The girls all wrapped Harry in a hug and made their way over to the rest of the team, Harry sped ahead and informed Oliver that if he had decided to give them grief about being late, then Harry would break his broomstick.
Oliver wisely kept quiet, unsure if Harry would make good on his threat, but because it was Harry he decided not to chance it. Soon the teams walked out and greeted the other team in the middle, Cho was smiling at Harry who did his best to act uninterested, which was quite easy for him. Probably because he wasn't interested.
Soon the teams took to the air and the match had started, Harry saw the snitch immediately but kept to his usual 'let everyone play and have fun before I end the game' method. Cho seemed more focused on him as she had chosen the 'follow the other seeker' tactic, although Harry theorised she wasn't doing this because she thought it would help in quidditch.
Harry was getting bored so he decided to do something he had only recently started doing, he stood on his broom and started flying around. Cho was struggling to keep up, even while standing Harry was still just as fast as he was sitting.
Harrys method of flying caught a lot of people's attention including nearly all the members of the opposite team, Harry took the opportunity to run interference for the chasers or distract the other teams players.
Their beaters were getting frustrated at how they couldn't hit Harry even while he was standing, for Harry this was just a bit of fun. He even flew by Ginny and got a quick kiss before he flew off, he could see Cho's lips curve down slightly. Progress should be celebrated so he took another lap and kissed Ginny again.
Eventually Wood signalled him to tell him it was time to get the snitch, while that was happening the Ravenclaw captain was shouting at Cho for doing nothing but following Harry, although he quickly stopped when it looked like she had started crying.
She looked around and saw Harry was flying right at her, he was going really fast, she didn't even have time to react. The next thing she knew, Harry had bent down and jumped off his broom, the broom continued moving in the air and flew just underneath her whilst Harry soared just above her head.
Harry landed on his broom after catching the snitch that was just behind Cho's head, the match had ended and Gryffindor won. Cho was halfway between being in awe of his skill and being furious he had ignored her and jumped over her like she was a mere obstacle.
Harry returned to his team and they all celebrated his victory with a party in the common room. During the party Harry noticed Ron kept shooting him odd looks, Harry had to guess he was torn between disliking Harry and wanting to talk to him about quidditch.
The next day, the students were still talking about how brilliant Harry was at quidditch. After Harry and Ginny ate lunch the two walked hand in hand back to the common room while Ginny was trying to come up with names for his move.
"How about the Potter feint?" Ginny suggested, Harry didn't answer because they were stopped by Cho
"Harry!" She spoke through gritted teeth "what the hell was that yesterday?"
"Quidditch?" Harry said with a smile "If you're referring to how I rode my broom then I should let you know I've called that particular style 'broom boarding' and if you're talking about that move at the end then I should let you know that I haven't decided on a name for it yet? But me and Ginny are considering naming it the 'Potter feint'"
"Look Harry, I can forgive you for that but don't do it again" She spoke in a stern voice, hoping to scare him into submission. Unfortunately for her Harry had stared down Dumbledore and Voldermort in the past, so she couldn't really compete
"I probably will use it again, it's a great move and it's fun to do so I can use it even if I'm not catching the snitch"
"Whatever" Cho sighed, she needed to get back on track, she'll make Harry her boyfriend then make him promise never to do that to her again. "I was wondering if you'd like to come with me to Hogs meads tomorrow?"
"Sorry me and Harry have a date tomorrow" Ginny interjected
"Yes we do" Harry kissed her forehead "we can't have the most beautiful girl in the world go without her darling boyfriend now can we?"
"Ah you think I'm beautiful?" Ginny spoke in mock surprise, she knew what line Harry wanted to set up
"I think that there is no girl as beautiful as you" Harry spoke in a serious voice, he at least thought it was true and if it made Cho leave then it's a nice bonus
"Really? What about me?" Cho said in a joking tone, now all she'd need is for Harry to look at her and actually take in her beauty. Maybe he'd be flustered, maybe he'd actually start thinking about it and gravitate away from Ginny. Harry looked her up and down once before shrugging his shoulders.
"Meh" He answered, Cho couldn't believe it. She was smiling, had the perfect amount of make up on and her clothes were perfect but all she got was 'meh'? "You're not bad" He added, Cho was fuming. He ignored her in quidditch despite her obvious hints and now he basically said that she was nothing compared to Ginny and was 'not bad'.
"Not bad?!" She repeated "what's that supposed to mean Potter?! I'm just okay enough to not be bad"
"See you got it" Harry smiled, while Ginny just giggled "I was trying to be nice about it Cho but you weren't taking the hints that I left out for you"
"What hints?!" Cho demanded, she had no idea what he was going on about. She was the one leaving hints for him.
"The fact that I didn't like it when you touched me, the fact that I didn't want to spend time with you, the fact that I ignored you throughout quidditch and the fact that I've kissed and held hands with Ginny whenever I see you."
"I was trying to be nice because I didn't want to judge you by the rumours that went on about you but I've rather lost my patience. I'd like to make it clear now, in my eyes you're either Ginny or you're not Ginny, even if I enjoyed spending time with you I would have never seen you as more than a friend or an honorary sister no matter how much we got along"
"Are you kidding me?" Cho screamed, many people in the corridor turned to look at them. Ginny knew what Cho was doing, she was hoping to make a scene and bring negative attention to Harry. Sadly for her, Ginny and Harry quickly picked up on her plan
"I'm sorry Cho!" Harry spoke loud enough for the people in the corridor to hear him, all it would take is one person to talk and the rumours would be flying around Hogwarts by this time tomorrow "I know you like me but I'm not interested!"
"Yeah Cho!" Ginny added in a loud voice "just because my boyfriend rejected you for me doesn't give you the right to start screaming at us! It's clear he doesn't want you! And we're not afraid to tell the teachers if you try anything, come on Harry, let's go somewhere and snog!"
"Yes Ma'am!" Harry replied before leading her away, leaving a confused and embarrassed Cho with many people staring at her.
"Ten points for disturbing students" Snape said as he walked past Cho.
Harry and Ginny stopped in the common room and decided that they should probably discuss what had just happened before the begin snogging. Harry was just glad that Ginny actually wanted to snog.
"Good Merlin, that girl is tiring" Ginny exclaimed
"I know, I swear she was about to start crying"
"All she ever does is smile or cry" Ginny pointed out
"I know" Harry agreed "I saw the water works beginning when the Ravenclaw captain was telling her off for doing nothing but following me around the pitch. I swear he probably gave her the spot on the team because she'd cry otherwise."
"I just hope she back offs" Ginny commented
"I hope she leaves us alone"
"That would be great, by the way I should probably give you your reward for being such a good boyfriend"
"What reward?" Harry asked, shortly before Ginny wrapped her arms around his neck and began kissing him. Harry wrapped his arms around her waist and gladly accepted his reward. Then Ron entered and started shouting at them about snogging in the common room, so they just went to Ginny's room and continued.
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