Over a hundred reviews! YAY! Thank you so much you guys.

Chapter 14

The new chaser

The days flew by at Hogwarts with fifth and seventh carrying the brunt of the school work. Everyday they got increasingly large amounts of homework with potions being the worst of the lot. Harry was so glad that they had been learning potions on their own since the previous year otherwise they would have been in big trouble with Snape.

As it was, they had no problems with writing essays or concocting the potions that Snape assigned to them. Of course the hated professor had tried to get Harry to fail his class by trying to break Harry's vials but Harry always bottled extra nowadays. In fact they had all started bottling all of the potions that they made in class since they made them perfectly anyway. Why waste a perfectly good potion?

Even Neville had gotten to the point where Snape's presence didn't scare the living daylights out of him anymore. He still made him feel a tad uncomfortable but not to the point where he couldn't even think straight and make his potions correctly.

DADA was still one of Harry's worst classes and surprisingly the best at the same time. Garth was one of the best teachers that they had ever had apart from Remus that is. And it killed Harry to admit that even to himself.

He taught really well and the students got what he was saying. Harry enjoyed his teaching style and found himself thinking more often than not from the questions that the professor would ask.

Unfortunately for him, Garth still hated his guts for some unfathomable reasons. Harry had learned to leave with it though…for now anyway. There was nothing he could do about it at the moment. And he was not being failed or treated badly so Harry figured that there was no urgency in the situation. Unless he was a death eater, which they all found highly unlikely.

Not knowing was very frustrating for Harry though. He hated being kept in the dark and wanted answers even though he had no way of finding them at the moment. He just had to get to the reason behind the guy's feelings towards him. He wasn't very optimistic though, as even Sirius and Moony didn't know the new professor.

He had written them letters after the very first DADA class he went to, in order to get some answers. Unfortunately, they didn't remember a Garth and had no idea why he would hate Harry unless he was a death eater. But they had also said that, that didn't make sense as a death eater wouldn't openly despise him so as to not bring suspicion to themselves.

Harry and his friends where sitting in the common room one evening doing homework when Angelina went up to him.

"Hey Potter, I just put up the notice that we are having tryouts in two days. You better be there. No excuses."

"Ok Angelina. So we just need a keeper right?"

"I wish!" she sighed. "Alicia decided to quit. She wants to focus on her Newts. I can't really blame her. She's very serious about school and to her it's more important than quiditch."

"You have got to be kidding me!" exclaimed a shocked Harry. "How can anything be more important than Quiditch?"

"Many things are more important than quiditch Harry Potter," started an affronted Hermione. 'Honestly, you would think that Quiditch is everything to these people,' she thought.

"For example…"

"Right Hermione," Harry cut her off. "We know that. But it's quiditch! I mean come on!"

"Yes Hermione. You wouldn't understand?"

"What exactly wouldn't I understand Ronald? I watch the sport don't I? I know all the rules."

"I know that Hermione. But you don't love quiditch like we do. It's like when you talk about your books and Hogwarts a History. We don't get it but we know it, you know. Bloody hell Hermione, no one is as passionate about books as you are. But quiditch! Most people are passionate about that!"

"Wow! You actually sounded smart Ron," Ginny told him. "I'm surprised."

"What? I'm smart too you know. I just choose not to show it," he said with his ears turning red.

"Well, I'm leaving now. Be there Harry."

"I will," Harry told Angelina as she went out the portrait.

"Ok let's get back to work," commanded Hermione.

They worked diligently for about an hour before Ginny started playing with Harry's hair. He ignored her at first and continued working on his assignments. But she kept on running her fingers through it and massaging his scalp until he couldn't concentrate anymore.

"That feels good," he told her.

"Yeah? I love your hair," she whispered. "I love running my hands through 's so thick and soft. Very nice."

"Don't you mean sexy?" he asked with a grin. He couldn't understand why anyone would love his hair. It was just so frustrating having it all messy all the freaking time. But who was he to complain when his girlfriend loved it…even if he didn't get it.

"Harry! Ginny! You're supposed to be working."

"I'm done with my homework Hermione and Harry needed a break. Right, Harry?"

"Definitely," he told her with a wide grin.

"And since we don't want to disturb you guys while you're still working, we're just going to be over by that corner," Harry told them while dragging a laughing Ginny along with him.

"They just want to go and make out," Neville said while shaking his head at them.

"But they had a good idea. I'm also taking a break." Ron then stood up and went to sit with Dean and Seamus ignoring the making out part that Neville had said.

