Ok before you all kill me cos I haven't updated in ages, let me explain. I meant to post this chapter a couple of days ago but I forgot then I had to go away for a few days and I only got back today! Please don't hurt me! I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry!
Anyway I decided that because it's Christmas! Yay! I'm gonna post this today, then I'll post chapter 15 on Christmas Eve! See I'm trying to make up for everything! I'm posting chapter 15 as a little Christmas pressie for all my fantastic reviewers out there! Anyway I've talked for waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long so here's chapter 14 and I promise chapter 15 will be out on Christmas Eve!
Oh I just remembered something else! I wanna give an extra special thankyou to all my reviewers for getting me to the 200 review mark!!!!!!!!!!! OMG! I never thought I could get soooooooooooooooooooooooo many reviews! Wow! Thankyou soooooooooooooooooooooooo much! *hugz you*
Princess Plankton: glad you liked it! I'll post these chapters when I like, now read chapter 14 and review! By the way, you rule so much!
Wingsofsilver: Ok I'm not gonna get mad at you, cos you find out who Hermione's sending the letters to in this chapter! So your question will be answered. Anyway thanks for reviewing and I don't mind you predicting the out-comes of my chapters, next time I'll just keep you guessing, no more giving stuff away! Hope you like this chapter and keep reviewing!
LogicalRaven: Yeh well, I was never one for caring about Hermione, I always take Harry and Ron's side in arguments in the book. Anyway thankyou for your review and hopefully you haven't run out of patience waiting for this update.
Foxysquid: It's always nice to know you're loved, even if that review a makea no sensa! *looks confused* anyway, even if you don't understand what the hell is going on in this fic, thanks for reviewing! And keep updating your Sabrina fic! It's cool!
Alanna Tarry: Well hopefully you've read the whole fic by now! And enjoyed it. If you like H&H well sorry, but the H&H stuff is all going to end in tears. But not for a long time, cos Harry's a chicken! Strange that you're called Serena, I like that name, that's why I used it! Cool!
Erika: Ok first calm down, you can stop jumping around now I've updated! Lol! *laughs* Yup! Everyone's with the wrong person, well kinda, you know what I mean. No-one is going to die! I hate it when main characters die! And yes Cho is in danger, but you'll have to wait to find out how that works out! Ok I'm gonna stop telling you stuff before you now the entire plot! Now read chapter 14 and enjoy!
JkReviewer: ahahahahahahahaha! I am all mystery, you'll just have to wait and find out what happens! Never fear the break-up won't be soft. There will be screaming, yelling and crying, stuff like that. But who will tell who? Or what? Mwahahahahahahaha! I'm not telling, all I'm saying is that it won't happen the way you think!
Rachellah: Yes, Hermione's being secretive too. You'll find out in this chapter. So read and enjoy chapter 14! And thanks for reviewing! You're too kind
Kit Kat: Yes Voldemort! He had to be in it. Without Voldemort this fic would only be about 5 chapters long! Yeh I don't give a damn about Hufflepuff, you'll find out why they aren't included in chapter 17 so you'll just have to wait! Ok it's not actually supposed to be funny, but I guess I know what you mean, Harry and Hermione both cheating on each other, tee hee! Suckers! No Harry doesn't find out about Ron and Hermione, that's not how it gets worse, but it is to do with Ron. I'm not giving anything away, so you'll just have to wait. Just remember my disclaimers! (hahaha! confused now aren't ya!) Sorry if I'm taking too long to update, I'm trying to make the chapters longer and more detailed! So please bear with me! Apart from that thanks for reviewing and maybe one time you'll guess right, But for now, my plot remains a secret!
Tylah: aaaawwww sorry to hear you're going away, but I guess you'll be back soon so hope you enjoy the chapters when you come back and hope you had a good time wherever you're going.
Luz2sk8e: Thanks for reviewing I'm glad you like it! Hope you like chapter 14 just as much!
