Author's Note: This is a short little drabble that popped into my head, and wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it down. Most people seem to dislike Cho very much, and I always wondered what she thought of her relationship with Harry, and that's what this drabble is about. The next few 'chapters' will be other drabbles about different things that pop into my head, like this one, and need to be written.

Undeniable

It was too soon, I realize that now. Cedric was, and still is in most ways, still too close to my heart. I couldn't stop thinking about him, and that should have told me right there that getting into any type of relationship with anyone would work out badly. Not only did I manage to royally screw up a potentially lasting relationship, but I screwed it up with The Boy Who Lived!

I didn't 'go after' Harry on purpose, but the fact that he had seen my Cedric murdered, and was the last person to talk to him before he died; I should have known that it would turn out to be a conflict of interest.

I was too emotionally attached to Cedric still to properly convey my feelings for Harry, which were real. In fact, I was to emotionally attached to Cedric to try and have a relationship with anyone, let alone the last person who saw him alive.

I've long wondered; was I unconsciously using Harry Potter to find out what happened to Cedric in the last minutes of his life? I know I certainly didn't set out to do that, but in the end, it appears that way to both him and his friends.

Not to mention, he's got enough going on in his own life as it is, I shouldn't have added to all that emotional baggage. He's gotta be stressed out with the whole, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named thing. But of course, it wasn't completely those factors. There were other things involved that caused the ruin of our relationship. I'm certainly not blind to my surroundings.

Hermione Granger, damn her, I should have started watching her sooner than I did. By the time it dawned on me, it was too late. The damage was done, and Harry would never trust me again, let alone be attracted to me. I'm not completely stupid, like some people think.

They see a pretty face, and assume there's nothing going on inside that pretty little head. I was sorted into Ravenclaw for a reason, and I use people's assumptions about me to my advantage, usually. Unfortunately, Granger used her knowledge about things more quickly than I did, which angers me the most. Of course, she knew Harry better than I did, which gave her unfair advantage over me anyway.

Rita Skeeter's claims had to have been based on something she saw between those two. That's what journalists are supposed to do, they have to know people. They have to notice the details about them, their body language, every little detail counts. She noticed something there, and simply stretched the truth about it: then. That was then, though. Now things are different. They've had time to think on each other, wonder about each other.

She was too clingy to him, very mothering. I assumed that would mean she couldn't be a threat, why would he like someone who treats him like a little boy who needs a mum? How wrong I was. He always talked about how smart she was, and I knew he secretly, if unconsciously, compared her to me.

As the year went on, little things started to bug me about it. Then the fiasco with the date in Hogsmeade made everything undeniable. Why would he leave during a date with a girl that, according to most people I know, he'd had a crush on for a year? I'd had a sneaking suspicion that he had a crush on me, but I didn't know for sure until he asked me to the Yule Ball, when I was a 5th year.

It didn't make sense to me. If he really liked me, and wanted to pursue a relationship, he wouldn't have told me he needed to meet Granger in Three Broomsticks in the middle of the date! I don't care how important that meeting was, it could have always been rescheduled in my opinion. Turns out it was to give an interview: and yes it was a courageous thing he did in giving that interview.

But why did it have to be at that particular time? Certainly a reporter would be so eager to interview The Boy Who Lived, that if he asked for a slight postponement of the appointment, the reporter would have been only to happy to let him have it? It doesn't add up, unless you factor in Granger. Harry is completely blind to it, but she sodesperately likes him that it isn't even funny. She's always studying him, watching his reactions and gauging his responses. Normal friends don't pay that much attention to each other, just look at Ron Weasley.

He doesn't study Harry so avidly, which convinced me that it isn't just because she's 'worried' about him and wants to make sure he's okay. Obviously, Ron cares about Harry's well being also, though he doesn't do the things that Hermione does. I don't know if the feelings are completely one sided, but I have a sneaking suspicion that Harry is starting to explore his feelings about Hermione.

Everything is completely clear to me now. Granger is smarter than I thought, she planned the whole thing. She knew of Harry's inexperience with relationships, and used that to her advantage when asking a favor of him. Harry asked me if he could go visit his best friend, who happens to be a girl, during our date. If Hermione wanted us to work out, she would have NEVER done that to him; put him in that kind of position. She carefully orchestrated the downfall of our relationship, and the other factors were already in place. Nice and neat, like always, wasn't it, little miss Granger?

All I know is, whomever Harry Potter dates in the future needs to be prepared for high expectations. Will she ever measure up to Hermione Granger?