A/N: I'm not completely sure how to write a Quidditch match so we'll just leave that to the wonderful J.K. Rowling, OK?

A/N: For those who asked who Natalie Pickett and Mitch Reed, well…Natalie was mentioned in chapter 4 as Carmen Lowry's best friend.  Mitch Reed has not been mentioned thus far but is a seventh year Ravenclaw.

Disclaimer: No, I still don't own Harry Potter…I own Natalie Pickett and that's about it.

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Chapter 28:  One Hell of a Sexy Witch

"You know, I do believe I like you Ms. Granger," Ron drawled as he pinned her up against a wall in a deserted hallway.  As he looked down into her dark brown eyes he was once again struck by how absolutely beautiful she was. 

She smiled fondly.  "Oh you do, do you?  And why's that?"

He kissed her softly on the lips.  "To tell you the truth; I think it's because you're quite a little-miss-know-it-all," he teased gently.  Hermione's smile would have grown but Ron caught her lips again.  "That and you're one hell of a sexy witch," he murmured and for once she didn't reprimand him for swearing.

Her arms snaked around his neck and drew him closer to her.  

He lifted his mouth from hers.  The corners of his eyes crinkled in a hidden smile.  Hermione rather liked this Ron; she liked the Ron who was ecstatic over their Quidditch win last night.  She liked the Ron who didn't mind kissing her in the hallway even though she was a bushy-haired, used-to-be-bucked-tooth and a know-it-all that probably knew too much for her own good.  Deserted hallways are good.

Hallway?

She pushed Ron away and gave him an indignant look.  "Ron, we're in the hallway!" she hissed.  "We can't be kissing in the hallway!"

Instead of looking angry though, Ron grinned.  "I was wondering when you'd notice."

She didn't laugh.  She stuck her tongue out at him.  "Ha ha," she muttered sarcastically.

Then she did the unexpected and grabbed his hand and pulled him closer once again.  She had to stand on tiptoes but that didn't matter when their lips touched again.  "You know this would be so romantic if it wasn't in school," she managed to say through kisses. 

He laughed deep in his throat and kissed her again.  "Who says this isn't romantic?"

***

Parvati waited patiently as Angelina and Alicia went through Katie's things to find her diary.  She had been waiting for awhile outside of their room but she had most of the day left anyway, or at least she had time until her next class, Divination.

Through the thick stone walls she could hear closet doors slamming, trunks being opened and profanity being muttered by both girls.

She sighed and leaned her head against the stone wall.

"Hi Parvati!" Ginny exclaimed as she walked past the older girl.  "What are you doing here?" she asked.  "Your dorm is a flight downstairs."

"I know.  I'm waiting for Angelina and Alicia to give me Katie's diary so I can give it to Mitch Reed to read," she explained briefly.

Ginny's eyes lighted up in understanding.  "It's true then?  You've figured out a way to fix them?  Katie and Lee I mean?"

"We think so," Parvati said weakly.

"I heard they are moving everyone in St. Mungo's back.  Is it true?"

Parvati really didn't feel like talking at the moment.  She would have rather been lost in her thoughts.  "I guess it is.  Hermione and Harry talked to the Headmaster before the Quidditch game last night and he said he would.  I can't think of why he would lie."

Ginny smiled sheepishly.  "I suppose you're right about that anyway.  Oh well.  I've got to get to my dorm so I can go to class!  I'll talk to you later and good luck!" she wished, waving Parvati farewell before disappearing to her own room.

"Bye!" she wished after her just as the door to her left clicked open.  Angelina was holding a leather bound book gently, looking like she was afraid it might break.  It is one of her best friend's most private possessions.

"Here," Angelina said suddenly.  She thrust the book at Parvati.  "Just-just be careful with it, OK?" she requested.  "Katie is going to be angry enough when she finds out someone read it…she'd be even madder if something happened to it."

Parvati nodded.  "I'll make sure nothing happens to it," she promised.  Then she took the book reverently in her hands.  She acted as if it was the Holy Grail, and to some extent, it was.

