Chapter Two: Quidditch and Snogging?
Ginny sent Pig with a note for Bill and Charlie, and she and Harry headed for the Orchard to wait for them. With their brooms over their shoulders they walked side by side. Harry was happy to be going flying, it was something that he missed when he was with his muggle relatives. "So Harry, I'm glad that mum got Dumbledore to let you stay with us. It was hard for me to send you food without mum finding out, as you saw," Ginny said, picking up an apple to use for a quaffle.
"I didn't get to say thank you for sending me food everyday. I didn't want to see them. All I did was sit around and think about Sirius, and how he would still be alive if I had learned to block Voldemort," Harry told her, kicking an apple that was lying on the ground in front of him.
"Harry, what happened to Sirius was not your fault. Kreacher lied to you," she told him. She reached over and put her hand on his shoulder, "Sirius wouldn't want you to blame yourself." She mounted her broom, "Come on Harry, I'm sure that Dumbledore will lift your Quidditch ban and you'll be the seeker for Gryffindor again. I need to practice if I'm going to stay on the team as a chaser," she said as she kicked off from the ground.
"Alright, we'll practice until everyone else gets here," he said, mounting his broom and kicking off. "I'll play keeper, and you try to get the quaffle past me."
"That's not going to be hard, Harry. You're a seeker, not a keeper," she told him, laughing. "When Bill comes out, maybe he'll play keeper, and you can be a chaser."
They flew around, passing the apple until Bill and Charlie came out.
"Oy, Harry," Charlie yelled as he walked onto the makeshift pitch. "Good to see you." Harry flew down and landed next to Charlie. "How are you doing?"
"I'm okay, I guess. Still can't believe that Sirius is dead," Harry told him. "If I had just managed to block Voldemort, he would still be alive."
Charlie looked up at Ginny flying over their heads, "Harry, I'm sure that he wouldn't want you to blame yourself. The house elves are dealing with Kreacher, at Dumbledore's insistence. And I believe that Dumbledore is searching for information about that veil. The Department of Mysteries is giving him all of the information that they have. There is a chance that the veil didn't kill him, only took him to another dimension or time," Charlie told him. "Maybe Dumbledore could use some help, and I think that the four of you would be very useful in searching for information."
Harry laughed, "Especially Hermione. She's the best when it comes to finding stuff in books," Harry told him. "Could you ask him if he wants some help, I would be more than willing to help any way I can."
"I will too," Ginny told them, hovering on her broom behind Harry. "I would do anything to help find Sirius, he was a great person."
With a pop, Fred and George appeared, and with a smaller pop, George's girlfriend Angelina appeared next to him. "Harry, when did you get here?" George asked. "Mum didn't tell us that you were coming today."
Ginny landed and dismounted her broom. "She found out that I had been sending him food everyday, and she yelled at Dumbledore until he sent Aurors to put some more wards on the burrow, then sent me to get him by portkey," she told them. She tossed the apple at Harry and he caught it.
"I can only imagine what Mum would have done to them if she had gone, but why didn't Ron go?" Fred asked, looking around for his youngest brother. "And where is he now?"
Ginny laughed and looked over at her twin brothers, "He went to get Hermione," she answered. "He should be back by now."
"I'm going up to the house to get some brooms, we should have enough people to play Quidditch now that Harry and Angelina here," Fred told them. "I'll see if ickle Ronniekins is back yet." He turned and headed toward the burrow.
The rest of the group stood around talking until Fred came back, followed by a blushing Hermione and an angry Ron. "Ron, why is your face all red?" Ginny asked
Fred clapped a hand on Ron's back, "I found our ickle Ronniekins snogging Hermione," he said. "Who would have thought that Hermione would be interested in our Ron?"
"I was not snogging Hermione. I was only leaning over to see what was in her hair," Ron explained. "Then Fred slapped me on the back and our noses bumped."
"It sure looked like you were snogging to me," Fred told him. "I can't say that I would fault your taste, Ron," he said, looking at Hermione. "Merlin Hermione, you've sure grown up since the last time I saw you. You're a beautiful girl."
Hermione blushed and Ron's face turned red and he turned toward his brother, "Stop looking at her like that you prat," he yelled, standing in front of her.
Fred laughed, "Come on, let's play some Quidditch." Fred handed George and Angelina brooms, mounted his and took off.
"Stupid prat, why can't he just leave people alone," Ron asked the seven other people standing near him.
"Maybe because he sees how good Hermione looks," Ginny told him. "He would have to be blind not to notice, Ron." She turned to Hermione, "You look great Hermione, don't let the prats bother you," she said as she mounted her broom.
Harry looked at his two best friends and shrugged. "You do look nice, Hermione," he said as he got on his firebolt and flew to where George and Ginny were hovering.
Hermione walked over to Ron and kissed his cheek, "Go play Quidditch, we can talk later."
The group played Quidditch, with Hermione watching until Mrs.Weasley called them in for dinner.
A/N: Sorry that this chapter is so short and took so long to post. I was away for a few days so it just got finished. Please don't forget to review, the more reviews the more I will write.
