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Chapter Ten: The new Quidditch Team
"I´ve spoken with Ron about us and I´ve taken a decision", Harry said, looking at Hermione. "We have to end it. It´s no use if you´re helping me and all I achieve is a fight with my best friend!"
"But Harry! Cho will never leave you alone. How will you keep her away from you?"
"I don´t know yet, but there´s got to be another way!"
"Harry, please. Let me help you. And besides, I don´t know why Ron is making such a fuss about it."
"Because he loves you!!", shouted Harry.
"WHAT??", said a surprised Hermione.
"Oh no! I shouldn´t have told you that! Please, don´t mention this to Ron, he´d kill me for telling you." Harry was very furious with himself about giving away his friend´s secret.
"No, no I won´t. But since when...?"
"I do not know. Promise you won´t tell! And you don´t need to help me with my problem, I have to do it alone. It´s over."
Harry quickly left the library before Hermione could ask more questions and headed for the Dungeons, where he took his first Defence against the Dark Arts lesson with Snape.
Harry took a seat between Ron and Hermione, but avoided Hermione´s eyes. As Snape entered the room, Harry´s thoughts were led away from his problems. Snape looked very pleased with himself as he called the names of the students. As he read out Harry´s name, he had an evil grin on his face.
"Well, our famous Mr.Potter has got an Outstanding in this subject. How is that possible? Would you please get up and show us some charms?"
Harry got up and took out his wand. "What charms, Professor?"
"If you don´t know, then sit down!"
Harry wanted to go back to his seat as he heard Neville whisper ´Patronus`. Harry looked at Snape and thought of having another Teacher, then shouted: "Expecto Patronum!"
A white silver stag appeared from Harry´s wand and galopped through the room until it vanished into thin air. Everybody applauded, except Snape who seemed to be very angry.
"Potter, sit down!"
Harry was pleased with himself and took his place. They practised several spells during that lesson and those who had been member of DA last year, didn´t have any problems. Snape couldn´t even tell off Neville, because he did nothing wrong. Harry was satisfied, because he knew that Snape hated his first lesson as teacher in this subject.
At dinner, Hermione told Harry to meet him in the library in a couple of minutes. Then Harry saw her leave with Ginny. Ron shot a surprised look at Harry who raised his eyebrows and didn´t know what to make out of Hermione´s words.
In meantime, Hermione and Ginny arrived in the library. "What do you want to tell me Ginny?", asked Hermione.
"Well, I don´t know, but maybe you noticed that Ron likes you very much and I think it would hurt his feelings if you continue playing Harry´s girlfriend."
"Yeah. I know, Harry told me by accident that Ron likes me."
Ginny looked nervously at Hermione. "May I ask you something? You seem to be very disappointed to stop acting Harry´s girlfriend. Are you in love with him?"
"No, I am not." Then she looked suspiciously at Ginny. "Why are you asking? I thought you were over him now!"
Harry had decided to follow the two girls in order to listen a bit of their conversation. He reached the library five minutes later.
Ginny said: "I am so sorry I said...". She paused. At that moment, Harry opened the door and listened.
"...Harry Potter means nothing to me!" Harry only heard these words and his heart seemed to stop beating. He felt very miserable at that moment.
"But now to you and Ron", continued Ginny. "Do you like him?"
"Of course I like him. He is one of my best friends."
"Hermione. Don´t you think I´m aware of that? I want to know if you love him!"
Hermione´s face became very red and her eyes were shining. "I... I´m not sure. I like him more than I should and when I look at him, I feel good. It would be so wonderful to have a boyfriend..."
The two girls grinned at each other. Ginny left the library, because Hermione was waiting for Harry. He came in and didn´t know what to say.
"Harry! What´s up with you? You look terrible."
"I´m... not feeling good. Can we talk later?"
Without waiting for her answer, Harry left the library again. He was very confused and needed time to think about everything he just heard. He had been so convinced that Ginny liked him too. He was heading for the Gryffindor common room as he saw Ron running towards him.
