A/N: Howdy, again! Thanks for the reviews! This chapter will be more
eventful. They're going on the train to Hogwarts! I'm so happy I've made
this fic last so long! ::grins:: I owe it all to my reviewers, lol. Also,
there will be RW/HG in here, stringed along with HP/CC!!! ( Ok, shout outs,
lol:
Not until the continuation of A/N: VERY IMPORTANT! I put Dumbledore's Army in this ff! I know this story takes place in the fifth book, but well. Dumbledore's Army, AKA the DA will be a huge help. anyway, SHOUT OUTS NOW!!! WOO!
Herculeha (sp) - You were my only reviewer for Chapter 5!!! Woo!!! ::gives extra ice cream:: I was intending to make Cho moody and a "human faucet," though, daresay. ( But Harry won't be stupid. Don't worry. It won't be like the book. (Much. I'm going to try to follow the plot a bit, except Harry won't be stupid, lol. Typical teenage boy. :: rolls eyes:: anyway.)
Ok I lied, you're not the only reviewer, Herculeha.
Bon- yeah I know not all guys are nitwits. Well, most are. well. ok almost all. OK! I'm done. I'll just leave ya with this- All men are men. Some are just stupider. lol jk. Harry won't be thickheaded. Trust me!
Sister Sara- thanks for the review! :-D I feel so loved.
Dorkist, I mean, Courtney- Thanks for reading this ff! I feel so loved. lol TTYL
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and/or any such related characters. I do own this ficcy though!! ::grins::
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Chapter 6
Harry was shaken awake earlier than most usual the next morning by Mrs. Weasley at precisely 7:00 in the A.M. (A/N: I love saying that. "In the AM," lol) Harry decided that, as they were packing up their things, it would be a good time to tell Ron and Hermione about what happened in the Leaky Cauldron, with Cho Chang. Well, not so much Hermione as Ron, because Harry and Ron shared the same room and would be able to talk more about it.
"Hey, Ron," Harry said, throwing down his pair of old dress robes that were a bit short for him now at the arms.
"Yeah, Harry?" Ron replied, setting his own new dress robes from Fred and George (who had somehow gotten a ton of money out of nowhere) into his trunk.
"Well something else happened, but it was at the Leaky Cauldron."
"Go on."
"Well, Cho Chang came up to me and-"
"OO la la, Harry," Ron said, winking and nudging him. Harry blushed and tried to ignore that statement.
"And," he stated louder, "she gave me an envelope. And she wanted to meet me in the last compartment of the Hogwarts Express. I don't know what she wants, and I'm really nervous. What do I do?" he asked, almost desperately.
"You go to her," Fred said from at the door.
Ron and Harry looked up, and George continued. "Yeah, she's a beaut. I'd go anyday," he added. Fred elbowed him in the stomach.
"You have a girlfriend, half-wit." He said.
"I may be a half-wit but at least I got my other half right here!" George said, putting an arm around his twin. Fred nudged him off, smiling sarcastically.
"They're right, you know," Ron said.
"Excuse me?" Hermione said from behind those two.
"Ouch, Ron, busted," Fred said, laughing evilly with George and walking off.
Ron reddened at the ears and looked away. Hermione, seeming to forget that Harry was there, walked over to Ron and kissed him on the lips. "It's ok, I forgive you." she said.
"Hello, when did this happen?" Harry asked, laying the sarcasm on pretty thick.
Hermione and Ron both blushed until they seemed pure red. Harry laughed before Ron answered, "I- ah, um. before you got here."
"And what happened to Krum?" Harry asked Hermione.
"I caught him cheating on me with his family maid. That cheap, dirty little- "
"Okay, Hermione, no need to go that far." Harry laughed nervously. "Well, you two enjoy yourselves," he said as he dragged his trunk down the stairs, leaving Ron and Hermione alone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They arrived at Platform 9 ¾ at 10:45, with fifteen minutes to spare. (Ron and Hermione had come downstairs late.) Harry, Ron, and Hermione went through the invisible barrier of Platfrom 9 ¾ first, followed by Fred and George, Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and finally Bill, Charlie, and Percy.
"Have a good year," Mrs. Weasley said to all going to Hogwarts. (Which was as follows: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George.)
Harry climbed board the Hogwarts Express and waved goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie, and Percy, who all waved back. Soon, those five became nothing more than little specks far behind them as the Hogwarts Express roared to a start.
