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Quidditch And More...

Next day Ginny asked her mother if she could give Sara also some work along with them so that she will be distracted because all these days Molly didn’t give her any work saying that she was a guest. That day Sara along with Ginny and Hermione fed the chickens, helped Molly with lunch and laying the table for lunch. In the afternoon the boys came up with the idea of playing quidditch
“Hey who is up for quidditch?” asked Ron
“Not me,” said Hermione
“Oh come on please Hermione,” he said pleading
“No way Ron I will be happy cheering for you guys from below”
“But we can’t play 2 on 1 Mione,” said Ron
“Who said you will be playing 2 on 1?” said Ginny
“Hey Sara, would you like to join us for a round of quidditch,” asked Ginny and Sara looked up from the book that she was reading sitting on Ginny’s bed
“hm…sure,” she said
“ok then that’s done. Ron and Sara team up and Ginny and me will be together,” said Harry
Ron looked at Harry as if pleading to change the team but Harry didn’t and they went to play quidditch.
“ok since we have only 4 of us we will have only the chaser and the keeper,” said Harry
“yes captain,” said Ginny in a mock tone of a soldier with a salute and Harry smiled.
“ok lets begin,” said Ron nervously and as soon as the whistle blew all 4 of them shot in the air, with Ginny and Sara as the chasers for their respective teams and Harry and Ron as the keepers respectively. Ginny had caught the quaffle first and she was heading towards the Y shaped branch of the tree which was supposed to be the hoop and Ron was guarding it. Sara was behind her and zoomed past her and came to halt to tackle her. Sara knocked the quaffle out of Ginny’s arm and caught it before it fell to the ground and headed towards the Harry. Ginny stunned, recovered quickly and went after Sara. Sara tried to throw the quaffle through the hoop but Harry caught it. He threw it back and before Sara could go for it Ginny knocked her out of the way and caught the quaffle and went straight to Ron. Ron as usual became nervous and missed the quaffle and allowed it to go through the hoop. Ginny cheered loudly and with her hands up in the air and Sara looked dismay.

Hermione who was watching the game closely and noticed that Sara had loosened up. She was fighting back and giving Ginny and Harry a tough time. “This might be good for her. It is distracting her up out of her past thoughts”, thought Hermione with a smile as she saw Sara score a goal for her team.
“yuhuu,” cried Ron with his hands up in the air and Sara smiled momentarily and went back behind Ginny in whose possession was the quaffle. The game continued on and on. The score was 90-80. It was evening already. Both the teams were playing neck to neck. Harry had put up 100 points as the target to win the match as there was no seeker to catch the snitch and end the game. Sara had tactfully knocked out the quaffle from her opponent and was heading towards the keeper when Ginny came by and snatched the quaffle from the air before it could go through the hoop. She raced towards Ron. Ron concentrated hard on Ginny’s movements and when he thought he got her movement and jumped to stop the quaffle Ginny deceived him and went through the other direction and scored the goal. Sara was just behind her and missed the quaffle.
“100-80”, shouted Hermione and Ginny punched her fist in air and raced towards Harry and hugged him.
Sara went towards Ron who was not in a good mood. He saw her coming up to him, “sorry, messed up a bit,” he said
“Nothing to worry about, we were in good shape though,” said Sara patting him lightly.
“80-100, not bad at all,” she said and Ron nodded and they both went towards Harry and Ginny.
“Well done mate,” said Ron shaking his hand
“Thanks”
“You guys were fantastic too,” said Harry
“nah…got in to one of those low confidence moods in between,” said Ron
“oh come on Ron you were marvelous,” said Hermione and kissed him on his cheek and he smiled
“Hermione! You are spoiling my brother! Now I understand why he talks like that some times, it’s just to get your attention,” said Ginny in mock Mrs.Weasley’s voice
“you attention seeker,” she said and punched him on his arm and they all laughed and Sara smiled.
“good game Sara,” said Ginny
“same to you,” she said
“you seemed to have stunned her in the beginning when you knocked the quaffle out of her hands,” said Hermione and Ginny nodded
“well done,” said Harry and put his hand forward for a handshake and Sara took it and gave a firm handshake. Harry looked at her and saw something, something that he used to find in all his opponent captains, sportsmanship and stability and firm hand grip while shaking hands.
“were you in your school quidditch team,” he asked her as they left their hands
“yes,”
“were you a captain?”
She looked at him and said, “yes”
“how did you know she is a captain?” whispered Ron
“I didn’t know, had a hunch,” he said looking at him and shrugged.
“good, Sara you will be trying out this year for Gryffindor, for sure,” said Ginny
“I don’t know Ginny,” said Sara
“what do you mean, I don’t know. No ways, you are trying out and doing well in it and getting in the team,” said Ginny with finality and Sara just shook her head. All of them went back and freshened up as Molly had already prepared the dinner.
At dinner the 4 of them talked animatedly about their quidditch match to Mr. Weasley just like as if they were kids and Molly couldn’t help but smile at them and their enthusiasm that stems out off them when they talk about quidditch. After the dinner all 7 of them were sitting in the living room and having tea. Mr. Weasley was on the arm chair while Mrs. Weasley on the couch beside him. Ron and Hermione were sitting next to each other on another couch facing the fire place while Harry, Ginny and Sara sat on the ground, sipping their tea.
“so girls, packed your stuff?” asked Arthur
“no dad, we’ll do it tomorrow, we still have 4 days for September 1st,” said Ginny
“so Sara, how did you find Diagon Alley?” he asked
“oh it is beautiful, sir” she said
“good. What does your father do, Sara?” he asked
“he is a muggle sir. He is an engineer. He is heading a power plant”
“a power plant? What is that?” he asked
“um…yes Mr.Weasley. It is an industry that generates electricity and distributes it to a particular place”, she said looking at Ginny and Hermione as she remembered they telling her that Mr. Weasley loved to know about muggle things especially anything related to electricity.
“oh, that’s interesting,” he said
“have you ever visited his work place?” he asked
“um…no sir…actually I was very young when my parents split, so I have never had a chance to visit his workplace. If he would have been with us maybe I would have seen it, perhaps,” she spoke hesitantly.
All of them looked at her. She never told them anything about her parents or her life.
“oh I am sorry,” said Arthur
“oh don’t be, Mr.Weasley, though he left because of certain differences with mum he always was there for us.”
“us?”
“my brother and me,” she said
“how old is your brother?”
“Karan turned 14 this June,” she said slowly
“he goes to a magical school?”
“yes, Mr.Weasley”

