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Author's Note: Le gasp! I haven't updated in super, duper long! I think I am losing my creative touch (like I did have one before). Anyways, everyone, we should not be upset with DH! We have Fanfiction, right? Okay. I'll stop being too cheerful and I'll start thanking my wonderful reviewers: SwishAndFlick31, a, georgia (public reader), and OrangeBerry!

Okay! Hiatus is officially lifted! YAY! And without further ado, I bring you… Chapter Six!

Chapter Six: The Date Of Doom

The sun rose early that morning, peeking from the hills and the seas until its full rays reached the large windows of the Hospital Wing. Hermione, however, was not asleep anymore. She was folding her blankets and was busy fluffing her pillows when Madam Pomfrey came bustling inside.

"Oh, Miss Granger, there you are," She said, drawing the curtains. "You sure woke up early today."

She just shrugged simply. "Nothing. I was hoping that I could eat breakfast with my friends, you see, and—"

"Not to worry at all, its fine!" She said happily, and Hermione's nervous expression turned into a smile. "I think you are already well. I guess visitors do the sick students well. Alright then, go ahead. You might not want to miss your friends having breakfast."

Hermione uttered a quick 'thank you' to Madam Pomfrey and walked from the Hospital Wing quickly. She went straight to the Great Hall instead of the Common Room, because she was sure she'd find Harry and Ron there, who were probably busy forking down their food. She chuckled to herself as she stepped inside the large hall and headed towards the Gryffindor table.

"Harry! Ron!" She called out to the both of them, who looked at her and waved. She skipped happily to the table and sat down beside Harry, who gave her hand a quick squeeze.

"You feel okay now?" He asked her, and she nodded. "That's great! We wouldn't have to worry so much about you."

While nibbling on a corn muffin, Ron said, "Yeah. Harry was so worried sick about you that he wouldn't sleep, and every waking moment he gets, the first person he looks for is—"

"Harry, Cho Chang from Ravenclaw was looking for you." Dennis Creevey told him, approaching the three. Hermione looked at Harry and gave him an expression which clearly asked, 'Girlfriend?'

He just nodded at Dennis. "Oh. Okay, thanks, Dennis." He said nonchalantly. Why was Cho always there to annoy him? He shook his thoughts off and continued eating his breakfast when Ginny and Lavender came to sit down with them.

"Hey there, Hermione!" Ginny greeted her cheerfully, "All alert, alive and awake?"

Hermione nodded while laughing. "You know that song? And I thought that was a muggle children's song?"

Ginny drank some of her water. "No! I know that one! I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic..." Hermione sang along with her. Ron and Harry just stared at them, dumbfounded. Who would've thought that Hermione could be this hyper?

Then again, maybe she was hyper because she could see Harry again every single day, Ron thought with a snigger. This time, all attention had turned to him. He gave everyone an odd look in return.

"What?" He asked them stupidly, "Said anything random or something?"

They all shook their heads and Hermione and Ginny returned to their singing (this time the song 'An Itsy-Bitsy Spider'), Harry and Lavender back to breakfast, and Ron just watching everything with amusement. The whole morning was beginning so great until someone came along and sat down beside Harry.

"Hi Harry," Cho said, tucking a bit of her hair behind her ear, in an attempt to be cute. Ginny sniggered and Cho just glared at her. "Have you got any plans today? What about our Hogsmeade… uh, you know, date?"

Harry arched an eyebrow. "Uhm… I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Did you say 'date'?"

Cho nodded quickly. "Yes, Harry, yes! That's it! Date!" She took one of Harry's arms and clung to it. "You remembered! So, are we a go?"

"Wait a sec," Ron said, chewing on bacon, "What happened to your arm? Why are you wearing a cast?"

She looked at Ron confusedly, then at her arm, and then her expression changed from happy to sad. "Oh, right! I broke it. Last night. Madam Pomfrey said it's all patched up, but it still hurts." She purposely hit Harry's arm and said, "Ouch! It hurts!" She whined. Lavender cracked up.

"How did you break it?" Hermione asked Cho quite concernedly. She heard Cho go inside the Hospital Wing the night before.

But instead, Cho gave her an icy stare and snapped, "It's none of your business, Granger." This earned her an irritated look from Harry and her frown faded to a sugary smile. "Oh, I mean – sorry, you see, I… I… Fell off the stairs!" She screamed, and the people inside the Great Hall turned to her. "Anyways, don't fuss over my arm. Harry, hmm? The… Hogsmeade date?"

Harry turned to her. "Um… Cho, you see, Hermione just came out from the Hospital Wing today, and—"

"I know." Cho whined at him, "But you can spend time with Hermione at any time! Only this once, Harry. Puh-lease?" She gave him a puppy-dog look which annoyed Ginny and Lavender who started making retching faces unknown to Cho and Harry. Hermione chuckled and Cho glared at her.

