The first thing that Ron saw when he walked into the
Gryffindor Common Room was his best friend laughing his eyes out looking
happier than Ron had seen him that year.
Ron blinked in case he was seeing things. Hermione had said that Harry was
upset... Ron was still staring when
Harry saw him for the first time,
"Oh, Ron…" mumbled Harry nervously,
Ron frowned and almost ran to the dormitory, Hermione
entered the room in time to see Ron departing in haste,
"What happened?" she exclaimed looking curiously at Harry
who was red faced from laughing,
"I, well, I was laughing at something Neville said, Ron
came in, stared at me and just disappeared."
Hermione shook her head, there was always something wasn't
there?
"Why? Was he going
to talk to me?" asked Harry looking suddenly concerned,
"I think so, I think you'd better ask him to explain."
Harry nodded and went up to the dorm.
He entered quietly and noticed the hangings were drawn
around Ron's bed,
"Ron? Are you
alright?" called Harry softly into the silence,
Ron didn't answer,
"I think we need to talk," suggested Harry tentatively.
Still no answer,
"Okay, look, I don't know what made you say those things
about me, but I'm sure you didn't mean them, I hate us not talking," said Harry
hoping for any sort of response… There was none.
Harry walked over to Ron's bed and drew the hangings
away. Ron wasn't there.
Suddenly Ron came into the room from the adjoining
bathroom, "Harry!" He exclaimed looking
surprised,
Harry took one look at Ron and almost exploded into
laughter once again, "Oh!… Ron!… I've been having… a conversation … with your
bed!" He managed to blurt out before
collapsing in fits of laughter.
Ron looked faintly amused and came over to Harry,
"Harry" he said grabbing his friend's shoulders and looking
seriously into Harry's eyes "does this mean you forgive me?"
Harry had stopped laughing but his face was cracked in a
grin,
"Of course, if you want me to, you must have had a reason
to say what you said. It's not worth
wasting our friendship over."
Ron looked relieved, "I'm glad you feel that way, I've been
such a jerk, I thought you were taking Hermione away from me, and I sort of,
freaked. I never thought you'd hear
what I told Hermione, you weren't meant to." he finished lamely.
Harry continued to smile,
"I understand Ron."
Ron still looked troubled,
"Harry, you may forgive me, but I still feel lousy, you
deserve better, I'm really sorry."
Harry nudged Ron and he almost fell over not expecting it,
"Hey! What was that
for?!" he yelped
"For being a jerk of course!" chuckled Harry mischievously.
Ron grinned, things were back to normal, and it felt good.
"So what was so funny when I came in?" Asked Ron, his curiosity finally getting the
better of him,
"Oh! It was Neville,"
said Harry grinning as he remembered,
"Neville! Why, what
did he do? Trip over his robes?"
exclaimed Ron,
"No, no! I was
chatting to him, you know, when you get past the shyness Neville's a really
cool guy, he's got a really sharp wit!" Said Harry earnestly,
Ron looked doubtful but was keen not to disagree with Harry
for a while and kept quiet.
"Harry, have you heard from Snuffles recently?" Asked Ron reluctantly not wanting to upset
his friend,
"No, not since the holidays, last time I sent Hedwig to him
she came back without a reply. But I'm
sure Dumbledore would have told me if anything was wrong when I spoke to him
earlier." Harry stopped remembering
that Ron didn't yet know about the quidditch trials.
"Oh yeah." Said
Ron, "what was that about anyway?"
Harry took a second wondering whether or not to tell him,
"Come on! Let's go
downstairs and I can tell you and Hermione together," he said eventually.
"Ok."
The two of them went down to the common room together and
when they emerged, Hermione grinned seeing that they must've made it up.
"Hermione, I need to tell you something." Harry said quietly leading his two friends
to the same corner where he'd told them about the photo album incident before.
"It's not Snuffles is it?" Whispered Hermione concernedly
"No, it's good news for a change!"
"Does this have to do with the centaur?" Asked Hermione excitedly
"No, just let me tell you!" Laughed Harry nervously,
"I went to see Dumbledore this morning and there was
someone there, waiting for me."
Hermione looked as though she were about to interrupt when
Ron kicked her leg impatiently,
"I can't remember his name, but it's not important, he was
a quidditch scout,"
This time it was Ron's turn to interrupt,
"Oh wow! Which
team? Not the Cannons?!" Gabbled Ron
excitedly
"No, for, for, oh God, I can barely believe it myself, for
England!" Finished Harry relieved to
finally have told someone.
"Oh my gosh! Harry
that's amazing!" Shrieked Hermione
grinning,
Harry turned to Ron who was looking shell shocked, "That's,
that's, incredible!" he gaped, "Not that you don't deserve it! The youngest seeker for the house team this
century, did they offer you a trial then?"
Harry grinned and nodded.
"Well, when are you going to tell everyone?" Asked Hermione,
"Oh! I wasn't
planning on telling anyone but you guys." Stammered Harry genuinely surprised,
"Harry, don't be so damned modest, if you don't tell
everyone, I will!" Exclaimed Ron
determinedly,
Harry couldn't stop grinning, he was so glad that Ron was
being so supportive.
"Well, I hardly think you need to announce it, but I guess
I should tell the rest of the team." Said Harry blushing,
"Damn right. Come
on!" Said Ron dragging Harry over to
where Fred and George were desperately trying to 'seduce' Alicia, Katie and
Angelina,
"Awww, come on Alicia, you know you want to." Crooned Fred,
"Fred! I have no
plans to elope just yet!" Squealed
Alicia, "And if you don't watch yourself I might have to find a replacement
beater and drop you from the team!" She
teased,
"Ah, a woman in power!" Wailed George mock-fainting dramatically into Angelina's lap
Ron stood there tapping his foot in impatience whilst Harry
tried desperately not to laugh,
"Guys! Harry's got
some great news! If you'll spare him a
moment to talk that is," said Ron watching George climb off of a furiously
blushing Angelina.
"So, what is it Harry?" Asked Katie,
"I've been offered a trial by the quidditch scout for
England." Harry said, trying not to
sound to dramatic and blushing hard.
The Gryffindor quidditch team were speechless and Fred and
George were standing staring at Harry with their mouths hung open.
"What?"
"That's so cool!"
"Well done Harry!"
The eruption of congratulations was loud enough to attract
the whole common room's attention, by the end of the day all of the Gryffindors
knew the news, of course, the Weasley twins weren't about to keep quiet about
something this huge and the whole school knew by the end of the next day.
The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs congratulated him in the
hallways, the Gryffindors boasted about it and the Slytherins were nastier than
ever. Harry was really embarrassed but
Ron and Hermione managed to keep everything under control helping to shepherd
him between lessons and eventually it was only the Slytherins who were making a
big deal out of it, although it didn't seem to be bothering Draco Malfoy very
much and it wasn't long before Harry found out why.
Ok guys, I know this chapter is weird and short and boring
and just genuine rubbish but I'm trying to get into the main plot line of the
story so just bear with me okay?
I don't mind constructive criticism, any 'sensible' reviews
are welcome negative or positive.
Thanks for bothering to read my scribblings!
Jona
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