HoshiHikari4ever: Hahahahahaha! I made you wait! I do that sometimes, I'm evil! *laughs manically* anyway thanks for reviewing and glad you like it! Hope I don't keep you too long with updates!
Goldlight: Hey! Thanks for reviewing! Glad you like my fic so much, even if it's not Jk's style. I guess I just have my own style of writing, and I guess that's a good thing, cos it means I'm different! You find out about the guy Hermione's writing to in this chapter so I'm not saying anything! Except, enjoy chapter 14 and hope you keep reviewing!
Mewsue: aaaawwww! Thanks! You're too kind! *hugz you* hope you like chapter 14 and hopefully you got my e-mail that this was updated!
Tassidar: Thankyou for saying the chapter was good! Sometimes it just feels like my chapters didn't flow as well as my others! Sometimes words just fit other times it doesn't sound right! But I guess you liked it! So thanks for reviewing! And hope you think chapter 14 is as good as the last one!
Pinkee: Glad you liked it so much! I am very flattered that you like my fic! *grins* sorry if I took too long updating and kept you in suspense for too long! Anyway hope you like this chapter cos you're gonna have to wait a while for my next chapter!
Indigal: Yeah, everything is falling into place, and it will get more complicated, but I'm not telling you what happens so haha! sorry, anyway hope you like this chapter and keep enjoying my fic!
Galadriel_HC: Wow! I must have taken you a long time to read the whole thing! I'm just really happy that you liked it so much! The Hermione thing couldn't last, they weren't meant to be together, but I gave her someone else, cos as much as I don't like Hermione I didn't think it was very fair. Thanks for saying my plot was interesting, I didn't want to make it the same as every other Harry/Cho romance. Sorry but the make-out scenes aren't going to get much more intimate, if they were I would put the rating up to R. Lol! sorry! Anyway here's chapter 14 and look out for chapter 15 on Christmas Eve!
Dragoon Knight: Glad you liked it so much! I am definitely going to write more Harry/Cho stories I've got about 3 more planned so you'll never run out of stuff to read! As for who Hermione is writing to, you'll find out in this chapter so read on to find out! Anyway thanks for reviewing! 8gives you cookies* enjoy this chapter!
Rivers: Yes Hermione is the cheating Bitch! Well actually they both are, but hey! That's just what I felt like writing! Anyway the cheating gets worse for Harry soon, he gets himself in to deep. (Hey that's a song!) I don't get the Vicky bit??????? *Looks confused* let me know what you meant. Anyway thanks for another great review! Hope you're still enjoying this fic!
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Ron's POV:
Ron was wide awake, even at this hour he wasn't tired. He was sick of being at home 24-7. He hated wandering around the house like a shadow which no-one cared about. It was he barley existed to them anymore. He kept himself away from everyone, sparing them his presence.
He spent a lot of time in his room, reading or simply daydreaming about what Harry and Hermione were doing at Hogwarts, he spent hours staring out at the ever brightening skies wishing he could at least go out flying, but he was only allowed out with an adult and it was very rare anyone could be bothered to take him anywhere.
He now lay staring into space wishing something would happen, anything to make life worth living here. He got out a letter from under his bed and read it over for what must have been the millionth time. One of the only things that kept Ron sane was the thought of going back to school, to Harry and Hermione. The letter said:
Dear RonI can't wait to see you again, life at Hogwarts pretty dull, I wish you were here. if you were here I could finally talk to Harry, tell him how I feel, but I can't I'm scared of what he might do. His life's bad enough at the moment, what with Voldemort and everything, I can't break up with him yet. but it's you I really care about, it's you I want to be with. See you soon.
Love HermioneRon sighed as he finished reading to letter. How he wished he could be with Hermione now, thinking of Hermione made his life, right now, worth being alive for. He sighed again as Hermione's face swum in his mind and he managed to crack a weak smile to himself. 'only a couple of week until you see her again' he thought to himself: 'not long until your sanity returns.'
