A/N: Now we play! In the last chapter I said we were playing Quidditch. So
here we are. I was bored and decided to update so here we go..........
The next morning the team was up bright and early and in the common room discussing the day ahead of us. Jessie was the brightest of the bunch, she, like Ginny, was apparently a morning person. On our way out of the Great Hall to the field, Jessie asked me, "Do you know what day it is Ron?"
"Yeah, Friday," OUR DATE! I had completely forgotten about it!
"Just making sure you remembered."
"I did." Thank you Jessie! We got into the field house where Harry gave a quick speech, unlike Oliver Wood's long boring speeches. The sum of Harry's speech was: Have fun, and beat Slytherin to a pulp! Wise words from a wise man. Since I was the co-captain I was supposed to make a speech also, so I got up there and welcomed Jessie to the team, said Have a great game! And sat down. I wasn't real big on speeches. We were sitting there discussing our game plans, when someone entered the field house.
"Did you miss me, Potter?" said the deep Scottish voice.
"Wood!" Harry yelled, jumping up to greet Oliver Wood, ex-captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and Graduate of Hogwarts, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I knew it was the first Quidditch match of the season, thanks to Dumbledore, and the Chudley Cannons don't start practice for a few more weeks."
"You made the team then?" I asked. The Cannons are my favorite team.
"Yep, and I notice a few new faces here, also," he said walking straight to Jessie, "Glad to see you mad the team, kid. Carolyn will be proud." I had no idea what was going on!
"She already knows, I Owled her yesterday."
"What position will you play Jess?"
"Beater."
"Good, Ron needs all the help he can get," Oliver said smiling, "Well, Ron, looks like this girl will be good help to you. I've seen her play, for the past two summers."
"How?"
"You know my best friend, and I organized that summer league in our Neighborhood? Well, Carolyn, my best friend, is also Oliver's little sister," Jessie explained.
"You know way too many people!" I said making the whole room laugh. ~*~
"Welcome to the first Quidditch Match of the season! It's Gryffindor against Slytherin! Captain Harry Potter and Captain Draco Malfoy meet in the center to shake hands." Yelled Lee Jordan's voice, even though he was a year older Professor Dumbledore had hired Lee as the permanent Quidditch announcer.
"You didn't tell me he was captain!" Jessie mouthed to me across the field.
"Sorry." I mouthed back. To tell the truth I didn't know either.
"Madame Hooch walks onto the field.. And the game begins.." Jessie and I had our work cut out for us! About half way in we had blocked about 300 bludgers from hitting our team members. Harry was having fun with Malfoy: He'd suddenly dive and Draco would follow, then Harry would pull up, Malfoy would follow and so on. Jessie had really good aim! When she hit a bludger it would hit whoever she aimed it at. She'd already knocked 2 of Slytherin's best players/highest scorers off of their broom. Captain Malfoy was getting mad, and Jessie could see that.
"Ron, stay away from Draco, and aim all bludgers toward him or the keeper! Got it?" she asked. She had pulled her broom up next to me. Her eyes had the flame of competition in them, and they were burning into mine.
"Got it." I did everything she had told me. The majority o the bludgers went for Malfoy. After about 5 close calls the beaters stuck to him like glue. Jessie flew down next to me again.
"Distract the beaters by hitting a bludger toward one of the other good players. I'll hit the nearest one to me at Draco, and I won't miss." She didn't even wait for a reply before she sped off to where she got a good aim at Malfoy. A bludger went speeding toward Harry, I knocked it toward the keeper. Both beaters sped off toward the keeper, but Jessie beat them there. She hit the bludger straight for Malfoy; the beaters were too dumb to realize this. The bludger hit Malfoy in the right shoulder with an earsplitting CRACK! Jessie Had broken Malfoy's shoulder, but that didn't stop him. He flew as quickly as possible to Crabbe and Goyle in the stands, said something and sped toward the beaters; he grabbed one of their sticks with his left hand, spotted the nearest bludger, and hit it with all his might. It hit Jessie's broom and knocked her off, but she grabbed hold of it and held on. I was going to help her as soon as Malfoy was down. I spotted another bludger heading for Harry. I hi it as hard as I possibly could toward Malfoy; it hit his left shoulder and knocked him to the ground! I flew as fast as I could over to Jessie, who was holding onto her broom with all her might, because it was trying to buck her off. Crabbe and Goyle were performing the spell, apparently they'd been practicing.
"Need a lift?" I asked as I pulled Jessie up onto my broom, "Why can't you stay on your broom, Jess?" I asked jokingly. "I dunno, Ron. Why do you keep rescuing me?" she said holding her wrist.
"Tis only noble milady," I replied thickening my English accent.
"Well, my noble knight, I thank you from my heart, and I hope you will allow me to buy you a butter-beer tonight?" she replied putting on an English accent.
"Seriously, are you alright?" I asked blocking a bludger.
"I'll be ok. My left wrist is KILLING me though. My right still works fine, though," she said grinning
"Well then, milady, wilt thou help me block the bludgers?"
