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Moonlight Shining
By Amanda H
Later in the week, when the weather was more hospitable the group was
lounging in the Common Room. Harry and
Ron were discussing new Quidditch tactics. The season's first game was coming up next week and Harry was once again
playing Seeker, as well as being the new team Captain, since Oliver Wood had
graduated. It had been a unanimous vote
by the team. However a new Keeper was
also needed and Ron had been selected to play the part.
The two were discussing a new tactic
involving passing the ball to the Keeper. Hermione was busy with an essay and Amy sat in a comfy chair, twiddling
her thumbs. Suddenly an idea came to
her.
"Have any of you ever heard of
Badminton?" She asked suddenly. Three heads turned to her at once.
"Sure." Hermione answered.
"I think so." Harry replied.
"Nope." Ron shrugged.
"It's a Muggle game." She
explained. "You stretch a net across
two trees at about waist height. Then
each player holds a small racquet and tries to hit a tiny ball over the net and
make it land on the other side. Fairly
simple." She summarized.
"So?" Ron asked.
"Well, it's my favourite game, even it is for Muggles."
"Knowing you, I bet you brought a net and a couple of racquets." Hermione smiled.
"Yup!" Amy replied, nodding
enthusiastically.
"It sound's pretty boring to me." Ron huffed. "You don't even
fly."
"But you haven't even tried it!" Hermione scolded.
"And you haven't tried my enchanted version." Amy said mysteriously.
"What did you enchant?" Harry
asked.
"Just the birdies. That's what
the balls are called Ron. I made them
zigzag." She smiled.
"Sounds like fun!" Harry agreed.
"Yeah." Hermione agreed.
"Well then you're in luck. You
can play two to a team and I just happened to bring four racquets, since two to
a team is the best way to play. I'll
run up and get them. Meet me down by
the lake." She instructed. Harry and Hermione started off dragging Ron
behind them as Amy ran back up to the dorm.
Amy quickly caught up to them at the lake, carrying an armload of
equipment. She dropped it on the
ground.
"No go and find two trees fairly far apart." Amy told Harry. He ran
off towards a small patch of trees. Hermione picked up the net. Amy
grabbed the four racquets and the birdies. She handed one racquet to Ron and carried the rest over. Harry quickly found a tree and he and Ron
set up the net. Harry took his racquet
and went to stand beside Ron.
"Wait a second!" Ron complained
from the other side of the net. "Hermione have you played Badmin-what-ca-ma-call it before?" He asked.
"Yeah." She answered
shrugging. "Why?"
"Because the both of you are experts and neither Harry or I have played
before." He ran under the net. "Amy go play on Harry's team and I'll play
with Hermione." He concluded. Amy shrugged and switched sides.
Soon the four had an intense game going. They smashed the zigzagging bird from side to side, dogging shots and
waving their racquets in the air. Even
Ron was laughing. By the time the score
was 46 – 32 for Amy and Harry everyone was worn out. They lay down on the grass under the net. Amy giggled.
"I've never had a more fun game of Badminton!" She laughed.
"Yeah. . . that was. . . . great!" Hermione panted. Harry just
nodded.
"It wasn't so bad. Do you think
we could play again another time?" Ron
asked.
"Yup! I can't wait!" She laughed.
"What do you say we go dip our feet in the lake?" Harry asked, picking up his racquet and the
birdie.
"Sounds Great!" Ron said, jumping
up. He offered a hand to Hermione. "You?"
"Sure." Hermione agreed. Amy nodded. They gathered up the equipment and headed down to the lake. The group stopped beside the bridge and
dropped everything on the ground. Amy
sat down and pulled off her shoes and socks. Her toenails sparkled with green polish. Hermione laughed and took hers off too. Harry joined in and pulled off his shoes and socks. Ron did not. He jumped on to the bridge and sat with his long legs dangling
over the edge. Hermione hopped up
beside him. Amy edged closer to the
water and dipped her bare toes in. It
was cool and relaxing on skin. Harry
edged closer as well and stuck his feet in beside hers. His toes brushed hers and she quickly jerked
them away. They both blushed and looked
over to Ron and Hermione who were deep in conversation. Harry smiled.
