'The Wedding'

A/N: Hello peoples here is the nineteenth chapter of 'The Wedding' this fic which has been a labor of love for me is in the homestretch of the racetrack of fan fiction and I would like to get it to 100 reviews before the final installment. I know I normally update on Tuesdays (Australian Daylight Savings Time)but I have no more already completed chapters to upload so I had to finish this chappie before posting. I do hope you like it and please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW once you have read it. I do love each and every one of you who have been kind enough to review, each one of you means the world to me! As this story is nearing completion please let me know if you would like to be informed of updates by leaving an email adress in your reviews. The latter chapters do get a little fluffy and who doesn't need a little bit of that in their lives?



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The following few weeks proved prosperous for the duelling club. Every single one of the thousand students enrolled at Hogwarts participated and the younger students were becoming wand savvy. It was now The Tuesday before the main quidditch season and once again Harry flooed from Hogwarts to the Cornwall Moors stadium to meet up with his fellow squad members of Puddlemere United. Angelina helped him out of the grate as he arrived in the board room obviously having just arrived herself.



‘Heya Ange great to see you’ Harry said kissing her on the cheek ‘Ready to get back to the grind and have Oliver yell at us for the next six months?’



Angelina laughed.

‘You bet’ She said ‘Ah I see the sling’s off what did the healers at St Mungo’s tell you?’



‘I’ve got a clean bill of health’ Harry said hoisting his bag over his previously strapped up shoulder ‘I have been ordered in no uncertain terms to behave myself for the coming season’



Angelina laughed.

‘So your flying directly into the pitch days are over then?’ She said with a grin.



‘I didn’t have any flying directly into the pitch days in the first place’ Harry said rolling his eyes ‘Come on Ange you’re my team mate you’re supposed to support me whatever happens and here you are hanging shit on me. I expect that from the media not one of my best mates’



‘Oh aren’t you a poor hard done by soul’ Angelina said patting his head.



‘Oh bite me’



As usual loud doof doof music formed a trail to the Puddlemere United rooms and when Harry and Angelina entered the room they were greeted warmly by the rest of the team especially Oliver and Alicia who had only returned from their honeymoon two days previously.



‘Harry it’s great to see you!’ Alicia exclaimed engulfing Harry in a bear hug ‘How’s things going at Hogwarts?’



‘Things are ticking along nicely’ Harry said holding Alicia at arm’s length and noticing her tan ‘You’ve got a tan! Did you spend any time inside?’



‘Of course I did’



‘We had to, to perform the necessary marital duties’ Oliver said with a grin.



‘Oliver that comment alone is grounds for divorce’ Alicia said slapping her husband on the bum.



‘Oh get a room you two’ Larry said ‘Maybe you should’ve spent another week on your honeymoon and let Ange captain the game against the Wasps’



Everyone fell about laughing and Oliver and Alicia boiled scarlet.



‘Alright you lot get changed then lets start practice the rest of the teams have two weeks on us’ Oliver said ‘No slacking off now’



‘YES SIR NO SIR THREE BAGS FULL SIR!’ Larry and Gordon bellowed snapping into a sharp military salute.



‘Wankers’



Within fifteen minutes the team were mobilised and out on the pitch warming up. A huge crowd had gathered to watch the pre-season Cup champions prepare for the first game of the major round. Harry spied a ‘HARRY POTTER FOR MINISTER!’ banner and let out an audible groan.



‘Have a look at that fucking banner’ He hissed to Angelina with a subtle jerk of his head ‘I’m starting to think I’m destined to be the Minister for Magic’



‘Why don’t nominate one day?’ Angelina said with a grin catching the quaffle and throwing it to Alicia ‘You’d have everyone vote for you’



‘Fuck off politics ain’t my thing; I’ve got a Dumbledore mentality toward politics. I’ve done my time at the Ministry. They’ve got the people they need to run the country. Plus my heart is at Hogwarts’



Harry caught the quaffle and in an artistic move threw it in the air and hit it toward Oliver with the brush end of his broom.



‘So how are things going at Hogwarts?’ Angelina asked.



‘Oh great I’ve started up a duelling club and I’m thinking of asking McGonagall if I can impart a inter-house competition. Mind you I’ll have to convince her it’s the best thing since the end of the war I had to get the whole Hogwarts teaching staff behind me to convince her a duelling club was a good thing in the first place’



‘You had to grovel huh?’



‘Nah I didn’t get to that stage I went into negotiations prepared with a proposal she couldn’t possibly say no to. I wrote the proposal with Malfoy, Neville, Flitwick and John the new Muggle Studies professor and two weeks later she said yes. Half of the seventh years have down pat hexes that the Auror Office use’



‘Yeah George said something about your duelling club’ Angelina said ‘Got a name for it yet?’



‘Nah not yet haven’t been able to think of anything creative enough. Hogwarts duelling club sounds a bit naff’



‘How about Dumbledore’s Army?’ Angelina suggested ducking on her broom to avoid a bludger ‘Sounds like you’re doing a version of what we all did during the Umbridge year’



Harry smacked his forehead.

‘How come I didn’t think of that before?’ He berated ‘That would be a brilliant name Ange thanks you are a genius’



‘Nah just logical’ Angelina said with a grin as from halfway across the pitch Oliver waved them over ‘C’mon time to hear the strategy from the one and only quidditch Nazi’



Harry snorted.



‘From what I can remember when you captained Gryffindor in the fifth year you were such a training nazi Ron thought Oliver had died and you’d channelled his earth bound spirit’



‘Really?’



‘Uh huh I just thought it was over enthusiasm’



‘Ha ha’



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An hour and a half later Oliver called an end to the training session.



‘Bloody hell Oliver you’ve trained us like we’re playing in the final on Sunday not the first round’ Larry complained wincing as his sore muscled twinged in pain.



‘It’s the first game of the major round we can’t afford to slack off!’ Oliver said sternly ‘The first game of the round sets us up for the rest of the round! If we slack off now we may as well not compete’



‘Take a chill pill dear we’re okay for the match’ Alicia said rubbing Oliver’s back ‘You spent three weeks relaxing on the honeymoon no point in wasting it all by tensing up now’



‘You call what you two got up to relaxing do you?’ Harry said with a grin.



Larry. Gordon and even Katie and Angelina fell about laughing.



‘Fuck off Harry’ came the paired reply.



After they’d showered and changed Oliver drew the team back together again.

‘Leesh and I are heading to the Leaky Cauldron for dinner you lot are welcome to join us if you like’ He said shrinking his broom and putting in his sports bag.



‘Sorry mate I’m going to have to take a raincheck’ Gordon said ‘I’ve got dinner with the girlfriends parents’



‘And I’ve got dinner with my folks’ Larry said ‘Sorry but we’ll see you here on Sunday eh?’



‘You bet catch you later guys’



And with a simultaneous crack, Gordon and Larry disapparated.



‘Can you come Harry?’ Alicia asked.



‘Yeah Gin’s at training with the Harpies and Ted is spending the weekend at Andromeda’s’ Harry said.



‘Lets go then’



And with a crack Harry and the rest of the team disapparated appearing a second later on the apparition point in Diagon Alley just down from Weasley’s Wizarding Wheezes.



‘I’ll meet you lot in the Leaky Cauldron’ Angelina said climbing the steps to the shop and unlocking the door with a tap from her wand ‘I’ll see if George can come we haven’t got any potions that need supervision brewing at the moment’



‘The more the merrier’ Oliver said ‘See you soon’



Angelina disappeared into the shop and the rest of the team made their way up to the Leaky Cauldron.



‘I’m confident about this season’ Oliver said jovially as they passed Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions which had a ‘20% off dress robes til Sunday only!’ sign in the window ‘That was an ace training session I dunno if any of the other teams have been training that well and they’ve had the jump ahead of us with time and all. The Wasps have no chance on Sunday no chance at all’



‘Well when you and Alicia were on your honeymoon the team got together with Luke and George from the reserve squad and trained twice a week at Harry’s place’ Katie said ‘There’s a huge pine tree forest surrounding the manor and we could even use the snitch there. Hermione even stuck six chopsticks into the ground and transfigured them into hoops so we could really practice. We didn’t slack off at all’



‘You lot really did that?’ Oliver asked in surprised stopping dead in his tracks.



‘Yeah don’t sound so surprised’ Katie said ‘It was Harry’s idea in the first place. We even held a short game against the Harpies the day after Harry got his sling off’



‘You trained with your sling on?’ Alicia said to Harry in surprise with an arched eyebrow.



‘Yeah but don’t let the team healer know’ Harry said with a grin.



‘And it didn’t worry your shoulder at all?’ Oliver asked in interest.



‘Nope not one bit’ Harry said ‘I had gone swimming every day to strengthen the muscles and did all the exercises the team healer gave me’



‘So how come you lot trained at Harry’s and not the stadium?’ Alicia asked as they continued up the street.



‘Because we wanted to train without the press getting hold of Harry training with an injury’ Katie said ‘It was Angelina’s idea and Harry volunteered the Manor’s grounds use. The girls on the Harpies squad vowed to keep things quiet. They even trained without the knowledge of the Harpies board. The press reckon we’ve not been training at all. Tonight is the first time we’ve trained in public since before the pre-season final’



‘How the hell did you manage that?’ Oliver asked in surprise as they entered the Leaky Cauldron ‘Not even Rita Skeeter got wind of what you did?’



