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fanficaholic1377: Yes. I do have Dani's permission to do this. I would never do it without it.
***Sorry about that. I don't know what happened to this chapter. Here it is.
'Why hello, Harry. Hermione.' said the girl.
Harry had his mouth open, but this time in disbelief. Ron's girlfriend was really pretty, and he was right, they've never really talked. He knew her.
Ron took his arm and talked to him privately, away from their dates.
'Harry, what's gotten into you?' he asked, not angrily because he was smiling.
'Do you know who your girlfriend is?' he asked, still in disbelief.
'Duh! She is my girlfriend, you know.'
'But you've got, you've got-------Cho Chang!'
Ron laughed.' Yeah, I still can't believe my luck. You liked her first and yet...' he let his sentence trail off.
'But I don't mind Ron, it WAS just a crush and she didn't like me anyway. I'm happy for you. Great date you have.' he said with a grin.
'Thanks Harry.'
Harry looked over at the girls. He saw that Hermione was getting really impatient. He felt guilty because she came here just for him and skipped studying. He went over to her.
'C'mon Hermione. Let's leave these two alone.' he suggested.
They left Ron and Cho to talk, which seemed a good idea because they looked like they were already having fun.
Harry looked at Hermione again and he noticed she was bored. The band started playing the muggle song 'I shall believe' by Sheryl Crow (*** this is Dani's favorite song). Harry recognized this.
'Hermione, may I have this dance?' he asked with his boyish smile.
'But I thought you didn't know how to.'
'I took Dancing lessons for the past few weeks and it would be a shame if I didn't put that into use.'
She smiled and nodded which Harry took as a 'yes'.
He held her hand and led it to the dance floor. Many eyes were set at them both.
After the dance, Harry lay in his bed, thinking about today... tonight to be more exact. Hermione was really filling his mind. She was a young woman. He didn't know what he felt but it felt good.
'No, Harry. This is ridiculous! You're getting a crush on your best friend!' he told himself. 'You don't even know if she likes you. Of course she doesn't! She's smart enough to know having a crush on your friend is stupid.'
He kept arguing with himself until the arrival of Ron stopped him. 'You're still awake Harry?'
'Yeah, a little bit. What time is it?'
'It's 2 am.'
'Why are YOU still awake?'
'Uh... Cho and I had a late night walk around the school, no smooches included.'
'Oh. Um Ron, just wondering but how on earth did you get Cho?'
Ron looked as if he was more than willing to answer Harry. 'Well, remember that time when I told you I met a girl before I went to Leaky Cauldron?'
'Yeah?'
'Well, I went around Diagon Alley before that. I was looking around at Flourish and Blotts to see if they've got anything on curses for Malfoy.' Harry smirked and Ron continued. 'Then, I saw her at the counter and we began talking. We had a lot in common, surprisingly. I didn't ask her about Cedric because I thought she would just feel bad and I didn't want her to compare him and me.'
Ron went on and on until Harry begged him to stop so he can sleep. Ron didn't mind as he had been talking for a while. Harry pretended to sleep, but really he was deciding whether he did like Hermione. He decided on not and went to sleep.
The next day went quite well. It was still a no-school day because it was the day after the Halloween Dance. Ron was still ecstatic about going out with Cho because now that the school knows, he'd gladly show her off, behind her back though. Hermione was back to studying her O.W.L.s but she would give Harry a different kind of look now and again, behind his back, too. Harry was really busy. Angelina Johnson was making them train extra hard since the first Quidditch match was in 5 days. But so far, their plan of action was great and the weather agreed with them.
Today was the day Gryffindor were planning to beat Slytherin for the first match. Harry was looking forward to it not only because he wanted to win the Quidditch cup for Gryffindor but he wanted to get even with Malfoy.
He went down to grounds with Ron and met the other of the Gryffindor team. Angelina Johnson reviewed their plan with the others and they were as ready as they can be. They got dressed and waited for the students to come down.
