Quidditch: Gryffindors V.S. Slytherins

Dinner came and the Great Hall was filled with conversations once again. "So Ron, you never told us how Care of Magical Creatures class was with Lavender." Hermione said with a sudden interest. "It… it was ok…" Ron managed to get out. Ron was tuning redder than his hair and Harry and Hermione laughed as Lavender came by. Lavender sat next to Ron and gave him a peek on the cheek. "So I see you are getting quite intimate, eh?" Hermione laughed.

Once dinner was over Harry, Hermione, and Ron left the Great Hall to get some peace and quite in the common room. While in the Great Hall, "Lavender, do you really like Ron?" Paravati asked with concern; however she had no clue why she asked at all. "Yeah, I guess. We are going out now, I really like him too." Lavender said with a smile as for some reason Parvati's heart sank.

"Hey guys, I think I'll go see what Lavender is doing" Ron said unable to bear the silence. He got a couple of howls and woos from the student in the common room. No sooner as he had left the portrait, he stormed back in; his face was red in fury. Harry and Hermione would have sworn there were tears in his face. Lavender came in too and not too far behind was Dean. Once Dean got inside, he was prized with a punch in the gut and Lavender was slapped. Ron could not believe it. "You cheated on me!" Ron yelled. "Wait Ron," Lavender screamed, tears were forming in her eyes, "He forced me into the kiss, I… I never meant to hurt you." Ron wasn't listening; he just went up to the boy's dorms ignoring Lavender's excuses.

"Why did you do it Lav?" Hermione asked using all her will not to slap Lavender as well. By the way Harry was holding Hermione's hand, she was sure Harry was doing the same. "I…I don't know, something just made me…" Lavender sat on the sofa and continued sobbing. Harry and Hermione's urge to slap her ebbed away in Lavender's sorrow. "Come on love, forget about him." Dead said hold Lavender's shoulder. In milliseconds, she slapped him. "Why did you kiss me? He loved me! I loved him!" She ran up to her dorm, as Hermione and Parvati followed in suit to comfort her. Harry however went to the boy's dorms to comfort Ron.

The night went by slowly as Ron woke up by the same dream of the beautiful girl that he could not figure out who. He wanted to wake up Harry but a part of him told him to let Harry sleep. Ron then went downstairs to get his mind organized, no sooner as he got there, Parvati was there staring at the fire. "Hi Parvati" Ron said groggily. "Oh, hi Ron" she blushed at the sight of him, and of a sudden he did too. "Look, Lavender was forced into the kiss…" Parvati didn't want to continue, *Lavender had her chance, she lost it, now it is your turn, take your chance.* "Look, it is really nice that you are sticking up for your friend, I am sure Harry and Hermione would do the same for me, you are a good friend." Ron said interrupting her thoughts. He sighed, "I would never go out with her again, I just can't bear to see that happening again. If I get another girl friend, I swear I will never hurt her." At this Parvati kissed him on the cheek. "Bye Ron" Parvati said getting up. "W-w-what was that for?" Ron asked bewildered, face red as his hair. She just giggled and walked to her dorm. He spent almost the rest of the night staring at the fire and holding his cheek.

The next day, it hit him, the girl from his dreams, it was Parvati! He decided to go upstairs t get some shut eye when Harry, Hermione, and Parvati came down ready for class. He looked out the window; the sun had just come up. "Hey Ron, you got 1 hour left before classes start, we got Prefect patrol right now, and we need to beat the early rush to the prefects bathroom." Hermione said looking down on the red eyed Ron. Ron simply nodded and glanced at a blushing yet giggly Parvati. He too blushed and left for his dorm.

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"Okay team, the first Quidditch game starts tomorrow, I won't lie to you, Slytherin has been training harder and the Krum talent is among Jimmy (thought I forgot about him huh?). I have seen him play; he is good although his Wronski Feint could do with some training." Harry throughout the day taught the players new moves. When the practice was over, they were all tired and thirsty; Harry then left and came back in a hurry. "I know Oliver would not approve of this… but I am really proud of the way you guys preformed, BUTTERBEER ON THE HOUSE!" Harry shouted. The team quickly went down and took a tankard and drank deeply. Ron then shouted, "To Harry Potter, the best ruddy captain Gryffindor ever had!"

The next day came quickly; both teams of Gryffindor and Slytherin were in high spirits. The two teams left for their own locker rooms and changed. "Okay, men," Harry took a deep breathe.

"And women," Ginny and Angelina said in unison

"And women," Harry agreed. "This is it, the big one, the one we've all been waiting for."

"Harry, if we didn't know any better, I would say you are nervous." Fred said laughing at him. "Why would you say that?" Harry asked with sudden curiosity. "You are copying Oliver's speech!" George laughed along with his twin. "Okay, okay, maybe I am a little tense…" "And here are the lineups!" Lee Jordan voice magnified over the shouting crowds. "On the Slytherin team: Malfoy, Jimmy, Goyle, Warrington, Bletchley, Zabini, and Bole" 3/4 of the booed as the others cheered, namely Slytherins. "On the Gryffindor team," Lee started again, "Potter, Johnson, Creevy, Weasly, Weasly, Weasly, and last but not least, Weasly, spectacular startup for the Gryffindors" Lee commentated.

Madam Hooch blew the whistle and threw the Quaffle up. "Malfoy takes the Quaffle and soars. He shoots, he misses!" The Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs cheered. "R. Weasly passes to G. Weasly, G. Weasly passes to Creevy, Fakes! G. Weasly shoots, SCORES! 10-0, Gryffindor!" The people in the stands were screaming themselves hoarse. Minutes passed without any sign of the snitch, "Bletchley passes to Malfoy, Oh my Gosh! Krum goes for a dive! Potter not too far behind, wait… it is a feint! Potter isn't pulling out!" Hermione closed her eyes crying… "I don't believe it! Potter's got the snitch! It is over, Gryffindor wins 180-0! It is a total shut-out!" Lee commentated. Hermione and Parvati built up their Gryffindor bravery as Hermione kissed Harry and Parvati kissed Ron. All four were bewildered but enjoyed it. Jealousy hit almost every girl in the crowd gathering to cheer the Gryffindor team.

Later that night, Hermione, Lavender, and Parvati started up their girl talk. "How can you steal him away from me?" Lavender yelled by accident. Truth was that Lavender was jealous and couldn't believe that her best friend was going out with the one she loved. "I loved him, I went for him first!" Lavender continued towering over Parvati, Parvati just looked at Hermione for help who happened to be reading and ignoring them. "Look Lavender, you gave him away by kissing Dean, not my fault. Plus, he told me last night that he would not want to go out with you anymore anyways." "What," Lavender looked as if the sky was falling. "He said that you hurt him real bad, and he could not bear to see it happen again." Parvati said with more calm as Lavender sat at down in disbelief. "Well… Thanks for telling me Par…" Lavender managed to get out before falling into a horrible sleep.