Author's Note: Um, hi. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and read my stories! I'm glad you liked it. I can't really update at home anymore, because I've gotten into a bit of trouble, and I can't go online for a while. My parents supposedly "grounded" me from the Internet. -_-. Whatever. anyway, I can only go online while I'm at school really, and I dunno how I'm going to update there. I only go online during class, and I don't have much time. But I could probably update before school. I'm really sorry if it'll take a while for updates. I hope you all won't give up on my story though! Heh.

Disclaimer: Nothing but the idea of the story belongs to me. It belongs to the great HP author, JK Rowling and to Warner Bros.

Chapter 6: It Hurts

"First, Mr. Malfoy states you started a fight when he was in here, and in the same day, you, Mr. Potter, claim that he started it! This cannot keep happening!" Madam Pomfrey had a fit once again.

"Sorry, but this only happened once." Harry almost mumbled, because his cheek swelled up.

"And once is enough!" Madam Pomfrey scurried away to get a medicine for Harry's cheek, but noticed something else. "Oh, and how did you get that hideous boil on your face?"

"Dunno"

Madam Pomfrey shrugged and scurried away for the medicine and a cure for the boil. Ron kept staring at the boil wide eyed and disgusted. "It looks like a hundred infected pimples all together! This looks far worse than the one Fred got from George when we were little!"

"Okay, Ron! You had to say that?" Hermione snapped.

"Bad news, Potter," said Madame Pomfrey when she returned with a medicine for Harry's cheek. "I ran out of Bubotubers Pus. You'll have to wait a while until I can get Professor Sprout to get more."

The three friends groaned in disappointment.

"I could stay here in the hospital wing until the boil is cured, right?" asked Harry, hoping he'd stay. "I can't walk around with this on my face!"

"Of course you'll stay here! You'd cause a bit of a stir with that thing on your face. I say, I'm embarrassed for you, Potter. Now sit still. I'm going to reduce the swelling on your cheek. It may sting a bit and feel odd." Madame Pomfrey slathered a smelly slop on Harry's face. He jumped. It was weird.

"Um, we'd better go," said Hermione. "Come on, Ron. Bye, Harry." The two of them walked away, leaving Harry jumping from the slop.

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Cho left before Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to the hospital wing. She was furious and confused. Cho couldn't believe Draco actually went at Harry! But that conversation/bickering she had with Draco back there took up most of her thoughts.

"None of your business, Chang."

"You're going too far, Malfoy!"

They had spoken to each other like they were never together; like enemies.

"We should never have been together," Cho whispered to herself. "What were we thinking?" She was walking when she bumped into Ron and Hermione.

"Is Harry okay?" Cho asked.

"He'll be fine." Said Hermione.

"You mean his cheek will be okay," Ron said. "Madam Pomfrey says it'll be a while until that revolting boil is cured."

Cho looked at him disgusted. "Ugh, he'll be living a while with a boil on his face! Quite sad."

"Ha! Tell me about it!" said Ron. "Fred gave me one when I was three! My mum went off on him so badly! The boil looked like it was pumping. Like--- "

"Ew. Ron!" Hermione hit him on his arm. "We don't need to know!"

"Sorry, but the boil was---"

"Ron!" Cho and Hermione scolded.

"Alright, alright!"

"Okay.now, can you um. go?" said Hermione. "Please? I need to talk to Cho privately. Just for a bit. Please?"

"Yeah, yeah. Go on with you girl talk!" Ron shook his head and left.

"Okay, what's wrong with you and Malfoy? I was mortified to see you two bicker a while ago!" Hermione blurted once Ron was out of sight. "He called you Chang like you were never friends!"

Cho sighed, annoyed. "I don't want to talk about it, okay? Draco and I are over. We never existed."

"Com on, Cho!" Hermione nagged. "You went behind Harry's back just to be with that Slytherin, and all of a sudden you two are over? There's got to be some kind of explanation."

"Well, there isn't."

Hermione gave Cho a "yeah, right" look.

"Alright," Cho gave in, still annoyed. "But I'm not saying every single detail." Hermione nodded and Cho explained what happened over Christmas Break.

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Author's Note: The ending sort of sucked. sorry about that. =P Anyway, I'll try to find a way to update once a week. Promise! But for now, please r/r! Love you all! =P