Disclaimer: JKR owns everything except Rena Sanderson, Lizzie Bennington and other people not in Harry Potter.
Chapter 3
Rena awoke the next morning to Lizzie shaking her violently screaming "We've got practice," in her ear.
"Alright! Alright! I'm up!" Rena screamed as she ascended from her bed. It was 4:30 in the morning, an hour before she had to be up. She put on her Quidditch robes, grabbed her stuff and headed downstairs with Lizzie to eat. Already sitting there were Harry, Angelina, Fred, George and Oliver, eating their breakfast fairly fast.
"Why is everyone eating so fast?" Rena questioned while trying to rub the sleep put of her eyes.
"If we don't eat fast, then Oliver will get mad and start yelling. And you do not want to see Oliver get mad." Lizzie laughed and walked to her spot with Rena. They took a seat beside Potter and George and facing Oliver and Angelina. They were both late starting so Oliver took his fork and tapped it on the table meaning 'hurry up'.
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On the pitch, the Gryffindor team was ready to start practice. Rena was especially nervous that she had lost her touch and would mess up. But, once she got into the air, she did absolutely fine. She raced up and down the felid, throwing and catching the quaffle and shooting it through the hoops passed Oliver. The team practiced and headed into the changing rooms, but George had to stay behind to fetch the balls.
"That was a good practice, See, I told you you were good!" Lizzie told Rena while she changed quickly. Lizzie was eager to get out of the change room for some reason. She finished changing and rushed out without even showering, this wasn't like her at all. She usually waits for Rena to finish, but today she didn't
"It's probably just something she has to do right away." Rena thought to herself as she continued to change out of her Quidditch uniform.
As the days went by, Lizzie kept on rushing out of the change room after every practice and game until Rena decided to confront her about it.
"Oh... I'm just getting extra help from Professor McGonagall for transfirgation, that's all," Lizzie stated, sounding just like Professor Quirrel. Rena let her go for help and went on with changing. She finished, grabbed her broom and bag and left with the others back up to the dorm. Oliver commented on the teams 'improving' skills and 'we are going to win the Quidditch cup for sure!'
"Hey! Where's George, he's not on the pitch." Fred noticed. There was the chest, wide open with no balls in it. Everyone went looking for him, when Angelina heard some rustling coming from underneath the bleachers.
"I think I've found him!" Angelina yelled out. She slowly grabbed the cloth the covered the sides of the bleachers and pushed it to one side. Everyone gawked at the sight that was before them.
"GEORGE!!! LIZZIE!!!" yelled Fred in disappointment. They both looked awkwardly at the team. Their hair was messed up and their clothes all wrinkled and also in each others arms. You do the math.
"Lizzie, I never thought you had it in you," laughed Rena looking at Lizzie's crimson face. All the other laughed except Fred who looked as though he was about to cry. Lizzie got up, straightened herself up and walked over to the team.
"Rena, could I talk to you for a moment?" Lizzie whispered. "In private."
Rena just nodded and shooed everyone away. While the rest of the team were leaving, Lizzie and Rena could hear Fred and George bickering in the background. "So, I guess by this time tomorrow everyone will know," laughed Lizzie feeling a little less embarrassed at the thought of being caught red handed.
"Yea," chuckled Rena. "So, you finally went for him huh? It took you long enough Lizzie."
"Yea, well, the timing had to be just right." blurted Lizzie with a smirk. "But I don't know if George and I are actually going to be a couple. I mean, Fred did look quite upset."
"Never mind Fred, just go for George," Rena tried to convince her friend. "He obviously likes you to so go for him." Lizzie grinned and looked pleased with it. Out of nowhere she started to think of her becoming Mrs. George (Lizzie) Weasley. And their wedding day.
"Know what?" Lizzie asked slyly. Rena just shock her head. "You should find a boyfriend. I don't want my best friend being left out. Hmm....I know, Oliver Wood has taken a liking to you. Go for him." Rena just laughed at this statement.
"You have to be joking!" Rena was trying to contain herself from laughing, but so far she wasn't doing a good job. "We have absolutely nothing in common and we do not get along."