***

If Padma was still conscious, Parvati would have gone to her to give this diary to Mitch Reed but alas, her sister wasn't.  She didn't even know Mitch Reed.  Sure, she had heard of him before but that really meant very little in the big picture.

She wondered why Dumbledore had chosen Mitch Reed.  She told herself to trust Dumbledore's judgment, and she did, but she was still curious over it.  AND, he did know every student in the school.  He probably knew them all intimately without their knowledge.

She didn't even know where to find this Mitch Reed.

Parvati took turn after turn until she stumbled upon Ron and Hermione.  Snogging.  In the hallway.

She cleared her throat but they didn't hear her.  She sighed loudly.  They still didn't hear her.  "Oh isn't this cute," she mused quite loudly to herself.  Ah, that worked.  They jumped ten feet into the air and then twenty feet apart from each other.

"Um, uh, hi-ya, Parvati," Ron said nervously.

"This hall was deserted," Hermione said quietly.

"Yes, well evidently it's not anymore, is it?" Parvati retorted sharply.  Her friends blushed scarlet red.  If it was a totally different situation, Parvati would have loved the new gossip but as it was, she was a bit preoccupied.

"Look, I don't really care.  I just got to know…do either of you know Mitch Reed?  Or where I might be able to find him?"

Hermione forgot her embarrassment.  "You got her diary?"

Parvati nodded.  "I just got it a little bit ago.  I'm looking for Mitch right now but lucky me!  I find you two.  Snogging.  In the hallway."

Hermione's blush grew deeper but she pressed on ahead.  "I think I might know who he is.  Have you tried the library?"

Parvati nodded.  "And I saw Cho there.  She didn't know where Mitch was either," she told her.

"Hmm…the Quidditch pitch?" Hermione suggested.  The wheels in her brain were turning—round and round—for an obvious hiding place.

Parvati nodded.  "I went outside, looked at the pitch, and then came right back inside.  If he's out there, he's a lunatic.  It's freezing out there."

Ron's brows furrowed together.  "Did you go to the Ravenclaw wing?  Maybe there is someone in there that would let you in?  Or at least get Mitch for you."

"I don't suppose you guys would come with me would you?" she requested shyly.

They shrugged.  "Sure.  We don't have anything else going on." 

***

Fred and George Weasley had listened very carefully to what Harry had told them.  Natalie Pickett.   They were supposed to start talking to Natalie Pickett about quite random things.  Their friend Lee for example.

They sat patiently on the sofa until they saw the sixth year girl enter the common room.  She was rather cute, they both decided.

Indeed, watching her walk across the common room to an overstuffed chair in the corner, she was very cute. 

Her long, long legs were slender and had a nice sculpt to them, they could see as she slipped her school uniform robes off.  Two pairs of eyes simultaneously traveled up her form.  Her waist was thin and there was a definitely sexy curve to her form.  Her breasts were nicely rounded, which any teenage wizard, or muggle even, could appreciate.  She had a pretty throat.  Her face was pretty; defined by high cheekbones.  Her hair fell in cascading waves down to her shoulders and the light reflected the reddish highlights in her hair.

"Hell, if Lee doesn't want her when he wakes up, I'll take her," Fred whispered.

"What about Angelina?" George asked back.

"Lee can have her."  Fred was only joking of course but hormonally it was a different story.  That was one hell of sexy witch.

"Yeah, yeah, you just keep pretending you'd let Lee have your girl," George said. 

"Do you two want something?" the girl in question finally got tired of feeling their eyes on her and walked up to them.  Her eyes were blazing a translucent green.

"Uhh…you know our friend Lee right?" George asked.

Natalie's eyes softened.  "Yeah, he's in the Infirmary right?  He has what Carmen has?"

Fred finally had the decency to look up from the hollow of her throat into her face.  "Well I don't know…you're going to fall in love with him.  You know that right?"

Sorry it took a couple days or more to get this chapter posted.  I rewrote it half a million times before I even half-way liked it so the end product is this…I'm sort of happy with this chapter…and everything will be explained in the next one or two chapters so sorry for leaving you hanging like this.  Thanks so much for reading.  Please review!

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