I'm running out of stuff to say. I'll just let you read the fic.

Disclaimer: AK! I haven't done one of these yet. anyway I own the plot, Samiha, Serena, Zara, Megan and Kieran…wait you don't know who Kieran is yet do you? Oh well I spoilt that never mind. yes there will be another character called Kieran coming into the story, anyway everything else belongs to JK Rowling sigh

Princess Plankton: Aloha! Thanks for reviewing! And the review actually made sense! Wow!

Zou-chang: Thankyou! It's always nice to know I've got people behind me on this story, and………um……enjoy the chapter!

Indigal: Self-deceiving……yes that's another good word, nearly as good as internal-conflict. Anyway I'm not telling you what Cho does next, I've written up to chapter 11 so I know what's going to happen, but you will have to wait! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And finally thanks for reviewing! hugz you

HoshiHikari4ever: I'm not going to thankyou 3 times since you reviewed 3 times. I'll just give you one BIG thankyou! So first of all this will be h/c as you saw in chapter 6. secondly breaking up Harry and Hermione won't be for a while, but there WILL be more h/c romance in chapter 9 I think. Thirdly there's more to Harry and Cho than just romance. As somebody gave away in their last review! ahem anyway……finally Voldemort won't show up for quite a while yet and Dumbledore I have no idea when he'll be in it. I think that covers it. Now enjoy chapter 7!

Ghetx2o: Yes Ron is suspended! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ahem anyway, you don't know what's going to happen when he comes back. grins evilly I will keep you waiting in suspense. Anyway I'm glad you reviewed, I couldn't live without your reviews! I get them every chapter and I always look forward to reading them cos there always so great!

LogicalRaven: Harry's definitely confused! Who will he end up with? Well, obviously Cho, he's not meant to be with Hermione, but I'm afraid that they won't be breaking up for quite a while. Sorry you'll have to wait.

DelPiero: It don't matter about 'you know what' cos they were all just famous people who everyone's heard of. So anyway thanks for reviewing. Glad you like it! I hope you do really well in your exams, I bet you'll be fine. I got exams this year and I'm totally dreading them. I know how you fell. So good luck! grins.

Jazzy D: I'm not bothered about random crap I get in reviews! Partly because I know what it's like to be totally hyper and want to write a whole load of pointless rambling and partly because I get it all the time from my best mate. Anyway thanks for reviewing, I'm wondering how you haven't got bored of my story yet, it's not as great as people think it's going to be.

Mjk306: Hope I updated quick enough. what else can I say, short and sweet.

Tylah: You liked it? Whoo Hoo! I am loved! Grins. Anyway Ron will return. But you'll have to wait and see what happens when he returns! Everything won't be all fine and normal. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I should really stop giving stuff away. Anyway hope you like this chapter.

Ct: aaawwww, is it really that good? Thanks! There will be more Harry/Cho romance in chapter 9! I think. As for Cho getting jealous you'll have to wait and find out.

Wingsofsilver: Yes Ron is suspended! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! But he will be back with vengeance! Ahem…..anyway. Are you sure you aren't stalking me. looks around suspiciously Next time if you ask questions I won't give anything away. I guess our great minds do think alike. Lol! oh yeh thanks for reviewing!

Toxiclove: yes! Yes!! YES!!!!!!!!! Suspension!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! But Ron will be back! Never fear. Of course Harry enjoyed the kiss. But you'll have to wait until chapter 9 for more romance! And……er……thanks for reviewing!

Rivers: Omg! Sorry I didn't realise I hadn't replied yet! Please forgive me! Anyway I'll thank you now! Glad you like it! Mwahahahahahahaha! Ron is suspended, but he will return, and things will get worse. Ak! I shouldn't have said that……… anyway here's chapter 7 sorry I forgot you don't hurt me! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Harry couldn't remember a much worse boxing day. He woke up with a splitting headache and feeling slightly sick. 'So this is what a hang-over feels like' he thought, as he got up and dressed. His face was as pale as ghost and his eyes were still slightly bloodshot.

But the fact that he had a hang-over wasn't why Harry had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. He left Gryffindor tower with Ron and went down to breakfast, knowing that when he returned Ron would have gone for a whole 2 months.

But there was also the fact that the news of Ron being suspended had spread like wildfire through the school and now just about everyone knew. People threw Harry, Ron and even Hermione horrible looks as they passed between the tables to find a seat.

Neither Harry nor Ron ate much that morning. Ron obviously felt sick too, or maybe he just didn't feel like eating because he knew any second now Professor McGonagall would come over to him and take him away.

But Professor McGonagall didn't come until the end of breakfast which gave Draco Malfoy plenty of time to come over and gloat.