"Gladly, sir knight," Jessie replied nodding. Her broom was still bucking when the game was over (GRYFFINDOR WON!). Madame Hooch had to bring it down with a rope. Crabbe and Goyle had set a charm bug on the bottom of her broom, and activated it with the charm. Malfoy ended up with shoulders broken, 3 ribs on the right side broken, a minor fraction to some vertebrae in his back, and his right leg is broken. Malfoy would be in the infirmary for a long time, or at least until Quidditch season was over. Even then Madame Pomfrey would ban him from Quidditch in case one of his injuries should re-activate, which means Slytherin had too found a new seeker. HAHAHAHA! Jessie suffered only minor damage: her left wrist was broken, the bucking broom had cracked it. At lunch I went to see Jessie. Even though it was nothing serious, she had to stay in the infirmary for the day, but she was free to go on the Hogsmeade trip tonight. The minute I walked in Madame Pomfrey bustled over.
"Mr. Weasley, what can I do for you?"
"I'm here to see Jessie Snow, Quidditch injury."
"Hey! Ron!" A voice yelled from a few beds over.
"I, bet you can find her," Madame Pomfrey said shaking her head and bustling over to a groaning Malfoy. I walked over to the bed where Jessie was.
"Hey, kid," I said grinning.
"I'm no kid! I'm as old and as tall as you are!" She retorted smiling.
"I know."
"Good."
"So how are you feeling?"
"Well, my wrist hurts, and I have a headache from all of Draco's groaning."
"Well, sounds like you're pretty good." I said and turned to leave.
"Hey, Ron, I never got to thank you for saving me, twice," She stood up and kissed me on the cheek, giving me a hug, and whispering 'Thank You' in my ear. Oh, God! She smelled so good! Not like most girls. She didn't smell like perfume or smelly shampoo, she smelled like, well, not like most girls that's for sure. I hated to do it, but I let go.
"I'll see you tonight okay?" I said pressing my forehead against her's.
"Okay, bye Ron!" I kissed her on the head and went to Snape's after I left her, and for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed Potions!
~*~ That Night ~*~(Girls' Dorm) (A/N: Hey, Are you enjoying it? Well, I just popped in to say that this section is in Jessie's PoV, and any other sections in the Girls' Dorm will be in her PoV. Okay? Enjoy!)
I walked into my dorm with a small cast on my wrist. I reached in my trunk and pulled out a pair of black muggle pants, a black shirt and a multicolored jacket. I remember telling Carolyn that it made me feel like Joseph in his Coat of Many colors. (A/N: If you don't know what this is you are deprived! Read the Bible!) Lavender and Parvati walked in just as I put on the jacket.
"You are going to wear that on a date with Ron?" Parvati asked me astonished.
"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" I couldn't see anything wrong with my outfit.
"It's Ron Weasley! The possibly 2nd hottest guy in Gryffindor and possibly the School!" Lavender said.
"Who's the first?" I asked curiously.
"Harry, Duh!" They said together.
"Oh, of course," I said rolling my eyes though I couldn't help agreeing with him, "Of course, the most famous guy is the Hottest."
"Jessie, that's not the point. You can't look like a hippie on a date with Ron!" Lavender said.
"I don't."
"Yes you do!"
"Parvati, I do not."
"Lav, go get that dress out of the closet."
"The purple one?"
"No the blue one."
"Oh, ok." I had no Idea what they were doing, but Lavender, went bustling over to a small closet she had next to her bed. She reached in and pulled out a pretty dark blue dress, with light blue triangle sleeves, belt, and trim, she also pulled out a pair of flat light blue slippers. It was all lovely, but it couldn't be bigger than Barbie Doll size.
"Parvati, what are you doing?" I inquired.
"Hold this dress up to your body, and place the shoes on top of your boots. Okay?"
"Huh?"
"Just do it!"
"Okay." I had no idea what I was doing. Parvati lifted her wand and said, "Misura al corpo!" (A/N: translation: fit to body) Suddenly I was wearing the dress and my clothes that I'd had on were folded neatly on my bed. I had to admit that the dress did look good on me.
"Now we have to do something about that hair," Lavender said plopping me down in a chair.
"No really that's okay, I'll just put it up in a bun."
"Oh, No you won't! Jessie you have curly hair when it's wet so let's give it the wet look." Lavender said a spell and my hair was as curly as it is when it's wet.
"Ooooo, what about make-up Lav?"
"NO! THAT'S WHERE I PUT MY FOOT DOWN! I DO NOT WEAR MAKE-UP! NOR WILL I EVER!" I yelled, it was true I'd never worn make-up.
"Just a little nail polish, eye-shadow and blush?"
"NO! N-O! Don't you listen?"
"Let's try it, please? If you still don't like it we'll take it off."
"Alright, but if you don't take it off, you better hide, got it?"
"Got it," they said together. Then they went to work, it took a whole 5minutes for them to plaster me with the small amount of make-up they'd mentioned. They put shiny blue eye-shadow on me, skin colored blush, and blue nail polish.
"Well, it looks alright," I said.
"Can we do your lips too?" they asked hopefully.
