OOP: Boys & Girls in the Potter World

[rowena_grunnionffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 67238

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Heather Gauen 
<miss_dumblydore at y...> wrote:
 
> In defense of Harry and Hermione- No, I don't think
> Harry was being insensitive. He really didn't have a
> clue. And furthermore, Harry saw Cedric die, so he had
> every bit as much right to be emotional as Cho did.
> She had no right to assume that he wanted to discuss
> it with her.

  Maybe not but Cho *needs* to hear how Cedric died, God knows what 
kind of nightmarish fantasies she's conjured up on sleepless nights. 
The Diggorys probably told her Cedric died quickly and didn't suffer 
but how can she believe them? they might just be saying that to sooth 
her. Harry was there, he saw, *he* can tell her the truth. 

   Unfortunately, as pointed out, Harry's every bit as traumatized as 
Cho. He doesn't want to go on reliving Cedric's death and what came 
after. He wants to forget, to have a little normal teenage fun and 
enjoy the company of the pretty girl he has a crush on.

   Unfortunately both Cho and Harry are both far too inexperienced 
and emotionally involved to understand the other's state of mind and 
how to deal with it.