‘Nope no one got a sniff’ Katie said ‘Of course Angelina spun them a story that we were training overseas no one ever asked us where specifically so we didn’t’ have to lie too much’



‘You creative bunch of sausages’



Oliver, Alicia, Katie and Harry entered the front bar of the Leaky Cauldron and made their way to the back of the bar where they gathered at a table near the stairs that led up to the rooms.



Our shout what’s your poison?’ Oliver asked Harry and Katie.



‘Sex on the beach, With Sand In Your Crack’ Katie said with a grin’



‘Excuse me?’ Oliver exclaimed ‘What the hell is that?’



‘It’s a Sex on the beach cocktail with the addition of six raspberries to the finished product’ Katie said with a laugh ‘Go on I dare you to go and say that out loud to Tom’



Harry laughed.

‘I’ll have a Cock Sucking Cowboy’



‘What the hell’s that?’ Oliver squeaked again.



‘It’s butterscotch schnapps topped with cream liqueur in a shot glass’ Harry said with a grin ‘There’s a Cunt Sucking Cowboy too but that’s with peppermint schnapps’



‘Oh you two are so vulgar’ Oliver said rolling his eyes as he retrieved his money bag from his robes pocket.



‘Spit spot Oliver I haven’t got all night’ Katie said crossing her legs and wiggling her foot theatrically.



Alicia snorted.



Oliver and Alicia departed to the bar and Harry and Katie burst into laughter.

‘Oh we’re mean!’ Katie tittered with a grin reaching into her handbag and pulling out a tube of red lip tint.



‘Maybe I should’ve asked for a Mother Fucker’ Harry said with a grin.



‘What the hell’s in a Mother Fucker? I’ve never heard of it’



‘Essentially it’s a chocolate thick shake with malt absinthe in it’ Harry said ‘Seamus Finnegan invented it when his cousin Fergus got married…apparently it’s a Finnegan family tradition to invent the groom a cocktail with a vulgar name’



‘What a creative little sausage’ Katie said’ Did he invent George one before he and Angelina got hitched?’



‘Yeah George’s is called the clit tickler’ Harry said ‘It’s red bull, vodka, cream liqueur and a alka-seltzer tablet. It’s mixed in a pint glass with the alka-seltzer tablet added at the last second. Seamus swears it’s a aphrodisiac’



‘God that sounds revolting’ Katie said with a grin her nose screwing up ‘Is it an aphrodisiac?’



‘Oh hell yeah unfortunately the first time I drank it Gin was nowhere near me to I had to take care of business on my own’



Katie screwed up her nose.

'Ugh too much detail Harry, is Seamus going to invent one for you?’



‘Apparently yeah I told him whatever it is don’t include liquorice Galliano I hate that stuff it’s revolting’



‘Same here, I like diluted absinthe with raspberry syrup over crushed ice’ Katie said ‘But it’s expesive as hell so I rarely drink it’



What do you dilute it with?’



‘Oh ice water. If I drank it with other alcohol I would lose my faculties and make what Neville did on his stag night look like child’s play’



Harry sniggered.

‘I think I’d pay to see you that drunk’ He said with a grin.



‘Oh ha ha no one is ever going to see me that drunk’



‘Not even Draco?’ Harry said with a grin ‘How are things going with you two anyway? Things have been going to busy at Hogwarts for me to ask him about you two. It’s been a month since I’ve introduced you two’



Katie’s face took on a dreamy faraway expression.

‘Oh things are brilliant’ She said ‘He’s such a fucking romantic. You know this morning I arrived at the Ministry for work a hundred long stemmed rosed picked from the grounds of Malfoy Manor with a card that read ‘Just because’ card on my desk? You’re right he is nothing like the arrogant little shit during our years at school. He’s...He’s...Uhm…’



‘Human?’ Harry volunteered.



‘Yes exactly!’ Katie rushed ‘A soppy fucking romantic. He puts up with me yapping about quidditch and I put up with all his talk about Hogwarts which isn’t really a boring task. I love hearing about him at Hogwarts’



‘Sounds like you’d like hearing him talk about hippogriff shit’ Harry teased.



Katie blushed.

‘Well that’s going a tad far’ She said.



‘Hmm well I’ve noticed he hasn’t been spending dinner in the Great Hall a lot recently I don’t suppose you’ve had anything to do with that have you?’



Harry could swear he felt heat radiating from Katie’s face.



‘It might do’ She said with an embarrassed grin ‘I haven’t felt like this for a long time Harry I can’t describe it’



‘You think about him all the time, every moment you’re not with him you want to be, you think the sun shines out of his arse, you doodle his name on the edge of whatever parchment you’re writing on and you want to shag him til he passes out’



‘How’d you guess?’



‘Because that’s how I felt about Gin, how I still feel about her really’ Harry said as Oliver and Alicia started winding their way through the tables carrying two drinks each ‘On Tuesday I caught myself doodling her name on a seventh year Hufflepuffs essay on the Imperius Curse and I was thirty seconds away from giving it back to the said student’



Katie let out a great snort of laughter.



‘What’s so funny?’ Oliver asked placing Harry’s Cunt Sucking Cowboy shot glass in front of him and then placing a Sex on The Beach with Sand Up Your Crack in front of Katie.



‘None of your business nosey Kate and I were just having a heart to heart’ Harry said picking up his drink ‘Up your bum!’



Harry downed his drink in one swallow and slammed the glass back on the table.

‘Boo yeah that’s enough to put a skip in ya step’ He said theatrically.



‘Boo yeah what sort of language is that Harry?’ Angelina who had arrived with George unnoticed said from behind him ‘You sound like a gangster rapper’



‘Just feeling my oats toots’ Harry said with a grin.



‘Nah he’s thinking about what he’s going to do to my sister we he gets home’ George said with a grin ‘Like another of whatever that was Harry?’



‘Thanks George make it another Cock Sucking Cowboy’



‘Coming up’



‘So when does the national squad have their first training session for the international season?’ Harry asked Oliver as George went off to the bar and Angelina sat down ‘You, Leesh, Ange and Katie are on the squad’



‘Next Thursday’ Oliver said ‘We’ve got the start of the Four Nations Cup in the middle of November and Gwenog wants us to start training early’



‘She sounds like you’ Harry said with a snort.



‘She is’ Angelina, Alicia and Katie chorused.



‘Which is not a bad thing!’ Oliver exclaimed ‘No one complains, we both get results for out teams’



‘Yeah people do complain just not to your face’ Katie said with a snigger.



‘Oh nice’ Oliver huffed in mock annoyance ‘You can all go to buggery then, fuck you all, I can sack you and get the reserve squad to play in your place’



‘Nah you wouldn’t do that you love us too much’ Harry said with a grin.



‘Oh vomit’



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An hour later Harry returned home to Hermione trying to teach Ron the board game Monopoly.



‘No Ron you can’t collect two hundred pounds you picked the community chest card that said go back to start do not collect two hundred pounds!’ Hermione exclaimed in exasperation.



‘I don’t get this game chess is easier to get one’s head around’ Ron said placing his playing piece (The Top Hat) on the starting point of the board.



‘Monopoly eh? Harry said stepping out of the grate and dumping his things on the free end of the table ‘Who’s winning?’



‘Ronald is’ Hermione said.



‘I am?’ Ron said in surprise 'I don’t get this game’



‘See you’ve got hotels on Fleet Street, Pall Mall, Euston Road and Whitechapel Road’ Harry said pointing to the places on the board ‘And by the looks of your cards you own three of the four train stations if you get Fenchurch Station you can triple the rent on them. Plus you have at least six hundred pounds you’re in very good stead’



‘I told you all that before Ronald’ Hermione said in amused exasperation.



‘Is Gin home from Harpies training yet? Harry asked his friends as her went to the stove and lit it with a poke from his wand’



‘No she won’t be for a while Gwenog Jones had an accident on her broom and was sent to St Mungo’s with concussion she was knocked out cold and apparently the teams gone there to see how she is’ Ron said ‘I heard that on the wireless’



‘Bloody hell when was the last time Jones had an accident like that?’ Harry exclaimed in surprise taking his mug off the dish drainer and spooning sugar into it’



‘Dunno but not for ages, talk is she’s on the verge of retiring’



‘Shit really?’



‘Yeah well she is thirty six that’s ancient for a professional quidditch player especially a woman not being sexist or anything’ Ron said throwing the dice for his turn ‘Personally I thought she’d quit after United beat the Harpies in the pre season cup final. I’d say Gin would be at St Mungos with the rest of the team’



‘I wonder if Oliver knows’ Harry mused spooning coffee into his mug ‘The National squad have their first training session in preparation for the Four Nations Cup next Thursday and if Gwenog isn’t well enough by then he’ll have to take over the training’



‘He probably will have to’ Ron said ‘Her injury does sound pretty bad, it must be the night for bad accidents Troy Lancaster got hit by a bludger in the head ad fell off his broom from fifty feet at Cannons training he’s in St Mungos too and he’s the seeker for the National squad’



‘Gawd if we win a game this year it’ll be a fucking miracle’ Harry said ‘Want to come to training on Wednesday night? It’d be nice to go to a training session and not have to worry about the captain yelling at me’



‘Sure but can you leave the castle?’



‘This week I can Neville’s volunteered to stay at the castle at night til the quidditch season is established and I can eek out a routine. Plus the wedding’s in two weeks and he’s going to be head of Gryffindor house while Gin and I are on our honeymoon and he reasoned he may as well start now’



‘That’s generous of him’ Hermione commented moving her dog piece forward three spaces.