The pitch filled rather quickly. This probably due to the fact this was the first Quidditch match after a year without it. The Gryffindor team got ready and waited to be introduced.
Then one by one, they were called out by Lee Jordan, the Weasley twins' friend. 'Ron Weasley, our new Keeper!' the crowd applauded. 'Our three chasers: Captain Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell!' more applause were heard. 'The best Beaters of this school: Fred and George Weasley!' the crowd applauded as Professor McGonagall told Lee Jordan off for being such a biased Commentator. 'Sorry Professor, just being a friend. And now, let me welcome our great seeker and new bachelor of the month, Harry Potter!'
Harry rode his Firebolt and flew to the crowd, most of them clapping, except Slytherin but this was normal. Madam Hooch Began the game by throwing the Quaffle up to the air and it was caught by Alicia.
'Alicia's got the Quaffle! She's got to hold on to it before...OH!!! One of the Slytherin chaser's got it now. Wait, hold on,... Go Katie!' Lee Jordan commentated. 'She's going, she's going.... Gone! She shot it through the hoop! 10 points to Gryffindor! Nice going beautiful! Ow... sorry Professor.'
'Slytherin is in position with Angelina closing in...Whoa! She goes down, that Bludger hit's rather painful... Slytherin chaser tries to shoot.... But is blocked by the new Keeper, and might be next month's bachelor. How do you do it, Ron? Ouch... Okay, okay, Professor. Back to the game.'
'Gryffindor now has the Quaffle, Katie bell to be exact.... she throws it...... No! Blocked!' Harry was watching the game from a higher distance. They were in lead by 10 points. All he had to do was look for the Snitch before Malfoy found it. He heard another cheer from Lee Jordan, which meant they scored again.
'Great! Gryffindor in the lead by 20 points!'
'Quaffle is now with Slytherin.... one of their chasers is going to one of the hoops, Alicia's close behind..... That was a foul! HE KICKED HER! FOUL! Ron, watch out!'
The Slytherin chaser managed to kick Alicia Spinnet and shoot the Quaffle while Ron was off guard. Harry saw this, and he started looking for the Snitch.
'10 points to Slytherin, big deal. Ow! Sorry Professor. Just showing my feelings. Ahem, Katie in position.... passes it to Angelina... passes it back to Katie.... Shoots... Sco...N o!!! Missed. Not a bad Keeper for Slytherin... but you waits...'
'Slytherin has the Quaffle...he goes for it...NO! He scores... It wasn't your fault Ron' said Lee Jordan.
Harry was very aware of the situation now and he was even more determined to find the Snitch than he was earlier. He looked for it near the trees, then near the crowd. He narrowly missed a Bludger for not paying attention.
He couldn't find the Snitch yet but he decided on deceiving Malfoy. He pretended he saw the Snitch near the ground and flew directly at it. Malfoy took the bait and followed him. He thought the plan was working until he saw it! The Snitch!
It was near one of the Gryffindor hoops. Malfoy was closer to it because he was flying higher. But he didn't notice the Snitch. He tried to go there as fast as he could but Malfoy finally figured it out and went that way as well.
They were now side by side.
'Holy cricket! Both seekers have spotted the Snitch! Potter saw it first of course.' Lee said.
Harry thought Malfoy would get the Snitch and he was going to... until Ron bumped into Malfoy on purpose. This wasn't a foul, but a miracle. Harry then had no trouble getting the Snitch. He held it with his hand and up the air.
'Harry's got the Snitch! He's awarded 150 points for it! Gryffindor wins!!!!' screamed Lee. 'Ron helped him, the little devil.'
Harry and the whole Gryffindor celebrated. Even Hermione. Ron was there for a moment and then was gone, no doubt for Cho. But he returned soon after. He wouldn't miss his own praise party for nothing. He liked the idea of him getting the spotlight. Harry was proud of him.
'Thanks Ron. You're a pretty good Keeper so far.' said Harry.
'Pretty good? I rocked!'
They both laughed and the party continued until Professor McGonagall went in and asked them to all sleep as tomorrow was not a holiday.
fanficaholic1377: Yes. I do have Dani's permission to do this. I would never do it without it.