"Harry, come on! We have to look for new members fo our Quidditch Team!"
Harry had completely forgotten about that and he quickly summoned his Firebolt. Both of them were going down to the Quidditch field. It was a nice sunny day at the end of september. When Harry and Ron arrived at the pitch, they saw many people waiting for them. Ron looked slightly nervous, but then he coughed and everybody looked at him.
"Hehm, hehm... Welcome all of you! I am very pleased, that so many of you have come today! We´ll begin with our training now. May the best come into our team. I wish you all good luck!!"
It wasn´t easy to say whether a candidate was good or bad, they had to pick out four new team members. Fred, George, Alicia and Angelina were gone and so there were only Ron, Harry and Katie left. As they were testing chasere, Harry, Ron and Katie passed them balls or tried to take the quaffle away from the candidate or looked if they were able to score.
There was a small second year, with blond hair, who nearly fell of his broom as he tried to take the quaffle. When it was Ginny´s turn, it was Harry who nearly fell of his broom. He didn´t expect her to come and try for chaser. Even if she had told him so last year, he had forgotten about it. He wasn´t able to concentrate anymore and as he tried to catch the quaffle, Ginny docked under him and scored.
After several hours of practising, Harry felt exhausted. But at last, they had their new Quidditch team. There was Ginny and Christopher Wood, third year and cousin of Oliver Wood, their former Quidditch Captain. Then there were the beaters, Sean Owen, a fourth year who had nearly knocked out Harry with his bludger and Leslie Grapes, a fifth year who had come from Durmstrang. Karkaroff had left the school and it was closed.
Now the team was set and the Quidditch Season could begin.
@ AngieBob: Ok, I´ll try. I hate her too.
@ Lil Nik: I hope too, that the coupling will be that way in the books.
@ all: Thanks for reading this !!
A/N: ...please review. I´ll answer them in the next Chapter. Bye
Chapter Ten: The new Quidditch Team
"I´ve spoken with Ron about us and I´ve taken a decision", Harry said, looking at Hermione. "We have to end it. It´s no use if you´re helping me and all I achieve is a fight with my best friend!"
"But Harry! Cho will never leave you alone. How will you keep her away from you?"
"I don´t know yet, but there´s got to be another way!"
"Harry, please. Let me help you. And besides, I don´t know why Ron is making such a fuss about it."
"Because he loves you!!", shouted Harry.
"WHAT??", said a surprised Hermione.
"Oh no! I shouldn´t have told you that! Please, don´t mention this to Ron, he´d kill me for telling you." Harry was very furious with himself about giving away his friend´s secret.
"No, no I won´t. But since when...?"
"I do not know. Promise you won´t tell! And you don´t need to help me with my problem, I have to do it alone. It´s over."
Harry quickly left the library before Hermione could ask more questions and headed for the Dungeons, where he took his first Defence against the Dark Arts lesson with Snape.
Harry took a seat between Ron and Hermione, but avoided Hermione´s eyes. As Snape entered the room, Harry´s thoughts were led away from his problems. Snape looked very pleased with himself as he called the names of the students. As he read out Harry´s name, he had an evil grin on his face.
"Well, our famous Mr.Potter has got an Outstanding in this subject. How is that possible? Would you please get up and show us some charms?"
Harry got up and took out his wand. "What charms, Professor?"
"If you don´t know, then sit down!"
Harry wanted to go back to his seat as he heard Neville whisper ´Patronus`. Harry looked at Snape and thought of having another Teacher, then shouted: "Expecto Patronum!"
A white silver stag appeared from Harry´s wand and galopped through the room until it vanished into thin air. Everybody applauded, except Snape who seemed to be very angry.
"Potter, sit down!"