"Sure as long as you can't tell it's there."
"GREAT!" They put on red lipstick with my cherry lip gloss on top.
"Wow, you guys do great work." I said looking myself over.
"Thank you," said Parvati.
"Put your coat on and let's go," said Lavender. I did and walked out the door.
~*~ (Ron's PoV)
Jessie walked out of the Girls' Dorm with a long blue jacket on. I'd never see her look so beautiful! She even had some make-up on!
"Hey, Ron," she said when she reached me.
"Could you go back up the stairs and come back down in slow motion?" I joked casually. I wanted to see her look as radiant as she did just now.
"No, we'd be late for the train if I did." I offered Jessie my arm and she graciously took it. We met Harry and Hermione at the entrance to Hogsmeade.
"Well, well, well. Don't we look lovely tonight?" Hermione asked us.
"You two don't look half bad yourselves," I said. To celebrate Gryffindor's win, Jessie and I had invited Harry and Hermione along. They agreed as long as they weren't considered as on a date. Jessie and I agreed to that. We went in to a nice little Italian Restaurant, and got a booth. The girls went to the Ladies' Room and Harry and I were left to talk.
"So, Ron how did Jessie and you end up kissing, on her first practice day?" Harry asked grinning.
"Uh-Well, it wasn't really a- well, I mean it was sort of a- You saw?" I couldn't complete a sentence I was so shocked.
"Yes, I did, and I'd also like to know why she was on your broom."
"You saw that too?"
"Yes, now answer."
"She fell, I saved her, and the kiss wasn't really a kiss, more of a brush of the lips."
"I hope you are telling me the truth."
"What did you two find to talk about while we were gone?" asked Jessie sitting down next to me.
"Quidditch, I bet," Hermione said laughing. Harry and I just sort of chuckled along. The waiter came and we ordered. Jessie and I were seated on the side of the booth that faced the door and windows, Harry and Hermione on the opposite. About ¾ of the way through the meal Jessie said, "I just lost my appetite."
"Huh?" I questioned. Jessie and I ate like horses, and never gained a pound. Jessie noticed my confused tone and nodded toward the door. I looked over to see Professor Snape and Professor Indovenello walk in, arms linked. I couldn't believe it! Apparently my mouth had dropped open, because Jessie put her finger under my chin and pushed my mouth closed. Harry and Hermione looked over and saw what we were gaping at.
"What the Crap?" Hermione said looking over to us.
"How did Snape get a date with Indovenello?" Harry asked.
"I dunno." Jessie and I answered at the same time. We were all quietly sitting there pondering about Snape and Indovenello. Suddenly Professor Hill came bursting in! He grabbed Snape's shoulder, Snape turned and Prof. Hill pulled him away to a corner near us. We all buried our faces in the menus and caught all of their conversation.
"Severus, have you gone mad?"
"No"
"You know who she is don't you?"
"Of course I do!"
"Then what in the Blue Hell made you go out with her?"
"I'm not going out with her, Harold. I'm simply dropping her here for pick- up."
"I hope you know what you're doing." Professor Hill turned and headed back out the door, but Snape continued the Conversation with himself while straightening his robes.
"Of course I know what I'm doing, you Stupid git! I wouldn't go out with her anyway! I haven't been on a date in years, of course I'm good-looking enough, I just haven't had time, yes, that's it." Then he walked back over to Indovenello and seated her at a 2-person table, said something and left. Pretty soon a hooded figure walked in took her hand and escorted her out the door. This was getting creepier by the minute. We finished eating, paid, and left. Harry and Hermione headed separate directions and Jessie and I started to aimlessly walk around Hogsmeade. Jessie hadn't taken her coat off during dinner. I wanted to see what she was wearing so I asked, "Why haven't you taken your coat off?"
"Oh, I- well- you see- I- I'm wearing a dress."
"Well, you are my date and I really would like to see your dress."
"Ok." She took her coat off and spun around showing me the beautiful dress she had on. I couldn't believe how beautiful she looked in the moonlight.
"Jessie, you look-" I didn't finish my sentence. Just standing so close to her, looking at her, her looking so beautiful. I slowly leaned in and she did the same, our lips met, but only for a moment.
"Mr. Weasley, Ms. Snow, isn't it a lovely evening?" came Snape's voice from behind us.
"GOOD GOD! HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED NOW? TWO! TWICE, I TRY TO KISS ONE OF THE MOST HANSOME GUYS ON THE PLANET, AND GET INTERRUPTED! THIS WORLD IS AGAINST ME!" Jessie yelled at Snape, who was obviously confused, and then she stormed off.
"What was that all about?" Snape asked in a confused tone.
"I don't really know." That was the truth. I raced off after Jessie. It took me an hour to find her. She was sitting on a bench in the back alley behind the bookstore with 3 wrapped packages in her hand.
"Jess, are you ok?" I asked sitting down next to her.
"Yeah, I'm ok. It's just, why us?"
"Why us, what?"
"Why are we always the people who get interrupted during a kiss?"
"I dunno."
"There were at least four other couples around us, making out, or worse, and we were the ones who Snape interrupted."
