Chapter Four
Change of Heart
She watched as Harry charmed the room so no one else could hear what they were going to talk about. She was personally sorry that she ever came back. She did love Harry, that much was true, but to hurt him and his fiancé wasn't her intentions. It just happened along the way.
The poor girl stood awkwardly, her head held down. She held her tiny hands together, her shoulders were shaking slightly. Cho glanced to see silent tears slipping down her face and she didn't bother to wipe them away.
"I didn't mean to do this," she tried to comfort the younger girl. She walked slowly towards her; each step was taken with caution. "I never meant to come back to hurt anyone. I knew there was going to be a wedding, Harry's wedding, but I didn't know I'd hurt this many people."
She looked up and she looked so little against a dark world. She glanced at Harry, his form completely still, his mind still deciding what to say. "Then what did you mean to do? That you'd just pop up at his wedding and take him away without hurting anyone? Only that's possible in a fantasy world."
Cho nodded and took the words without as much as a flinch. She deserved those words and she knew it. "I guess I earned that. But my heart has chosen after years and I just wanted to see Harry again. When I first got here, telling him that I wanted to be with him wasn't my intentions."
"Hurting people wasn't another one of your intentions was it? But you did," Harry's fiancé shot back, her eyes burning with rage. "Actions have consequences, you know. You can't have anything done without consequences."
Harry finally came towards them, but he stood so far away, it was as if he would rather be anywhere else but there. He slowly walked towards them and reached for his fiancé's hands, but she pulled them away, tears spilling down her face again. "Stay away from me, Harry."
He hesitated, his face filled with pain. He turned to Cho and he forced a weak smile. "I never thought I would be the person hurting both of you, but I am," he faced her again. "Ginny, I'm sorry."
Ginny, that was her name. She was Ginny Weasley. "Harry, I'm sorry," Cho began, her eyes away from his green ones. She loved him, but she couldn't do this. She couldn't ruin his life this way. "I hate myself so much for this, for what I did to you and your families. Really, Ginny and Harry, I'm really sorry. I'm just going to leave and pretend as if I never came. Both of you get ready for your wedding again and just pretend that I never stopped by."
Harry didn't say anything. He let her walk to the door, but a very soft, barely audible voice stopped her. "No," she said. "Don't leave, Harry's yet to make his choice. Let him decide, Cho, let his heart choose."
Cho paused. She turned back to the heart broken couple and waited, not wanting to know the result of it. She really did come back, not to hurt them, but to see how Harry was doing. It was just that when she saw him, she couldn't keep from telling him. She knew she loved him, and she hated it. Now, no matter how much in love she was, she must keep it to herself. She couldn't be the one who ruins their relationship.
"I can't, Ginny," Cho said. She turned from them, her back facing the two and sadness was, if truth were told, in her heart. "I know what I did wrong and I'm truly sorry for it. I'm going to go now, and I hope that what I disturbed could be brought back. I really can't stay for Harry's decision."
Ginny looked up and she walked towards Cho. "I think Harry's already made his decision," she whispered. "He's chosen you, it's obvious though he tries to hide it. He's loved you for so long now and I think that it's time I leave you two to talk."
She turned to look at Harry and Cho saw a tiny smile brush her thin lips. She walked towards him and swept aside his dark bangs. "Your eyes are so beautiful, Harry," she said through silent tears. "I'm going to miss staring into them, losing myself in them."
Harry sighed and looked away, only to find him self looking back. Cho thought about leaving, but she'd already made too big a mess, she needed to talk it through first. She returned her attention to the conversation before her.
"Don't do this, Ginny," Harry said, his voice silent. "You don't know that for sure. The truth is, my heart hasn't made a choice. I don't think it's going to make a choice."
Ginny only smiled at him again sorrowfully and walked away from him. Passing by her, Cho could see the streams of ceaseless tears. Cho brought out a hand and grabbed the white gown; "He hasn't made a decision yet, Ginny. You can't leave until you know."
"But I don't want to know," she answered. "I need my family and I need time alone." She left without another word and Cho was left to stand-alone in a dark room with Harry, whose silence was becoming unnerving.
"She's gone," he said after a while, his tone of voice surprised. "She's really gone. You know if anyone had told me an hour ago that I wasn't going to end up marrying her, I would have laughed my head off and killed them for thinking like that. Now, I'm not going to marry her. Now, I'm nothing."
Cho sighed in her spot by the opened door. "Don't blame yourself, Harry. If anyone is to blame, it's me. I came back, I destroyed this relationship, and I'm to blame. Don't blame yourself."
He scoffed and looked out the window to sceneries of beauty, the color matching his green eyes. Cho couldn't help thinking how amazing they were, but she glanced away. "But I was the bloody idiot who couldn't tell her how much I love her. Why did I have to keep so long on making my decision?"
"It's going to be okay, Harry," she said quietly. "Everything will be. I'm going to go now, okay? I'll see you again whenever I can."
Harry nodded and she left him in pain, her heart crying for her to stop. She almost couldn't make it to the door and she thought to herself that what she did was right; she knew it was. It was the only thing that she could do anyway.
Cho left the home of the Weasleys and returned to her quiet flat. She's going to pack. In a few days, she's leaving, going back home to where her family was. If only there was one reason that she could stay, just one reason, she'd stay.
A\N: Well, I don't think that was all for Harry's decision, but there'd be more on it further on. Yeah, now we understand Cho's side of the picture, we can't hate her can we? She only did it because she loved Harry now. Anyway, next chapter, we get to see what happens to Ginny from Hermione's side of the story. It's going to be very tearful, at least I think.
