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Chapter 11- Harry Potter, sir!
Cho looked up at him. A feeling of relief and anger fell over her. She was just at the full bloom of her loneness when Harry showed, but he was the same Harry that had kissed Ginny.
"Harry," Cho said. "Why aren't you out on the dance floor?"
"Cho, can we please talk?" Harry asked. "It's really lonesome by myself over there." He pointed to a table across the floor. "With everyone else….."
"Dancing." They finished together.
Maybe it was Cho's hormones that drove her to be in need of care, or maybe in Cho's heart she really needed to talk to Harry too, or maybe it was both, but Cho got up and followed Harry outside, putting the noisy chatter and music behind them.
They walked in silence for awhile and then Harry began to talk.
"Cho, I am really sorry." He said. "I don't want you to think Ginny and I are in a relationship. She and I have broken up weeks ago."
Cho let this sentence fade into the air for a few moments and then said, "Harry, when is our wedding?"
"Um, your mother said Christmas."
Cho stopped and faced Harry. "So soon?"
Harry was almost caught with no breath as Cho's face shone in the moonlight. She looked so alone, yet in a beautiful way.
"Cho, when do you----"
"Harry, I'm so confused!" Cho said breaking out into tears. Harry was caught off guard and stood a few steps back. "I don't know what is going to happen by the end of the year! How my life is going to be! Do you really want to marry me, Harry?"
She looked at him and in a painful sentence said slowly, "Or did you just like me because of my appearance? Do you know who I really am? The person I have come to be?"
Harry knew the answer to this question, but yet didn't know if he should speak because interrupting Cho at this moment would surely set her to her wand flames.
"A marriage is of love," Cho said. "I know you don't want to marry because you're forced to---"
"I'm scared of your dad too," Harry put in quickly.
Cho gave a weak smile. "He's just a little over protective of me. I'm his only child."
They stopped and sat on a bench in the garden. Harry had a strange feeling of being watched.
"I don't want you to marry me if you don't love me Harry. I cannot do such a thing to you. It won't be fair. And if you don't love me, we'll be filing for a divorce later anyway."
"Preferably not with your dad as the lawyer." Harry answered. He didn't mean to put in all this witty replies about Cho's dad, but they were all true responses.
"I want love if I'm going to be married. I don't want a wasted commitment."
Cho was silent, and wanted to hear Harry's feelings.
'Let him call the engagement off if he wants to,' she thought. 'I'll live. It'll be difficult, but I'll live. I cannot force him into this. Harry is so famous, and…..I'm just a girl from a family that cannot be matched to his. Harry survived the Dark Lord. Harry did so many noble things. How can I be good enough for him?'
"I'm not going to leave you, Cho." Harry answered. "You can't get rid of me. I don't care if you set a thousand curses on me. And I don't know if you believe me or not, but I'm not solely attracted by appearance, Cho. Fleur was attractive, but I never felt the same way about her as to you, because when I saw you, there was just something…..different. And I think it's because I liked you so much that made you so…..beautiful. Not that you aren't anyway, but because I……love you, I see you that way." Harry said the last part without looking at Cho.
The pair had never exchanged these words before.
"This marriage seems so forced and messy." Cho spoke.
"Well, it's just quicker than intention I suppose." Harry answered.
He stood and drank some butterbeer. "I have one bottle left, do you want any?"
Cho nodded and they shared the bottle rather quickly and it was gone.
"The famous Harry Potter…." Cho said teasingly. "Marrying a common girl."
"Common?" Harry said surprisingly and took Cho's hands. "You're extraordinary."
Harry set off the fireworks he had with him and they walked the bright sparkles dance in the darkness.
They shared a dance together with the almost inaudible music from inside. They were very close together, and it was cold, their breath could be seen in the air. Harry looked into Cho's eyes and was drawn by her beauty.
Closer and closer, they inched toward each other and Cho closed her eyes and their lips were almost touching…..
"Harry Potter sir with his maiden!" a cheerful, familiar voice popped up behind them, surprising Harry so that he fell on Cho and squashed her.
They both were on the ground and Harry immediately stood up and helped Cho up to her feet.
"DOBBY!" Harry said turning around to face the elf.
Dobby's round eyes grew tearful. "Dobby did not mean to knock over Harry Potter sir!"
"Who is this?" Cho asked, brushing leaves off her dress.
Harry sighed. "It's okay Dobby, just don't surprise me like that okay?"
"I am Dobby," Dobby introduced himself, holding out his hand to Cho. Cho shook it rather hesitantly.
"You're a house-elf?" she guessed.
"Yes, for Hogwarts!" Dobby answered proudly.