"Well, there's no one here, want to try it again?" I asked grinning. She looked so beautiful, I'd kill myself if I didn't ask.
"I want to give you these before I forget, but you can't open them till we are back at Hogwarts, in our dorms and you are just about ready to fall asleep. Understand?"
"Yup, now about my question," she leaned in and kissed me, but again for only a moment, then a catfight broke out in the alley.
"Crap!" she yelled, "Great timing! TIME- Wait, Ron what time is it?"
"Ten-thirty, why?"
"We have to be at the train in 5 minutes!"
Now it was my turn to yell, "CRAP!" We were all the way on the other side of Hogsmeade, and we couldn't Apparate there, because couples started to abuse the privilege ~cough cough~ so they passed a 'No Apparation' law. I grabbed her hand and we sped off. We reached the train hopped on and almost hit Harry and Hermione. They had said they would wait for us, and thank god they did! The minute we got on and closed the door the train started moving. We plopped down in a compartment.
"Where in the world have you two been?" asked Hermione.
"All over Hogsmeade! I believe we saw everything, in two minutes," Jessie replied breathlessly.
"Mind if we steal some seats?" asked Neville, poking his head in.
"Who's we?" Harry asked.
"Ginny and me."
"Sure," Hermione answered. Ginny sat down next to me and Neville sat next to Hermione.
"Hi, Jessie!" Ginny said as she sat down.
"Hey, Ginny. So, you two been out on a date?" Jessie asked.
"Sure have, first to Madame Rosemerta's for butterbeers-"
"Holy Jahosafat!" Jessie yelled. (A/N: Pronounced: Ja-hose-a-fat)
"What now, Jess?" I asked.
"Butterbeer! I promised to buy you a butterbeer and forgot!" She quickly said a spell and a butterbeer appeared in front of every person in the compartment.
"Wow, thanks Jess. It really wasn't necessary, but thanks!"
"I always live up to my promises." The rest of the ride back to Hogwarts was filled with laughs. After we got back to Hogwarts Harry, Hermione, Jessie and I sat in the common room for about an hour discussing Snape and Prof. Hill's conversation. Then we all got tired and headed up to bed. I sat on my bed with the 3 packages Jessie had given me. One was long and flat, the other was short and fat, and the last was small on top and long and flat on the bottom. I pulled the curtains around the bed closed and opened the long one. It was a picture; a picture of Jessie in the dress that she had worn that night. Every once in a while she would blow a kiss, smile and wave. I stood it up on the stand next to my bed. Then I opened the second one, it was a book: Best Beaters and their lives. I placed that also on the stand by my bed. I opened the 3rd one to find a note and a box. I opened the note, it was written in Jessie's handwriting. It read:
Ron, I know I have horrible handwriting! Hope you enjoy the book and picture. If you blow a kiss back at the picture I'll sing Only Hope from a muggle movie called A Walk to Remember. Just a little added touch. I really did have a great time tonight. You are wonderful. I thought you might enjoy the present that's in this box. Whenever you need me just look at the ring that is in this box and I'll be with you. G'night
I opened the box to find a ring, just like Jessie's thumb ring. I saw something carved inside. It said: Greater love has no one than this, he lays down his life for his friends. John 15:13. (A/N: This is from the bible, look it up. It ties in with the story later on) I closed the box, opened the drawer in the stand next to my bed, and was about to put the box in there when I saw a pass. The pass I'd written for me to check out Students of Hogwarts, Beauxbaxtons, and Durmstrang That You Should Be Aware Of. I decided that tomorrow I'd go check it out. I looked at the box again and set it on top of the book Jessie had given me. I scooted down under the covers, but I couldn't sleep, Greater love has no one than this, he lays down his life for his friends, was running through my head. What did it mean? When I finally did get to sleep I slept like a log. ~*~
The next day right after breakfast I headed to the Library. Since it was Saturday there weren't any classes. I gave my pass to Madame Pince and she brought me the book. I went and sat down at a table. I was soon joined by Jessie.
"Whatcha reading'?" she asked sitting down. I lifted the book so she could read the title,
"Oo! Good book, I have a copy." I looked at her.
"You have a copy?"
"Yeah, it was required at Beauxbaxtons."
"Yeesh."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Harold Hill and Cathleen Indovenello."
"Isn't she Mrs. Indovenello?"
"Yes."
"Then you need to know her maiden name."
"CRAP!" the whole library turned and looked at me.
"I know, I can't believe we have to test on something that stupid!" Jessie said quickly covering for me. I gave her a quick grin, "I'll go get some info from Indovenello," she whispered.
"Thanks." About ½ an hour later she returned smiling.
"I have info!" she said waving a slip of paper.
"Great! What is it?"
"Return that book, we'll use mine." I gave the book back to Madame Pince, and followed Jessie. We went back to the common room and she ran up to the girls' dorm and returned with her copy of the book, it was just as big, and just as old looking.
"Now, what did you find out?"
A/N: MUHA! Leaving you there! Not that big of a cliffie, but oh well. Lol. I'm gonna let Aerowynn type now.
