Overriding Jealousy
Chapter Four
Whales vs. Japan
A/N: here we go! I hope you like! I'll try to have chapter five up soon also! In this chapter we must feel bad for Ron, Fred, and Lauren! Oops sorry for the little spoiler! Oh well enjoy! J
Fred and Hermione broke apart. They were actually in Mrs. Weasley's broom closet making out. Hermione went red, but then giggled.
"Sorry mum! Just having a bit of fun," Fred said winking.
"HAVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE," Mrs. Weasley yelled pointing towards the stairs.
"Yes, please do. That's very disgusting," Ron said in an angry tone. Even though he wishes it were him that was in that broom closet with Hermione. For some reason, every time Ron thought of how he likes Hermione (which, mind you is very often) he thought of Lynzi. He mostly thought of her, because he could not erase the night one year ago in the common room.
"Oh please, Ron. I saw you and Lynzi in an empty class room doing that in our sixth year," Hermione said.
"Oy! Don't you say that! We were not," Ron said angrily. "That was Percy and Penelope that did that! Not me and Lynzi," he added. Mrs. Weasley glared at all of them in surprise.
"Stop the arguing! Just got upstairs and get ready for dinner," Mrs. Wealsey yelled. At that moment, there was the POP of someone apparating into the room.
"Oh honestly! All these people randomly appara-"
"Hello mum," Ginny said. Mrs. Weasley looked very surprised.
"GINNY WEASLEY! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? YOU'VE NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL," she screamed. Ginny went red.
"Mum, can we talk about this in private," she muttered.
"NO WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT NOW," Mrs. Weasley said in a threatening tone.
"Oh fine. Well, you know my b-boyfriend….Jake J-Jones….well…I was just staying at his house for a bit…and err…. I forgot to write," she said going even redder.
"Now, now you know that you are to write to me when you are going places. Maybe you won't get the new broom you wanted for your birthday next month…." Mrs. Weasley said. Ginny's eyes went very wide.
"BUT MUM! YOU KNOW THAT I NEED THAT BROOM…. THE CAPTAIN WILL HAVE MY NECK FOR THIS AND HE MIGHT KICK ME-"
"Oh Ginny! Honestly. I was joking. But next time please know to write to me," Mrs. Weasley interrupted her. Ginny then went upstairs looking rather grateful.
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Ron lay in his bed that night. He was deep in thought. One thing he was thinking about was of course Hermione. Then he was wondering why on earth he never said anything. If he had, he'd probably have Hermione hanging on his arm right now instead of Fred having her. His thoughts then wandered to his first ever quidditch match on the Whales team. It was approaching rapidly, and it was against Japan. Cho Chang played for Japan. She's the seeker, and a pretty good one at that. Whales have a pretty good seeker, too. Maggie Lillian was very good. She was extremely thin, and very, as Dylan says, "aerodynamic". Speaking of Cho, where was Harry? It was 1:30 a.m. this time. Maybe he "accidentally" fell asleep again.
Two Hours Later JPOP! Ron sat up with a start. Someone had apparated into the room next door. It was Harry, again. This time Hermione heard him also and came out into the hall at the same time Ron did.
"Move," Ron said angrily shoving Hermione out of the way.
"Ron? Are you mad at me?" Hermione said worriedly.
"Shut the hell up, and let me talk to Harry god damn it," Ron said in a threatening tone.
"Ron…must I go on yet again about how using vulgar language is-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR VULGAR LANGUAGE LECTURES! I'VE TOLD YOU HOW MANY TIMES BEFORE? NOW MOVE OVER AND LET ME TALK TO HARRY," Ron yelled interrupting her. Tears welled in Hermione's eyes, and she ran back to her room.
"Good…. gets rid of her," Ron muttered. He then saw Fred come running down the hall. He knocked on Hermione's door.
"Hermione? My love, is everything okay?" Fred said. Hermione opened the door and let him in. Ron groaned and rolled his eyes. Finally, he went into Harry's room.
"Did you accidentally fall asleep again?" Ron asked.
