Breaking the shadows

Judged?

1996

Sunday October 3rd

I met Ginny outside the locker room as she had showered and changed after the quidditch match. As she saw me outside the locker room, she ran to me flung her arms around me and kissed me, I closed my eyes a bit surprised, but the surprise led to pulling Ginny closer to me, deepening the kiss. I could feel a few people had stopped to look at us, but I couldn't care less. I had Ginny, Ginny was mine and everyone else could mind their own business. Ginny unwrapped her arms from my neck ending the kiss. The people who had been staring at us were still there. It was members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. They came over to us, Ginny takes my hand, and she says: "Good game today, right?"
"Yeah sure, but it ended in a draw" one of them said annoyed. Her name was Alicia Spinnet a tall black-haired girl. The other girl was Katie Bell, she was a tad shorter than Alicia but also dark-haired. And she said calmly: "A shame really, but Ginny you played really well."
Alicia: "Yes Ginny, it was good for your first game, but don't expect Oliver to make you a permanent Chaser."
Ginny: "Yes this was my first game, but I am a permanent Chaser unlike you Alicia. And I scored the most goals in this game."
Katie: "She's right Alicia, you are only a reserve Chaser, and Ginny and I are not."
Alicia: "And so what. Let's just go"
Alicia leaves angrily but Katie says just before she leaves: "Don't listen to her, she's like that with every younger player."
Ginny: "Thanks Katie, I don't mind."
Ginny turns to me, and I say: "How can you let her be so rude."
Ginny: "It's just who she is, I can't change her, but I can ignore her."
"At least she is a reserve, that just means that you are better than her."
Ginny: "That is true, but I think that I am the best chaser on the team."
"Of course you are."
Ginny: "But don't tell anyone I said that I don't want to create any drama."
"I won't tell anyone, I promise."
Ginny: "Should we go for a walk to the lake after dinner?"
"I would love to."

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At dinner we sit with Hermione and the others, Harry looks a little unpleased with himself. Which is understandable, as he couldn't catch the snitch today. Ron doesn't seem effected by the game ending in a draw, might say the opposite, he eats like he has never seen food before. But that is just the usual with him, Hermione nudges to Harry, he looks up from his plate and Hermione asks him: "What happened today?
Harry: "I don't know what you mean Hermione."
Hermione: "Yes you do, why didn't you catch the snitch?"
Harry: "I was just distracted."
Ron: "By what, a girl?"
Harry: "Might be, but she is unavailable."
Ron: "That's not a problem is it? You can easily get any girl to like you."
Hermione: "That doesn't mean that he should, leaving her boyfriend heartbroken is a terrible thing to do, you know how that feels."
She whispers the last part, but I hear her clearly, I swallow hard as I did take Harry's girlfriend from him. And Ginny cheated on him with me.
Harry sticks his head out on the other side of Hermione and says to me: "Harlow, don't think that you took Ginny from me, okay?"
It was like he could read my thoughts.
"I didn't think that"
A lie, but he will never know, and then he turns to Ginny: "I could feel that you weren't happy with me, and we're still friends right, Ginny?"
Ginny: "Yeah, we are still friends."
Harry: "As long as you and Harlow are happy that is all that matters right Hermione?"
Hermione: "If that's how you think about it, then yes that is all that matters."
Harry: "Then it's settled. No one took Ginny from me because she isn't a material that anyone can steal, and everyone is happy."
Hermione: "If you aren't Harry, you can tell us."
Harry: "I am happy, I am very happy."
I think he is lying, and his smile seems fake, but mostly I think he is worried that he might get killed soon, he doesn't know how strong Voldemort is growing, none of us do really.

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Puplished: 31-05-23