"They really do make a great pair." He whispered.
"Mummmmhummm." Amy mumbled in
agreement. "Have they always been like
this? I mean it's so obvious to
everyone but them."
"Yup, ever since second year. Even a bit in first. It looks
like this year they might just get they're act together." Harry hoped. They glanced over at the two. They're faces were very close. Harry and Amy looked at each other and smiled silently.
Suddenly Hermione stood up. She
looked down at Ron. Amy could see the
tears in her eyes. She opened her mouth
to speak, but stopped herself and stomped off.
"What did I say?!" Ron asked
confused. Amy jumped up and ran after
Hermione.
"Hermione?" Amy asked,
approaching her back. She moved up to
keep step. Hermione was crying into her
hands. "What is it?!" Amy asked, concerned. She steered her over to the stonewall of the
castle. They sat down with their backs
against it.
"He doesn't care about me at all." She cried.
"What are you talking about?" Amy
asked. "Of course he cares about
you. You're his friend." She put an arm around her.
"It's just that! Ron never thinks
of me as anything but a friend." She
sobbed, her tear stained eyes looking into Amy's. "I wish he thought of me as something more." She cried, burying her face in her hands
again.
"What makes you think he doesn't care about you?" She asked, pulling Hermione's face up.
"What he said." She sobbed. "We were talking about Quidditch and I told
him what a good Keeper he was and everything. He told me I'm really smart and he admires that in me."
"Well that sounds good to me!" Amy said.
"Wait, wait. Then after he said
that he asked if 'maybe he could have a peek at me potions essay later'!" She cried.
"Oooooh." Amy groaned. "Way to break the mood Ron." She thought to herself. "You know how much Ron thinks about what
he's saying. He probably just didn't
think it would upset you." She
comforted.
"Oh I don't really care if he meant to copy my work or not. It's that he was concentrating on a way to
copy my work and not me. He must hate
me. He probably only pretends to like
me so he can get decent grades." She
moped.
"That is an awful thing to say about someone! Especially if it's not true and you know it." Amy accused, standing up and putting her
hands on her hips. Hermione stared up
at her. She just looked confused.
"You and I both know Ron better than that. You more so because you've known him longer. He would never do something like that. He just didn't think. You can't hold one little mistake against a
person. The last person who was perfect
died on a cross." Amy lectured.
"You're right." Hermione sighed. "Knowing Ron as well as I do, he probably just didn't think. I guess we should go find him and I'll
apologize." She said standing up. Amy nodded and walked with her back to the
lake.
"What did you say to her?!" An
exasperated Harry asked Ron. Ron stared
at the ground.
"I couldn't think of what to say so I asked if I could copy her
homework." He answered glumly.
"Ron!" Harry yelled, shaking his
friend. "Can you make a stupider
move?" He asked, not waiting for a
reply. "NO!!!! Ron, Ron, Ron." He muttered walking away a bit.
"Oh and you're a real expert on this!" Ron said sarcastically.
"No, but I know enough not to ask to copy her homework!" He argued.
"She'll never speak to me again!" Ron moaned.
"Yes she will. Just wait for it
to blow over. Be really nice to her and
DON"T mention homework." Harry advised.
"Alright." Ron agreed
hesitantly. Out of the corner of his
eye he saw the two girls heading back. He turned to Harry.
"Here they come." He said.
"Hello." Hermione said once they
had rejoined the boys.
"Hi." Ron mumbled.
"Ron, it's okay." She said,
hugging him and quickly peeking his cheek. He blushed crimson.
"I'm really sorry Hermione." He
apologized.
"It's okay." She answered.
"What do you say we go to the kitchens and get some iced pumpkin
juice?" Harry asked.
"Sounds great to me!" Amy
agreed. Hermione and Ron nodded.
"Let's go!" Harry answered. The four headed to the kitchens.