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The next morning the team was up bright and early and in the common room discussing the day ahead of us. Jessie was the brightest of the bunch, she, like Ginny, was apparently a morning person. On our way out of the Great Hall to the field, Jessie asked me, "Do you know what day it is Ron?"
"Yeah, Friday," OUR DATE! I had completely forgotten about it!
"Just making sure you remembered."
"I did." Thank you Jessie! We got into the field house where Harry gave a quick speech, unlike Oliver Wood's long boring speeches. The sum of Harry's speech was: Have fun, and beat Slytherin to a pulp! Wise words from a wise man. Since I was the co-captain I was supposed to make a speech also, so I got up there and welcomed Jessie to the team, said Have a great game! And sat down. I wasn't real big on speeches. We were sitting there discussing our game plans, when someone entered the field house.
"Did you miss me, Potter?" said the deep Scottish voice.
"Wood!" Harry yelled, jumping up to greet Oliver Wood, ex-captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and Graduate of Hogwarts, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I knew it was the first Quidditch match of the season, thanks to Dumbledore, and the Chudley Cannons don't start practice for a few more weeks."
"You made the team then?" I asked. The Cannons are my favorite team.
"Yep, and I notice a few new faces here, also," he said walking straight to Jessie, "Glad to see you mad the team, kid. Carolyn will be proud." I had no idea what was going on!
"She already knows, I Owled her yesterday."
"What position will you play Jess?"
"Beater."
"Good, Ron needs all the help he can get," Oliver said smiling, "Well, Ron, looks like this girl will be good help to you. I've seen her play, for the past two summers."
"How?"
"You know my best friend, and I organized that summer league in our Neighborhood? Well, Carolyn, my best friend, is also Oliver's little sister," Jessie explained.
"You know way too many people!" I said making the whole room laugh. ~*~
"Welcome to the first Quidditch Match of the season! It's Gryffindor against Slytherin! Captain Harry Potter and Captain Draco Malfoy meet in the center to shake hands." Yelled Lee Jordan's voice, even though he was a year older Professor Dumbledore had hired Lee as the permanent Quidditch announcer.
"You didn't tell me he was captain!" Jessie mouthed to me across the field.
"Sorry." I mouthed back. To tell the truth I didn't know either.
"Madame Hooch walks onto the field.. And the game begins.." Jessie and I had our work cut out for us! About half way in we had blocked about 300 bludgers from hitting our team members. Harry was having fun with Malfoy: He'd suddenly dive and Draco would follow, then Harry would pull up, Malfoy would follow and so on. Jessie had really good aim! When she hit a bludger it would hit whoever she aimed it at. She'd already knocked 2 of Slytherin's best players/highest scorers off of their broom. Captain Malfoy was getting mad, and Jessie could see that.
"Ron, stay away from Draco, and aim all bludgers toward him or the keeper! Got it?" she asked. She had pulled her broom up next to me. Her eyes had the flame of competition in them, and they were burning into mine.
"Got it." I did everything she had told me. The majority o the bludgers went for Malfoy. After about 5 close calls the beaters stuck to him like glue. Jessie flew down next to me again.
"Distract the beaters by hitting a bludger toward one of the other good players. I'll hit the nearest one to me at Draco, and I won't miss." She didn't even wait for a reply before she sped off to where she got a good aim at Malfoy. A bludger went speeding toward Harry, I knocked it toward the keeper. Both beaters sped off toward the keeper, but Jessie beat them there. She hit the bludger straight for Malfoy; the beaters were too dumb to realize this. The bludger hit Malfoy in the right shoulder with an earsplitting CRACK! Jessie Had broken Malfoy's shoulder, but that didn't stop him. He flew as quickly as possible to Crabbe and Goyle in the stands, said something and sped toward the beaters; he grabbed one of their sticks with his left hand, spotted the nearest bludger, and hit it with all his might. It hit Jessie's broom and knocked her off, but she grabbed hold of it and held on. I was going to help her as soon as Malfoy was down. I spotted another bludger heading for Harry. I hi it as hard as I possibly could toward Malfoy; it hit his left shoulder and knocked him to the ground! I flew as fast as I could over to Jessie, who was holding onto her broom with all her might, because it was trying to buck her off. Crabbe and Goyle were performing the spell, apparently they'd been practicing.
"Need a lift?" I asked as I pulled Jessie up onto my broom, "Why can't you stay on your broom, Jess?" I asked jokingly. "I dunno, Ron. Why do you keep rescuing me?" she said holding her wrist.
"Tis only noble milady," I replied thickening my English accent.
"Well, my noble knight, I thank you from my heart, and I hope you will allow me to buy you a butter-beer tonight?" she replied putting on an English accent.
"Seriously, are you alright?" I asked blocking a bludger.
"I'll be ok. My left wrist is KILLING me though. My right still works fine, though," she said grinning
"Well then, milady, wilt thou help me block the bludgers?"