Harry was pleased with himself and took his place. They practised several spells during that lesson and those who had been member of DA last year, didn´t have any problems. Snape couldn´t even tell off Neville, because he did nothing wrong. Harry was satisfied, because he knew that Snape hated his first lesson as teacher in this subject.
At dinner, Hermione told Harry to meet him in the library in a couple of minutes. Then Harry saw her leave with Ginny. Ron shot a surprised look at Harry who raised his eyebrows and didn´t know what to make out of Hermione´s words.
In meantime, Hermione and Ginny arrived in the library. "What do you want to tell me Ginny?", asked Hermione.
"Well, I don´t know, but maybe you noticed that Ron likes you very much and I think it would hurt his feelings if you continue playing Harry´s girlfriend."
"Yeah. I know, Harry told me by accident that Ron likes me."
Ginny looked nervously at Hermione. "May I ask you something? You seem to be very disappointed to stop acting Harry´s girlfriend. Are you in love with him?"
"No, I am not." Then she looked suspiciously at Ginny. "Why are you asking? I thought you were over him now!"
Harry had decided to follow the two girls in order to listen a bit of their conversation. He reached the library five minutes later.
Ginny said: "I am so sorry I said...". She paused. At that moment, Harry opened the door and listened.
"...Harry Potter means nothing to me!" Harry only heard these words and his heart seemed to stop beating. He felt very miserable at that moment.
"But now to you and Ron", continued Ginny. "Do you like him?"
"Of course I like him. He is one of my best friends."
"Hermione. Don´t you think I´m aware of that? I want to know if you love him!"
Hermione´s face became very red and her eyes were shining. "I... I´m not sure. I like him more than I should and when I look at him, I feel good. It would be so wonderful to have a boyfriend..."
The two girls grinned at each other. Ginny left the library, because Hermione was waiting for Harry. He came in and didn´t know what to say.
"Harry! What´s up with you? You look terrible."
"I´m... not feeling good. Can we talk later?"
Without waiting for her answer, Harry left the library again. He was very confused and needed time to think about everything he just heard. He had been so convinced that Ginny liked him too. He was heading for the Gryffindor common room as he saw Ron running towards him.
"Harry, come on! We have to look for new members fo our Quidditch Team!"
Harry had completely forgotten about that and he quickly summoned his Firebolt. Both of them were going down to the Quidditch field. It was a nice sunny day at the end of september. When Harry and Ron arrived at the pitch, they saw many people waiting for them. Ron looked slightly nervous, but then he coughed and everybody looked at him.
"Hehm, hehm... Welcome all of you! I am very pleased, that so many of you have come today! We´ll begin with our training now. May the best come into our team. I wish you all good luck!!"
It wasn´t easy to say whether a candidate was good or bad, they had to pick out four new team members. Fred, George, Alicia and Angelina were gone and so there were only Ron, Harry and Katie left. As they were testing chasere, Harry, Ron and Katie passed them balls or tried to take the quaffle away from the candidate or looked if they were able to score.
There was a small second year, with blond hair, who nearly fell of his broom as he tried to take the quaffle. When it was Ginny´s turn, it was Harry who nearly fell of his broom. He didn´t expect her to come and try for chaser. Even if she had told him so last year, he had forgotten about it. He wasn´t able to concentrate anymore and as he tried to catch the quaffle, Ginny docked under him and scored.
After several hours of practising, Harry felt exhausted. But at last, they had their new Quidditch team. There was Ginny and Christopher Wood, third year and cousin of Oliver Wood, their former Quidditch Captain. Then there were the beaters, Sean Owen, a fourth year who had nearly knocked out Harry with his bludger and Leslie Grapes, a fifth year who had come from Durmstrang. Karkaroff had left the school and it was closed.
Now the team was set and the Quidditch Season could begin.
@ AngieBob: Ok, I´ll try. I hate her too.
@ Lil Nik: I hope too, that the coupling will be that way in the books.
@ all: Thanks for reading this !!
A/N: ...please review. I´ll answer them in the next Chapter. Bye