Just as you all asked! A whopping chapter – but this one's all on Cho, no
Harry right now. The next ones coming v. soon cause I am extremely bored
and probably about to write it. Please R&R!
Cho stood in the foyer of the wizard inn, Boggoglytroth (who knows where that name came from), laden down with three suitcases and her purse. Why was she here? She should just apparate back to her cozy little apartment in London. She couldn't be this far away from Harry. It would kill her.
Nonetheless, she bravely walked up to the counter where a bored- looking teenage girl sat, blowing huge purple bubbles with her bubblegum. Once Cho had cleared her throat a few times, the girl finally looked up, and asked simply, "Name?"
"Cho Chang, for three weeks?" she asked nervously. She was in ROME without her family, friends, or James...she was on her own.
"Gotcha," said the girl, still evidently caring less. "Room 315. Nice view from that one. Lucas'll show ya the way," she added, gesturing to a tall, handsome guy, already starting over to pick up her suitcases.
"Follow me," he said with a friendly smile, and he started walking up the stairs.
As they walked, he showed her a few of the many beautiful Grecian views from the large, open windows. He even made her laugh a few times with his good-natured sense of humor. Not all guys are a piece of work, she thought to herself drily.
When they reached her room, she walked in, slightly hesitant, then more confident, and threw open the shutters. The girl at the counter was right, the view was gorgeous. It revealed a beach with perfectly white sand, and sky blue water, with a matching sky.
After she finished drooling over her view and her beautiful room (decorated with a light wood – Cherry? – and spotless white and baby blue fabrics), she remembered Lucas behind her, and turned around and returned his friendly smile and thanked him.
Encouraged by her smile, Lucas cleared his throat and then raised his eyes to her face as if he were going to say something. She asked with her eyes, but he apparently decided against it and shook his head slightly, gave her a not-so-genuine grin and started back out the door.
The regular Cho would have not given it another thought and started unpacking, but today she was in an oddly independent mood, complete with bundles of confidence, so she caught his arm and asked, "Lucas, I'm here to give myself some space from my boyfriend. You see, we're having trouble talking about some things from the past when we're together, but I'd love a friend familiar to the area to show me around..." Knowing he'd need no further hints, she stopped there. Lucas found his warm smile again, and responding very quickly to her unsubtle invitation, asked, "I'd love to be that friend, if you'd like to go out for dinner tonight, with a few of my friends. They're very nice, I'm sure you'll like them...I could show you around the city a bit afterwards, as well. The good wizard restaurants, shops, et cetera."
"Sounds wicked," Cho said, and thinking she would need some time to find all her clothes to dress for tonight, decided to close the conversation, but Lucas beat her to it.
"Cool," he replied, sounding like he meant it. "I should let you unpack. I'll come by your door tonight when my shift ends, around 7?"
"Awesome. Thanks so much, Lucas."
"No problem," and with that, he left her to her beautiful room, shutting the door quietly.
What a gentleman! thought Cho. Harry was very polite and always opened and held doors for her, slid her chair away from the table for her, but he always kept a down to earth attitude, and never tried to be quite this nice and polite in his manner of speaking. I should invite Jane down here, she would absolutely adore it.
Sighing happily, she started opening her suitcases and putting her belongings away neatly. Maybe a quick stop at the beach before dinner couldn't hurt.
Coming back two hours later from the beach, slightly browner and covered with sand, Cho had just enough time to shower and get dressed. After she had removed all the sand from her skin, she surveyed her wardrobe choices with deep concentration.
After a few seconds she decided on a white, cotton skirt and a dark blue tank top with some delicate straw sandals. Perfect. Casual, but formal enough for dinner. She didn't really need to do anything to her face or hair, she looked best un-fooled around with.
Well, maybe a bit of lip color couldn't hurt.
And eyeliner.
But that's it.
At exactly 7 o'clock Cho heard a knock on her door and looked away from the book she was reading and glanced at the clock.
