Author's note: Okey, for the record, I'm no expert at Hagrid's way of speaking, but I will make an effort. Please, don't flame me if I do something wrong! Remember, I'm not JK Rowling! XD

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The small crowd of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff fans, that had come to see their house-teams play, despite the rainy weather, cheered when the teams came out on the field. Harry and Ginny who was sitting on the Gryffindor-stand behind a small group of fanatic first years, clapped politely.

Just as Hufflepuff signaled to madam Hooch that they wanted a time-out, Hedwig, Harry's snow-white owl, came soaring towards them.

"Hedwig!" Harry exclaimed as he spotted her. Ginny followed Harry's eye and saw her too. Ginny had always thought that Hedwig represented a strong and independent bird. Sure, she came whenever Harry called her, but she was still so magically free. Sometimes Ginny dreamed that she was Hedwig, sitting on Harry's arm, making his eyes lighten when coming with mail or just for the sake of being there.

"Look… She's carrying a letter", Ginny said as she saw the by now wet parchment in Hedwig's claws. Hedwig landed smoothly on Harry's outstretched arm and held out her leg. Harry noticed that it wasn't just one letter she was carrying, but two.

"Who could be sending me letters more than Hagrid?" Harry thought to himself as he saw his half giant-friend's sloppy handwriting on one of the letters and a neat, pretty style on the other. Ginny seemed interested too, she kept looking at the other letter while Harry ripped open Hagrid's.

"Harry" it began.

"I was hoping tha' yer'd be free ter talk sometime today. Come by the cabin late'.

Hagrid"

Harry made a mental note to himself to remember to go to Hagrid once his Charms' homework was done. He knew Hermione would lash out on him if he went to see Hagrid before doing his homework.

"What d'you reckon he wants to talk about?" Ginny asked, looking at Hagrid's letter.

Harry shrugged. "Don't know. I just hope it doesn't involve showing me another dangerous animal, also known as 'the harmless pet'", Harry said. Both he and Ginny knew of Hagrid's odd passion for dangerous and strange animals. If you looked into Hagrid's past you'd find a giant spider named Aragog, a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon named Norbert and a Hippogriff, half bird and half horse, named Buckbreak that Hagrid thought of as pets. Not to mention Hagrid's big boarhound, Fang.

Ginny smiled weakly. But her interest of the other letter grew too strong and she requested Harry to open it. It was damp, and the ink on the parchment had begun to smudge and dissolve. Harry was eager to know who the letter was from and didn't have to be told twice.

"Dear Harry", Harry began to read out loud.

"I know we shared some awkward moments in the past year, but it's in the past, right? I know we both agreed to just stay friends, but I just can't go on without telling you how much I regret the decision. You are an amazing guy, and by now you probably already have a girlfriend, but I really want to try again. Give us another chance, I mean. I don't expect you to drop everything for me. I really needed to get this off my chest. What do you say?

Love

Cho"

Harry had stopped reading out loud after "Dear Harry". His heart had skipped a beat once he saw whom the letter was from. He let the parchment sink and he stared out in the sky, oblivious to the slowly falling rain. Ginny obviously couldn't read the letter at the same time Harry did, and when he let the parchment sink she looked interested at him.

"Well?" she asked once she realized that Harry wasn't going to speak about the content of the letter by himself. "Who was it from?"

"Cho Chang", Harry answered truthfully. Ginny felt as if someone just poured a bucket of cold water over her head. Her heart sank. Cho was Harry's first real crush. How could she ever compete with that?

"Really?" she said, trying to get her voice to sound as normal as possible, like she didn't care. "What did she want?" she asked, dreading the answer.

"She wants to give us a try…"