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The morning of the Christmas Hogsmede weekend dawned bright and sunny. It had obviously snowed during the night as there was at least a foot of snow covering the Hogwarts grounds. Cho and her friends headed straight for the three broomsticks when they arrived in Hogsmede on Saturday morning.
As Cho sat down with Samiha and Serena at a table in the corner she spotted just the people who she didn't want to see. Cho had felt a lot better this morning. Everything looked so much brighter and less imposing in the early morning sunlight, but as her eyes drifted around the crowded pub and settled on three 6th years her heart sank into its usual moody and sorrowful form.
Harry was sitting at a small table with Ron and Hermione. Harry had his arm around Hermione and was gently stroking her hair. Hermione had her head on Harry's shoulder and was looking happily up at him.
Samiha and Serena followed her gaze looking worried, they had to deal with Cho's increasingly bad moods. As much as Cho insisted she was over Harry, Cho still really liked Harry. They remembered the way she'd talked about him for those few days when they'd been dating, Harry could never really be wiped from Cho's mind.
"Hey Cho, anyone asked you to the Ball yet?" Samiha asked, trying to divert Cho's thoughts, she hated seeing any of her friends upset. Cho looked at her blankly, still lost in thought.
"What? Oh………….er……………no not yet," Cho said, coming back to reality suddenly.
"Who do you wanna go with?" Samiha continued, hoping that the conversation would pick up and she could brighten Cho's mood.
"I dunno, as long I don't go without a date, if I didn't have anyone to go with I wouldn't go!" Cho said, pretending to be interested.
"What about Roger Davis, he has so got a crush on you!" Serena said excitedly. Cho smiled at her.
"Yeh, I guess if he asked me, I'd go with him, he's pretty good looking." Cho replied, "Anyway you guys got dates yet?" she asked trying to avoid any more questions.
It turned out that Michael Corner had asked Samiha to the Ball at breakfast, but Serena didn't have a date. Cho knew there were loads of Guys who wanted to go to the Ball with Serena. She was very pretty, with long blonde hair, sparkling green eyes and a figure to die for.
But Serena wasn't very confident, she was uncomfortable around new people and very nervous with boys, she'd had a few boyfriends but none had lasted very long. Cho knew that if Serena learnt to be less nervous she could have any guy she liked.
The three girls left the pub and wandered down the main street, looking in shop windows as they passed. They went briefly inside the Broomstick shop, Cho wanted a new Broomstick for Christmas, her comet two-sixty was way too old for her to play with this year.
Cho really wanted Ravenclaw to do well this year, Cho was still their best seeker but she wanted to have a great last season, so she needed a new broom. She had hinted at a new broom to her mum but she felt bad about it, what with the divorce and everything, I wasn't fair to expect anything too expensive. But still, she could dream about it.
Samiha and Serena weren't really into Quidditch so they dragged her out soon enough and they went into the robe shop.
The shop was full of dress robes and muggle dresses, they obviously knew Hogwarts had a Ball coming up. Cho, Serena and Samiha loved the muggle dresses, they headed straight for that section.
They spent at least an hour choosing dresses but eventually, Serena picked out a sky blue dress, it was long past her feet and had thin straps over her shoulders.
Samiha chose a red dress, it was short above her knees showing off her long and lightly tanned legs.
Cho took ages over her dress, but finally bought a long black dress. It had no sleeves or straps and showed a lot of cleavage. It looked amazing on Cho. Showing off her perfect figure and curves.
Cho left the shop feeling much better. Her bad mood was fading and the happy feeling of a Normal nearly 17year old girl was retuning. Shopping always cheered her up, especially when it was clothes shopping!
They continued up the main street talking excitedly about the Ball now. Comparing hair styles, jewellery and possible dates. Cho felt like a light, happy bubble was inside her, waiting to burst if she saw Harry or Hermione. But she didn't catch site of them all day.
It began to snow in the afternoon, light flakes of white snow catching in her hair as the sun began to dip behind the horizon.
