Chapter 9 – Regret
"How do you think its going with Ron and Hermione?" Ginny asked Harry. "They've probably made up by now" Harry replied. He and Ginny were walking along the corridors so that Ron and Hermione could talk. While they walked hand in hand, they saw someone in front of them and realised it was Malfoy.
"Potty, Weasel! Holding hands I see? Well done Potty I didn't think anyone would go for you, it's very nice of you to settle for him weasel" Malfoy sneered. "Who's your girlfriend Malfoy? Pansy Parkinson the fat, ugly bitch. You could have had someone as beautiful as Hermione but you settled for her, you're gonna regret that the rest of your pathetic life" replied Ginny and her and Harry walked off.
Malfoy stood there in deep thought. 'She's right, Pansy is fat'. Harry and Ginny walked back to the common room and saw Ron and Hermione holding hands. "Aww! You two got back together!" Ginny squealed. "You're right Ginny" Hermione replied and she smiled and kissed Ron on the cheek.
"We saw Malfoy in the hall, he looked gutted" Ginny said. "Well good, I never should have been with that prick" Hermione said. "Yeah, you're my girl now" Ron said and he put his arm around Hermione. "I know how you feel" Harry said and he put his arm round Ginny. "Watch it Potter" Ron said. "Just joking!" Ron said laughing.
"We'd better get to bed, you have Quidditch tomorrow Harry" Hermione said. "Yeah you're right. I need a lot of sleep if we're gonna beat Slytherin" Harry replied. All four of them went to bed smiling and had pleasant dreams which reflected their happiness.
Harry and the rest of the team got up early the next morning. Ginny, Ron and Hermione got up early too just to wish Harry luck. They all went to breakfast and Hermione spotted Draco across the room on the Slytherin table. He was staring at her but Hermione ignored him and snuggled up to Ron.
Malfoy sat watching Hermione with Ron. 'That bastard! Stay away from my girl! Wait, Hermione isn't my girl anymore'. His face fell and he carried on with his breakfast feeling rather depressed.
When they had finished their breakfast, everyone made their way to the Quidditch pitch. Hermione kissed Harry on the cheek for luck and Ginny kissed him softly on the mouth, Ron just nodded.
Harry felt very nervous as he waited to go out onto the pitch. It was his first match as Quidditch captain and he'd never felt so nervous. After what seemed like forever, he flew onto the pitch the wind whipping his hair. He flew to the ground to shake hands with the Slytherin captain which was Malfoy. They shook each others hands a bit harder than was necessary but Madam Hooch didn't seem to notice.
Everyone flew into the air and Madam Hooch released the balls and threw the Quaffle into the air. Katie Bell caught it and flew towards the goalposts. Once again, Lee Jordan was doing the commentary. "And their off and Katie is in possession of the Quaffle. She passes to Angelina who is heading towards the goalposts. Watch it Angelina! Roberts is up your rear! Roberts you pervert! Ooh, this looks promising and YES! ANGELINA SCORES!" Lee yelled. The whole stadium except for the Slytherins erupted with cheers.
Harry cheered with everyone else but kept a lookout for the snitch. Malfoy was tailing him closely behind. "So, Weasel and Granger are together then are they!?" Malfoy asked Harry. "Yes! They are ever so happy together, they kiss all the time!" Harry sneered. "Shut up!" Malfoy yelled. "Ooh! Jealous are we?" Harry asked. Malfoy didn't reply and decided to fly away from Harry.
"Alicia's in possession of the Quaffle and is heading towards the goalposts, nearly there and YES SHE SCORES! 20-0 TO GRYFFINDOR!" Lee yelled. As the game went on, Katie scored and Alicia and Angelina did also. "The score is 50-0 to Gryffindor!" Lee yelled.
Harry looked around the pitch in search of the snitch. Suddenly, he spotted a flutter of wings near the Gryffindor goalposts. He shot down the other end of the pitch with Malfoy in hot pursuit. The snitch flew away and was inches away from the ground; Harry sped down with Malfoy far behind.
He extended his arm and tried to grab the snitch. After much work, his fingers were wrapped around the tiny golden snitch. "HARRY POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR WIN THE GAME!" Lee yelled. The Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs cheered and the Gryffindor team all hugged Harry. Ginny rushed over and kissed Harry.
Malfoy stood watching everyone celebrate and he saw Ron and Hermione kiss in front of him. His fellow team mates were yelling at him but he wasn't listening. He ran back to the castle cursing Ron.
The Gryffindor's celebrated their first win of the season with butterbeer and numerous snacks. Everyone was in high spirits and enjoyed their evening. In the Slytherin common room, Malfoy sat by the fire deep on thought. 'Not only did I loose the match, but I lost the girl. Well, I'm not giving up until Hermione's mine again; Ron won't no what's hit him'. Malfoy smiled deviously.