Ron and Hermione went to get a compartment with Ginny, and Harry remembered that he was supposed to go to the last compartment on the right. He made his way down the hall and finally reached it. He hesitated right as he was about to knock.
Eventually, Harry did knock on the door, and a voice came from inside. It was a teary, thick voice that replied to his knock, and it said, "Come in, Harry."
Harry opened the door, shocked to see that Cho knew it was him. Ignoring the fact, he sat down hesitantly after shutting the door behind him.
"H-hi," he said. He decided to jump right to it. "What did you want?"
Cho looked up at him, tears in her eyes. (A/N: Sorry Herculeha, I have to make her a human faucet. the one she loved just died. what would YOU do??) She stood up and made sure the door was shut tight. Then she sat back down and looked into his eyes.
They sat in an awkward silence for a short while, until Cho whispered, "I need your help."
Harry was stunned. "With what?"
"Not so loud, not so loud," she whispered. She continued, "I want revenge."
Harry gulped slightly, and shook his head to make sure that's what he really heard. "Revenge?"
"Yeah, revenge. You-Know-Who killed him, he killed my Cedric. I want to avenge his death, by ridding the world of You-Know-Who forever," she said. "I don't know what else I can do. I can't just live like this, Harry. I have to do something, something important. Let's get the DA together again, teach them to fight against You-Know-Who. you can teach us again, Harry. Please."
Harry thought this through for a minute. It was a good idea, but extremely risky. They could take out lives of their peers just by one wrong move. Harry leaned forward and started to speak.
"Cho, there is a prophecy. It's a prophecy of me and Voldemort." Cho flinched. "But before we get to that, you can't be afraid of that name. A fear of a name only increases the fear of a thing itself. Okay?" Cho nodded. "Okay, back to the prophecy. It states that one born at the end of July was to defeat Voldemort once and for all. Now that is either me, or Neville Longbottom. Voldemort chose me, and marked me. Now my life must include, or end in, murder. But still," Harry said, noticing Cho's sad, disappointed look. "we can fight the Death Eaters. But I have to take on Voldemort on my own. I'm sorry."
Cho nodded, a few tears in her eyes. She apparently had just realized that Harry was carrying the whole fate of the Wizarding world on his shoulders, and he was only 15 years old.
"You can still help," Harry said encouragingly. "Plus, you'll probably get an A + in Defense Against the Dark Arts." He added, smiling.
Cho couldn't help but smile back at this, and then there was a pause. A long pause.
"I- erm, well." Harry said, not really knowing what to say.
Cho looked like she was going to explode with emotion. She stood up, sat next to Harry, turned his head her way, and planted a kiss on his lips. They broke apart for a second, and Cho said, "Harry, I really like you." and kissed him again.
Harry sat there in a state of shock. When he got over it, though, and shut his eyes, putting his arms around her and holding her close, someone opened the door to their compartment.
"Uh, Harry, I was just- oh." he looked shocked, seeing that look of 'Why- did-you-have-to-chose-now-to-come-in?!' on Harry's face. "Did I spoil a moment?"
Cho blushed, and so did Harry. They sort of scooted away from one another. Harry turned completely pink in the face.
"Okay, I'll just be going. Harry, why don't you come to our compartment whenever you wish." Ron laughed nervously. Harry smiled and said okay, and Ron left, shutting the compartment door behind him.
Harry left Cho when her friend came in to talk to her about, you guessed it, boys and her boyfriend at about 5:30. The train was to stop soon, and Harry still needed to change from Dudley's old, torn blue sweater and huge jeans to his clean, crisp, black school robe. He tried to find Ron and Hermione, and Ginny was supposedly with them.
He walked down the train, searching, when he finally came to their compartment, he silently slid the door open and slipped inside. Ron and Hermione were having a snog-fest, both Ron and Hermione's hair messed up.
So Harry decided to get payback on Ron for spoiling his moment. He jumped right in between them, grinning like his father would have to spoil a moment for Sirius. "Good evening, you two lovebirds," Harry said non- chalantly, lying there between them, checking out his nails as a joke.
Hermione turned red in the cheeks and Ron in the ears. Harry started laughing when Ron punched him on the arm and said, "Hey, just payin' you back," he replied, laughing. He was in a great mood. The best he had been all summer. As a matter of fact, he was in one of the best moods he had ever had.
