The Potter Twins
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-Chapter 12-Quidditch
"What are you getting at Harry?" asked Hermione timidly when Harry had not continued speaking.
"OK, I'm just going to say it, right to the point, no beating about the bush as that Muggle saying goes," Harry said, sighing, running a hand through his messy hair. "It was wrong of me to call you a slut and for saying all that I did about you. It's just that I was defending my sister. She's all I've got, vice versa for her. But I should know by now that she is capable of handing herself. So if you two want to get into a bitch fight, go ahead, I won't stop you."
Hermione looked at Harry, hoping he would continue because so far things had gone better than she had suspected. Then again, she had originally had no idea what he wanted, meaning she did not know what to think or expect.
"And saying this, I think our fight was childish and breaking up because of it was worse. We should have discussed it and tried to fix things. I hope we can do that now," he concluded.
"Is that your warped way of asking me to be your girlfriend again?" asked Hermione, unsure of herself.
"We'll see Granger, we'll see. But for now, let's try to build a friendship," Harry said, standing. "Besides, I'm still seeing Blaise. You wouldn't want me to have two girls at once, now would you?"
"No, but before you would have gladly had more than one girl on your arm," she glanced her eyes down to the ground in embarrassment. "I always thought you were sleeping around with someone else when we were together."
"Don't worry, I didn't. Though there were a few offers, I'll tell you that. It took all my willpower to deny them. But, at the beginning, I had slept with some Hufflepuff, but it only lasted a week. Then I got rid of her, so to speak. Let's just say it's something I'm working on; that I'm trying to turn a new leaf. Maybe by then we can start our flame up again." He patted Hermione's shoulder before heading to the stairs to his dorm. "Goodnight Hermione, and please, don't choke on all that information right now."
"Goodnight Harry," replied Hermione slightly confused by what had just transpired.
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"Michelle, wait up, will you?" asked Draco, slinging his bag on his shoulder as he followed her up the dungeon steps.
Michelle stopped and turned to face Draco, waiting until he was on the same step as her. "If you didn't take so long to get your arse out of bed every morning, I wouldn't have to wait."
"Well sorry Princess, I did not mean to make you wait, but you know I was up all night thinking about that kiss you gave me."
They entered the Great Hall and spotted Harry already sitting at the Slytherin table.
"Hmm…I was thinking about it also, and decided that I should have waited until this morning to give it to you, you know, so Ginny could see us," Michelle said, sitting down to next to Harry. "Good morning Harry."
"'Morning you two," replied Harry. "Speaking of Ginny, guess who visited me last night Malfoy?"
"Ginny," Draco said. "Let me guess, she wanted to shack up with you."
"Correct, but I sent her back to her common room. I don't want to hook up with her ever again; then again, I had also wanted to talk to Hermione. I wonder if I would have shagged her if what I had to say to Hermione wasn't so damn important, hmm."
"How'd that work out?" asked Michelle, drinking some milk.
"Pretty good, I basically told her we had been childish and that I wanted us to build up a friendship because I'm still with Blaise and all. I also told her that I was trying to turn a new leaf, like no cheating or anything."
"Are you really trying to do that?"
"Of course I am. I mean, it's fun and all, but it's not going to keep me happy forever."
Draco snorted. "Good luck with that mate. And what are you talking about; it could keep any man happy for a lifetime."
Michelle smacked Draco. "You could try and do what Harry's doing." She turned to Harry. "Good for you though, I'm proud that you're actually trying to improve your ways."
Harry just shrugged in response. "Oh yeah; Quidditch practice is this weekend."
Draco glanced at Michelle. "Do you think Michelle's in an OK condition to play?"
"Merlin Malfoy, I'm having a baby, not dying!" stated Michelle.
"He's got a point though 'Elle, what if you can't play? I didn't even think about it. You are in a lot of danger with the Quaffle and Bludgers," Harry said.
"I'm also in danger of spells and curses and hexes hitting me in classes, but I don't see your concern in that, like you don't have me walking around in a giant bubble. But if it will ease your minds, I shall go see Madam Pomfrey after classes today, OK?"
"OK good. Thanks 'Elle," he stood up. "I just have to go tell the rest of the team. See you both in Charms."
Michelle and Draco bid farewell to Harry for the time being before turning back to their breakfast. No sooner had Harry left them that the morning post had shown up. Draco's eagle owl flew in front of Draco, revealing a letter. He untied it, causing the bird to fly away.
"It's from Mother," he stated.
"Duh, who else would it be from? Your father?" asked Michelle, laughing. "What's it say?"