"What are we going to do about him? Or rather when?"

"I don't know Neville. We have to be careful about this otherwise Dumbledore is going to be on our case. And we don't want that."

"I guess so," agreed Neville reluctantly.

H&G

"So Harry, I-mmmh."

Harry had dragged Ginny to a loveseat right in the corner of the common room. He had then sat down, pulled her into his lap and kissed her senseless when she had started to speak.

"Wow," said a dazed and breathless Ginny.

They didn't have as much time to themselves as they thought they would. There was a lot of homework for both of them but especially for Harry. They were constantly around their friends and now quiditch was going to keep them apart too.

"I missed kissing you Gin. We should do it more often."

"You know I thought things would be so much easier here. But they're not. At least during the summer we could spend as much time together as we wanted. But now…there's school, and people wanting our attention and worrying about Dumbledore. And now you'll have quiditch too," she finished quietly.

"Gin you know you're the most important thing in my life. I would never neglect you because of all those things. I'll always make time for you ok?" he told while lifting her chin so that he could into her eyes.

"I know. It's just so frustrating."

"I know," he told her and kissed her on her forehead.

"I love you Ginevra,"

"I love you too Harry."

"I have an idea!" he exclaimed suddenly ruining the moment that they were having. He quickly straightened up in his excitement. His actions caused Ginny to fall off of his lap and onto the floor with a thud followed by her "oomph."

"Bloody hell! Baby are you alright?" he asked her while he lifted her off the floor. He dusted her butt off until he realized what he was doing and blushed a deep crimson.

"Sorry," he told her embarrassed.

"It's ok Harry," Ginny told him while also fighting down her Weasley blush.

"So what is this idea that caused you to drop me huh?"

"We'll," Harry said with his cheeks still tinged with a light pink, "I was thinking that you should try out for the quiditch team."

"What?"

"You're good Ginny. You're the most amazing flier that I've ever seen."

During the summer while Ginny visited him, they would go flying together and take turns on his firebolt. He had never understood why she never told her brothers. Even though they were overprotective, he thought that they should know just how good she was. He knew they would be proud of her, especially the twins.

She did pick the lock of the broom shed after all. What more would they want from their sister? 'She is perfect' Harry thought. Of course he knew he was being biased but still he was right. Her mom would be mad and protective but that wouldn't last. She would be fine with it in the end.

"Harry, I don't even have a broom."

"I'll buy you a broom."

"Harry…" she began.

"Ginevra, you know I don't mind. I know what you're going to say and I don't want to hear it. And I have a lot of money. I have no one else to spend it on. Ok maybe Sirius and Hermione and Luna and Neville. But it's different with you ok? I love sharing stuff with you. It makes me happy. And I love seeing your face when I buy you something pretty or special. Please please say yes Ginny.

And imagine the time we'll spend together. We won't have to be separated while I practice. And you know how long practices take. Sometimes they take five hours Gin. Five bloody hours Gin. You have to be there. Please! You have to try out. Please," he begged her and gave her his best puppy dog eyes.

"Since you begged so much," Ginny grinned at him, "I'll try out. And only for the chaser position though. If I don't make it to them team though…"

"You will. Don't worry." Harry gave her a long kiss and hugged her tightly.

"I hope you don't bribe them to get me in," she laughed.

"I would never! And you don't even need me to do that. You're too good for us to pass up."

"Really?"

"Really."

The couple spent the evening talking and kissing and talking some more. Harry even told Hermione that he was done doing homework for the day and wouldn't do any more.

"I miss Ginny, Hermione. I don't get to spend as much time with her anymore and that's what I want to do right now. Plus I've done all the work that's due in the next three days already. Give me a break." He had told her.

Hermione had huffed at him and turned to her own homework.

"Did I tell you about the time in third year when she had a time turner to go to her classes?"

H&G

The day of the quiditch try-outs arrived to the relief of the Gryffindors. Almost everyone was excited as they always were when it was time to try out.

Some of them were nervous as hell including Ginny.

"You're going to be fine Ginny," Harry told her. She looked a bit green and Harry just wanted to reassure her. He didn't know why she was so worried. She was brilliant on a broom. But unfortunately, she didn't know just how much.

Ginny was nervous as hell and couldn't eat anything. Her stomach was fluttering with nerves and she felt sick to her stomach. If she messed up she would never live it down. She would be so embarrassed and the twins would tease her for the rest of her life. At that thought, Ginny felt her stomach tightening more with nerves and her face drained more of color.

