Thankyou all my fantastic reviewers! I love you all! *hugs you* keep R&Ring! Ok everyone's gonna hate me after this chapter, cos I'm making Ron an evil bastard and Harry a lying bastard! But please don't kill me!
The Vampire Story Hunter: So did you like my story, or did you get bored after a while, cos I know it goes on a bit! Anyway! Thanks for reviewing anyway, and hope you managed to read the rest.
Jazzy D: yeh well, I like your hyperness *gives you more cookies* go as hyper as you like! It's fun! Anyway! Glad you liked my chapter, so nice to see I make people happy! Hope you like this chapter and keep up the hyperness! Yay!
Kraeg00: Thanks for reviewing, I love reviews! Yay! *gives you cookies* hope you like this chapter, and keep reviewing!
Ghetx2o: Hiya! Wow! You never cease to amaze me with your praise! Thankyou so much for that! *hugz you* I love you! Lol. Hmmmm what could be wrong with Ron???? Well I'm not telling, not even to by bestest reviewer! But you'll find out, but you're gonna have to wait a while!
JkReviewer: Yup I know I'm evil! I don't get what you meant by 'day of days' sorry maybe I'm just thick! Anyway! Thanks for reviewing, and the alcohol will be explained I promise, but not for a long time! So you'll have to wait! Mwahahahahaha! How evil am I?! hope you like this chapter, and I hope I didn't take too long to update this time. Sorry! *begs for forgiveness*
Kemenran: hmmm, I wonder???? What is gonna happen, well I'm not tellin' haha! lol! thanks for reviewing, and hope I didn't take too long with my update!
Chad: aaawww! Sorry please don't die, but their break-up isn't going to be for a while, please don't hate me! I know Harry's not a wuss, but he's not very confident with girls, and Hermione's one of his best friends, he doesn't want to hurt her, and it's my story and what I write is what ya get! And how do you know Hermione won't care, remember Ron's being all weird.
ERSM333: Ok, ok, ok I wrote more hope you didn't die of anticipation, lol. Did you really like it that much??? It's not very often I get that much flattery. *hugz you* thankyou so much! Sorry about the characterization of Hermione, I don't think of her as an idiot, I'll try and improve her if you like. I concentrate on Harry and Cho a lot more, especially Harry cos I'm a big Harry fan too, I hate it when other people get the better of him. anyway! Thanks again for the great review and hope you like this chapter as much as the others.
Pippi: You have no idea how happy I am that you called me a great writer, loadsa people say my story is good and stuff, but I hardly ever get told I'm a genuinely good writer! Thanks so much! *gives you cookies* I hope you like what happens with Ron, I don't know how a lot of my reviewers are going to react when they find out the true storyline. Sorry about the Harry and Hermione thing but it's not gonna end for a long time, cos I am evil! Mwahahaha!
Erika: Yeh, everyone's wondering what's up with Ron, which is what I wanted! But you're gonna have to wait like everyone else, cos I'm not letting anything slip, all I'm gonna say is that you'll never guess until one of the important characters comes into the story and that won't happen until about chapter 21 or something. Yeh I know Harry should dump Hermione but he's not gonna, cos I'm evil and it don't fit with my plans. Anyway, thanks for another great review , and hope you like this chapter.
Indigal: Ok, good guesses about Ron, but the first is waaaaaaaaay off. Second slightly closer, it had got something to do with the person who suspended him, but not in the way you think. Keep guessing though! Thanks for reviewing, hope I didn't take as long as the last few times to update!
LogicalRaven: Yeh Ron's being a prat, but don't hate him,. I can't tell you why cos that would give everything away, but don't hate him, poor Ron. I know Harry's being a prat and it gets worse, for both, but it'll all end happily………...eventually……….anyway! I don't think Harry and Hermione really have a relationship, but hey! And Cho, yeh I won't even go there ,all I'll go on and on until you're asleep at your computer. I'll just say thanks for the review and hope you like this chappie too.
Viciousch0co: well you will know what happens next, here's chapter 17 for ya! Hope you like it and keep reviewing!
Miss-Aurelia: Yup, thought I'd lay off the cliffys or everyone might die! Lol. I know will all love Ron, but he's gone all weird, so sorry if you don't like me cos of what I did to him. yeh my reviewers are insane, that's why I love 'em! Seems my cliffys had a bit too much of an effect on you, I'll stop using them so much hopefully! Anyway I've updated for you, thanks for reviewing and the review made sense in my strange deluded warped kind of world!
