I rolled over on my back and stared at the ceiling. I'm not lucky, I thought to myself. My stomach growled furiously but I didn't feel like going down to the Great Hall. Mainly, I didn't want to see Cedric because what had just happened…but my stomach told me better. I better go ahead and eat before I decide to not eat dinner either because of this, I thought, slowing getting up. I walked out of the girls' dormitories, down to the common room, and walked past the Knight.

I didn't bother to rush down to the Great Hall. "Cho," I began to tell myself. "You said you weren't lucky so why do you care so much? He's just a guy, I'm sure other boys wanted to ask your but he got to you first." I nodded in agreement with myself. "It's just a normal day." I sighed and walked into the Great Hall and to the Ravenclaw table, beside Marietta and Emily.

"You came!" said Emily.

"We'd thought you'd went snogging with Cedric or something," Marietta said with a small smirk.

I looked over to the Hufflepuff table and saw Cedric talking with a couple of his friends. "Not funny. I just thought that I'd come down to eat because…" I broke off; I couldn't tell them my reason.

"Because?" Marietta urged.

"You didn't want to see Cedric? Afraid he may talk to you?" questioned Emily.

I looked at her. "No."

"For goodness sake, Cho, it's okay," said Marietta."

"Besides Cedric was looking for you," Emily said.

"He was? What for?" I almost dropped my fork.

Emily shrugged her shoulders. "I think he wanted to talk to you. It seems to me that he really likes you."

"Like me maybe, but not really, really like me," I said, putting some potatoes in my mouth.

"Only if you say so."

*

When the day was over with I found myself in the courtyard, sitting by the edge of the lake, thinking silently to myself. Never have I thought so hard about a guy before. One who was two years older than me for that matter!

"I think you should stop, he's a normal Hufflepuff boy on the Quidditch team." Ding! "You always saw him on the Quidditch field and you never noticed him much before." Yeah, I know… "I'm not going to listen to Marietta or Emily." I stood up and waked back into the castle. I didn't look up to watch where I was going; quickly I walked up to the Ravenclaw Tower, said the password and walked past the Knight. Luckily, Marietta and Emily weren't around in the common room so I decided to go my homework. I went to the girls' dormitories and found my bag on my bed where I left it. I pulled out The Standard Book of Spells: Grade 5, some parchment, a quill, and an inkwell. Carefully, I walked back down to the common room and created my own personal spot on the floor by the fireplace.

Halfway into the homework assignment, I heard the creaking of the Knight and knew that people had come into the common room. Ah! Please, don't be Marietta! She's bugged me enough. Fortunately, it was only Emily.

"Cho! Here you are!" she cried.

I smiled weakly. "Where is Marietta?"

"I think she is off chasing a boy…but let's hope she stays away for awhile."

I laughed. "I don't understand why she thinks I'm that lucky."

"Oh heavens, I bet she is jealous," stated Emily.

"Emily, don't say that."

"I'm guessing, I mean you know she's always talked about him."

"I doubt that," I said. "I mean I know Marietta is my friend but you'd really think that she would be jealous? Cedric and I haven't even talked since then."

She nodded. "Of course, Cho, but maybe you should be the one to talk to him first."

"Oh, no way!"

"Why not?!"

I began writing franticly on my homework. "Because, I mean, it's not that I don't want to but to be honest I'm actually a little afraid."

"Why?! You?!"

I nodded, feeling dumb. "I've never gone out with a boy before and Cedric is the first and…well, I don't know, it's Hogwarts, Emily. You really think—" I stopped myself from saying it.

"Do I really think what?"

"You really think we could end up kissing?" I felt my cheeks turn a brilliant shade of pink.

Emily giggled. "Oh, I'm sure Hogwarts can't even stop you two from doing something."