Silver Hourglass

Bludgers and Duels Chapter 15

The next morning found Harry by himself sitting in the courtyard. Harry was nervous, very nervous about the coming match between Slytherin and Gryffindor. There was a flash of a camera's light, followed by the now familiar squeak of Colin's "Hiya Harry!"

"Hi Colin." Harry said.

The small Gryffindor sat down next to Harry and pulled out a few photos. "Look! Look! I did it! I developed the photos!"

Harry looked at the photos and groaned when the first once was of him and Lockhart. Lockhart was smiling, holding Harry close to him as Harry looked annoyed, at the camera and at Lockhart, trying to get away. Harry looked at the picture and up at Colin, who was smiling like a little child. "It's...good. I guess." Harry said, "Though I don't think I would actually sign it."

"Alright..." Colin frowned, "but how about the other ones?"

"Other ones?" Harry asked, confused. He looked at the small pile of pictures and started to look through them. One picture was taken from far away, it was of Harry, Blaise, Theo, and Draco hanging out. Harry looked at this and looked at Colin, who was blushing red. "Colin! When did you take this? I don't remember."

"Oh...umm. ..."

"Colin?" Harry asked.

"I'm sorry!" Colin yelled, gaining the attention of everyone around them. "I took them without permission." His face was red with guilt and embarrassment and Harry just sighed in irritation.

"We talked about this Colin, you can't do that, it's just plain creepy." Harry said.

"I know, I'm sorry... but, I like the last picture though." Colin said, hiding his face in his hands. Harry skipped to the end where it was him and Draco, hugging. Harry smiled as he remembered this picture, it was the day of the tryouts. He and Draco hugged, moved so that they were holding each other by the waist and smiled at the camera before hugging again.

"This... this is good Colin." Harry said, the small smile on his face as his cheeks started to turn rosy.

"You're not angry?" Colin asked, hopeful.

"No, I'm not angry at you Colin, just annoyed. You have to stop taking pictures without permission. I know you want to show these to your dad, but seriously, taking pictures of people without permission isn't fun. It's invasive. So stop it?" Harry asked.

Colin sniffled and nodded. "Sorry Harry—I just—I just wanted to—"

"I know, but you have to stop. Okay?" Harry said. The bell rang somewhere and he said "Look, I have to get ready for the Quidditch match okay? I'll see you later."

"Yeah Harry." Colin said sadly, tears welling up.

Harry left him and made his way to the Slytherin Common Room where he got his Quidditch gear and met up with Draco. "Ready Potter?" he asked, smirking.

"I am." Harry said, his nerves obviously getting the best of him. This is his first real game after all.

"Relax Harry, we'll be fine." Draco said. He kissed Harry's cheek and smiled. "For luck." Harry giggled and blushed, doing the same thing for Draco. "For luck." He repeated.

The two made their way to the Quidditch's Pitch, the Slytherins they walked by wishing them luck as they carried their Nimbus 2001s over their shoulders. "Potter! Malfoy! You're late!" Marcus Flint barked as they entered the Slytherin locker room. The rest of the team was there, Terence Higgs sitting with Adrian, wearing his school robes as Adrian wore his Quidditch uniform. "Harry, with me." Terence said as Draco walked towards Marcus, who was lecturing the team.