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Quidditch robes on and broomsticks in hand Fred and George stumbled groggily down the spiral staircase, silently cursing Oliver for waking them up so early on a Saturday morning. Entering the common room Fred's eyes landed on the sleeping figure in the armchair instantly recognising it as Georgia. Her half started Potions essay and quill were on the floor where they'd been dropped. Picking them up and placing them on the table he thanked Merlin that nothing had spilled onto the parchment as he gently shook her shoulder to wake her.
"Gia"
"Wha'isit?" She asked sleepily, squinting at the red head hovering over her.
"You'd be comfier in your bed you know" George chuckled behind his brother.
"Times it?" Georgia asked, rubbing her eyes, the sky outside the window was pink, indicating that the sun hadn't yet rose.
"Crack of dawn" Ruby yawned, joining them and drawing Georgia's attention to her friends and making her notice they were all ready to play Quidditch.
"What's happening?" The brunette asked, trying to think if she'd missed something but her sleep filled brain was struggling to work out what day it even was.
"We're going to Quidditch practice." Fred told her, taking her hands and pulling her to her feet.
"But the suns not even up. How can you practice?" she queried.
"Wood's new crazy plan. Best not to question it" George shrugged.
"Can't I come watch?" the brunette witch mumbled, voice still thick with sleep.
"No, you're going to bed" Fred chuckled, Georgia whined and he added "Gia, sleep is better, you'll be warmer. I promise we'll try and make it back for breakfast."
"Get some sleep and we'll see you in a few hours" Ruby added, hiding another yawn.
"Hopefully" George added, all too aware of how enthusiastic Oliver could get with his training ideas.
~ Couple hours later ~
Georgia woke again for the second time that morning in her four poster bed this time and to the sounds of her remaining two dormitory mates getting ready for the day. Sitting on the side of her bed she could see the Quidditch Pitch in the distance through the window and could just barely make out several figures zig zagging through the sky, which meant practice was still going on. Heading to the bathroom she pulled her brush through her hair before tugging a sweater over her head. Autumn hadn't quite set in but the air was definitely getting colder.
"Gia!" Georgia had just entered the common room when she heard someone calling her name.
"Oh, hey Gin" she smiled at the young red head.
"Can we do something together today?" She asked with a hopeful look.
"Like what?" Georgia asked, "I was just gonna grab some breakfast and see if Tilly wants to head out to the Quidditch pitch" she told the first year.
"But you don't like flying" Ginny frowned, stepping through the portrait hole.
"Not to play" Georgia chuckled, "Your brothers, Ruby and Harry are at practice"
"Are we allowed to watch practice games?" Ginny sounded excited.
"Of course, as long as you don't do anything to put them off. Oliver gets mad if his training sessions are disturbed" Georgia nodded.
"Can I come with you?"
"If you like, but you don't have to hang out with us all the time you know" Georgia mentioned, leading the young redhead towards the Great Hall.
"I know, but I want to"
"How are you finding being at Hogwarts? Have you made any friends yet?" Georgia asked hoping she'd managed to settle in.
"Yeah" Ginny nodded, not going into details.
"Give it time" Georgia smiled at her, it had only been a week. Making it to the Great Hall Georgia grabbed a napkin and several slices of toast, catching Tilly's attention.
Tilly was enjoying her cup of hot chocolate when she caught sight of Georgia beckoning her to follow her, she looked back at her plate of food and made a gesture with her face that pretty much said I'm hungry, do I have to? But Georgia holding up the toast filled napkin told her that her friend was very well prepared. With a sigh Tilly took one last fork full of scrambled egg before pushing her plate away and standing up. She linked her free arm through Georgia's and together they walked towards the Quidditch pitch, whilst also making sure her hot chocolate mug was still within drinking and warming distance.
"So, why the need to steal toast into a napkin and then kidnap me to come outside with you?" She finally asked as they headed down the steps and into the fresh air of the school grounds.
"Thought we could go watch Quidditch Practice" She replied with a shrug and she caught out of the corner of her eye Ginny bouncing excitedly.
"Because of a certain Weasley" Tilly teased.
Georgia sighed "I do not fancy Fred! The only people in this trio who fancy any of my friends are you and Ginny" She replied to Tilly with a glare "If we're talking about Cedric or Oliver however…" She smirked and licked her lips, glad to have deflected the issue of who she really liked.
