A/N: finally chapter 12! Sorry for the delay
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And in honor of Hufflepuff1324's help in helping me find one part of the book here is todays funny excerpt…
"Did you like question ten Moony?" asked Sirius as they emerged in to the entrance hall.
"Loved it," said Lupin briskly. "'Give five signs that identify the werewolf,' Excellent question."
"D'you think you managed to get all the signs?" said James in tones of mock concern.
"Think I did," said Lupin seriously, as they joined the crown thronging around the front doors eager to get out into the sunlit grounds. "One: He's sitting on my chair. Two: He's wearing my clothes. Three: His name's Remus Lupin….."
haha I love that part =D
okay now heres the chapter
Ch 12
Cho couldn't believe it was already Valentines Day, she was so excited that she was going to go to Hogsmeade with Harry, Marietta was still talking to Cho but was really unhappy that she was going with 'that Potter boy' as she liked to put it. Cho was getting quite mad at her but she didn't really feel like totally losing a friend so she was still kind to Marietta even though she would always snap at Cho.
Cho looked through her trunk trying to find something to wear, she finally decided on wearing a striped dress that cut off above her knees and she pulled her hair back into a long ponytail. She headed downstairs ignoring Marietta piercing stare and waited a little to the side of the oak front doors. What if this date goes horrible and he finds me boring! I should try to impress him a little, oh my god here he comes, calm down, just try to look cool. Harry walked over to Cho looking a little nervous which made Cho feel a little better knowing that he was nervous too. Cho usually never got nervous on dates but lately whenever she was around Harry she would get all nervous and flushed.
"Hi," said Cho slightly breathlessly.
"Hi," said Harry.
They stared at each other for a moment, then Harry finally said, "Well—er—shall we go, then?"
"Oh—yes………." Replied Cho.
They joined the queue of people being signed out by Filch, occasionally catching each other's eye and grinning shiftily, but not talking to each other. Cho felt as if millions of butterflies were in her stomach but felt some-what relieved where they reached the fresh air. She found it easier to walk along in silence than just to stand there looking awkward. It was a fresh breezy sort of day and as they passed the Quidditch Stadium Cho looked over at Harry and saw he was staring at it.
"You really miss it, don't you?" asked Cho.
Harry looked around and saw her watching him, "Yeah," he sighed, "I do."
"Remember the first time we played against each other, in the third year?" asked Cho trying to bring the conversation to the two of them.
"Yeah," said Harry grinning. "You kept blocking me."
"And Wood told you not to be a gentleman and knock me off my broom if you had to," said Cho smiling reminiscently. "I heard he got taken on by Pride of Portree, is that right?"
"Nah, it was Puddlemere United, I saw him at the World Cup last year."
"Oh, I saw you there too, remember? We were on the same campsite. It was really good, wasn't it?" said Cho once again bringing the subject back to them.
The two of them talked about the Quidditch World Cup all the way down the drive and out through the gates. Cho found it so easy to talk to Harry, even easier than Marietta. Cho had totally gotten rid of the butterflies when she saw a huge group of Slytherin girls walk by and that pig Pansy Parkinson in the front.
"Potter and Chang!" screeched Pansy to a chorus of snide giggles. Urgh, Chang, I don't think much of your taste…..At least Diggory was good looking!"
The group of girls sped up, talking and shrieking in a pointed fashion with many exaggerated glances back at Harry and Cho. Cho felt the blood rise up to her face looking very flushed. They were silent for a while; Cho was watching her feet trying not to make her embarrassment that noticeable.
"So…where d'you want to go?" Harry asked as they entered Hogsmeade. The High Street was full of students ambling up and down, peering into the shop windows and massing about together on the pavements.
"Oh…..I don't mind," said Cho, shrugging. "Um….shall we just have a look in the shops or something?"
They wandered toward Dervish and Banges. A large poster had been stuck up in the window and a few Hogsmeaders (a/n: haha I love that word) were looking at it. They moved aside when Harry and Cho approached. Cho looked up at the poster and was looking at then pictures of the escaped Death Eaters from Azkaban. The poster offered a thousand-Galleon reward from the Ministry of Magic to any witch or wizard with information relating to the recapture of any of the convicts pictured.
"It's funny isn't it," said Cho in a low voice, looking at the pictures. "Remember when that Sirius Black escaped, and there were dementors all over Hogsmeade looking for him? And now ten Death Eaters are on the loose and there aren't dementors anywhere…."
"Yeah," said Harry, "Yeah, it is weird……"
Cho and Harry walked down the street passing shops and every shop had the same poster on it. It then started to rain as they passed Scrivenshaft's.
"Um…..d'you want to get a coffee?" said Cho tentatively, as the rain began to fall more heavily. Please say yes….my hair is going to get ruined out here!!
"Yeah, all right," said Harry looking around. "Where -- ?"
"Oh, there's a really nice place just up here, haven't you ever been to Madam Puddifoot's? Cho said brightly. She led him up a side road and into a small tea shop that she and Cedric used to go to last year. It was a cramped, steamy little place where everything seemed to have been decorated with frills or bows. "Cute, isn't it?" said Cho happily.
"Er….yeah," said Harry.
"Look she's decorated it for Valentine's Day!" said Cho, trying to make a hint that today was the most romantic day of the year.
"Aaah…."
They sat down at the last remaining table, which was situated in the steamy window. Then Madam Puddifoot, a very stout woman with a shiny black bun came up to the two of them. "What can I get for you, m'dears?"