"Gladly, sir knight," Jessie replied nodding. Her broom was still bucking when the game was over (GRYFFINDOR WON!). Madame Hooch had to bring it down with a rope. Crabbe and Goyle had set a charm bug on the bottom of her broom, and activated it with the charm. Malfoy ended up with shoulders broken, 3 ribs on the right side broken, a minor fraction to some vertebrae in his back, and his right leg is broken. Malfoy would be in the infirmary for a long time, or at least until Quidditch season was over. Even then Madame Pomfrey would ban him from Quidditch in case one of his injuries should re-activate, which means Slytherin had too found a new seeker. HAHAHAHA! Jessie suffered only minor damage: her left wrist was broken, the bucking broom had cracked it. At lunch I went to see Jessie. Even though it was nothing serious, she had to stay in the infirmary for the day, but she was free to go on the Hogsmeade trip tonight. The minute I walked in Madame Pomfrey bustled over.
"Mr. Weasley, what can I do for you?"
"I'm here to see Jessie Snow, Quidditch injury."
"Hey! Ron!" A voice yelled from a few beds over.
"I, bet you can find her," Madame Pomfrey said shaking her head and bustling over to a groaning Malfoy. I walked over to the bed where Jessie was.
"Hey, kid," I said grinning.
"I'm no kid! I'm as old and as tall as you are!" She retorted smiling.
"I know."
"Good."
"So how are you feeling?"
"Well, my wrist hurts, and I have a headache from all of Draco's groaning."
"Well, sounds like you're pretty good." I said and turned to leave.
"Hey, Ron, I never got to thank you for saving me, twice," She stood up and kissed me on the cheek, giving me a hug, and whispering 'Thank You' in my ear. Oh, God! She smelled so good! Not like most girls. She didn't smell like perfume or smelly shampoo, she smelled like, well, not like most girls that's for sure. I hated to do it, but I let go.
"I'll see you tonight okay?" I said pressing my forehead against her's.
"Okay, bye Ron!" I kissed her on the head and went to Snape's after I left her, and for the first time in my life I actually enjoyed Potions!
~*~ That Night ~*~(Girls' Dorm) (A/N: Hey, Are you enjoying it? Well, I just popped in to say that this section is in Jessie's PoV, and any other sections in the Girls' Dorm will be in her PoV. Okay? Enjoy!)
I walked into my dorm with a small cast on my wrist. I reached in my trunk and pulled out a pair of black muggle pants, a black shirt and a multicolored jacket. I remember telling Carolyn that it made me feel like Joseph in his Coat of Many colors. (A/N: If you don't know what this is you are deprived! Read the Bible!) Lavender and Parvati walked in just as I put on the jacket.
"You are going to wear that on a date with Ron?" Parvati asked me astonished.
"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" I couldn't see anything wrong with my outfit.
"It's Ron Weasley! The possibly 2nd hottest guy in Gryffindor and possibly the School!" Lavender said.
"Who's the first?" I asked curiously.
"Harry, Duh!" They said together.
"Oh, of course," I said rolling my eyes though I couldn't help agreeing with him, "Of course, the most famous guy is the Hottest."
"Jessie, that's not the point. You can't look like a hippie on a date with Ron!" Lavender said.
"I don't."
"Yes you do!"
"Parvati, I do not."
"Lav, go get that dress out of the closet."
"The purple one?"
"No the blue one."
"Oh, ok." I had no Idea what they were doing, but Lavender, went bustling over to a small closet she had next to her bed. She reached in and pulled out a pretty dark blue dress, with light blue triangle sleeves, belt, and trim, she also pulled out a pair of flat light blue slippers. It was all lovely, but it couldn't be bigger than Barbie Doll size.
"Parvati, what are you doing?" I inquired.
"Hold this dress up to your body, and place the shoes on top of your boots. Okay?"
"Huh?"
"Just do it!"
"Okay." I had no idea what I was doing. Parvati lifted her wand and said, "Misura al corpo!" (A/N: translation: fit to body) Suddenly I was wearing the dress and my clothes that I'd had on were folded neatly on my bed. I had to admit that the dress did look good on me.
"Now we have to do something about that hair," Lavender said plopping me down in a chair.
"No really that's okay, I'll just put it up in a bun."
"Oh, No you won't! Jessie you have curly hair when it's wet so let's give it the wet look." Lavender said a spell and my hair was as curly as it is when it's wet.
"Ooooo, what about make-up Lav?"
"NO! THAT'S WHERE I PUT MY FOOT DOWN! I DO NOT WEAR MAKE-UP! NOR WILL I EVER!" I yelled, it was true I'd never worn make-up.
"Just a little nail polish, eye-shadow and blush?"
"NO! N-O! Don't you listen?"
"Let's try it, please? If you still don't like it we'll take it off."
"Alright, but if you don't take it off, you better hide, got it?"
"Got it," they said together. Then they went to work, it took a whole 5minutes for them to plaster me with the small amount of make-up they'd mentioned. They put shiny blue eye-shadow on me, skin colored blush, and blue nail polish.
"Well, it looks alright," I said.
"Can we do your lips too?" they asked hopefully.
"Sure as long as you can't tell it's there."
