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Chapter Fourteen- Sara: The Green-Eyed Monster Rears Its Ugly Head

I don't know what Harry said to Nikki to help her get over her nerves, but whatever it was, it worked. I had never seen Nik play so well before. She was flying everywhere, catching the quaffle, throwing it through the hoops. It was amazing.

The game was over pretty quickly. Harry, despite how many times Malfoy tried to knock him from his broom, caught the Snitch after only thirty minutes. All of Gryffindor pretty much surged onto the field to congratulate our House team. And, in the midst of all the celebrating, I saw Harry and Nik kiss.

It was shocking, truly. But, I kinda expected it. Nikki was so gung-ho for Harry that it was only a matter of time before they got together. And, I gotta admit, they make a very cute couple. And I'm not jealous at all. Okay, well maybe I am a little. But don't I have a right to be? I mean, my boyfriend only just broke up with me like three days ago. I think I have a little bit of a reason to be jealous. Here I am, still wallowing in the fact that the guy I thought I loved broke up with me, and Nik's playing tonsil hockey with a gorgeous guy. Alright, so maybe I'm a bit more than jealous. But that doesn't mean I'm not happy for Nik. 'Cause I am. Happy, I mean.

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So you know that happiness I was feeling for Nik? Well, it's gone. It's been a week since she and Harry kissed, and, to be honest, they're starting to annoy me. They are constantly together, always giving each other small little looks and whispering something in each other's ears. It's sickening. Was I ever like this with Hunter? God, I hope not. If I was, it's a wonder Nik never threw up when we were around her. Because that's how I feel, like I'm gonna puke if I have to look at the two of them together one more time.

September 30, 2004

I've been thinking a lot about Hunter lately, about when we first became a couple. I'm sad to see those days go, and, what's worse, I'm beginning to forget what it used to be like between us. I'm forgetting those first days of our romance. It seems like it was so long ago.

Seeing Nik and Harry together isn't getting any easier. It would have been fine if Nik had gotten a boyfriend when I still had hunter. But now. Now it doesn't seem right. Is this how Nikki felt when I was with Hunter? Did she feel like the third wheel, as I do now. At least I have Hermione and Ron to hang with whenever the happy couple gets to be too much for me to handle. Yes, at least I have those two to hang out with.

But I get the feeling, when I'm with Hermione and Ron, that there's something between them as well. As if there's something hidden beneath the surface of their disdain for each other. Oh I hope not. 'Cause if those two got together, too, I don't know what I would do.

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I was outside studying. It was a nice day and I needed to get out of the stuffy castle. My books were spread out over the grass, opened to whatever pages I needed, and I had a piece of parchment balanced on my knee and my quill in hand. But I couldn't concentrate on my work. No matter how hard I tried to keep focused, I just couldn't. My mind wandered, and I was soon lost in my thoughts. So lost, in fact, that I didn't even hear anyone approaching.

"It figures you would return to the scene of the crime."

God, could I ever get away from him?

I turned my head to look up at Malfoy. He stood over me, sneering. The coldness in his eyes was enough to cause an early winter, and I shivered slightly.

I hadn't seen much of Malfoy, except for the Quidditch game and in whatever classes we had together, since the whole hexing incident. I don't know whether it was because I had been avoiding him, or he had been avoiding me. To be honest, I think it was a bit of both.

"You know, this is really getting old, Malfoy." I replied, trying to mask my fear behind mockery. I wasn't an idiot, I knew that he would be out for revenge against me. That's just the way that people like him work.

I slowly reached for my wand, wanting to be ready in case he should try anything.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He said, his own wand already pointing at me.

Great.

"Okay, sheesh, no need to get violent here." I said, standing slowly. "You know, it's not really my fault for shrinking your head. You kinda were asking for it with the way that you were treating me."

I was really starting to freak out. I mean, the dude was showing no emotion whatsoever. And that was really creepy. 'Cause you would think that if someone was mad as hell that they would show it. But no. Malfoy was completely calm and emotionless. Except for his eyes, those cold, beautiful blue eyes.

"Hey, Sara, are you out here?" I was never so happy in my life to hear Nik's voice. My eyes flew to where her voice was coming from. She sounded close, probably no further than two or three yards.

"C'mon, Sara, where are you?" She was getting closer. She would come out of the trees at any moment.

My eyes moved back to Malfoy's.

"This isn't over." He hissed before quickly disappearing in the opposite direction of Nikki's voice.

I watched the trees where he had vanished, staring after him even though he was no longer visible.

"Didn't you hear me calling you?"

I turned to where her voice came from and she was standing right beside me.

"What?" I asked, confused.

"Didn't you hear me calling you?" She repeated, a worried look in her eyes..

"Oh…no…sorry." I stuttered. "I was studying and…I guess I just got caught up in what I was reading." I had never been very good at lying. Usually it was Nikki who came up with whatever story we were going to tell our parents, or our teachers. But Nik was the one person who I couldn't tell the truth to. If I told her, she would go nut-so and flip out on Malfoy. And I didn't need to give him another reason to want to hex me.

"Oh, alright." She looked down at the books that were spread out.

"So, um…what did you want?" I asked, sitting back down.

"Nothing really," she said, sitting down beside me, "it's just that, you know, with Harry and me getting together and all, you and I haven't had much time together. So I thought maybe you'd just want to hang out."

I smiled. It was true. We really hadn't had much time together lately.

"Alright," I said happily, "I'd like that."

I picked up one of our textbooks.

"Wanna help me study for our Transfiguration test?" I asked.

Nikki scrunched up her nose in distaste. I laughed. Good ole' Nik.

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