"Hey Weasley, is true you've been suspended?" Malfoy called in his usual drawling voice, that made Harry want to hex him. Ron didn't move, but he clenched his teeth and tried not to look at Malfoy.

"Piss off Malfoy," Harry said looking him straight in the eyes and glaring.

"Now, now, Potter watch your language, or I'll put you on detention, since Weasley can't anymore," Malfoy said sneering. Ron raised his head. His ears were starting to turn red.

"Get lost Malfoy, it's got nothing to do with you," Ron said through clenched teeth. Malfoy simply sneered more terribly at them. Harry reached for his wand wishing dearly that he could perform one of the unforgivable curses on him.

"What you gonna do if I don't," Malfoy said with a look of malice in his eyes.

"Just beat it Malfoy, I'm still a prefect so watch it," Hermione said unexpectedly. Hermione had been allowed to keep her badge, because even though she'd figured out about the alcohol she hadn't drunk any and she hadn't had anything to do with it. Malfoy knew he couldn't say anything more if Hermione was still a prefect so he turned on his heel and marched back to the Slytherin table.

"Thanks Hermione," Ron and Harry muttered. Harry looked at his watch 10:20am. At holiday time, like Christmas, breakfast ended at 10:30am only 10 minutes until Ron had to leave. Harry imagined how it would be to have Hermione as his best friend and girlfriend for 2 whole months. He'd only ever had to this once, in his 4th year when Ron had been jealous of Harry getting into the tri-wizard tournament. But then Hermione had only been his friend not girlfriend. And he hadn't had the thought of kissing Cho bearing heavily on his mind.

But he had no more time to think about that now, professor McGonagall was heading over to them.

"Mr. Weasley, it is time for you to leave." Harry could hear a small amount of sadness in her voice as she spoke, Harry wished more than ever that he could turn back time. Before the alcohol, before he'd kissed Cho, before the Ball. At least then he had a small amount of happiness.

"Yes professor," Ron mumbled "I'll go get my trunk," Harry and Hermione followed Ron upstairs to get his trunk.

10 minutes later al three were standing on the platform next to the large, red Hogwarts Express train. Ron looked at them both.

"Bye," he said gruffly, trying to show he didn't mind. Hermione grabbed him and embraced him in her arms. Ron slightly taken aback, but he returned her hug and shook hands with Harry.

"Bye Ron," Harry said and Ron stepped on the train.

"Remember to write," Hermione said as Ron stuck his head out a window to wave goodbye.

"Yeh and see you soon," Harry said, then the train started to move. Hermione and Harry raced down the platform after it, waving one last goodbye to Ron.

"Bye!" they called, and Ron tried to smile as he retuned the goodbye. Tears started to slide down Hermione's cheek and she threw her arms around Harry. Harry hugged her back.

"It's ok Hermione, he'll be back soon," Harry said trying to be comforting. Although he wanted to cry too. Hermione sniffed.

"Yeh I guess so," she said, putting her head on Harry's shoulder. Harry felt sick, but not because of the hang-over anymore. Because he remembered the night before. When he'd kissed Cho, it didn't feel right to hug Hermione so close when only a few hours ago he'd shared a very passionate kiss with another girl. Harry raised Hermione's head and kissed her on the lips. But it didn't feel the same, it didn't feel right anymore. His feelings for Hermione were slowly drifting away, he just hadn't realised it yet.

"It'll be ok," Harry said comfortingly, "He'll be back soon,"

"Yeh I guess," Hermione replied. They stood on the platform for a few minutes more.

"Lets go inside," Harry said taking Hermione's hand and they went back up to the castle and into the common room.

Cho's POV:

Harry hadn't left Cho's mind ever since the kiss the night before. Not even when Samiha had given them a long winded account of how Michael Corner had kissed her after the Ball, did Harry's face move from Cho's mind. She kept reliving the scene. The conversation, the way he'd looked at her, when she'd kissed him, then he'd kissed her back, then when he broke the kiss ran off.

She couldn't figure out what he could be feeling, was he regretting it? was he glad it had happened? Was he angry with himself or her for going after him? What would she be thinking if she was in his shoes?

It was 5:30pm nearly dinner time. But she wasn't hungry. She was sitting up in her room. Cho had spent nearly all day in the dormitory, she'd tried to do homework, but found herself thinking more and more about Harry. She couldn't shake him from her mind.

There was no point trying to divert her thoughts so she sat by her window looking over the Hogwarts grounds, letting everything run through in her mind, over and over.

At 6:00pm Samiha and Serena came up and tried to get her to come for dinner, but she didn't want any.