"So, why are you so happy, Harry?" Hermione asked, quickly changing the subject.
Ron answered, though, "Oh, when I walked in, Romeo here was snogging his dream girl- Cho Chang."
It was Harry's turn to blush. And trust me, he did. Harry got up and changed into his robes (Hermione left the room to go and find Ginny. She had wandered off somewhere with that Michael boy) and Ron winked and nudged Harry.
"Oo, Harry, the perfect catch," he said jokingly.
"Hey, we're not anything yet, she just. kissed me," he replied, pulling his tie around his neck and tying it up.
When Hermione came back with Ginny, Harry was all dressed like the rest of them, and soon the train slowly pulled up to a stop, and Harry went to find Cho, with Hagrid's booming voice making his ears ring- "Firs' years, this way!"
He found her with a group of friends and went to one of the not-so- horseless carriages, holding Cho's hand all the way.
Cho waved good-bye to her friends, and Harry his. Ron and Hermione got into a carriage with Ginny, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas.
Harry and Cho sat opposite each other, and Harry held her hand and looked into her eyes. He decided now would be as good a time as ever. "Cho, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.
"I thought I already was, silly," she said, getting up and sitting next to him, poking him playfully on the nose.
"I just never got the chance to ask you properly," he stated, holding her close to his side. He whispered, so only she could hear (which was quite unnecessary, as they had a carriage to themselves), "I'll never let you go."
Cho grinned, and couldn't stop. They sat there and cuddled for the rest of the ride.
When the carriages stopped, Harry got out and then offered his hand ever-so gentlemanly for Cho go get out. She smiled and took the offered hand, walking up to the big oak doors of Hogwarts and opening them.
At the enterence of the Great Hall, Harry and Cho grinned at each other, pecked each other on the lips, and went their separate ways.
'This is amazing,' Harry thought, sitting down beside Ron and George (like at the Burrow). 'I'd have never thought of me having a chance with THE Cho Chang. I just can't believe this. It's amazing how close we are already, and we just got together what, an hour ago?'
Harry couldn't stop grinning as he and Cho stared at each other from their tables. Cho was thinking the exact same thing he was, but he didn't know that.
The sorting was done and the feast was prepared, and Dumbledore stood up to make a few regular announcements. "Welcome, new comers and old. I must make some announcements, so if you do not wish to listen, it's completely understandable. Please, feel free to let your attention wander. Alas, I must ask all new students to please, not tread on the Forbidden Forest grounds. The list of unnecessary items for this year at Hogwarts has been extended to some five hundred and thirty six, I do believe. Am I right, Mr. Filch?" Dumbledore asked the caretaker, Mr. Filch, who, with Mrs. Norris, his cat, at his ankles, nodded. "Also, I have a warning. Do not believe the papers, for they do not tell the truth. I warn each and every one of you not to believe them, because Lord Voldemort" -everyone in the hall flinched except Harry-- "has returned. He has not struck yet, because he does not feel it is time yet, I believe. But I assure you all, we are safe from any such harm. Do not be frightened. You're safe." Dumbledore smiled. "And for last words- We're going to take a student vice, to see if we would like another Yule ball this year. There will be a poll sheet in every house Common Room. Please submit your census. If all goes well, we will. If not, well, we won't. Oh, and for my absolute final words- Nitwit! Blubber! Odment! Tweak! Thank you, and tuck in!"
Everyone laughed with each other and did as Dumbledore said. Nearly everyone. Harry suddenly felt a surge of guilt rush through him. He had Cedric's ex-girlfriend. Or widowed girlfriend. He did not know what to call it, but he felt terrible for it. He got sick to his stomach and couldn't eat much.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Ron asked.
"Nothing," he replied quickly. Ron eyed him but chose to ignore how pale he really looked.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry lay on his bed in the Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory next to Ron's and Neville's. Everyone else was fast asleep; the delicious cooking had set them unto a sleep-fest. Harry couldn't, somehow. He had to talk to Cho about how he felt about all of this. He wondered if he could tomorrow.
'Tomorrow.' Harry thought, finally, at 12:34, falling asleep.
A/N: Howdy! Thanks for replying everyone. Please, review on this chapter! I'm sorry it took me forever to write. Today I just got inspiration and wrote ¾ of it. lol well please, R/R, and NO FLAMES! Pls! Thanks!
