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Chapter 4

            Cho woke up quite early the next day, it seemed just after day-break Cho got up and looked at the calendar and she had totally forgotten today was her mums birthday.  She quickly got some old quills out and made a nice arrangement of daisy's and got out some parchment and started to write a letter to her Mother…..

Dear Mum,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! You are the greatest mom in the world and I don't know what I would do without you! I hope you like these flowers I charmed them to last twice as long as regular flowers do!

Have a great day

Love,

~Cho

            Cho then quickly wrapped up everything and ran up the stairs to the owlery, she opened the door and was quite surprised someone else was already there; it was no other than Harry Potter.  "Hi," said Harry.

            "Oh……….hi," said Cho breathlessly. "I didn't think anyone would be up here this early………I only remembered five minutes ago, it's my mum's birthday." And she held up the parcel to indicate what she was doing.

            "Right……………… Nice day" he said gesturing to the windows.

            "Yeah," said Cho, looking around for a suitable owl.  "Good Quiddich conditions, I've only been out twice this week, have you been out at all?"

            "No," said Harry.  Cho selected one of the school barn owls.  She coaxed it down onto her arm where it held out an obliging leg so that she could attach the parcel.

            "Hey, has Gryffindor got a new Keeper yet?" she asked trying to make conversation.

            "Yeah" said Harry.  "It's my friend Ron Weasley, d'you know him?"

            "The Tornado-hater?" said Cho rather coolly.  "Is he any good?"

            "Yeah," said Harry, "I think so.  I didn't see his tryout, though, I was in detention."  Cho looked up, the parcel was only half-attached to the owl's legs. 

            "That Umbridge woman's foul," she said in a low voice.  "Putting you in detention just because you told the truth about how----how---how he died.  Everyone heard about it, it was all over the school.  You were really brave standing up to her like that."  Just then the Owlery door opened and Filch, the caretaker, came wheezing into the room.  There were purple patches on his sunken, veined cheeks, his jowls were aquiver and his thing gray hair disheveled; he had obviously run here.  Mrs. Norris came trotting at his heels, gazing up at the owls overhead and mewing hungrily.  There was a restless shifting of wings from above and a large brown owl snapped his beak in a menacing fashion.

            "Aha!" said Filch, taking a flat-footed step toward Harry, his pouchy cheeks trembling with anger.  "I've had a tip-off that you are intending to place a massive order for Dungbombs!"  Harry folded his arms and stared at the care-taker.

            "Who told you I was ordering Dungbombs?" Harry asked.

            Cho was looking from Harry to Filch also frowning; the barn owl on her arm, tired of standing on one leg, gave an admonitory hoot but she ignored it.

            "I have my sources," said Filch in a self-satisfied hiss.  "Now hand over whatever it is your sending."

            "I can't, it's gone."

            "Gone?" said Filch, his face contorting with rage.

            "Gone" said Harry calmly.

            Filch opened his mouth furiously, mouthed for a few seconds then raked Harry's roves with his eyes.  "How do I know you haven't got it in your pocket?"

            "Because-----

            "I saw him send it" said Cho angrily.

            Filch rounded on her, "You saw him----?"

            "That's right, I saw him" she said fiercely.

            There was a moment's pause in which Filch glared at Cho and Cho glared right back, then the caretaker turned on his heel and shuffled back toward the door.  He stopped with his hand on the handle and looked back at Harry. 
            "If I get so much as a whiff of a Dungbomb….."

            He stumped off down the stairs.  Mrs. Norris cast a last longing look at the owls and followed him.

            Harry and Cho looked and each other.

            "Thanks," Harry said.

            "No problem," said Cho, finally fixing the parcel to the barn owl's other leg, her face slightly pink.  "You weren't ordering Dungbombs, were you?"

            "No," said Harry.

            "I wonder why he thought you were, then?" she said, as she carried the owl to the window. 

            Harry shrugged.

            They left the Owlery together.  At the entrance of a corridor that led toward the West Wing of the castle, Cho said, "I'm going this way.  Well, I'll……..I'll see you around Harry."

            "Yeah….see you."

            Cho smiled at him and departed.  That wasn't that bad……you had an entire conversation with him…... … and you got him out of trouble……nice job!  Cho felt very happy, she headed down into the Great Hall later and found Marietta talking to Rose, but once Cho walked in Marietta drifted off her conversation and was staring at Cho.

            "What are you so happy about??" asked Marietta eyeing Cho.

            "Oh……..um…….nothing" said Cho, she eyed the Gryffindor table and looked at Harry, he was talking to his friends.

            Marietta must have noticed who Cho looked at and suddenly squealed and said "Oh yes you're happy about something!! You fancy that Harry Potter don't you!!"

            "What are you talking about?" said Cho not looking up at her friend but talking to her toast instead, her face was starting to blush, well I knew she would find out one of these days, but so soon?

            "You know exactly what I'm talking about Cho! I've known you for 6 years now so just tell me the truth because I know when you are lying!!"

            "Alright, alright" said Cho "Maybe I do fancy him! Is there something wrong with liking a boy?"

            Marietta just sat there smiling and eating her toast every now and then taking a breath as if to say something then just exhaling as if she decided not to say it but this huge grin was on her face. "COULD YOU STOP SMILING" said Cho finally losing it with her friend.

            "Awww Cho I'm sorry" said Marietta, " I just think its so cute and funny, I mean……..after……..you know…….I thought you would never fancy a boy for a long time….but low-and-behold you fancy the boy who was with….umm…..you know who………….when…….you know what……happened".  Right after Marietta said that she knew she shouldn't of Cho's happiness diminished as soon as it came.

            "I'll be in the Common Room doing homework if you need me," said Cho without finishing her breakfast or looking at Marietta.