He's even on TIME! she thought, impressed. She got up from the window seat and went to open the door. He is GORGEOUS, she thought. Oops. She was only spending a little time away from Harry, not really breaking up with him. Oh well. She was allowed to think other blokes were attractive, wasn't she? It's not like they were married or anything.
"Hey! Let me just grab my purse and we can start out," she said briskly, grabbing her purse and wallet and closing the door behind her. "So, where are we going? And with who? So I can, like, not mispronounce their names or anything, seeing as that's happened before and I'd rather like not to repeat the experience."
Lucas laughed and replied, "You certainly talk a lot when you get over being shy." He smiled again and answered her question. "I thought we'd go to a touristy place called Taverna Parione. Since, I'm assuming, you've never been to Rome before, we'd take you out for some traditional roman cuisine."
"Sounds lovely. But again, with whom? I always mispronounce people's names and it's awfully embarrassing."
He laughed again. "My dear friend Macaria is very nice. She's tall, dark haired and dark skinned. Green eyes, though. Then there's Jason, he's short with blonde hair, oh, and Magan and Madge are fraternal twins – Madge is the girl, Magan, the guy, I know its hard to tell when you're not from around here. Last, there's Galena and Vernados. Girl and guy, again."
"Okay. I think I can handle all those names," she said, feeling overwhelmed with the amount of foreign names. They were now on the bustling streets of Rome, smelling the sweet and savory scents of food cooking for the long hours of dinner.
A few minutes later, they were outside a beautiful, roman- styled restaurant with lots of warm, red colors and soft lights. There was a group of six people standing outside and laughing. Once they had caught sight of Lucas, they called a few welcoming "Yiasas!" which Cho guessed was hello. She smiled and thought frantically, I sincerely hope they speak English...No sooner then she had said this, one of Lucas's friends – Cho guessed Magan because there was a girl there that looked very much like him – stepped forward and said, "Now who's this?" he had a friendly smile, much like Lucas's. They're so friendly! thought Cho. If only Harry was here. He would love meeting new people and exploring Greece with me...
She didn't like to admit it, but as much fun as she was having, she missed him.
Cho stood in the foyer of the wizard inn, Boggoglytroth (who knows where that name came from), laden down with three suitcases and her purse. Why was she here? She should just apparate back to her cozy little apartment in London. She couldn't be this far away from Harry. It would kill her.
Nonetheless, she bravely walked up to the counter where a bored- looking teenage girl sat, blowing huge purple bubbles with her bubblegum. Once Cho had cleared her throat a few times, the girl finally looked up, and asked simply, "Name?"
"Cho Chang, for three weeks?" she asked nervously. She was in ROME without her family, friends, or James...she was on her own.
"Gotcha," said the girl, still evidently caring less. "Room 315. Nice view from that one. Lucas'll show ya the way," she added, gesturing to a tall, handsome guy, already starting over to pick up her suitcases.
"Follow me," he said with a friendly smile, and he started walking up the stairs.
As they walked, he showed her a few of the many beautiful Grecian views from the large, open windows. He even made her laugh a few times with his good-natured sense of humor. Not all guys are a piece of work, she thought to herself drily.
When they reached her room, she walked in, slightly hesitant, then more confident, and threw open the shutters. The girl at the counter was right, the view was gorgeous. It revealed a beach with perfectly white sand, and sky blue water, with a matching sky.
After she finished drooling over her view and her beautiful room (decorated with a light wood – Cherry? – and spotless white and baby blue fabrics), she remembered Lucas behind her, and turned around and returned his friendly smile and thanked him.
Encouraged by her smile, Lucas cleared his throat and then raised his eyes to her face as if he were going to say something. She asked with her eyes, but he apparently decided against it and shook his head slightly, gave her a not-so-genuine grin and started back out the door.