Sydney: Finish!? Not for aaaaagggggggeeeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I'll always update, this fic is gonna a lot of chapters, sorry if you thought it would end soon! Hope I didn't keep you waiting too long for updates!
Rachellah: Hmmmm *stokes beard* what's up with our favourite red-headed 6th year? You'll have to wait cos I'm not giving anything away. Anyway! Glad you liked it! Love ya and keep reviewing!
Lara: No Lara Ron is not pregnant! Lol! good idea for a humour fic though *laughs evilly* anyway! Thankyou for you're review! Love ya! *plays ukulele*
Wingsofsilver: yeh weird, I'm a bit like that, mysterious. I'm keeping you in suspense, no-one knows, (except princess plankton cos she's my best mate) what's gonna happen. Thanks for reviewing, glad you're still liking my fic!
Dragoon Knight: I'm sorry I can't tell you much, I don't wanna make it boring for ya!, I'll give you a hint, remember my Disclaimers, read them again and you'll get a hint as to whose got something to do with it. I can't tell you anything else, well I could but you'd have to e-mail me or something, cos otherwise anyone could read it on here. So anyway, thanks for reviewing, hope this chapter isn't a disappointment.
Zou-chang: No don't kill me! It'll all be happy in the end I promise! *cowers* if you kill me you'll never know what happens in the end. I've updated so calm down and read the chapter. There's a good girl. Anyway hope you like it if you've calmed down.
HoshiHikari4ever: Yeh they'll be back together, but, I'm not saying anything, you'll have to read it. Harry tell Hermione pff, not for a long time. Sorry I know everyone's gonna hate me cos I haven't broken them up. Anyway thanks for the review and hope you like this chapter.
Cap'n Sebz: Hey! Yes Ron had 'problems' but do you have to put stuff in your reviews to give stuff away! Ah! You're so annoying. Holly gave us away to the Clown Mafia, we need a new hiding place! *shivers* Got any ideas.
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Harry couldn't understand it. What had gotten into Ron recently, had he gone through a brain transplant whilst being at the Burrow? Or had he been switched with some sort of evil clone? Ever since he'd got back, Ron's abnormal behaviour towards Harry and Hermione had continued. He had become increasingly cold and distant towards them.
It was Friday morning and Harry was lying in his fur-poster thinking. He seemed to spend his whole life thinking now. How many hours had he lay pondering over Cho and everything she'd ever said to him.
"Damn!" Harry swore out loud. Cho! He was meeting her today and still he hadn't dumped Hermione. He'd been so preoccupied with Ron he'd totally forgotten about Cho and Hermione. Harry started to panic, Cho was expecting him to tell her he'd dumped Hermione, and if he hadn't she would just go back to being all cold and huffy with him. He would have to do it today. He climbed out of bed, dressed and went silently down the stone staircase to the common
room.
The common room was completely empty. Just the way Harry liked it. There were no distractions this early in the morning. He sat by the empty fire-grate going through everything in his head. Why couldn't there be a simple, easy way of dumping Hermione? Every scene he could think of ended with Hermione in tears. And as much as he wanted to let Hermione go he didn't want to hurt her. She'd been a great friend, even if she never stopped arguing with Ron, and could often annoy Harry.
By 7am he still couldn't bring himself to just tell her. He gave up and went back up to his dormitory, maybe Ron would finally snap out of his strange mood and be back to normal. But he didn't hold out much hope.
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Friday seemed to pass much faster than Harry would have liked. For once he didn't mind if Transfiguration dragged on for what seemed like hours, but it didn't. The day would have seemed uneventful if Harry's head hadn't been buzzing with panic as the hour drew nearer when he had to meet Cho. All Harry could remember was Ron getting 3 detentions for not doing homework.
All too soon dinner was over and Harry was heading back to the common room to do some homework before he met Cho.
Hermione was no where to be seen as he entered the warm welcoming common room. Harry didn't know if this was a good or bad thing. But he didn't have time to think about it because as he trudged up his dormitory to get his books he heard raised voices. He opened the door he saw Ron and Seamus standing at opposite ends of the room and screaming at each other as if they were miles apart.
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING?!" Ron bellowed, red in the face and fuming with.
"I KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T BE BACK AT HOGWARTS!" Seamus yelled just as forcefully. Harry vaguely wondered whether he should try to break them up. But then he thought maybe Ron could use someone yelling at him to bring him back to earth and back to his normal self.
"HOW'D YOU WORK THAT OUT?! YOU HAD JUST AS MUCH OF THAT STUFF AS ANYONE!" Ron roared.
