Even When There's No Way, There's Always A Will
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Chapter 24 ~ He Doesn't Own Her
Anabelle and Mariette were hurrying around the many passages of Hogwarts trying to find Cho. They were in the middle of searching the fifth floor when Cho showed up from out of no where.
'Oh Merlin Cho! Where have you been all night?' Mariette screeched as the two girls rushed up to Cho, hugging her and inspecting her to make sure there was no damage done. Cho smiled.
'I think I found someone!' She said happily. Mariette and Anabelle gaped at her.
'What do you mean you think you've found someone?' Anabelle asked curiously.
'Well, someone who I could date,' Cho replied.
'Oh, really? That's wonderful! You've finally gotten over that rotten Malfoy character.' Mariette mused. Anabelle nodded in agreement.
'So who's this mystery guy?' Anabelle asked with a wink.
'Yes, Cho, do tell.' Mariette added.
'Miguel Lopez.' Cho told them.
'Is he that really handsome one from Beauxbatons?' Mariette squealed.
'The very same,' Cho said with a large smile on her face.
'How did this happen?' Anabelle asked.
'Well, last night I was walking around, and I noticed him sulking on a bench, so I went up to talk to him. We got to talking, and one thing led to another. I think he likes me!' Cho explained.
'What makes you think that?' Mariette said, looking somewhat suspicious.
'Well, he did kiss me, that kinda gave it away.' Cho said, and winked. Mariette and Anabelle looked immediately jealous.
'Really? How lucky are you!' Mariette cried, jumping up and down on the spot. Anabelle reached out and hugged her friend.
'Congratulations Cho, I'm so happy for you that you've finally gotten yourself out of that mopey mood you were in for so long.' Anabelle said.
'That is so true, you have no idea how it was to watch you sulk around like that. We get so worried when we wake up and you're not there! That's why we were looking for you this morning.' Mariette told her.
'Do you guys really care about me that much?' Cho asked shyly.
'What do you mean? Of course we care about you that much!' Anabelle cried.
'Thanks guys, you mean the world to me,' Cho said.
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At breakfast, Andrea was sitting by herself, not wanting to be seen with Draco. She had come to the conclusion that Draco and Cho had gotten into some sort of major disagreement, and Andrea just wasn't in the mood to put up with a sulking Draco. Plus she had heard rumours that Cho was seeing a guy from Beauxbatons, which wouldn't go down well when Draco found out about it.
'My, my. Rumours certainly do spread fast.' Someone said from the next table, Ravenclaw. Andrea tuned in to listen to this conversation, hoping to overhear something interesting.
'What do you mean by that?'
'Take a look at this photo Lisa,' Andrea saw out of the corner of her eye, a girl passing a photo to another girl. Lisa gasped.
'Oh dear Merlin! That's Cho Chang!' Lisa yelped. 'She's two years above us!'
'Yeah Lisa, and she's also Head Girl.'
'Oh yeah, sorry I seem to have forgotten about that Claire.' Lisa said sarcastically.
'Do you know who she's kissing?'
'I think that's one of the Beauxbatons lot, I mean, look at his robes, there's no way a Starkals Student would wear something like that.' Lisa said.
'Yeah, you're right. Quickly, we must make more copies of this and send them out to the school!' Claire said excitedly.
'No way! She's Head Girl, and she's in our house!'
'Which is exactly why they won't accuse us of setting it up,' Claire said, somewhat annoyed at Lisa's stupidity.
'Well, you do have a point there,' At this, Andrea stood up and stalked over to the Ravenclaw table where Lisa and Claire were sitting. She stared at the two girls with ultimate hatred.
'Excuse me, the Slytherin table is over there.' Claire said, rather rudely, and she pointed to the Slytherin table.
'Do you think I'm stupid? I know where my own house table is.' Andrea said coldly. 'But there's something I have to discuss with you ladies.'
'And what would that be?' Lisa asked.
'That photo you seem to have.'
'Oh, that's nothing.' Claire said, brushing it off like it were a piece of dust on her robes.
'Don't lie to me, if you make copies of it and send it to everyone, I'll make it my business to tell Dumbledore.' Andrea threatened.
'You wouldn't, you're a Slytherin, you would love nothing more than to see the goody-goody Head Girl go down.' Claire challenged.
'Being a Slytherin doesn't necessarily mean that I want to see Cho publicly humiliated.' Andrea told them. 'So hand over the photo.' She stuck her hand out. Neither Claire nor Lisa moved. Andrea frowned dangerously.
