Chapter 3- Cho Chang

After dinner they moved up to the common room, reaching the fat lady in the painting. Hermione stepped forward. "Doxie Infestation" She said and the portrait swung open revealing a hole in the wall to crawl through.

Harry dumped himself into his favorite soft, squishy armchair when he looked up to see Six gazing around the room in wonder. "This is our common room? It's splendid! How I wish my apartment looked like this... I suppose it could be if I actually worked at it, but wow... look at this!"

Harry stood up, "I think Hedwig would be mad if I didn't put her up in the owlery tonight, I should do it now before I forget..." He said nervously as he ran up the stairs and put Hedwig on his shoulder and went back into the common room before climbing through the hole to leave.

He was really finding an excuse to get away from Six, because though he liked her, he was afraid he might say something stupid or she might make fun of him or something like that. Sure he was being irrational but at least he felt he was easing it some how.

He reached the owlery, put Hedwig in a nest, and stroked her. He turned to leave when he ran into Cho. His heart raced as she shook her curtain of black hair out of her face, and smiled.

Harry was ready to faint, maybe he was wrong about how fast his heart was beating for Six, maybe he was wrong about who might of taken a chunk out of his heart. "H-hi Ch-Cho."

Cho giggled as she tied a letter to one of the school owl's leg's and let it fly away.

"Hi Harry, what are you doing up here?" She seemed to glance at his letter less hands. "I... erm... already sent my letter." He said trying to keep his tone to the most believable level.

Cho turned around to face Harry and smiled once more before tucking her hair behind her ear, her eyes glittered as she looked into his eyes.

Harry felt as though his heart was just going to burst through his chest and end up as a bloody mess on the floor.

"Well, I have to go Harry, I promised Marietta I would meet her back in the common room." and with that she winked and trotted off.

Harry just stood there... a little stupefied. He forgot how long it had been since he had seen Cho. 'And was that a wink, Harry?' A little voice said in the back of his head. His heart felt as though he just ran seven miles while screaming at the top of his lungs. Because his throat was dry and his eyes were misty with the memory of Cho's body language and words.

He shook it off realizing how mushy he was getting and walked out of the owlery.

Once he reached the common room he yawned and stretched, rubbing his eyes. It has been a long day but he suspected a little train-lag from his way here. Six smiled, her hair now had purple streaks in it and her eyes a glorious amber orange.

She smiled to Harry, "What are you all glassy eyed about?" She said in a pondering voice. Apparently he hadn't realized how long he was staring at her new eyes. He then felt guilty about thinking of Cho in Six's presence, he couldn't quite understand why, though.

He shook his head and replied in a tangent to the question. "I'm going to bed, tomorrow our classes begin." He grunted with that and marched up the boys dormitory stairs and went to bed.

A/N: guess this chapter sort of dedicated to harrychorules55 who kind of made me start thinking as a writer rather than a dorky 12 year old, well I know things are taking time and some nights like this one (maybe) I might double up and do my work of two chapters a day instead of just one...

PEACE!

-bfn