Draco glared at Michelle before scanning his letter. He threw it down on the table. "It's just a check-up letter, to make sure Dumbledore isn't being too much of a fool. And she hopes that you and Harry are both well, and that nobody has broken into our flat."
"Good, which reminds me, next Hogsmeade trip, I need to disappear a bit and go home to make sure we have enough room for a crib."
"OK, I'll come with you. But I'm sure there is."
"I know, but I really just want to get out of the teacher's eye sight," said Michelle, getting up from the table since she had finished eating. "Come on, let's get to class."
Draco stood up as well and grabbed Michelle's hand. She looked at him questionably. "We have an audience."
This caused Michelle to turn her head towards the Gryffindor table. Ron and Ginny were both staring at them; Ron out of sadness for blowing it with Michelle, and Ginny out of jealousy because Draco had found somebody before she had a chance to. Michelle just gave them a fake smile and walked out of the Great Hall, but not before kissing Draco's cheek and pretending to say something in his ear as they exited. As soon as they were out, Michelle dropped Draco's hand.
"Let's not make that a habit, OK?" she asked.
"Come on Michelle, you started this with that kiss last night!" exclaimed Draco. Michelle gave him a look that clearly said: 'So what'? "but since this isn't real, we'll just pretend at meal times, maybe during classes, for a week, at most, then we'll 'break-up', OK?"
"Fine, but only for a week," agreed Michelle. "But jeez Malfoy, you sure are putting a lot of thought into one tiny kiss, lighten up, will you?"
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Saturday slowly showed up and Harry was pacing in the Quidditch pitch, waiting for the rest of the Slytherin team to show up. Unknown to Harry, Michelle had been creeping up slowly behind him. She grabbed his shoulder with her hand that was not holding onto her broom, causing him to pull out his wand and turn on her. This made Michelle giggle.
"Boo!" she said, smirking.
"Merlin 'Elle," replied Harry. "Did Madam Pomfrey say you could play, you never did tell me; but just because I'm the captain and your brother, that doesn't mean a thing."
"She said it probably wouldn't be good for the baby, but since we don't want the school knowing, she'll put a defensive shield barrier over the baby during practice and games. In fact, she already set it up for today."
"Is that safe for the baby? I've never heard of that sort of thing."
"Some chick just came up with it about a year ago and it's only been tested a few times. But what's the harm in trying it out? Plus Pomfrey's going to check on it after practice today anyways," Michelle said, shrugging. She mounted her broom. "I'm going to do some flying now though, if you don't mind."
Harry waved her on and walked to the stands. He watched her silently for a few moments before the rest of the team showed up.
"'Elle, get down here now so I can go over what we're doing this practice in preparation for our match against Ravenclaw," hollered Harry towards Michelle.
Rolling her eyes, Michelle dove down to the ground.
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The middle of April had shown up and by that time, Draco and Michelle had already 'broken-up' because Ginny was finally over her jealousy. Harry had also tried to gently break-up with Blaise once again, but she would not listen. After many attempts, Michelle stepped in and simply told Blaise that Harry wanted nothing to do with her in that way anymore, and that it was him, not her, that needed changing. This led to Blaise giving both Michelle and Harry the silent treatment. This had been going on for a week.
"Hey Pansy, want to ask Blaise when she's going to get that stick out of her arse and talk to me again?" asked Michelle when she and Pansy had just entered the Slytherin common room.
"No thanks, I'd rather not ask her," replied Pansy.
"Oh and why not?"
"Because we both know she'll talk to you when she's cooled down a bit."
Michelle rolled her eyes. "Whatever, she's being a git anyways. I mean, she said she didn't care that Harry was just sleeping with her for the sake of it, but she acts so devastated by it. She's just contradicting herself."
"That's Blaise for you. I'll give you advice Michelle, don't dwell on it too long, she'll come around," Pansy said before turning her back on Michelle and walking towards the girls' dorms.
"I'm not dwelling on it, I just think that it's stupid that we share the same dorm and we're not talking!" Michelle yelled after Pansy's retreating back.
Left standing in the common room by herself, Michelle decided she was going to sit on an armchair and check out the Potions homework she had been given. Professor Snape had given her class an essay to be completed by the following Monday on why Veritaserum and Imperious should not be mixed together on one individual and list the effects it could do to someone. She had only been able to write the title and her name on her parchment when Harry had appeared beside her out of nowhere.
"Hey 'Elle," he said, sitting on the previously occupied couch.