"I'll see you guys later," she said firmly. "I'm seriously not hungry," Samiha and Serena gave up for now, but Cho knew they would be back to ask questions later.

She wasn't wrong. By 7:00pm they were back up in the dormitory.

"Ok come on you have to tell us why you're acting like this, something happened last night at the Ball," Samiha said sitting next to Cho and Serena sat beside her.

"You're not going anywhere until you tell us everything," Serena agreed, looking expectantly at Cho, who sighed, there was no use trying to get away. But she couldn't think of where to begin.

"We saw you disappear, out of the great Hall near the end of the Ball, where did you go?" they persisted.

"Did you go and find Harry?" Samiha said smiling cheekily. Cho nodded reluctantly.

"Well what happened," Serena said eagerly. Cho took a deep breath and started to talk.

"Well I followed him outside, I think he was sorta drunk, he kept swaying from side to side and wasn't keeping his balance very well. He sat down on a bench and went up to him we just talked, that's all." Cho said hoping they would believe her

"Come on, tell us what really happened." Samiha pressed her.

"Nothing we sat on the bench and talked for while, about Quidditch and stuff, he'd been drinking, kinda looked like he needed someone to talk to " she finished, looking at her two best friends to see their reaction. Samiha grinned, Cho could tell she was trying to keep a straight face.

"No you didn't, something happened or you wouldn't be acting like this," Samiha said, giving Cho an unbelieving look. Cho sighed giving up with the lies.

"Ok, ok I'll tell you. I sat next to him, he looked kinda awful, I asked him if there was something wrong he said he had a headache cos he'd been drinking. Then he looked at me and couldn't help it. I kissed him." Cho said. A grin spread even more widely across Samiha's face as she fort to keep a straight face.

"I knew it!" she yelled happily. "What was it like?" she said eagerly. Cho thought for a moment.

"Amazing," she said, it had been fantastic, the best feeling in the world. Even more exhilarating than kissing Cedric. Samiha was smiling even more broadly, like it had been her kissing the guy of her dreams. Serena hadn't said anything, until now.

"Cho, you do know he's got a girlfriend," she said nervously.

"Who cares," Samiha said "Cho's always liked Harry, no offence Cho but your crap at hiding your feelings for that guy," Samiha was talking very fast and excitedly. Cho couldn't help but smile as she remembered the kiss. It felt great to finally tell someone.

"Yeh I guess, I can't help who I love," Cho said, then realising what she'd said closed her mouth quickly.

"What?" Samiha said, her eyes widening, "Did you just say you loved him?" she continued. Cho wanted to erase those last words, but she couldn't instead she admitted it.

"Yeh," she said nodding slowly.

"God Cho, I knew you liked him, but honestly, I never thought you actually loved him," Samiha said like she was watching her favourite soap on the television. Serena didn't seem half as excited.

"Cho, Harry's got a girlfriend, Hermione Granger," she said quietly. Cho nodded.

"Yeh, I know," she said sighing, what was Serena trying to say.

"Well you can't go around kissing other girls boyfriends," she said, looking accusingly at her. Cho knew she had a point, but at the same time she'd thought Serena would have been happy for her.

"Yeh but everyone knows they're not meant to be together," Samiha said,

"Come on Serena, lighten up." Cho was glad of Samiha's light heartedness.

"I know I shouldn't have done it, but I couldn't help myself, I love him Serena, I can't ignore that any more," Cho said. Serena sighed.

"I guess, but what if Harry doesn't love you, I mean look what happened last year, he ended up hurting you." Ch couldn't really believe Serena was saying.

She was her best friend.

"Yeh, but I can't forget about him, it was my fault we broke up, I overreacted, no-one feels for him the way I do. I had to do something, what would you have done?" Cho said.

"I guess," Serena sighed. She obviously didn't want to cause an argument so she dropped the subject. They steered the conversation away from the Ball and Samiha started talking about Michael Corner and her plans to meet him whenever the next Hogsmede visit was going to be.

But Cho was only pretending to listen. She was thinking about what Serena had just said. What if Harry didn't like her. She didn't think she could live through this year seeing him with Hermione and not with her. She loved him, but she couldn't change his feelings. He had to like her too, why would have kissed her back? What should she do now?

She went to bed later that evening with these thought still circulating in her mind. Did Harry like her? Did he hate her for kissing him when he's with Hermione? Was he as confused as her? What was she supposed to do now? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

There's chapter 7 for you, please keep reviewing! I love you all. Hopefully in the next chapter more will happen. I don't know. But the plot will become more interesting soon. Especially when Ron comes back trust me. Now Get reviewing!