"Bloody hell, mate! Are you serious?" This, of course was Ron talking. Harry had just told his friends about him and Cho. "That's great! I always thought she was hot!"

"Honestly, Ron, you're so indelicate; trust you to point out all those qualities! I'm just so happy for Harry!"

"And I suppose Vicky never talks about that stuff to you, does he?" asked Ron, glaring at her ferociously.

"No, as a matter of fact, Ron, he doesn't!" answered Hermione, not afraid to glare back.

"If you're still in contact with him I'll-"

"Quit it, you too!" Harry broke in. "It's just... it seems so weird to suddenly start dating her after all that's happened. Do you suppose she's feeling happier? I mean, about Cedric?"

"Maybe..." said Hermione. "You say she was happy when you talked?"

"Yeah, she said she had a good summer, etc., etc... and also," he said swallowing, "she said she really missed me!"

Ron made a surprised choking noise, and Hermione turned to look at him. She opened her mouth, eyebrows drawn together.

"Er, well, I'm off to the library," said Harry quickly, so as not to have to see them fight again, and he ran off. On his way to the library he supposed maybe he could have stopped them from fighting, but he was so tired. Deep in thought, he didn't notice a girl walking unconsciously in his direction. She didn't notice either. Her head was deep in a book. As you might have expected, they bumped into each other.

"Er, sorry..."

"GINNY!"

"HARRY!"

"HEY!"

The two friends hugged. Over the years, Ginny and Harry had gotten so close to the extent that he could tell her just as much as he could tell Ron and Hermione. This meant that he was definitely going to tell her about Cho! Definitely! However, he was too clueless to notice that Ginny had always liked him, even though she had had some boyfriends in between, so he didn't stop to consider how she would feel about this news.

"Gin, do you think you could stay a minute? I've got something to tell you?"

"Sure, Harry," she said. "Why don't we sit down on one of these benches?"

When they were sitting down, he said it in a rush: "Cho and I are back together!"

Ginny's heart dropped about three inches in her chest. "Really Harry?" she asked, trying to force a smile onto her face, hoping it looked real.

"Yeah," Harry said. "It was weird. She came running up to me all of a sudden and acted like we'd never broken up! I thought we'd try again."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," lied Ginny. She looked for something that would distract them from this conversation. "Er, look at the time! I er... have to change for dinner! I spilled something on my robe!" She knew it was a lame excuse, and the fact that Harry was looking at her in a slightly suspicious way, just about made everything worse. If he found out how she felt about him...

"Well, I'm pretty hungry, so I guess I'll go to dinner too," He said. "See you around."

"Yeah, see you," she said breathlessly.

Harry never did get to the library that day.