'Look, girl, we don't care about your threats, we have something gold here, and it's our job to expose it.' Lisa said cautiously. Andrea glowered, and snatched her wand out.
'Accio Photograph.' She said, and the photo zoomed out of Claire's hand and into Andrea's outstretched hand. Claire gave Andrea a dirty look.
'You will pay for that.' She said, and Andrea walked off, happy that she was able to keep Draco from finding out what happened between Cho and this Beauxbatons guy. Andrea knew that it would only be a matter of time before he found out, but still, she wanted to protect him from the truth for as long as possible. Andrea tore up the photograph, and it burned black, and sizzled down into a crisp, before popping into thin air.
~***~
Cho was unaware of these rumours, and of the two Ravenclaws following her, as she made her way to meet up with Miguel Lopez. They had been owling eachother like crazy that morning, and Cho had suggested a meeting to give the owl a rest. She skipped merrily down towards the lake, and waited patiently for Miguel to show up.
It wasn't long before Cho saw him jogging towards her. As soon as he reached Cho, Miguel wrapped her up in a deep kiss. This time, Cho kissed back.
~***~
The next morning, when Draco came into the Great Hall for breakfast, he was shocked at the sight which he saw. There were large pictures of Cho and some Beauxbatons guy passionately kissing by the lake.
'It's gotta be a joke,' Draco said, and he tried to convince himself that it wasn't real, however, when he spotted Cho, he knew those pictures were true. She had puffy eyes, and looked the most embarrassed she had ever looked in her life. Cho hung her head in shame as her school mates jeered at her.
'We expected better from Head Girl!' Someone yelled out from the Slytherin table. Draco shot a look at that person, which shut them down.
Draco walked around, quickly glancing around the different tables looking for the culprit. He saw no one who looked the least bit suspicious, so Draco took his seat next to Andrea. Andrea looked like she could murder someone.
'They got another one! How could they get another one?' She was muttering to herself. Draco looked at her curiously.
'Another what, Andrea, tell me.' Draco said curiously.
'There was two girls, and they had a photo of Cho kissing that guy, but I took it off them, to protect you from the truth. They must have gotten another one between now and then, because I swear I tore it up.' Andrea said.
'You're joking? Who was it?' Draco said, a murderous tone in his voice.
'Claire and Lisa, some Ravenclaw fifth years.' Andrea muttered. 'This means that Cho must have seen this guy yesterday, or else they wouldn't have been able to get a new photo.'
'I think I need to find out who this guy is, and teach him to stay away from my girl!' Draco said.
'Excuse me, YOUR girl?' Andrea and Draco spun around to see a very puffy eyed, and very annoyed Cho.
'Er, hi Cho, I didn't see you there.' Draco said feebly.
'Well of course you didn't see me here or else you wouldn't have claimed ownership over me!' Cho yelled, infuriated. A lot of people were now watching. Draco got to his feet.
'Well if you weren't such a slut and running off with the first guy you see, I wouldn't have to claim ownership over you!' Draco yelled. He brought his fist back, and slammed it down on Cho's delicate cheek bone. A loud crack could be heard.
Silence rang though the Great Hall, and it felt like an eternity before Draco finally stumbled back, and ran out of the Great Hall. After that, things seemed to happen in slow motion. Mariette and Anabelle rushed to Cho's side, trying to make sure she could see, and attempting to take her to the Hospital Wing. Some teachers rushed to Cho's aid, and the whole of Hogwarts formed a circle around Cho, who seemed to have been knocked unconscious.
Andrea slipped out of the crowd, un-noticed. She sprinted after Draco, and caught him just before he was going into the Slytherin Common Room.
He had tears streaming down his face. Andrea looked shocked for a minute, this was the first time she'd seen her best friend cry. She took his shoulders in her hands and shook him vigorously.
'What the hell happened to you back there?' She shrieked. Draco pushed her hands away forcefully and seemed to get even madder. He let out a large scream, and wiped some tears from his face harshly.
'Piss off!' Draco yelled at Andrea, and he turned to go into the Common Room, but Andrea wouldn't let it go.
'Spin the fuck around so I can spit in your face! That was the worst beyond worst thing I have even seen you do, and you've done some pretty mean fucking stuff in your life!' Andrea screamed at him. Draco paused for a minute, but he stormed into the Common Room, and down the stairs into the boys dorms.
