On Saturday afternoon, Harry had originally wanted to go to Hogsmeade with Cho.
But Cho was facing her Ordinary Wizarding Levels this school year, so she had quite a heavy workload. Even though she had always been a top student, she could hardly avoid feeling nervous about what could be called the most important examination of her life.
So his girl had to start studying hard and could not go out with Harry.
But not being able to go out together did not mean they could not be together. If Miss Cho Chang went to the library to study, Harry could go to the library to study too.
Although he had no exams this year, although he could leave his homework undone, and although whether he was really studying was debatable, there was no question that he could go to the library and be with Cho.
And so Harry spent half the day in the library with Cho.
Honestly, Harry had no idea how efficiently Cho had studied. All he knew was that he had read five pages all morning and three pages all afternoon.
That was probably somewhere between a fifth and a tenth of his usual reading efficiency...
Still, it had not been entirely fruitless. Harry had picked up a sensational piece of gossip in the library.
So much so that he was a little distracted when talking to his girl afterward.
After dinner, Cho chose to return to her common room to study with her girlfriends-it seemed she had not achieved her intended study efficiency that day either.
Unlike Harry, who had no homework, Cho had quite a lot in her exam year. Being with Harry had clearly affected her efficiency, and she needed her girlfriends to help her make up some ground.
For once, Harry did