Harry's POV:
Harry returned to the common room that evening with the anticipation of Cho's reply. Hermione had gone to the library to do her homework so Harry was free to read the response in private. The owl was waiting outside Harry's dormitory window. He quickly let Hedwig in and grabbed the letter off her. It read:
Harry Friday same time same place is fine with me see you soon. Love ChoHarry smiled and lay back on his bed, something about Cho made him feel so happy and care-free. Just being near her, made Harry feel he could fly, just the sight of Cho, with her long, black hair falling like a waterfall down her back, her entrancing, beautiful, brown eyes looking into his own piercing, green ones and the way no matter what she wore, her clothes hugged every curve of her perfect figure. All this, and more of Cho, was what made him love her so much.
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The next day Harry found himself letting his concentration slip in his lessons. The prospect of meeting Cho the next day made his heart beat fast with anticipation and excitement.
Harry awaited his meeting with Cho with great anticipation. He let his attention waver in Defence Against the Dark Arts with Professor Umbridge. (A/N: Although Professor Umbridge is still working at Hogwarts Harry has been allowed back on the Quidditch team as the ministry know about Voldemort and everyone is working together, but Umbridge still doesn't like Harry, you know what I mean.)
Even as Harry headed down to the Quidditch pitch for a training session, his head was full of Cho. He had some sort of obsession with her. But he didn't care, it was an amazing feeling, just thinking about her made his insides swell with happiness. He couldn't help but smile broadly, when they passed in the corridors or when he glimpsed her in the Great Hall at meal times.
He arrived at the Quidditch pitch and joined the others already in the air. Since Fred and George had left Gryffindor had to work really hard to find new players who were good enough. This was Angelina Johnson's last year, when she left Harry didn't know what they were going to do.
They still had their three best chasers (Angelina, Katie Bell and Alicia Spinnet) But they had had to find two new beaters. And since Ron had been suspended they'd needed a substitute keeper. The new beaters were two 4th years called Alex Bennett and Anthony Robson. The sub keeper was another 4th year called Jamie Renwick.
Harry thought the training session went pretty well. Although Alex and Anthony could never be a patch on Fred and George, they were definitely improving. Even Jamie had some extent of talent. Harry found himself thinking optimistically about their forthcoming game against Ravenclaw.
Harry's heart leapt suddenly in his chest. Ravenclaw. He would be playing against Cho in his next Quidditch match. How was he supposed to play properly against Cho? He almost groaned at the thought.
He went back up to the common room that evening with the thought of playing against Cho still on his mind. It was going to be so hard to concentrate. The rest of the evening seemed to drag by. Harry couldn't wait to see Cho again, and as he lay staring up at the ceiling above his four-poster, he realised how much easier and more enjoyable his life had become since Cho had come back into it.
He knew he should feel guilty that he was stringing along Hermione and Cho, but he couldn't feel bad about it. When he imagined Cho's face all he could do was smile, all thoughts of Hermione were gone, she was no longer important.
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The next evening Harry found himself standing outside the Room of requirement once again waiting for Cho. She came almost exactly on 9pm. Harry couldn't help but hug her briefly before they went inside.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Cho asked, her voice tinted with concern and her beautiful brown eyes looking at Harry with anxiety.
"I've been thinking about what you told me, about Voldemort and everything," Harry began. "Well Voldemort wants to……" Harry paused not really knowing how to say: Voldemort wants to kill me, without it sounding too brutal (even if it was.) Cho nodded at him.
"Yeh, I know what you mean." She said, encouraging Harry to continue.
"Well, if he wants to stop me from defeating him, he must want to stop you as well, that means you're in a lot of danger, he'll do anything to get rid of you as well as me, if he knows." Harry said all in one go, he looked at Cho to see her reaction. She sighed and looked seriously at Harry.
"Harry I don't care what Voldemort wants to do to me, if we're together, he can't hurt us, I know he can't," she said smiling at him. Harry was still concerned for Cho.
"But I don't want anything to happen to you," he said caringly.
"I'm going to be fine, I'd do anything to defeat Voldemort, even if it meant sacrificing myself," Cho persisted.