"You'll be surprised Rena," Lizzie reassured her. "You'll be surprised."
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It was finally here, Rena's first Quidditch game of the year. She had all ready changed into her quidditch robes, tried to shake off the nervous feelings in her stomach. She clenched her Blue Star 500 in her hand, reciting the game plan when...
"AHHH!" she screamed, nearly jumping out of her skin.
"Come on Rena," Lizzie pushed Rena, "Wood's about to do his boring pre-game pep talk." They walked over to the circle.
"Now, we're playing Hufflepuff this time and I've heard that Cedric did some modifications to his team this year. Unfortunately, our spies we're able to recover the modifications." Oliver glared over to the twins. "So what I'm trying to say is be on the look out." Oliver stopped in his tracks by loud, fake sounding snores coming from the twins mouth. "WAKE UP YOU BONEHEADS, OR I'LL USE YOUR HEADS AS QUAFFLES!" Oliver shouted at the top of his lungs. The rest of the team just laughed at the twins cruel joke on Oliver and the thought of their heads being used as quaffles. As the team made their way to the gate, Oliver stayed behind.
"Ummm....Rena," Oliver said nervously, "Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure," Rena thought that he just wanted to wish her good luck so it wouldn't be that bad.
"Well...since this is your ummm first game in a while. Just try to think of it as practice. Please don't get hurt and do your best." he edged closer and closer to were Rena was standing. He out his arms around her neck and slowly began leaning into her. She could feel his hot breath on her face as she tried to set herself free. Rena took her hands, placed them underneath his wrist and lifted his arms up and over her head.
"I'm sorry Oliver, but..." Rena trailed off. She couldn't think of an excuse that would hurt him. So she left and went to line up with the rest of the team.
She knew he was hurt quite a bit by her actions because he was letting Hufflepuff score to many times.
"Wood! What's wrong?" Fred bellowed out while on the patrol for incoming bludgers.
"Nothing, I'm just kinda tired." Oliver said. Finally the game was ended and Gryffindor won 180 to 130.
"What was wrong with you Wood?" Johnston asked walking to the changing room? "You weren't doing a good job out there."
"Yea, you stunk." laughed George.
"Like old cheese," continued Fred. Both boys collapsed on the ground laughing hysterically. Lizzie shot her boyfriend and his brother an evil glare and walked over to be held by George. Oliver took one look at the happy couple and then at Rena and tore out of the changing rooms with his head down.
"Gee, what's wrong with Mr. Grumpo?" George asked before Lizzie shushed him.
"I don't know, he's acting pretty strangely," Angelina noticed. "Like he was...ummm.."
"Heartbroken," Lizzie suggested giving Rena a uncertain glare.
"Yea!!! That's it. I wonder who she is. That poor bloke." Angelina wondered.
"I think I might have a clue." Fred smirked. "Remember the time he forgot his lucky socks and I had to go fetch him because he was taking a long time?" Everyone just nodded as Rena quickly, but quietly headed towards the door still in her quidditch robes. "Well....I saw some girl in Oliver's arms and they were about to lock lips, but I interrupted them. I couldn't really identify the girl but I have a good idea of who it was." Everyone was urging Fred to continue and Rena was almost home free.
"WHO WAS THE GIRL?!?!" The team shouted impatiently. Fred just shook his head. "TELL US!!"
"Ok, ok, just hold your broomsticks. I'm pretty certain it was Rena Sanderson." Fred finally confessed right after Rena slipped out unnoticed and ran back to the castle.
"You mean it was true?" Lizzie said to herself aloud.
"What was true?" Harry asked puzzled. Everyone looked puzzled at this moment.
"At the beginning of the year, Wood mentioned something about him fancying her and wanted me to try to put him into her good books. I went along with it, thinking it was just another one of his plans to get the 'Dangerous Duo' back up and running. It never occurred to me that it might of been true."
Everyone seemed shocked by this, they all just shrugged and continued with changing. Lizzie headed up to the common room to look for Rena, but she was already asleep in the dorm. "I'll talk to her about it in the morning" Lizzie thought to herself.