"Hi Harry," responded Michelle, glancing at him. "You sure know how to get a seat in here."
Harry smirked. "It comes with being a Potter."
Michelle glared at him. "I'm a Potter and I sure as hell can't clear an area that fast."
"It's not like that. You see, you're more of an Evans' then you are a Potter."
"Are you saying I'm like Aunt Petunia?"
"No…not at all! I'm saying you're more like Mum."
"Mhmm," she gave him a disbelieving look. "How would you know that I'm like her? I could be the one like Dad and you could be like Mum."
"Not possible, not from the stories Sirius had told us before the Department of Mysteries," replied Harry softly. "Anyways, let's stop talking about the past, I've brought news."
"Which is what? You've gone a whole weekwithout sex?"
"Hah-hah, very funny. Though there is that, I'm not talking about me here."
"OK then, please continue. But only if you're sure that this isn't about you."
"I just wanted to let you know that we have a match against Hufflepuff on Saturday."
"OK. How come that hasn't been posted on the boards yet?"
"I just found out a few minutes ago. So naturally I came here to tell the team."
"Oh, well, I don't know where any of them are. I don't even know where Draco ended up after class."
"He already knows. I ran into him in the hallway before he and his new sex buddy took off to go find a place to shag," remarked Harry, wanting to see if it had any impact on Michelle or not.
"So he's finally able to get a girl on his own again I take it," replied Michelle, an amused look on her face.
"Don't you care; I mean, you two just had something going on not too long ago."
Michelle waved her hand dismissively. "It was an act Harry; it was basically something to rouse the Weasleys. Jeez, couldn't you tell? Talk about blind!"
"Well, I don't know, you two tend to do your own things when I'm not around, so I wasn't sure."
"Now you know nothing was going on. But you better go tell the others about the game."
"Yeah, so, I'll see you later 'Elle," Harry said, standing.
"See you," replied Michelle as Harry left the common room.
Twirling her quill in her hand for a few moments, Michelle decided to get back to her essay.
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"Are you ready for today's game, Malfoy?" asked Michelle as the two teams walked onto the pitch.
"Of course I am; it's Hufflepuff," Draco replied dryly. "Did you see Madam Pomfrey?"
"Of course I did," she said, mocking Draco.
He glared at her while they came to a stop in the middle.
"Captains, shake hands," Madam Hooch said.
Harry stepped up to shake the Hufflepuff captain's hand, giving a fake smile.
"Mount your brooms," Hooch said, her hand on the box holding the Quidditch balls. "Three. Two. One."
Harry kicked off the ground, the rest of the team doing the same, and immediately looked around for the Snitch.
"Potter and Madly rise at the same time, both looking for the Snitch," Luna Lovegood's voice sounded as commentator. "Chaser Smith for Hufflepuff has the Quaffle and is racing up against Malfoy towards Keeper Potter. He shoots, and oh, Potter saved the ball."
Michelle smirked at Zacharias Smith as Draco sped down to the Hufflepuff hoops, passing the ball to Malcolm Baddock, a third year. In his excitement, Baddock did not see the Bludger being sent his way and had the back of his broom hit, causing him to drop the Quaffle. Before any of the Hufflepuff's could get the Quaffle though, Draco dove under Malcolm and retrieved it. He tore down the pitch and threw the Quaffle into the middle post.
"Ten zero for Slytherin. I had thought they wouldn't get that after that kid dropped the Quaffle. Lucky Malfoy was there – he is now available for anyone interested," Luna said.
After an hour of circling the pitch, the score eighty to seventy, Harry finally spotted the Snitch near the ground. Keeping his eye on the Snitch, Harry started to dive, getting the attention of Laura Madly, the Hufflepuff Seeker, and Luna.
"And it looks like Potter has finally caught sight of the Snitch. Or he could be faking like last time," said Luna.
Extending his hand out right before he collided with the ground, Harry snatched the Snitch from the air and steadied his broom. The Slytherins soon erupted into cheers, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor booing or not making anything at all about it. Landing on the ground, Harry waited for the rest of the team to join him on the ground.
"Great match Harry," Michelle said, being the first to meet him. "I thought for sure that the one Bludger was going to smoke you."
"Err…thanks 'Elle…I think. I didn't know there was a Bludger sent my way," Harry said before the rest of the team joined Michelle and him on the ground.
Draco hit Harry on the back, grinning. "Good one mate, took you long enough."
"I know, I know," Harry said, shaking his head. "But overall, other than my mistake, good game team. Especially you Baddock, you're getting better."
