Happy Birthday, Cho Chapter 5
A/N: At long last I've sat down and started writing Chapter 5 in Happy Birthday, Cho. There hasn't been so much animosity towards me this time because I didn't leave it a cliffhanger. I still got plenty of reviews. Quite a few reviews did not appear on FFN but I did get them in my e-mail. I thank all of those reviewers but I will only respond to the ones that appeared on FFN. Don't take this as an insult it's just that I don't have all the reviews saved under my e-mail account. SO here's my response to the review that appear on FFN
Psycho Queen- Thanx a bunch
lim-cho- I had a hectic week this week but Ill eventually get around to reading your story. It's probably great
Stephanie A.K.A. Stephie- You should post your story. I'd read it. The thing about long chapters is that you should find a place to split it up if it's too long. You should never be worried about posting on here. People will give you good reviews and constructive criticism to help make you a better writer. Also funny that you wish you were Cho because when I was writing it I wished I was Harry lol.
PeZ-yUaN- Thanx a bunch
Classified- Thanx, I think you should read other H/C fics as well as fics with different romances. It opens your eyes a lot and gives you a different perspective.
Aubyn Lin- Glad you liked it so much.
Fuzzy Monkeys1- Don't worry, I will
Catgrl52- Thanx a bunch
hippyman69- I may have Harry scoring in a different fic but I don't think that would help this fic at all. Im really glad you like it. I try to make it as descriptive as possible. I think it adds a lot.
Well that's all the reviews. I hope I get a lot for this chapter. Please R and R it is appreciated. And without further ado. Happy Birthday Cho chapter 5
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Harry and Cho made their way through the intricate corridors of Hogwarts. They held hands enjoying the feel of each other. Harry never felt so good in all his life. He was in love with the girl next to him and she loved him back. She loved him for the person he was. She looked past what he had done. She said she would've loved him even if he wasn't the boy who lived. That was all he needed to know. He knew plenty of girls had crushes on him, but he didn't know if any of them would even look at him twice if he wasn't the famous Harry Potter. The girls who was walking next to him, the girl holding his hand, the girl he shared his first kiss with, did. Harry loved her.
Of course, Harry loved Ron, Hermione, Sirius, and the Weasleys and it felt good to know that they loved him back but the feeling that he got by knowing that Cho loved him was the strongest emotion he had felt since the grief after his godfather died. He almost felt that the feeling of love he felt now was greater than the feeling of sadness he felt last year. He welcomed this feeling a lot more than the grief. Harry knew that he had found his soul mate. He felt like he was walking on air.
Cho had gone out with plenty of boys. She was very popular and it was almost expected. The expectations of her friends was the only reason she had gone out with some of them. But she had never felt the way she felt, even with Cedric, as she held Harry's hand. As she felt his smooth skin against hers she knew she had found her soul mate. She felt like she was walking on air.
The two soul mates walked out the main door of Hogwarts and Harry pulled the invisibility cloak off with his free hand not wanting to break the contact he had with Cho. They walked towards the lake and sat down under one of the large oak trees that stood on one bank. Cho liked where they sat because it gave a magnificent view of the lake which the night sky was reflected on and, of course because she was sitting next to Harry. Harry had planned it because it was the perfect place to give Cho her second present.
"God, I love you," Cho sighed as she gazed in to Harry's iridescent green eyes
"I love you too, Cho," Harry loved the way that sounded almost as much as he loved the brown-eyed beauty sitting next to him. "I've slowly fallen in love with you since the first time I saw you three years ago."
"When we first met, playing Quidditch, in my fourth year," Cho replied. "I didn't know quite what to make of you. You were the boy who lived. I thought you were cute, still do, but I thought you might have a big head or something."
Harry nodded. It was understandable.
