My entry for the fourth Challenge! XD

House: Gryffindor

Challenge: Write a romantic fic with Lee Jordan and someone who is not from your house as the main characters

Characters: Lee Jordan and Cho Chang

THE DIARY ENTRIES ARE FROM LEE'S POINT OF VIEW.

Distance is Bliss

February 10, 1995

Today I was sitting by the lake with Fred and George when Cho and her group of friends came out and sat down on the other side of the lake. It was at about that time that I stopped following the conversation and instead just stared at her. I was only watching her for a couple of minutes when she looked over at me and smiled. I was so shocked that I looked away and joined the conversation again without even smiling back.

George noticed my behavior and started laughing. It wasn't long before Fred joined him. When I finally got them to quite down they explained that they had asked Cho out for me when they first noticed me staring at her. I now have a date with Cho Chang for valentine's day. I don't think I've ever been more mortified in my life.

February 14, 1995

I got back from my date a couple hours ago. Cho was still just as beautiful as she always was but all she wanted to talk about was how awful it was that Cedric Diggory died or how cruel that trick Harry's "girlfriend", Hermione, played on her friend was. It took all my self-restraint to keep from laughing. I need to remember to tell Hermione how ingenious that little curse was.

All in all it was the most disastrous date I've ever been on. It was fun telling Fred and George about it, though. We spent at least an hour laughing.

On a more serious note, it is a little strange. I finally went out with the girl I've been fantasizing about for months but all I feel is empty.

February 21, 1995

Apparently Cho did enjoy the date. From everything she's said it seems that she took my silence as rapt attention for all that she said, when I was really just trying to keep from laughing. Anyway, she's been hanging around me all the time lately and apparently she's a package deal, because wherever she goes her gaggle of friends follow. It's driving me crazy. Fred and George have also stopped hanging out with me because they can't stand the constant chatter. I can't either but I don't know how to get rid of them. And I do still like Cho… I think. At least, I still like her when she's sitting across the room from me. Maybe Fred and George will have an idea. I'll ask then tonight.

February 22, 1995

Fred and George were only too happy to offer advise ranging from giving her some of their joke products to locking her up in the Chamber of Secrets with the dead basilisk. Needless to say, I didn't take their advice, although I was tempted by the basilisk idea. No, I just ended up telling her how I felt. When she met me in the entrance hall this morning I took her aside and told her that I liked her better when she was the distant beauty. I expected tears but strangely, she didn't cry. I think she liked the idea of being a distant beauty.

I do feel a little bad but at least she hasn't bothered me since then, although her friends will bat their eyes at me every once in a while, something Fred and George find hilarious.

But I'm right back where I started; staring at Cho when she passes in the hallway and when I'm out in the grounds and she is sitting with her friends. But this time I know that I don't want to any more than to be able to admire her from a distance.