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And still, Harry hadnt asked Cho to the ball. He and Ron were getting very nervous now, though as Harry pointed out, Ron would look much less stupid than he would without a partner; Harry was supposed to be starting the dancing with the other champions. I suppose theres always Moaning Myrtle, he said gloomily, referring to the ghost who haunted the girls toilets on the second floor. Harry - weve just got to grit our teeth and do it, said Ron on Friday morning, in a tone that suggested they were planning the storming of an impregnable fortress. When we get back to the common room tonight, well both have partners - agreed. Er. okay, said Harry. But every time he glimpsed Cho that day - during break, and then lunchtime, and once on the way to History of Magic - she was surrounded by friends. Didnt she ever go anywhere alone. Could he perhaps ambush her as she was going into a bathroom. But no - she even seemed to go there with an escort of four or five girls. Yet if he didnt best apex legends for gun run it soon, she was bound to have been asked by somebody else. He found it hard to concentrate on Snapes Potions test, and consequently forgot to add the key ingredient - a bezoar - meaning that he received bottom marks. He didnt care, though; he was too busy screwing up his courage for what he was about to do. When the bell rang, he grabbed his bag, and hurried to the dungeon door. Ill meet you at dinner, he said to Ron and Hermione, and he dashed off upstairs. Hed just have to ask Cho for a private word, that was all. He hurried off through the packed corridors looking for her, and (rather sooner than he had expected) he found her, emerging from a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Er - Cho. Could I have a word with you. Giggling should be made illegal, Harry thought furiously, as all the girls around Cho started doing it. She didnt, though. She said, Okay, and followed him out of earshot of her classmates. Harry turned to look at her and his stomach gave a weird lurch as though he had missed a step going downstairs. Er, he said. He couldnt ask her. He couldnt. But he had to. Cho stood there looking puzzled, watching him. The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. Wangoballwime. Sorry. said Cho. Dyou - dyou want to go to the ball with me. said Harry. Why did he have to go red now. Why. said Cho, and she went red too. Oh Harry, Im really sorry, and she truly looked it. Ive already said Ill go with someone else. Oh, said Harry. It was odd; a moment before his insides had been writhing like snakes, but suddenly he didnt seem to have any insides at all. Oh okay, he said, no problem. Im really sorry, she said again. Thats okay, said Harry. They stood there looking at each other, and then Cho said, Well - Yeah, said Harry. Well, bye, said Cho, still very red. She walked away. Harry called after her, before he could stop himself. Whore you going with. Oh - Cedric, she said. Cedric Diggory. Oh right, said Harry. His insides had come back again. It felt as though they had been filled with lead in their absence. Completely forgetting about dinner, he walked slowly back up to Gryffindor Tower, Chos voice echoing in his ears with every step he took. Cedric - Cedric Diggory. He had been starting to quite like Cedric - prepared to overlook the fact that he had once beaten him at Quidditch, and was handsome, and popular, and nearly everyones favorite champion. Now he suddenly realized that Cedric was in fact a useless pretty boy who didnt have enough brains to fill an eggcup. Fairy lights, he said dully to the Fat Lady - the password had been changed the previous day. Yes, indeed, dear. she trilled, straightening her new tinsel hair band as she swung forward to admit him. Entering the common room, Harry looked around, and to his surprise he saw Ron sitting ashen-faced in a distant corner. Ginny was sitting with him, talking to him in what seemed to be a low, soothing voice. Whats up, Ron. said Harry, joining them. Ron looked up at Harry, a sort of blind horror in his face. Why did I do it. he said wildly. I dont know what made me do it. What. said Harry. He - er - just asked Fleur Delacour to go to the ball with him, said Ginny. She looked as though she was fighting back a smile, but she kept patting Rons arm sympathetically. You what. said Harry. I dont know what made me do it. Ron gasped again. What was I playing at. There were people - all around - Ive gone mad - everyone watching. I was just walking past her in the entrance hall - she was standing there talking to Diggory - and it sort of came over me - and I asked her. Ron moaned and put his face in his hands. He kept talking, though the words were barely distinguishable. She looked at me like I was a sea slug or something. Didnt even answer. And then - I dunno - I just sort of came to my senses and ran for it. Shes part veela, said Harry. You were right - her grandmother was one. It wasnt your fault, I bet you just walked past when she was turning on the old charm for Diggory and got a blast of it - but she was wasting her time. Hes going with Cho Chang. Ron looked up. I asked her to go with me just now, Harry said dully, and she told me. Ginny had suddenly stopped smiling. This is mad, said Ron. Were the only ones left who havent got anyone - well, except Neville. Hey - guess who he