Yes I'm back with chapter 8! I know the last chapter was boxing day but I've skipped a couple of weeks in time, basically all that happened in those weeks was Harry being confused about whether he liked Cho or Hermione. Cho wondering what to do next, whether she was wrong to go after Harry when he had a girlfriend. But it would get boring if I just kept going on and on about that so this is sometime in January when they go back to school.

Disclaimer: I own Samiha, Serena, Megan, Zara and Kieran who isn't in this story yet but will be soon. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ahem………On with the story. After I thank all my fantastic reviewers of course.

Princess Plankton: Hope you enjoyed it can't be bothered to actually remember what your review said so just enjoy the latest chapter! You've been bugging me about it for long enough! Lol!

Del Piero: Well I know how girls minds work better than boys cos I'm female so I guess the bit about Cho would be better. Apart from that…...er…….glad you liked it and keep reading. Oh and thanks a lot for saying my love scenes were good cos I personally have no idea how well I write them. Thanks!

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Indigal: I have updated! You shall wait no longer! Ron and Hermione???? You'll just have to wait. I only have one thing to say about that if Ron and Hermione do get together it will not Over-rule the Harry/Cho stuff. This will be concentrated on Harry/Cho no matter what else happens. And thanks again for your usual great review!

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Thankyou sooooooooooo much all you fantastic people, I have so many reviews! Whoo Hoo! Just thought I'd let you know…….more romance in chapter 9! Yay! But until then just read on!

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The last day of the Christmas holidays was coming to a close, Cho and her friends were sitting in the common room playing exploding snap and just generally talking. Enjoying the last day before they would go back and face more lectures about their NEWT exams from their teachers.

Cho looked at her watch. 10:00pm.

"Hey guys we should really go to bed soon, we've got to get up earlier tomorrow." She said.

"k, lets just finish this game," Samiha said, placing down another a card and bracing herself for a loud bang, but none came.

They played for a little longer. But Cho wasn't really concentrating. She still had Harry on her mind. She'd barley had a minute since the Ball when he hadn't been on her mind. She even dreamt about him. He infatuated every part of her mind.

"er……..Cho it's your go," Serena said, but Cho hardly heard her.

"Hey Cho," Samiha said waving a hand in front of her glazed eyes.

"What………er…….oh right," Cho said putting her card down making the pile explode with a loud crack, meaning Cho had lost. She pretended to be disappointed but was actually quite relieved to be going up to her dormitory and to bed. Where she could let her thoughts run wild without any interruptions.

But on her way out of the common room, Cho's saw something or someone else who'd also been drifting in and out of her thoughts, recently. Marietta. Marietta had kept her distance from Cho since Cho had stood up to her.

As Cho walked past Marietta towards the stone staircase, she knew Marietta was watching out of the corner of her eye. But she didn't say anything or even move, it gave ho a certain amount of satisfaction to think that Marietta wasn't brave enough to insult Cho to her face any more. Like she was scared.

Cho climbed the staircase, went into her dormitory, changed into her pyjamas and got into bed.

"Goodnight," she muttered to her friends before pulling the hangings around her four-poster and drifting into a night haunted by Harry's face. The last thing she did before closing her eyes was to make sure her ring was on her finger. Even when she took a shower or went to bed she didn't take it off. It reminded her of Harry and the kiss they had shared on the night of the ball.

When she did sleep, she dreamt her familiar dream of her first and only date with Harry.

They were sitting inside madam Puddifoot's talking. Cho felt the usual sadness wash over her as she remembered Cedric's death. 'Why why why did I have to ask Harry about his death. She was on a date with Harry not Cedric.' If only she could change it. So she didn't start crying and storm out of Harry. She willed herself to just keep talking about Quidditch. If you love Harry you won't ask him about Cedric.

Then the dream changed, she didn't see the end of the date. The scene flickered. She was standing by the lake, but she wasn't alone. Harry was standing beside her holding her hand. He bent down slightly kissed her lightly on the cheek. She knew what this was. This was her if she hadn't lashed out at Harry. If she hadn't overreacted so badly she could be with Harry. This was the way it should have been.

 Cho woke up with a start, the dream was still vivid in her mind. She knew what she had to do. Before she had chance to think about it or change her mind she grabbed some parchment from her bed-side table and wrote a note. She couldn't wait any longer, she couldn't live without seeing Harry again. She had to tell him everything, face to face.

