The holidays passed in a flash, much to Harry's disappointment. It wasn't that he didn't want to return to Hogwarts, but rather that he was dying to spend more time with Sirius. During his stay, Harry had discovered two important things:

1. Sirius was the best Godfather ever! Not only had he given them a taste of what magic he could perform- which was basically:

turning his cottage invisable,

fake fire with no heat,

changing the colour of every carpet and piece of furniture in his house

changing his dog, Rufus into a huge horse (they used him to ride into Hogsmeade to buy yummie gummie chews). A little childish Harry knew, but he had missed out on quite a lot when he was younger.

Sirius also seemed like family for Harry. He had never known anyone like this, so by the time everyone had to return, Harry and Sirius were very close.

2. Ron and Hermione were also an official couple. Harry had caught them in the loft together, snogging their little hearts out!

"What! Finally!" Came Harrys reaction. He was very sick of Ron and Hermione not doing anything about each other (this had been going on since last year!!) when it was clear that they were a perfect match. Ron looked embarassed as usual. His ears went all red. Hermione on the other hand tried to pretend that Ron had somehow slipped her a love spell, which made Harry just laugh hysterically.

The four of them had arrived back at Hogwarts to start another term. Ginny spent more and more time with them and it soon became a group of four. Cho had spent endless hours with Harry everyday, much to Hermione and Ginny's annoyance. They didn't like Cho very much and Harry knew this, which rather disappointed him, but still, he didn't want this to ruin his special relationship with Cho.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened at Hogwarts that term, which was surprising- if you belonged in Harrys group! Another normal friday morning came around and the four were checking through their Herbology when Professor McGonagall called out to Harry.

"A collection of air mail arrived early this morning Harry, it should be up in your dorm now. Something from Sirius.. I think" Harry's eyes widened. Sirius, again!

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Cho had been going out with Harry for about half a year. Harry had asked her out in his 5th year, on Valentines Day. He had given her a box of Honeyduke's Chocolates and a bunch of huge red roses. Cho could still remember the sweet scent of them, and the first tender kiss they shared, that same beautiful day.

She could see Harry now, two spell books in his arms, just out from Defense Against the Dark Arts. He was so handsome, with his scruffy black hair and strong firm body. He had grown up a lot the past year. Whereas a year before he had been childishly cute and boyish, now he was masculine and, well hot, Cho couldn't help but think to herself. He looked up and caught her eye, giving her a brilliant smile. What are you so happy about, Harry Potter? Cho wondered. But she didn't complain. When Harry was in one of those moods, there was plenty of fun to be had, especially by her, his girlfriend.

The rest of the class filed out behind and around him, and Ginny came up the corridor to meet her brother and his girlfriend, Hermione. Ginny said a quick "Hi" to Harry, proceding to chat quickly and excitedly with Hermione. Cho watched, a little hurt, as Hermione glanced up at her and gave her a cold look. She didn't know why, but she and Hermione had never been friends. Whereas Cho could get along with almost everyone, she could never get close to Hermione, and doubted she'd ever be friends with her.

Shoving the thought out of her head, she walked up to Harry and kissed him gently on the lips. He returned the kiss fervantly, placing an arm around her waist. But before they could deepen the kiss, they were broken apart by a certain red-headed male, yelling excitedly.

"Hey, Cho! You have to see this! You know Sirius right? Well, he sent us all presents! Harry won't let us open them until you're here, so hurry up, I wanna open mine! Harry, get off her and let me lead her up to the Common Room. I can't wait to see what I've got!"

With a smile for Harry, recieving another glare from Hermione, and one from Ginny this time too, Cho let Ron lead her up to Gryffindor Tower. Ron had always been nice to her, and she really liked him, in a brotherly sort of way. Hermione is a lucky girl to have snagged him. Cho thought to herself. He's one of the good ones. Like my Harry. She smiled to herself. My Harry. He was hers.............

They reached the Gryffindor Common Room and Ron bounded up the Boy's Dormitory steps, with Harry close at his heels, shoving him into the stone wall (with all the maturity of an eight year old) in a hurry to get there first. Ginny laughed and Hermione giggled too. Cho turned to face them.

