She woke up to see Gabrielle and Wanona sat on the floor.
"Hey Cho. Your awake." smiled Gabrielle getting up andsitting on the chair arm nearest her friend.
"What time is it?" asked Cho rubbing her eyes.
"Its nearly time for diner. What happened with you and Fred? We saw him sitting in the three broomsticks but there wasn't any sign of you," said Wanona from where she was still sat on the floor.
"I left and walked back here," said Cho stretching in the chair.
"Why? What did he do?" asked Gabrielle.
"He's still seeing Angelina while leading me on. Its too late for us." sighed Cho brushing the hair from her eyes.
"That why you burned his sweatshirt in the fire?" asked Wanona gesturing to the burnt remains of Fred's sweatshirt in the bottom of the fire.
"Exactly. I appreciate your help girls, but still he should think things through before acting," sighed Cho getting out the chair and warming her bare feet in front of the fire.
"He did look sad though. He was surrounded by empty Ogden's fire whiskey bottles," said Gabrielle, hoping she would at least be able to get some sympathy for her friend's crush.
"Serves him right," said Cho walking towards the stairs and going upstairs to get ready for dinner.
She dressed in a black skirt witt black boots and a long sleeved top.
An owl knocked at the window and Cho saw it struggle against the strong winds to stay outside.
She let it in and took the letter from it, letting it get warmed up before flying back to Hogsmeade.
It was from Fred begging her to come back to Hogsmeade so they could talk, but in Cho's opinion it would be a lost cause.
He was obviously drunk out of his mind and wouldn't even remember what he'd said the next day anyway.
She threw the letter into her trunk and met her friends in the common room for dinner.
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The three girls walked into the hall to see Fred sat at the teacher's table, looking sobered up and yet freezing cold.
Cho didn't know why Fred was here but she wasn't going to wait to find out.
She left the hall and went to the library one of the last places she and Fred had spent time together before he'd flown the coop.
She began to read an autobiography on a Quidditch player whose personal life had been crap.
He had been married seven times and had seven divorces in turn and only four kids who he didn't have custody of.
Cho sighed; it sounded like the kind of guy Fred would turn out to be if his attitude didn't change pretty soon.
She closed the book and saw Fred coming in through the doorway.
"Cho, can we talk?" asked Fred sitting down beside her.
"Why? You've got Angelina, your business is great, your life is great you don't need me and to be quite frank with you if don't need you either." said Cho crossing her arms.
"Listen to me. Angelina dumped me over the summer. She said I had an obsession with you and there wasn't anyway she'd stay with me while I continually talk about you." said Fred reaching across the table to hold her hand.
"So? What do you want me to do? Go weak at the knees and tell you how much I love you?" asked Cho moving away so his hand wouldn't even reach hers.
"I never expected you act that way Cho," said Fred quietly, hurt by the bitterness in her voice.
"Listen if it had been over the summer you told me, if you'd been honest with me through your letters, then none of this would have happened. We'd be together now Fred. But with your lying i don't know what to believe." sighed Cho.
"Listen Cho. I truly love you. I have done since that first summer we spent together. You were so young, carefree and innocent. You are so beautiful Cho, just give me a chance." said Fred stroking her cheek with his hand.
"I...I can't Fred. In your mind this is as good as an apology gets. In my book you have to prove it. I've got to go excuse me," said Cho leaving the book on the table as she got to her feet.
Fred sighed as he watched her go, wishing there was some way he could prove how much he loved her.