Nodding his head to show he understood Neville answered,"It was Malfoy." When Harry's head whipped around to face him, hecontinued. "When we all left the pitch, Madam Hooch as well as ProfessorsMcGonagall, Snape and Dumbledore were still yelling at him. Actually MadamHooch and Professor McGonagall were doing most of the yelling. Snape kepttrying to say that Malfoy had just overshot his aim for the snitch."
"Do we know what is going to happen to him?"asked Harry, his voice bristling with anger.
"Not at this point, though if McGonagall has her wayhe'll never see another Quidditch pitch. That is one witch I never want to makethat angry." Neville replied. He paused then continued looking Harry inthe eye. "To be perfectly honest I think I'd rather make McGonagall thatangry than you. I have to tell you mate; the look in your eye is downrightlethal. Maybe they should bring Malfoy to see you right now as part of hispunishment. The look in your eyes would be enough to scare anyone back onto thestraight and narrow." Neville half joked.
Harry just shook his head and grinned ruefully in reply."In all honesty I'm not the one he should be scared of."
"Ron?" asked Neville.
"Nope," answered Harry, he paused thencontinued, "Ginny. Can you imagine what she's going to do to him? RememberRon's heart covered robes; believe me he got off light in the end. Some of thethings she came up with would make the twins pranks seem tame."
Harry continued to watch her to reassure himself that shewas fine. He felt a surge of warmth flow through him as he watched her gestureanimatedly while telling some story or another. He knew he cared for Ginny buthis fear that he could have lost her had nearly overwhelmed him at severalpoints this afternoon. Not since finding out about the planned attack on hisfriends in Diagon Alley over the summer had he been this scared, and even thathadn't elicited the extremes in emotion that this afternoon had.
Neville let loose a low whistle. "She gathers quitethe crowd," he commented as he too continued to watch Ginny.
"You're not kidding," Harry returned after amoment. "You notice the male to female proportion of the crowd?" Asly smirk slid across his lips.
Neville scanned the group for a moment, "I can't sayI see any girls," he responded.
"I see one, besides Ginny," Harry addedhelpfully.
"There has to be at least a dozen guys, maybe closerto two," Neville stated unbelievingly.
"Yeah. Can't say I'm too surprised," Harryresponded thinking on it. "Ginny has a great personality. The fact thatshe's gorgeous doesn't hurt either." Harry was a bit amazed at the factthat his best friend was so beautiful, as he tended to overlook what she lookedlike in favor of how she treated him. But now that he was noticing, well therewas a lot to notice. She was on the short side, and she had a mostly slim,athletic build, but there were curves underneath that, really very nice curves.Some of her mother's roundness seemed to have rubbed off on her, but at thesame time she was in great shape. It made for quite a fetching combination.
Her red hair was definitely a striking feature. Harry hadnoticed recently that it was darker than her brothers' hair. Their hair wasmore the color of a bright flame, but hers was a deeper, more vibrant red. Hehad to shake himself as he suddenly had a strong urge to find out just what itwould feel like to run his fingers through it. She had a smattering of frecklesacross her nose and cheeks. It wasn't excessive, but certainly noticeable.
But her attractiveness went far beyond her physicalappearance. She was just fun to be around. Her personality drew people in.Harry knew that he certainly felt that pull. The more he got to know her, themore he liked her. This past couple weeks should have been absolutely terriblefor him. Ron had barely spoken a word to him and was being an incredible prat.He and Hermione were on shaky ground as well. But despite that, he hadn't beendown. That day they had gone flying together the previous weekend had been oneof the most enjoyable experiences of his life, in the midst of all histroubles. He couldn't think of anybody else who could have done that for him.
"You don't seem to be bothered by the attentionshe's getting," Neville observantly remarked.
Harry shrugged. Why should he be? "Can't say that Iam on the whole. Ginny can take care of herself," he replied easily.
"On the whole? That suggests that there's somethingor someone in particular bugging you," Neville prodded casually.
Harry cocked an eyebrow as he gave his friend a sidelongglance. Neville just smirked. "Look at how Dean is looking at her; I guessthat just reminds me of something he said awhile back…" Harry started.
"What's that?" Neville asked with a mix ofcuriosity and concern.
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