Chapter 10 has arrived. Just read and Review!
Disclaimer: God this gets boring. You know it all. I own Samiha, Serena, Zara, Megan and Kieran……who will soon be part of this fic but you'll have to wait……….(actually he's not gonna be in it until at least the 15th chapter, but hey!)
Princess Plankton: Hey there chubby! Glad you liked it! Can't wait till you post the later years! (grins I love that soooo much! Write it! Or die! *laughs manically* Mwahahahahahahahahahaha! I have now posted so read the chapter and review or eat poor!
Joey: Hey again! This could be a long reply: Yeh I know Suzy's a great writer, especially at humour! *Laughs* It's always nice to be told you're a great writer, especially by someone who normally reads humour stuff! Don't call Harry a bastard, why is he a bastard?! What'd he do?! The Darkness rule! I love them! So does Suzy! You got the album, I haven't can't be bothered to buy it! Oh well, I just downloaded two of the songs! I can't believe you like Jimmy Neutron too, it's soooooooo cool! I love it! (God am I sad or what) I dunno what shan't means but let's go! Have you read my Jimmy Neutron fics? You should. Sorry I called you a stranger! Please don't cry *gives you tissues* forgive me, you're not a stranger, but it's still got nothing to do with you. (God that's a lllllllllllllloooooonnnnnnnnggggggg reply!)
Ghetx2o: Hey again! So how's life! So you're still loving this! Goodies! You seem to love everything about my fics! Thankyou soooooooo much! You rule! I love romance too! They're my favourite chapters! There's gonna be a lot of those romance chapters in this fic! The next chapter with romance is in chapter 12. I've actually written 15 chapters of this fic! But I'm making you wait! Mwahahahahahaha! Now enjoy chapter 10!
Erika: Well you liked it, but I'm thinking there was something you didn't like about it……..? Hermione will not find out for a long time, so you'll have to wait for her reaction Tee Hee! Anyway read on and hopefully you'll enjoy this chapter, we finally get to hear from Ron's POV!
Indigal: Yes I am all evil! Mwahahahahahaha! Glad you liked it! I didn't want too much romancey stuff in this chapter, there is a lot more romance to come, the next chapter with fluff in is chapter 12! Hope I updated soon enough for you! Read on………
HoshiHikari4ever: You liked it! Yaysies! (Isn't that a cool word! Yaysies! *Laughs*) Harry and Cho will be together, they are meant for each other, it just might take some time, more romance in chapter 12 so you'll have to wait and see what happens there! Apart from that, enjoy the latest chapter!
Rachellah: Well nice to hear you liked it so much! Thanks for reviewing! You're so kind! *grins* Hope you like chapter 10, and……..er….R&R!
Wingsofsilver: Oh sorry it was so short, I couldn't think how to make longer! I know it was one of my shortest chapters! Sorry, this chapter is quite long I think so hopefully you'll be satisfied! And thanks for saying you liked it even if it was too short!
Kit Kat: You really liked it that much? Aaawwww thankyou! *hugs you* I hate to tell you that I cannot use your ideas as I already have my own ideas. She will get her own new boyfriend, but it's not Viktor, you'll just have to read on and find out. Hermione will obviously find out about Harry and Cho, but all I'm saying is she won't find it out for herself and Harry doesn't tell her. *grins* so you'll have to wait and find out! Oh and the ring, that will play a big part in this fic, I think it's chapter 12-13 when it comes back into the fic! Hope you enjoy this chapter and hope you keep reviewing!
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Harry couldn't sleep. He thought about the meeting in the 'Room Of Requirement' all night. There were so many questions he couldn't answer First there was Cho. What did he really feel for her? Did he like her as more than just a friend? (Well he hadn't really ever been her friend never mind anything else) Why did feel so happy when he was with her? It was like she put a spell on him, there was something about her that Harry loved so much.
Then Hermione. What was he going to do? Should he tell her? Was it better that he ended it anything that was going on between him and Cho and forget about it? Could he do that? How much did really care for Hermione? Not as much as he'd thought obviously, or he wouldn't have kissed Cho.
And of course just to make everything worse he didn't have his best friend to talk to. Ron was on suspension. What would Ron say if he was here? Harry had no idea. Probably nothing helpful, but at least he would have someone to talk to.