"So, what's all the excitement about, girls? Why is Ron so hyperactive? They're just presents, right?" Cho asked them. Ginny studied her, as if she was trying to decide whether she was worth answering or not.

"You'll see." Was her reply. Cho sighed. Ginny was almost as bad as Hermione. Cold and unfriendly. She guessed that had something to do with Harry though. Cho had seen the way Ginny looked at him. Her silly little crush for Harry had not died over the years as it damn well should have. If anything, she looked at Harry now with even more longing. Well, you're not going to get him, dear. Cho thought to herself, Harry's mine, so forget about him.

Just then, Ron and Harry came stampeding down the dormitory steps, carrying large bundles covered in different colours of velvet.

"Here you are, Ginny," Harry said to her, giving her a smile. She grinned in delight as he handed her a long thin parcel. By the shape of it, Cho guessed that it was a broomstick of some sort. Harry seemed to have gotten the same.

"Hey Hermione, this is for you," Ron told her, passing her a book-shaped parcel. That was no surprise, Cho thought to herself, What else could you get for Hermione??

They all opened their parcels, and Cho could tell that Harry had already opened his, as the velvet wrappings were messed up. Cho noticed that she had gotten nothing, but it didn't really bother her, she didn't know this 'Sirius' like the Harry and his friends did. She didn't expect anything from him. An excited shriek brought her thoughts back to the present.

"Oh my God! Harry, look!" Ginny squealed, "I've got an Orbit! An Orbit!! They are like the best racing broom out!! It must have cost Sirius a fortune! Oh my gosh, I can't believe it!" She ran her fingers down the silver birch shaft in wonder. Harry sat down next to her and excitedly showed her his Orbit.

"They're beautiful, aren't they, Gin? I told Sirius that you were the new Keeper, so he must have taken that into consideration when buying for us! Hell, I never would have thought you and me would both own the best broom on the market! Way better than even the Firebolts! Slytherin don't stand a chance with you and me to belt 'em up on these beauties!" Harry was talking so excitedly and enthusiastically to Ginny that Cho was forgotten for the moment. She felt like a spectator, or an unwanted visitor, gate-crashing a members-only party. The rapt look on Ginny's face annoyed her. Who did she think she was, staring up into MY boyfriend's face so lovingly?? He's MY boyfriend, dammit! She was about to slap the silly bint when Ron bellowed at everyone to look at his present.

"Bloody hell! Take a gander at this, everyone!" Ron was holding up a huge, brightly-coloured hat. It had star and moon patterns on it, in silver and gold silk. The rest of it was moss-green velvet. "You know what this is, right?!" Ron practically shrieked with delight, stuffing it on his head, "It's an Idarion Wizard's Hat! I can pull real ideas out of it, and it changes colour!" As they watched, the hat changed it's hue from green to red, almost matching his hair. Hermione laughed.

"You look gorgeous in it, Ron!" Hermione grinned. Cho looked at the book in her hands.

"What's that you have, Hermione?" She asked her, almost cautiously. Harry finally noticed her presence at the sound of her voice and got up from where he was crouched (FAR too close to Ginny, Cho thought) and got back up to sit with her on the couch, putting his arm around Cho's back. Hermione glanced up at her.

"Oh, it's a book," She told her bluntly. Cho heard Harry's sigh of frustration. Cho hadn't been the only one to notice Hermione's coldness towards her.

"We can see that, Mione, but what's it about?" He asked impatiently. Hermione scowled at Harry, but decided to tell him anway.

"It's a costume book. A magical one. You tear out a bit of the page of the costume that you like and say a few magic words over it. In a few hours, you have the entire costume from the book made magically for you. You can modify the costume too, to suit you. Pretty cool, Huh?" She finished smugly. Harry looked impressed.

