Disclaimer: I only own Cooper, Tambre, and Oliver's feelings towards
Cooper. =)
MBN: I'm bored so I'm gonna write this chapter just for my dedicated fans out there…*laughs to self*
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Harry met George, Fred, Katie, Angelina, Alicia, Oliver, Professor McGonagall, and Madam Hooch out on the Quidditch field on Saturday afternoon, after lunch had finished.
"As you all realize, since Wood graduated two years ago, we have been short a Keeper. Last year we didn't have to worry about it." McGonagall then looked pointedly at her six remaining players. "But while you six were spending your summer holidays doing whatever you did, I was searching, with assistance from Wood and Madam Hooch of course, for a Keeper. And I've found her."
All of the teammates looked at each other in confusion. They were all thinking the same thing: 'a girl? The keeper? A girl keeper?' While they were looking at one another, someone had joined them.
"May I introduce," Wood began, "Ginny Weasley."
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"How could you join the team and not tell us? Bloody 'ell! Are we or are we not your own flesh and blood?!" Fred and George were screaming simultaneously at their only sister.
"I couldn't! Don't you see? I had to practice, and get everything down, and not one of you could know! Or I wouldn't have a chance. McGonagall and Hooch had conspired this, not me! No one even asked me if I wanted to be a bloody keeper! They just assumed that I would be happy to fill Wood's place!" Ginny stormed up the stairs and into her dorm, leaving her three perplexed brothers downstairs, only to find Cooper still sleeping on the window seat, and Hermione nowhere to be found. As Ginny crossed the room to go to her bed, Cooper stirred from her surprisingly peaceful slumber.
"Hey Ginny… I didn't realize that you were in here. What time is it?"
"Um, it's a little after two I think. How long have you been up here sleeping?" Ginny got down on her knees on the left side of her bed and pulled out from under it her Byrne '03 broom, and stood up, holding it delicately. "You know, you'd think that my brothers would be excited that another Weasley was joining the Quidditch team, but no, why think of anyone but themselves and how it would affect their popularity?"
"You're on the Quidditch team!?" Cooper leapt from her spot on the seat to hug her friend. "When's the first game? And against who?"
"I think it's against Slytherin." Both girls made a face at this before Ginny continued, " And it's going to be a week from tomorrow. I'm so nervous. I hope I do well."
"I'm sure you'll be great. Just keep Slytherin from scoring and you'll do fine. Hey, have you seen Hermione by any chance?"
Ginny shook her head before Cooper nodded her thanks and left the room, leaving Ginny to polish her broom.
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Hermione was in the library waiting in the Quidditch section, pretending to read 'Quidditch Through the Ages' when she accidentally bumped into Cooper.
"You're up! What are you doing here?" Hermione asked nervously, fidgeting from one foot to another.
"I was going to ask you the same question." Cooper glanced at the book Hermione was supposedly reading. "Last time I checked you weren't really into sports, or reading about them at least. So what's up?"
Hermione placed the book back into its rightful spot and led her cousin out of the Library and into an empty classroom. "I was going to talk to Oliv - "
"Don't do that, please Herm? I really don't want you to do that." When Hermione started to interrupt, Cooper sped up her explanation. "This is between him and I. I know you love me, and want to take care of me and make sure I don't get hurt, but being hurt is part of life. So just let me handle this myself, okay? Please?"
"Fine. But if you guys don't settle this, I'm going to find Mike and curse the wicked - "
Cooper just hugged her cousin tightly, and walked out of the class. She strolled through the hallways quietly, only to bump into Wood himself. She fell onto the floor, not bothering to make a move to get up. She wanted to say something, but instead she just gave him a glare and watched as he left her alone in the cobwebbed hallway.
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Oliver sped through the hallways and into the Common Room, not even bothering to say 'Thanks' to the Fat Lady.
"Oh blimey Harry! You shouldn't have… Wood! What in the world of Warlocks happened to make you come in here so bloody fast?" Ron asked as he looked up from his wizard chess game with Harry.
"Cooper Landing. That's who." Oliver strode over to where the two students were playing and pulled up a chair to join them. "She fancied me, correct?"
Harry and Ron both nodded their heads vigorously, Ron less so as he was concentrating on the game.