‘Yeah it is mind you I’m paying for his drinks at the Three Broomsticks for the next month’ Harry said with a grin as the kettle boiled ‘Anything interesting happen at the Ministry today?’



‘Nah same old same old’ Ron said.



‘I spent the whole day in court’ Hermione said making a face and shaking the dice in her hands ‘It drove me nuts, the minute the day ended I apparated to Mum and Dads and Mum and I went to London and spent a couple of hours at this salon. I’m thinking of putting in for holidays soon. If I don’t I’ll go Na Na’



‘Ron ad I suggested a month ago you should go on holidays’ Harry said ‘You’d be due your first lot of long service leave. In fact you’re a war hero you can take time off whenever you damn well like. You’ll go nuts if you don’t take at least a couple of weeks off’



‘Awww I dunno Harry we’re swamped with work in the office at the moment I can’t really’



‘How about you finish up the cases you’re working on and not take any new ones on then when you’ve tied up some ends go on hols’ Harry suggested as Jellybean (Now frully healed and without her pink leg cast) came wandering into the kitchen ‘That would be the sensible thing to do, and you’re the most sensible person I know it’s not sensible to run yourself into the ground like you are’



‘That’s what Mum said’ Hermione replied leaning back in her chair and sighing ‘How did training go? All set for the game on Sunday?’



‘Yea things went well. I had hoped Oliver would be slightly mellower in the afterglow of his and Alicia’s honeymoon but I may as well have hoped for McGonagall to strip off and do a nudie run through the great Hall on Monday’



Ron snorted and in doing do inhaled a mouthful of coke up his nose.



‘OW OW OW!’ He bellowed slamming his glass down and holding his nose from which dripped a rabies like foam ‘Bloody hell Harry don’t make jokes like that!’



Hermione’s face went bright red and she clapped a hand across her mouth as she attempted to stifle the hysterical giggles that were bubbling in her stomach.



‘McGonagall doing a nudie run, McGonagall doing a nudie run, McGonagall doing a nudie run, McGonagall doing a nudie run!’ Harry chanted a wide grin playing across his features.



Finally Hermione couldn’t control herself and let the laughter erupt from her mouth.



‘Harry that was HILARIOUS!’ She shrilled and Ron conjured a towel from thin air and wiped his face.



‘No it was nauseating’ Ron said finally waving his want at the Monopoly board to clean it of sprayed coke ‘Thanks very much Harry’



‘No worries mate my pleasure I aim to please you know that’



‘Idiot’



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At ten o’clock the grate erupted into green flamed and Ginny arrived home looking drawn and tired.



‘Hey Gin’ Harry, Ron and Hermione called from the table where they were now playing a three way game of Monopoly.



‘I heard about Gwenog’s accident’ Harry said to Ginny ‘How is she?’



Ginny sighed and flopped down in a spare chair.

‘Not great’ She said ‘The healers in I.C.U have put her in a medically induced coma. She’s got severe bruising on the brain purely from the impact of the bludger that hit her. And on top of that she’s broken her right leg and left arm and has this horrendous laceration across the back of her neck that was from actually falling off her broom’



‘Probably a stupid question but I take it she’s not going to make it for the Harpies game against the Arrows tomorrow?’ Harry asked.



‘No way, not a hope in hell. If she plays again it won’t be til the end of the year and that’s being overly optimistic’ Ginny said ‘Jess is taking over captain for the game I’m vice captain and we’ve called up Scarlett Manningham from the reserve squad to play in the third chaser position. That’s fucked up out whole strategy too’



‘Well if it’s any consolation it’s probably fucked up the Arrow’s strategy too’ Ron said.



‘True that’s what Jess said’



‘How did the accident happen?’ Harry asked in interest ‘A player with her skill and experience doesn’t fall off her broom every day’



‘I know well she’d just thrown the quaffle to Rosie when a bludger came hurtling toward her as she was getting her balance back on her broom. She tried to dip out of its way but it smacked her in the side of the head and she fell off her broom. None of us saw the incident til she was halfway to the ground and even with Rosie, Kate and I casting the Arresto Momentum Charm on her she still hit the ground pretty hard. I heard the crack of her broken bones from the other side of the pitch. It sounded like crushing a packet of crisps. The chief of medicine personally attended to her and put her in an induced coma to help her brain heal quicker. They reckon it’s still too soon to tell but after a few days, more likely a week they’ll conduct some scans and see the extent of the damage. If Kate, Rosie and I hadn’t cast the Arresto Momentum Charm on her she may well have died from the impact of the fall alone’



‘Bloody hell’



‘If she plays again it’ll be a miracle’ Ron said who had winced as Ginny described Gwenog's injuries.



‘Yeah well that’s what the girls and I thought. I don’t know what we’d do without her on the team Gwenog’s the life and soul of the team the glue that holds us all together as it were’



‘She’ll probably become team manager or go on the board of the club’ Harry said ‘Half the teams in the league have boards that used to play on the senior squad’



‘Hmm probably’



‘Must be the night for players on the national squad to get injured Troy Lancaster the seeker got injured at Cannons training’ Ron said ‘He copped a bludger in the head and fell off his broom too. Though the wireless haven’t got any more details on his condition yet’



‘Shit! Does Oliver know?’ Ginny exclaimed turning to Harry.



‘Dunno probably by now he does’ Harry said ‘He would’ve gotten an urgent owl from the national board I would imagine. If not I’m sure someone from the Harpies squad would’ve flooed him’



‘It’ll be front page news of the Prophet tomorrow a story that big wouldn’t it?’ Hermione wondered ‘I mean it’s big news that the captain of the National squad gets so badly injured’



‘Most likely yes’ Harry said ‘We’ll see in the morning I suppose’



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An hour later Harry could feel the effects of his alcohol consumption so he bade Ron and Hermione goodnight fetched a bottle of Hangover Potion from the potions lab and headed upstairs to the bedroom. Ginny was in the room already dressed in a slinky fire engine red and black lace knee length chemise brushing her waist length red hair while seated at her dresser. Harry felt a rush of blood to his loins as he watched her run her fingers through the satin curtain of her hair.



‘My God your hair is gorgeous’ He announced walking over to the dresser and kissing Ginny on the lips ‘Hmmm you’ve used vanilla shampoo my favourite’



‘Thought you might like it’ Ginny said with a grin leaning into the kiss ‘You smell like butterscotch schnapps’



‘I’ve drunk a lot of that tonight’ Harry said uncorking the bottle of Hangover Potion and taking a swig ‘And you know I think it’s an aphrodisiac’



‘Or it could be when you’re pissed you get randy as hell’ Ginny said pulling her hair into a loose scrunch at the base of her neck.



‘You don’t seem to mind’ Harry said grinding his arousal against her and running his tongue along the shell of her ear ‘Hmmmm yummy’



‘My ear tastes nice?’ Ginny giggled turning around and dropping a light kiss on his nose.



‘All of you taste nice’ Harry growled draining the last of his hangover potion and brushing a thumb across her moist lips ‘You know what I’d like to do?’



‘What?’



‘Make love to you outside on the balcony’



‘Harry you are a deviant’ Ginny exclaimed slinging her arms around his waist and placing a hand on each of his bum cheeks ‘Where the hell did you get your sex drive from?’



‘I got it from you existing’ Harry said with a grin once again grinding his arousal into her pelvis ‘The fact you walk this earth is enough for me to get a hard on’



‘That’s romantic in a drunken corny way’ Ginny said with a giggle leaving Harry and walking over to the door that led to the balcony off their bedroom ‘C’mon lets go watch the stars’



‘Is that what you’re calling shagging now?’ Harry said with a grin slapping Ginny’s bum playfully.



Ginny laughed.

‘You sure you drank Hangover Draught and not more vodka?’ She said transfiguring one of the chairs they kept on the balcony into a bed with a swish from her wand.



Despite his state of half drunkenness Harry couldn’t help admiring Ginny’s transfiguration skills.

‘C’mon gorgeous join me’ Ginny said alluringly patting the duvet (Which was navy blue almost black with almost real twinkling stars).



With a great jump and a yelp from Ginny Harry landed on the bed and started tickling her.

‘HARRY JAMES POTTER GET YOU HANDS OF ME OR I WILL TWIST YOUR BALLS OFF!’ Ginny shrieked twisting away from him ‘YOU BAST…!’



Ginny’s tirade was cut off mid-sentence as Harry claimed her lips with his in an animalistic manner. Their tongues duelled for supremacy before lack of oxygen forced them to pull apart.



‘My God Harry that was hot!’ Ginny exclaimed feeling desire flood to her core ‘Your lips are magic…s’cuse the pun’



Harry laughed.

‘So’s my wand’ He said with a grin wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.



‘Show it to me then’ Ginny said running her nails across his scalp.



‘Not just yet I feel like taking time’ Harry said hooking a finger under the hem of her chemise and pulling it upwards ‘When one has a temple of beauty in front of them one wants to take the time to enjoy it. One wouldn’t want to rush would one?’



Ginny giggled at Harry’s overuse of the word ‘One’.

‘Oh one does, does one?’ She said ‘Well I wouldn’t want to disappoint one’



‘Shut up’ Harry said pulling the chemise off Ginny and claiming her lips again.



Ginny sank into Harry’s kiss and allowed him to pull off her chemise. He flicked it off to the side then leaned down sucking her right nipple into his mouth the bud or arousal stiffening into a hard peak at his touch.



‘Oh lord Harry that feel soooo good!’ She hissed squirming under him ‘Go lower please!’