***Sorry about that. I don't know what happened to this chapter. Here it is.
'Why hello, Harry. Hermione.' said the girl.
Harry had his mouth open, but this time in disbelief. Ron's girlfriend was really pretty, and he was right, they've never really talked. He knew her.
Ron took his arm and talked to him privately, away from their dates.
'Harry, what's gotten into you?' he asked, not angrily because he was smiling.
'Do you know who your girlfriend is?' he asked, still in disbelief.
'Duh! She is my girlfriend, you know.'
'But you've got, you've got-------Cho Chang!'
Ron laughed.' Yeah, I still can't believe my luck. You liked her first and yet...' he let his sentence trail off.
'But I don't mind Ron, it WAS just a crush and she didn't like me anyway. I'm happy for you. Great date you have.' he said with a grin.
'Thanks Harry.'
Harry looked over at the girls. He saw that Hermione was getting really impatient. He felt guilty because she came here just for him and skipped studying. He went over to her.
'C'mon Hermione. Let's leave these two alone.' he suggested.
They left Ron and Cho to talk, which seemed a good idea because they looked like they were already having fun.
Harry looked at Hermione again and he noticed she was bored. The band started playing the muggle song 'I shall believe' by Sheryl Crow (*** this is Dani's favorite song). Harry recognized this.
'Hermione, may I have this dance?' he asked with his boyish smile.
'But I thought you didn't know how to.'
'I took Dancing lessons for the past few weeks and it would be a shame if I didn't put that into use.'
She smiled and nodded which Harry took as a 'yes'.
He held her hand and led it to the dance floor. Many eyes were set at them both.
After the dance, Harry lay in his bed, thinking about today... tonight to be more exact. Hermione was really filling his mind. She was a young woman. He didn't know what he felt but it felt good.
'No, Harry. This is ridiculous! You're getting a crush on your best friend!' he told himself. 'You don't even know if she likes you. Of course she doesn't! She's smart enough to know having a crush on your friend is stupid.'
He kept arguing with himself until the arrival of Ron stopped him. 'You're still awake Harry?'
'Yeah, a little bit. What time is it?'
'It's 2 am.'
'Why are YOU still awake?'
'Uh... Cho and I had a late night walk around the school, no smooches included.'
'Oh. Um Ron, just wondering but how on earth did you get Cho?'
Ron looked as if he was more than willing to answer Harry. 'Well, remember that time when I told you I met a girl before I went to Leaky Cauldron?'
'Yeah?'
'Well, I went around Diagon Alley before that. I was looking around at Flourish and Blotts to see if they've got anything on curses for Malfoy.' Harry smirked and Ron continued. 'Then, I saw her at the counter and we began talking. We had a lot in common, surprisingly. I didn't ask her about Cedric because I thought she would just feel bad and I didn't want her to compare him and me.'
Ron went on and on until Harry begged him to stop so he can sleep. Ron didn't mind as he had been talking for a while. Harry pretended to sleep, but really he was deciding whether he did like Hermione. He decided on not and went to sleep.
The next day went quite well. It was still a no-school day because it was the day after the Halloween Dance. Ron was still ecstatic about going out with Cho because now that the school knows, he'd gladly show her off, behind her back though. Hermione was back to studying her O.W.L.s but she would give Harry a different kind of look now and again, behind his back, too. Harry was really busy. Angelina Johnson was making them train extra hard since the first Quidditch match was in 5 days. But so far, their plan of action was great and the weather agreed with them.
Today was the day Gryffindor were planning to beat Slytherin for the first match. Harry was looking forward to it not only because he wanted to win the Quidditch cup for Gryffindor but he wanted to get even with Malfoy.
He went down to grounds with Ron and met the other of the Gryffindor team. Angelina Johnson reviewed their plan with the others and they were as ready as they can be. They got dressed and waited for the students to come down.
