Author's Note: I don't own anything. Seriously, nothing. I might own the idea, but everything else, characters, titles, isn't mine. The title is a song by Taking Back Sunday.
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Cho packed her belongings haphazardly into her trunk. She was still
angry. She had been angry for what seemed like days. She had dated Harry
breifly during the last year.
She had let him go, and she still didn't know why. All over the
mere memory of Cedric. Finally, though, over the summer, she learned how to let
it all go, and realize that Cedric was not going to come back. It was true,
that she had dated Michael Corner for a brief period of time also. He didn't
last very long.
Cho
still giggles at the way they split up. She owled him, five days after the end
of term, with a half peice of parchment that simply said, It's been fun, see
you later. Signed, Cho.. She knew it had been cruel, but she had more to
deal with.
Cho
was single for most of the summer, untill she went to her mothers' friends'
house. And she met Draco Malfoy there.
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Cho never really gave him the time of day before. She normally just
labeled him as an ignorant git, and never talked to him. However, when she went
with her mother to her mothers' friends' house, she discovered her mothers'
friend was none other than Narcissa Malfoy.
She
had never heard her mother mention the Malfoy's before, so she didn't really
expect on entering the Malfoy's drawing room that evening.
"Kimi,
darling, how nice to see you." said Narcissa, as they did that kissing
cheek thing that most adults do.
"Narcissa,
your house is beautiful. Oh, have you met my daughter Cho?" Kimi said
waving her hand toward Cho.
"Pleasure,"
she said in a half bow. "Draco, take Cho and find something to do, while
Kimi and I chat."
Cho
didn't notice Draco anywhere, so she turned around to look, and she saw him
lurking in a corner. He was wearing bottle green robes, and had his wand lazily
in his hand. He looks almost.. handsome., Cho thought to herself.
"Yes,
mother" Draco said grabbing Cho's arm and dragging her up a corridor.
"Uh,
where are we going??" she said after five minutes time.
"My
room, where else." He said shortly in an arrogant voice. When they made it
to his room, she almost gasped. His room was big. Not just big, but
humongus. It looked like a house in itself. There was something that looked
like a drawing room, a large closest off to the side, a bedroom bigger than the
drawing room, and a bathroom the same size as the mock-drawing room.
"Wow,"
Cho said. She hadn't meant to let him know that she was impressed.
"You
like it?" Draco said, sitting down in a chair.
"Yes.
Mum was supposed to make my room bigger, but she spends alot of money on my
quidditch supplies," Cho said longingly. That was all she needed to say
though, they spent the rest of the evening talking about Quidditch, untill
Narcissa called for Draco to bring Cho back downstairs.
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Cho
paced around her room for a week after that night. She couldn't help thinking
about him. She had to owl him. She got a peice of parchment, and sat for twenty
minutes, thinking of what to write. After throwing away five peices already,
she finished it. Draco, I miss talking to you. Signed, Cho. That sounded
perfect.
She
went downstairs, attached it to her owl, and sent it off at once.
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Cho
awaited her owl, but it didn't return for three days. For the entirety of those
three days, she sat pacing her drawing room. The owl came back, but all it said
was. Hello, please give this to your mum. Sincerely, Draco. She felt a
scroll fall out onto her lap. She was tempted to open it, but figured she
should give it to her mum, and not get in trouble.
"Mum!"
she called through the dining room.
"In
here, Cho darling" she heard her mothers voice from the kitchen. Her
mother was sitting in the kitchen drinking a lemonade.
"Draco's
sent back something for you," She said handing her mum the scroll.
"What
is it?" her mum said, examining it.
"No
idea," she replied simply. "Well, night mum." Cho went back up
to her room. She was, nonetheless, angry that he hadn't replied to her letter.
He hadn't said anything. He hadn't said how much he missed her. He hadn't said
that he wished he could talk to her. She slammed her door shut and fell on to
her bed.
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"Cho,
wake up!" her mum said grabbing the blankets around the bed.
"Narcissa wants us to go in to Diagon Alley today with her and
Draco," her mum said folding Cho's blankets with a swish of her wand. Cho
jumped up and smiled. He has been thinking about me then! she thought
happily.
"Please
wear something nice, I want to maintain a good impression," Kimi said
opening Cho's drawers with a flick. She left Cho to herself.
She
dressed hastily, throwing on a yellow Cardigan, with bluejeans. She even
thought to apply makeup, but realized she didn't need any. She stopped at her
jewelry box, and put on the gold chain her father gave her for her 16th
birthday. She put on a pair of diamond earrings and went downstairs to find her
mother kissing her father goodbye.
"We'll
be back later, dear," Kimi said getting flo powder out of the vase.
"Come on, Cho, you first."
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Cho and her mum arrived in the Leaky Cauldron at noon. They found
Narcissa and Draco sitting at a table near the back.
"Kimi,
how are you?" Narcissa said giving Kimi a hug. "Glad you could come
out today, we've been meaning to do our shopping for awhile now," she said
with a tiny laugh, gesturing towards Draco.
"Yes,
same here. I could just never find the right day to get around to doing
it," Kimi said, with a giggle. Cho stood impatiently at her side. Draco
hadn't even made eye contact with her since they arrived.
"Draco,
would you and Cho like to go do your shopping together? Kimi and I would like
to chat," Narcissa asked Draco.
"Sure,
mother," he said, motioning Cho to follow him to Diagon Alley. They walked
in silence to the wall.
"Did
you get my owl?" Cho asked.
"Yes,
how could I not have gotten it?" he said arogantly.
"Well,"
she mumbled, "you didn't write a reply," she said finally.
"I
sent my mother's scroll," he said simply.
"That's
not a reply," Cho said indignantly. Draco stopped talking. They walked in
silence while they restocked their quills, parchment supplies, potions
ingrediants and books.
"Um,
would you like to go in to Quality Quidditch Supplies?" she asked him,
quietly.
"Sure,"
he replied. She walked in the door, and noticed Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and
Hermione Granger in one end of the store. Cho quietly moved closer to Draco.
"Draco,"
she hissed in his ear. He didn't move. "Draco," she said making the
'o' sound last for a few seconds.
"What?!"
he finally snapped back at her.
"Your
friends are over there" she whispered pointing at Harry, Ron, and
Hermione. She saw Draco sneer. It was funny how the mere sight of the three,
made him so angry. She followed Draco's lead and walked towards the three.
"What
are Potty and the Weasel doing here?" Draco said laughing. "Isn't
this," he said pulling a red robe out of Ron's hand, "a bit out of
your price range?"
"Shut
it, Malfoy" Harry said simply. Ron's entire head went red.
"You
know what, Malfoy," Ron said trailing off.
"What
Weasley? Are you going to curse me again, because we all know that might be a
fear to yourself," Draco said with a sneer. It seemed that he was best at
sneering.
Ron
jerked his head sideways and noticed Cho. Cho closed her eyes a bit, not wanting
to be dragged in to this. "Oy, Malfoy, is that your new girlfriend?"
he said pointing at Cho. Cho held her breath.
"So
what if it is? Is there something you have to say to that?" Draco said
simply.
"Didn't
know you liked seconds, Malfoy," Ron said, pointing to Harry.
"Yeah,
atleast I know I can get something, unlike you Weasley, who can't get anyone.
Ta," he said as he took Cho's arm and headed out of the store. Cho didn't
know what to say to him. She was being led out of the store with their arms linked.
"What,
Draco-" she began. But he stopped her by simply saying, "Yes."
