Sweet Innocence

Sweet Innocence

As Harry was walking down to lunch with Ron and Hermione, he spotted Cho and her usual crowd of friends.

Maybe I should go talk to her... thought Harry. "I'll meet you in the Great Hall in a couple of minutes, okay?" he told Ron and Hermione, who exchanged confused looks but then walked off.

Not knowing what he was doing, Harry walked up to Cho and said, "Can I speak to you for a moment?"

Cho looked at her friends, who were giggling furiously, and then to Harry and said,"Oh, all right."

Feeling incredibly nervous, Harry led Cho down the corridor until they were alone.

"What is it?" asked Cho.

"Well," Harry responded. " I need to, er, tell you something..."

Harry's hands began to sweat. Oh God, he thought, am I really going to do this?

"Okay, here it goes," continued Harry. "Do you remember when we played Quidditch against each other two years ago?"

"Yes..." Cho replied.

"Well, ever since then I... I've had the biggest crush on you," Harry confessed quickly.

Cho's eyes widened slightly, and she suddenly looked embarrassed.

"I mean, know you must miss Cedric, but I really, really like you, and I knew I had to tell you that."

Harry felt his muscles relax and he looked up at Cho.

After what seemed like an eternity, Cho finally spoke. "Harry..."

Without needing to hear the rest of her sentence, Harry realized what she was going to say.

"If you aren't interested in me, it's all right, I just -"

"No! I mean, that's not what I was going to say." Cho looked at Harry, and then down to her feet. "I sort of like you too, Harry. There's something about you that, oh, I don't know, caught my interest." She gave him a small smile, which Harry returned in a grin.

Disbelief flooded through Harry's mind. Was this really happening?

He looked into Cho's eyes, those beautiful eyes, and suddenly felt the desire to do something he had never done before. He wanted to kiss her, right then and there. Hesitantly, Harry stepped in closer to Cho. He lifted his hand and brushed a lock of hair out of her face. Harry, not believing his courage, leaned in closer, but Cho backed away.

"Whoa....I don't know if we should do this..." said Cho quietly. "What if..."

Harry felt his heart sink. "Sorry," Harry stuttered. "You're right.... I shouldn't have...I just thought..."

Cho put her hand on Harry's shoulder. "No, it's all right. I would love to-" She blushed. "It's just, don't you think we should give it some time?"

Time? thought Harry. The last thing I want is time. I've been waiting for this moment for two years!

"Sure," he said vaguely. "Time..."

"I'll talk to you later, okay?" Cho started to walk off towards the Great Hall.

Thinking about what all just happened, Harry leaned against the wall. He noticed a quill on the floor, and recognized it as Cho's. Without thinking, Harry picked up the quill and dashed down corridor. He knew what he was going to do.

"Cho!" Harry cried. "Cho, wait!" She stopped as he caught up to her.

"You dropped your quill." Harry placed it inside Cho's book bag.

She looked up at Harry and thanked him, but before Cho could walk away, Harry cupped her face in his hands and he kissed her; a sweet, innocent kiss. After barely two seconds, they broke apart. Cho had an amazed look upon her face, and Harry gave her a small smile.

"What about...?" whispered Cho. "What happened to...?"

"I just had to do it," said Harry quietly. "I had to kiss you."

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