When Ginny just nodded looking paler, Harry dropped his fork where he had just been eating eggs and looked at her.

"Come on Ginny," He told her then grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the dining hall that was full of students eating their breakfast that morning. He made some excuses to his friends while he dragged her to an empty, unused classroom.

When he found one he put a privacy spell and a silencing charm on the door.

He then turned back to her and took her hand.

"Ginny," he said. When she wouldn't look at him, he took her chin and tilted her face up until she was looking at him. When he looked into her eye he saw worry and fear.

"You're going to be great Ginny. Really, you have nothing to worry about. You're the best flier that I have ever seen. You're fantastic on a broom. You have nothing to be nervous about." He told her gently.

"And you'll be on my firebolt. What exactly could go wrong? They would be idiots to not want you on the team," he told her with a small smile on his face.

Harry had promised to borrow Ginny his firebolt for the day since her broom was only arriving in five days time. Ginny had been very grateful and relieved when he told her that she wouldn't have to use the school brooms.

"But what if I mess up and embarrass myself?" she asked quietly.

"You won't do that Gin," He assured her. "You are going to fly circles around everyone who's there. You're that good. And even if you don't make it to the team-which is highly unlikely-I'll still be here. I love you no matter what.

I know I've been going on about us having to spend more time with each other if you get into the team but it doesn't really matter," he told her sincerely.

"We'll make a plan. We can even ditch some classes too if you want so that we can spend more time with each other," he told her with a grin. That even earned him a small smile from Ginny.

He hugged her then and stroked her hair while saying encouraging words to her. She held on him tightly too and finally let go.

"I'm still hoping that you won't bribe them or do anything to make them take me," she said teasingly, reminding him of the other day.

"I won't need to do that Ginny. You're that good," he told her with a smile on his face that was reserved just for her.

She looked at him and bit her lip.

"Thank you Harry," she told him with a smile and kissed him long and hard.

When they came up for air, she looked at him with a familiar glint in her eyes that Harry knew showed her determination. She got that look too many times for him not to know it.

"Thank you," she told him again.

"Anything for you Gin," he told her sincerely and because he couldn't help himself, he bent down and gave her another kiss.

"Are you ready?" he asked when they finally broke apart.

"As ready as I'll ever be," she told him, still with that fierce look on her face.

"That's my girl," Harry said and held out his hand for her to hold. She grabbed it tightly and they walked out together with small smiles on their faces.

When they got to the quiditch pitch there was already a crowd of hopeful and determined Gryffindors that wanted to try out on the pitch. There was also a large amount of spectators on the stands from all houses but mostly Gryffindors.

Harry squeezed her hand gently and smiled at her.

"You'll do great," he told her and gave her a quick kiss on her nose.

"Thanks," Ginny told him. She then squared her shoulders and looked at him one more time before she marched down to join the other Gryffindors trying out.

Harry bit back a smile and quickly flew to join his team mates. There were five members currently on the team and that included their captain Angelina Johnson, her fellow chaser Katie Bell, and the beaters of the team Fred and George and of course Harry himself.

"Potter! Where have you been?" We don't have time to wait around for you!"

Harry looked at her and mumbled an apology.

"And where the hell is your broom? What the bloody hell is wrong with you? I don't have time for this," she told him angrily.

She gave him a death glare and flew towards the hopeful Gryffindors.

"Why did you go and do that Harry?" Fred asked. "Now I have to deal with an angry Angelina," he muttered.

"Please," George said with a grin. "You should thank Harry. You know that you're going to get a great shag today. All that pent up tension…Shagging is a great way of releasing it Harrikins," he continued in a jovial manner.

Harry turned beet red and flew to Angelina as she was finishing up her prep talk. The twins flew up to him and glanced at him simultaneously.

"And don't even think of shagging our sister," Fred told him quite seriously.

"I'm not…I mean I won't," he said nervously.

Of course he did but he didn't have to tell them that. He was a fifteen year old boy after all and Dean and Seamus liked talking about shagging all the time. So he did think about it. He figured that if he didn't then he wouldn't be a normal teenage boy.

"You better not be," George told him and focused on what Angelina was saying.

"Hey isn't that your brother?" Katie asked as she flew up to them.

The twins and Harry looked down to see a pale Ron who was holding tightly to a school broom.

'No wonder he looked so pale and has been acting weird lately,' Harry thought to himself.

