The days leading up to the Yule Ball were much easier, now that Harry had secured his date with Cho. He didn’t have to worry about asking anyone out, though Hermione warned him that some girls in the school hadn’t taken to hearing that the Boy-Who-Lived was taken for the night very well. In fact, a few days after Harry asked Cho, he was hounded from all sides by different girls, most of whom he’d never seen before. One burly Slytherin girl from seventh year tried to make Harry break his date with Cho, but he ended up angrily telling her where to go and actually made her cry.