* points at all of the revieweee people * Thank you! I love you all! … * cough * Anyway, I guess I have to write a third chapter now, huh? Unfortunatley, I don't have a plan for it… I'll just wing it and see what happens ^_^

Chapter 3

For the Love of Quidditch

It was a normal Saturday morning… Jen and Ginny were eating breakfast and discussing how Ginny might pull up her Charms grade and Hermione and Ron were trying to prevent Harry from hyper-ventalating.

For as you have probobly guessed, there was a quidditch match today: Gryffindor vs. Slytherin… and so far Gryffindor was losing to Ravenclaw who was losing to Slytherin. If the Gryffindors didn't win today's match, they could consider themselves completely out of the race for the Quidditch Cup.

And of course, being the oldest on the team, Harry was captain.

And of course, unfortunatley for both of them, Draco was also captain.

Two seventh years, two seekers, and two rival houses… what more could any spectators want?

"Calm down, Harry! Of course you're going to win!" Hermione reassured him.

"I don't know…" Harry said hoarsely, "The… the team's been a bit rusty and we haven't be practicing hard enough and I just know we are going to… and then we won't get the quidditch cup and then we can kiss the house cup good…"

Ron slapped him. "Get a hold of yourself, man!"

Harry rubbed his face, "Uh… thanks, Ron. I think I'll go talk to the team…" He walked to the other end of the table where most of the team was sitting, looking pretty dejected.

Ginny watched Harry walk away. He seemed pretty depressed… as if he had already lost!

She would have worried more, if she wasn't facing such an inner-conflict, herself. As Jen went on about some extra-credit assignment, Ginny wondered who she was really rooting for in this Quidditch match…

She should root for her own house. That was her first thought at least… but then she imagined Draco, triumphantly clutching the snitch and riding around in victory…. And then he reached into the crowd and pulled her on the back of his broom. She held on tight to him and they flew away over the country side, and…

"GINNY! Are you paying attention? You do realize that your grade in Charms is completely trashed, don't you?"

She snapped out of it. "Yeah… yeah I do…" She picked at the eggs that had seemed so appatizing before. She suddenly wasn't very hungry.

She took one last gulp from her goblet and instantly decided whom she was rooting for…

* * *

Ginny held her breath. The score was 60-90 and Gryiffindor was in the lead. It looked as though they were going to win, after all!

But Draco clearly hadn't given up yet. He circled in the air, every once in a while shouting an insult to a random Gryffindor or and order to a random Slytherin. Even from below, it was obvious he was concentrating very hard on finding the snitch first.

Harry, on the other hand, was a completely different story. He weaved in and out of players, every once in a while shouting whoops of joy. He was in the lead! His team might actually win!

He did several loops in the air as Gryffindor scored another 10 points. The score was now 60-100!

Ginny sighed. Poor Draco! And poor her! He would never like her if Gryiffindor won! Slytherin had to win! But how? How could she get Slytherin to win? Harry was a pretty decent player, after all… he could catch the snitch at any moment! She had to think fast!

Her life flashed before her eyes as Harry began to dive. He had seen it! He had seen the snitch! Now Draco was right behind… Oh! It was over! Harry would get the snitch and Gryffindor would win! If only Harry wasn't flying so fast… That was it! She could cast a Slowemdown charm on Harry! Draco was right behind, he would surely win!

And so, Ginny took out her wand. She waited just until they were close enough, made the U in the air, pointed at Harry and, "Accelerato!"

She looked closely to see if it had worked…

It hadn't. Harry was moving just as fast as before! What could have gone wrong? And then she saw what had gone wrong: She hadn't cast the spell on Harry… she had cast it on the snitch! She watched like a prisoner about to be executed as Harry's hand clamped around the snitch. That was her fault! Draco could have had a chance if she hadn't done anything!

The crowds were going wild. Many ran down to conragulate the Gryffindor team, and Harry had an expression on his face that simply said: We won! Yipee!

But Ginny didn't see or hear any of this. She was watching Draco who had landed instantly after Harry cought the snitch, thrown his broom over his shoulder and begun to walk back to the school.

Poor Draco, Ginny thought. If only Slytherin had won… wait! What on earth was she thinking? Slytherin win? Above her own house?? AND SHE HAD ALMOST HELPED THEM DO THAT???

These sorts of thoughts past through her head for about three seconds, before she forgot about them entirely and decided to follow Draco.

''Wait up!" She called, running after him.

"Ginny?" He mumbled to himself, utterly surprised to say the least. He mastered his expression and stopped. "What do you want, Weasley? Come to rub in the fact that Griffindor has yet another triumph?"

This caught Ginny off guard. Well… what had she been expecting? Draco to sweep her off her feet and carry her into the castle?

"Of course not… I wouldn't do something like that…" She replied quietly.

Draco spun around and looked at her, "Then perhaps you haven't been completely wasted with those "friends" of yours…" With that he turned back around, and began walking away stiffly.

Ginny jogged up beside him. "Why did you leave so soon?"

What was going on? Draco wondered. Sure, he was thrilled that Ginny cared enough about him to ask… but why did she care? Not letting any of these thoughts show, he answered curtly, "Because I couldn't stand to watch a bunch of giddy morons sing praise to their marvelous hero: Potter!" At this last part he waved his hands about a bit in mock majesty.

Ginny thought a moment… it doesn't really matter what she was thinking because her thoughts were completely different from her actions, which were beyond her control. She threw an arm around Draco's shoulder.

Draco flinched a moment before losing his senses entirely and reciprocating the gesture.

And that was how they walked back to the school: With their arms around eachother.

1-2-3- Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Harry looked up from the cheering crowd of Gryiffindors that was lifting him up. He spotted Ginny heading towards the castle… and she was with some one else. Not only was she with them, but they were practically hugging eachother!!

Normally, Harry wouldn't have cared except for the fact that the person Ginny was wit had green Quidditch robes on!

Well, this is ok… Jen and Hermione had said she liked some one in Slytherin… and I guess it is okay as long as it isn't…

He looked over to the Slythering team members, who were standing in a small circle off to the side. There were six of them and Malfoy was no where to be seen.

Harry flinched so violently that the cheering fans that were holding him up, dropped him to the ground.

He lay on his back and looked up to see the sky completely covered by faces of people laughing and talking over him. (Most of them girls) He sat there, wondering when it would be safe to move, when a hand reached down. He thankfully grabbed it, and pulled himself up. It was Hermione.

"Hermione!" He shouted at her. He didn't really want anyone to hear this conversation but it was the only way she could possibly hear him. "You said that Ginny was in love with a Slytherin…"

"Yes, I did. Harry, I think you need to get ov…"

"But you didn't tell me that the Slytherin she was in love with was Draco Malfoy!"

Her eyes widened and she bit her lower lip. "Oh dear…"

Run pushed his way through to them. "Hey guys! Great game, Harry! That was…" He stopped when he saw their troubled faces. "What's the matter?"

Harry wordlessly gestured over to the castle where Ginny and Draco had almost reached the door.

Ron's expression darkened a little at the color of the robes. "Who is Ginny with?"

Hermione and Harry just looked at eachother.

"I said, Who is Ginny with!?!"

Now, they just looked at him.

Now, Ron's eyes widened. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

END OF CHAPTER 3

* blink * gah! A chapter without any inserps about our furry little friend! Oh well, I told you I was winging it! And I guess it turned out ok… I think I'll have a plan for writing the next chapter… ^_^ Buhbyeeeeeee!