"GREAT!" They put on red lipstick with my cherry lip gloss on top.
"Wow, you guys do great work." I said looking myself over.
"Thank you," said Parvati.
"Put your coat on and let's go," said Lavender. I did and walked out the door.
~*~ (Ron's PoV)
Jessie walked out of the Girls' Dorm with a long blue jacket on. I'd never see her look so beautiful! She even had some make-up on!
"Hey, Ron," she said when she reached me.
"Could you go back up the stairs and come back down in slow motion?" I joked casually. I wanted to see her look as radiant as she did just now.
"No, we'd be late for the train if I did." I offered Jessie my arm and she graciously took it. We met Harry and Hermione at the entrance to Hogsmeade.
"Well, well, well. Don't we look lovely tonight?" Hermione asked us.
"You two don't look half bad yourselves," I said. To celebrate Gryffindor's win, Jessie and I had invited Harry and Hermione along. They agreed as long as they weren't considered as on a date. Jessie and I agreed to that. We went in to a nice little Italian Restaurant, and got a booth. The girls went to the Ladies' Room and Harry and I were left to talk.
"So, Ron how did Jessie and you end up kissing, on her first practice day?" Harry asked grinning.
"Uh-Well, it wasn't really a- well, I mean it was sort of a- You saw?" I couldn't complete a sentence I was so shocked.
"Yes, I did, and I'd also like to know why she was on your broom."
"You saw that too?"
"Yes, now answer."
"She fell, I saved her, and the kiss wasn't really a kiss, more of a brush of the lips."
"I hope you are telling me the truth."
"What did you two find to talk about while we were gone?" asked Jessie sitting down next to me.
"Quidditch, I bet," Hermione said laughing. Harry and I just sort of chuckled along. The waiter came and we ordered. Jessie and I were seated on the side of the booth that faced the door and windows, Harry and Hermione on the opposite. About ¾ of the way through the meal Jessie said, "I just lost my appetite."
"Huh?" I questioned. Jessie and I ate like horses, and never gained a pound. Jessie noticed my confused tone and nodded toward the door. I looked over to see Professor Snape and Professor Indovenello walk in, arms linked. I couldn't believe it! Apparently my mouth had dropped open, because Jessie put her finger under my chin and pushed my mouth closed. Harry and Hermione looked over and saw what we were gaping at.
"What the Crap?" Hermione said looking over to us.
"How did Snape get a date with Indovenello?" Harry asked.
"I dunno." Jessie and I answered at the same time. We were all quietly sitting there pondering about Snape and Indovenello. Suddenly Professor Hill came bursting in! He grabbed Snape's shoulder, Snape turned and Prof. Hill pulled him away to a corner near us. We all buried our faces in the menus and caught all of their conversation.
"Severus, have you gone mad?"
"No"
"You know who she is don't you?"
"Of course I do!"
"Then what in the Blue Hell made you go out with her?"
"I'm not going out with her, Harold. I'm simply dropping her here for pick- up."
"I hope you know what you're doing." Professor Hill turned and headed back out the door, but Snape continued the Conversation with himself while straightening his robes.
"Of course I know what I'm doing, you Stupid git! I wouldn't go out with her anyway! I haven't been on a date in years, of course I'm good-looking enough, I just haven't had time, yes, that's it." Then he walked back over to Indovenello and seated her at a 2-person table, said something and left. Pretty soon a hooded figure walked in took her hand and escorted her out the door. This was getting creepier by the minute. We finished eating, paid, and left. Harry and Hermione headed separate directions and Jessie and I started to aimlessly walk around Hogsmeade. Jessie hadn't taken her coat off during dinner. I wanted to see what she was wearing so I asked, "Why haven't you taken your coat off?"
"Oh, I- well- you see- I- I'm wearing a dress."
"Well, you are my date and I really would like to see your dress."
"Ok." She took her coat off and spun around showing me the beautiful dress she had on. I couldn't believe how beautiful she looked in the moonlight.
"Jessie, you look-" I didn't finish my sentence. Just standing so close to her, looking at her, her looking so beautiful. I slowly leaned in and she did the same, our lips met, but only for a moment.
"Mr. Weasley, Ms. Snow, isn't it a lovely evening?" came Snape's voice from behind us.
"GOOD GOD! HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS HAPPENED NOW? TWO! TWICE, I TRY TO KISS ONE OF THE MOST HANSOME GUYS ON THE PLANET, AND GET INTERRUPTED! THIS WORLD IS AGAINST ME!" Jessie yelled at Snape, who was obviously confused, and then she stormed off.
"What was that all about?" Snape asked in a confused tone.
"I don't really know." That was the truth. I raced off after Jessie. It took me an hour to find her. She was sitting on a bench in the back alley behind the bookstore with 3 wrapped packages in her hand.
"Jess, are you ok?" I asked sitting down next to her.
"Yeah, I'm ok. It's just, why us?"
"Why us, what?"
"Why are we always the people who get interrupted during a kiss?"
"I dunno."
"There were at least four other couples around us, making out, or worse, and we were the ones who Snape interrupted."