"We didn't know he was trying out," George said as he looked at Harry.

"Neither did I," Harry said quietly looking at a nervous Ron.

It turned out that Harry was right (not that there was a doubt in his mind). Ginny flew circles around the competition that there was no doubt that she would make it onto the team.

Harry was so busy looking at Ginny that he didn't see the rest of his team mates flying towards him. All he thought about was how incredible she was as her hair flew around her in the light breeze as she flew. He couldn't help but think how beautiful her hair was with the sunlight showing all the shades of oranges and reds in it.

All he saw was how beautiful and carefree she looked while she concentrated on her flying. She looked damn beautiful. 'And sexy too,' he added as he watched how she moved on her broom and how hot and sexy her butt looked as she bent to pick up a bladger that someone had thrown.

"Oi Potter,"

"Stop looking at our sister's arse and listen," Finished George.

Harry blushed another Weasley red and stared on the ground below him.

"Wow!" Angelina spoke, "That girlfriend of yours is quite something, isn't she?"

The rest of the team nodded while Harry smiled and fought down another round of heat off his cheeks.

"I understand now why you're flying on this," she told him while pointing to the school broom that he was on.

"Obviously we're taking Ginny," she told the rest of the team while Harry beamed up at her. "But I don't know about the keeper. Your brother is very good," he told the twins, "but he's so nervous and I don't know what that would do the team. And his attitude sucks most of the time and I don't want to deal with that crap."

Katie nodded while the other three just looked at her.

"McLaggen was quite good too but he's too arrogant."

"Yeah," Katie agreed, "He thinks he knows everything. I wouldn't be surprised if he stopped doing his job just to show us how to do our job during a match."

The others agreed quietly and thought of another player that looked promising.

"That guy in sixth year was quite good," Harry commented. "What's his name again?"

"Robert Martin," George put in.

"Yeah I like him and he looked willing to learn too," Angelina concluded.

"So Ginny and Robert?" Harry asked.

The team nodded while the twins muttered about Ron not liking it one bit.

When the whole team went it to the common room, everyone fell silent waiting to hear who made it to the team.

"Well guys, everyone who came out to the try-outs thank you very much. Obviously not all of you could get in even though we had some great prospects this year. We only have two spots after all. So without further ado Ginny Weasley is our new chaser while Robert Martin is our new keeper," Angelina told the house.

Everyone broke out clapping and congratulated the two while Ron and some other rejects stomped up the stairs. Neville, Harry. Hermione and Ginny looked at him, then at each other and then shrugged.

Harry ran up to Ginny and gave her a tight hug once everyone was done.

"I'm so proud of you," he told her with a huge grin on his face.

"Thank you Harry. Can we go check and check on Ron you though," she asked.

"I guess," he told her reluctantly. He motioned for Hermione and Neville to join them.

When they got there Ron was throwing stuff around screaming.

"Ron?" Ginny called out quietly.

He looked at them with fury and sadness in his eyes.

"How come I never get anything I want?" he asked quietly. "Everyone at home is something except me. And I thought I would change that by making it into the team you know. But you got that too, Ginny. We didn't even know you could fly and you're way better than I am. Even being a prefect isn't good enough because Percy and Bill have been prefects and even head boys. Why can't I ever have something that I'm good at huh? It sucks being second best in everything you know" he told them quietly and then left the room.

'Well," Neville spoke after the tense silence that followed Ron's departure.

"I'm sure he won't be speaking to us now right? So we could use this right? As part of the plan that is," he said uncertainly.

"We can't do that," Ginny said quietly.

"I know he's been horrible and a git but he's my brother and I still love him. I didn't know that's how he felt. He must feel horrible about himself. No self esteem at all," she told them softly.

Harry went to her and put his arms around her waist and hugged her from behind. She sighed and turned around to hug him properly, with her head tucked sagely onto his shoulder.

He held her tightly and stroked her hair while he thought about the sudden turn of events.

A/N So there you go guys! Chapter 14. What do you think?

Ok guys Bicycle Gremlin has offered to beta the story and I have accepted. This chapter is unfortunately not beta'd as I wanted to send it to you guys in the time frame that I said I would.

Maybe the next chapter will be beta'd.

Thank you to all those who reviewed including j.k expelliarmus,Cassandra30,Bekaroo, wizmage, Ginnylovesharry7 and flight of phoenix. Thank you to those I didn't mention too and hopefully you'll continue reviewing.

Thank you guys.