"Did you actually just make the person you love cry?" Harry asked haughtily. Ron just stared at him. He was rather surprised to see Harry being angry with him.
"Well then, I suppose you'll be rooting for Japan tomorrow," Ron said raising his voice a little.
"Hey, just because Cho is my girlfriend doesn't mean I'm rooting for her team," Harry shot back.
"She's more like your playmate," Ron muttered. Harry stared back at him in utter disbelief.
"For your information Ronald, we went to see the Weird Sisters in concert. Concerts do run late you know," Harry said angrily.
"Oh and I suppose you went back to Cho's apartment again?" was all Ron could say.
"NO WE DID NOT! HOW DARE YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH! SOME FRIEND YOU ARE YOU BASTA-"
"Listen. I'm sorry, let's just cut it okay?" Ron said as he turned to walk out the door.
Meanwhile in Hermione's Room"What's wrong lovely?" Fred asked sympathetically.
"It's Ron," Hermione sobbed.
"Oh that son of a bitch…. I'll punch his face in," Fred said. Then he smiled, but Hermione did not. She just sobbed even harder. Fred looked at her with a puzzled expression. Hermione looked up at him with pleading, tearful eyes.
"It's not t-that. I've something to tell you," Hermione said sobbing some more. She then wiped the tears from her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I don't like you Fred. I'm so sorry, but I love Ron. I have ever since our second year. I only agreed to go out with you to make him jealous, but I can see that it's not working…" Hermione said. Fred looked back at her in disbelief. Then he spoke.
"I-I understand," he said, as he turned at walked out of the room.
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Ron woke up that morning and started getting ready for the quidditch match. He grabbed his broom and apparated into the locker room at the stadium. He came to find Lynzi comforting a very depressed looking Lauren. He shot Lynzi a puzzled look, but the look she shot back at him said, "Don't ask." Dylan had Maggie in a corner, and he was talking to her.
"Now you see Maggie, you must catch the snitch before Cho does. Cho has been playing a year longer than you, but that doesn't mean she's better. She just has a little more…err…. experience. Yes that's it. More experience. You are much thinner, faster, and more aerodynamic than her. And remember; catch the snitch once we're 20 points up. And 20 points up ONLY," he said to her. Maggie just rolled her eyes, and said in her French accent (she went to Beauxbatons), "Alright Dylan. I vill."
"LAUREN," Dylan yelled turning angry eyes at the depressed Lauren sitting on a bench. "You absolutely have to keep your mind in this. You've got to put your depressing love life aside right now. Concentrate. You're our next best chaser besides me. Sorry Brad," he said looking at the other chaser shrugging.
"Lynzi! Rupert! Now, you two have to work together. Try to get that Dobble Defence down that we worked on in practice. Japan's probably worked on that also, so watch out and protect the other players from it," Dylan said to the two beaters.
"Weasley! Just guard the rings, and do what you do," Dylan barked turning to Ron. "Now just get your mind in the game," he said to the team, as he walked back into his office. Ron turned to Lynzi.
"What's wrong with her?" he asked as Lauren got up and walked over to her locker.
"Well…. She's just a little upset, because of Hermione and Fred. She's liked Fred for years on end. You wouldn't even know…. oh wait! Yes you would," she said narrowing her eyes on the last sentence. Ron went red, and walked away to get a look of the stands. He stood in the doorway, and got a glimpse of the stands. Oliver Wood had Michelle clinging to his arm as they walked to the top box. He waved, and so did Michelle. Ron waved back.
"RON! RON! OVER HERE," said a girl's voice. It was Hermione waving her arms in the air trying to get Ron's attention. "I dumped Fred," she said with a small smile.
"Good for you," Ron said angrily as he walked back into the locker room. He meant to sound angry, but deep down inside he was extremely happy. Or maybe deep down inside, he didn't even care.