As the girls went back to their room the boys followed them. Harry and Ginny sat on Ginny’s bed and Ron on Hermione’s bed with Hermione snuggling up to him. Sara was walking towards her bed when Hermione called her to sit with them. Sara sat on the other corner of the bed with her back against the wooden pole of the four poster.
“so you enjoyed playing quidditch?” asked Harry to start a conversation and include Sara in it
“oh yeah, it was great. Felt like I was playing for my team again”, she said
“so you guys will be working and all this year, right?” she asked
“um…no actually only Ron and Hermione will be working, I will still be under training, so its Ginny, you and me all of us will still be sort of studying,” said Harry and Sara nodded.
“by the way who is the head boy this year?” asked Harry looking at Ginny who was sitting beside him.
“no idea,” said Ginny
“just hope that he is not a Slytherin,” said Harry
“oh come on, Harry,” said Ginny
“honestly Gin I don’t like this altogether different dormitory for the Head boy and Head girl,” he said
“Harry, I am big enough to take care of myself,” Ginny said
“I know, but I don’t trust any Slytherin,” said Harry
Ginny looked at Hermione and they both just shook their heads.
“what?” said Ron
“Mione even you think its ok to be along with a Slytherin in a same common room,” he asked
“Ron…don’t start…please,” whined Hermione
“sorry Sara, I know you are feeling left out,” said Ginny
“obviously not, well I have seen many seniors of mine who have had their boy friend or girlfriend in altogether different common room for the head boy and head girl with almost most unwanted people. I am used to listening to this,” she said as a matter of fact.
“ok Sara, you tell us, is it fine to have a head boy from Slytherin house?,” asked Hermione
“you know Slytherins?” asked Ron
“yes, finished reading Hogwarts A History just today,” said Sara and Ron rolled his eyes and Sara continued to watch him do .Ron turned red again. She then faced Harry and Ginny.
“all I can say is that Ginny be on your guard,” said Sara
“a very diplomatic answer there Sara,” said Hermione with a smile and Sara said, “well really, Hermione there is no point in arguing on such matters,”
“Ginny, if Harry asks you to talk to Professor McGonagall and go back and stay in the Gryffindor dorm and common room, will you?” she asked turning towards her.
“no, I wont, that would be ridiculous,” said Ginny and Harry looked at Ginny surprised.
“see,” she said looking back at Hermione
“all you can do is keep your distance and be on your guard, that’s the best thing I can say,” said Sara
“alright, fine but Gin you are letting Sara or Luna know if there is something wrong and you guys can let Professor McGonagall know, later,” said Harry
“Harry, I will take care,” she said and hugged him and he kissed her hair. Sara just shook her head and smiled.
Sara got on to reading Jinxes for the Jinxed book that she had started before the boys came up with the idea of quidditch while the rest 4 chatted for quite sometime. It was already 12 and Ron got up stretched
“I am going to bed guys,” he said and kissed Hermione good night
“ ‘night, Ginny, ‘night Sara” he said after a bit of hesitation.
“Good night Ron,” chorused both of them
“coming Harry?”
“yeah. Good night Gin” he whispered in her ears and kissed her which well…, lasted for quite sometime.
“Harry when you are done come back to the room,” said Ron rolling his eyes and left. Hermione was giggling and Sara blushed.
“ ‘night Hermione, good night Sara,”
“Good night Harry,” said both of them
When the boys left the girls chatted as they were getting ready for bed.