Chapter 15 - Reunion
Cho slowly walking into the hospital wing for the countless time. And for the countless time, she was there to see Harry, to stand by him and provide him with strength while he suffered torture.
The sight before her eyes triggered tears from her eyes. Harry lay there on the white bed, curled up into a ball, covered in bandages. As she approached closer she could see that he was shivering. She ran her right hand through his messy hair, only to stop at his scar, which she traced gently and resulted in the halt of Harry's shivers.
Harry woke to his girlfriend's touch and croakly whispered:
"I can't think of a better way to wake up than to your touch."
Cho was shocked for an instant but just as quickly embraced him so tight he was short of breath.
"I'm so glad you're awake. You were shivering madly in your sleep, and I couldn't help but feel sorry and ... she was stopped as Harry leaned upwards and kissed her gently yet with passion. Satisfied, he lay back down with his arms behind his head and a huge grin on his face as he observed her reaction. Cho blushed and took a while to experience the kiss fully. She had missed it for so long, she almost forgot what he tasted like.
"You drank a dreamless sleep potion?" She asked.
"You're good. But as you saw, it didn't work very well did it? I still had nightmares. But that was ages ago. I am fine now you're here." Harry flashed his infamous childish smile with the honesty that was present in his eyes.
For the first time in a time that seems like forever, Cho was truly happy again. New to this newfound happiness, she leaned in for a kiss. The two were interupted as Ron and Hermione stepped into the room followed by Prof. Dumbledore. Harry turned beet red while Cho restored herself to her original position in the chair beside him and tucked her hai neatly behind her ears.
"We're really sorry to barge in like this, we can leave if you two require more privacy." Ron said apologetically, but not without amusement. "We can see that you two are clearly busy at this time." He continued and was slapped on the arm by Hermione.
"Stop it Ron, at least he can kiss his girlfriend without intense blushing." She said and all laughed except Ron, who turned red and started fidgeting with his fingers.
"I think everyone has had enough humiliation for now." Dumbledore said after a while. "We really do have bussiness to attend to. Harry I believe you had some unanswered questions for me?"
"Oh right proffessor, I almost forgot. What happened to Voldemort? Did he die?"
"I'm afraid not. I removed him from this universe into one exactly opposite, where instead of matter, everything is made of anti-matter. Sooner or later he'll get out of it, but in the meantime, we can figure a way to finish him permanently."
"Couldn't one just use the killing curse?" Ron remarked a little confused, the killing curse was the only way known to him to permantently rid them of Voldemort, a day he wished to come soon, more than anything else.
"Don't be silly Ron, Voldemort's greatest goal in life was to be immortal. He probably protected himself against it." Hermione said.
"She's right. Besides, I doubt he's human enough to die that easily." Harry added.
"Tom's greatest fear has always been death. He was a student of mine, and even back then, he was already obsessed with death and its prevention. His intelligence has been an advantage to him and a disadvantage for us."
"Maybe we could use that to our advantage. We could trick him or something." Harry said.
"That would be almost impossible. If Voldemort is as smart as prof. Dumbledore says, and with the experience that he has, using a spell to distract and scare him is near impossible." Cho first entered the conversation. "Yes, well our task is near impossible, but we still have to do it." Harry replied.
"I could do some research on some ancient spells Voldemort might not know about." Hermione happily remarked.
"Oh great, now I won't see my Hermione for weeks as she'll disappear into the library for a month ... again." Ron said as Hermione rolled her eyes.
"MY Hermione? So you two ARE an item! I knew it!" Harry shouted while pointing at the now blushing couple. Everyone laughed, except Ron and Hermione, who were still blushing.
The laughter made everyone forget what they were in the middle of. They forgot about the war, and that Voldemort could return any minute, and that they don't have a way to stop him. But apparently, the laughter carried through the hospital wing all the way to the staff room, which was at the other end of the hall-way. Not much later, Mme. Pomfrey walked into the hospital wing looking extremely angry and she shooed everyone out.
"How are the patient supposed to rest with all the racket?"she shouted. "Out out! Everyone out!"
"Calm down Poppy, we'll be on our way." Dumbledore said calmly with a grin.
Everyone bid their goodbyes to Harry except Cho, who remained behind.
"You don't have to stay Cho. I bet you have a lot of homework to do." Harry said.
"Yes indeed I do. I'm going to be on my way now. Take care and I'll be back tonight." She leaned down to kiss Harry on the cheek and walked away with a satisfied smile on her face. She bit her her underlip and savoured the blissful moment she just experienced with her new-foundfriends.
Author's Notes: Another chapter finished! Ok you know the deal, review! The next chapter should be up soon. No promises though.