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~* Wow, people are reading this! Cool, so thanks to all who support my fiction, here's the next chapter. By the way, in the end, Cho will have to choose between Draco & Harry, just a little spoiler for you! *~
Chapter 24 ~ He Doesn't Own Her
Anabelle and Mariette were hurrying around the many passages of Hogwarts trying to find Cho. They were in the middle of searching the fifth floor when Cho showed up from out of no where.
'Oh Merlin Cho! Where have you been all night?' Mariette screeched as the two girls rushed up to Cho, hugging her and inspecting her to make sure there was no damage done. Cho smiled.
'I think I found someone!' She said happily. Mariette and Anabelle gaped at her.
'What do you mean you think you've found someone?' Anabelle asked curiously.
'Well, someone who I could date,' Cho replied.
'Oh, really? That's wonderful! You've finally gotten over that rotten Malfoy character.' Mariette mused. Anabelle nodded in agreement.
'So who's this mystery guy?' Anabelle asked with a wink.
'Yes, Cho, do tell.' Mariette added.
'Miguel Lopez.' Cho told them.
'Is he that really handsome one from Beauxbatons?' Mariette squealed.
'The very same,' Cho said with a large smile on her face.
'How did this happen?' Anabelle asked.
'Well, last night I was walking around, and I noticed him sulking on a bench, so I went up to talk to him. We got to talking, and one thing led to another. I think he likes me!' Cho explained.
'What makes you think that?' Mariette said, looking somewhat suspicious.
'Well, he did kiss me, that kinda gave it away.' Cho said, and winked. Mariette and Anabelle looked immediately jealous.
'Really? How lucky are you!' Mariette cried, jumping up and down on the spot. Anabelle reached out and hugged her friend.
'Congratulations Cho, I'm so happy for you that you've finally gotten yourself out of that mopey mood you were in for so long.' Anabelle said.
'That is so true, you have no idea how it was to watch you sulk around like that. We get so worried when we wake up and you're not there! That's why we were looking for you this morning.' Mariette told her.
'Do you guys really care about me that much?' Cho asked shyly.
'What do you mean? Of course we care about you that much!' Anabelle cried.
'Thanks guys, you mean the world to me,' Cho said.
~***~
At breakfast, Andrea was sitting by herself, not wanting to be seen with Draco. She had come to the conclusion that Draco and Cho had gotten into some sort of major disagreement, and Andrea just wasn't in the mood to put up with a sulking Draco. Plus she had heard rumours that Cho was seeing a guy from Beauxbatons, which wouldn't go down well when Draco found out about it.
'My, my. Rumours certainly do spread fast.' Someone said from the next table, Ravenclaw. Andrea tuned in to listen to this conversation, hoping to overhear something interesting.
'What do you mean by that?'
'Take a look at this photo Lisa,' Andrea saw out of the corner of her eye, a girl passing a photo to another girl. Lisa gasped.
'Oh dear Merlin! That's Cho Chang!' Lisa yelped. 'She's two years above us!'
'Yeah Lisa, and she's also Head Girl.'
'Oh yeah, sorry I seem to have forgotten about that Claire.' Lisa said sarcastically.
'Do you know who she's kissing?'
'I think that's one of the Beauxbatons lot, I mean, look at his robes, there's no way a Starkals Student would wear something like that.' Lisa said.
'Yeah, you're right. Quickly, we must make more copies of this and send them out to the school!' Claire said excitedly.
'No way! She's Head Girl, and she's in our house!'
'Which is exactly why they won't accuse us of setting it up,' Claire said, somewhat annoyed at Lisa's stupidity.
'Well, you do have a point there,' At this, Andrea stood up and stalked over to the Ravenclaw table where Lisa and Claire were sitting. She stared at the two girls with ultimate hatred.
'Excuse me, the Slytherin table is over there.' Claire said, rather rudely, and she pointed to the Slytherin table.
'Do you think I'm stupid? I know where my own house table is.' Andrea said coldly. 'But there's something I have to discuss with you ladies.'
'And what would that be?' Lisa asked.
'That photo you seem to have.'
'Oh, that's nothing.' Claire said, brushing it off like it were a piece of dust on her robes.
'Don't lie to me, if you make copies of it and send it to everyone, I'll make it my business to tell Dumbledore.' Andrea threatened.
'You wouldn't, you're a Slytherin, you would love nothing more than to see the goody-goody Head Girl go down.' Claire challenged.