~ Aubyn Lin ~
Not until the continuation of A/N: VERY IMPORTANT! I put Dumbledore's Army in this ff! I know this story takes place in the fifth book, but well. Dumbledore's Army, AKA the DA will be a huge help. anyway, SHOUT OUTS NOW!!! WOO!
Herculeha (sp) - You were my only reviewer for Chapter 5!!! Woo!!! ::gives extra ice cream:: I was intending to make Cho moody and a "human faucet," though, daresay. ( But Harry won't be stupid. Don't worry. It won't be like the book. (Much. I'm going to try to follow the plot a bit, except Harry won't be stupid, lol. Typical teenage boy. :: rolls eyes:: anyway.)
Ok I lied, you're not the only reviewer, Herculeha.
Bon- yeah I know not all guys are nitwits. Well, most are. well. ok almost all. OK! I'm done. I'll just leave ya with this- All men are men. Some are just stupider. lol jk. Harry won't be thickheaded. Trust me!
Sister Sara- thanks for the review! :-D I feel so loved.
Dorkist, I mean, Courtney- Thanks for reading this ff! I feel so loved. lol TTYL
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and/or any such related characters. I do own this ficcy though!! ::grins::
On with the show!
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Chapter 6
Harry was shaken awake earlier than most usual the next morning by Mrs. Weasley at precisely 7:00 in the A.M. (A/N: I love saying that. "In the AM," lol) Harry decided that, as they were packing up their things, it would be a good time to tell Ron and Hermione about what happened in the Leaky Cauldron, with Cho Chang. Well, not so much Hermione as Ron, because Harry and Ron shared the same room and would be able to talk more about it.
"Hey, Ron," Harry said, throwing down his pair of old dress robes that were a bit short for him now at the arms.
"Yeah, Harry?" Ron replied, setting his own new dress robes from Fred and George (who had somehow gotten a ton of money out of nowhere) into his trunk.
"Well something else happened, but it was at the Leaky Cauldron."
"Go on."
"Well, Cho Chang came up to me and-"
"OO la la, Harry," Ron said, winking and nudging him. Harry blushed and tried to ignore that statement.
"And," he stated louder, "she gave me an envelope. And she wanted to meet me in the last compartment of the Hogwarts Express. I don't know what she wants, and I'm really nervous. What do I do?" he asked, almost desperately.
"You go to her," Fred said from at the door.
Ron and Harry looked up, and George continued. "Yeah, she's a beaut. I'd go anyday," he added. Fred elbowed him in the stomach.
"You have a girlfriend, half-wit." He said.
"I may be a half-wit but at least I got my other half right here!" George said, putting an arm around his twin. Fred nudged him off, smiling sarcastically.
"They're right, you know," Ron said.
"Excuse me?" Hermione said from behind those two.
"Ouch, Ron, busted," Fred said, laughing evilly with George and walking off.
Ron reddened at the ears and looked away. Hermione, seeming to forget that Harry was there, walked over to Ron and kissed him on the lips. "It's ok, I forgive you." she said.
"Hello, when did this happen?" Harry asked, laying the sarcasm on pretty thick.
Hermione and Ron both blushed until they seemed pure red. Harry laughed before Ron answered, "I- ah, um. before you got here."
"And what happened to Krum?" Harry asked Hermione.
"I caught him cheating on me with his family maid. That cheap, dirty little- "
"Okay, Hermione, no need to go that far." Harry laughed nervously. "Well, you two enjoy yourselves," he said as he dragged his trunk down the stairs, leaving Ron and Hermione alone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
They arrived at Platform 9 ¾ at 10:45, with fifteen minutes to spare. (Ron and Hermione had come downstairs late.) Harry, Ron, and Hermione went through the invisible barrier of Platfrom 9 ¾ first, followed by Fred and George, Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and finally Bill, Charlie, and Percy.
"Have a good year," Mrs. Weasley said to all going to Hogwarts. (Which was as follows: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George.)
Harry climbed board the Hogwarts Express and waved goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Bill, Charlie, and Percy, who all waved back. Soon, those five became nothing more than little specks far behind them as the Hogwarts Express roared to a start.