‘Patience gorgeous’ Harry murmured moving to her other nipple ‘I like to take time with you, you know that’



‘Make it worth it or I will scream so loud Ron and Hermione will think you’re murdering me’ Ginny said as Harry ran the tip of his tongue down he skin between her breasts to her belly button where he tugged on her belly ring lightly with his teeth. He then dropped feather light kisses down to her hairless pussy and nibbled on her warm folds tickling the skin with his tongue.



A shot of electricity hit Ginny and raced up her spine and to her head where her scalp erupted into dizzying tingles.



‘Bloody hell!’ Ginny squealed arching her back off the bed ‘Oh MAN alive!’



Harry positioned his head between Ginny’s legs and without warning parted her folds which were now soaked with her arousal and plunged his tongue into her.



Ginny screeched like a banshee.



Harry feasted on Ginny’s core greedily as if he were consuming a large meal after a period of starvation. He then slipped three fingers into her and sucked on her nub or arousal hard. Instantly Ginny became a squirming mess and groaned in frustration when Harry stopped and pressed a hand on her stomach.



‘Keep still’ He said huskily.



‘I can’t when you fucking do that to me!’ Ginny hissed as Harry rubbed her clit with his thumb ‘You know I can’t eeehk!’



‘I want to try something later’ Harry said as he lapped at Ginny’s core languidly.



‘Do what you like’ Ginny moaned.



‘I want you to be on top of me’ Harry breathed rubbing her harder ‘Want to do it?’



‘Oh God yessssssssssssss!’ Ginny groaned as a climax began bubbling in her pelvis ‘Shit whateveRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!’



Totally forgetting Ron and Hermione were still downstairs Ginny screeched as an orgasm washed over her. He warmth clenched around Harry’s fingers and he climbed up the bed kissing her long and hard on the lips.



‘I love it when you do that to me’ Ginny said puffing as she tried to regain her breath ‘Want me to do that to you?’



‘That’s a stupid question you know the answer’ Harry said lying down next to her.



Ginny got up and straddled him his erection poking into her thigh. She then leaned down and sucked the lobe of his right ear.



‘We ought to do it outside more often’ Ginny said as a light breeze wafted by bringing with it a strong fragrance of Jasmine from the blooms surrounding the exterior of the manor ‘It’s very romantic’



‘You’d find shagging in the chamber of secrets romantic’ Harry said as Ginny ran her hands over his muscular chest and nipping at his left nipple ‘Ow!’



‘Serves you right’ Ginny said with a giggle kissing his chest ‘No one on their right mind would shag in the chamber of secrets. I don’t want to shag with a dirty great big dead snake near me’



‘How about my dirty great big snake?’ Harry said with a grin wiggling his eyebrows.



‘You are a dirty dirty dirty man Harry Potter’ Ginny said with a grin kissing his belly button and inserting the tip of her tongue into it ‘Your parents would be rolling in their graves hearing you speak like that’



‘And your mother would stick a chastity belt on you with a permanent sticking charm if she saw you shagging al fresco’ Harry said his skin tingling as Ginny got closer and closer to his rock hard length ‘Ah shiiiit Gin touch me dammit I need you to touch me’



Ginny slid down the bed and licked the head of his cock like a rapidly melting ice-cream. She gently squeezed his balls then too his entire length into his mouth so quickly his bum left the bed as he bucked his hips.



‘Holy SHIT!’ Harry bellowed as Ginny started making loud slurping noises ‘Fuck me!’



‘I will in a moment’ Ginny said with a grin sitting up to put her long hair in a more secure pony tail



‘Damn your hair’ Harry hissed squeezing his eyes shut hard.



‘I don’t want you jizzing in my hair I’ve only just washed it’ Ginny said securing her hair then turning her attention back to his arousal which had not abated at all ‘I want you to cum in me’



‘Whatever just do whatever you’re going to I’m dying here!’ Harry groaned puffing for breath as his muscular body began to shine from the thin layer of sweat covering it.



Ginny ran her hands up and down Harry’s legs and massaging his balls took his entire length into her mouth Harry grabbed handfuls of the duvet under him and gritted his teeth as he immediately felt his balls tighten.



‘Ohhhh fuck Gin I’m close’ He groaned feeling the beginnings of a ripping climax he always had when Ginny went down on him ‘I can’t hold on much longerrrraaahhhhhhhhhFUUUUUUUUUUUCK!’



Without any warning the climax hit him and Harry shot his essence into Ginny’s mouth. Some of it spilled out of her mouth and spilled down his length. Ginny swallowed and then licked up the excess greedily.



‘Well that was yummy’ She said with a grin pumping his length slowly ‘You taste sugary’



‘Not like Butterscotch schnapps then?’ Harry said with a grin kissing Ginny on the lips.



‘No chocolate mud cake’ Ginny giggled straddling his hips again ‘No that chocolate fondue we had when you set up Draco and Katie’



‘Gin that was a month ago!’ Harry exclaimed ‘I doubt I would still taste like chocolate a month on’



Ginny ground against his arousal letting the head rub against her moist folds.

‘I don’t care what you taste like’ She said ‘I just want to fuck you til you’re a wobbling groaning pool of passion’



Harry found himself becoming incredibly aroused at Ginny’s filthy talk.

‘You sure know how to turn a bloke on’ He growled.



Suddenly and without warning Ginny sat down hard impaling herself on Harry’s cock. He sat up and yelled in surprise grabbing her hips hard and crashing his lips down on hers.



‘Fuck, fuck, fuck that felt good’ He hissed ‘Do it again’



‘I don’t want to break you’ Ginny moaned running her nails up and down his chest and kissing him feverishly.



‘You won’t’ Harry said ‘Go on go as hard as feels good, tell me what I can do to make it better’



‘Lay down’ Ginny commanded pushing him gently but firmly down onto the bed.



Harry lay down and watched Ginny greedily. She ran her hands up his abdomen and chest and started grinding into him slowly enjoying the outdoors and the Jasmine scented breeze that swirled around them.



‘I could quit my job right now and spend the rest of my days shagging you stupid’ Harry said reaching down and rubbing her nub with his thumb ‘Bugger Defence Against The Dark Arts the subject can go to pot, Minerva can fins someone else to fill the po….’



‘You talk to much’ Ginny said cutting off his tirade with another searing kiss ‘Meet me, I want you to come with me’



Harry returned the kiss and grabbed Ginny’s hips thrusting up into her hard. Ginny responded by arching her back and grinding her hips hard on him and squeezing her core around him hard. Once again Harry felt an exasperating pool of pleasure settle in his stomach as her neared orgasm again.



Within minutes Harry knew there was no point in trying to stave off the orgasm building in his loins so as he slammed up into Ginny he felt the dam break and roaring his spilled his essence into her.



‘AH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!’ He bellowed grasping Ginny’s thighs so hard he was sure there would be hand sized bruises on her skin in the morning.



He felt Ginny clench almost painfully around him and screech as she reached her own climax.



‘HAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!’ She shrilled ‘Oh my fuckin’ god!’



‘We ought to do this more often’ Harry said with a chuckle sitting up and kissing Ginny on the neck.



‘I-almost-fucking-wet-myself’ Ginny huffed raking her nails up and down his back ‘It’ll be a fucking miracle if Ron and Hermione didn’t hear us’



‘Damn them, anyway we’ve heard them plenty of time it’s time they copped an earful’ Harry chuckled basking in the afterglow of their lovemaking ‘We ought to do you on top more often it’s less work for me to do’



Ginny slapped his back.

‘Lazy git’ She said ‘You know I always make a pact with myself never to shag the night before a game but I never stick with it. What is it with you? If I didn’t know you any better I’d say you’d have put me under the Imperius Curse’



‘Oh ha ha’ Harry said laying down so to allow Ginny to climb off him ‘You’re hilarious’



‘And satisfied thanks to you’ Ginny said cuddling up to him ‘Coming to the game tomorrow?’



‘Of course you know I never miss one of your games unless work absolutely requires it and I’ve changed jobs now and it’s not as if Minerva is going to call me back to the school to supervise a detention’



‘Well hopefully we’ll win’ Ginny said not sounding so sure ‘This thing with Gwenog has really hit the team for six’



‘You girls at the Harpies are a tough lot you’ll cop whatever happens’ Harry said squeezing Ginny’s shoulders.



‘Hmm come on lets sleep in out regular bed that was nice but I don’t want to try and sleep outside til summer’ Ginny said getting up.



‘Can we continue inside?’ Harry said with a cheeky grin summoning his discarded clothes with his wand.



‘Shit Harry if we make love like that again I’m not going to have the energy to play tomorrow!’ Ginny exclaimed finding her chemise and pulling it over her head ‘You don’t want me to fall off my broom and have an accident like Gwenog purely from exhaustion would you?’



‘Oh way to go Gin that’s a guilt trip and a half’ Harry said getting off the bed and allowing Ginny to untransfigure the bed.



Ginny laughed and patted his bum squeezing it slightly.

‘Love you dear’



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Late the following morning Harry and Teddy flooed to George and Angelina’s to meet up with Angelina and George before apparating to Wales for the Harpies match against the Arrows. Angelina greeted them enthusiastically as they stepped out of the grate.



‘Awnty Ange!’ Teddy shrilled hugging Angelina around the legs.



Angelina scooped Teddy up and put him on her hip.



‘Oooof you’re getting heavy Tedmeister’ She said ruffling Teddy’s peacock blue hair ‘Blue today? Very nice’



Teddy hugged Angelina about the neck.

‘Is Uncle George coming?’ He asked.