Ginny sent Pig with a note for Bill and Charlie, and she and Harry headed for the Orchard to wait for them. With their brooms over their shoulders they walked side by side. Harry was happy to be going flying, it was something that he missed when he was with his muggle relatives. "So Harry, I'm glad that mum got Dumbledore to let you stay with us. It was hard for me to send you food without mum finding out, as you saw," Ginny said, picking up an apple to use for a quaffle.
"I didn't get to say thank you for sending me food everyday. I didn't want to see them. All I did was sit around and think about Sirius, and how he would still be alive if I had learned to block Voldemort," Harry told her, kicking an apple that was lying on the ground in front of him.
"Harry, what happened to Sirius was not your fault. Kreacher lied to you," she told him. She reached over and put her hand on his shoulder, "Sirius wouldn't want you to blame yourself." She mounted her broom, "Come on Harry, I'm sure that Dumbledore will lift your Quidditch ban and you'll be the seeker for Gryffindor again. I need to practice if I'm going to stay on the team as a chaser," she said as she kicked off from the ground.
"Alright, we'll practice until everyone else gets here," he said, mounting his broom and kicking off. "I'll play keeper, and you try to get the quaffle past me."
"That's not going to be hard, Harry. You're a seeker, not a keeper," she told him, laughing. "When Bill comes out, maybe he'll play keeper, and you can be a chaser."
They flew around, passing the apple until Bill and Charlie came out.
"Oy, Harry," Charlie yelled as he walked onto the makeshift pitch. "Good to see you." Harry flew down and landed next to Charlie. "How are you doing?"
"I'm okay, I guess. Still can't believe that Sirius is dead," Harry told him. "If I had just managed to block Voldemort, he would still be alive."
Charlie looked up at Ginny flying over their heads, "Harry, I'm sure that he wouldn't want you to blame yourself. The house elves are dealing with Kreacher, at Dumbledore's insistence. And I believe that Dumbledore is searching for information about that veil. The Department of Mysteries is giving him all of the information that they have. There is a chance that the veil didn't kill him, only took him to another dimension or time," Charlie told him. "Maybe Dumbledore could use some help, and I think that the four of you would be very useful in searching for information."
Harry laughed, "Especially Hermione. She's the best when it comes to finding stuff in books," Harry told him. "Could you ask him if he wants some help, I would be more than willing to help any way I can."
"I will too," Ginny told them, hovering on her broom behind Harry. "I would do anything to help find Sirius, he was a great person."
With a pop, Fred and George appeared, and with a smaller pop, George's girlfriend Angelina appeared next to him. "Harry, when did you get here?" George asked. "Mum didn't tell us that you were coming today."
Ginny landed and dismounted her broom. "She found out that I had been sending him food everyday, and she yelled at Dumbledore until he sent Aurors to put some more wards on the burrow, then sent me to get him by portkey," she told them. She tossed the apple at Harry and he caught it.
"I can only imagine what Mum would have done to them if she had gone, but why didn't Ron go?" Fred asked, looking around for his youngest brother. "And where is he now?"
Ginny laughed and looked over at her twin brothers, "He went to get Hermione," she answered. "He should be back by now."
"I'm going up to the house to get some brooms, we should have enough people to play Quidditch now that Harry and Angelina here," Fred told them. "I'll see if ickle Ronniekins is back yet." He turned and headed toward the burrow.
The rest of the group stood around talking until Fred came back, followed by a blushing Hermione and an angry Ron. "Ron, why is your face all red?" Ginny asked
Fred clapped a hand on Ron's back, "I found our ickle Ronniekins snogging Hermione," he said. "Who would have thought that Hermione would be interested in our Ron?"
"I was not snogging Hermione. I was only leaning over to see what was in her hair," Ron explained. "Then Fred slapped me on the back and our noses bumped."
"It sure looked like you were snogging to me," Fred told him. "I can't say that I would fault your taste, Ron," he said, looking at Hermione. "Merlin Hermione, you've sure grown up since the last time I saw you. You're a beautiful girl."
Hermione blushed and Ron's face turned red and he turned toward his brother, "Stop looking at her like that you prat," he yelled, standing in front of her.
Fred laughed, "Come on, let's play some Quidditch." Fred handed George and Angelina brooms, mounted his and took off.
"Stupid prat, why can't he just leave people alone," Ron asked the seven other people standing near him.
"Maybe because he sees how good Hermione looks," Ginny told him. "He would have to be blind not to notice, Ron." She turned to Hermione, "You look great Hermione, don't let the prats bother you," she said as she mounted her broom.
Harry looked at his two best friends and shrugged. "You do look nice, Hermione," he said as he got on his firebolt and flew to where George and Ginny were hovering.
Hermione walked over to Ron and kissed his cheek, "Go play Quidditch, we can talk later."
The group played Quidditch, with Hermione watching until Mrs.Weasley called them in for dinner.
A/N: Sorry that this chapter is so short and took so long to post. I was away for a few days so it just got finished. Please don't forget to review, the more reviews the more I will write.