Well, that didn't go as planned. I thought frowning the next morning. George went to go find them, but he couldn't find them anywhere. We investigated it a bit and the lady at Madam Puddifoots said they went to Honeydukes. The shop owner there said they headed back to the castle. Ugh, whatever. I guess Blaise was right. I mean, they did go on a date. I decided to go meet up with Blaise and Theo before going down to breakfast. "Well, it could've been worse." Theo said shrugging, when I told him about what I was just thinking about.

"Yeah." I said frowning.

"Hufflepuff vs Ravenclaw, who are you cheering for?" Pansy asked walking up to us.

"I'm obviously cheering for Shay." I said rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, I kind of figured." She said, shrugging. "Oh, can you come with me for a moment?" Then she turned to Theo and Blaise. "We'll catch up with you two." They looked confused but nodded and left.

"What's up?" I asked her confused. She grinned at me.

"Can I do your hair this morning?" She asked eagerly.

"Uh, sure?" I was so confused and shocked.

"I can?" She asked looking surprised. Well, I don't blame her. I don't act like someone who wants to anything with her hair. Well, I usually never want to do anything with it because I think it's annoying.

"I don't mind," I said shrugging. "I don't do anything to it anyways." Plus it will be something different.

"Yay! Okay, do you mind if I put a ribbon in your hair?" She asks looking eager again.

"No, it's fine if you want to." I said smiling.

"Okay! Come to my room!" I followed her to her room and by the time we got down to the Great Hall, my hair was in a low pony tail and she curled my hair a bit. She put a ribbon with Hufflepuff colors in it. I'll admit that I looked cute. When we walked over to the Hufflepuff table, everyone just stared at me.

"Can I help you?" I asked frowning.

"Everyone just realized that you're a girl too." Shay said giggling. I rolled my eyes at her and sat down next to Theo. He was blushing and it made me blush a little too. "You look pretty today."

"Thanks." I muttered feeling a little self conscious.

"So it looks like you're cheering for Hufflepuff." Hannah said brightly.

"Of course." I said grinning. Shay beamed at me. "Just think. When you win, you'll have to go up against Gryffindor and if you beat them, you get to go up against us."

"If you beat Ravenclaw." Shay teased.

"Oh yeah. Flint wants us to practice after your match today." I said frowning.

"You're the one who said they should train harder." Pansy said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah," I said pouting.

"Don't worry, Pyper. We don't plan on losing." Fred said grinning at me. I glared at him. I would've said some not so nice things to him, but since my sister has an enormous crush on him, I reigned my anger in and took a deep breath. I let it out slowly before stuffing a few bites of food in my mouth and taking off to the pitch. Yeah, I'm still upset about losing. I wasn't long before Blaise, Theo, and Pansy caught up with me.

"He said he's sorry." Pansy said sighing.

"I know." I said pouting again.

"Why did you run off?" Blaise asked confused.

"It was either that or say something that will upset him, George, and Shay. I can't have those three all mad at me." I said shrugging. "Plus Shay would have skinned me alive."

"That's true." Pansy said giggling. "So, I wonder which team Draco is cheering for?"

"Why don't you just ask him? He's right over there." Blaise said pointing towards the Slytherin Prince.

"Okay!" Pansy and I said grinning. Then the two of us took off towards Draco, but upon getting closer to him, we saw that he was with Harry. So we stopped and went back to Blaise and Theo.

"What happened?" Theo asked confused.

"We decided we wanted to be surprised." I lied as Pansy and I internally squealed with glee.

"You two are weird." Blaise muttered shaking his head. We finally made it to the pitch and got front seats. Madam Hooch was waiting in the middle of the pitch and checking her watch. The match was about to start. Draco and Harry joined us.

"Hey Draco, hey Harry." I greeted them.

"Hey, we saw you take off out of the Great Hall. Is everything okay?" Harry asked looking worried.

"Yeah, I'm just being a sore loser." I said shrugging.

"I'm sorry," He apologized, looking down at his lap.

"Why are you apologizing? Your team won fair and square." I said frowning. He just shrugged. "Besides, I'll get over it eventually, so you don't have to worry about me."

"So what team are you guys cheering for?" Theo asked curiously.

"Hm... I'm kind of leaning towards Ravenclaw, but since your sister is on the the Hufflepuff team I just want to see what happens." Harry said shrugging.

"What about you Draco?" Pansy asked curiously.

"Hufflepuff," He muttered, blushing.

"You don't have to be embarrassed." I said rolling my eyes and smiling. "We won't judge you."

"Yeah," Blaise said grinning. Draco just shrugged. I turned my attention to the field as both teams began to line up next to Madam Hooch. She said her usual speech about everyone playing a clean game before blowing her whistle and letting the bludgers, snitch, and the quaffle loose. I watched as Shay circled around the pitch looking for the snitch. Meanwhile, Hufflepuff has the the quaffle. Applebee dodged a bludger that was aimed at her by of Ravenclaw's beaters, Inglebee and passed the quaffle to Preece, one of her fellow chasers. Preece shot off towards the Ravenclaw's side of the field and got past Stretton, Burrow, and Page, Ravenclaw's keeper, and successfully got the the first points of the game. So it was 10 to 0 with Hufflepuff in the lead. I cheered loudly with everyone who were cheering for Hufflepuff. Page threw the quaffle to Stretton and they were off again. I noticed O'Flaherty, one of the Hufflepuff beaters, aim a beater right at him. Stretton barely dodged it but he ended up losing the quaffle in return. Hufflepuff's chaser Macavoy caught it and flew off towards the goals again. This time Page successfully caught the quaffle and passed it to Burrow. Burrow made it all the way to the other side of the field and manages to make a goal past Hufflepuff's keeper, Fleet.

