Chapter 3 – Cho's answer

Is he telling the truth? Cho thought wildly. Of COURSE he's telling the truth, the Veritaserum shouldn't have worn off that quickly yet!'

Cho was staring deep into Draco's strangely - sparkly blue eyes, not knowing what else to say.

"Do you?" Draco whispered suddenly.

"Do I – what?" Cho said.

"Do you love me too? Still?" There was a trace of hope in his voice.

Cho hadn't thought of this yet. Does she? Does she still love Draco Malfoy, the guy who "put" her in a coma eight years ago and STILL didn't feel any sympathy? She had spent all eight years trying to forget all about him, and their history. She even tried the Renajuice Potion – a potion to rid all your feelings from an individual – but still, that didn't seem to work. Draco's question was the hardest question she had ever come across in her life. She couldn't just think and come up with the answer in two seconds. She needed time – a lot of time – to think.

"Do you still love me Cho?" Draco added again, more desperately.

Cho hesitated.

"Look – I thought you didn't love me? I came out of the coma to find you kind of pissed off with me…I thought you was still angry at me about what happened – happened eight years ago…?"

Draco's face suddenly switched from being serious to being relaxed. He then gave a small grin and shook his head lightly.

"Oh I'm – I'm so stupid…" he began. He gave a small chuckle which made Cho melt.

'THIS is the Draco I knew 8 years ago…" she thought happily to herself.

He took Cho's hands and started again.

"I took the Renajuice Potion….I'm so sorry….It was just that – I came to visit you when you were in a coma and I ran into your friends and Pothead. They were giving me a lot of stress about how bad I was treating you – and how I hurt you -" Draco had a guilty look on his face. "My emotions just ran high and I went and washed away all the feelings I had for you…."

Cho stared at Draco in awe. She couldn't believe her ears. So there was actually a REASON why Draco had been acting like a dickhead when she'd woken up?

"So….so all those nasty things you said to me when I'd woken up….it was all from the Renajuice Potion?" Cho asked quietly.

"That's right" Draco still hadn't got Cho's answer to his question, so he didn't want to get his hopes up.

Cho looked at the ground, her face screwed up in concentration. She tried to remember what else happened 8 years ago.

"Look Cho – I don't know if you still love me or not….I – I tried to talk to you in the library when you'd come out the coma –" another guilty look shone upon his face. "- but you just walked away…." Draco mumbled, avoiding Cho's eyes.

A look as though something had just dawned on her was appearing on Cho's face.

"Oooh!" she gasped. "After what happened in the Hospital Wing, I thought you didn't love me anymore! So – when you approached me in the library, I didn't want to hear all your drawling or sneering so I walked away! Oh man….Draco….I'm so sorry…."

Tears started forming in Cho's eyes and she hugged Draco tightly.

"I love you too Draco" she whispered in his ear softly.