"Well, there's no one here, want to try it again?" I asked grinning. She looked so beautiful, I'd kill myself if I didn't ask.
"I want to give you these before I forget, but you can't open them till we are back at Hogwarts, in our dorms and you are just about ready to fall asleep. Understand?"
"Yup, now about my question," she leaned in and kissed me, but again for only a moment, then a catfight broke out in the alley.
"Crap!" she yelled, "Great timing! TIME- Wait, Ron what time is it?"
"Ten-thirty, why?"
"We have to be at the train in 5 minutes!"
Now it was my turn to yell, "CRAP!" We were all the way on the other side of Hogsmeade, and we couldn't Apparate there, because couples started to abuse the privilege ~cough cough~ so they passed a 'No Apparation' law. I grabbed her hand and we sped off. We reached the train hopped on and almost hit Harry and Hermione. They had said they would wait for us, and thank god they did! The minute we got on and closed the door the train started moving. We plopped down in a compartment.
"Where in the world have you two been?" asked Hermione.
"All over Hogsmeade! I believe we saw everything, in two minutes," Jessie replied breathlessly.
"Mind if we steal some seats?" asked Neville, poking his head in.
"Who's we?" Harry asked.
"Ginny and me."
"Sure," Hermione answered. Ginny sat down next to me and Neville sat next to Hermione.
"Hi, Jessie!" Ginny said as she sat down.
"Hey, Ginny. So, you two been out on a date?" Jessie asked.
"Sure have, first to Madame Rosemerta's for butterbeers-"
"Holy Jahosafat!" Jessie yelled. (A/N: Pronounced: Ja-hose-a-fat)
"What now, Jess?" I asked.
"Butterbeer! I promised to buy you a butterbeer and forgot!" She quickly said a spell and a butterbeer appeared in front of every person in the compartment.
"Wow, thanks Jess. It really wasn't necessary, but thanks!"
"I always live up to my promises." The rest of the ride back to Hogwarts was filled with laughs. After we got back to Hogwarts Harry, Hermione, Jessie and I sat in the common room for about an hour discussing Snape and Prof. Hill's conversation. Then we all got tired and headed up to bed. I sat on my bed with the 3 packages Jessie had given me. One was long and flat, the other was short and fat, and the last was small on top and long and flat on the bottom. I pulled the curtains around the bed closed and opened the long one. It was a picture; a picture of Jessie in the dress that she had worn that night. Every once in a while she would blow a kiss, smile and wave. I stood it up on the stand next to my bed. Then I opened the second one, it was a book: Best Beaters and their lives. I placed that also on the stand by my bed. I opened the 3rd one to find a note and a box. I opened the note, it was written in Jessie's handwriting. It read:
Ron, I know I have horrible handwriting! Hope you enjoy the book and picture. If you blow a kiss back at the picture I'll sing Only Hope from a muggle movie called A Walk to Remember. Just a little added touch. I really did have a great time tonight. You are wonderful. I thought you might enjoy the present that's in this box. Whenever you need me just look at the ring that is in this box and I'll be with you. G'night
I opened the box to find a ring, just like Jessie's thumb ring. I saw something carved inside. It said: Greater love has no one than this, he lays down his life for his friends. John 15:13. (A/N: This is from the bible, look it up. It ties in with the story later on) I closed the box, opened the drawer in the stand next to my bed, and was about to put the box in there when I saw a pass. The pass I'd written for me to check out Students of Hogwarts, Beauxbaxtons, and Durmstrang That You Should Be Aware Of. I decided that tomorrow I'd go check it out. I looked at the box again and set it on top of the book Jessie had given me. I scooted down under the covers, but I couldn't sleep, Greater love has no one than this, he lays down his life for his friends, was running through my head. What did it mean? When I finally did get to sleep I slept like a log. ~*~
The next day right after breakfast I headed to the Library. Since it was Saturday there weren't any classes. I gave my pass to Madame Pince and she brought me the book. I went and sat down at a table. I was soon joined by Jessie.
"Whatcha reading'?" she asked sitting down. I lifted the book so she could read the title,
"Oo! Good book, I have a copy." I looked at her.
"You have a copy?"
"Yeah, it was required at Beauxbaxtons."
"Yeesh."
"Who are you looking for?"
"Harold Hill and Cathleen Indovenello."
"Isn't she Mrs. Indovenello?"
"Yes."
"Then you need to know her maiden name."
"CRAP!" the whole library turned and looked at me.
"I know, I can't believe we have to test on something that stupid!" Jessie said quickly covering for me. I gave her a quick grin, "I'll go get some info from Indovenello," she whispered.
"Thanks." About ½ an hour later she returned smiling.
"I have info!" she said waving a slip of paper.
"Great! What is it?"
"Return that book, we'll use mine." I gave the book back to Madame Pince, and followed Jessie. We went back to the common room and she ran up to the girls' dorm and returned with her copy of the book, it was just as big, and just as old looking.
"Now, what did you find out?"
A/N: MUHA! Leaving you there! Not that big of a cliffie, but oh well. Lol. I'm gonna let Aerowynn type now.
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