Reality Bites Harry Potter

Friendly game of Quidditch (*with sarcasm*No, it's not competitive at all )

Ginny and Pansy still won't leave me alone about Theo even though I told them we were officially together. Ugh! Oh well, I can't be too mad because I'm absolutely ecstatic about it! Now I just need to get the roommates situation dealt with and it'll be perfect! Shay had already sent out invitations to the new possible initiates for the Gingerpuffs. Honestly, I don't expect a lot of people to actually make it through, because I know how Shay is. She's going invite like twenty people and then decide it's too many at one time, so she's going to think of something to eliminate some of them. She won't have any troubles eliminating someone, it's the ones she gets attached to that make it hard. Theo, Pansy, Blaise, Draco, and I showed up at the time we were told to. "Wow, I'm proud of you guys for showing up on time." Shay said smiling.

"Well, don't get used to it." I said grinning at her. She rolled her eyes at me. The Ravenclaws showed up first and there were five of them. One of them I noticed was Luna. I smiled. Shay and Luna are going to become good friends. And then it was the Hufflepuffs and I could tell they were a bit excited about it. I wonder how Shay met all of these people. I get that she's in the same house as them, but the Ravenclaws too? Oh well. She must be more popular with people than I thought. Then again, I never gave much thought to try to be friends with more people than who is in my circle. That might just be because I'm an introvert. Anyways, as always the Slytherins and Gryffindors showed up last and there was some trouble with some girls hating on Ginny. Shay quickly took care of them and booted them out. Good. Ginny doesn't need that.  Theo, Blaise, and I kind of goofed off a bit, so therefore we weren't really paying any attention to what Shay was saying to everyone. And then the next thing I know, I'm being grouped with two of the new initiates and being told to make a crest for the Gingerpuffs. I was kind of sad that I couldn't be in a group with Theo. One of them introduced herself as Daphne Greengrass and the other one introduced herself as Addie. "I'm Pyper, Shay's older sister. It's nice to meet you."

"Really? That's awesome!" Addie said excitedly.

"You honestly don't know Shay that well, do you?" I said grinning. "Don't worry, she's not a bad person, she's just really dramatic."

"Honestly, she can't be any more dramatic than Pansy." Daphne said shrugging.

"She is though." I said sighing. Daphne just stared at me wide-eyed. "I'm not lying. If you asked Pansy, she'd tell you the same thing. Really though, it's not so bad once you get used it."

"I hope you're not telling them bad things about me." Shay said walking up to us.

"I wouldn't dream of it." I said smiling at her.

"No one asked you to be smartass." Shay said rolling her eyes.

"No one asked you  to be a drama queen at times, but you do it anyways." I said shrugging. She scowled at me.

"Excuse me for trying to keep the peace." She said crossing her arms.

"Chill out, Shay. You know I'm only joking." I said sighing. I could tell she was seriously getting agitated. "Besides, if I  wasn't a smartass, then someone would think I'm sick."

"Whatever," She said with a small smile. Yeah, she can't be mad at me. Daphne, Addie, and I started on our crest design and I was a bit surprised to see how well Daphne could draw. Addie and I are on stick figure level, but freaking Daphne could paint the freaking Mona Lisa if she wanted to.

"You're really good at drawing." I told her. She looked at me surprised.

"Thanks. No one has ever said that to me before." She said smiling.

"Really?" Addie asked frowning.

"Yeah, but it's no big deal. I usually don't like to show off my work because it's kind of embarrassing for me." She said shrugging.

"Is it because of your family?" Addie asked her.

"Kind of. I mean, they're Purebloods but they're not completely against Muggles and all of that other Pureblood supremacy crap. I just don't feel comfortable with sharing my work with them, because I view drawing as a get away." Daphne explained as she continued with her design.

"Well, I hope your design wins."  I said smiling. Honestly, I'm a failure when it comes to drawing. The only reason Shay wouldn't kick me out of the Gingerpuffs is because I'm her big sister.

"Yeah, we'll be rooting for you." Addie said smiling too.

"Thanks!" Daphne said looking like she was finally having a good day. I wonder if anything happened before she came. After the Gingerpuff meeting, Shay came up to me.

"So what do you think of the new initiates?" She asked me. I shrugged.

"They look like a good bunch." I said as we took things down. If we didn't, I'm sure we'd be getting a lecture or two from the teachers.

"I'm excited!" Shay said as we got the last of the decorations taken down.

"Now, we just got to get through to Halloween." I said jokingly.

"It'll be fun." Shay said smiling. Seeing as it was Saturday, Shay and I didn't have any classes. So to kill some time until dinner, we decided to go out on the Quidditch pitch to toss a quaffle around. Fred and George stopped us on the way there.

"What are you two up to?" Fred asked after giving Shay a small kiss on her cheek. Her face was as red as a beet.

"We're going to toss the quaffle around at the Pitch." I said shrugging.

"May we join you?" George asked curiously.

"The more the merrier," Shay said grinning.

"Great, we'll meet you there!" Fred said before the two of them took off.

"What does he mean by that?" I asked frowning.

"Who knows?" Shay said shaking her head. "I swear if he keeps doing that, I'm going to pass out from how lightheaded I feel afterwards."

"You're just going to have to get used to it." I said grinning. She stuck her tongue out at me and then we continued making our way out to the Pitch. We got the quaffle out and tossed it around for a few minutes before Fred and George showed up. They had brought Harry, Blaise, Theo, and Ginny with them.

"Now we can play four on four." Fred explained. "There will have to be one player per a position." Everyone agreed to it and the teams were Fred, Shay, Ginny, and Blaise and then it was George, Theo, Harry, and myself. Shay and Harry are obviously the Seekers, George and Fred are Beaters, Theo and Blaise are Keepers, and Ginny and I are the Chasers. Theo and Blaise seemed a bit nervous about playing since they've never played Quidditch. I assured them that it would be okay and it wasn't like we were going to play a serious match. We played about five rounds before everyone was getting tired. Fred's team won the first two rounds and then our team won the last three. I'm proud of our group of friends. I hope to continue to see more House unity as Shay and I continue our time at Hogwarts.