Dobby began beating Harry's robes to shake the leaves off.
"Dobby! Quit it!" Harry said. He sighed again and said, "I can brush the leaves off. Happy Halloween, Dobby."
Dobby beamed and said, "Dobby heard about the little Potter!"
Cho smiled, "How cute, little Potter."
Harry looked at Dobby's mismatched socks. "Haven't seen you in awhile Dobby, new socks?"
Dobby proudly showed off his feet. One sock had a bunch of bright purple dots on an orange background and the other was one of Uncle Vernon's.
"Dobby wanted to see Harry Potter sir and Miss. Cho! But must return back to the kitchens! They don't know I'm out."
"Dobby?" Dumbledore's voice came behind.
Dobby began hitting himself on the head with a rock.
Cho looked horrified. "Dobby! What are you doing?"
"He, er, punishes himself sometimes." Harry answered.
Dumbledore took the rock away from Dobby. He didn't look angry at all, instead, he said in a cheerful voice, "Enjoying Halloween?"
Dobby looked shameful. "Dumbledore, sir, Dobby did not mean to wander off from the kitchens."
"It's alright, Dobby, after all, it is a holiday. Feel free to resume your stay at the party."
"Oh, no sir, Dobby must go back to the kitchens, but Dumbledore most kind." Dobby scampered off.
Dumbledore looked at Cho and Harry and then said, "Harry, I need to talk to you about something. Cho, you may stay if you like, but this isn't pleasing news."
"What is it, Professor Dumbledore?" Harry asked.
"It's about your godfather, Harry, Sirius." Dumbledore said in a way that Harry knew of seriousness.
Harry didn't move. Any bad news of Sirius would be extremely painful for him. In truth, Sirius was the closest connection he has to his parents.
"He seems to be in trouble." Dumbledore said. "No wait, that's a little too strong of a guess; we're not sure of anything yet, but I've sent him a few owls informing him of you and just asking him if he was doing fine, but he hasn't replied. He usually doesn't take this long."
"Isn't Sirius that murderer?" Cho asked in a horrified voice.
"No, Cho, dear, he never murdered anyone." Dumbledore told her gently. "Now you must trust me on that, Cho, and I would not lie to you, but what I'm about to tell you, you might want to sit down."
Harry sat in the grass, looking worried.
Dumbledore gave him an amused smile. "I meant Cho, Harry. But feel free to make yourself comfortable."
With a wave of his wand, three squashy armchairs appeared. They took their seats.
"My sources tell me that Sirius seems to be in trouble because some kind of force is stopping him from receiving or sending any owls. Only two kinds of predictions can be thought of, either he is in the truest hiding possible, that either friends or foes can see him, or that he decided to remain in animal form for an extended period of time."
"But why would he want to stay as a dog for so long?" Harry asked. Cho seemed to be taking all this in slowly.
"I do not know, but only this," Dumbledore lowered his voice even more. "He had an unfinished letter to you, Harry, in which I found. My friends helped me find his things, trying to track down where he is and here is the letter; I don't know what he is saying." Dumbledore unrolled a piece of parchment and showed Cho and Harry the letter.
Harry,
Listen to me and do not ask any questions. Whatever you do, stay away from Ginny and Hermione. Listen to my words, Harry. Stay away from them, and do not talk to them. Please do as I say. Harry, when your mother was alive, she told me that you were indeed going to be a special boy because you're the heir of Gryffindor, Harry. You are. And I've never been so proud of you, but Harry, you cannot trust those whom seem your friend, and trust those whom seem your enemy in the worst of times, because it is safer this way, g
The letter was cut off.
"Heir of Gryffindor?" Harry said, his eyes wide.
Dumbledore nodded and gave Harry a proud smile. "I've always known you to be, but didn't know when to tell you."
Cho looked up to Dumbledore. "Why am I so important in this?"
"My dear, if you are indeed going to be engaged to Harry, you are going to be a Potter, and you are carrying the child of the heir of Gryffindor. That means you must know what is going on with Harry, because whatever happens to him, will affect you." Dumbledore answered.
"What does Sirius mean to stay away from Ginny and Hermione?" Harry asked. "They are my friends."
"They might not be the people you think they are." Dumbledore said. "I'm sorry to tell you this Harry, but from Sirius's letter, a close person to you, someone you've known for a long time at Hogwarts is betraying both you and Cho."
"Why?" Cho asked.
"Someone doesn't want the Potter line to continue, you are in danger Cho, especially."
A/N: I thought that it might be fun to tell you the chapter name of the next chapter after each previous chapter. This way, it gives you a little hint of what's coming up next. The next chapter is titled 'November Love'. Hint: It is not between Cho and Harry!