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Is Harry Potter the Boy Who Lives. . .for Romance? He's been spotted ducking his ex, Cho Chang (who reportedly still pines for fly-fast-die-young Cedric Diggory), squiring Luna ''Looney'' Lovegood to campus shindigs, and canoodling with redhead hottie Ginny Weasley, who recently ditched Dean Thomas. How does Ron Weasley feel about sis hooking up with his BFF? Well, it's hard to object when your own lips are locked on gal pal Lavender Brown — though there's trouble in that paradise. Was it just enchanted chocolates that gave Weasley the hots for Romilda Vane? Are he and brainy Hermione Granger really spending all that alone time studying? Granger's no stranger to flings (as Viktor Krum and Cormac McLaggen can attest). Look for her to accompany Weasley to the it wedding between his brother Bill and Beauxbatons belle Fleur Delacour, though Granger's reps insist they're ''just friends.'' Only at Hogwarts, kids. Only at Hogwarts.


Posted Jul 22, 2005 | Published in issue #831 Jul 29, 2005 | Order Article Reprints