled Hermione by her arm and led her out into the hallway. She harshly let her go.
"What are you trying to do?!" Cho whispered angrily so that no one could hear. "Ruin my life?! Tear Harry and I apart?!"
"He deserves to know!" Hermione yelled. Her eyes began to water. "How could you do that to him?! After all he's done for you!"
"So you were the one making that noise! You nosy little prat! How much did you see?!" Cho demanded.
Hermione gave her a dirty look. "I was walking back from the lavatory and." She paused. Draco was coming their way. "I saw you and him together." She finished before Draco passed them.
"What are you looking at Granger?" Draco snapped.
Hermione glared and said, "I have no idea, but I'm certain it's not human. A slimy slug perhaps?"
"Are you sure? I guess I was wrong about you. You aren't that smart at all. I thought you'd know slugs don't walk and talk." Draco stepped up to Hermione. "You're the slug. It's filthy. Just like you are. You mudblood."
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Wow. That'll send me off running."
"I know you will as soon as I leave. What? Are you going to cry now?" Draco smiled.
"You know, I'm not the only one here. Cho is too. Why don't you go and make fun of her along with me? I know you see her. Unless you're eyesight is blurred." Hermione looked at Cho whose jaw just dropped.
"I wouldn't be seeker if I had bad eyesight now, would I Granger? You're getting dumber and dumber every second." Draco shook his head and left to go in the Great Hall.
"Ugh! How can you stand him?! I absolutely hate that boy!" Hermione groaned when he was out of sight.
"Who cares? There's a different side of him okay? Now, how much did you see?' Cho asked still angry.
"Like I said. I was walking back from the lavatory and I sad you and him," Hermione started. "When I came, you two were talking. I was so disappointed. I'd never thought, out of all the good people, you would do that to someone. I felt so sorry for Harry." Cho felt a stab of guilt and winced. "I'm sorry for saying this," Hermione continued. " But if you don't love Harry, you should break up with him rather than him finding out about you and Draco later on. That would just hurt him more you know. He um.deserves better." She looked down with a flushed face.
Cho didn't gat angry anymore, because she knew it was true. Harry did deserve better.
"Hermione, you're right. I'm sorry. I know he's one of your best mates." She thought a moment realizing something. "You.like Harry don't you?"
Hermione looked up with an even more flushed face. "Can you tell?"
Cho smiled. "For how long?'
"You have no idea." Hermione said. "As our friendship grew stronger, I guess I started "liking" him."
"Really." Cho said thinking of something. "Alright. Promise that you'll forget what you saw on your way back from the lavatory and not tell Harry about Draco and I. Then I'll promise to find a way to break up with Harry and tell him that he'd be better of with you."
"No!" Hermione said quickly. "Tell him that there's someone special out there for him."
"Deal." Cho replied. Then they both returned to the Great Hall and acted like nothing ever happened.
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Author's Note: I changed this chapter a little, so it's different from what I originally wrote. It should be better than the original, because it was just stupid. Please r/r!