"So why did she just leave me this morning, making me feel like an idiot? I went back into the Great Hall, got the things for Madam Hooch, went back out to meet Cooper to walk her up here, but instead of meeting Cooper, I met an empty hallway. And she was acting really annoyed with me too. I don't know why. And I just bumped into her in the hallway, and she still looked angry with me. What did I do?"
"Don't fret it Wood. I'm sure she's just going through something. Ron talked to her this morning before breakfast and he said she was acting weird. Just lay off of her for a while." Harry gave Oliver a reassuring smile, and turned back to the chess game, only to hear Ron say, 'Checkmate.'
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Malfoy woke up in a sweat from his nap. 'What the bloody hell was that?' he thought to himself, referring to his dream. 'Why the hell was I dreaming about Ginny? A Weasley no less! That was down-right disturbing.'
Malfoy jumped from his place on the bed and walked to the Quidditch field, not even thinking about what had just occurred due to his over-worked imagination. He stepped onto the green field, not even noticing that Ginny Weasley was venting her frustrations out on the air. He looked up to find her flying through hoops, from one end of the field to the other, and doing loops in between the rings.
"You know, if you weren't a Weasley, you'd be quite good!" He yelled up at her, just loud enough for her to hear. She came flying down at him at top speed, stopping only millimeters from hitting him. Malfoy smirked, and continued on. "Nice broom. Did you borrow it from Potter? He's the only friend of yours with enough money to buy one any way."
"Go eat worms Malfoy. We all know that even you don't have the latest broom. What happened? Did daddy-waddy not want to buy his only son the best broom out on the market?" She flew back up into the air, not looking back at him. Malfoy just glared daggers after her, and left her alone to vent out her re-fueled anger.
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MBN: I know. What the heck does Malfoy have to do with this? Well, nothing really, but I just got a good idea for all those H/G shippers… I think at least… lol R/R! Its right there! Look… Right here in the left corner. Yeah, that's the spot. Make the author happy and maybe she'll decide to post another chapter. If not… maybe there won't be another chapter… *evil grin* I want more reviews! C'mon, my story can't be THAT bad now can it?? Don't answer that! It was rhetorical! Please? Lemme have… I have 29 so far as of Ch.9; so give me at least 15 for this chapter? That's not asking too much is it? Another rhetorical question…
MBN: I'm bored so I'm gonna write this chapter just for my dedicated fans out there…*laughs to self*
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Harry met George, Fred, Katie, Angelina, Alicia, Oliver, Professor McGonagall, and Madam Hooch out on the Quidditch field on Saturday afternoon, after lunch had finished.
"As you all realize, since Wood graduated two years ago, we have been short a Keeper. Last year we didn't have to worry about it." McGonagall then looked pointedly at her six remaining players. "But while you six were spending your summer holidays doing whatever you did, I was searching, with assistance from Wood and Madam Hooch of course, for a Keeper. And I've found her."
All of the teammates looked at each other in confusion. They were all thinking the same thing: 'a girl? The keeper? A girl keeper?' While they were looking at one another, someone had joined them.
"May I introduce," Wood began, "Ginny Weasley."
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"How could you join the team and not tell us? Bloody 'ell! Are we or are we not your own flesh and blood?!" Fred and George were screaming simultaneously at their only sister.
"I couldn't! Don't you see? I had to practice, and get everything down, and not one of you could know! Or I wouldn't have a chance. McGonagall and Hooch had conspired this, not me! No one even asked me if I wanted to be a bloody keeper! They just assumed that I would be happy to fill Wood's place!" Ginny stormed up the stairs and into her dorm, leaving her three perplexed brothers downstairs, only to find Cooper still sleeping on the window seat, and Hermione nowhere to be found. As Ginny crossed the room to go to her bed, Cooper stirred from her surprisingly peaceful slumber.
"Hey Ginny… I didn't realize that you were in here. What time is it?"
"Um, it's a little after two I think. How long have you been up here sleeping?" Ginny got down on her knees on the left side of her bed and pulled out from under it her Byrne '03 broom, and stood up, holding it delicately. "You know, you'd think that my brothers would be excited that another Weasley was joining the Quidditch team, but no, why think of anyone but themselves and how it would affect their popularity?"
"You're on the Quidditch team!?" Cooper leapt from her spot on the seat to hug her friend. "When's the first game? And against who?"
