A/N: Hey Everyone!! Thanks for waiting patiently and THANKS for the reviews!! (For the ones I read in my e-mail because my dad deleted some of it [Long story…] -_-^) You guys are so COOL!! So, to show my appreciation, I added in two chapters!!! Yay!! But…um… -_-^ this chapter may be boring so please… bear with me. The heat in California is already unbearable!!
Disclaimer: Same as before…
Chapter Seven
Cho Chang sighed as she laid on her four-post bed; she was weary and stressed. Even though her eyes needed shut, a large amount of things were bothering her - The sleepless nights staying up to study and to do her homework just to be in the right tracks of her educational statues and studying for her N.E.W.T., and the hard working Quidditch practices everyday. Another thing that bothered her was the incident in the "tutoring room" just had happened a few hours ago. Did she really like Draco Malfoy? So many questions and debatable comments flooded her head.
"He's a Slytherin!" one voice said.
"You have to admit, he is cute," another voice said.
"Do you really like him?"
"What will your friends think!?! Come to think of it, what about the whole school!?!"
"A SLYTHERIN!!"
"Of all boys, you just had to like him…"
Cho grabbed her pillow and slammed it on her head, hoping to shut it up. The night was cool and calmed by the sound of crickets singing, the gentle breeze, and the light snore of her fellow Ravenclaw.
"I need to get some sleep…" she said quietly to herself. Cho removed the pillow off her head and looked at the side drawer next to her bed to check the clock, which read 2:45. She groaned and thumped back her head on her pillow.
Draco Malfoy was the most bothersome, unmanageably impish, ruthless guy she ever had a chance to meet. But his eyes… his gorgeous eyes. It's like they have a personality of it's own. Cho noticed whenever he insults her; it seemed like she could see right through him - that he didn't really portend to say it. He did say he had "feelings" and had a reputation to maintain, but why is he afraid to show it?
Cho grinned and said to herself, "probably just don't want his blokes to know…" She rolled to her side and her eyes grew wide, "and what the hell am I going to do or even say if we meet again." She forgot that she still had to tutor him and caught the attention of how she would react if they were in the same room again. Cho rolled to her other side and prayed that Draco wouldn't mention what just happened today during her tutoring for tomorrow; when a thought came through her head -
"Oh no… no…" she whispered to herself. Maybe the least she could do is give him a chance. "Me! Give Draco Malfoy a chance…."
"I think it's a good idea…" one voice said. Cho pondered the concept about giving Draco an opportunity and herself to get to know one another better; without the bickering. Maybe she would realize how different he is from the other Slytherins. This may be a difficult tasks but giving Draco Malfoy a chance… was like she did with Cedric…
A tear trickled across her nose and made a tiny puddle on her pillow. She wiped her eyes with the hem of her cover and closed her eyes with a soft sniff. Cho had a dreamy memory being held by his strong arms and waltzing across the dance floor in the Great Hall…
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"Cho! Wake up!" Cho felt her body shake. "Cho! We're going to miss breakfast!"
"Wh…pive more ninutes…" Cho pulled her covers over her face and continued to keep her eyes shut.
"What did she say?" Cho realize that Marietta was the one waking her up.
"She said five more minutes," Cho assumed that was Linda, one of her friends.
"Cho! We're already late! Now get up!" Marietta yanked Cho's cover, who covered herself with the pillow, which Marietta then yanked the pillow and snatched Cho's arm, pulling her off the bed.
"You stayed up late, didn't you?" said Marietta in a motherly tone.
Cho rubbed her eyes and nodded. Once she opened her eyes, she noticed everyone was already dressed; a few tying their tie, smoothing out their skirt, and some fixing their hairs in a hurry.
"You forgot to turn on your alarm," said Marietta as she tied her tie, eyeing at Cho.
"Why does everyone in here rely on my alarm clock," Cho mumbled loud enough for only Marietta to hear as she got off her bed.
"Because we rely on you," her friend made a small laugh as she took out her grey sweater from her trunk.
"Don't you guys have alarm clocks," Cho put her hair up in a pony-tail as she went to the bathroom.
"Yeah, but we forget to turn them on," She followed Cho into the bathroom and started to comb her hair. "We're not responsible enough."
Cho laughed, "Well, you should be, you lazy ass…"
They laughed and Cho started giving her a lecture about responsibility and that her alarm clock wouldn't be there if Marietta had a job.
"So, stayed up late to study?" said Marietta, changing the subject.
"Yup."
"Girl, you need to give it a rest. Are you alright?"
"Huh…" said Cho, as she combed her hair. "Yeah…fine…"
"Ok. Just checking."
Marietta left the bathroom leaving Cho looking at her reflection - am I?
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Cho walked in the Great Hall with her talkative friends, preventing herself from looking at the Slytherin table. She sat down at the Ravenclaw table, her back facing every House.
She ate and talked with her friends just like before, but her mind still on Draco. She had to urge to look behind her and browse through the Slytherin table for the familiar blond boy. She listened to one of friends' complaints about the new conditioner she just ordered and played with her food to fight the tendency to turn around. Cho checked her watch; couple more minutes till they have to go to class. She couldn't take in anymore - she whirled around and scanned the table.
Draco was smirking and busy chatting to his two blokes, known as Crabbe and Goyle, to even notice anybody watching him. He acted like his normal self - like nothing happened…
'Hmm…still the typical Malfoy,' Cho thought, 'maybe he already forgotten.' Just as she said this, Draco looked up and was starring right at Cho. She gasped, turned herself around, and started fiddling with her food.
"Who were looking at, Cho," ask Marietta, suspiciously but smiling.
"Oh, no one," said Cho, hastily, flipping her egg yolk five times.
"No…" said one of friends, who started giggling. "I think Cho has a new crush." Cho's friends burst into giggles, but she remained tranquil.
"So…who is it?" said Linda, leaning in.
"Yeah, Cho…who's next?" All of her friends started to close in Cho and giggling.
"I don't know what you all are talking about…" said Cho, humorlessly. Her friends frowned and sat back to their seats, glaring at her. "Besides…" Cho was trying to make up an excuse for looking back. "I..I wanted to see for myself if…if Ernie and Hannah, you know, they're from Hufflepuffs…" Her friends started to lean in and grinning again, listening carefully for the latest gossip. "If Ernie and Hannah…are dating…"
Her friends threw shrieks of giggles and started to look over the Hufflepuff table.
"I think they are…"
"Duh! Isn't it obvious!"
"Well, from what I heard from Bethy, who dated Andrew, who heard from Padma, who wrote a note to Yolly, who told Dee, from Lavendar, who-"
Cho sighed and wiped the sweat off her forehead as her friends babbled about her half truth. At least it wasn't about her; she continued flipping her egg yolk.
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Cho waited impatiently for Draco to come in for tutoring. She tapped her quill against her book and checked her watch every 30 seconds. Draco Malfoy was already ten minutes late-where could he be? Cho fiddled the hem of her robe and checked her watch again. She groaned and stood up. She walked towards the door and stuck her head out; scanning around but only to find an empty hall. She walked towards the desk and started to tap her books.
"Where on earth could he be?" she said to herself. She checked her watch again. "If he doesn't come here in the next five minutes I'm leaving."
Seven minutes have passed, Cho picked up her belongings and walked out the "Tutoring room."
A/N: Mmm…sorry… @_@… next chapter… QUIDDITCH!! YaY!! *.*