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   … CHAPTER TWENTY…SIX …
   
   Seen and Unforeseen
   
   Luna said vaguely that she did not know how soon Rita's interview with Harry would appear in The Quibbler; that her father was expecting a lovely long article on recent sightings of Crumple…Horned Snorkacks;〃… and of course; that'll be a very important story; so Harry's might have to wait for the following issue;' said Luna。
   Harry had not found it an easy experience to talk about the night when Voldemort had returned。 Rita had pressed him for every little detail and he had given her everything he could remember; knowing that this was his one big opportunity to tell the world the truth。 He wondered how people would react to the story。 He guessed that it would confirm a lot of people in the view that he was pletely insane; not least because his story would be appearing alongside utter rubbish about Crumple…Horned Snorkacks。 But the breakout of Bellatrix Lestrange and her fellow Death Eaters had given Harry a burning desire to do something; whether or not it worked:
   
   'Can't wait to see what Umbridge thinks of you going public;' said Dean; sounding awestruck at dinner on Monday night。 Seamus was shovelling down large amounts of chicken and ham pie on Dean's other side; but Harry knew he was listening。
   'It's the right thing to do; Harry;' said Neville; who was sitting opposite him。 He was rather pale; but went on in a low voice; 'It must have been: tough: talking about it: was it?'
   
   'Yeah;' mumbled Harry; 'but people have got to know what Voldemort's capable of; haven't they?'
   
   'That's right;' said Neville; nodding; 'and his Death Eaters; too: people should know:'
   
   Neville left his sentence hanging and returned to his baked potato。 Seamus looked up; but when he caught Harry's eye he looked quickly back at his plate again。 After a while; Dean; Seamus and Neville departed for the mon room; leaving Harry and Hermione at the table waiting for Ron; who had not yet had dinner because of Quidditch practice。
   Cho Chang walked into the Hall with her friend Marietta。 Harry's stomach gave an unpleasant lurch; but she did not look over at the Gryffindor table; and sat down with her back to him。
   'Oh; I forgot to ask you;' said Hermione brightly; glancing over at the Ravenclaw table; 'what happened on your date with Cho? How e you were back so early?'
   
   'Er: well; it was:' said Harry; pulling a dish of rhubarb crumble towards him and helping himself to seconds; 'a plete fiasco; now you mention it。'
   
   And he told her what had happened in Madam Puddifoot's teashop。
   ': so then;' he finished several minutes later; as the final bit of crumble disappeared; 'she jumps up; right; and says; 〃I'll see you around; Harry;〃 and runs out of the place!' He put down his spoon and looked at Hermione。 'I mean; what was all that about? What was going on?'
   
   Hermione glanced over at the back of Cho's head and sighed。
   'Oh; Harry' she said sadly。 'Well; I'm sorry; but you were a bit tactless。'
   
   'Me; tactless?' said Harry; outraged。 'One minute we were getting on fine; next minute she was telling me that Roger Davies asked her out and how she used to go and snog Cedric in that stupid teashop … how was I supposed to feel about that?'
   
   'Well; you see;' said Hermione; with the patient air of someone explaining that one plus one equals two to an over…emotional toddler; 'you shouldn't have told her that you wanted to meet me halfway through your date。'
   
   'But; but;' spluttered Harry; 'but … you told me to meet you at twelve and to bring her along; how was I supposed to do that without telling her?'
   
   'You should have told her differently;' said Hermione; still with that maddeningly patient air。 'You should have said it was really annoying; but I'd made you promise to e along to the Three Broomsticks; and you really didn't want to go; you'd much rather spend the whole day with her; but unfortunately you thought you really ought to meet me and would she please; please e along with you and hopefully you'd be able to get away more quickly。 And it might have been a good idea to mention how ugly you think I am; too;' Hermione added as an afterthought。
   'But I don't think you're ugly;' said Harry; bemused。
   Hermione laughed。
   'Harry you're worse than Ron: well; no; you're not;' she sighed; as Ron himself came stumping into the Hall splattered with mud and looking grumpy。 'Look … you upset Cho when you said you were going to meet me; so she tried to make you jealous。 It was her way of trying to find out how much you liked her。'
   
   'Is that what she was doing?' said Harry; as Ron dropped on to the bench opposite them and pulled every dish within reach towards him。 'Well; wouldn't it have been easier if she'd just asked me whether I liked her better than you?'
   
   'Girls don't often ask questions like that;' said Hermione。
   'Well; they should!' said Harry forcefully。 Then I could've just told her I fancy her; and she wouldn't have had to get herself all worked up again about Cedric dying!'
   
   'I'm not saying what she did was sensible;' said Hermione; as Ginny joined them; just as muddy as Ron and looking equally disgruntled。 'I'm just trying to make you see how she was feeling at the time。'
   
   'You should write a book;' Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes; 'translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them。'
   
   'Yeah;' said Harry fervently; looking over at the Ravenclaw table。 Cho had just got up; and; still not looking at him; she left the Great Hall。 Feeling rather depressed; he looked back at Ron and Ginny。 'So; how was Quidditch practice?'
   
   'It was a nightmare;' said Ron in a surly voice。
   'Oh e on;' said Hermione; looking at Ginny; 'I'm sure it wasn't that …'
   
   'Yes; it was;' said Ginny。 'It was appalling。 Angelina was nearly in tears by the end of it。'
   
   Ron and Ginny went off for baths after dinner; Harry and Hermione returned to the busy Gryffindor mon room and their usual pile of homework。 Harry had been struggling with a new star…chart for Astronomy for half an hour when Fred and George turned up。
   'Ron and Ginny not here?' asked Fred; looking around as he pulled up a chair; and when Harry shook his head; he said; 'Good。 We were watching their practice。 They're going to be slaughtered。 They're plete rubbish without us。'
   
   'e on; Ginny's not bad;' said George fairly; sitting down next to Fred。 'Actually; I dunno how she got so good; seeing how we never let her play with us。'
   
   'She's been breaking into your broom shed in the garden since the age of six and taking each of your brooms out in turn when you weren't looking;' said Hermione from behind her tottering pile of Ancient Rune books。
   'Oh;' said George; looking mildly impressed。 'Well … that'd explain it。'
   
   'Has Ron saved a goal yet?' asked Hermione; peering over the top of Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms。
   'Well; he can do it if he doesn't think anyone's watching him;' said Fred; rolling his eyes。 'So all we have to do is ask the crowd to turn their backs and talk among themselves every time the Quaffle goes up his end on Saturday。'
   
   He got up again and moved restlessly to the window; staring out across the dark grounds。
   'You know; Quidditch was about the only thing in this place worth staying for。'
   
   Hermione cast him a stern look。
   'You've got exams ing!'
   
   Told you already; we're not fussed about NEWTs;' said Fred。 The Snackboxes are ready to roll; we found out how to get rid of those boils; just a couple of drops of Murtlap essence sorts them; Lee put us on to it。'
   
   George yawned widely and looked out disconsolately at the cloudy night sky。
   'I dunno if I even want to watch this match。 If Zacharias Smith beats us I might have to kill myself。'
   
   'Kill him; more like;' said Fred firmly。
   That's the trouble with Quidditch;' said Hermione absent…mindedly; once again bent over her Runes translation; 'it creates all this bad feeling and tension between the houses。'
   
   She looked up to find her copy of Spellman's Syllabary; and caught Fred; George and Harry all staring at her with ex

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