‘Yeah he’s just putting his make up on’ Angelina said just loud enough for her voice to carry down the hall’



‘Oy I heard that!’ Came George’s voice.



Harry sniggered and a second later George emerged from the back of the apartment.



‘For your information dear I do not wear makeup’ He said in mock annoyance ‘Heya Harry’



‘Hi Make Up Man’ Harry said brightly.



‘Oh sod off’



Shall we go?’ Angelina said hoisting a picnic bag over her free shoulder ‘The game starts in half an hour’



‘Okay then’ Harry said ‘Ted do you wan to apparate with Angelina?’



‘Yeah okay’



‘See you at the ground then’



Harry spun on the spot and darkness enveloped him as he disapparated. He appeared a second later on the apparition point outside the Holyhead Town Quidditch Pitch the home ground of the Holyhead Harpies. Angelina, George and Teddy appeared at the same time.



‘Okay lets go’ Harry said producing the tickets for all of them.



Harry, Teddy, George and Angelina made their way from the apparition point and joined the cue for the reserved seating area.



‘Any more news on Gwenog Jones this morning?’ George asked Harry.



‘Yeah but her condition hasn’t changed overnight which I suppose is a good thing’ Harry said ‘It’s too early to tell how things will turn out anyway. Gin said last night the healers will keep her in a induced coma for at least a week before trying to bring her out. Jessica Overton is captaining this game and Gin is taking the position of Vice Captain. I expect if Gwenog retires that’ll be a permanent situation’



‘Is Jones retiring a likely thing?’



‘Awww dunno but she is old for a professional player and to come back just as good as before from such an injury might be too hard. And Ron reckons talk is she’ll quit’



‘I’d be surprised if she does come back after sustaining such serious injuries’ Angelina said as the cue edged forward ‘I’m surprised she didn’t die’



‘She’s lucky she didn’t Gin said if she Rosie and Jessica hadn’t cast Arresto Momentum on her she certainly would’ve died’ Harry said.



Angelina shuddered.

‘I’ve been playing professional quidditch for eight years and I am so thankful that I’ve never had a serious accident’ She said.



Harry, Teddy, Angelina and George eventually got to the head of the cue and showed the gate attendant their tickets. They then began climbing the stairs Teddy piggybacking the journey on Harry’s back.



‘Ooof you know Ange is right you are getting heavy’ Harry said to Teddy as they reached their seats ‘What did you eat for breakfast? Lead?’



‘No thilly I had eggs and toast you made them!’ Teddy exclaimed with a shrill giggle as they moved along the row ‘You forgot already?’



‘Only joking kiddo’ Harry said as they took their seats.



‘Are you two hungry yet?’ Angelina asked Harry a few minutes later as the pre match announcements were being made ‘George and I bought enough sandwiches and Butterbeer for all of us’



‘I’m not at the moment but I probably will be later’ Harry said ‘Ted you hungry?’



‘Uh huh’



‘How would ham and cheese thrill you matey?’ Angelina asked holding out a sandwich.



‘Thankyou Awnty Ange’ Teddy said taking the sandwich.



‘You know Harry it’s a credit to your parenting skills that Ted has such good manners’ George said retrieving his own sandwich from the picnic bag ‘I’ve never met a six year old with such good manners. Half of the adult wizards I know have issues saying please and thankyou’



Harry’s cheeks blushed.

‘Awww it’s not all me’ He said ‘Andromeda helps there too’



‘Yeah true but he spends most time with you’



‘Thanks George, I reckon when you and Ange have kids they’ll start swearing from day one you cuss like there’s not enough hours in the day and what I’ve heard come out of Ange’s mouth would scare even Charlie and I’ve heard him utter a sting of swear words long enough to knit a Weasley jumper when in the path of a dragon in the reserve up in Scotland’



‘Harry James Potter you are full of hippogriff manure!’ Angelina exclaimed ‘Liar liar pants on fire!’



‘Yeah exactly’ George said ‘I never swear in front of kids or Mum’



‘The latter because you’re scared of getting a smacking hex across your bum’ Harry said with a grin.



‘Oh I am not’ George retorted as Angelina snorted.



‘Face it Georgie Porgie you’re scared of your Mumsy wumsy’ Harry continued (As Angelina clapped a hand over her mouth to stifle the volume of her giggles which had progressed into a stuttering volley of unladylike snorts).



‘Sod off Harry you git, if we weren’t in the presence of a young child I would hex you’ George said dryly.



‘That’s not what’s stopping you what’s stopping you is Harry telling your Mum you hexed him and then you receiving a hexing howler in the mail’ Angelina said to her husband ‘She would do that you know. She did it to Bill when he hexed Charlie last Easter’



‘Oh yeah I forgot that’ George said with a reminiscent grin as the Appleby Arrows flew onto the pitch ‘Ah here we go the game begins!’



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Five minutes later after the referees whistle to begin the game Ginny who was once again playing seeker caught the snitch, purely by chance. She had been flying aimlessly around the pitch trying to avoid the bludgers hit at her from the opposing team and losing the Arrows Seeker Scott McElroy when the snitch made an appearance right in front of her face. Momentarily stunned by the suddenness of it’s appearance Ginny quick as a flash reached out her hand and wrapped her fingers around the little gold orb and screamed…



‘I CAUGHT THE SNITCH!’ She screamed ‘WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!’



‘Aw nuts that only went for five minutes!’ Teddy said making such a serious face Harry, George and Angelina couldn’t help but laugh out loud.



‘Well that’s the quickest catch of the snitch in a while’ Angelina said as Ginny flew to the ground to celebrate with her fellow team mates ‘The rest of the seekers in the league will have a job trying to beat that for the season, you reckon you could do it against the Wasps tomorrow Harry?’



‘Shit five minutes? I doubt it’ Harry said ‘Gins catch was a chance catch one in a million ‘But I tell ya if Oliver wants me to do that tomorrow he can eat Hippogriff manure’



George sniggered.



‘You going down to the rooms to wait for Ginny?’ Angelina asked.



‘Yeah I’ll go down there and meet up with her then see if she’s going to St Mungos to visit Gwenog’ Harry said ‘If she does go to St Mungos I’ll go back to the manor there’s not much I can do there’



‘Do you fancy going to the Three Broomsticks after you’ve met up with Gin? George suggested ‘It’s only half past twelve and Saturday is Rosmerta’s Surf and Turf day’



‘Sure. How about Ted and I meet you there in about half an hour?’ Harry said looking at his old watch ‘Gin and the girls will probably want to have a post match meeting so I’ll catch up with her before she goes in’



‘Okay we’ll see you at the pub then’



‘Okay’



George and Angelina gathered up their things and made their way down one set of stairs while Harry with Teddy once again on his back made his way down the set of stairs that lead to the players race. He was recognized by the gate attendant and waved through a cheery ‘Heya Harry good luck for t’morra’ following him.



Harry spied Ginny just inside the race entrance and waved to her. Ginny handed her broom to Jessica then jogged over and hugged him.



‘How was that for a quick catch!’ she exclaimed ‘It landed in my lap just about!’



Harry returned the hug then let Teddy down so the child could hug Ginny.

‘Very smart’ He said ‘George, Ange, Ted and I were getting ready for an hours long game and it ended just like that!’



Ginny picked Teddy up and put him on her hip.

‘I was settling down for a good hard game too but hey now I have the whole afternoon free’ She said with a wide grin.



‘Great do you want to meet up with George Ange and I at the Three Broomsticks for lunch?’ I’m meeting them there in about half an hour’ Harry said.



‘I don’t know if I’ll be ready in half an hour but you two go ahead and I’ll meet you there when I’m done here. Jess wants to have a post match debrief and I have to shower and change’



‘Okay I’ll see you there’ Harry said kissing Ginny on the lips ‘Great game hopefully your good luck will rub off on United for tomorrow’s game’



‘Hope so’



Harry let Ginny go back to her team mates then took Teddy from the race outside to the apparition point where there was a line up of people waiting to disapparate.



‘So what are we doing now Harry?’ Teddy asked looking up at Harry.



‘Well we’ll go and have lunch with Uncle George and Aunty Ange then go back to the Manor and maybe jump in the spa’ Harry said ‘What do you reckon? Or we could go and visit Nanna Molly and Poppy Arthur we haven’t seen them for a while’



‘Oh oh can we go and visit Nanna Molly and Poppy Arthur? Teddy exclaimed bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet ‘Nanna Molly said next time I visited I could make chocolate biscuits with her!’



‘Well once we’ve finished lunch I’ll floo her and see if she doesn’t mind us visiting’ Harry said ‘I might even bet with George how much chocolate you’ll get in your hair last time you made biscuts’



‘Oh that’s thilly it was only a little bit!’ Teddy exclaimed.



‘Nah it wasn’t I had to wash your hair twice you got so much chocolate on you. I reckon Nanna Molly could’ve made another batch of biscuits from what was in your hair’



Teddy laughed shrilly.



As soon as the person on front of the disapparated Harry grasped Teddy’s hand and turned on the spot disapparating to High Street in Hogsmeade. It was crowded with many quidditch fans including those of the Caerphilly Catapults and the Chudley Cannons who also had a game scheduled at the same time as the Arrows/Harpies game but at the Exmoor stadium.



Harry and Teddy made their way up the high street and into the Three Broomsticks which was surprisingly uncrowded despite the crowds outside. George and Angelina were seated in a booth near the back of the pub and they both waved frantically to catch Harry’s attention.