Ron and Hermione went to get a compartment with Ginny, and Harry remembered that he was supposed to go to the last compartment on the right. He made his way down the hall and finally reached it. He hesitated right as he was about to knock.
Eventually, Harry did knock on the door, and a voice came from inside. It was a teary, thick voice that replied to his knock, and it said, "Come in, Harry."
Harry opened the door, shocked to see that Cho knew it was him. Ignoring the fact, he sat down hesitantly after shutting the door behind him.
"H-hi," he said. He decided to jump right to it. "What did you want?"
Cho looked up at him, tears in her eyes. (A/N: Sorry Herculeha, I have to make her a human faucet. the one she loved just died. what would YOU do??) She stood up and made sure the door was shut tight. Then she sat back down and looked into his eyes.
They sat in an awkward silence for a short while, until Cho whispered, "I need your help."
Harry was stunned. "With what?"
"Not so loud, not so loud," she whispered. She continued, "I want revenge."
Harry gulped slightly, and shook his head to make sure that's what he really heard. "Revenge?"
"Yeah, revenge. You-Know-Who killed him, he killed my Cedric. I want to avenge his death, by ridding the world of You-Know-Who forever," she said. "I don't know what else I can do. I can't just live like this, Harry. I have to do something, something important. Let's get the DA together again, teach them to fight against You-Know-Who. you can teach us again, Harry. Please."
Harry thought this through for a minute. It was a good idea, but extremely risky. They could take out lives of their peers just by one wrong move. Harry leaned forward and started to speak.
"Cho, there is a prophecy. It's a prophecy of me and Voldemort." Cho flinched. "But before we get to that, you can't be afraid of that name. A fear of a name only increases the fear of a thing itself. Okay?" Cho nodded. "Okay, back to the prophecy. It states that one born at the end of July was to defeat Voldemort once and for all. Now that is either me, or Neville Longbottom. Voldemort chose me, and marked me. Now my life must include, or end in, murder. But still," Harry said, noticing Cho's sad, disappointed look. "we can fight the Death Eaters. But I have to take on Voldemort on my own. I'm sorry."
Cho nodded, a few tears in her eyes. She apparently had just realized that Harry was carrying the whole fate of the Wizarding world on his shoulders, and he was only 15 years old.
"You can still help," Harry said encouragingly. "Plus, you'll probably get an A + in Defense Against the Dark Arts." He added, smiling.
Cho couldn't help but smile back at this, and then there was a pause. A long pause.
"I- erm, well." Harry said, not really knowing what to say.
Cho looked like she was going to explode with emotion. She stood up, sat next to Harry, turned his head her way, and planted a kiss on his lips. They broke apart for a second, and Cho said, "Harry, I really like you." and kissed him again.
Harry sat there in a state of shock. When he got over it, though, and shut his eyes, putting his arms around her and holding her close, someone opened the door to their compartment.
"Uh, Harry, I was just- oh." he looked shocked, seeing that look of 'Why- did-you-have-to-chose-now-to-come-in?!' on Harry's face. "Did I spoil a moment?"
Cho blushed, and so did Harry. They sort of scooted away from one another. Harry turned completely pink in the face.
"Okay, I'll just be going. Harry, why don't you come to our compartment whenever you wish." Ron laughed nervously. Harry smiled and said okay, and Ron left, shutting the compartment door behind him.
Harry left Cho when her friend came in to talk to her about, you guessed it, boys and her boyfriend at about 5:30. The train was to stop soon, and Harry still needed to change from Dudley's old, torn blue sweater and huge jeans to his clean, crisp, black school robe. He tried to find Ron and Hermione, and Ginny was supposedly with them.
He walked down the train, searching, when he finally came to their compartment, he silently slid the door open and slipped inside. Ron and Hermione were having a snog-fest, both Ron and Hermione's hair messed up.
So Harry decided to get payback on Ron for spoiling his moment. He jumped right in between them, grinning like his father would have to spoil a moment for Sirius. "Good evening, you two lovebirds," Harry said non- chalantly, lying there between them, checking out his nails as a joke.
Hermione turned red in the cheeks and Ron in the ears. Harry started laughing when Ron punched him on the arm and said, "Hey, just payin' you back," he replied, laughing. He was in a great mood. The best he had been all summer. As a matter of fact, he was in one of the best moods he had ever had.
"So, why are you so happy, Harry?" Hermione asked, quickly changing the subject.
