"My wish for Harry is for him to graduate from Hogwarts. I know that with my death Harry will wish to dive head first into the war and forget about school. Harry must attend his last year of Hogwarts." I groaned on the inside. I have to do this….no matter how I wish I didn't. "I'll do it," I said once he noticed everyone staring at him expectantly.
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I sat on my front steps sobbing, my head in between my knees. I felt a soft hand lay itself on my shoulder. Just the touch sent shivers down my spine. Then a soft familiar voice spoke, "Harry? Are you alright?" I know that voice. It made my heart ache. But how can I be? I thought I was over her. I turned slowly and whispered "Cho?" She smiled and sat next to me. She wiped away my tears and whispered reassuringly "Don't worry, Harry. Things do get better." I stared into her eyes and before I knew I was doing it, I kissed her. When I pulled away I say Cho was blushing and before we could say anything, someone clear their throat. We turned to see Hermione standing there, smirking. "I see your getting to know the new neighbor well," she said to me. I blushed a deep crimson and Cho tried to change the subject by saying " Have you two started packing for Hogwarts yet?" Before Hermione could respond Harry shook his head. " We weren't planning on going back but Dumbledore's will says I have to go back," he said before adding " What are you working as now that you've graduated?" Cho blushed before saying "I didn't graduate.. I got held back. I'm repeating my 7th year." Hermione look very confused at this and asked, " Why did you get held back? I doubt it was because you failed, I've heard that you're very smart." Cho paused before responding " I missed to many days of school…. So Dumbledore said it would be better if I just repeated the school year." "Why did you miss so much school?" I asked before he could stop myself and could have kicked myself from the look on Cho's face. "M-m-my cousin…was k-k-kidnapped… by Voldemort. That's why we moved…" Cho said, her voice trembling. I grabbed her hand and said, "I'm sorry Cho. I shouldn't have asked." She smiled sadly and replied, "It's okay. I-" Before she could say anymore three owls flew above us, dropping letters in our laps. "They're our Hogwarts letters!" Hermione explained and immediately started to open hers. I opened my letter anxiously and when I pulled out the letter two badges fell onto my lap. I dropped the letters and stared at the badges. One was the Quiditch captain badge and the other was "I'm headboy!" I exclaimed. I looked up to see Cho and Hermione both holding badges. From the disappointed look on Hermione's face I could tell she didn't get the headgirls badge." I'm a prefect," she said dully. I turned to look at Cho's excited voice as she hugged me and exclaimed, "I'm headgirl!" I laughed then went back to reading my letters, it was the usual except for the letters about headboy and quiditch captain obligations and advantages. Cho jumped up unexpectantly and said, "I have to go tell my mum and dad the good news," before running off to her house.
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Ron and I watched Hermione run around, grabbing last minute items and stuffing them into her trunk. As Ron attempted to calm her down I heard the doorbell ring and went to answer it. I opened the door to find Cho with her trunk "You're early," I said as I took her trunk in one hand and her hand in another. "I know, I just had to escape my parents," she replied as I lead her into the room where Ron had finally managed to calm Hermione down. "Since Cho arrived early why don't we just apparate to the train now?" I asked. Hermione beamed and replied "Sure." I smiled let go of Cho's hand and said, "See you guys there," before apparating to the station. I stood waiting for the popping noises that would signal the arrival of my friends. I heard two quick popping noises behind me and turned to find Cho and Hermione smiling at me. Before I could question about Ron a third popping noise sounded to the right and we turned to find a sheepish looking Ron standing there. "Sorry mates, I kinda missed the station," he said blushing a deep red. I smiled and grabbed Cho's hand "Well it looks like we're the first ones here. Cho and I have to stay in the head's compartment most of the train ride, so we'll leave our trunks there then we can stay in your compartment for awhile." Cho and I headed towards the head's compartment. Once we had placed our trunks we went to find the compartment Ron and Hermione had chosen. We sat down, my arm around Cho's waist and her head on my shoulder. Cho and I had decided to give our relationship another chance this summer, after Hermione had pointed out that we both seemed to still like each other. "Who do you think our new DADA teacher is?" Ron asked once we noticed Hermione was getting frustrated from all the quiditch talk. "Maybe it'll be Remus again." I said hopefully. Cho asked, "He was teacher when all those dementors were at our school, right?" after I nodded she added, "I liked him. He was really nice." Before any of us could respond, we felt a jolt that signified the train was starting to move. "Time to report to the head's compartment for the prefects meeting!" exclaimed Hermione, dragging everyone to the compartment. I sighed, "If only we didn't have to stay in there the whole train ride," I whispered to Cho. Cho hesitated before whispering back, "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find something fun to do."
A/N: this chapter was put together kind of quickly, so it's very sloppy. I hope you enjoy it though.