"It won't come to that, if he wants to hurt you, he'll have to kill me first," Harry said pulling her towards him and kissing her. She kissed him back, and they stood locked together like that for some time.
"Don't worry about me Harry, I'll be fine as long as I've got you," Cho said after they broke away. They sat in silence, not really knowing what else to say. Eventually Harry decided to say something, anything, even though he knew it was probably a bad idea.
"I don't know why you keep agreeing to see me, I'm still going out with Hermione, but I'm meeting you in secret." Harry said.
"Yeh well," said Cho looking away from him.
"I promise I'll finish it with Hermione soon, it's not fair on you," Harry said sensing he'd hit a nerve and suddenly feeling extremely guilty.
That probably should have been the time when they left the Room of requirement, and went back to their dormitories, but neither wanted to leave, so they sat and talked for a while. Mostly about Quidditch and normal school stuff. They just liked enjoying each other's company. They found it so easy to talk to each other that it wasn't until 10:30pm that Harry looked at his watch.
"Damn! It's 10:30, we should really be getting back," Harry said. Cho looked at him disbelievingly.
"Is it that late?" she asked standing up quickly. They left quickly and walked hand-in-hand towards their common rooms.
"See you soon," Harry said, hoping he would get to see her soon.
"Ok bye," she said. They kissed once more, holding the kiss as long as possible, putting off the moment they would have to part.
"I love you," Cho said as they broke away.
"I love you too."
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The next week or two seemed to pass in a dream to Harry, and suddenly he was a day away from facing Cho in their Quidditch match. They had been finding any excuses to see each other as often as possible. They knew each others timetables off by heart and would purposefully walk the long way round just to see each other. If they weren't finding excuses to see each other they were writing letters to one another.
But still Harry put off the moment when he had to dump Hermione. And Hermione delayed the time to tell Harry she really liked Ron. (Weird how things work out isn't it?)
The morning before the match, Harry felt slightly ill, he kept glancing Cho in the corner of his eye. They'd talked about this match, but only joked about who was going to beat who. Harry didn't think he could bear it if he lost, he had the better broom, and everyone kept telling him was the better flyer, but he still wasn't overly confident.
He went down to the pitch, the butterflies in his stomach becoming more and more violent. In the changing rooms he barley listened to Angelina's Pre-match speech, he was trying to calm himself for the match.
He walked out onto the pitch with his legs shaking slightly beneath him. he heard Madam Hooch blow her whistle and he sped into the air on his Firebolt. The feeling of the wind in his hair and on his face relaxed him slightly as he did a couple of laps of the pitch to warm up, before turning his attention to the game, and to beating Cho. She was just a few feet away smiling cheekily at him. He smirked back, in a more confident way than he felt, and flew higher from the pitch to look for the snitch.
Harry strained to here the commentary over the continuously increasing cheers from the Gryffindor fans as they tried to encourage their team.
"And it's Gryffindor 40 Ravenclaw 80!" yelled Dean Thomas as Angelina slotted a perfect goal past the Ravenclaw keeper. (After Lee Jordan left, Dean got the commentator job.) Harry's eyes darted round the pitch at the speed of light, where was the snitch? Cho had taken to tailing him wherever he went, making it increasingly hard to concentrate. Just knowing she was there made him nervous, but feeling her so close by made his heart beat fast with happiness and excitement as he tried to focus on the snitch, which had to be around somewhere.
So far he hadn't seen anything of the snitch, if he could just find the snitch this whole game would be over and he could relax, he kept telling himself. He circled higher and higher, glancing over his shoulder every minute or so only to see Cho a few feet behind him.
Gryffindor scored another goal and Harry smiled to himself, it could be worse, he thought. The game carried on for a few more minutes, Ravenclaw got another goal or two, and Harry became more and more desperate to find the snitch.
Then he saw it, hovering just a couple of feet from the ground by the middle goal post. Harry's heart leapt as he sped off towards it. Cho saw it a split second later and zoomed after him.
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