"And 10 points to Ravenclaw!" Lee said excitedly. "Both teams are tied!"

"Wow, they're not giving an inch, both teams." Pansy said sounding impressed.

"I seriously underestimated Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw." I heard an older student mutter behind us. I rolled my eyes. That's their fault. About thirty minutes or so into the game, Hufflepuff was in the lead again with 40 - 10. I also used this time to study Raveclaw's moves. They liked to use the outside of the pitch to their advantage. The beaters circle around the pitch with their seeker and then if they find a chance, they go for it. The chasers are a different story. They like to get in close and use a series of moves to dodge the other teams' chasers and bludgers aimed at them. It seems reckless, but they make it work. It's like the beaters are long range shooters and the chasers are short range shooters. Why did I think of that? Maybe it has to do with mine and Shay's past? Oh well... I turned and looked at the score board. Hufflepuff was still in the lead with with 40 but Ravenclaw had gotten a few a few points while I was zoned out. Oops.

I looked around for Shay and saw her searching really hard for the snitch. I thought I may have caught a glint of gold, but I think my eyes were just playing tricks on me. Stretton caught up with Preece who had the the quaffle and slammed into him. It was very discreet, but I saw it. I scowled. "It seems Slytherins aren't the only ones who play dirty." I said as I spotted Stretton slam Preece again, only this time he was more forceful and Preece nearly falls off this broom, dropping the quaffle.

"Foul!" Most of the crowd cried and sure enough Madam Hooch blows her whistle. She summons the quaffle to her.

"Penalty to the Ravenclaws for excessive use of elbows. Hufflepuffs get a free shot!" She announced. Those cheering for Ravenclaw booed.

"And everyone calls us dirty cheats." Pansy grumbled, crossing her arms.

"I know. That pisses me off now." I said glaring at the Ravenclaw team. "I'm sure the Slytherin team in the past has played dirty a lot, but I plan on changing that."

"I'm sure the rest of the team is with you." Theo said smiling at me. I shrugged, grimacing a bit.

"It's slowly getting there." I said frowning.

"You said Flint agreed with you right?" Pansy asked me. I nodded. "Then with him on your side, the others will surely follow." She sounded very confident as she said this.

"Yeah, so don't worry too much." Blaise said grinning. Hm... he seems to have had a personality change over night. I wonder if something happened with Susan last night. I'll have to ask about that later.

"Thanks you guys." I said smiling at them. After that, Hufflepuff seemed to have gotten their energy up and won the game with Shay catching the snitch! I cheered along with everyone else. After the game we had lunch and then I had to meet with the team for practice. Ugh.

"That was amazing Shay!" Hannah exclaimed excitedly as we all joined them at the Hufflepuff table.

"Thanks!" Shay said beaming. Then she looked at me worriedly. "Are you okay, Pyper?"

"Yes, I'm fine." I said rolling my eyes. "Anyways, I'm more motivated than ever to make the Slytherin quidditch team cheating free."

"Yeah, that's dumb how everyone calls you guys out for cheating when the Ravenclaws did it too." Shay said scowling.

"I'm hoping this motivation will help me through practice." I said sighing. "Things are still a little iffy with everyone on the team. But I think I'm making progress with Flint. It looks like he's finally starting to warm up to me. I don't like Higgs. He's an ass. I'm so glad this is his last year."

"Isn't it supposed be arse?" Fred asked curiously.

"Sure, if you're English. I'm American, so it's ass." I said shrugging.

"American's are bloody weird," He muttered.

"Don't insult Shay like that." Susan said scowling at him. I nearly choked on my sweet iced tea. I shouldn't be surprised anymore about her but here I am.

"Sorry." Fred muttered, looking at Shay. Shay just rolled her eyes.

"It's fine." She said before taking a bite of her food.

"So you don't like Higgs. What about the others?" Pansy asked curiously.

"Hm... well, I feel like Montague, Derrick, and I are going to get along just fine." I said shrugging. "Right now they're still a little mad because I saved Oliver from getting a concussion."

"Yeah, thanks for that." Fred said grinning.

"Well, I wasn't going to just sit there and let them play dirty like that." I said scowling. "I mean, I got the lecture of a lifetime by Flint and Snape, but I guess it was worth it."

"What do you mean by that?" Theo asked curiously.

"Well, I got Flint to reconsider to resorting to cheating during a match." I said grimacing a bit. "That just reminded me that I have quidditch practice after this."

"We thought you like quidditch." George said grinning at me.

"I do, but ever since Flint decided to have the team work harder, I haven't been able to use my arms properly without them throbbing in pain." I grumbled.

"Wow, I didn't think ol' Flint had it in him." George said shocked.

"Yeah," I said standing up.

"Going to practice?" Shay asked me. I nodded. "Good luck."

"Thanks," I said, sighing. "I'm going to need it." Then I left the group and headed out to the pitch.