Harry shrugged. "I don't know… If it's all right with Hermione, I guess."

Hermione just nodded. "Sure, go ahead. And why are you asking me anyway? Just go if you want to." She gave an amused smile to Ginny who chuckled amusedly in a discreet way.

"Oh my god, yes!" Cho said happily, "Thank you so much Hermione. You are a dear, dear friend. Mwah!" She leaned over to give Hermione a kiss in the cheek. "Hear that, Harry? We'll go later! I am so excited. What time?"

Harry was just dumbstruck. "Uh… how about—"

"Say, around like, five-ish?" Cho asked perkily, batting her eyelashes. "Please?"

Harry sighed. "Fine. Five." Cho squealed happily and bounced in her seat. "Can I have breakfast with you?"

Ron and Ginny both groaned. Lavender choked on her bread. "B-Breakfast? With… you?!"

Cho smiled at them fakely and said, "Yes. Don't worry; you don't really have to be intimidated. I mean, I'm Ravenclaw and all, plus the Quidditch, but I'm very nice!"

"And why would we be intimidated?" Ginny asked, raising an eyebrow. Cho gave her a look and patted Ginny's shoulder.

"Because, dear, I am Cho." She said in a low voice. Then her voice became louder again. "Ugh, don't they have salad today? I am gonna fat!"

Ron cracked up and choked, and Ginny patted his back. "Uh… what about some bacon?" Harry offered.

Cho looked at him for awhile, and, taking Harry's hand, she made him get a piece of bacon and made him feed it to her. "Mmm, good. Love it." She stood from the table and said. "So I'll meet later at five?"

Harry nodded. "Yeah. See you around, Cho."

"Fabulous." She said, and with that she waved at him and walked over to the Ravenclaw table, her heels clacking in the floor, reverberating around the Great Hall.

Hermione just giggled, and so did Ginny. Ron and Lavender were laughing heartily, and Harry just buried his face into his hands.

What had he gotten himself into?

Later that afternoon, Hermione sat in bed and read her assignments to catch up with the lessons that she had missed. After a few minutes, she checked her watch. It read 4:45.

She sighed. It really was hard to miss lessons in school. She heard someone coming down from the boys' dormitory. Must be Harry, she thought to herself.

And, sure enough, a distraught-looking Harry Potter had come out of the stairs.

"Hey, Harry," Hermione said, looking up from her book, "What's with the bored face? You know, Cho wouldn't like it if she sees you."

"Who cares?" He chuckled, and sat beside her. "Catching up with school?" She nodded. "Cho really is annoying, you know. You shouldn't have said yes this morning and told her that we were going to Hogsmeade or something."

Hermione laughed. "Ha, well, tough luck for you. But Cho's a really nice girl. She really likes you, you know."

"Ron told me that," Harry said absently, "But I don't like her."

"And why?" Hermione asked him, "You liked her before, didn't you?"

Harry shrugged. "Well, yeah, but that was before. Like, long ago. When dinosaurs still existed."

Hermione just chuckled. "I think you better be going, though." She told him, checking her watch. "It's almost five. You'll never hear the end of it if you were late."

Harry grinned at her. "I know. Well, see you around, Hermione." Hermione smirked and waved at him. Then he stopped, dead in his tracks, and said, "Oh, Hermione, if you're free tonight, is it fine if you… you know, go to Hogsmeade and see me? Along with Ginny and Ron, I suppose." He added quickly.

She smiled. "Okay. If ever I'll be done. But if we won't be there by eight I guess you should go back."

"I know," He said. "See you there… if you will come."

Hermione nodded and returned to studying, this time, hurrying up.

"Harry!"

Harry spun around and saw Cho waving at him. She was wearing a pink mini-dress and her black hair was in pigtails. She was wearing a necklace that bore a crown and wrote 'princess', and her make-up was… well, it wasn't anywhere near natural.

He walked towards her and she took his hand excitedly. "Hi Harry," She said, in her effort to sound cute. "So, what do you think? Look at my sandals," She showed him her left foot, and her heels were high. It was silver. "Jimmy Choo. My mummy gave them to me for Christmas."

"Oh." Harry said. Who the heck is Jimmy Choo? "Uhm… aren't we going yet?"

Cho looked up from admiring her sandals. "Hmm?" She asked him. Then she smiled. "Of course. I understand if you're very excited about this date, Harry. Let's go!" And with that she pulled him by the hand and dragged him to Hogsmeade.

He sure hoped that Hermione and the rest would come and distract them.

Author's Note: Okay! So that's it for now for Chapter Six. Kinda short, I know, but I hope you guys all enjoyed that! So, everyone, please review! Reviewers would get an exclusive chance to whack their HP character of choice. Just specify who, and you get to do it right away!