A/N:: Ok, I got really carried away last chapter, sorry. Thanks again to my
reviewers::
lilaznpinky525:: Thanks times two. I think the chapters are better longer, too. And I'm sure you'll find something to say.
Anony Mouse xD:: Thank you, and not to fear, I'll add another chapter, but you're sort of scaring me with your awesome lion impression. Lol.
Ok, I couldn't get a grip on myself, so I started writing this right after I put the last one on the website. Review when you're done. OMG Chapter 14 already??::
Harry woke up. Ron was standing outside his curtain, staring at him.
"Where were you last night?" Ron said and Harry was reminded of Mrs. Weasley.
"With Cho." He said simply.
"You two are quite close friends. Going around the castle at night." Ron's eyes narrowed.
"Ron, don't be an idiot, I'm not trying to steal Cho, you stupid prat." Harry said.
"That's interesting, Harry." Hermione said appearing out of no where, "You're 'Just friends' I suppose."
"Exactly." Harry tried to keep his face expressionless, even though Hermione used oddly chosen words. "Now leave, I have to get dressed."
*****
Harry entered the Great Hall with Ron, who decided he'd keep a close watch on Harry. Hermione was dragged along because she had no other friends. They slumped to the table. After taking their seats, Cho came up and sat beside Ron. They started mushy talking and stuff. Harry was about to roll his eyes, but then thought of what he had said last night, 'That's ok, just pretend it is Cedric'. He looked at them. She is pretending he's Cedric. Harry smiled to himself.
"What are you so happy about?" Hermione asked him.
"Nothing." He said.
"If you told me, Ron would be ballistic, right?" She said, looking into her scrambled eggs. Harry was looking at a hopeless case. He turned to see Cho was kissing Ron on the lips. Harry took a deep swig of water to rinse his lips off and the left. He wandered the corridors aimlessly.
"Harry!" Cho's voice rang out. He turned around. She was giggling. "Harry it worked! I just thought of him as Cedric and it was so cool!" Harry laughed.
"Where're you going?" Cho said.
"Anywhere." Harry replied. Cho smiled.
"Can I come?" She said. Harry smiled.
"Of course." He said. "Cho something's bugging me." He added.
"I knew it." She replied, "Go on."
"Maybe we shouldn't go talk tonight." He said. "Yesterday was odd." Cho nodded.
"We can't let that happen again. Yeah, maybe we should take a few nights off."
"Exactly." Harry stopped walking and Cho mimed this. "I know that if we go tonight, stuff is going to happen that Ron can't find out about. You understand?"
"Of course. We have to use every ounce of strength in use to keep use just friends."
"Hermione's onto us though. She quoted last night."
"Another reason why we just can't..."
"With the things that happened, I forgot to tell Hermione you were sorry."
"Don't worry, it's taken care of." The bell rung to get out of breakfast.
"I l... I mean bye Harry." Cho said looking around Harry's shoulder, shocked.
"Bye Cho." Harry turned around to see what it was she gasped at. Ron's face looked angry and hateful.
"What exactly were these happenings that happened last night?" Ron said as Harry started walking towards the common room.
"Nothing." Harry said.
"If you don't tell me, I can give you detention for being outside after hours. I'm a prefect, remember?"
"If I told you, just your reaction alone would be worse than a million detentions with Snape dancing polka with Voldemort and dementors."
"Blimey, that's nothing short of torture." Ron laughed. Harry didn't. He entered the potions dungeon, Ron behind him.
The next few days Harry focused so hard on his schoolwork, he actually made a more powerful potion than Hermione. He got the Sonorous Charm on the first try, and he successfully turned a needle into a bowl of popcorn that actually tasted good. Harry went to sleep at the same time as Ron, a change for his routine lately.
Soon Friday came, the day he would see Cho again. They agreed to bring Hermione, because Ron would never believe anything that didn't come from her. They had crept through the halls successfully, not bothering with the cloak. On weekends, Filch let them stay out until 12. Harry found Cho already there, like always, and sat down beside her, with Hermione being the only difference.
"Hey." Cho whispered. "I'm sorry for everything I've done, Hermione. Harry and Ron are right. We should be friends."
"Ron said that too?" Harry said. There was no need to keep his voice down, there were other people scattered around all over the place.
"Yeah," Hermione and Cho said together.
"Harry, you two have so much in common, you always finish each other's sentences! You were thinking the same exact thing on the day of the riot. Where I learned that smirk." Hermione protested.
"Where did you learn that anyway?" Cho said, repositioning herself so that they sat in a triangle.