"IT WAS YOUR IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE! AND YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL DRINKING IT SINCE YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A BLOODY PRAT!" Harry was feeling inclined towards Seamus's side at the moment. But he still couldn't see Ron still drinking after his 2 month suspension. Although it made some sort of sense.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD I STILL DRINK THAT STUFF?! YOU THINK I LIKE BEING SUSPENDED?!"
"WHY HAVE YOU BECOME SUCH A PRETENTIOUS BASTARD THEN!"
"I DON'T NEED A BLOODY LECTURE FROM YOU!" Ron screeched, grabbing the nearest object (which happened to be Harry's 'Quidditch through the ages' book) and threw it a Seamus forcefully, before storming out of the dormitory. Seamus managed to dodge the flying book and vaulted on to his bed still, obviously burning with hatred for the red-headed boy.
Harry would have asked what that had been about but Seamus was the only one around and he looked too pent-up with anger to speak properly. So instead he went back down to the common room to see if he could talk to Ron.
But Ron wasn't there. Harry's eyes darted around the common room but Ron must have gone somewhere else. So he flopped into a chair and sat alone until Neville came through the portrait hole and approached him.
"Hi Neville," Harry said and smiled weakly.
"Hi Harry," Neville said, he looked slightly shaken, as if something had happened which he wouldn't normally expect. "um…….Harry…….do you know what's got into Ron since he came back?" Neville asked rather tentatively. Harry sighed.
"No, I dunno what's up with him," he replied.
"Oh it's just he's been really…….." Neville couldn't find the right word, so he started another sentence. "I just saw him a minute ago, he looked really angry he nearly knocked me over, looked like he was gonna kill someone," Neville said looking confused. Harry nodded.
"Yeh, he and Seamus had this big argument, I dunno what it was about." Harry said.
"Oh…….." was all Neville could say. Then he left and headed, presumably up to the dormitory.
Harry tried his best to concentrate on his essay for Transfiguration as the time to meet Cho drew nearer, but it was too hard. So he shut his books and shoved his barley started essay back into his bag. It was only 8pm so he went up to his dormitory and lay on his bed with nothing to do.
He let himself slip into his thoughts. What had got into Ron? What was he going to say to Cho? Why was it so hard to dump Hermione? What was Voldemort plotting right now? Harry hated having so many thoughts spinning around in his head but then again it was always him who had to have to hard life. It wasn't fair. That sounded so selfish, but that was how it felt to Harry right now. Why couldn't someone else get the complicated life?
By 8:30 Harry decided there was no point staying there any longer so he left the dormitory and climbed out of the portrait hole and made his way slowly towards the room of requirement, taking the longer route so he wouldn't be too early.
Eventually, after much wandering aimlessly around, Harry arrived outside the room of requirement. Cho wasn't there so he stood outside the door, his heart beating fast and the prospect of not being able to tell her that he'd dumped Hermione. Why had he even bothered he coming? He may as well of stayed in the common room sulking, she wasn't going to take him back if he hadn't given up Hermione.
After a few minutes Harry saw Cho come around the corner towards him. He tried to smile as she approached but he couldn't, so instead they went inside and sat down in the usual chairs by the fire.
Harry couldn't find the words to start a conversation and simply sat staring into the fire for several minutes, avoiding Cho's gaze.
"So……you……..um……..wanted to talk to me?" Cho questioned as the tension became too much for both of them.
"er…….yeh," Harry replied, finally making himself look back at her. "I wanted to say………I……..I'm………s……..s…….sorry." It was just a word, it didn't mean anything, and yet, it was so hard to choke out that simple word. Cho didn't reply, so Harry continued, trying to keep his voice level, even though it was so hard to admit his thoughts, even to Cho who he loved so much.
"I know I must have hurt your feelings, I should have thought before I did all this." Harry felt slightly stronger now. "I'll never do this to you again, just please…….please forgive me Cho," Harry finished and looked at Cho pleadingly. Cho sighed and tucked a stray strand of black hair behind her ear.
"I love you Harry, and I always will, but I just couldn't cope with everything having to be a secret." Cho said. It broke Harry's heart to see her face so expectant. She wanted him to say it no longer had to be a secret. He couldn't break her heart, not after what she'd just said about always loving him. "So if you can tell me that you are no longer with Hermione or have any feelings for her…….." Cho trailed off, Harry knew exactly what she wanted him to say.
"Cho I could never have feelings for Hermione, I only love you," he said. It wasn't a lie, he didn't have feelings for Hermione.