"That IS Cool, Hermione." He told her. Suddenly, he turned to Cho. "Hey, babe," he said lovingly to her. She turned and faced him. "You know how you have to borrow the crappy school brooms because Malfoy flogged yours? Well, I was thinking, you can have my old Firebolt now. I won't be needing it, of course, and I can't think of anyone more perfect for it." He kissed the tip of her nose. Cho could feel the daggers shooting out of Ginny's eyes.

"Oh thankyou, Harry! That's so sweet of you! I'd love to have your Firebolt!" She gave him a long pash, half watching Ginny to see the little tarts' reaction.

Ginny stood up. "Ok, I'd say Dinner is just about ready. How about we go down now?" She asked them.

"You go ahead, Ginny. I'll be down with Cho a bit later." Harry told her, giving Cho a suggestive smile. Ginny, upset, turned and stormed out of the Common Room. Ron and Hermione followed her, hand in hand.

"Finally, it's just you and me, Harry." Cho exclaimed. She leant into him and put her head on his shoulder. "I've been waiting for some time alone with you."

"You and me both!" Harry laughed. He turned her to face him and looked at her seriously. "Do you realise that we've been going out for like, half a year now? And I still love you just as much as I did when we first started dating. More, really." Cho smiled at him.

"I love you too Harry. I've never felt this way about anyone......else," she finished, slightly uncomfortably. As much as Harry wanted to forget it, the fact that Cho had dated Cedric Diggory, the boy he had accidently lead to his death, was always a burden on their relationship. Harry just tried to avoid the subject whenever it came up.

"So when do you think it's the right time?" Cho asked Harry meaningfully. He glanced quickly at her.

"What, to... you know... have sex?" Harry asked hesitantly.

"Mmmmm, yeah." Cho nodded. She grinned at him mischeiviously.

"Well...not sure," Harry replied slightly uncomfortable. Cho gave him a devilish smile.

"Why not...now?" She began unbuttoning his shirt. Harry's eyes widened in shock. He certainly wasn't prepared for that! He knew that Cho wasn't a virgin, but he was! He didn't even really know what to do!

"Uh, maybe not just now, Cho. Sometime soon though," he suggested. Cho grinned slyly. Cedric had been her first, which made Harry uncomfortable at the best of times. It was no secret that Cedric had been a bit of a Playboy back in 4th year, and all the girls had labelled him "Sex God." True, he did feel a little uncomfortable knowing that his girlfriend was not a virgin. He wasn't even sure if he did want to sleep with her. He just gathered that Cho would expect it of him, after she had been with Cedric "hot-rod" Diggory.

Gently, she leant over and kissed him. He returned her kiss and slowly, she pushed him down onto the moroon velvet couch. Kissing his neck, she quickly tugged off his tie and pulled his sweater over his head. Pulling off her sweater, she placed quick kisses along his jawline. Harry wasn't sure whether he liked not being the dominant one in this, but he let Cho procede with her unbuttoning anyway. He decided that he certainly did not like being the minor in sex after she unbuttoned her shirt by herself and wouldn't let him do it for her. "Bugger this," he mumbled, and was about to flip her over when someone came crashing through the Portrait Hole.

"Shit!!" Harry swore, quickly pulling himself up off the couch and trying to wrench his tie back over his head. Cho sat up, looking annoyed, but not embarrassed in the slightest. Harry was quickly turning an incredible shade of crimson.

"Neville! What the hell are you doing here!?" Harry shouted. Neville looked shocked.

"What do you mean 'what the hell am i doing here'?" Neville asked. "This is my common room too, Harry."

"Oh, Yeah." Harry said. "Well yeah, um, Cho and I were just about to go down for Dinner." Harry tried to cover up for himself.

"What's she doing here in Gryffindor Tower? She's a Ravenclaw, Harry! She's not allowed in here!" Neville gasped in indignation.

"Yeah well, you get that." Harry told him off-handedly. "Come on, Cho. Let's go down for a bite to eat."

He and Cho quickly put their sweaters back on and Harry did up his shirt and clumsily tried to put his tie back on. In the end, Cho had to do it for him. Laughing, she lead him out of the Common Room. Harry didn't laugh. He didn't think his sad-assed attempt at sex, or being caught at it was funny at all.