asked. Hermione. What. said Harry, completely distracted by this startling news. Yeah, I know. said Ron, some of the color coming back into his face as he started to laugh. He told me after Potions. Said shes always been really nice, helping him out with work and stuff - but she told him she was already going with someone. As if. She just didnt want to go with Neville. I mean, who would. Dont. said Ginny, annoyed. Dont laugh - Just then Hermione climbed in through the portrait hole. Why werent you two at dinner. she said, coming over to join them. Because - oh shut up laughing, you two - because theyve both just been turned down by girls they asked to the ball. said Ginny. That shut Harry and Ron up. Thanks a bunch, Ginny, said Ron sourly. All the good-looking ones taken, Ron. said Hermione loftily. Eloise Midgen starting to look quite pretty now, is she. Well, Im sure youll find someone somewhere wholl have you. But Ron was staring at Hermione as though suddenly seeing her in a whole new light. Hermione, Nevilles right - you are a girl. Oh well spotted, she said acidly. Well - you can come with one of us. No, I cant, snapped Hermione. Oh come on, he said impatiently, we need partners, were going to look really stupid if we havent got any, everyone else has. I cant come with you, said Hermione, now blushing, because Im already going with someone. No, youre not. said Ron. You just said that to get rid of Neville. Oh did I. said Hermione, and her eyes flashed dangerously. Just because its taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesnt mean no one else has spotted Im a girl. Ron stared at her. Then he grinned again. Okay, okay, we know youre a girl, he said. That do. Will you come now. Ive already told you. Hermione said very angrily. Im going with someone else. And she stormed off toward the girls dormitories again. Shes lying, said Ron flatly, watching her go. Shes not, said Ginny quietly. Who is it then. said Ron sharply. Im not telling you, its her business, said Ginny. Right, said Ron, who looked extremely put out, this is getting stupid. Ginny, you can go with Harry, and Ill just - I cant, said Ginny, and she went scarlet too. Im going with - with Neville. He asked me when Hermione said no, and I thought. well. Im not going to be able to go otherwise, Im not in fourth year. She looked extremely miserable. I think Ill go and have dinner, she said, and she got up and walked off to the portrait hole, her head bowed. Ron goggled at Harry. Whats got into them. he demanded. But Harry had just seen Parvati and Lavender come in through the portrait hole. The time had come for drastic action. Wait here, he said to Ron, and he stood up, walked straight up to Parvati, and said, Parvati. Will you go to the ball with me. Parvati went into a fit of giggles. Harry waited for them to subside, his fingers crossed in the pocket of his robes. Yes, all right then, she said finally, blushing furiously. Thanks, said Harry, in relief. Call of duty advanced warfare remastered - will you go with Ron. Shes going with Seamus, said Parvati, and the pair of them giggled harder than ever. Harry sighed. Cant you think of anyone whod go with Ron. he said, lowering his voice so that Ron wouldnt hear. What about Hermione Granger. said Parvati. Shes going with someone else. Parvati looked astonished. Ooooh - who. she said keenly. Harry shrugged. No idea, he said. So what about Ron. Well. said Parvati slowly, I suppose my sister might. Padma, you know just click for source. in Ravenclaw. Ill ask her if you like. Yeah, that would be great, said Harry. Let me know, will you. And he went back over to Call of duty advanced warfare remastered, feeling that this ball was a lot more trouble than it was worth, and hoping very much that Padma Patils nose was dead center. D CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE YULE BALL espite the very heavy load of homework that the fourth years had been given for the holidays, Harry was in no mood to work when term ended, and spent the week leading up to Christmas enjoying himself as fully as possible along with everyone else. Gryffindor Tower was hardly less crowded now than during term-time; it seemed to have shrunk slightly too, as its inhabitants were being so much rowdier than usual. Fred and George had had a great success with their Canary Creams, and for the first couple of days of the holidays, people kept bursting into feather all over the place. Before long, however, all the Gryffindors had learned to treat food anybody else offered them with extreme caution, in case it had a Canary Cream concealed in the center, and George confided to Harry that he and Fred were now working on developing something else. Harry made a mental note never to accept so much as a crisp from Fred and George in future. He still hadnt forgotten Dudley and the Ton-Tongue Toffee. Snow was falling thickly upon the castle and its grounds now. The pale blue Beauxbatons carriage looked like a large, chilly, source pumpkin next to the iced gingerbread house that was Hagrids cabin, while the Durmstrang ships portholes click to see more glazed with ice, the rigging white with frost. The houseelves down in the kitchen were outdoing themselves with a series of rich, warming stews and savory puddings, and only Fleur Delacour seemed to be able to find anything to complain about.
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