"I think it's against Slytherin." Both girls made a face at this before Ginny continued, " And it's going to be a week from tomorrow. I'm so nervous. I hope I do well."
"I'm sure you'll be great. Just keep Slytherin from scoring and you'll do fine. Hey, have you seen Hermione by any chance?"
Ginny shook her head before Cooper nodded her thanks and left the room, leaving Ginny to polish her broom.
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Hermione was in the library waiting in the Quidditch section, pretending to read 'Quidditch Through the Ages' when she accidentally bumped into Cooper.
"You're up! What are you doing here?" Hermione asked nervously, fidgeting from one foot to another.
"I was going to ask you the same question." Cooper glanced at the book Hermione was supposedly reading. "Last time I checked you weren't really into sports, or reading about them at least. So what's up?"
Hermione placed the book back into its rightful spot and led her cousin out of the Library and into an empty classroom. "I was going to talk to Oliv - "
"Don't do that, please Herm? I really don't want you to do that." When Hermione started to interrupt, Cooper sped up her explanation. "This is between him and I. I know you love me, and want to take care of me and make sure I don't get hurt, but being hurt is part of life. So just let me handle this myself, okay? Please?"
"Fine. But if you guys don't settle this, I'm going to find Mike and curse the wicked - "
Cooper just hugged her cousin tightly, and walked out of the class. She strolled through the hallways quietly, only to bump into Wood himself. She fell onto the floor, not bothering to make a move to get up. She wanted to say something, but instead she just gave him a glare and watched as he left her alone in the cobwebbed hallway.
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Oliver sped through the hallways and into the Common Room, not even bothering to say 'Thanks' to the Fat Lady.
"Oh blimey Harry! You shouldn't have… Wood! What in the world of Warlocks happened to make you come in here so bloody fast?" Ron asked as he looked up from his wizard chess game with Harry.
"Cooper Landing. That's who." Oliver strode over to where the two students were playing and pulled up a chair to join them. "She fancied me, correct?"
Harry and Ron both nodded their heads vigorously, Ron less so as he was concentrating on the game.
"So why did she just leave me this morning, making me feel like an idiot? I went back into the Great Hall, got the things for Madam Hooch, went back out to meet Cooper to walk her up here, but instead of meeting Cooper, I met an empty hallway. And she was acting really annoyed with me too. I don't know why. And I just bumped into her in the hallway, and she still looked angry with me. What did I do?"
"Don't fret it Wood. I'm sure she's just going through something. Ron talked to her this morning before breakfast and he said she was acting weird. Just lay off of her for a while." Harry gave Oliver a reassuring smile, and turned back to the chess game, only to hear Ron say, 'Checkmate.'
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Malfoy woke up in a sweat from his nap. 'What the bloody hell was that?' he thought to himself, referring to his dream. 'Why the hell was I dreaming about Ginny? A Weasley no less! That was down-right disturbing.'
Malfoy jumped from his place on the bed and walked to the Quidditch field, not even thinking about what had just occurred due to his over-worked imagination. He stepped onto the green field, not even noticing that Ginny Weasley was venting her frustrations out on the air. He looked up to find her flying through hoops, from one end of the field to the other, and doing loops in between the rings.
"You know, if you weren't a Weasley, you'd be quite good!" He yelled up at her, just loud enough for her to hear. She came flying down at him at top speed, stopping only millimeters from hitting him. Malfoy smirked, and continued on. "Nice broom. Did you borrow it from Potter? He's the only friend of yours with enough money to buy one any way."
"Go eat worms Malfoy. We all know that even you don't have the latest broom. What happened? Did daddy-waddy not want to buy his only son the best broom out on the market?" She flew back up into the air, not looking back at him. Malfoy just glared daggers after her, and left her alone to vent out her re-fueled anger.
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MBN: I know. What the heck does Malfoy have to do with this? Well, nothing really, but I just got a good idea for all those H/G shippers… I think at least… lol R/R! Its right there! Look… Right here in the left corner. Yeah, that's the spot. Make the author happy and maybe she'll decide to post another chapter. If not… maybe there won't be another chapter… *evil grin* I want more reviews! C'mon, my story can't be THAT bad now can it?? Don't answer that! It was rhetorical! Please? Lemme have… I have 29 so far as of Ch.9; so give me at least 15 for this chapter? That's not asking too much is it? Another rhetorical question…