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Quidditch, Anyone?

Draco slowly turned around to find Avi, wide-awake and smiling. All Draco did was stare at her. "Hello? Earth to Draco?" Avi waved her hands in front of her, for it was her that he was staring at.

"Avi! You're awake!" Draco exclaimed.

"And you just figured that out?" Avi said sarcastically.

"MADAME POMFREY!" Draco screamed, making Avi jump. Madame Pomfrey ran into the room that Avi was staying in and awaited Draco's reasons for making her run across the hospital wing and waking up a few people. All he did was point at Avi.

"My goodness! She's awake! Are you feeling all right, dear?" Madame Pomfrey asked Avi. Avi simply nodded adjusting to her surroundings. As she turned her head and looked at her nightstand, her jaw dropped.

What she saw was more amazing to her than any other thing she ever saw. If she stood on her nightstand, she would not be as high as the pile of sweets and get-well cards that lay there.

Madame Pomfrey left Draco and Avi alone so that they could talk and so she could go talk to Dumbledore. Draco sat down next to Avi on her bed as she started going through the large pile of gifts until she found the one from Draco. It was a small box. She opened it to find a small silver band with green and silver stones around it. Avi smiled, "Oh Draco it rocks my socks off!" Draco took it and put it on her finger. She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. She was smiling a lot until she finally wondered why she was there.

"Draco, what happened? The last thing I remember is that I had the puck." Avi asked him.

"Ok, deep breath I'll tell you. You had the puck, and you just… fell. You fell like you were unconscious before you hit the ground. I tried calling your name, shaking you, and Harrison used magic. I picked you up and carried you to this very bed three days ago. Du-"

"Ooh. Muscle Man," Avi remarked. Draco laughed.

"Anyway, Dumbledore came to see you, but couldn't do anything. There were rumors around the school that you suffered from dehydration or the game was too much for you. I didn't believe any of them, though, there was something else that made you do that I'm sure of it."

Just then, Harry, Ron, and Hermione came in with Fred and George Weasley. Avi smiled, but the rest of them frowned at the sight of each other. Harry saw the ring on Avi's finger and the box open on the nightstand and was greatly disturbed by this.

"Ah, and what do we owe this pleasure?" Draco remarked.

"You mean to what does Avi owe this pleasure. We aren't exactly here to see you." Fred snapped back. "We heard Avi was awake. Ron told us the whole story. We came down to see you. We also have a present for you." Fred pointed down to what George was holding. It was a long box in her favorite color wrapping paper.

George put the package on Avi's lap so she could open it. Avi ripped open the red and black wrapping paper to find a brand new broomstick. It was the brand new model called the Silver Streak. Avi gasped at its silver body and the name printed in gold at the top. "You can change the color of the broom to any color you want, too," George said.

"You know how to play Quidditch, right?" Ron asked her. All Avi could do was nod.

"You… guys… are… the coolest people ever!" Avi jumped up, hugging Fred and George. They were stunned. Why didn't I think of that? Draco thought (MENACINGLY! sorry I love that) glaring at the broom, apparently trying to set it on fire.

"Um, you're welcome." George answered for both Fred and him. Madame Pomfrey came into the room and scolded the lot for making so much noise. Then she turned to Avi, who was dancing and singing.

"Well, I see you're quite alright. Professor Dumbledore told me that if you were ok, you could go back to staying in your dormitory." A bit embarrassing, what I just did was. (Yoda, but better) Avi smiled and started to pull the curtain so that she could get dressed when Draco taped her on her on the shoulder.

"I have something for you." He handed Avi her CD player with Good Charlotte inside. "I thought you might want it back. I made it so you can listen to it, even here in our world. Hope you don't mind, I kind of listened to it on the way here," Avi said it was ok, thanked him and Draco started walking away. "I'll meet you at the entrance to the Great Hall when you're done."

"'K."

20 minutes later, Draco met Avi right outside the Great Hall.

"Do you have your broom with you?" Draco asked Avi. Avi shook her head. She had just come back from putting all that away. "Ok, then we'll go get our brooms. I want to do something." Avi didn't question. She wanted to take her new broom out for a test drive.

They got their brooms and walked out to the Quidditch field together. In the middle of the field, there was a trunk with the Hogwarts crest on it.

"Draco? I'm completely clueless to all of this. What are you doing?" He paid no attention as he let the bludgers go, along with the Golden Snitch. He mounted his broom, so Avi guessed that she was supposed to, also. Draco smirked and looked at Avi with the Quaffle in his hand.

"Quidditch, anyone?" Draco remarked as he threw in up into the air and soared up on his Firebolt. Avi flew up behind him, but since her broom was newer and faster, she passed Draco easily.

They played Quidditch all day, until it was time for dinner. "Hey Avi? Have you considered going up for the Slytherin team? You're really good." Draco asked her.

"What positions are open?" Avi needed to know.

"Well, seeker is now open since I switched to chaser. I'll ask the new captain for you." Avi smiled. Draco smiled back.

Draco and Avi changed out of their sweaty and smelly robes and walked down to dinner. Avi sat at the end of the table while Draco went to talk to the Slytherin Quidditch team captain. As Avi ate, she wondered what it would be like to be on the house team.

Draco walked back over to where Avi was sitting, smiling.

"Ok, Avi. No pressure. He's willing to give you a chance, but you have to prove yourself. If you make it, you would be the first girl Slytherin Quidditch player."

"Right, no pressure." Avi smiled, weakly. "When do I get this 'chance-of-a-lifetime'?"

"Ok, you need to be on the field next Tuesday at 5:30. I'll be there. Don't worry." He'd better be there or I'll rip his arms off, She thought smiling at him.

"You'd better be."

Tuesday at 5, Draco led Avi out onto the field. "Ok, you remember what we've been practicing, even though you didn't need any of it." Avi nodded and took off on her broom to calm herself down.

She soared through the air, letting go of the broom so she was only sitting on it. Breathing the clean, crisp air and relaxing was exactly what she needed. She sat high above on her broom sidesaddle, staring down at the field and (more importantly) her boyfriend. She sighed, dreading the try out. She felt as if she was going to throw up until she saw two people come out, walking onto the Quidditch field.

The Slytherin captain and one other person walked out to next to where Draco was standing. Avi flew back down and jumped on to the ground.

"So you're Avi?" the captain, Nick, asked.

"In the flesh."

"Alright. All you have to do is win the game against James, here and you get the spot, got it?" Avi nodded and shook hands with James. They blasted into the air, and the game began.

Avi was a great Quidditch player. They were tied at 50-50 when Avi spotted the Snitch. Draco saw it, too. Come on, Avi. The Snitch is right there! Get it! Get it! Draco thought worrying. To Draco's surprise, Avi went in the opposite direction as fast as she could go. James, of course, followed her.

All of the sudden, Avi changed directions and flew after the Snitch. James didn't know what happened until Avi was 20 yards away from the Snitch and closing. 10 yards, 5 yards, 2 yards. Avi was closing in when she got up and stood on her broom.

CRASH! Avi seemed to have crashed into the bleachers. Draco, Nick, and James ran to the bleachers only to find Avi, sitting there with a Wizards Solitaire game halfway over.

"What took you guys so long? I was beginning to worry." Avi remarked with a smirk.

"Do you have the Snitch?" Nick asked her. Avi looked up as though she was searching for the information.

"Snitch, Snitch, Snitch… you mean this?" Avi pulled the Snitch out of her pocket and set it in Nick's hand. "I do believe that you owe me the Seeker spot on the Slytherin Quidditch team."