"I learned it myself." Hermione said in a strained, hoarse voice.
"No one learns something like that without a teacher." Harry said, doing an impression of her smirk.
"Ok." She looked extremely embarrassed, "Draco." She whispered, clutching her legs to her chest and curling into a ball. The tops of her ears, which were the only things Cho and Harry could see, turned a deeper scarlet than her robes. "Oh my gosh I've never said that before!" She said covering her mouth with her hands to her mouth and looking up. "You can't tell that to a single person, either of you!" She said, her eyes widening.
"Malfoy?" Harry spluttered, spitting out the name like it was dirt. "You two use first names? Are you going out with him?"
"Well, we are using first names and we were going out until his father found out he was going out with a muggle born. Now he's back to insulting me, but he uses my first name. Horribly thick thing to do, just let someone down because they're muggles."
"You... were... going...out...with...Malfoy?" Harry said, wiping his eyes that were watering from laughter. Cho, however, looked serious.
"He's a git anyway, you deserve much better." She said, to which everyone nodded. They started talking again about Malfoy, and soon Hermione started thinking.
'They don't seem like they're going out, but they're so close! I didn't know Harry knew Cho this well!' She thought.
Cho put her hand in her pocket and brought out chocolate like she did a few nights ago. She handed it around. Harry took it cautiously. "Last time I took some, it led to problems." He muttered to himself.
" Well, that's not going to happen again, is it?" Cho said nervously, looking at him. Hermione got very curious and confused at the same time.
"I won't let it." Harry said, reaching out for the chocolate. His hand touched Cho's for a second, but then Harry jerked it away, with the chocolate.
"Yeah." Cho said, biting into her chocolate bar.
"What, what won't you do again?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing." They answered quickly together. Hermione looked at them suspiciously.
"That nothing was full of something. Tell me." Hermione said. Cho looked at Harry.
"The chocolate got me hyper and I almost got in trouble with Filch." Harry lied. Hermione didn't answer but still looked at them oddly. Cho squirmed and Harry decided to change the subject to something that he was wondering for several days.
"Cho, why did you go to Hogsmeade with me instead of Ron last year?" Harry asked.
"Remember, Gryfindor had to practice quidditch. You weren't playing quidditch, so instead of hinting on to Ron, I hinted to you." Cho said, smirking. "I was still a little bit crazy... Shocked... Over Cedric's death..." A single tear escaped Cho's eye. "I was doing things weird that whole year. Lucky it wasn't a O.W.L or N.E.W.T year." Cho tried to change the topic to everything, but she just started crying. Hermione's eyes widened and she stared guiltily at the ground.
"It's ok. Just be brave about it!" Harry said. "If you miss him, do what I told you to." Harry said, giggling as he broke off a piece of chocolate, wrapped the rest up and put it on the ground beside him. Cho laughed, the tears still coming out of her eyes.
"It worked perfectly!" Cho said loudly. A few people looked over.
"Yeah I saw at breakfast the other day." Harry said laughing. "Speaking of which." He turned to Hermione. "How did you quote exactly what we said then?"
"Fred and George left their extendable ears in the common room." Hermione said. Harry chuckled. Cho blushed deeper than Hermione had when she told them she had been going out with Malfoy. "What?"
"Nothing." They said together quickly, Harry's chuckle growing to be a loud laugh.
"Fine tell her." Cho gasped.
"Cho liked George in her first year." Harry gasped between fits of laughing. "But you can't tell anyone. Especially a Weasley." Hermione let out a short laugh.
"I won't. I kept a secret from Harry for four years and he's one of my best friends." Hermione told Cho.
"Yeah, I realized." She said, her face turning back to its original color. Harry put his hand down to get the rest of his chocolate bar.
"Where did my chocolate bar go?" Harry said.
"It doesn't matter, I have more," Cho threw him another bar, to avoid touching hands again.
They sat there until 11:50, talking and eating seconds and thirds of chocolate bars. They were all a little hyper and jumpy, like they were the last time they did this. They got up, like many around them were doing. They made their way to the castle, laughing and talking still. Cho and Hermione were best friend material. Hermione said she had an essay to write the next night, so Harry and Cho made plans to do this tomorrow night. They made their way back to the castle.
"Bye Hermione. Good night Harry." Cho said.
"Night Cho." Hermione said.
"See you later." Harry said, resisting the urge to go kiss her.