The regular Cho would have not given it another thought and started unpacking, but today she was in an oddly independent mood, complete with bundles of confidence, so she caught his arm and asked, "Lucas, I'm here to give myself some space from my boyfriend. You see, we're having trouble talking about some things from the past when we're together, but I'd love a friend familiar to the area to show me around..." Knowing he'd need no further hints, she stopped there. Lucas found his warm smile again, and responding very quickly to her unsubtle invitation, asked, "I'd love to be that friend, if you'd like to go out for dinner tonight, with a few of my friends. They're very nice, I'm sure you'll like them...I could show you around the city a bit afterwards, as well. The good wizard restaurants, shops, et cetera."
"Sounds wicked," Cho said, and thinking she would need some time to find all her clothes to dress for tonight, decided to close the conversation, but Lucas beat her to it.
"Cool," he replied, sounding like he meant it. "I should let you unpack. I'll come by your door tonight when my shift ends, around 7?"
"Awesome. Thanks so much, Lucas."
"No problem," and with that, he left her to her beautiful room, shutting the door quietly.
What a gentleman! thought Cho. Harry was very polite and always opened and held doors for her, slid her chair away from the table for her, but he always kept a down to earth attitude, and never tried to be quite this nice and polite in his manner of speaking. I should invite Jane down here, she would absolutely adore it.
Sighing happily, she started opening her suitcases and putting her belongings away neatly. Maybe a quick stop at the beach before dinner couldn't hurt.
Coming back two hours later from the beach, slightly browner and covered with sand, Cho had just enough time to shower and get dressed. After she had removed all the sand from her skin, she surveyed her wardrobe choices with deep concentration.
After a few seconds she decided on a white, cotton skirt and a dark blue tank top with some delicate straw sandals. Perfect. Casual, but formal enough for dinner. She didn't really need to do anything to her face or hair, she looked best un-fooled around with.
Well, maybe a bit of lip color couldn't hurt.
And eyeliner.
But that's it.
At exactly 7 o'clock Cho heard a knock on her door and looked away from the book she was reading and glanced at the clock.
He's even on TIME! she thought, impressed. She got up from the window seat and went to open the door. He is GORGEOUS, she thought. Oops. She was only spending a little time away from Harry, not really breaking up with him. Oh well. She was allowed to think other blokes were attractive, wasn't she? It's not like they were married or anything.
"Hey! Let me just grab my purse and we can start out," she said briskly, grabbing her purse and wallet and closing the door behind her. "So, where are we going? And with who? So I can, like, not mispronounce their names or anything, seeing as that's happened before and I'd rather like not to repeat the experience."
Lucas laughed and replied, "You certainly talk a lot when you get over being shy." He smiled again and answered her question. "I thought we'd go to a touristy place called Taverna Parione. Since, I'm assuming, you've never been to Rome before, we'd take you out for some traditional roman cuisine."
"Sounds lovely. But again, with whom? I always mispronounce people's names and it's awfully embarrassing."
He laughed again. "My dear friend Macaria is very nice. She's tall, dark haired and dark skinned. Green eyes, though. Then there's Jason, he's short with blonde hair, oh, and Magan and Madge are fraternal twins – Madge is the girl, Magan, the guy, I know its hard to tell when you're not from around here. Last, there's Galena and Vernados. Girl and guy, again."
"Okay. I think I can handle all those names," she said, feeling overwhelmed with the amount of foreign names. They were now on the bustling streets of Rome, smelling the sweet and savory scents of food cooking for the long hours of dinner.
A few minutes later, they were outside a beautiful, roman- styled restaurant with lots of warm, red colors and soft lights. There was a group of six people standing outside and laughing. Once they had caught sight of Lucas, they called a few welcoming "Yiasas!" which Cho guessed was hello. She smiled and thought frantically, I sincerely hope they speak English...No sooner then she had said this, one of Lucas's friends – Cho guessed Magan because there was a girl there that looked very much like him – stepped forward and said, "Now who's this?" he had a friendly smile, much like Lucas's. They're so friendly! thought Cho. If only Harry was here. He would love meeting new people and exploring Greece with me...
She didn't like to admit it, but as much fun as she was having, she missed him.