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"Welcome one and all to the first professional quidditch match of the season! We're here today with Whales vs. Japan! And here comes the home team, Whales," the announcer said into his microphone. "Captain and head chaser, Dylan Bradman! And his fellow chasers, Lauren Williams and Brad Trotter! Here come the beaters, Lynzi Dillan and Rupert Yorkshire! And here comes the seeker, Maggie Lillian and the keeper Ron Weasley! Your home team ladies and gentleman," the announcer said as the crowd went wild. Ron flew up to his position in front of the rings. He could see all his friends sitting in the top box. Harry, Fred (looking very depressed), George (looking thrilled), Hermione (looking almost as depressed as Fred), and Mrs. Weasley. Japan came out and into the air. The game started. Lauren, who was happier since Ron told her about Fred and Hermione's break up, took the Quaffle and shot it straight into the other team's rings, scoring a goal for Whales.
"SCORE! Lauren Williams scores! 10 points to Whales," the announcer said as Dylan gave Lauren a high five. Ron punched his hand into the air. The game started up again. Ron could see the two beaters from Japan hitting a Dobble Defence. He looked wildly around for Lynzi and Rupert, who were supposed to be protecting the team. He felt bad for the person who got the full wind of that hit. Then, all of a sudden a bludger traveling at top speed was heading straight for his head. The beaters from Japan were smirking at him.
"DON'T WORRY, RON, I GOT YOUR BACK," Lynzi yelled, appearing out of no where with her beater's club ready. At that same moment, Rupert came whizzing forward nearly colliding with Lynzi.
"HEY DUDE! I GOT THIS ONE…. you loser…" Lynzi screamed. "READY? ONE….TWO…..NOW…" Lynzi yelled. After she yelled, NOW, Rupert came up and they both smacked the bludger at the same time, making an amazing Dobble Defence. It wiped the smirk right off Japan's beater's faces.
"Yea! Go Rupert, go me," Lynzi chanted as she gave Rupert a high five. They smirked back at the other beaters, who were so surprised that they didn't notice the bludger go straight for their seeker, Cho Chang. It caught her right in the stomach, knocking the breath out of her. She screamed and fell backwards off her broom. Ron could see Harry in the stands looking very worried, yet angry at the same time.
"And Dylan Bradman scores another goal! Whales leads Japan 50 to 0," The announcer yelled. Almost as soon as the announcer finished announcing this, Maggie went into a brilliant dive and caught the snitch.
"And Whales wins with 200 points to 0! Thank you ladies and gentleman for coming to today's match," said the announcer as he made his final announcement. The team landed and congratulated each other.
"Yeaaaaa! Go Marge it's your birthday, we're gonna party like it's you're birthday," Lynzi chanted. Dylan glared at her. "Chill dude! We just won! Don't get on my case now just for rappin' like good old 50 Cent!"
"Oh fine. Nice Dobble Defence you two," Dylan said turning to Lynzi and Rupert.
"I do not get zis' American rapping stuff. It is very queer, zis' rapping," Maggie said.
"It's not queer. It's awesome," Lynzi said with a wink. At that moment, Harry came down onto the field.
"YOU DIRYT ROTTEN BEATERS! I'LL SNAP YOUR NECKS FOR WHAT YOU'VE JUST DONE YOU NUTTERS," Harry screamed very angrily.
"Oy! Leave them alone! They were playing the game, Harry," Ron said. Harry glared at them all, and they glared back. He then went to the first aid station to check on Cho.
"Thanks for that," Lynzi said to Ron with a small smile.
"No problem, you were great," Ron said with a huge grin. Hermione, Fred, and George ran up at that moment.
"Bloody brilliant," George said with a big smile.
"Great…" Fred said still looking depressed. Lauren took this opportunity to comfort Fred.
"Wanna come get a drink?" she asked him. Fred looked up, rather bewildered, but he agreed. They apparated away.
"That was truly amazing, Lynzi," Hermione said beaming. "Oh…you too Ron," she said going very red.
Later that night
Hermione took a deep breath, and then knocked on Ron's door.
"Just come on in," Ron said. "Oh, Hermione. Did you want something?" he asked.
"Y-yes…" she said looking very nervous, and going red. Ron shot her a questioning look. She took another deep breath. "I love you Ronald Weasley."
A/N: Soooo…. whaddya think? I think it's rather…. interesting J. I'm gonna start working on chapter 5 soon, so be on the lookout!