His Broken Valentine

Chapter 1

She walked down the hall, carrying her books against her chest, and he head down. She had been at Hogwarts so long, she didn't need to look around to know where she was going. The route to her classes had long been branded into her mind so she could just let her mind go and think about other things. She was not paying attention so much in fact that she bumped right into Harry.

"Oh, hello Harry." She said in a small voice, not looking at him. *He* didn't like it when she looked at other boys.

"Hey. Uh. . . are you okay, Cho?" He asked.

"Oh yes. I'm fine. See you at the Quiditch game today." She mumbled and hurried away to class, leaving Harry standing in the middle of the hallway looking confused.

"What's wrong, Harry?" Hermione asked, coming up to him.

"N-nothing. . . have you noticed anything weird about Cho lately?" He asked, still watching her go down the hall.

"Not that I can think of. She has had a few more bruises, but I figure that's only from Quiditch practice. The Ravenclaws have their hearts set on the cup this year you know. I bet they're training extra hard, and their beaters haven't been very good."

"Right. Ohh! Let's hurry! We'll be late for herbology!" Harry gasped, and they dashed out the door to their class.

That night, Dumbledore made an announcement about the upcoming Valentines day dance and how it would be at the end of the week.

Cho's best friend, Alyssa Gold turned to her and grinned.

"You are so lucky!" She cried.

"What? Why?" Jennifer West asked, leaning across the table. She was a very nosey girl with pretty green eyes and jet black hair. She had good intent but was very gossipy.

"Because she has a date to the dance already." Alyssa answered smiling at Cho.

"Oh really? Who?"

"Honestly, where have you been! You know who her boyfriend is right?" Alyssa asked, shocked that Jennifer didn't know.

"Um. . . no! Well, I've heard RUMORS of course, but. . . well, what's the real story?" She leaned across the table further. Cho rolled her eyes and concentrated on her meal, but Alyssa cocked her head to the side, Jennifer looked.

"OH!" She gasped, sitting back and grinning. "NO WAY!"

"Oh yes!" Alyssa smirked taking a sip from her goblet.

"Lucky girl!" Jennifer hit Cho on the arm playfully.

"Yeup. I sure am." Cho smiled fakely.

When dinner was over, Cho lingered in the great hall before leaving for her room. As she turned the corner to go up the stairs, strong hands grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the shadows.

"Cho." He whispered into her ear.

"Oh. . .Hello." Cho muttered.

"I'll be thinking about you tonight, Cho." He said, his lips pressed against her ear.

"I-"

"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?" He asked.

"Yes. I'm sure. It's against the school regulations." Cho pulled away and started up the stairs.

"Fine. But don't you worry, I'll have you, if you like it or not." He growled, his eyes piercing her through the darkness.