Some Interesting Matches

Chapter 2: Morning

Harry Potter sat up in bed and yawned. Groping around on the nightstand for his glasses, he found them and put them on. He looked around as his vision cleared and realized all of the other beds in the boy's dorm were empty.

With the clear of his vision his mind cleared as well. "Oh! The results!" he exclaimed as he realized what he had forgotten.

Herapidly changed from his pajamas into his school robes and ran down the stairs. It seemed the entire Gryffindor House had beaten him to the Common Room.

Pushing through a crowd of animatedly talking fifth year girls, he caught snatches of the conversation:
"Marla – you got Colin Creevey!" and "Ginny, I CAN'T BELIEVE who you got!!!"

Finally he made it to the common board. Taking a deep breath that sounded a little like "Please somebody decent," Harry lifted his eyes up to the page and read the very first line:

Harry / Ginny

Harry breathed a sigh of relief. It hadn't been Luna Lovegood or Marla Dustin. But… wait a second – it was Ginny. Ginny Weasley. As in Ron's little sister. This could be awkward.

Across the room, Ron sat staring stunned into the fire. "Hermione?" he was muttering to himself. "That could never happen. She could never like me. Oh, no. This could be awkward.

A few feet above Harry's head, Ginny sat in the girl's dormitory alone. After seeing Harry read the match results, she had fled to safety. She had no idea how he would take it. Would he begin to like her? Doubtful. Or would he be disappointed that he had gotten "Ron's little sister"? She had no idea what would happen. All Ginny knew was that this could be awkward.

Hiding in a corner of the library, Hermione sat sitting behind a dozen books. As she stared at the writing in a book without really seeing it, her mind was rapidly processing the day's events. By now Ron has to have seen it, she was thinking. Why did this have to happen? Ron could never like me. This is DEFINETELY going to be awkward.

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