"Two coffees, please," said Cho. She then looked over and saw her table was right next to Roger Davies table, and she also noticed he was here with a girl, Cho felt a little better that he had found someone to go with him but Roger just glared at Cho, apparently he didn't cool off about what happened between them. Then right after he glared at her Roger started to kiss his girlfriend over the sugar bowl, Cho couldn't believe he was trying to make her jealous, she also couldn't believe it was kind of working. Their coffees arrived and it was silent between the two of them, so Cho started to talk about Umbridge which lasted for a few minutes but it fell silent again.
"Er…..listen, d'you want to come with me to the Three Broomsticks at lunchtime? I'm meeting Hermione Granger there."
Cho raised her eyebrows. "You're meeting Hermione Granger? Today?"
"Yeah. Well she asked me to, so I thought I would. D'you want to come with me? She said it wouldn't matter if you did."
"Oh….well….that was nice of her." Cho's voice was so false she doubted he believed that. I can't believe it!! On OUR date he is going to see Hermione!...wait does he even think of this as a date….errr I don't know what to do anymore…hmm maybe since he's talking about his girlfriends I'll talk about my boyfriends.
Cho then got bored of the silence and was watching Roger Davies kiss his date. I probably should have gone with him, he would have at least spent the WHOLE date with me…….
"He asked me out you know," said Cho in a quiet voice. "A couple of weeks ago. Roger. I turned him down though." Cho looked at Harry to see if he was impressed or anything but he was just drinking his coffee. So she thought she would name another boy.
"I came in here with Cedric last year," but right after she said that she really regretted it, she still hadn't totally gotten over his death, there was a huge lump in her throat and she was trying so hard not to show any emotion. In a rather high voice she then couldn't help herself and asked Harry…
"I've been meaning to ask you for ages……Did Cedric – did he m-m-,mention me at all before he died?"
"Well—no—" replied Harry quietly. "There ---there wasn't time for him to say anything. Erm…so…d'you…d'you get to see a lot of Quidditch in the holidays?" You support the Tornados, right?"
Cho could tell his voice was very false and cheery at the end, her eyes were watering up and she couldn't even try to hide it anymore, Harry looked up and saw her watery eyes.
"Look," he said desperately, "let's not talk about Cedric right now….Let's talk about something else……"
Cho could no longer hold in her emotions. "I thought," she said as tears spattered down onto the table. "I thought you'd u-u-understand! I need to talk about it! Surely you n-need to talk about it t-too! I mean, you saw it happened, d-didn't you?"
Roger's date had stopped kissing and was watching the two of them as if it was entertainment.
"Well– I have talked about it," Harry replied quietly, "to Ron and Hermione, but –"
Cho then completely lost it. "Oh, you'll talk to Hermione Granger!" said said shrilly, several more couples stopped kissing and were also watching the two of them. "But you won't talk to me! P-perhaps it would be best if we just….just p-paid and you went and met up with Hermione G-Granger, like you obviously want to!"
Cho then grabbed a frilly napkin to dab her eyes, and Harry just stared at her.
"Cho?" said Harry weakly.
"Go on, leave!" replied Cho, now crying into the napkin. "I don't know why you asked me out in the first place if you're going to make arrangements to meet girls right after me……How many are you meeting after Hermione?"
"It's not like that!" said Harry, and although Cho seemed to understand what he was saying now she was still mad at him especially since right after he said that he laughed.
"I'll see you around, Harry," said Cho dramatically, and hiccupping slightly as she dashed to the door, wrenched it open and ran out into the pouring rain.
Well at least since its pouring rain people won't know I was crying. I think I really over-reacted in there, Hermione is his best friend………what am I saying! He could have at least told Hermione he was on a date and didn't want to be bothered!
Cho then ran the whole way back to Hogwarts, by the time she got to the Ravenclaw Common room she was soaking wet and looked a wreck, she walked in and saw that Marietta was sitting by the fire, although she was still mad at her she didn't care, she needed to talk to Marietta, or at least try. Cho plopped down in a chair right next to Marietta and Marietta looked up and saw her, Marietta could tell she had been crying.
"Cho! What happened!" cried a startled Marietta.
Cho then told Marietta everything; she needed to get this off her chest. At times she felt weird telling her things, since she had been so distant to her for so long. But still she enjoyed having someone to talk to, since for a while she had been very quiet. Finally she finished her story and looked up a Marietta hoping she would look sympathetic, but instead she looked the complete opposite, she looked mad!
"I'm going to get back at that jerk for doing that to you!" said Marietta, "I don't know how or when but I will, I can't believe he would say stuff like that! Does he even have a heart!?"
Cho was so blown away by that she was lost for words for a little while, that was the last thing she wanted to happen, having someone do something bad to Harry, he seemed to have enough on his plate already, after loosing Quidditch and teaching D.A. Cho didn't know how much more he could handle. But by the time she seemed to be able to talk again Marietta was walking away.
"Wait! Marietta!" but Marietta didn't hear her, she had left the common room to go to the library.
You stupid! Why would you tell her all that…now all you did was get Harry in trouble….now that I think about it I do forgive Harry, I can tell he doesn't have feelings for Hermione. But I can't just now go up to him, I have to avoid him for a while for him to forget about it, I really overreacted.
Cho then realizing how tired she was, went up to her dorm and went to sleep.
A/N: Okay im done with this chapter...sorry I thought I could get it up yesterday….but I didn't finish it until today I now have another reviewer to thank!
Aragorn: I was thinking the same thing about the end of OotP….even if they don't get together again maybe they'll just become good friends…hmmmm lol thanks so much for the review!!
Okay I have no idea when ill have time to write the next chapter..hopefully soon! I can never get to the computer anymore…somebody's always on it so I can only write bits and pieces when I get on….then it gets confusing having to start and stop over and over again….but I will try to get it up asap!