"Come on, we'd better be getting back," Serena said "It's getting dark." Serena was right, the sun was setting upon them. So they left the village and wandered towards the castle.
They were one of the last people to return to the castle that evening and as they traipsed to the Great Hall, Cho was glad she'd managed to forget about Harry that day, she'd been like a normal 16 year old instead of her usual depressed self.
Cho didn't eat much that evening, she was full of Honeydukes chocolate and sweets, she wanted to go to her common room, so savour her good mood while it lasted. So far she hadn't seen Harry since the Three Broomsticks, and was trying not to think about him.
When her friends eventually swallowed their last mouthfuls and stood up, Cho sighed a walked quickly to the Ravenclaw common room.
"Golden Phoenix," Cho said and the portrait guarding the entrance to the common room swung forward. There was a large, crackling fire in the grate. It was a homely site to Cho. She sat in one of the comfortable arm chairs by the fire, letting the warm, heat sweep over her.
The common was quite deserted as most students were still at dinner, that was the way Cho liked it. She sat talking to her friends until the common room began to fill with chattering Ravenclaws.
Less than 1 week until Christmas Cho thought as drowsiness began to overcome her.
"I'm going to bed," Cho said trying to stifle a yawn. Serena and Samiha looked up from the books they were reading, about who their soul mate was.
"Yeh, ok goodnight Cho," Samiha said vaguely, still examining the book closely. Cho shot them an exasperated look. She wasn't someone who believed in all that soul mate and seeing the future stuff. Divination was one of her least favourite subjects. She found it boring and pointless.
But as Cho trudged up the stairs she vaguely wondered if she had a soul mate, someone she was destined to be with. And if it could possibly be a certain black haired, 6th year.
Cho shook her head violently, as if that would make the image of Harry Potter leave her mind, but it didn't work. As she changed into a long blue nightgown Harry's face was still in her minds eye. Lingering there, so he was always on Cho's mind, like an unwanted obsession that wouldn't go away.
But did she want him to go away? Did she want him to be out of her life? If she admitted the truth to herself, she liked thinking about Harry. She could never forget their kiss under the mistletoe or the short lived date they'd had last year. She wanted to keep these memories, as much as she tried to hate Harry, she knew she could never do any less than pretend she didn't want him back.
Cho drifted off to sleep with the image of Harry's face in her mind, comforting her, filling her dreams of him.
When Cho did begin to dream, it was about Harry. It was a dream she'd had it many times. It was about their first (and only) date. She had relived it so many times in her sleep. It was like a recurring nightmare that haunted her, until she screamed.
Cho woke up sweating. It wasn't a scary or horrible dream, but she hated it, there were so many things she'd wished she'd done that day. It was like watching movie with a sad ending over and over and not being able to change the outcome.
She climbed out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom for a drink of water. She was angry with herself. Why did she let the dream do that to her. Why couldn't she accept that she and Harry were never going to be a couple and move on? Why did it haunt her like this?
Cho couldn't go back to bed yet. There was anger coursing through her, not just because she couldn't forget Harry, but also because she'd acted so childishly that day. She'd jumped to conclusions, if she'd really liked Harry, surly she could have kept cool. Just let it pass. But no, she had to let her temper take over.
Instead Cho went over to the small window of her dormitory and opened the curtain, letting the moonlight stream into the room. The Hogwarts grounds, were unmoving except for the calm ripples of the lake. Everything was silent and dark. The site soothed Cho, driving away some of her anger. Letting the tranquil night air brush across her pale face as she opened the window.
Cho breathed deeply taking in the smell of the cool night atmosphere, she felt a lot calmer now. She quietly shut the window and got back into her bed, staring up at the ceiling. Why did he do this to her? Make her heart skip a beat when she saw him, anger her when he was with Hermione.
Cho drifted off to sleep again, trying to reason with herself, she didn't like Harry, no she was over him, but was she, she did care about, why else would she think about him so much? Why wasn't there an easy answer?
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