"But in my fifth year, you asked me to the Yule Ball. It was very flattering. Had Cedric not already asked me, I would've gone with you in a heartbeat. I had never really gotten a good look at your eyes until then but they are breathtaking. Then when you risked your life to bring back Cedric's body, a completely selfless act, I realized what kind of person you are. I realized that you didn't want to be the world famous Harry Potter. It had its perks but you didn't want them because of what it came with. You lost your parents. You've had to fight for your life on multiple occasions. You had to carry back the body of a person you had just been competing against. You had to deal with everything that happened to you last year, nobody believing you, not to mention that bitch, Umbridge."
Harry was slightly taken aback. Cho seemed to be getting angry but he knew that if he and Cho were to have the relationship that he wanted them to have then she needed to get this off her chest.
"Sorry about that," Cho continued. "It's just that I hated her so much for what she did to you and everybody else. And then as if all this wasn't enough you lost the person who you cared about more than anyone, you godfather. You never wanted to be the boy who lived. Not if it came with all this heartbreak."
Harry looked at Cho. She came the closest than anyone had ever come to understanding him. Harry smiled at her. He loved her. Harry felt tears welling up in his eyes. Not just tears of sadness from hearing her talk about so many things that Harry tried not to think about, but tears of joy for finding someone who understood him. Harry didn't know what to say, but knew he didn't need to say anything. He leaned towards her and wrapped his arms around her, embracing the girl he loved. Cho hugged him back never wanting to let him go as she felt his cheek against hers.
They hugged for a few minutes before letting go and gazing at each other. Harry and Cho moved closer again and their lips met. The kiss that followed was one of pure and unbridled love and passion. Cho ran her hands through Harry's hair loving the way it felt against her fingers. Harry undid Cho's and let in flow down her back lived a raven-colored waterfall. He ran his fingers through her hair. It felt as smooth as silk and as soft as velvet.
The two finally broke for air after about ten minutes, gazed into each others eyes and hugged again
"Harry," Cho said. "This has been the happiest birthday of my life. I don't want this moment to end."
"It doesn't have to," he whispered in her ear
"What?" Cho said moving Harry far enough away so she could look directly at him but not so far that she couldn't keep her hands wrapped around his neck.
"It's another present for you,"
Cho laughed slightly. "Harry, you didn't have to get all this for me. After all, you gave me what any girl would want and that's true love."
Harry smiled at Cho as he reluctantly broke contact with her so he could reach inside his robes and pull out the other small box. "You said you never wanted the moment to end"
He handed the box to her and she took her hands off and Harry's neck in order to open the box. Inside the box lay and gold pocket watch with "Cho" written in blue sapphires on the front. She picked it up slightly confused.
"Harry, it's beautiful," she said.
"Watch," said Harry sensing her confusion. "Look at that moth," he said noticing one fluttering nearby as he wrapped his hand around the hand that was holding the Moment Saver. "Now, press the button on top."
Cho obliged and at first it seemed like nothing happened then she looked at the moth like Harry told her to. It had stopped moving.
"Harry," Cho said slightly scared. "What just happened?"
"Time stopped. That's a Moment Saver," Harry replied. "You can stop time for you and whoever you are in contact with for as long as you want though there is a warning that you shouldn't stop time for too long otherwise you'll age based on the time you spend with it on."
"Wow," Cho said. "I've seen a lot of things but that is truly amazing."
"Well," Harry said moving closer to Cho. "The moment is still saved."
Cho moved closer as well until finally their lips met. The first kiss had been exciting to Cho. The second, she was too passionate to fully enjoy. This one blew them both away. Fireworks seemed to go off in both their bodies. They felt the warmth of each other's lips flow between them. There was no stopping for air this time. Neither one cared if they suffocated as long as they were in each other's arms. It was the greatest feeling either had experienced. They both had their eyes closed, being perfectly content with knowing that they were as close as they could be (well almost). Harry opened his eyes for just a second and watched his hands moved through Cho's dark hair. He saw his watch (which had also stopped) said 8:45. Now as much as he didn't want this to end, he still couldn't wait to see Cho's expression when the Star Writing came out so he ended the kiss.
