A/N:: Yay! My dear (cough cough) mother says I can stay up later, so
hopefully a longer chapter is coming! Reviewers for last chapter and the
one before that::
Toxiclove1:: **tear, tear** It's ok, I'll get someone for Ron. **smiles evilly** You don't care who it is, do you? Lol, I'm not gonna torture Ron (much). (
Lilaznpinky525:: You think a lot like toxiclove1. Could it be that this is another username? No, I'm just kidding, just kidding. But like I said before, I'll try to get Ron a girl. (. Draco/Hermione's a bad couple, and plus, I can't make a relationship last too long. But you're quite right, Cho/Harry stinks, I just added that little tiny moment in the other chapter to make things a bit more confusing. :P.
Gather round, kiddies. It's story time::
*****
They got to an intersection on which Cho stopped. She hugged George and said bye to everyone except Ron. George joined Harry and Ron as they watched Hermione and Fred looking sick.
"Strange the things girls can do to boys." He said. Harry and Ron nodded vigorously.
"Herbology tomorrow, first thing." Ron said glumly to Harry as they entered the common room.
"You don't have to work with Cho, Herbology means you don't even have to be in the same classroom as her. You don't have to look at her at all." Harry said, trying to cheer him up.
"That's the thing. I don't think I have a choice." Ron said, with a hint of breathlessness in his voice. He sat down, closely followed by Harry. He hastily tried to change the subject. "Who told you?"
"I already told you, everyone." Harry said. It became clear Ron wasn't going to stop pestering him.
"Names?"
"I would have to ask them first."
"I'll wait here, you go ask them." Ron said.
"I'm not that stupid." Harry retorted. Ron looked like he was going to say something, but was cut off. Hermione skipped - yes, skipped - over to them and plopped down between the boys.
"We're going out." She said proudly. Harry and Ron didn't even need to ask. "I've...er...thought about it, and said yes."
Harry snorted. "Thought about it? You mean you asked Malfoy."
"Yes, that is what I mean by 'thought about it'. But I didn't ask Malfoy." She said, "He started going out with Cho without telling me, so I thought about it, and now..." she smiled.
"Oooh, what a rebel! Not many girls wouldn't check their love life with Malfoy." Ron said sarcastically. Hermione threw him a horrible look.
They chatted for a bit more and the common room started clearing out, people went to bed, smiling at Hermione then Fred, then smirked and said "G'night." Soon there were only a few people in the common room, building card houses with a deck of Exploding Snap cards.
Suddenly, Ron asked suspiciously, "So why aren't you two cuddling up and flirting right about now?"
"Er..." Hermione said, "George said he fancied a chat with his brother, that's all." But Harry knew what was going on and he certainly wasn't going to tell Ron his suspicions. George was debating whether to ask Cho out or not. At this precise moment, Fred got up from where he and his brother were sitting. He strutted over to the couch.
"Bed. All of you. Now." George said quickly, climbing up to the boys' dormitory himself. Ron got up, a little more reluctant than Harry did and they started up the stairs. The remaining people understood and went up to bed. Harry turned around from the top of the stairs. Hermione was curled up, leaning on Fred, who had both arms around her. It was really charming, but then Harry felt George pull on the back of his robes. Harry got into bed, sometimes hearing muttering from the common room, but mostly silence.
*****
Everyone woke up around the same time that morning. Harry heard people talking around him, and one sounding pleased and goofy. He got up and dressed, then went into the common room. It was only 6:00. They usually woke up at least at 8, their first class was at 10, but everyone went to bed early last night. Everyone was lounging in the common room, waiting for breakfast to start. Rumors flew in every direction.
"They stayed up until two last night making passionate love on the couch."
"Hermione broke up with Fred."
"No, Fred broke up with Hermione."
"They're engaged."
"Hermione's pregnant."
Harry laughed at all of these. None of it was true and he knew that for a fact. George told Ron and Harry that Fred came in a little after they went to bed and told him all that happened was Hermione falling asleep right there on the couch. George, of course, put on a great show, using a mock- dreamy voice, "She's so pretty when she's asleep. I could feel her breathing. **sigh** ."
Fred emerged from his dormitory to a great deal of applause from the Gryffindor house. He, too laughed at the crazy things people were telling one another, then explained that nothing happened to the disappointed looks on people's faces. Hermione came in several minutes later looking energetic and well rested. They went down to breakfast at 8 where they were greeted with more rumors - even more far-fetched than the common room ones. Everyone in Gryffindor told them it wasn't true.
George and Fred had to go to Transfiguration after breakfast, but Harry noticed they left five minutes early. Then he saw George slip a note to Cho on his way out, but Harry was sure Ron didn't catch on to what was happening.
"Herbology." Harry said dimly. Then he turned to Ron. "You ready?" Ron nodded meekly and got up. Harry noticed Cho was getting up too, looking pleasantly surprised. Hermione gulped down the rest of her orange juice and the left the Great Hall. They walked like it was any ordinary day until they got to the entrance hall.
"Harry. Hey - Harry!" Cho's voice rang out. Harry, Ron and Hermione turned around at the same time.
