Lover over Brother

Chapter 14

Harry's POV

I was sitting in my dorm, polishing my broom as I waited for Ron to get ready for quidditch tryouts. Well- he wasn't trying out. He was just tagging along with me. He said he "didn't have the skill" to tryout. I know there is potential in him though.

He came out of the bathroom right as I finished polishing. "Ready?"

"Ready."

We head out of the dorm but right as we are about to leave the room-

"Listen to this! Sirius Black has been sighted in a little town near Kings Cross Station!"

I stopped in my tracks to hear the morning around me. Mr Weasley had told me that Sirius Black was after me and quite frankly I was worried. I pushed that fear feeling into the pit of my stomach and grabbed Ron's arm. "Come on. I don't want to be late for tryouts."

We began walking through the halls, heading towards the outside area. "You think he will make it to Hogwarts?" I asked Ron.

He shook his head. "Of course not. Look at the place! It has dementors at every entrance and we have Dumbledore and some great professors here! We are completely safe." He said confidently.

I nodded and sighed. "Sorry- I overthink sometimes."

He patted my shoulder. "We all do mate. Don't worry about it."
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We made it to the quidditch pitch and I could see Malfoy standing there with a few slytherins, acting like he was the funniest person ever. His group of friends were laughing as he supposedly told a few jokes to them- which I'm guessing were insults to people- but I couldn't even hear what he was saying.

Ron was cheering me on from the stands and Hermione made her way up to there as well a bit later since she had to talk to McGonagall about her classes.

Tryouts started and I waited till it was my turn to tryout for Seeker. Madam Hooch had me go up against none other than-

"Malfoy."

"Potter."

We sat mounted on our brooms as we waited for her to give us the signal. She blew the whistle and we were off, flying around the pitch. My eye caught the golden ball in the air and I dived towards it but so did Malfoy. It was head and head before-

SMACK

"Watch where your broom is going Malfoy!"

"Get better glasses and maybe you'll see that you clearly collided with me!"

It was back and forth bickering before Madam Hooch put a stop to it."ENOUGH! Now- did anyone catch it? This is tryouts- I don't need you two fighting over this." She said. I lifted my hand in the air to show that I had it in between my fingers. Malfoy groaned and I smirked, standing up and handing it to Madam Hooch.

"Good job Mr Potter. Mr Malfoy, quit sulking on the ground."

Malfoy got up and shot me a nasty glare before hitting his shoulder against mine as he walked past me.

Good to know I can still outshine him in something other than classes.

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I got back to my dorm and quickly showered, washing all the dirt and sweat out of my hair. I got out and changed into my pajamas before shaking my hair to dry it out.

"Hey Harry! Look what I got!" I heard Neville call me from inside our dorm. I walked out of the bathroom next to our dorm room and walked in, seeing Nevill holding a small pot.

I sighed. Neville and his plants.... again.

"What is it this time Neville?"

He held it up to show my a small bunch of flowers. "Lilies! Muggle plant of course but absolutely beautiful! I thought maybe I could give them to you since ya know...your mother?" He said. I felt a warm yet cold feeling swarm my chest. I took the pot and half smiled. "Thanks Neville. I'll make sure to show these to my sister."

He grinned in a shy manner before beginning to get ready for bed. It was sweet of him really.... but I just don't know if I was prepared for that. I could feel tears stinging at my eyes but I quickly blinked them away and crawled into bed.

I really did miss my parents.