'Being a Slytherin doesn't necessarily mean that I want to see Cho publicly humiliated.' Andrea told them. 'So hand over the photo.' She stuck her hand out. Neither Claire nor Lisa moved. Andrea frowned dangerously.
'Look, girl, we don't care about your threats, we have something gold here, and it's our job to expose it.' Lisa said cautiously. Andrea glowered, and snatched her wand out.
'Accio Photograph.' She said, and the photo zoomed out of Claire's hand and into Andrea's outstretched hand. Claire gave Andrea a dirty look.
'You will pay for that.' She said, and Andrea walked off, happy that she was able to keep Draco from finding out what happened between Cho and this Beauxbatons guy. Andrea knew that it would only be a matter of time before he found out, but still, she wanted to protect him from the truth for as long as possible. Andrea tore up the photograph, and it burned black, and sizzled down into a crisp, before popping into thin air.
~***~
Cho was unaware of these rumours, and of the two Ravenclaws following her, as she made her way to meet up with Miguel Lopez. They had been owling eachother like crazy that morning, and Cho had suggested a meeting to give the owl a rest. She skipped merrily down towards the lake, and waited patiently for Miguel to show up.
It wasn't long before Cho saw him jogging towards her. As soon as he reached Cho, Miguel wrapped her up in a deep kiss. This time, Cho kissed back.
~***~
The next morning, when Draco came into the Great Hall for breakfast, he was shocked at the sight which he saw. There were large pictures of Cho and some Beauxbatons guy passionately kissing by the lake.
'It's gotta be a joke,' Draco said, and he tried to convince himself that it wasn't real, however, when he spotted Cho, he knew those pictures were true. She had puffy eyes, and looked the most embarrassed she had ever looked in her life. Cho hung her head in shame as her school mates jeered at her.
'We expected better from Head Girl!' Someone yelled out from the Slytherin table. Draco shot a look at that person, which shut them down.
Draco walked around, quickly glancing around the different tables looking for the culprit. He saw no one who looked the least bit suspicious, so Draco took his seat next to Andrea. Andrea looked like she could murder someone.
'They got another one! How could they get another one?' She was muttering to herself. Draco looked at her curiously.
'Another what, Andrea, tell me.' Draco said curiously.
'There was two girls, and they had a photo of Cho kissing that guy, but I took it off them, to protect you from the truth. They must have gotten another one between now and then, because I swear I tore it up.' Andrea said.
'You're joking? Who was it?' Draco said, a murderous tone in his voice.
'Claire and Lisa, some Ravenclaw fifth years.' Andrea muttered. 'This means that Cho must have seen this guy yesterday, or else they wouldn't have been able to get a new photo.'
'I think I need to find out who this guy is, and teach him to stay away from my girl!' Draco said.
'Excuse me, YOUR girl?' Andrea and Draco spun around to see a very puffy eyed, and very annoyed Cho.
'Er, hi Cho, I didn't see you there.' Draco said feebly.
'Well of course you didn't see me here or else you wouldn't have claimed ownership over me!' Cho yelled, infuriated. A lot of people were now watching. Draco got to his feet.
'Well if you weren't such a slut and running off with the first guy you see, I wouldn't have to claim ownership over you!' Draco yelled. He brought his fist back, and slammed it down on Cho's delicate cheek bone. A loud crack could be heard.
Silence rang though the Great Hall, and it felt like an eternity before Draco finally stumbled back, and ran out of the Great Hall. After that, things seemed to happen in slow motion. Mariette and Anabelle rushed to Cho's side, trying to make sure she could see, and attempting to take her to the Hospital Wing. Some teachers rushed to Cho's aid, and the whole of Hogwarts formed a circle around Cho, who seemed to have been knocked unconscious.
Andrea slipped out of the crowd, un-noticed. She sprinted after Draco, and caught him just before he was going into the Slytherin Common Room.
He had tears streaming down his face. Andrea looked shocked for a minute, this was the first time she'd seen her best friend cry. She took his shoulders in her hands and shook him vigorously.
'What the hell happened to you back there?' She shrieked. Draco pushed her hands away forcefully and seemed to get even madder. He let out a large scream, and wiped some tears from his face harshly.
'Piss off!' Draco yelled at Andrea, and he turned to go into the Common Room, but Andrea wouldn't let it go.
'Spin the fuck around so I can spit in your face! That was the worst beyond worst thing I have even seen you do, and you've done some pretty mean fucking stuff in your life!' Andrea screamed at him. Draco paused for a minute, but he stormed into the Common Room, and down the stairs into the boys dorms.
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