Oliver's Luck

And Then They Had Dinner

Ginny was reassuring Oliver that no harm would come to him at the dinner that night.  Oliver wasn't so sure; sure he had been there before, but this was different.  They flooed to the burrow.  Even though it was three thirty almost everyone was there.  Both Ginny and Oliver were immediately hugged by Molly, and Arthur he only hugged his daughter and shook her boyfriends hand.  Molly took Ginny into the kitchen to leave Oliver to the endless muggle item and quidditch discussions.

Oliver sat next to Percy on the couch and was joined quickly by his godson, Alexander Percy's four-year-old son.  Alexander crawled into his godfather's lap to listen to the men talk.  In the kitchen Hermione, Parvati, and Penny were all explaining their wedding plans.  Neither Hermione nor Parvati were overly thrilled with the twins' idea of a double wedding.  Ultimately it would be Parvati to crush this dream.  She explained to George that she and Padma had always talked about a double wedding, and that it wouldn't be fair if she couldn't have a double wedding with her twin.  George had agreed and thought about a triple wedding but the logistics were too mind-boggling.  And Harry and Hermione were not to keen on the idea.  The two sets of twins were however.

After about an hour Molly shooed them all out of her kitchen so that she could finish cooking in peace.  The women went to the living room to join the men.  Charlie suggested that they play a little quidditch while they wait.  So it was decided the Weaslys VS the others.

Fred, George and Charlie went to get the balls, and brooms out if the hall closet.  The rest of them went out to the large field behind the burrow. 

"Hey," Bill protested, "They have a professional quidditch player."

"So what's your point," Hermione responded, "You seven have been playing together for a long time."

Hermione was right the Weasley family had been a team for a very long time.  They were a tight team; Charlie and Ginny led them. 

So the teams came down to this. Ginny and Oliver were the keepers, and Charlie and Harry were the seekers.  Harry always got nervous playing Charlie he had meet his match in Charlie, and the first time they had played Charlie schooled him.  Afterwards Ron had told him that Charlie could have played professional quidditch, but had decided to work with dragons instead.  Percy, Ron, and Bill played chaser.  Percy played even though he wasn't all that good at it.  He had been convinced that it wouldn't be the same with out him.  Hermione, Katie and Penny were the other chasers.  Fred and George were naturally the beaters.  Parvati and Kate, Bill's wife, normally were beaters, but seeing as she was a few months pregnant she sat this one out.  Padma took her spot.  Arthur and Kate refereed.  On the sides sat Stacy with her and Percy's son Alexander and Charlie and Katie's little girl Marina.

As soon as molly was finished in the kitchen she joined them, and brought Percy's daughter two-year-old Jasmine with her.  The game was intense.  Neither team managed to keep the upper hand until Percy scored a goal that led Bill and Ron to rally and pull far into the lead.  Ginny showed off her skill as a keeper and before Percy scored his goals the two teams stayed tied at 60-60.  Charlie spotted the snitch after Percy's goal and was certain that Harry had not seen it.  The two seekers were on the opposite sides of the pitch.  He tricked Harry into thinking that he spotted it over where Harry was by flying swiftly over towards him.  Harry on the lookout remained over there to see if he could spot it.  Charlie flew close to Harry but kept the snitch in his line of vision.  He turned sharply and sped off towards the snitch.  Harry had been momentarily distracted by Charlie's trickery that he was too slow in catching up with the other seeker.  By the time he caught up to Charlie, Charlie had the snitch.

"Dinner's ready," Molly said once her children landed.  They were all starving by the end of the game.  "Bill, Charlie bring the tables out here.  It's to nice of a day to waste."

Bill and Charlie brought out the tables and everyone else brought out the food that Molly had prepared.  They all took their seats.  Poor Oliver was between Ginny and Fred, and George was opposite of him.

"Just ignore them," Ginny whispered to Oliver. "You will never believe who we ran into at that party last night."

"Who…Dumbledore."

"Yeah Ron, Albus Dumbledore frequents quidditch owners parties," Fred said.

"You never know.  I'd say Snape," Harry said.

"Like he ever leaves Hogwarts?" Bill commented.

"Maybe Professor Sinistra finally convinced him that he needs direct sunlight," George said.

"Now, boys," Arthur warned.

"Sorry, dad," Percy said, "so, who was it?"

"Malfoy," she said, a collective groan filled the table.

"Which one?" Parvati asked.

"Ferret boy."  Laughter erupted at the table none of them had forgotten about that.  "He was causing a scene so I casually reminded him of that little incident."

"What did he do then?"

"He told Ginny that she wouldn't dare," Oliver said.

"Then I told Madina about it, she got a kick out of it even if he didn't."

"It was quite the sight," Oliver stated.  Dinner passed without any major damage to Oliver.  Ginny's brothers did toss in some threats, but Molly put her foot down at that.  She had everything planned out and her boys were not going to ruin it.  She had finally managed to pair them all off.  She wanted things to run smoothly for her daughter. 

"See, Oliver, that was better than a kick in the arse wasn't it?" She asked once they got home.

"I don't know, can I kick your arse to find out," he smirked.

"You are such a smart arse."

"Better than a dumb arse."

"Did you have a good time?" she asked after she finished pinching him for that earlier comment.

"Yeah."

"Good then next time you won't worry so much."

"NEXT TIME!!"

"Yup," she shook her had sadly, "Now you have to come to everyone."

"What if I have a game?"

"We will cross that bridge when we get to it," she said.  Oliver made a mental note to talk to his coach about scheduling games and scrimmages on the second and forth Sunday of each month.

The End

A/N: There very well may be a sequel to this story as well.

Thanks for reading it.