Unexpected Love

A Painful Lesson

I woke up really early the next morning. I got dressed as quickly as I could. I went to the herbology classroom to sketch plants. I sat on one of the tables and started sketching. After about an hour, Bill walked into the classroom. He put a coffee next to me.

"Thank you" I said. I put my book down. I took a sip of coffee.

"Anytime" he said. "You know what's great about Charlie knowing now? I mean besides the fact that he's pissed off and not talking to either of us."

"What?" I asked. He stood in front of me.

"Being able to do this" he said. Before I could respond he kissed me. I kissed him back. A few girls walked by the herbology classroom; I heard them make a noise when they saw Bill kissing me. Bill laughed.

"Now girls all over Hogwarts are going to know" I said.

"Good" he said. "Now maybe they'll leave me alone."

"Oh don't pretend you don't love the attention" I said.

"I'd rather have attention from you than other girls" he said.

"What? You want me to be like your girlfriend?" I asked. He blushed a bit.

"I mean yeah. If you want to be" he said. I was taken a bit back. I smiled. "Is that a yes?"

"Yes" I said. He smiled and kissed me. "But what's going to happen at the end of the year?"

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well you're graduating and I still have two years left" I said.

"We'll figure it out. I promise" he said. I smiled.

"Well come on walk me to potions" I said. He smiled and grabbed my hand. We walked down to the potions classroom which was in the dungeons. I still had a bit of time before class started. Bill and I sat there talking. Before it was time to me to go into class he pulled me close to him and kissed me. Charlie walked by us and scoffed.

"Goodluck" he said. He kissed my forehead before he left. I walked in the classroom and sat with the Slytherin's.

The quidditch weekend approached quickly. The morning of the game I walked to the changing room in my sweater and pants. Once I was in the changing room I pulled on all my padding and the quidditch robe. One of the girls walked over to me.

"There's someone outside for you" she said. I nodded and walked outside. I saw Bill outside in a green sweater.

"Well, aren't you cute" I said. He laughed.

"I know" he said. I walked over to him. "Nervous?"

"A little. Like I said, I know Charlie always told the Gryffindor guys to take it easier on me cause we were friends. But now who knows" I said.

"Look he might be mad. But Charlie isn't like that" Bill said. I nodded.

"I should finish getting ready" I said. He nodded and kissed me.

"Goodluck. You'll be fine" he said. I smiled and walked back into the changing room. I put my hair into a French braid. The quidditch captain walked up to me.

"Hey, I need you to be on top of your game this season. This is my last year and we need a new captain. I'd like to give it to you, but you gotta play your best" he said. I nodded. We all grabbed our brooms and flew out onto the pitch. I got some looks from the Gryffindor team. My heart sank a bit. Charlie didn't look at me. We all formed up for Madame Hooche's opening speech.

"Now I want a nice clean match. If we can avoid sending anyone to the hospital wing this game that would be wonderful" Hooch said. "I know you're rival houses but don't let that influence the game." She threw up the quaffle and the game began. I swooped down and grabbed the quaffle before the Gryffindor chaser could. I looked back and saw the Gryffindor chasers coming after me. I let them catch up to me, when they were close, I threw it to the other Slytherin chaser. The Gryffindor chasers started going after him. I flew up to the hoops. He threw the ball back to me and I threw it though the hoop and got 10 points for Slytherin.

The game went on well for a while. Slytherin was winning 90 to 50. The snitch was out and the seekers were going after it. Charlie was the seeker for Gryffindor. When Charlie was distracted one of the Gryffindor beaters whacked one the bludgers towards me. I tried to move out of the way but it hit me hard. I fell off my broom and fell to the ground.