The pitch filled rather quickly. This probably due to the fact this was the first Quidditch match after a year without it. The Gryffindor team got ready and waited to be introduced.
Then one by one, they were called out by Lee Jordan, the Weasley twins' friend. 'Ron Weasley, our new Keeper!' the crowd applauded. 'Our three chasers: Captain Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell!' more applause were heard. 'The best Beaters of this school: Fred and George Weasley!' the crowd applauded as Professor McGonagall told Lee Jordan off for being such a biased Commentator. 'Sorry Professor, just being a friend. And now, let me welcome our great seeker and new bachelor of the month, Harry Potter!'
Harry rode his Firebolt and flew to the crowd, most of them clapping, except Slytherin but this was normal. Madam Hooch Began the game by throwing the Quaffle up to the air and it was caught by Alicia.
'Alicia's got the Quaffle! She's got to hold on to it before...OH!!! One of the Slytherin chaser's got it now. Wait, hold on,... Go Katie!' Lee Jordan commentated. 'She's going, she's going.... Gone! She shot it through the hoop! 10 points to Gryffindor! Nice going beautiful! Ow... sorry Professor.'
'Slytherin is in position with Angelina closing in...Whoa! She goes down, that Bludger hit's rather painful... Slytherin chaser tries to shoot.... But is blocked by the new Keeper, and might be next month's bachelor. How do you do it, Ron? Ouch... Okay, okay, Professor. Back to the game.'
'Gryffindor now has the Quaffle, Katie bell to be exact.... she throws it...... No! Blocked!' Harry was watching the game from a higher distance. They were in lead by 10 points. All he had to do was look for the Snitch before Malfoy found it. He heard another cheer from Lee Jordan, which meant they scored again.
'Great! Gryffindor in the lead by 20 points!'
'Quaffle is now with Slytherin.... one of their chasers is going to one of the hoops, Alicia's close behind..... That was a foul! HE KICKED HER! FOUL! Ron, watch out!'
The Slytherin chaser managed to kick Alicia Spinnet and shoot the Quaffle while Ron was off guard. Harry saw this, and he started looking for the Snitch.
'10 points to Slytherin, big deal. Ow! Sorry Professor. Just showing my feelings. Ahem, Katie in position.... passes it to Angelina... passes it back to Katie.... Shoots... Sco...N o!!! Missed. Not a bad Keeper for Slytherin... but you waits...'
'Slytherin has the Quaffle...he goes for it...NO! He scores... It wasn't your fault Ron' said Lee Jordan.
Harry was very aware of the situation now and he was even more determined to find the Snitch than he was earlier. He looked for it near the trees, then near the crowd. He narrowly missed a Bludger for not paying attention.
He couldn't find the Snitch yet but he decided on deceiving Malfoy. He pretended he saw the Snitch near the ground and flew directly at it. Malfoy took the bait and followed him. He thought the plan was working until he saw it! The Snitch!
It was near one of the Gryffindor hoops. Malfoy was closer to it because he was flying higher. But he didn't notice the Snitch. He tried to go there as fast as he could but Malfoy finally figured it out and went that way as well.
They were now side by side.
'Holy cricket! Both seekers have spotted the Snitch! Potter saw it first of course.' Lee said.
Harry thought Malfoy would get the Snitch and he was going to... until Ron bumped into Malfoy on purpose. This wasn't a foul, but a miracle. Harry then had no trouble getting the Snitch. He held it with his hand and up the air.
'Harry's got the Snitch! He's awarded 150 points for it! Gryffindor wins!!!!' screamed Lee. 'Ron helped him, the little devil.'
Harry and the whole Gryffindor celebrated. Even Hermione. Ron was there for a moment and then was gone, no doubt for Cho. But he returned soon after. He wouldn't miss his own praise party for nothing. He liked the idea of him getting the spotlight. Harry was proud of him.
'Thanks Ron. You're a pretty good Keeper so far.' said Harry.
'Pretty good? I rocked!'
They both laughed and the party continued until Professor McGonagall went in and asked them to all sleep as tomorrow was not a holiday.