Fourth year...
Cho sat near the lake with Gabriel, Gabrielle and Wanona just listen to the chatter of people around her.
She felt someone put an arm around her shoulders and snapped out her thoughts to see Gabriel holding her close to him.
"You OK babe?" asked Gabriel.
Cho smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking." whispered Cho not wanting to worry him.
She'd really been thinking about her and Fred. It had been exactly one year since she had kicked him out the Ravenclaw house and out of her life.
But she wasn't about to tell Gabriel about that.
She felt a cool silence enter the air and looked up to see Fred, George, lee and their girlfriends walking towards a spot on the lake that the Gryffindors often used.
Wanona and Gabrielle gave them dirty looks after what Cho had told them.
"Come on guys let's go sit in the great hall. It's got a bit cold out here all of a sudden," said Wanona gathering her things together.
The other Ravenclaws nodded and got to their feet.
Gabriel helped Cho to her feet and held her hand as they walked passed the three Gryffindors.
Cho felt Fred's eyes try and catch her gaze but looked at Gabriel and talked to him to avoid the guilt in her chest.
The Ravenclaws sat at their table and carried on talking and doing their homework.
"Excuse me Gabriel I need to go the toilets," said Cho getting up.
"Want us to come Cho?" asked Gabrielle.
"No it's Ok. I won't be long." smiled Cho.
She kissed Gabriel before walking out the hall and up to the first floor toilets.
She sat in a cubicle as she felt the tears take over her eyes.
She began to cry uncontrollable feeling the same way she had the year before.
That Fred would never like her even if they had kissed that night back in second year. He had Angelina.
She heard someone come in and quickly knelt on the toilet so no one would know she was there.
"Cho? Are you in here?" asked Wanona.
Cho tried to stifle her tears.
"She wouldn't be in here Wan. She usually goes to the ones on the third floor. Let's go." said Gabrielle.
Cho heard the main door close and gave into the tears.
She wiped her eyes and walked out to the mirrors and saw her mascara had run.
She wiped it off and did her make up again hiding her blood shot eyes under her long black mascara covered eyelashes.
She walked back to the hall and saw all the Ravenclaws had gone and decided to go for a quick fly.
She walked to the Quidditch pitch and picked her clean sweep seven out her locker and put her bag in the locker.
She walked out onto the pitch and flew up past the clouds. She felt some eyes behind her and saw Fred had followed her.
"Remember the last night we did this together?" asked Fred.
"Yeah I remember." sighed Cho keeping her broom steady.
"Why did you push me away?" asked Fred.
Cho closed her eyes and shook her head.
"Please not again Fred. I only came for a quick fly because I needed some time to think," said Cho.
"Just tell me Cho," said Fred.
Cho heard someone yell for her and plunged back through the clouds leaving Fred behind her.
"Ah there you are babe. We were getting worried," said Gabriel.
"I'm coming Gabriel." smiled Cho.
She jumped off her broom and walked to the changing room.
"So you OK? You've been a bit quiet today," said Gabriel watching as she put her broom in the locker and took out her bag.
"I'm fine. I've just a lot I need to do." smiled Cho.
"Need any help?" asked Gabriel.
"No thanks." smiled Cho closing the locker.
"Come on babe let's go meet back up with the others," said Gabriel taking her hand.
Cho put on her bag and walked with him back to the common room. They walked in to see Gabrielle and Wanona sat in front of the fire. Gabriel dragged her to a sofa and Cho heard the two talking.
"Did you see those Weasleys drooling all over their Gryffindor flirts? I mean come on they shouldn't be flaunting their girlfriends around Cho after what Gred did!" whispered Gabrielle.
"Gred is such a jerk. He shouldn't have done that especially since he knew how much she liked him," muttered Wanona.
"What are you two whispering about?" asked Gabriel.
"Oh nothing." said Gabrielle.
"Oh K." said Gabriel with an uncertain look.
Cho heard them continue to whisper and couldn't take it anymore
"I need a nap. I'll talk to you guys later," she said letting go of Gabriel's hand and going towards the girl's dorms.
"OK babe. See you later," said Gabriel.
Cho walked up to her dorm and locked the door behind her.
She lay back on the bed and heard some one banging on the window.
She looked and saw Fred flying on his broom, trying to get her to open the window.
Cho charmed the curtains closed and sighed.
It was funny how until today Fred had just acted like nothing was wrong. Maybe he did want her to be his friend again.
Cho shook her head. That wasn't possible.
He had his Angel. He didn't need someone in a year below holding him back.
The banging continued and Cho covered her head with her pillows.
Why couldn't he just take the hint and go away?
She had Gabriel but did she really like Gabriel that way?
Of course she did, unless she was using him to get back at Fred.
Cho shook her head getting that ridiculous thought her head.
Of course she liked Gabriel.
She felt a cold breeze enter the dorm and Cho frowned as she removed the pillows.
Fred was stood in the middle of the dorm with his broom in his hand and the window wide open, the curtains fluttering in the wind.
"What are you doing here Fred? I thought I made it clear the last time you were here to leave me alone." said Cho sitting up on her bed.