Change of Heart
She watched as Harry charmed the room so no one else could hear what they were going to talk about. She was personally sorry that she ever came back. She did love Harry, that much was true, but to hurt him and his fiancé wasn't her intentions. It just happened along the way.
The poor girl stood awkwardly, her head held down. She held her tiny hands together, her shoulders were shaking slightly. Cho glanced to see silent tears slipping down her face and she didn't bother to wipe them away.
"I didn't mean to do this," she tried to comfort the younger girl. She walked slowly towards her; each step was taken with caution. "I never meant to come back to hurt anyone. I knew there was going to be a wedding, Harry's wedding, but I didn't know I'd hurt this many people."
She looked up and she looked so little against a dark world. She glanced at Harry, his form completely still, his mind still deciding what to say. "Then what did you mean to do? That you'd just pop up at his wedding and take him away without hurting anyone? Only that's possible in a fantasy world."
Cho nodded and took the words without as much as a flinch. She deserved those words and she knew it. "I guess I earned that. But my heart has chosen after years and I just wanted to see Harry again. When I first got here, telling him that I wanted to be with him wasn't my intentions."
"Hurting people wasn't another one of your intentions was it? But you did," Harry's fiancé shot back, her eyes burning with rage. "Actions have consequences, you know. You can't have anything done without consequences."
Harry finally came towards them, but he stood so far away, it was as if he would rather be anywhere else but there. He slowly walked towards them and reached for his fiancé's hands, but she pulled them away, tears spilling down her face again. "Stay away from me, Harry."
He hesitated, his face filled with pain. He turned to Cho and he forced a weak smile. "I never thought I would be the person hurting both of you, but I am," he faced her again. "Ginny, I'm sorry."
Ginny, that was her name. She was Ginny Weasley. "Harry, I'm sorry," Cho began, her eyes away from his green ones. She loved him, but she couldn't do this. She couldn't ruin his life this way. "I hate myself so much for this, for what I did to you and your families. Really, Ginny and Harry, I'm really sorry. I'm just going to leave and pretend as if I never came. Both of you get ready for your wedding again and just pretend that I never stopped by."
Harry didn't say anything. He let her walk to the door, but a very soft, barely audible voice stopped her. "No," she said. "Don't leave, Harry's yet to make his choice. Let him decide, Cho, let his heart choose."
Cho paused. She turned back to the heart broken couple and waited, not wanting to know the result of it. She really did come back, not to hurt them, but to see how Harry was doing. It was just that when she saw him, she couldn't keep from telling him. She knew she loved him, and she hated it. Now, no matter how much in love she was, she must keep it to herself. She couldn't be the one who ruins their relationship.
"I can't, Ginny," Cho said. She turned from them, her back facing the two and sadness was, if truth were told, in her heart. "I know what I did wrong and I'm truly sorry for it. I'm going to go now, and I hope that what I disturbed could be brought back. I really can't stay for Harry's decision."
Ginny looked up and she walked towards Cho. "I think Harry's already made his decision," she whispered. "He's chosen you, it's obvious though he tries to hide it. He's loved you for so long now and I think that it's time I leave you two to talk."
She turned to look at Harry and Cho saw a tiny smile brush her thin lips. She walked towards him and swept aside his dark bangs. "Your eyes are so beautiful, Harry," she said through silent tears. "I'm going to miss staring into them, losing myself in them."
Harry sighed and looked away, only to find him self looking back. Cho thought about leaving, but she'd already made too big a mess, she needed to talk it through first. She returned her attention to the conversation before her.
"Don't do this, Ginny," Harry said, his voice silent. "You don't know that for sure. The truth is, my heart hasn't made a choice. I don't think it's going to make a choice."
Ginny only smiled at him again sorrowfully and walked away from him. Passing by her, Cho could see the streams of ceaseless tears. Cho brought out a hand and grabbed the white gown; "He hasn't made a decision yet, Ginny. You can't leave until you know."
"But I don't want to know," she answered. "I need my family and I need time alone." She left without another word and Cho was left to stand-alone in a dark room with Harry, whose silence was becoming unnerving.
"She's gone," he said after a while, his tone of voice surprised. "She's really gone. You know if anyone had told me an hour ago that I wasn't going to end up marrying her, I would have laughed my head off and killed them for thinking like that. Now, I'm not going to marry her. Now, I'm nothing."
Cho sighed in her spot by the opened door. "Don't blame yourself, Harry. If anyone is to blame, it's me. I came back, I destroyed this relationship, and I'm to blame. Don't blame yourself."
He scoffed and looked out the window to sceneries of beauty, the color matching his green eyes. Cho couldn't help thinking how amazing they were, but she glanced away. "But I was the bloody idiot who couldn't tell her how much I love her. Why did I have to keep so long on making my decision?"
"It's going to be okay, Harry," she said quietly. "Everything will be. I'm going to go now, okay? I'll see you again whenever I can."
Harry nodded and she left him in pain, her heart crying for her to stop. She almost couldn't make it to the door and she thought to herself that what she did was right; she knew it was. It was the only thing that she could do anyway.
Cho left the home of the Weasleys and returned to her quiet flat. She's going to pack. In a few days, she's leaving, going back home to where her family was. If only there was one reason that she could stay, just one reason, she'd stay.
A\N: Well, I don't think that was all for Harry's decision, but there'd be more on it further on. Yeah, now we understand Cho's side of the picture, we can't hate her can we? She only did it because she loved Harry now. Anyway, next chapter, we get to see what happens to Ginny from Hermione's side of the story. It's going to be very tearful, at least I think.