"Har-ry," Cho groaned exasperatedly.
"I'm sorry, Cho," he said sincerely. "But it's almost time for your final present."
"But we could've stayed like that forever," Cho said still slightly disgruntled but she couldn't stay mad at Harry and the prospect of yet another gift was mind boggling.
"I know," Harry said. "But your final gift shows up at nine o'clock and the best place to give it to you is at the Quidditch pitch. Not only is it the best place for the view but it's the place where we first met. Now press the button on top of the watch again."
Cho did so and the moth immediately fluttered away. Harry got up first and dusted off his robes. Then he helped Cho to her feet and held her hand as they walked towards the Quidditch pitch.
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They made their way across the Hogwarts grounds. There was enough light from the nearly full moon that neither Harry nor Cho had to use their wands to make light. Once they arrived at the pitch, Harry was relieved that Hufflepuff's Quidditch practice has ended. Harry glanced at his watch again and the time said 8:51.
"You know, Cho," Harry said mischievously. "We still have nine minutes."
"Oh," said Cho catching Harry's drift.
The two gazed at each other for a second. Cho's hair was blowing back in the nighttime breeze. She looked like an angel.
"You look so beautiful, Cho," Harry as he grasped her other hand.
"So do you Harry," Cho replied. "I never want to be apart from you."
Harry smiled at Cho and brought his lips to meet hers. This kiss was different still from the others. It was shorter because they knew that the moment meant more than the kiss but it was magical nonetheless. Not the kind of magic that they learned in the castle every day but the kind of magic that no-one has been able to explain for thousands of years. The magic that occurs when you find true love.
When they broke the kiss they kept their eyes closed as they tasted the other person on their lips. Harry opened his eyes first and brought his eyes down to his watch which now said 8:59. He took Cho by the hand and gently pointed her towards the eastern sky
"Now watch," He instructed. Cho had no idea what was coming but Harry kept his eyes on his watch and it turned to nine o'clock.
Then the entire eastern sky went black as if all the stars had suddenly gone out. Then Cho gasped as the Star Writing began. It was like a giant invisible quill was writing in the night sky.
First it wrote, "Happy Birthday, Cho."
Cho squeezed Harry's hand even tighter as that message was wiped away and the second one appeared reading, "I love you." Cho looked at Harry and he mouthed 'I love you' as the sky cleared yet again
The final thing the Star Writing showed was not a written message but it still made Cho feel like she would melt. It drew a heart and inside the heart was a picture of Harry and her. Then the two images moved and kissed before the sky was wiped clean again and the regular stars came back out.
Cho stood silently for a moment letting all that set in. She had one hand grasping Harry's rather tightly (Harry didn't care) while the other was over her heart which she felt might explode at any second.
"Oh, Harry," she said. "That was so beautiful. Everything I could've imagined happening tonight seems like nothing compared to this. This has not only been the happiest birthday I've ever had but it's also been the best night of my life. Thank you, Harry. Thank you for everything."
Cho then hugged Harry so hard that he actually fell over and Cho landed on top of him. They laughed like little kids and rolled around on the dewy grass. They finally ended up side by side on their backs. Harry reached over and grabbed it as they both stared up into the night sky.
"Did you enjoy your birthday, Cho?" Harry asked already knowing the answer
"Yes," Cho said. "It was perfect."
She rolled onto her side and gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek and rolled back the way she was still holding Harry's hand in her own. They didn't say anything else. They didn't need to. Harry and Cho lay on the grass in the middle of the Quidditch pitch hand in hand until they both fell asleep.
A/N: Well, that's the end of that chapter. I think its pretty good myself but it doesn't really matter what I think. It matters what you think. Please review. Fear Not because the story is not done yet. I don't know how many more chapters will be in the rest but I hope you like them
Disclaimer- I can't believe you people still think I own Harry Potter! Well, I don't!
Until next time.
ruhnas