"I needed to talk to you Cho. And this seemed like the only way since you wouldn't talk to me flying or on the grounds." said Fred leaning his broom against the wall and walking toward her bed.
"What is there to talk about?" asked Cho getting up and closing the window.
"I think you know," said Fred sitting down on the bed.
"Do I really?" asked Cho closing the curtains after the window.
"It's to do with your second year," said Fred.
"What about it?" asked Cho.
"Did I upset you?" asked Fred.
Cho shook her head and walked to her mirror to brush her hair.
"Then why have you been so bitter?" asked Fred.
Cho paused from brushing her hair and put the brush back down on the desk.
She knelt down on the floor where she had broken the picture frame the year before and never cleared it up.
She took the picture out the broken frame and wiped the broken glass off it before handing it to Fred.
"Its just.... when I saw you with Angelina last year I was crushed. I'd thought that after second year you would ask me out.
When I looked at the picture we looked right as a couple. But when ever I looked at it after I saw you and Angelina I saw you...using me... to impress her." explained Cho slowly getting up and continuing to brush her hair in the mirror.
"Why didn't you tell me this?" asked Fred looking at the picture in his hands.
"You wouldn't have taken it seriously. You would have thought it a stupid crush, which I suppose it was. I was going to in third year when you said 'you're like a sister to me.' that kind of put me off" sighed Cho brushing her ebony hair at the ends.
"You were. You were like the best female friend a guy could ask for," said Fred.
"That's all I was though. A friend. It was going nowhere. You got Angelina and I was just the girl you would brag to and tell me how much you loved her to. It wasn't what I wanted." said Cho putting down her brush and staring into the mirror.
"But Angelina couldn't replace you in that way." said Fred putting the picture aside.
"I would still have been your friend who was a girl though. Not the girlfriend I wanted to be. Which was why I ended our friendship and made friends with Bondi and Gardner and began seeing Gabriel," sighed Cho hanging her head.
" I never knew." whispered Fred getting up and approaching her.
"Well now you do. So can you please leave? I don't want to ever speak about this again." said Cho vulnerably as she dodged him approaching her and returned to her bed.
"Sure." said Fred picking up his broom and opening the curtains.
"And can you please take this? I never want to see it again," said Cho throwing the picture of her and Fred in second year in his direction.
Fred picked it up of the floor before climbing on his broom, opening the window and flying away.
Cho felt the tears come again.
Now she didn't even have to picture to remind her of the one memory she relied on to make her happy.
She heard the door main door open and Wanona and Gabrielle came in and hugged her.
They were the only friends she needed in the whole world.
Cho sat near the lake with Gabriel, Gabrielle and Wanona just listen to the chatter of people around her.
She felt someone put an arm around her shoulders and snapped out her thoughts to see Gabriel holding her close to him.
"You OK babe?" asked Gabriel.
Cho smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking." whispered Cho not wanting to worry him.
She'd really been thinking about her and Fred. It had been exactly one year since she had kicked him out the Ravenclaw house and out of her life.
But she wasn't about to tell Gabriel about that.
She felt a cool silence enter the air and looked up to see Fred, George, lee and their girlfriends walking towards a spot on the lake that the Gryffindors often used.
Wanona and Gabrielle gave them dirty looks after what Cho had told them.
"Come on guys let's go sit in the great hall. It's got a bit cold out here all of a sudden," said Wanona gathering her things together.
The other Ravenclaws nodded and got to their feet.
Gabriel helped Cho to her feet and held her hand as they walked passed the three Gryffindors.
Cho felt Fred's eyes try and catch her gaze but looked at Gabriel and talked to him to avoid the guilt in her chest.
The Ravenclaws sat at their table and carried on talking and doing their homework.
"Excuse me Gabriel I need to go the toilets," said Cho getting up.
"Want us to come Cho?" asked Gabrielle.
"No it's Ok. I won't be long." smiled Cho.
She kissed Gabriel before walking out the hall and up to the first floor toilets.
She sat in a cubicle as she felt the tears take over her eyes.
She began to cry uncontrollable feeling the same way she had the year before.
That Fred would never like her even if they had kissed that night back in second year. He had Angelina.
She heard someone come in and quickly knelt on the toilet so no one would know she was there.
"Cho? Are you in here?" asked Wanona.
Cho tried to stifle her tears.
"She wouldn't be in here Wan. She usually goes to the ones on the third floor. Let's go." said Gabrielle.
Cho heard the main door close and gave into the tears.
She wiped her eyes and walked out to the mirrors and saw her mascara had run.
She wiped it off and did her make up again hiding her blood shot eyes under her long black mascara covered eyelashes.
She walked back to the hall and saw all the Ravenclaws had gone and decided to go for a quick fly.
She walked to the Quidditch pitch and picked her clean sweep seven out her locker and put her bag in the locker.
She walked out onto the pitch and flew up past the clouds. She felt some eyes behind her and saw Fred had followed her.
"Remember the last night we did this together?" asked Fred.
"Yeah I remember." sighed Cho keeping her broom steady.
"Why did you push me away?" asked Fred.
Cho closed her eyes and shook her head.