‘I saw the high street full of Catapults and Canons fans who won?’ Harry greeted then sliding into the free seat’



‘Believe it or not the Cannons’ George said ‘A hundred and fifty to nil and the Cannons got the snitch’



‘You’re kidding?’ Harry exclaimed in surprise ‘Bloody hell must be going to be a round of weird games’



‘It seems the first round of the major round always throws up surprises’ Angelina said ‘Last year the Cannons won their first game against the Tornados six hundred zip. Of course they didn’t win another game for the rest of the season…’



‘I know and didn’t Ron moan about it’ Harry said with a laugh ‘That would’ve buggered up the bookies the Cannons winning’



‘Awww I don’t know about that even the Cannons fans don’t bet on their team much anymore I haven’t taken a bet for the Cannons for months. And on days like today I’m glad I haven’t’



‘What about United’s game against the Wasps tomorrow? Harry asked.



‘Ah the bets coming in have been roughly half and half’ George said ‘The Wasps have the third best winning streak in the league after United and the Harpies but the people who have been putting bets on having been putting loads on. I suppose that’s a bit stupid given how early in the season it is’



‘You ordered yet?’ Harry asked pulling a laminated copy of the pubs counter meal menu toward him.



‘Nah we were waiting for you’ Angelina said ‘Is Ginny coming?’



‘Yeah she’s on her way’ Harry said ‘She’s having a team meeting with the girls first’



‘Right’



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Harry rocketed down the pitch and with an extra burst of speed from his broom scattering all the chasers from the Wasps and wrapped his gloved fingers around the golden snitch.



‘IGOTTHESNITCHIGOTTHESNITCHIGOTTHESNITCHIGOTTHESNITCH!’ He bellowed doing a loop the loop on his Firebolt 500 whilst holding the snitch above his head.



‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HARRY POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE SNITCH AND ENDS THE MATCH!’ Lee Jordan announced ‘PUDDLEMERE UNITED WIN THE FOURTH MATCH OF ROUND ONE BEATING THE WIMBOURNE WASPS FOUR FIFTY TO TWO HUNDRED NEXT WEEK THEY WILL PLAY THE TUTSHILL TORNADOES AT EXMOOR STADIUM!’



Harry flew down to the centre of the pitch where he gave the snitch back to the referee and started celebrating with his team mates. As usual they hauled him off the ground and shoulder rode him off the pitch.



‘UP AND DOWN THE QUIDDITCH PITCH,

IN AND OUT THE HOO-OOPS,

WE ARE THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE.

PUDDLEMERE UNITED!’



The team let Harry down and Oliver thrust his broom back into his hands.



‘Well done Harry well done that was a brilliant catch!’ He enthused clapping Harry on the back ‘The Tornadoes have no chance against us with you in form like that’



‘Oy I don’t carry this team you know’ Harry said as they headed toward the changerooms ‘I think Katie, Ange and Leesh do’



‘We don’t end a match though’ Katie piped up her face slightly bruised from where a bludger had sideswiped her.



‘So?’



‘So you have the power to stop us all falling off our brooms in exhaustion. It was only a three hour game today great stuff’



‘Thanks’



‘Ooooh I don’t feel so well’ Angelina said to no one in particular as they entered the changerooms.



‘Bin’s over there’ Larry said pointing to the nearby rubbish bin.



Angelina made a face then ran over to the bin and threw up spectacularly in the bin. Katie flicked her wand in her friend’s direction and her ponytail flicked up into the air out of the way of her mouth’



‘Harry go and get the Healer’ Oliver said commandingly.



‘Oliver I do NOT need a healer I only threw up’ Angelina said retching over the bin.



‘Oh bullshit you’ve been fine all day then you come in here and upchuck your guts. If you don’t need a healer I’m Rudolph the Red Nosed fucking Reindeer’



‘C’mon Ange it wouldn’t hurt you’ Harry said.



‘Oh alright’ Angelina said peevishly.



Harry left the changerooms and went back down to the healers rooms. He knocked and waited til the door opened and Eddie Fisher the same healer who had treated Harry four weeks previously answered the door.



‘Harry! Great catch mate what can I do for you?’



‘Can you come to the rooms Ange has started spewing up’ Harry said ‘It seemed to come on suddenly’



‘Sure lead the way’



Eddie grabbed his bag and followed Harry down the race and into the United rooms. Angelina was still hunched over the bin and her dark complexion had noticeably paled in the time Harry had been away. Alicia and Katie were either side of their friend both with an arm around her.



‘Hey Ange I hear you’re sicky poos’ Eddie joked.



‘Oh ha ha Ed veeeeeery funny’ Angelina said weakly ‘It came on so quickly!’



‘Do you feel light headed?’ Eddie asked pressing two fingers to Angelina’s left wrist and taking her pulse.



‘Yeah very and dizzy too that’s why I’m sitting down’ Angelina groaned.



‘I think you better come with me to the healers rooms’ Eddie said ‘I can examine you more closely there’



‘But Ed I only threw up!’ Angelina groaned making a face.



‘No arguments. Bloody hell you Puddlemere United players are a stubborn bunch of fuckers argumentative every bloody one of ya’



Everyone looked at Harry.



‘Whaddya looking at me for?’ He exclaimed ‘I can’t be the only one who doesn’t fancy spending all of my time in the healers room’



‘Nah you’re not but you’re the one who’s protested the loudest about it’ Eddie said with a grin helping Angelina to her feet.



‘Thanks very much Ed you’re a real pal’ Harry said dryly



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Half an hour later the team all cleaned up and ready to go called by the Healers room to see how Angelina was only to find she wasn’t there.



‘I sent her to St Mungo’s Eddie said answering Oliver’s question ‘I wasn’t an hundred percent sure what was wrong with her’



‘But you must have some idea’ Oliver pressed on.



‘Yeah Ollie I do but you know I can’t discuss that’ Eddie said patiently.



‘Will she be okay though?’ Harry asked hoisting his bag over his shoulder ‘I suppose you can tell us that?’



‘Yeah I can tell you that’ Eddie said ‘Angelina’ll be fine trust me she’s not about to die’



‘Great coz the National team has training on Thursday night and two of out players are already out of commission’ Oliver said.



‘She’ll be fine’ Eddie said in an assuring manner ‘Now go on don’t you lot have a victory to celebrate?’



‘We couldn’t celebrate without Ange’ Larry said ‘Hell she’s the one that gets the parties started’



Harry snorted.



‘She’ll be okay’ Eddie said ‘George is with her, he told me to tell you he’d let you all know by floo what happens’



‘There’s not much more we can do I suppose’ Alicia said a worried expression playing on her face.



‘She’ll be fine’



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It was late that night around ten PM when Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione were interrupted from their game of Monopoly by the kitchen grate bursting into green flames and George tumbling out and tripping up on the hearth rug.



‘Fucking hell George you scared the shit out of me!’ Ron bellowed leaping up off his seat in fright ‘Why not stick your head in the floo you sodding great prat?’



‘Because the news I have warrants an in person presence!’ George shrilled straightening up and doing a little happy dance.



‘George take a deep breath before you start hyperventilating’ Hermione said in amusement ‘It wouldn’t be good form to send you to St Mungos with Angelina’



‘Oh Ange is home now’ George said ‘She’s fine’



‘So what’s up?’ Harry asked with a giggle as George transfigured a nearby vase of gerberas into a dancing rabbit for the fun of it.



‘ANGELINA’S PREGNANT!’ George bellowed ‘SHE’S PREGNANT SHE’S PREGNANT SHE’S FUCKING PREEEEEEEEEEEEEGNANT!’



Hermione and Ginny shrieked in joy and engulfed George in a rib cracking hug. Ginny then led George off in an energetic waltz around the table.



‘I’M GONNA BE A DAD I’M GONNA BE A DAD I’M GONNA BE A DAAAAAAAD!’ George bellowed untransfiguring the dancing rabbit back into the vase of gerberas.



‘Mate congratulations’ Harry said shaking George’s hand.



‘Thanks Harry’



‘Didn’t take you long did it?’ Ron said with a grin hugging his brother then shaking his hand ‘Congratulations big brother’



‘Well that would explain Ange’s nausea after the game’ Harry said ‘It hit her so suddenly’



‘Looking back I don’t think it was all that sudden’ George said ‘She’s been off colour for nearly a week but has been chugging on anti-nausea draught since Tuesday’



‘How far along is she?’ Hermione asked.



‘According to the healer at St Mungos about ten weeks give or take a few days’ George replied flopping down into the nearest chair ‘We’ve got a due date on or around May first’



‘Have you told Mum or Dad yet?’ Ginny asked.



‘Yeah I’ve just come from the Burrow now’ George said calming down now the news was out ‘That’s why I’m here so late Mum wouldn’t stop hugging me and Dad insisted I have ten gallons of Firewhiskey to celebrate’



‘Well you have to have at least one shot here to celebrate’ Harry said pointing his wand in the direction of the lounge room and muttering ‘Accio Firewhiskey!’



‘Harry if I have any more I’ll be too pissed to floo home’ George complained half heartedly as Harry’s crystal Firewhiskey decanter came flying into the room ‘I had three glasses at Charlie and Charlotte’s two at Bill and Fleur’s three at Perce and Audrey’s and five at the Burrow’



‘Well if you get off your face I’ll side along apparate you home’ Harry said summoning some glasses from the nearest cupboard and setting about pouring each of them a measure ‘This is a reason to get rancid it’s not every day you have a baby’



‘You’ll really have to be responsible now’ Ginny joked to her brother ‘You’ll have a kid to set an example for’



‘I know isn’t that weird?’ George said in disbelief ‘Me a Dad!’