She didn't catch the look Ginny was giving Tilly however, as the young witch had already figured out that Georgia did in fact hold a pretty large candle for Fred. The brunette grinned and then removed one of her hands and walked and ate as they headed for the stands, attempting to not get indigestion as they did so.
Taking seats in the empty stands the three witches shared the toast that Georgia had nabbed from the Great Hall, seated on the opposite side they could see Colin Creevey, another Gryffindor in Ginny's year that was just as obsessed with Harry Potter as the red haired girl was, eagerly taking photos on the camera that never seemed to leave his hands. Georgia giggled to herself knowing that Wood would be mad that his new game strategies were being captured, though she had no doubts that Fred and George would be loving the attention. With Ginny transfixed on watching Harry it allowed Tilly and Georgia to properly catch up. Georgia wasn't too sure when but at some point during the morning Hermione and Ron had joined them in watching their housemates practice Quidditch.
"The girls look worn out" Tilly commented, watching Ruby, Angelina and Katie practicing flying in formation, swooping around each other. She knew enough about the game to know it was to throw the opposing team off on who actually held the Quaffle.
"I'm not surprised, they've been out here since sunrise" Georgia told the mousy haired witch.
"Come on, it looks like they've finished," Georgia announced as the team landed their brooms on the grass below. Standing up they headed towards the pitch to greet their friends. None of the Gryffindor team looked happy though, scowls etched into their faces. The girls quickened their pace to find out what had happened after spotting that the reason practice had ended was because the Slytherin team had shown up.
As soon as they were in ear shot they heard Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint deep in discussion. "We've got the pitch booked for the whole day, McGonagall gave us permission herself" the Gryffindor captain said in his Scottish accent and for a moment Georgia almost forgot about her crush on Fred.
"Says here from Snape that as we have a new Seeker we get the pitch today" Flint growled, literally the boy had no other tone to his voice.
"You've got a new Seeker?" Wood asked, intrigued.
The Slytherin team parted and the platinum blond haired boy appeared, looking as smug as always and Georgia could hear the groans from the Gryffindor team.
"Those are Nimbus 2001s!" Ron gasped nearby. The whole team was holding the brand new broomsticks.
"A gift, from Draco's father." Flint replied, a smirk on his lips which caused both Georgia and Ruby to look at the twins, they'd been using CleanSweep 5s for as long as the girls had known them and Georgia felt a pang in her heart at the thought, knowing how much they would love a latest edition broom. She threw them a small smile and then turned back to focus on the rest of the confrontation.
"Well," Hermione piped up from somewhere near the front "at least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in, they got in on pure talent" her arms folded and she gave Draco a stony look. The Lions behind her nodding their agreement.
Draco stepped forward "No one asked your opinion you filthy, little, Mudblood." He spat the last word out causing the Gryffindor team and Georgia to gasp - she wasn't afraid to pummel him again.
But this time no fisticuffs were needed, Ron stepped forward "You'll pay for that Malfoy. Eat slugs!" He aimed the wand at Draco but the spell backfired and hit Ron, causing him to fall backwards onto the grass. The Gryffindors raced over, George pulling Fred through - Ron had always been his favourite - Hermione crouched down.
"Ron, say something! Are you hurt?"
Ron rolled onto his front and he vomited up a slug.
"Ewwww!" The team said from behind him, even George screwed up his face - he was now disowning Ron.
"Come on" said Harry, helping Ron to his feet "let's take him to Hagrid's, he'll know what to do"
"I think he needs the Hospital Wing" Ruby interrupted.
"Hagrid's closer" Harry replied and Hermione helped him to guide Ron to the giant's Hut. The three of them headed off and Georgia went to stand by her three best friends who in turn threw their arms around her shoulders and pulled her in for a group hug, this was a bad idea now that they were all fourteen and growing up.
Georgia wrinkled up her nose "Have you three not heard of a shower?!" She whined as she moved herself away from the group hug and hit George, who was closest to her, on the arm.
George whimpered "Ouch Gia that hurt" he pouted in the same way Fred did, rubbing his arm as well.
"Then go shower…" she instructed.
"We were going to and then Ronnie decided to throw up some slugs so we got distracted" Fred explained, with a shrug.
"Well, Ron is being taken care of by Hagrid, Harry and Hermione so now you have zero excuse. Please go and shower otherwise there will be no hugs from me anymore" She replied, keeping her eyes on her trio until she was happy they were heading back to the changing rooms to shower and change.