"Er...yeah?" Harry said, exchanging a nervous but curious glance with Ron, then stepping forward.
Cho grabbed his arm and drew him back a few paces, then to the side. She handed him a folded-up piece of parchment. "You give this to George, ok?" She said. The look in her eyes made him understand not to show anyone. She passed him, then passed Ron and Hermione and was out in the sunlight within a few seconds. Harry hastily opened the parchment, too nosy for his own good.
'George' it said. 'I'd love too, and I agree. I'm sending this note with Harry because I don't know when I'll see you again without Ron there too. See you later - Cho.' He folded the parchment back up, then rejoined Ron and Hermione. They made their way to green house 6 and started working with the venomous Venus flytraps. Cho worked at their pot, much to Ron's discomfort. Ron glared at her the whole time. Then Cho whispered something in Hermione's ear.
"What?" Snapped Ron immediately.
Hermione looked really happy, though. "That's wonderful! But I totally understand why he doesn't want everyone to know. Anyone could tell...er." She stopped, seeing Ron was catching in every word. "...anyone else. Rumors would fly." She finished hastily.
"I think that's why." Cho nodded. "There are some people that would go berserk if they knew." Ron looked stumped. Harry knew exactly what they were talking about, but pretended to be just as confused as Ron, just to cheer his friend up. They finished up the lesson with a fair amount of homework. This was easily the most eventful class of the day.
'He didn't even notice,' Harry thought when they were walking to lunch, 'Ron didn't notice during dinner last night the amount of attention George and Cho were giving each other. That's why he's clueless now.'
The piece of parchment was still waiting in Harry's pocket. Cho was quite wrong. She could probably catch George without Ron there better than he could. Of course, he could've just thrown the note away, or give it back to Cho, or even forget about secrecy and give it George in front of Ron, but none of these things came without guilt. Harry finally seized his opportunity after lunch.
"Oh shoot." Harry said as he and Ron walked back to the common room. "I forgot my books. I'll catch up." He darted back into the great hall, where he gave George the note. He left the Great Hall, but this time had George, Fred and Hermione with him. They caught up to Ron right before the common room. The group entered the common room to find only one person in it. Ginny was curled up on a couch looking horribly pale.
"Ginny!" Hermione said, racing over and sitting on the couch next to her. "Ginny what's the matter?"
"M-Malfoy said I looked like y-you H-Hermione." Ginny said, trembling. "He asked me if I'd l-like to go out w-with him."
A/N:: I'm sorry, I was just a little behind on making a new couple so I had to do it quickly. I'm supposed to be in bed already now, so gotta hurry. Review! Buh bye!
Toxiclove1:: **tear, tear** It's ok, I'll get someone for Ron. **smiles evilly** You don't care who it is, do you? Lol, I'm not gonna torture Ron (much). (
Lilaznpinky525:: You think a lot like toxiclove1. Could it be that this is another username? No, I'm just kidding, just kidding. But like I said before, I'll try to get Ron a girl. (. Draco/Hermione's a bad couple, and plus, I can't make a relationship last too long. But you're quite right, Cho/Harry stinks, I just added that little tiny moment in the other chapter to make things a bit more confusing. :P.
Gather round, kiddies. It's story time::
*****
They got to an intersection on which Cho stopped. She hugged George and said bye to everyone except Ron. George joined Harry and Ron as they watched Hermione and Fred looking sick.
"Strange the things girls can do to boys." He said. Harry and Ron nodded vigorously.
"Herbology tomorrow, first thing." Ron said glumly to Harry as they entered the common room.
"You don't have to work with Cho, Herbology means you don't even have to be in the same classroom as her. You don't have to look at her at all." Harry said, trying to cheer him up.
"That's the thing. I don't think I have a choice." Ron said, with a hint of breathlessness in his voice. He sat down, closely followed by Harry. He hastily tried to change the subject. "Who told you?"
"I already told you, everyone." Harry said. It became clear Ron wasn't going to stop pestering him.
"Names?"
"I would have to ask them first."
"I'll wait here, you go ask them." Ron said.
"I'm not that stupid." Harry retorted. Ron looked like he was going to say something, but was cut off. Hermione skipped - yes, skipped - over to them and plopped down between the boys.
"We're going out." She said proudly. Harry and Ron didn't even need to ask. "I've...er...thought about it, and said yes."
Harry snorted. "Thought about it? You mean you asked Malfoy."
"Yes, that is what I mean by 'thought about it'. But I didn't ask Malfoy." She said, "He started going out with Cho without telling me, so I thought about it, and now..." she smiled.
"Oooh, what a rebel! Not many girls wouldn't check their love life with Malfoy." Ron said sarcastically. Hermione threw him a horrible look.
They chatted for a bit more and the common room started clearing out, people went to bed, smiling at Hermione then Fred, then smirked and said "G'night." Soon there were only a few people in the common room, building card houses with a deck of Exploding Snap cards.
Suddenly, Ron asked suspiciously, "So why aren't you two cuddling up and flirting right about now?"
