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Hello to everyone! Thank you so much for the reviews, all of them. I'm going to try to make this longer for I have camp and vacation ahead so here it is, Chapter 11.
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"Well, Ron, I think that you should ask Hermione to the dance. You never know how fast girls change their minds. She might say yes. Go ahead and ask her, after Quidditch auditions though." Harry said. They were making their way down to the Quidditch fields for a chaser audition before the game against Hufflepuff in three weeks.
"Yes, I suppose you're right, Harry. I should ask her. Who knows." Ron said, as they changed into Quidditch robes in the changing room.
"Yes, but for now we need to concentrate on the game. Let's get started, shall we?" Harry asked, mounting his broom. He zoomed up on his Firebolt and circled the field before landing again. He had gotten the balls from Madam Hooch's office and had already let them go out of their box.
"Um...Harry? Where is everybody?" Ron asked, looking around the empty field.
"Andrew Kirke and Jack Sloper should be coming and we are having auditions for the empty chaser spots. I posted signs, but we are a little early. Let's practice." Harry explained, remounting his broom. Ron did the same and they practiced Ron's keeper skills.
Ron had been practicing keeper moves, with the help of Fred and George and had mastered the Double Eight Loop and was getting better at playing with a crowd. Harry played as a chaser and Ron blocked almost every one of Harry's shots. Harry flew over to Ron and sat there, panting.
"Ron, I'm sorry to ask this but why are you and Ginny in a big fight?" Harry asked.
"I don't even remember. I think I was doing something wrong or bad and what not and she told Mum and I was grounded all summer. But I shouldn't be mad at her now especially since I can't remember why. I feel really bad now, for hitting her on the train and all. And I miss her, a lot. I should have apologized sooner." Ron said, looking down.
"I miss her, too. Why not after practice you go up to her room and tell her. I bet she misses you, since you're her big brother." Harry said, flying over to Ron and patting him on the back.
"Yea. Hey Harry, look, someone's coming." Ron said, pointing to three figures making their way to the field.
They came onto the field, mounted their brooms and flew up to greet Harry and Ron.
"Hello, Harry. My name is Emberlynn Wates, but you can call me Ember. This is Laramie Novi and Charisse Vanya. We saw your note for the chaser auditions and here we are." The girl said, motioning to the other girls and smiling at the boys. She had long black curly hair with gray blue eyes and was flying on a Shooting Star. Laramie had dirty-blonde hair with blue eyes and was riding a Moon Trimmer. Charisse had short strawberry-blonde hair and green eyes and was riding a Bluebottle.
"Hello. This is Ron, keeper. Have any of you had any experience?" Harry asked, looking from girl to girl.
"We all practiced together over the summer with my cousin." Charisse said, looking up at Harry.
"And who might your cousin be, Charisse?"
"Oliver Wood. He was keeper and we had to try and get it past him. And he helped us with the Hawkshead Attacking Formation, which he said that we have got perfect" Charisse said, grinning at Harry.
"Well, Oliver Wood. I didn't know that. Well would you three like to show us that formation?" Harry asked, looking at all three of them.
"Sure." Laramie said with Emberlynn and Charisse nodding in agreement.
They all flew up and formed an arrowhead pattern with Ember, the biggest of the three, in front holding the Quaffle. They flew to the goal post and Ember threw it through the circle before Ron could even get to the posts. Ron swooped down and grabbed the falling Quaffle and flew down to Harry, who was sitting on his broom, watching the whole thing.
"Well, what do you think. They learned from Oliver, the best of the best at Hogwarts. I think they'll be great." Ron said, panting.
"Yes, they will be great. Hey, ladies. Congratulations! You've all made the team. But what year are you in first?"
"I'm in sixth year, Lara and Charisse are in fifth year." Ember said, pushing her black hair out of her face and grinning like mad. "Thank you so much, Harry but where are the beaters? This is supposed to be a practice also, isn't it?"
"We already had some from last year but I guess they either didn't know about today or couldn't come. Andrew Kirke and Jack Sloper are the beaters." Harry said, looking at the castle. "I think we're finished. Thanks, girls. You were great. See you next practice, which is Wednesday. Is that okay with you?" Harry asked.
"Sure, as long as we don't get detention before then." Laramie said, elbowing Charisse, eyes sparkling. "Right, Char?"
"Right, Lar." Charisse said. They looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Okay, well practice is over. See you guys on Wednesday." Ron said, flying down with Harry, leaving the girls.
"So what do you think of them?" Harry asked, back in the changing room.
"I told you they will be great on the team." Ron said, looking at Harry.
"I mean as girls, not as teammates." Harry said, putting his broom up in is secret case. He mumbled a locking charm and started heading up to the castle with Ron.
"Well Laramie seems like a little hyper party animal and Charisse seems kind of quiet but they look like best friends. And Ember seems nice and is the best chaser of the three. I guess I like Laramie the best." Ron said, looking at the ground. "What about you?"