A/N:: Like it? You better... Ha ha ha. I'm going to get to the next chapter soon, not to worry. Thanks again to my reviewers. Buh bye.
lilaznpinky525:: Thanks times two. I think the chapters are better longer, too. And I'm sure you'll find something to say.
Anony Mouse xD:: Thank you, and not to fear, I'll add another chapter, but you're sort of scaring me with your awesome lion impression. Lol.
Ok, I couldn't get a grip on myself, so I started writing this right after I put the last one on the website. Review when you're done. OMG Chapter 14 already??::
Harry woke up. Ron was standing outside his curtain, staring at him.
"Where were you last night?" Ron said and Harry was reminded of Mrs. Weasley.
"With Cho." He said simply.
"You two are quite close friends. Going around the castle at night." Ron's eyes narrowed.
"Ron, don't be an idiot, I'm not trying to steal Cho, you stupid prat." Harry said.
"That's interesting, Harry." Hermione said appearing out of no where, "You're 'Just friends' I suppose."
"Exactly." Harry tried to keep his face expressionless, even though Hermione used oddly chosen words. "Now leave, I have to get dressed."
*****
Harry entered the Great Hall with Ron, who decided he'd keep a close watch on Harry. Hermione was dragged along because she had no other friends. They slumped to the table. After taking their seats, Cho came up and sat beside Ron. They started mushy talking and stuff. Harry was about to roll his eyes, but then thought of what he had said last night, 'That's ok, just pretend it is Cedric'. He looked at them. She is pretending he's Cedric. Harry smiled to himself.
"What are you so happy about?" Hermione asked him.
"Nothing." He said.
"If you told me, Ron would be ballistic, right?" She said, looking into her scrambled eggs. Harry was looking at a hopeless case. He turned to see Cho was kissing Ron on the lips. Harry took a deep swig of water to rinse his lips off and the left. He wandered the corridors aimlessly.
"Harry!" Cho's voice rang out. He turned around. She was giggling. "Harry it worked! I just thought of him as Cedric and it was so cool!" Harry laughed.
"Where're you going?" Cho said.
"Anywhere." Harry replied. Cho smiled.
"Can I come?" She said. Harry smiled.
"Of course." He said. "Cho something's bugging me." He added.
"I knew it." She replied, "Go on."
"Maybe we shouldn't go talk tonight." He said. "Yesterday was odd." Cho nodded.
"We can't let that happen again. Yeah, maybe we should take a few nights off."
"Exactly." Harry stopped walking and Cho mimed this. "I know that if we go tonight, stuff is going to happen that Ron can't find out about. You understand?"
"Of course. We have to use every ounce of strength in use to keep use just friends."
"Hermione's onto us though. She quoted last night."
"Another reason why we just can't..."
"With the things that happened, I forgot to tell Hermione you were sorry."
"Don't worry, it's taken care of." The bell rung to get out of breakfast.
"I l... I mean bye Harry." Cho said looking around Harry's shoulder, shocked.
"Bye Cho." Harry turned around to see what it was she gasped at. Ron's face looked angry and hateful.
"What exactly were these happenings that happened last night?" Ron said as Harry started walking towards the common room.
"Nothing." Harry said.
"If you don't tell me, I can give you detention for being outside after hours. I'm a prefect, remember?"
"If I told you, just your reaction alone would be worse than a million detentions with Snape dancing polka with Voldemort and dementors."
"Blimey, that's nothing short of torture." Ron laughed. Harry didn't. He entered the potions dungeon, Ron behind him.
The next few days Harry focused so hard on his schoolwork, he actually made a more powerful potion than Hermione. He got the Sonorous Charm on the first try, and he successfully turned a needle into a bowl of popcorn that actually tasted good. Harry went to sleep at the same time as Ron, a change for his routine lately.
Soon Friday came, the day he would see Cho again. They agreed to bring Hermione, because Ron would never believe anything that didn't come from her. They had crept through the halls successfully, not bothering with the cloak. On weekends, Filch let them stay out until 12. Harry found Cho already there, like always, and sat down beside her, with Hermione being the only difference.
"Hey." Cho whispered. "I'm sorry for everything I've done, Hermione. Harry and Ron are right. We should be friends."
"Ron said that too?" Harry said. There was no need to keep his voice down, there were other people scattered around all over the place.
"Yeah," Hermione and Cho said together.
"Harry, you two have so much in common, you always finish each other's sentences! You were thinking the same exact thing on the day of the riot. Where I learned that smirk." Hermione protested.
"Where did you learn that anyway?" Cho said, repositioning herself so that they sat in a triangle.