‘Well here’s to you and Ange may your kid give you as much shit as you and Fred gave Molly and Arthur’ Harry said with a grin holding his tumbler aloft.



‘Cheers!’



George downed his Firewhiskey and banged the empty glass back on the table.



‘Well I better go’ He said standing up ‘I’ve got to get back to Ange I’ve been gone two hours’



‘Have you let Oliver know?’ Harry asked.



‘No Ange said she’d let the rest of the United squad know while I was out’ George said grabbing a handful of Floo Powder from the pot in the bracket near the grate ‘I told her I’d get to you so she would let the others know’



‘Will she still be able to go to United Training on Tuesday night and Nationals training on Wednesday?’ Ginny asked.



‘Aww dunno yet Gin the Healer said it would be safe for her to play right up to four months along but I’m not real enthusiastic about her playing on til after the baby’s born’ George said ‘Quidditch can be a dangerous sport what happened to Gwenog and Troy Lancaster is testament to that. I don’t want anything happening to her’



‘Well that’s something you too have to discuss together’ Ginny said leaning into the grate and hugging her brother ‘Congratulations Georgie’



‘Thanks Gin’



And as quick as he’d arrived George disappeared in a rush of green flames.



‘Oh that is brilliant!’ Ginny exclaimed mimicking George’s earlier happy dance ‘My goof head brother about to be a Dad! Mum must be over the moon!’



‘That wouldn’t be the biggest no shit statement of the millennium’ Ron said with a laugh ‘Remember when Bill told her Fleur was pregnant with Victoire? She went apeshit. That woman lives to be around kids. You watch by the end of the week she’ll summon every Weasley to the Burrow for a big dinner’



‘Meh it’s a good excuse for a party’ Hermione said flopping down into her chair which George had used during his visit.



‘I wonder what Oliver’s going to do if Ange does decide to retire’ Harry said ‘If she does that makes three of our players a beater, seeker and chaser half the team out of commission’





‘I expect he’d meet with David Alesci the team manager and select three players from the domestic league to step up into the roles’ Ginny said ‘Larry is a shoo in to replace Gwenog as Beater and I’d bet the contents of my vault you’d be a shoo in for the seekers position’



‘Oh don’t start that crap again’ Harry started



‘Who says it’s crap? Ron exclaimed ‘I agree with Gin, You’re the best seeker in the league you’ve lowered Puddlemere United’s game time average from last year by half’



‘I have?’ Harry asked in surprise ‘How can I? I’ve only played three games’



‘Just going by what the Prophet says. They’ve worked it out on the same time last year or something like that. Michael Pritchard is the quidditch statistics correspondent for Quidditch Today and he occasionally writes a bit for the Prophet and according to him you’ve lowered United’s average. Said so in this morning’s paper’



‘I wonder if Oliver knows that’ Harry mused banishing the Firewhiskey Decanter to the lounge room with a lazy flick of his wand





‘Probably he reads the sports section of the Prophet religiously’



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The following morning Harry arrived in the Great Hall for breakfast receiving congratulations from various students on his efforts in the match the previous day.



‘Ace game yesterday sir!’ Michael Erens exclaimed joining Harry as he passed through the Great Halls doors ‘I have a bet with Rawiller that United’s game against the Tornados next Saturday will be under half an hour…so hurry up with the catching if the snitch eh?’



Harry rolled his eyes.

‘Oh ha ha’ He said dryly ‘You’re another on the long list of people who have placed a bet on me concerning quidditch. The Tornados play a hard slogging style of game I doubt the game will go for less than half an hour…might go for half a day their game against the Falcons yesterday did. United aren’t playing against the Cannons you know’



Michael laughed.

‘Aye but they won yesterday’ He said ‘Hundred and fifty to nil’



‘And trust me Mr Erens it’ll be the last game they win this season’ Harry said with a grin as they reached the end of the Gryffindor table ‘See you in Defence first lesson after lunch we’re reviewing our work on the Unforgivables today’



Harry climbed the steps to the High Table and took his seat between McGonagall and Neville’



‘Morning teachie poos’ He said brightly.



‘Someone got lucky last night’ Draco muttered only loud enough for McGonagall, Neville and John to hear.



‘I’ll let you guess that’ Harry said with a grin ‘Hey I got a bit of news Angelina Weasley’s pregnant she and George are going to be parents about the beginning of May’



‘Oh that’s lovely news!’ McGonagall exclaimed ‘They must be thrilled!’



‘They are’ Harry said ‘Well George is I haven’t seen Ange since they got the news but George fell out of our grate last night about ten o’clock and scared the crap out of Ron. Gin even took him for a waltz around the dinner table’



‘I must send them a congratulatory card’ McGonagall went on a wide smile spreading across her normally stern features ‘What about Angelina playing quidditch? Will she retire immediately?’



‘Not sure about that’ Harry said scraping some bacon onto his plate ‘George said the healer who examined Ange at St Mungos said she would play for another month safely but George isn’t that enthusiastic about her doing that…but knowing Ange she’ll get her way if she decides to play on up to the Healers limit…I expect she’ll play on with United but might quit her national responsibilities. The national team have huge commitments this year and will need a replacement that can stick with the program…Ange can only play for another month max and that’s when the first game in the four nations Cup is played’



‘I heard on the wireless on the weekend Troy Lancaster the national seeker is going to be out of commission til the end of the year what odds you replacing him for the Four Nations Cup?’ Draco said sipping orange juice from his goblet.



‘Oh don’t you start I’ve had that theory from all angles since Lancaster fell off his broom Wednesday night’ Harry said with a roll of his eyes ‘From who’s arse do you propose I pull a time turner out of so I can manage national quidditch, dark force defence league, United and teaching commitments all at once, yours? I reckon Katie would be the only one you’d let anywhere near your arse at the moment’



Neville, John and even McGonagall sniggered.



A short time later, loud screeches announced the arrival of the morning post. Harry wasn’t expecting anything so was rather surprised when and elegant mahogany brown Eagle Owl landed in front of him and held out a leg in which was grasped a mustard coloured parchment envelope. He took it and thanked the owl that then flew off.



Harry inserted the tip of his wand under the flap of the envelope ad broke the wax seal with a quick flick. He then pulled out the parchment took a sip of orange juice and began reading. Within a seconds his jaw dropped and he loudly sprayed the parchment with orange juice.



‘No freaking way!’ He exclaimed loudly wiping his mouth in shock.



Harry was so shocked from the contents of the letter he failed to notice that every head in the Great Hall had turned to him.



‘What’s up?’ Neville asked just as surprised as the rest of the teachers at Harry’s vocal theatrics ‘Is everything alright at home?’



‘Yeah things there are great…Read this’ Harry said handing Neville the parchment.



Neville took the parchment and began reading…



Dear Mr Potter.

As you may be aware the seeker position on the England Squad for the forthcoming Four Nations Cup is vacant and the National Board see it as imperative it be filled immediately. On behalf of my colleagues I would like to invite you to train with the National Squad at six pm this Thursday evening at the Cornwall Moors Stadium. We as the governing body of English Quidditch have been very much impressed by your efforts in the domestic league and believe you would be a welcome addition to the National squad, a team who have won the last four, Four Nations Cups and the last World Cup. Please accept or decline this invitation by urgent owl to the above address within 24 hours.



Kind Regards

David Alesci Team manager of the England National Quidditch Squad

Order of Merlin Second class.



Neville’s eyes widened.



‘Bloody hell Harry’ He said ‘That’s huge’



‘What is? Draco asked in interest.



Harry nodded to Neville and Neville handed the parchment to Draco. His eyes travelled across the parchment his eyes widening in surprise.



‘So are you going to accept the invitation? He asked handing Harry back the letter.



‘Shit I don’t know’ Harry said folding the parchment and putting it in a pocket inside his robes.



‘I’d say yes in a heartbeat’ Draco said ‘And it’s only an eight match tournament it’s not like it’s a permanent job’



‘It will be if Harry plays like he did in yesterdays game’ Neville said ‘Great catch yesterday by the way Harry’



‘Ta but it wasn’t as good as Gins catch for the Harpies’ Harry responded eventually getting back to his now lukewarm bacon ‘Ted was ever so disappointed the game only went for five minutes…we ended up spending the afternoon at Molly and Arthur's'



‘Hey when are you enrolling Ted in that primary school?’ Neville asked a moment later.



‘Tomorrow morning’ Harry said ‘Minerva’s taking my morning classes while I take Ted along. Andromeda’s coming with us. Things should be all sewn up by lunchtime. Ted’s quite excited about it I think I think he’s getting a bit sick of home schooling. And when I told him this school was approved by the Ministry and that loads of kids from magical families go there before Hogwarts he actually did a happy dance. Ron thought it was hilarious’



‘You’re not going on with home schooling then?’ John asked.



‘Nah I think Ted’s getting bored with it and his grandmother and I think he’d benefit more from being around other kids his age’ Harry said ‘The school I’m sending him too is on the list of approved institutions for pre-Hogwarts aged kids…apparently this particular school is the only one where all the staff are undercover witches and wizards and all the students are from magic families’



‘There are other schools like it?’ Draco asked in interest.