"I like Charisse because she's quite. Loud people are sometimes annoying unless I know them really well. She's really pretty too, with her strawberry blonde hair." Harry said, walking up the steps to the front doors. "I'm going up to the dorm and take a shower then go down to dinner."
"I'm going to go find Ginny and apologize for everything and then go to dinner. Meet you in the Great Hall." Ron said, before walking inside.
"Okay, see you later then." Harry said.
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Ginny stepped out of the bushes and sat down on the steps. He wants to apologize? I have to admit that I did miss him, talking to him and Hermione and Harry. But he's got to learn to not mess with people's feelings and to trust me. I might as well to talk to him. She put her notes into her bag and got up. She ran inside and took a shortcut to get to the tower before Ron. She got to the door and said the password (Perfect) and went inside. She raced up the stairs and threw her bag down. She went back downstairs and sat down, panting, when there was a knock from the door. She waited for a minute, enough time for her to stop panting before getting up and answering it.
"Hey Ginny. Can I talk to you, please?" Ron asked, stepping inside.
"Sure, Ron. Let's go sit down," she said, motioning him towards the couches. "What did you want to see me about?"
"Well, Gin. The reason I came here to talk to you is that I want to apologize. I'm sorry for this past summer and I'm sorry for the train ride. I don't even remember the reason we were fighting." Ron said, looking Ginny in the eyes.
"Oh, Ron. I'm sorry too, but you have to learn not to mess with people's feeling. You've got to learn to trust me, too. Apology excepted." Ginny said, running over to hug her big brother.
"Ah, what a nice surprise. I'm trying to go get so dinner and I end up losing my lunch with the help of two Weasels." Draco said, coming down the stairs. "Is everything back in its place now? Is the little Dream Team all better? Well, who cares? Weaslette, Are is fed and is around here somewhere," he said before leaving the room.
"Well then. Let's go down to dinner. Okay with you, Gin?" Ron asked, standing up.
"Um... Yeah. Let me go get ready. I'll be five minutes." Ginny said, running up the stairs. She ran into her room and changed from her black tank top to her white shirt. She put her robes back on, changed from tennis shoes to sandals. She grabbed her LotR bad and flew down the stairs.
"Who is Are?" Ron asked, linking arms with Ginny and walking towards the Great Hall.
"Are is short for Arwen. Arwen is my cat, whom I love very much." Ginny said, sitting down beside him and Brittany.
"Ron, Ginny, did you guys make up?" Harry asked, glancing from one to the other.
"What? You guys made up?" Hermione said, looking at Ron and then Ginny. "That's great! I'm so happy for you," she said, looking down at her plate.
"Aww.. Ginny. I'm so proud of both you and Ron for forget the whole thing." Brittany said, before hugging Ginny and Ron. "Now, Ginny, we are going to Hogsmeade on Thursday to find dresses. Travis, you're coming too,right?"
"Huh? Oh yes, I'm going to show Cory around. By the way, where is the guy, anyway?" Travis asked, looking around for the blonde kid.
"Travis! You said that you would come. Oh well, Hermione, would you like to come and pick out a dress?" Brittany asked, looking at Hermione.
"Sure, I'd love too. I'll meet you at Ginny's room at one o'clock that afternoon. Is that okay with you?" Hermione asked, smiling.
"Yea, that's okay. I already know what color to get." Brittany said. "But I'll just not talk about it now." She added getting stares from Ron, Harry and Travis.
"Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late. Do we have to be down here by a certain time?" Cory asked, sitting next to Travis and Hermione.
"Not really, but if you want food, you need to be down here by at least six o'clock." Harry said, passing the chicken to Cory.
"So what class do you have first?" Hermione asked.
"I have Transfiguration and Care of Magical Creatures on Monday. And Defense Against the Dark Arts. Who teaches that?" Cory asked, looking up at them.
"We don't know. The teacher just leaves us notes and directions on the board." Ron said.
"Well, I'm finished and I've got to go do Transfiguration reviews. Goodnight. Oh and Hermione, I'm going to need help. Okay?" Ginny said, looking from Hermione to Harry.
"What? Oh. Okay. I'll come up and help you when I'm done." Hermione said.
"Bye guys. See you tomorrow." Ginny said, standing up.
"Bye Gin."
Ginny walked out of the Hall and up to her room. She changed from her skirt to her black pajama pants and got her books and pillow and went downstairs to do her homework in front of the fire. She got out her reviews for Transfiguration and started on one. Ron and me aren't fighting anymore. I'm so happy. I can talk to my old friends again and they seem to like my friends. She put up her books and got out her diary. She wrote about her day while waiting for Hermione. She heard someone come in.
"Weaslette, there you are." Draco said, sitting down in a chair.
"What's up with the name, Draco. It's annoying." Ginny said, rolling her eyes at him.
"Well, Gin, I'm sorry to tell you this but Crabbe and Golye want to be friends again, if we were friends in the first place. What I mean is that I can't go to the dance with you. I'm sorry but my reputation," Draco said, looking down at her.