"Please not again Fred. I only came for a quick fly because I needed some time to think," said Cho.
"Just tell me Cho," said Fred.
Cho heard someone yell for her and plunged back through the clouds leaving Fred behind her.
"Ah there you are babe. We were getting worried," said Gabriel.
"I'm coming Gabriel." smiled Cho.
She jumped off her broom and walked to the changing room.
"So you OK? You've been a bit quiet today," said Gabriel watching as she put her broom in the locker and took out her bag.
"I'm fine. I've just a lot I need to do." smiled Cho.
"Need any help?" asked Gabriel.
"No thanks." smiled Cho closing the locker.
"Come on babe let's go meet back up with the others," said Gabriel taking her hand.
Cho put on her bag and walked with him back to the common room. They walked in to see Gabrielle and Wanona sat in front of the fire. Gabriel dragged her to a sofa and Cho heard the two talking.
"Did you see those Weasleys drooling all over their Gryffindor flirts? I mean come on they shouldn't be flaunting their girlfriends around Cho after what Gred did!" whispered Gabrielle.
"Gred is such a jerk. He shouldn't have done that especially since he knew how much she liked him," muttered Wanona.
"What are you two whispering about?" asked Gabriel.
"Oh nothing." said Gabrielle.
"Oh K." said Gabriel with an uncertain look.
Cho heard them continue to whisper and couldn't take it anymore
"I need a nap. I'll talk to you guys later," she said letting go of Gabriel's hand and going towards the girl's dorms.
"OK babe. See you later," said Gabriel.
Cho walked up to her dorm and locked the door behind her.
She lay back on the bed and heard some one banging on the window.
She looked and saw Fred flying on his broom, trying to get her to open the window.
Cho charmed the curtains closed and sighed.
It was funny how until today Fred had just acted like nothing was wrong. Maybe he did want her to be his friend again.
Cho shook her head. That wasn't possible.
He had his Angel. He didn't need someone in a year below holding him back.
The banging continued and Cho covered her head with her pillows.
Why couldn't he just take the hint and go away?
She had Gabriel but did she really like Gabriel that way?
Of course she did, unless she was using him to get back at Fred.
Cho shook her head getting that ridiculous thought her head.
Of course she liked Gabriel.
She felt a cold breeze enter the dorm and Cho frowned as she removed the pillows.
Fred was stood in the middle of the dorm with his broom in his hand and the window wide open, the curtains fluttering in the wind.
"What are you doing here Fred? I thought I made it clear the last time you were here to leave me alone." said Cho sitting up on her bed.
"I needed to talk to you Cho. And this seemed like the only way since you wouldn't talk to me flying or on the grounds." said Fred leaning his broom against the wall and walking toward her bed.
"What is there to talk about?" asked Cho getting up and closing the window.
"I think you know," said Fred sitting down on the bed.
"Do I really?" asked Cho closing the curtains after the window.
"It's to do with your second year," said Fred.
"What about it?" asked Cho.
"Did I upset you?" asked Fred.
Cho shook her head and walked to her mirror to brush her hair.
"Then why have you been so bitter?" asked Fred.
Cho paused from brushing her hair and put the brush back down on the desk.
She knelt down on the floor where she had broken the picture frame the year before and never cleared it up.
She took the picture out the broken frame and wiped the broken glass off it before handing it to Fred.
"Its just.... when I saw you with Angelina last year I was crushed. I'd thought that after second year you would ask me out.
When I looked at the picture we looked right as a couple. But when ever I looked at it after I saw you and Angelina I saw you...using me... to impress her." explained Cho slowly getting up and continuing to brush her hair in the mirror.
"Why didn't you tell me this?" asked Fred looking at the picture in his hands.
"You wouldn't have taken it seriously. You would have thought it a stupid crush, which I suppose it was. I was going to in third year when you said 'you're like a sister to me.' that kind of put me off" sighed Cho brushing her ebony hair at the ends.
"You were. You were like the best female friend a guy could ask for," said Fred.
"That's all I was though. A friend. It was going nowhere. You got Angelina and I was just the girl you would brag to and tell me how much you loved her to. It wasn't what I wanted." said Cho putting down her brush and staring into the mirror.
"But Angelina couldn't replace you in that way." said Fred putting the picture aside.
"I would still have been your friend who was a girl though. Not the girlfriend I wanted to be. Which was why I ended our friendship and made friends with Bondi and Gardner and began seeing Gabriel," sighed Cho hanging her head.
" I never knew." whispered Fred getting up and approaching her.
"Well now you do. So can you please leave? I don't want to ever speak about this again." said Cho vulnerably as she dodged him approaching her and returned to her bed.
"Sure." said Fred picking up his broom and opening the curtains.
"And can you please take this? I never want to see it again," said Cho throwing the picture of her and Fred in second year in his direction.
Fred picked it up of the floor before climbing on his broom, opening the window and flying away.
Cho felt the tears come again.
Now she didn't even have to picture to remind her of the one memory she relied on to make her happy.
She heard the door main door open and Wanona and Gabrielle came in and hugged her.
They were the only friends she needed in the whole world.