3-SPRING STREET 4:10
"When I left you by the stairwell
And your eyes were wet with tears
Mother, you knew you had to let me go
Even after all these years"
"I have made up my mind," Cho stated firmly, one trembling hand clutching her wand and the other clasped around a small traveling bag.
Her father looked at her with steely eyes but for a flicker of a second something flashed across his face, something like pain; but then he straightened up, his face hardening and said "Very well," and without another word he turned and left the room.
Cho turned bravely toward her mother but felt her walls crumbling as she saw the tears in her eyes. She dropped her bag and ran into her mother's waiting arms.
"I'm sorry," she cried "I'm so sorry mum but I have to do this. For Cédric."
Mrs Chang simply stroked her daughter's hair but when she pulled away, her eyes were cold.
"You are going to die in this war," she said.
That was the last time Cho saw her father alive.
"And I found myself a new life
And I've been living with some friends
And we hold on to dreams and live like kings
Like the days will never end
And I left him by the statue
And his eyes were filled with tears
Lover you knew you had to let me go
Even after all these years"
She moved in with Suki Farrell and Judith Carmichael, two friends from Hogwarts and took a couple of odd jobs to sustain herself while closely following the developments of the war.
Even in the middle of the war, they managed to have some fun, sometimes having a girl's night out in muggle London, sometimes having friends over and chilling at home.
The next Christmas they were visited by Michael Corner who was out of Hogwarts for the holidays. He told them news about what was happening at school under Snape and the Carrows and all the things he couldn't write in his letters.
Michael and Cho were still dating even though their relationship was going nowhere. On the last day of the holidays, Cho was accompanying him down the street when Michael broke the silence.
"This is it then?" he asked; and by the look on his face, Cho knew immediately that he was talking about their relationship.
She looked down, suddenly ashamed of herself.
"I'm sorry Michael, it's just—"
"I am not going to pretend I understand," he shrugged
"but I've seen it coming a mile away and I guess it's better to end it while we don't hate each other."
Cho laughed humourlessly and then she realized that her eyes were wet with tears. Michael cupped her cheeks with his hands and advanced toward her.
"Take care." he said before planting a soft kiss on her forehead.
Moments later he had his wand out and climbed inside the Knight Bus as it pulled into a stop.