The holiday had gone by quicker than they thought to be possible, and weirdly enough, no big fights disturbed their stay at the Zabini's either. It seemed as if Malfoy had chosen they weren't too bad after all, seeing how they had handled Princilla Selwyn's terrible behaviour, and that' how, on the last day of their stay at the Zabini's, you could find all the kids outside in the snow. Ella and Daphne were cheering for the boys who were playing Quidditch. Hermione had offered to be referee.
"At least going to all those matches pays of in some way then." The girl muttered.
It was Blaise and Theo against Malfoy and Harry. Flint had told them on the Yule ball that he still expected them two to be on good terms so Blaise took his words to pair them up with almost everything, enjoying their scowls a lot, but mostly doing it because it was paying off.
"You're being biased, Granger!" Malfoy complained when she whistled a third time for a foul he had done according to her.
"How can I be biased, Malfoy? You're on Harry's team." Hermione said, rolling her eyes at the blond who was hoovering in front of her.
"Obviously, you detest me more than that you like Potter." He scoffed.
"Don't be ridiculous, Malfoy." Harry said, bumping into him playfully and earning himself a scowl now. He had quickly joined in making Malfoy dread every moment he had to spend with him by being extremely cheerful whenever he saw him. "She likes me too much to ever turn against us."
"Obviously people hate me more than they like you, Potter." The blond scoffed, before going quiet for a moment.
"Don't get your boxer in a twist, Drake." Blaise said, bumping into his friend from the other side. "We like you fair enough. Your charm just hasn't started working on Hermione." He winked at the girl who couldn't keep herself from chuckling.
"What is it with you idiots and bumping into me today." Malfoy whined, glaring at both Harry and Blaise.
"Stop being a whiny bitch and start playing again!" Theo yelled from above.
It was enough to motivate the other three Slytherins and get playing again.
"You know, if you wouldn't cheat so obvious, you might actually make a chance to win this, Drake." Blaise said teasingly.
"So, I should cheat like you two do?" The blond asked, pulling up a brow.
"Or we could just play fair." Harry said, stealing the Quaffle from Theo's hands and racing for the goal, scoring easily. "I'm sure we can still beat them that way." He smirked at his friends. "We are, after all, the ones who made it to the team." He said cockily.
"For once, Potter." Malfoy said, catching the Quaffle with a smirk. "You're actually making sense."
On the ground, Daphne gave Hermione a pulled-up brow while Ella kept cheering for both teams.
"So.... Why were you only calling out the faults of Harry and Draco?" She asked with an amused look.
"Well.... Both Malfoy and Harry are on the quidditch team. I wanted to give Blaise and Theo a fair chance."
"By pretending not to notice them cheating." Daphne asked amused.
"I wanted to give them a chance of winning." Hermione said in an afterthought.
Both girls chuckled when Ella cheered loudly because Malfoy scored again. No need to say that it wasn't Blaise and Theo who won that last game.
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The red and gold Snake.
FanfictionHarry's second year at Hogwarts can't come quick enough. His friends haven't written to him the whole summer and he's scared they might have forgotten him. Well, that's how it start at least. His Slytherin friends prove to be as loyal as you can exp...