‘Yeah this one is the only one of it’s type in the whole of England but the magical education board is trying to make more like it in other parts of the country. Apparently it’s becoming more common for magical families to send their kids to a muggle primary school because few families have the time or know how to home school these days. Up to this point Andromeda and Molly Weasley have home schooled Ted. I chose this school because Ted wouldn’t have to try and restrict his Metamorphmagus abilities. I’ve made a few enquiries and I’ve been led to believe Ted is a shoo in to be admitted because he is a Metamorphmagus…the waiting list for this school is huge otherwise’



‘So what happens for magical kids at other schools?’ Draco asked.



‘Apparently they all go into the one class taught by a witch, wizard, squib or a muggle who knows about the magical world and there are spells and enchantments to prevent the muggle population knowing about them…I didn’t ask for any great details…but the school I hope to send Ted to is the closest to the Manor. And they have an after school program too so there’s something for Ted to do until Ron, Hermione, Andromeda, Molly, Gin or I can pick him up’



Neville laughed.

‘He’s not going to want to come home’ He said.



‘That’s what Ron said to me last night’ Harry said wiping his plate clean wit a piece of toast ‘I’ll wait and see I suppose’



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At lunchtime Harry stepped into the grate and flooed back to the Manor for lunch with Ginny. She was at the table reading the Daily Prophet while a pot of something bubbled on the stovetop.



‘Afternnon gorgeous girl’ He greeted her wrapping his arms around her and kissing her on the neck.



Ginny laughed softly.

‘Afternoon to you too’ She said ‘How was your morning?’



‘Busy’ Harry said ‘Oh I’ve got a bit of news too’



‘Oh yeah? Ginny said her interest piqued.



‘Have a read of this’ Harry said retrieving the letter from David Alesci from his robes pocket ‘All the orange os the orange juice I sprayed over it this morning at breakfast’



‘What could make you do that?’ Ginny asked in amusement taking the letter.



‘Just have a read’



Ginny unfolded the parchment and began reading. Her reaction was not dissimilar to Harry’s at breakfast.



‘Well fuck a duck!’ She exclaimed ‘Bloody Hell Harry this is big are you going to say yes?’



‘Well as Draco said at breakfast I’d be mental to say no but shit would I have the time? My timetable is already full with re-organizing the Dark Force Defence League. Teaching, my commitments with Puddlemere United my job and tying up details for the wedding in two weeks’



‘Oh pish the wedding details are fully organised and you prepare your classes two weeks in advance so all you have to do is conduct the lessons’ Ginny said ‘The only things that are really taking you time is United training and the Defence League work. And in the two weeks since you’ve been elected to the presidency it’s nearly all been done. Especially with all the work Hermione has been doing’



‘But what about Ted?’



‘What about him? He’d love it if you played on the national squad and remember you don’t have the sole responsibility of looking after him all the time. There’s Ron, Hermione, Me Andromeda, Mum and Dad who can mind him when you can’t, plus going by this letter if you accept the Seekers position it’s only for the Four Nations Cup where the final is played two days before Christmas. I would’ve sent back an immediate yes. In fact I’m surprised you didn’t. I’ve noticed a change in you since you started playing with Puddlemere United you’re different somehow. I reckon you’d revel in playing for England Harry I really do’



‘Y’really think so?’ Harry said furrowing his brow in thought.



‘Of course I do, hell Harry you’ve got the opportunity to play for England!’ Every single player in the domestic league would kill to get this chance’ Ginny said ‘I have to say I’m insanely jealous’



Harry grinned.

‘Yeah really?’ He said ‘I’ll accept the invitation then, getting you jealous is a great reason to play for my country’



Ginny slapped his arm.

‘Smartarse’ She said with a giggle ‘When are you going to tell Ted and Andromeda?’



‘Tonight when Andromeda brings Ted back to the Manor’ Harry said ‘I won’t send off my acceptance til I’ve spoken to them though’



‘Harry you won’t need to seek Andromeda’s permission you know she’s all for you playing quidditch’ Ginny said going to the stove top and stirring the contents of the pot ‘I think she would be all for you playing for the national team, she knows how much time you endeavour to spend time with Teddy even though your timetable is busy’



‘I know that but I’d feel better if I spoke to her and especially Ted first’ Harry said ‘You understand don’t you?’



Ginny kissed Harry on the lips.

‘Of course I do’ She said ‘You’re a very proper person Harry Potter’



Harry snorted.



‘You are’ Ginny said determinedly ‘Modest too’



‘Thanks Gin’



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‘So what do you reckon?’ Harry said to Andromeda hours later ‘I’ve talked with Minerva and she’s alright with me accepting the invitation’



‘Harry I am not your mother you needn’t ask me for permission to do this’ Andromeda said in mild exasperation after releasing Harry from a hug ‘You’re an adult and are quite capable of making your own decisions’



‘I know that but if I accept this invitation it will impact on Ted and he’s the most important thing in my life you know that’ Harry said ‘I’m just trying to do the best for him’



‘And he knows that dear’ Andromeda said placing her hands on Harry’s shoulders ‘You really are a silly sausage sometimes Harry you need to do more for yourself’



‘I already play quidditch I the domestic league and have the Defence League work’



‘The latter is a bit too much like work for you. Quidditch is your release something you can relax at. I think you ought to do it’



‘Okay I’ll quill a letter expressing my acceptance after dinner’ Harry said.



‘See? I told you she’d say yes’ Ron said swishing his wand and levitating a tray containing six bowls of trifle and ice-cream over to the dinner table ‘Silly Sausage ought to be your new nickname I might spread that around the Ministry tomorrow morning’



‘You do that ad I’ll hex your jiggly bits off’ Harry said dryly ‘TED! DESSERT!’



Teddy came hooning into the room breathless with excitement

‘So you gonna play for England Hawwy?’ He puffed.



‘Yeah I am mate’ Harry said pulling out the chair next to him so Teddy could climb up ‘I’ll have to get you an England flag now won’t I eh?’



‘If he gets any more quidditch related memorabilia he’ll have to move into the library’ Hermione said dryly.



‘Yeeaaaaah can I please Harry can I?’ Teddy exclaimed sticking his spoon into his bowl of dessert.



‘No the room you have is quite sufficient’ Harry said ‘Plus you know Hermione brings home a book from work every day and soon you’d need to swap back again’



‘Oh I do not bring home a book every day you’re full of it’ Hermione said rolling her eyes ‘Don’t listen to him Ted he’s telling porkies’



‘You brought home seven today’ Ron pointed out ‘That covers you for the next week’



‘Uncle Ron’s telling porkies too Ted’ Hermione said ‘How about we stick together eh? No porkies’



‘No porkies!’ Teddy giggled.



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Later that night after Teddy had gone to bed and Andromeda had apparated home Harry collected some fancy parchment his best quill and some purple ink from his study and went downstairs to the kitchen to write his acceptance letter. Finally after half an hour he signed it then read through it one more time.



‘`Mione can you have a look at this for me? Harry called to the other end of the table where Hermione was playing Monopoly with Ron and Ginny ‘I think I’ve finally got it’



‘Sure thing’ Hermione said after completing her move.



Hermione took the letter and began reading it.



Dear David

I was most surprised and pleased to receive your owl inviting me to train with the England Quidditch team. It’s not every day one receives such and invitation and after consultation with my friends and family I have decided to accept your generous offer. As you know I have a full time job at Hogwarts and would only be able to attend training outside school hours. Please inform me of a time for the first training squad and how I should go about acquiring team robes and meeting my fellow squad members by return owl as soon as possible.



I very much look forward to making your acquaintance.

Kind Regards

Harry Potter



‘Sounds alright to me’ Hermione said ‘Sounds very professional’



‘Can I have a read?’ Ron asked in interest.



‘Sure’



Harry addressed the envelope while Ron was reading.



‘`Mione’s right that does sound professional’ Ron said handing the letter to Ginny so she could read ‘Of course if it were me I’d just write ‘Of course of course’ a million times. You’re a lucky bastard Harry’



‘I know’ Harry said his cheeks colouring slightly ‘Now I’ve just got to cop the reactions of my students once word gets out’



‘You’ll handle it on your ear’ Ginny said handing him the letter ‘You handle them asking you about playing for United’



‘Yeah but the National team is a whole different thing’ Harry said putting the letter in the envelope and sealing it with wax.



‘You’ll have all the girls in wizarding society drooling over you know’ Ron said with a chuckle.



‘That already happens’ Ginny and Hermione chorused.



‘Jinx!’



The women laughed.



‘Now all you have to do is wait and see if Angelina quits and who the new chaser is going to be’ Ron said leaning back in his chair.



‘If she quits no one knows if she will yet’ Harry said ‘We’ll find out at United training tomorrow night I suppose’



‘You know it’s a testament to United that all but so far one position we don’t know about yet that their entire squad is that of the National Team’ Ron said shaking the dice and throwing them on the board ‘That hasn’t happened in the Domestic league since the entire squad of the Kenmare Kestrels were the Irish National team for the nineteen thirty four World Cup in Argentina’



‘How the hell do you know that? Harry exclaimed in surprise.



‘He swallowed the latest edition of the Quidditch Enthusiasts Handbook’ Ginny said with a grin.



‘Oh get fucked’ Ron grumbled as Hermione tittered ‘I do not swallow anything that resembles a book that’s `Mione’s thing’



‘Sod off’ Hermione replied ‘I do see Ginny’s point though ‘That comment did sound as if you had swallowed the Quidditch Enthusiasts Handbook’



‘Yeah yeah whatever’



Harry suddenly gave a wide hippo like yawn.



‘Well I better hit the hay’ He said getting up from his seat and gathering up what was left of his parchment and ink ‘See you in the morning Ron, `Mione see you when you come up Gin’



‘Night Harry’



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