"I learned it myself." Hermione said in a strained, hoarse voice.
"No one learns something like that without a teacher." Harry said, doing an impression of her smirk.
"Ok." She looked extremely embarrassed, "Draco." She whispered, clutching her legs to her chest and curling into a ball. The tops of her ears, which were the only things Cho and Harry could see, turned a deeper scarlet than her robes. "Oh my gosh I've never said that before!" She said covering her mouth with her hands to her mouth and looking up. "You can't tell that to a single person, either of you!" She said, her eyes widening.
"Malfoy?" Harry spluttered, spitting out the name like it was dirt. "You two use first names? Are you going out with him?"
"Well, we are using first names and we were going out until his father found out he was going out with a muggle born. Now he's back to insulting me, but he uses my first name. Horribly thick thing to do, just let someone down because they're muggles."
"You... were... going...out...with...Malfoy?" Harry said, wiping his eyes that were watering from laughter. Cho, however, looked serious.
"He's a git anyway, you deserve much better." She said, to which everyone nodded. They started talking again about Malfoy, and soon Hermione started thinking.
'They don't seem like they're going out, but they're so close! I didn't know Harry knew Cho this well!' She thought.
Cho put her hand in her pocket and brought out chocolate like she did a few nights ago. She handed it around. Harry took it cautiously. "Last time I took some, it led to problems." He muttered to himself.
" Well, that's not going to happen again, is it?" Cho said nervously, looking at him. Hermione got very curious and confused at the same time.
"I won't let it." Harry said, reaching out for the chocolate. His hand touched Cho's for a second, but then Harry jerked it away, with the chocolate.
"Yeah." Cho said, biting into her chocolate bar.
"What, what won't you do again?" Hermione asked.
"Nothing." They answered quickly together. Hermione looked at them suspiciously.
"That nothing was full of something. Tell me." Hermione said. Cho looked at Harry.
"The chocolate got me hyper and I almost got in trouble with Filch." Harry lied. Hermione didn't answer but still looked at them oddly. Cho squirmed and Harry decided to change the subject to something that he was wondering for several days.
"Cho, why did you go to Hogsmeade with me instead of Ron last year?" Harry asked.
"Remember, Gryfindor had to practice quidditch. You weren't playing quidditch, so instead of hinting on to Ron, I hinted to you." Cho said, smirking. "I was still a little bit crazy... Shocked... Over Cedric's death..." A single tear escaped Cho's eye. "I was doing things weird that whole year. Lucky it wasn't a O.W.L or N.E.W.T year." Cho tried to change the topic to everything, but she just started crying. Hermione's eyes widened and she stared guiltily at the ground.
"It's ok. Just be brave about it!" Harry said. "If you miss him, do what I told you to." Harry said, giggling as he broke off a piece of chocolate, wrapped the rest up and put it on the ground beside him. Cho laughed, the tears still coming out of her eyes.
"It worked perfectly!" Cho said loudly. A few people looked over.
"Yeah I saw at breakfast the other day." Harry said laughing. "Speaking of which." He turned to Hermione. "How did you quote exactly what we said then?"
"Fred and George left their extendable ears in the common room." Hermione said. Harry chuckled. Cho blushed deeper than Hermione had when she told them she had been going out with Malfoy. "What?"
"Nothing." They said together quickly, Harry's chuckle growing to be a loud laugh.
"Fine tell her." Cho gasped.
"Cho liked George in her first year." Harry gasped between fits of laughing. "But you can't tell anyone. Especially a Weasley." Hermione let out a short laugh.
"I won't. I kept a secret from Harry for four years and he's one of my best friends." Hermione told Cho.
"Yeah, I realized." She said, her face turning back to its original color. Harry put his hand down to get the rest of his chocolate bar.
"Where did my chocolate bar go?" Harry said.
"It doesn't matter, I have more," Cho threw him another bar, to avoid touching hands again.
They sat there until 11:50, talking and eating seconds and thirds of chocolate bars. They were all a little hyper and jumpy, like they were the last time they did this. They got up, like many around them were doing. They made their way to the castle, laughing and talking still. Cho and Hermione were best friend material. Hermione said she had an essay to write the next night, so Harry and Cho made plans to do this tomorrow night. They made their way back to the castle.
"Bye Hermione. Good night Harry." Cho said.
"Night Cho." Hermione said.
"See you later." Harry said, resisting the urge to go kiss her.
A/N:: Like it? You better... Ha ha ha. I'm going to get to the next chapter soon, not to worry. Thanks again to my reviewers. Buh bye.