"Er..." Hermione said, "George said he fancied a chat with his brother, that's all." But Harry knew what was going on and he certainly wasn't going to tell Ron his suspicions. George was debating whether to ask Cho out or not. At this precise moment, Fred got up from where he and his brother were sitting. He strutted over to the couch.
"Bed. All of you. Now." George said quickly, climbing up to the boys' dormitory himself. Ron got up, a little more reluctant than Harry did and they started up the stairs. The remaining people understood and went up to bed. Harry turned around from the top of the stairs. Hermione was curled up, leaning on Fred, who had both arms around her. It was really charming, but then Harry felt George pull on the back of his robes. Harry got into bed, sometimes hearing muttering from the common room, but mostly silence.
*****
Everyone woke up around the same time that morning. Harry heard people talking around him, and one sounding pleased and goofy. He got up and dressed, then went into the common room. It was only 6:00. They usually woke up at least at 8, their first class was at 10, but everyone went to bed early last night. Everyone was lounging in the common room, waiting for breakfast to start. Rumors flew in every direction.
"They stayed up until two last night making passionate love on the couch."
"Hermione broke up with Fred."
"No, Fred broke up with Hermione."
"They're engaged."
"Hermione's pregnant."
Harry laughed at all of these. None of it was true and he knew that for a fact. George told Ron and Harry that Fred came in a little after they went to bed and told him all that happened was Hermione falling asleep right there on the couch. George, of course, put on a great show, using a mock- dreamy voice, "She's so pretty when she's asleep. I could feel her breathing. **sigh** ."
Fred emerged from his dormitory to a great deal of applause from the Gryffindor house. He, too laughed at the crazy things people were telling one another, then explained that nothing happened to the disappointed looks on people's faces. Hermione came in several minutes later looking energetic and well rested. They went down to breakfast at 8 where they were greeted with more rumors - even more far-fetched than the common room ones. Everyone in Gryffindor told them it wasn't true.
George and Fred had to go to Transfiguration after breakfast, but Harry noticed they left five minutes early. Then he saw George slip a note to Cho on his way out, but Harry was sure Ron didn't catch on to what was happening.
"Herbology." Harry said dimly. Then he turned to Ron. "You ready?" Ron nodded meekly and got up. Harry noticed Cho was getting up too, looking pleasantly surprised. Hermione gulped down the rest of her orange juice and the left the Great Hall. They walked like it was any ordinary day until they got to the entrance hall.
"Harry. Hey - Harry!" Cho's voice rang out. Harry, Ron and Hermione turned around at the same time.
"Er...yeah?" Harry said, exchanging a nervous but curious glance with Ron, then stepping forward.
Cho grabbed his arm and drew him back a few paces, then to the side. She handed him a folded-up piece of parchment. "You give this to George, ok?" She said. The look in her eyes made him understand not to show anyone. She passed him, then passed Ron and Hermione and was out in the sunlight within a few seconds. Harry hastily opened the parchment, too nosy for his own good.
'George' it said. 'I'd love too, and I agree. I'm sending this note with Harry because I don't know when I'll see you again without Ron there too. See you later - Cho.' He folded the parchment back up, then rejoined Ron and Hermione. They made their way to green house 6 and started working with the venomous Venus flytraps. Cho worked at their pot, much to Ron's discomfort. Ron glared at her the whole time. Then Cho whispered something in Hermione's ear.
"What?" Snapped Ron immediately.
Hermione looked really happy, though. "That's wonderful! But I totally understand why he doesn't want everyone to know. Anyone could tell...er." She stopped, seeing Ron was catching in every word. "...anyone else. Rumors would fly." She finished hastily.
"I think that's why." Cho nodded. "There are some people that would go berserk if they knew." Ron looked stumped. Harry knew exactly what they were talking about, but pretended to be just as confused as Ron, just to cheer his friend up. They finished up the lesson with a fair amount of homework. This was easily the most eventful class of the day.
'He didn't even notice,' Harry thought when they were walking to lunch, 'Ron didn't notice during dinner last night the amount of attention George and Cho were giving each other. That's why he's clueless now.'
The piece of parchment was still waiting in Harry's pocket. Cho was quite wrong. She could probably catch George without Ron there better than he could. Of course, he could've just thrown the note away, or give it back to Cho, or even forget about secrecy and give it George in front of Ron, but none of these things came without guilt. Harry finally seized his opportunity after lunch.
"Oh shoot." Harry said as he and Ron walked back to the common room. "I forgot my books. I'll catch up." He darted back into the great hall, where he gave George the note. He left the Great Hall, but this time had George, Fred and Hermione with him. They caught up to Ron right before the common room. The group entered the common room to find only one person in it. Ginny was curled up on a couch looking horribly pale.
"Ginny!" Hermione said, racing over and sitting on the couch next to her. "Ginny what's the matter?"
"M-Malfoy said I looked like y-you H-Hermione." Ginny said, trembling. "He asked me if I'd l-like to go out w-with him."
A/N:: I'm sorry, I was just a little behind on making a new couple so I had to do it quickly. I'm supposed to be in bed already now, so gotta hurry. Review! Buh bye!