Harry's POV:

Harry was lying awake. He couldn't sleep. Too many thoughts were clouding his brain. Each one keeping him awake, thinking. So many unanswered questions, nothing made sense. Cho was the first thing on his mind. he couldn't work out why he'd kissed her. Did he still have feelings for her? Was it a mistake? It hadn't felt like a mistake at the time. But it must have been he loved Hermione……..didn't he……..?

Then there was Ron. He didn't think he could stand only having Hermione to talk to. If Ron was here, Harry knew he could tell him. Maybe Ron could have helped him out, but Ron was at the Burrow on suspension.

After hours of tossing and turning. Harry got up. it was 6:30am. But at least if he got up and dressed, he could go down into the common room and do something. Lying in bed thinking everything over and over wasn't helping him. He went down the stone step and sat by the fire. No-one was up yet, but this didn't bother him.

Silence was Harry's best friend and worst enemy. Silence meant Harry was free to think without interruptions or annoying questions and comments. Silence let Harry slip back into darkness, black swirling thoughts in his mind. keeping him awake, stopping him from being happy or cheerful.

Eventually, after about an hour, Hermione came down the stone steps from the girls dormitory and yanked him away from his thinking.

"Morning Harry" she said, coming up behind him and wrapping her arms around his neck. Harry forced a half realistic smile as he turned around and hugged her back.

"Hey Hermione," he replied. They went down to the Great Hall and ate breakfast. Harry tried to talk as much as possible, so he didn't have to think about Cho, Hermione or Ron.

But as Harry stood up to leave he spotted Cho. No matter how much he tried to drag his eyes away, he couldn't. She stared at her. She was laughing and talking with some friends. Harry vaguely wondered if she'd told any of them. Then she looked at him, she turned round and caught him staring. He quickly jerked his head away from her and walked briskly out of the Great Hall. Harry didn't notice Cho stand up and exit not far behind him.

Harry almost ran to Gryffindor tower to collect his books. his first lesson was Charms. He headed towards the Hogwarts grounds. He was going to be early but he didn't care.

Harry wasn't really paying attention to wear he was walking. And he walked right into someone. Without looking up he crouched down to pick up his books.

"Sorry," he muttered absentmindedly, the person he'd walked into crouched down to pick up their books as well, and Harry was forced to look at them. He could have sworn his heart had stopped as he looked into the girls deep brown eyes.

"Oh……….er………Hi Cho," Harry said stumbling over his words.

"Hi Harry," she said with a slight waver in her voice. Harry quickly stood up, wanting to get away as soon as possible.

"Well……..um…….see you," he said, dodging around her.

"See you around," Cho called after him down the corridor, but he had turned round the corner and out of site.

Harry sat in his chair beside Hermione and opened his book. But something fell out of it onto the floor. Harry bent down to pick it up, knowing exactly who it was from.

Meet me outside the room of requirement tonight 9pm

That was all it said. Harry's heart started to beat faster. But he quickly crumpled the note in his hand as Hermione leaned over his shoulder to read it.

"What's that?" she asked.

"Oh………er…..nothing, just a note from ages ago," Harry said lamely, taking out his quill and copying down some note Professor Flitwick was writing on the board.

Harry spent the rest of the day, thinking about the note. Sometimes he would convince himself he wasn't going, he was going out with Hermione, and he only had feelings for her. But then he would think, I might as well go and see what she has to say. I mean what could go wrong, it wasn't like he was going to kiss her or anything like last time.

By the time he arrived back at the common room, Harry was even more confused than he'd been all year. On the one hand going would probably mean making his life even more complicated. But maybe if he went, he could set himself straight, that he didn't have any feelings for Cho, in any case he was kinda interested in what she had to say about then night of the Ball.

It was 8:40pm, and Harry was down in the common room, doing a Transfiguration essay for homework.

"Hermione, can you check this for me?" Harry asked as he wrote the last sentence. Hermione had become much more willing to help Harry out with Homework since they'd started going out. So she took it and began to read. Harry knew he had to make his decision now, about whether he was going to go to the room of requirement.

He stood up, climbed the stone stairs to his dormitory and grabbed a library book. he raced down the stairs to Hermione.

"Hey Hermione, I have to take this library book back, it's way over due. I'll see you later," and before Hermione could answer Harry had jumped through the portrait hole and begun racing down the corridors to the room of requirement.

As he drew nearer, his heart started to beat faster and faster. He was going to meet Cho. He was going to talk everything over with her and show himself he loved Hermione, not Cho.

Cho was already waiting outside for Harry.

"Lets go inside," she said when he finally reached her. Harry nodded dumbly and turned the handle. They went inside and say down in two armchair by a warm, crackling fire.

"I need to talk to you," Cho said slowly………

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