At 5:30am Harry got up. there was no point lying in bed trying to sleep when there was way too much going on inside his head for him to sleep. He pulled on a pair of jeans and a sweater over his pyjamas and went down to the common room. He sat at one of the tables pulled out a piece of parchment and began to write a letter.
Ron's POV/'The Burrow'
Ron couldn't sleep either. He hated being here when Harry, Hermione and all his friends were having fun at Hogwarts. His parents were barley talking to him but these weren't the only reasons why he wasn't sleeping.
Ron had written to Fred and George.(He was not allowed out of the house or he would have gone to Diagon Alley to see them in their joke shop.) He had told them everything that had happened. How he was suspended and if it wasn't for them sending him that alcohol he wouldn't be stuck at home, with no-one to talk to. But their return letter had brought up a whole new puzzle. Ron was lying on his bed now, reading it over and over trying to make sense of it.
Dear RonWe never sent you anything this year. We've never even written to you. How could we send you alcohol. We've been way too busy with our business to send anything to anyone really. Especially muggle alcohol why would we do that, where could we have got it from. We've never used muggle alcohol before. No wonder you got suspended if you've been giving it out to people at the Ball.
Fred and George
But it didn't make any sense. The letter Ron had got had definitely been from Fred and George. He read the letter over and over. It didn't add up. At first he'd thought Fred and George were just saying it for a joke, or because they didn't want to get in trouble for giving Ron muggle alcohol when they weren't supposed to. But he'd sent them another letter and sent the letter they'd sent him. Their second letter read.
Dear RonWe didn't send this letter. Although it's in our handwriting and everything points towards it being from us we would never send you anything that would get you suspended. It looks like someone out there sent you this to get you into trouble, it's probably a practical joke that got out of hand.
Fred and GeorgeFor a while Ron had taken this to be the answer. Maybe Malfoy had wanted to get him into trouble. But would even Draco Malfoy go to that much trouble just for Ron to lose his prefect badge. He was staring to think there was some deeper meaning, maybe it was something more than just a joke.
But there was a sudden tapping at Ron's bedroom window, dragging him out of his thoughts. He rolled off his bed reluctantly and opened the window. His heart gave a jolt of happiness when he saw Hedwig swoop into the room and land lightly on his bed. He dashed over and untied the letter from her leg. It read:
RonI'm sorry I didn't write straight away, I've had a lot going on and stuff. I hope it's not too bad at the Burrow and I really really really wish you were back at Hogwarts, hanging around with Hermione all the time is seriously boring.
But that's not really why I'm writing to you. On the night of the Ball, I never got to tell you because of you know McGonagall and everything. I kissed Cho. I know I shouldn't have done it but I was kinda drunk and it just sort of happened. Then yesterday she gave me a note that said she wanted to meet me outside the 'Room of Requirement' so I went. We went inside and she told me that she loved me! It was really weird. I mean how often does someone just say I love you. Then she was going to leave but we kissed again. I know I'm dating Hermione and everything, but I couldn't help it. And now I don't know what to do. Should I tell Hermione? Or what……
Harry
Ron's eyes widened as they travelled down the letter. He wondered what to think. Part of him wanted to laugh at the mess Harry had got himself into, but the other half thought what he would feel like if had a steady girlfriend then suddenly he'd 'accidentally' kissed another girl twice. It wasn't as funny as he'd first thought. He took out some parchment, ink a quill and started to write a response.
HarryI dunno why your asking me for help I'm crap with girls! But if really want my advice: You cannot tell Hermione, you won't have to tell her if you just tell Cho you're going out with Hermione and don't want to be with her. But if you really like Cho then just break up with Hermione and tell her you just didn't want to stay with her. Then you're free to be with Cho. Either way you can't tell Hermione you kissed Cho and you can't date both of them. Hope I was of help. See you in 1 month and 17 days.
RonRon tied the letter to Pig as Hedwig deserved a rest.
"Don't take this with the morning post, take it to him when he's not with Hermione," Ron said to the owl then let it fly away into the distance. He flopped back onto his bed, he lay there deep in thought. About Harry, Fred and George and the night of the Ball.
He hadn't said anything about Fred and George's letter because it looked like Harry had enough on his plate at the moment. Maybe next time he would. It seemed stupid to make a big deal about it. It was probably nothing anyway. Just a practical joke that got out of hand like Fred and George had said.