Ron answered, though, "Oh, when I walked in, Romeo here was snogging his dream girl- Cho Chang."
It was Harry's turn to blush. And trust me, he did. Harry got up and changed into his robes (Hermione left the room to go and find Ginny. She had wandered off somewhere with that Michael boy) and Ron winked and nudged Harry.
"Oo, Harry, the perfect catch," he said jokingly.
"Hey, we're not anything yet, she just. kissed me," he replied, pulling his tie around his neck and tying it up.
When Hermione came back with Ginny, Harry was all dressed like the rest of them, and soon the train slowly pulled up to a stop, and Harry went to find Cho, with Hagrid's booming voice making his ears ring- "Firs' years, this way!"
He found her with a group of friends and went to one of the not-so- horseless carriages, holding Cho's hand all the way.
Cho waved good-bye to her friends, and Harry his. Ron and Hermione got into a carriage with Ginny, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas.
Harry and Cho sat opposite each other, and Harry held her hand and looked into her eyes. He decided now would be as good a time as ever. "Cho, will you be my girlfriend?" he asked.
"I thought I already was, silly," she said, getting up and sitting next to him, poking him playfully on the nose.
"I just never got the chance to ask you properly," he stated, holding her close to his side. He whispered, so only she could hear (which was quite unnecessary, as they had a carriage to themselves), "I'll never let you go."
Cho grinned, and couldn't stop. They sat there and cuddled for the rest of the ride.
When the carriages stopped, Harry got out and then offered his hand ever-so gentlemanly for Cho go get out. She smiled and took the offered hand, walking up to the big oak doors of Hogwarts and opening them.
At the enterence of the Great Hall, Harry and Cho grinned at each other, pecked each other on the lips, and went their separate ways.
'This is amazing,' Harry thought, sitting down beside Ron and George (like at the Burrow). 'I'd have never thought of me having a chance with THE Cho Chang. I just can't believe this. It's amazing how close we are already, and we just got together what, an hour ago?'
Harry couldn't stop grinning as he and Cho stared at each other from their tables. Cho was thinking the exact same thing he was, but he didn't know that.
The sorting was done and the feast was prepared, and Dumbledore stood up to make a few regular announcements. "Welcome, new comers and old. I must make some announcements, so if you do not wish to listen, it's completely understandable. Please, feel free to let your attention wander. Alas, I must ask all new students to please, not tread on the Forbidden Forest grounds. The list of unnecessary items for this year at Hogwarts has been extended to some five hundred and thirty six, I do believe. Am I right, Mr. Filch?" Dumbledore asked the caretaker, Mr. Filch, who, with Mrs. Norris, his cat, at his ankles, nodded. "Also, I have a warning. Do not believe the papers, for they do not tell the truth. I warn each and every one of you not to believe them, because Lord Voldemort" -everyone in the hall flinched except Harry-- "has returned. He has not struck yet, because he does not feel it is time yet, I believe. But I assure you all, we are safe from any such harm. Do not be frightened. You're safe." Dumbledore smiled. "And for last words- We're going to take a student vice, to see if we would like another Yule ball this year. There will be a poll sheet in every house Common Room. Please submit your census. If all goes well, we will. If not, well, we won't. Oh, and for my absolute final words- Nitwit! Blubber! Odment! Tweak! Thank you, and tuck in!"
Everyone laughed with each other and did as Dumbledore said. Nearly everyone. Harry suddenly felt a surge of guilt rush through him. He had Cedric's ex-girlfriend. Or widowed girlfriend. He did not know what to call it, but he felt terrible for it. He got sick to his stomach and couldn't eat much.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Ron asked.
"Nothing," he replied quickly. Ron eyed him but chose to ignore how pale he really looked.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Harry lay on his bed in the Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory next to Ron's and Neville's. Everyone else was fast asleep; the delicious cooking had set them unto a sleep-fest. Harry couldn't, somehow. He had to talk to Cho about how he felt about all of this. He wondered if he could tomorrow.
'Tomorrow.' Harry thought, finally, at 12:34, falling asleep.
A/N: Howdy! Thanks for replying everyone. Please, review on this chapter! I'm sorry it took me forever to write. Today I just got inspiration and wrote ¾ of it. lol well please, R/R, and NO FLAMES! Pls! Thanks!
~ Aubyn Lin ~