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Harry spent most of the remainder of his afternoon worrying about
Cho. Stupid, annoying Cho...why did she always have to get in the
way? He couldn't even participate in his favorite sport with out her
some how worming her way into the situation. But I guess she couldn't
just not play, after all Ravenclaw was her house team. But he had to
beat her, he assured himself half-heartedly.
Even at dinner
in the Great Hall the green-eyed boy seemed to remain a little bit
weary about the up-coming match. Usually he enjoyed his time to talk
to Ginny and catch up on how her day went, however he remained silent
through out his minuet dinner (he could never eat much before a
quidditch game). Ginny occasionally sent him worried glances but they
were left unreturned. Actually Harry himself had no idea why he was
so uptight about playing Cho...perhaps it was because he still had
feelings for her? No, he liked Ginny that's all there was to it! He
just wished Cho would stop looking over his direction, Ginny was
probably getting suspicious, and after all there was nothing to be
suspicious about.
Right after dinner Ron, Harry and Ginny made
there way down to the quidditch changing room. Ginny had began
playing chaser ever since Harry came back to the team after that mean
old toad Umbridge had left her position at Hogwarts. The time seemed
to pass by too quickly as they changed into their uniforms silently,
there always seemed to be a very serious understanding that soon they
would be out on the pitch playing and they needed to focus.
An
unfamiliar voice filled the air to bring forth the competitors, as
Lee Jordan had graduated the previous year.
As soon as they
were summoned out onto the field Harry pushed up off the ground and
was once again souring through the air, and all of the worries that
seemed to fill his mind from the troubling day seemed to vanish
almost immediately, quidditch always seemed to have that effect on
him.
As the game rolled on the tension seemed to grow within
the players as the game stayed neck in neck. The roar of the crowd
surrounding Harry was blocking his concentration. He tried and tried
again to shut the onlookers cheering out but it was no use, and to
worsen the situation a loud booming voice spread through out the
stadium; "Another 10 points to Ravenclaw, after Ron fumbles the
quaffle sent to him by Zacharias Smith the Ravenclaws star chaser!
That puts them into lead 70 to 60!"
Harry sighed deeply,
and slowly moved his head in the direction of Ron who was franticly
darting left and right to cover each goal ring. Even through the
foggy evening air he could see Ron's face lit up with embarrassment.
Harry continued to seek out the snitch when finally his eyes
rested on Cho. For a fleeting moment he couldn't help but notice how
good-looking she was with her silky black hair, but quickly shook the
thought out of his head, he fancied Ginny not Cho. Then he spotted a
flicker of Gold right behind Cho's left ear. The odd thing was she
didn't seem to notice it at all.
He didn't have to think
twice before he tilted his broom downwards and dove towards the
snitch. The wind whipped past his face as he continued towards Cho.
He saw her casually turn to face him when her eyes got wide. Harry
couldn't blame her, he looked like he was about to run right square
into her.
He swerved out of the girls way and tried to keep
his eye on the snitch, he heard the Gryffindors shout with
excitement. Harry no longer cared of his surroundings it was just him
and the snitch...and Cho? Out of the corner of his eye he saw a
streak of black and blue, and soon enough realized it was Cho, she
had just dashed in front of him and was mere feet away from the
snitch.
The pair of them flew in and out of the dark clouds
that now covered the crowded Quiddtch Pitch.
Neck and neck
they zoomed up and down trying desperately to follow the tiny golden
ball, both of their uniforms flapping in the wind.
Sweat
dripped down Harry's forehead as he reached out his hand for the
snitch, just as he had done this Cho's hand shot out beside his. He
daringly took his eyes off the snitch and glanced nervously at her,
Cho raised her eyebrows and gave him a loving smile...and suddenly
backed off the chase and began to glide lightly through the clouds
back towards solid ground.
Harry took a few more seconds to
watch after her dumbstruck before blinking away the confusion and
grasping his fingers around the struggling snitch at last.
Had
Cho actually just let Gryffindor win? Why?
(A/N- Hello, once again another chapter and once again more thanks to quidditch7. Well, please R/R, and I'm still having writers block on When Fights Break Out Love is Released so email with any ideas thanks! Bye!)
