"It sucks you were kicked off the team, Harry. You were our best seeker!" Annette whined as she was pushed off to Quidditch Practice by Alicia Spinnet. Harry shook his head as he watched the try outs to replace him. Annette groaned after the twelfth one and flew down.
"I'm tired of this! Just replace him with someone on the team already, Alicia! Geez!" Alicia glared at Annette and signaled for her to join them on the ground as Harry chuckled. Alicia glared at him before turning on Annette.
"If you'd be better for the job, you do it." Alicia challenged and Annette frowned.
"I don't like the ruddy thing. Too shiny for me, thanks though." Alicia didn't listen to her and released the snitch. Harry could see it perfectly up until it disappeared entirely and Annette held it between her fingers.
"I told you, I don't like the ruddy thing. Too shiny. Keep it away from…" Alicia stared at Annette as did Harry.
"When did you catch it?"
"Like a second ago." Annette thumped the tiny gold ball and it instantly locked itself back up.
"Reminds me of a gold bat. I hate bats." Annette muttered before she put it on the table in front of Harry and he shook his head.
"You're the only person I've seen to actually catch the snitch and you don't even want the position." Harry groaned and Annette smiled.
"Ahh it was a lucky shot and you know it, Harry." He shook his head again and stood to follow her back to the castle.
"You're the new Seeker Annette! Get used to it!" Alicia screamed at them and Annette smiled.
"OK!"
"You just said…"
"I always say I don't want to do something and I always end up doing it anyways. It's ok. It'll give me a chance to actually end the game." Harry laughed as he walked beside Annette.
"It's a wonder your brother lives with you…"
"You lived with me! I'm a good roomie!" Harry had to give her credit, she was the perfectly craziest roommate he had ever shared a room with. Her older brothers didn't even come close to the craziness this girl had attempted and yet she still kept it within her own boundaries. Her mother didn't even try to stop her anymore. She laughed at herself when she was embarrassed even when she should feel mortified. She was also definitely cleaner than her twin counterpart and more active. No one ever competed against Annette at home anymore, not even their parents. The sudden feeling of icy cold torrents of rain brought Harry out of his thoughts and he draped his arm over Annette's shoulders, semi-sheltering her from the cold. She shivered underneath his arm and they ran the rest of the way to the castle. Annette shook herself of the excess water and Harry laughed as he was splattered in the face. Annette joined him until she saw Draco walk out into the hall with an arm draped around Pansy Parkinson who was giggling girlishly.
Draco froze when he walked out one of the empty classrooms he had just used to sate his need and saw Annette standing there, dripping wet, laughing with her friend, his enemy. Her laughter ended when she caught sight of him with his arm slung over yet another girl and Harry turned to him. They glared at one another as Annette shook her Nimbus 2000 out and pulled Harry upstairs by his robes.
"Come on Harry. Let's cuddle up by the fire, get all toasty, and talk about today's practice." Her voice faltered a little when she saw Pansy's hand playfully pinch Draco's posterior. She narrowed her eyes onto him and stomped up the stairs, angrily. Draco groaned as soon as she was gone. No doubt he'd regret this rendezvous with Pansy because no only did the sight of a very wet Annette have him panting in need again but now Annette would suspect infidelity on his part. In fact right now he'd bet she was seething in anger with all that fiery passion locked away with no ventilation. The thought sent a shiver of desire to run down his spine and he was once again in pain.
"Damn it." He hissed as Pansy looked at him in confusion.
"What is it?" She asked, worried she had done something to upset him. He shook his head and led her back to the classroom they had just exited for another round.
Annette cursed as she stripped out of her wet quidditch uniform and pulled on her nightgown, letting her water-drenched locks air dry. She had known about Draco's lifestyle. She just didn't expect the pain, the rage, and the jealousy to be so crippling. She sizzled so much most of the girls in the dorm had fled to the common room for safety. She made her way down to the common room and sat down roughly on the couch next to Harry who chuckled.
"And what has you so fired up, Annie?" He asked and she growled.
"Malfoy and his stupid chauvinistic actions. Ass!" She hissed and he chuckled again.
"Let it go, Annie. Besides he's not worth it." Annette sighed and nodded her head before tucking her feet underneath her and leaning her head on Harry's tense shoulder. He leaned his head upon hers and they just stared into the fire, silently pondering their own thoughts. She quietly tucked her arm into his and smiled. She liked the friendship she held with Harry. There were no complicated feelings between them. He treated her as he would a sister, even better than her own brother. There were no secrets between her and Harry except for her current relationship with Draco Malfoy and he was the one that would be hurt worse by it.
"Harry?"
"Hmm?"
"What would you say if I told you I was seeing Draco Malfoy?" Harry chuckled.
"Why would you be seeing him?"
"No reason just a question that popped into my little old head." He laughed again before shrugging.
"I'd have to ask you if you were happy, if you knew what you were doing, and did he love you like he should love you." Love. That was a word she hadn't thought about. Passion, now she'd thought long and hard about that but the L-word, not so much.
Did Draco love her?
Did she love him?
Who did she love? Ron, Fred, George, Charlie, Ginny, sometimes Percy, her mom and dad, Bill, Hermione, Harry, Sirius, Dumbledore, and Lupin all held a place in her heart but did Draco?
"What is love exactly?" She asked more to herself and Harry shrugged.
"You got me. I've never really thought about it before now actually." He laughed and Annette suddenly felt lost.
What did she feel for Draco?
What did she feel for any boy who wasn't related to her?
What about Harry? Now that she thought about it, if someone outside had been looking in it would look like they were a couple but they were only friends.
Only friends, she thought, but what about Draco? Is he only a friend too?
"So are you seeing Draco Malfoy?"