"So you're not seeing her anymore?" Cho asked. Harry couldn't do it. He nodded his head dumbly/ Cho broke into a smile and hugged him. "Thankyou Harry," Cho said kissing him happily. Harry returned the kiss. Trying not to think about what he'd just done. He was lying to Cho, why was he doing this? He knew in his heart that he'd just told a lie he would definitely regret in the future. But it seemed worth it to have Cho back in his arms again.
Eventually they broke off their embrace, Harry's heart was still beating fast at the lie he'd just told, but he couldn't go back now. They sat in the room of requirement for a while talking about anything that had happened since they'd been apart. Harry told Cho about Ron and how he'd been acting weird. Cho couldn't think of a reason for his strange behaviour either, and it wasn't long before the conversation inevitably turned to Voldemort and their 'destiny.'
"I haven't really thought of anything we could do," Harry admitted. He'd been too busy worrying about Ron and everything else, that's why he'd forgotten to dump Hermione.
"Me neither, but I have been wondering how come it's just us two who have to fight against Voldemort and stuff," Cho said thoughtfully. "I mean there were four Hogwarts houses, so you'd think all of them would be involved in some way," she continued. Harry nodded.
"Yeh I guess, maybe we should ask Dumbledore or someone," Harry said. "He must know, and he said he'd always try to answer our questions." Cho agreed.
"Ok so when do you wanna go and see him? maybe once we know more about this stuff, we can decide what to." Cho replied.
"How about tomorrow, I'll you meet outside his office after dinner," Harry suggested.
"Yeh sure, but do you know the password?" Cho asked. Harry nodded.
"Yeh he told me last time we were there, it's Phoenix." So they agreed to meet there the next evening. Then they decided it was time to go. They walked together until they reached their departing staircase.
"I'll see you tomorrow," Harry said bringing Cho towards him and kissing her on the lips. She returned the kiss lovingly and smiled at him.
"Ok Harry, see you,." Then she walked off up the staircase, away from Harry, who could only stare after her. Even as he turned away he plunged into panic. He'd just told Harry that he and Hermione were no longer a couple, what if she told everyone she was going out with Harry, then someone told her he was still with Hermione? The possibilities of things that could go wrong were endless. He regretted ever going to meet Cho.
Sure, he was back with her, but if she found out he was still dating Hermione she would probably never forgive him, and the risk of Hermione would find out had increased dramatically.
Harry made his way slowly back to Gryffindor tower thinking about how he could possibly get out of this unscathed. He vowed right then to dump Hermione the next day before anything could happen.
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Harry woke up the next morning (Saturday), determined to find Hermione and tell her he no longer wanted to be with her. At 8am he got dressed and went down to the common room to find her. But she wasn't there. She was normally sitting waiting for him so they could walk to breakfast, but she was nowhere to be found. Come to think of it, Harry thought, Ron hadn't been in the dormitory, and he wasn't here either. Where was he.
Harry reluctantly trudged down to breakfast alone, he wasn't so surprising that Ron hadn't waited for him, he never did anymore, but Hermione always did. The Great Hall was also Ron-free, which made Harry wonder even more about where he could be. Harry ate his toast in silence, deep in thought about where his two 'best friends' could be.
By the end of breakfast they still hadn't turned up so Harry went back up to common room ,still alone, to do homework. He sat in a corner by the window looking out over the mist covered grounds. Early May had brought an increase in rain and fog, stretching out over the Hogwarts grounds.
Harry didn't have any luck finding Ron and Hermione all day. He looked in the library several times and asked Lavender if Hermione was in her dormitory, but she shock her head and said no. Harry asked Dean, Neville and even Seamus if they'd seen Ron, but no-one had.
So Harry spent the day alone until after dinner that evening. He left early and made his way slowly to Dumbledore's office. Consequently Harry was first there and stood around waiting for Cho, still thinking about where Ron and Hermione could have been all day.
When Cho finally arrived she made herself known by coming up behind Harry and sliding her arms around his waist. He nearly jumped at foot in the air as he was jerked out of his thoughts, but quickly managed to recover.
"Hey Cho," he said turning around and kissing her on the cheek.
"Hi," she replied sweetly.
"Let's go in," Harry said, so she let go reluctantly and Harry said "Phoenix," to the statue guarding the entrance, which sprang aside and let Harry and Cho onto the moving staircase.
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Ok please don't kill me I know Harry is a lying, pretentious bastard! But hey! My fic, what ya gonna do 'bout it! Mwahahahahaha! Now review! If you don't truly hate me for what I just did.