1 month and 17 days. He couldn't wait that long to be back and Hogwarts. He hated being away, especially when his family was barley speaking to him. 1 month and 17 days. It seemed a long way off. Oh well he'd just have to wait.
Harry's POV Hogwarts:
By 7am people were starting to arrive in the common room and go down for breakfast. Harry went down with Hermione and whilst she talked constantly about house elves and her plans to take S.P.E.W further, Harry walked beside her in a total daze. He had long since given up on forgetting about the meeting in the 'room of requirement' and had settled to just letting his thoughts wander.
But on arriving in the Great Hall something dragged Harry out of his thoughts. He spotted Cho sitting at the Ravenclaw table, but instead of talking to her friends she was looking right at him. Harry quickly jerked his gaze away from her and sat down his heart pumping abnormally fast. Whenever he chanced a look at Cho she was still looking at him. But every time he looked down too quickly to see Cho smile at him.
Harry left breakfast early and went quickly to the Transfiguration classroom. He couldn't concentrate properly in Transfiguration and therefore, (even though Hermione was giving him instructions all the way through the lesson) he couldn't make any change to the toad he was supposed to be transfiguring.
The bell eventually sounded and Harry gathered his books up to leave but….
"Class dismissed, Mr. Potter stay behind," Professor McGonagall said. So as the rest of the class filtered out and Hermione gave him a bemused look, Harry stayed behind and approached McGonagall's desk.
"You………er………wanted something Professor," Harry said when the classroom had emptied.
"Mr. Potter, as you know, because of Mr. Weasley's actions at the Christmas Ball, he has been suspended and stripped of his prefect badge and duties." Harry nodded, still confused. "Although you have also violated many Hogwarts rules in the past Mr. Potter the headmaster and myself have decided to hand over the duty of Gryffindor prefect to you."
Harry's eyes widened in surprise as Professor McGonagall's words sunk in. He was going to be a prefect, did he want that job? Especially as it had been his best friend who had lost the badge in the first place.
"um……….I don't know Professor," Harry said uncertainly. He remembered when Ron had first got the badge, when he'd thought about he'd admitted to himself that he would have thought he would be getting the badge. And now he was getting the opportunity to be prefect again. But it felt like betraying Ron to take it.
"Mr. Potter this is the opportunity to represent your school and your house, surely you're not telling me you won't take it." Professor McGonagall. Harry thought about it for a moment or two. Part of him knew it was wrong to his best friend, but the stronger part of him overpowered the other and told him to take it.
"Ok," he said slowly, Professor McGonagall gave Harry the badge.
"Congratulations Mr. Potter," she said then dismissed him. Harry didn't pin the badge on straight away. He was still thinking about Ron, was it really fair? Oh come on Ron will understand Harry thought. And if he didn't, he could always tell Professor McGonagall he couldn't be a prefect and someone else could do the job.
The rest of the day past by pretty quickly and Harry arrived at Gryffindor tower that evening with the thought of telling Hermione on his mind. She would probably be ecstatic and not think about Ron, but Harry was still worrying about his best friend's reaction and decided to put off telling him until he came back to school.
"Hi Harry," Hermione said giving him a kiss on the cheek before sitting down in an armchair by the fire.
"Oh Hi Hermione," Harry replied.
"So are you going to tell me what Professor McGonagall wanted?" she asked.
"Oh yeh, she's made me the new Gryffindor prefect," Harry said. He was looking at her but there was no real emotion in his voice.
"Oh Wow! Congratulations Harry!" Hermione said jumping up and hugging him. Harry grinned and pretended he was as happy as her. It didn't take long for Hermione to lapse into her boring non-stop talking so Harry could stare into the fire and think nodding, every few minutes to show her he was still listening.
Eventually Hermione went to bed and Harry sat staring into the fire until a small tapping noise on the window of the common room. Harry went over to the window and let in the tiny owl that was 'Pig'. Harry's heart leapt. Ron's response. Harry read the letter through a few times then folded it up. Well Ron hadn't been much help but it was great to here from him anyway, Harry cracked a smile at seeing Ron's face in his minds eye. He wrote a response.
RonI can't wait until you come back, I haven't told Hermione yet and I haven't heard anything from Cho. I'm trying to forget everything I'm gonna go back to normal. See you soon
HarryHe sent 'Pig' off with the letter and went up to bed feeling that at least one good thing had happened today.
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