"Well, Malfoy, I'm sorry. It's your loss anyhow. So are you going with Pansy then? Hm.. that should be fun. I have to go. If Hermione comes here looking for me, tell her to wait. I'll be back in a minute." Ginny said, before walking out the door.
"Why, Arwen what do you think about that?" Draco asked the cat, who was curled up on the couch.
"Meow"
Ginny ran down the hall towards the Gryffindor tower. He can't go with me because of his stupid friends. I mean, that's just plain mean. But then again, this is Malfoy. I shouldn't have trusted him.... But I like him though. And I thought he liked me. No,I used to like him. There. Ginny was half way there before she realized that she didn't have her robes on, just blacks pants and a white t- shirt on. Oh well. If I run into a teacher, please let it be a girl. She got to the tower and banged on the door. She heard voices and someone opened the door.
"Hey there Ginny. What are you doing here?" Harry asked, moving aside to let her in.
"Well, I just wanted to get away from Malfoy. That's all. Is Brittany here?" Ginny asked, walking into the common room.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Harry asked, looking at her.
"No, I will later, but not right now." Ginny said, looking down.
"I've missed talking to you while you and Ron were fighting. Brittany is over there, helping Cory in Potions." Harry said, pointing over to the corner table.
"Thanks, Harry. I've missed you too." Ginny said, hugging the boy. She went over to Brittany and sat down besides Cory.
"I give up. Potions is impossible." Cory said, letting his head fall to the table.
"It is not impossible. I can do it and so can you." Ginny said. "But first I have to borrow Brittany for a special girl meeting." She added, grabbing Brittany and pulling her to the top of the stairs.
"What is it, Gin?" Brittany asked, looking at her.
"Draco decided to dump our date for the dance. He said that since he had Slytherin friends again that it would ruin his reputation all over again. He's so mean. I shouldn't like him but I do. And I thought he liked me. " Ginny said, tears surfacing in her eyes.
"It's ok. It's his loss." Brittany said, putting an arm around the girl. " And I've been talking to Cory. You could ask him. Cheer up and make sure Draco doesn't know you're so upset. Okay, bud?
"Okay." Ginny said, wiping her nose.
They both walked down the stairs and went over to help Cory with Potions.
"So Cory, do you have a date for the dance?" Ginny asked, re-reading his Potion's essay.
"No, Lavender and some other girl asked me but I said no. Why?" Cory asked, looking at her.
"Would you like to go with me?" Ginny asked, smiling at him.
"Yea, Ginny, I'll go with you." Cory said, smiling.
"Um.. Gin, her comes Colin, you'd better go." Brittany said. "Oh and I'd ask Harry or Ron to escort you back."
"No, I can take care of myself. I am a witch after all." Ginny said, smiling. " Thanks again Cory," she added.
"Goodnight guys," she waved at Harry and Ron. She left the common room and made her way towards her room. She walked fast, hoping there wasn't someone behind her. Her imagination got the best of her and she ran half the way there. She said the password and entered. There was Hermione, sitting on the couch, looking through Ginny's books.
"Hey, Hermione, sorry but I had to go talk to Brittany. Let's go up to my room so we won't be heard." Ginny said, looking around and grabbed her books.
They made their way upstairs. Ginny closed the door and slung her bag on her bed. She jumped on and motioned for Hermione to sit down as well.
"Well, I followed them to Quidditch practice. Nothing really happened, except they got three new girl chasers and they were talking about which one they liked best. Ron choose the hyper party animal one and Harry liked the quiet one. Charisse, the quiet one, had short strawberry-blonde hair and green eyes, just like Harry's in fact. That was all they really talked about that was interesting. They did practice from 2-5 so in other words, I worked for 3 hours. But seriously, you're not going to pay me, are you? Because I couldn't take your money." Ginny said, looking at the girl.
"No, Ginny. You are doing a job and you have to be paid. Take it please. It will make me feel better. Now it's late. I've got to go." Hermione said, looking at her watch. It was 12, midnight. "Goodnight Gin, see you in the morning," she said before leaving.
Ginny threw her bag down off the bed and put the money Hermione had given her in her black bag/purse. She went to get in bed but she couldn't find her pillow. Oh. I left it downstairs. She went down the stairs and looking for her pillow in front of the fireplace but it wasn't there. Arwen was sitting on the couch, on top of Draco's head. And under that head was Ginny's pillow.
"Malfoy, get off my pillow." Ginny said, snatching the pillow out form under him.
"Give me some warning, please, Gin. And what's with the Malfoy thing?" Draco asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"I just don't want to ruin your reputation, that's all. So are you going with Pansy?" Ginny asked, looking at him.
"Yes, I am going with Pansy. At least I have a date for the dance. Poor Ginny......"
"Has a date. Thank you very much! Have fun with Pansy because I know I will have fun with Cory. Goodnight, Ferret Boy," she said, walking up the stairs with Arwen trailing at her feet.
Great. Why doesn't she understand that this is better? I do like her a lot. But having that Slytherin power. Being on top again. Is this really better? he thought to himself. He went up to his room, leaving his door cracked for Arwen to come and go as she pleases.
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