The boy smirked, feeling proud of himself.
Harry clapped his hands together and grabbed his broom. "Let's get cleaned up team before heading back to the common room to celebrate."
The Slytherins smirked to themselves as they headed in, occasionally talking about a play that had been made.
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"Good game today Harry," Hermione congratulated him when he showed up in the common room later that night. "I had been cheering for you."
"Thanks Hermione," he said as he leaned his broom against the wall.
"The rest of the Gryffindors thought us insane, but we still cheered for your team."
"Us?"
"Oh yes, Ron and Neville were also cheering for the Slytherins. You know why Ron would be cheering, and Neville, well, Neville saw us doing it and decided to join in."
"You have to tell me, does Weasley believe he still has a chance with Michelle?" asked Harry, sitting on the couch.
Hermione sat down beside him. "I don't know. She's been off limits as a topic since he found out. I know he is hurting though. But Harry, I think he should be an off limit topic for us, or at least his and Michelle's relationship stuff, if we're going to try to have a friendship.
"OK, agreed."
The two sat there silently for a few moments.
"When you went for the Snitch, I really thought you were going to crash into the ground with the speed you were going at," Hermione said.
Harry laughed. "I wouldn't have crashed; I know what I was doing. You need to have more faith in me."
Hermione smiled. "Oh, I do, don't worry. I just thought you were going to loose control, but I guess I was wrong as was proven."
"Were you secretly hoping that I would crash?"
"No…"
"Ah-ha! I knew it! You wanted me to crash so I would have amnesia and believe I was still going out with you."
Hermione shoved Harry and smiled innocently. "I'm glad we can talk like this again Harry, I had been missing it."
"Me too," Harry admitted, starting to lean in to kiss Hermione. Suddenly though, before Hermione had the chance to lock his lips, Harry looked at his watch. "Well I've got to put my broom into my trunk before we have to tend to our duties."
Hermione sighed and fell back onto the couch. "OK."
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After leaving the library, Michelle walked right into Ron. She had lost her balance and Ron grabbed onto her to stop her from toppling over.
"Watch where you're going," she snapped, regaining her composure.
"You were the one not paying attention," Ron replied.
"Whatever, just watch it Weasley," Michelle said before starting to walk away.
"Good game today Michelle; I was cheering for you."
Michelle stopped and looked at Ron. "Thanks Weasley. I bet you can't wait until we face off."
"I think it should be a good match. We'll have to see who the better Keeper is this year."
"It'll be me again, don't worry."
"I have gotten better over the year, so you just wait," Ron grinned. "So how are you Michelle?"
"Fine," she said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"And the baby?"
"Why do you care?"
"Because it's not just yours, it's mine too and I care about its well-being."
"Madam Pomfrey says the baby is doing fine and I'm coming along well in the pregnancy. It should be born sometime between August and September if I continue this way," Michelle said, moving her hands to her abdomen.
"At least you'll be out of school when the time comes," Ron said, sticking his hands in his pockets.
After a few silent moments, Michelle tucked her hair behind her ear. "Why are you trying to talk to me so much Weasley?"
"Look Michelle," he started before stopping when a group of Hufflepuff's walked by. "Um, can we go somewhere else where we can't be interrupted or overheard?"
"Fine. How about out by the lake?"
"But it's still chilly out there."
"So? I like the lake this time of the year; besides, everyone's going back to their common rooms," Michelle said, walking. "Well, come on then."
Ron quickly followed after her away from the library.
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Harry stopped where he was as he watched Michelle and Ron head out of Hogwarts before running after them. He threw open the just closed doors and yelled, "Hey!"
Michelle and Ron immediately stopped walking and looked at Harry. This allowed him to walk over to the two.
"What do you two think you're doing out here? Everyone's supposed to be back in their common rooms," Harry said, before adding – when Michelle began to protest – "That means you too 'Elle."
"We just wanted to talk privately. I thought the lake was a suitable," Michelle replied, hands on her hips.
"Really? Well then, go to the Heads common room. Granger and I will be patrolling for a bit."
"OK…"
"I'll escort you two incase Filch or Mrs. Norris catch you," Harry said before heading back to the school, Michelle and Ron following closely.
A/N: Well. I hope this chapter was enjoyed. I wrote most of it before reading the sixth installment for Harry Potter…then after that, I lost all motivation. Lol. I have to say, it was not one of my favourites from JK. Oh well. The best part was the death…if he's dead, that is. Ginny does not belong with Harry, no she does not. Lol. Enough about that though. Please Review now!