Twin Shadows

Chapter 14~ Fallen Hard
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. This is written solely for the amusement of myself, my niece and all of my readers. Enjoy!
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As the next few days went by, the twins were quiet. In Hermione's opinion they were too quiet and Harry had to agree with her. They had found out that Peeves punishment was to help Filch for two weeks. Peeves hates Filch. Professor McGonagall thought this was ample punishment along with Professor Snape, although much to his displeasure that Dumbledore didn't ban him from the school like he had wanted. As Harry was noticing the absence of prank pulling from Jamie, he had also noticed something from him that had piqued his interest. Every time Hermione or himself entered a room all conversation stopped especially when Sirius was with the twins. Harry was beginning to wonder what Sirius was up to.
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Harry looked up from his book to watch the twins playing exploding snap with Ron. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Hermione was watching him. 'Why does she keep staring at me? Does she like me more than a friend?' Harry thought as he turned to look at her as she leaned back in her chair for a better look and for no reason whatsoever stuck out his tongue. She lost all poise and gracefulness as the chair hit the floor taking her with it. Hermione quickly jumped up and brushed an imaginary spot off her skirt. 'I did not just do that! I did not just do that!' Hermione mentally berated herself.
"Hermione are you alright? What happened? Did someone pull your chair out or did you get caught by surprise?" Sirius snickered as he spoke this for he had seen the whole scene transpire right before his eyes. Hermione blushed profusely and muttered something Sirius couldn't quite hear.
"I'm sorry, I didn't quite hear that." Sirius relayed to her as he was trying not to laugh.
"I'm fine Sirius, thanks. I lost my balance that's all. At least you care enough to ask." Hermione shot out while glancing at Harry and Ron as they were stifling their laughter from her.
"It looked to me as if you were checking out my god-son." Sirius threw at her trying to catch her off guard.
"Yeah, what is with you lately? You're always staring off into space when you're studying at the library with me? Almost as if you're day dreaming." Ginny added as she winked at Sirius.
"I....I...I....don't know what you're talking about." Hermione stammered as she was trying to gain control of her wits and avoiding Harry's gaze. She quickly grabbed her belongings and ran up to her room with Jasmine following closely behind her.
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Harry watched Hermione run up the stairs with amusement; this had just justified his suspicions that she liked him. Sirius nearly jumped up with glee as he seen the reaction from Hermione. His plan was working better than he expected. 'I give her just a few days and she'll crack. Now, how to start on Harry?' Sirius thought as he was pondering on the second part of his plan and trying to figure out how he was going to implicate it. He was going to have to enlist the help of a certain boy from Ravenclaw to make this a bit convincing to Harry. 'This might just work. I just hope Hermione doesn't find out about it before Harry confesses that he likes her or it could become ugly.' Sirius thought as he quickly exited the common room to find him.
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Much to Harry's displeasure, Ron kept talking about Hermione and what had just happened, almost as if he was trying to get Harry to admit that he had feelings for her. Ron noticed that Harry was squirming and knew it would only be a matter of days before he got it out of him. Jamie noticing this walked over to Harry and asked if they could go flying. Harry jumped up gratefully for the distraction and quickly ran to retrieve his broom. Just as they were going out of the portrait entrance, Jamie turned around and winked at Ron and Ginny. If anyone could get it out of him unsuspectingly, he could.
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Harry and Jamie approached the quidditch pitch and slowly mounted the broom. Harry pushed off and they were quickly off in the air soaring like an eagle circling their nest. Harry let Jamie take control like he always did now. Jamie exclaimed in glee as the rush of adrenaline went through his veins with such a force that it would have burst a thermometer from the intensity. He loved to fly and it showed. As Jamie went around the castle he noticed Peeves with Filch and knew that he had to repay the professors for punishing him when it wasn't even his fault entirely. He would get McGonagall first and then Snape. As he thought of this he started laughing and almost lost control of the broom. He needed to pay attention to what he was doing.
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After about two hours of intense flying, Harry and Jamie were extremely hungry. They quickly ran back to the common room to put up Harry's broom and then headed off the Great Hall for dinner. When they entered through the doors there was great confusion going about. Someone had let out Cornish Pixies and they were creating havoc among the students and throwing food all over the place. Jamie slipped away from Harry and started to implicate his plan. He would have to thank Jasmine later for the distraction. He snuck over to the teacher's table and cast his spell with Harry's wand. 'This will teach her.' Jamie thought as he melded back into the crowd and next to Harry's side, putting back his wand before it was discovered that it was missing. He smiled with glee as he noticed that no one had seen him.
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As it quieted down (the teachers had dealt with the pixies) Jamie had sat down next to Harry and patiently waited till his justice was served. He started to eat his dinner with such intensity that Hermione wondered if he had been hanging around Ron too much. Harry just dismissed it. Jasmine looked over at Harry and reminded him that they needed to go to Hosmeade to get them some new clothes for her and Jamie were growing out of theirs quite quickly. Harry nodded and pushed away from the table. Jamie and Jasmine accompanied Harry to the teacher's table as he asked Professor McGonagall if he could take them there tomorrow (it was a Saturday). Professor McGonagall smiled at Harry and nodded in approval but was very concerned as Harry fainted.
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A.N. I really didn't want to leave it here but seeing that it's one o'clock in the morning, I really need to get some rest. I'll have the next chapter up shortly, probably by tonight.