First Quidditch Match Against Diggory

On the first day everyone was back from break, we started up quidditch practice right away. Wood had his maniac spirit right back in him, no matter how bad the weather was. We were practicing to play against Slytherin, and Draco was their new seeker.

The last practice beofre the game, Wood had bad news for us.

"We're not playing Slytherin." he groaned.

"We're not WHAT?!" I asked.

"We're playing Hufflepuff." he replied.

"Who's their new captain?" Katie asked.

"Some bloke called Cedric Diggory. He is their seeker." Wood told us.

Katie and Angelina began to giggle.

"What's so funny?" Fred asked.

"You me the strong, silent one." Katie giggled.

"You forgot handsome!" added Angelina, giggling the entire time.

"He's only silent because he's too stupid to string two words together to form a sentence." Fred grumbled.

"Plus he only has eyes for one girl in our whole school. No one else can get his attention." Katie smiled.

"Who?" Harry asked, just now joining the conversation.

"Our very own Cora Malfoy." Angelina laughed, looking at me.

"HE WHAT?!?!?!" George and I chorused. Everyone looked at George, and he turned really red.

The next day, we were all ready for the quidditch game. The team was hounded constantly by everyone, but they still managed to get through the mornong.

When we were in the locker room, Wood gave him normal pregame speech, and then it was time for the game.

When the game started, we were off in an instant.

Before long, both seekers had seen the snitch, and it was a full speed chase to catch it.

All of a sudden, everything went cold, and the memories came again. I couldn't see straight or anything, but I saw Harry fall, then I felt my self sliding, and someone, probably George, stopping me from falling as well. Then when whoever it was got me to the ground, everyone, the entire team crowded around me, and I passed out.

I woke up to hear raised voices outside the hospital wing.

"Well if your team wouldn't have crowded around her, she would be fine!" I heard someone who I assumed to be Cedric shout.

"You forget that your team did the same, now LET ME IN TO SEE HER, DIGGORY!!" George yelled back.

"Why should I when you couldn't get to her in time to help her, like I did?" Diggory snapped.
"HAVE YOU SEEN MY CLEANSWEEP LATELY? IT'S A PIECE OF F*CKING JUNK!! AT LEAST I CARE ABOUT HER AND NOT HER LOOKS!!" George yelled, close to his breaking point, and so was Diggory.

"YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SLIPPED HER A LOVE POTION!"

"WHEN SHE NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY BECAUSE HER PARENTS KICKED HER OUT, WHERE WERE YOU? I WAS OFFERING TO HAVE HER STAY AT MY PLACE. WHEN SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO SUPPORT HER, I WAS THERE. YEAH, THE LOVE POTION THING WAS STUPID, BUT SHE LAUGHED IT OFF. WHY THE BLOODY HELL DO ALL OF A SUDDEN CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO HER?"

"IT'S NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH HER SINCE HER FIRST DAY ON THE TRAIN!! SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER IT, BUT I OFFERED TO HAVE HER SIT WITH ME!"

I stood up and slowly, stumbling the entire way, made my way to the door without Madame Pomfrey noticing. I pushed open the doors to see what was going on, and I almost fell. George, however, caught me.

"What's going on guys?" I managed to mumble.

"Nothing,  Cora. We're just having a friendly discussion." George lied softly.

"Guys, please don't fight over me. I ain't worth it. Just stop, please." I mumbled.

"Cora, we need to get you back to bed. You have no idea what you're talking about. You're talking nonsense." Cedric told me, moving my left arm to over his shoulders since my right arm was already over George's. Why are they helping me walk? Did I just imagine that fight?

The helped me back into bed, and said I must have been hallucinating.

"But I wasn't!  I heard you guys fighting, andni was brought up multiple times!" I exclaimed desperately.

"Mr. Weasley, Mr. Diggory, I must ask you to leave. You are upsetting Miss Malfoy." Madame Pomfrey ordered. Once they were gone, I asked the question I had been dying to know the answer to.

"How long was I out?" I asked.

"Four days." she replied crisply.

"What's wrong with me?"

"It seems as though you have been in a come from hitting your head off something, getting a concussion, and not getting it treated. Do you know when this could've happened?"

"The Hogsmeade trip is the only time I can think it could've happened, but I don't remember anything from that day, so you'd have to ask George."

"That's the day then, because loss of memory is a side effect."

"I say ask George, because that was the day he slipped me a love potion. That's why I can't remember it."

"Still, from what you say, something would have to supplement the memory loss."

"Ok."

An hour later, I was released,  and the first person I went to find, was Draco. I did find him, in the Entrance Hall Courtyard.

"Cora, you're out of the hospital!" he exclaimed, hugging me.

"Finally. Was I really out for four days?" I asked him.

"Yeah, what was wrong?"

"The day George slipped me that love potion, I must've hit my head at some point,  because I had an untreated concussion, and it caused me to pass out."

Then I wnet to the common room,  because it didn't know where else to go. On my way, I over heard another shouting match.

"DIGGORY,  I DON'T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE, BUT JUST BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY OTHER GIRL IN THE SCHOOL FANGIRLS OVER YOU, DOESN'T MEAN CORA WILL!!!" George yelled.

"WELL YOU HAVE NO ROOM TO TALK! YOU SLIPPED HER A LOVE POTION! JUST FOR YOUR OWN GAIN!" Cedric shouted in response.

"DROP THE LOVE POTION THING! THIS IS ABOUT HER, NOT ME!!"

"WHAT EVER, BUT SHE PROBABLY LIKES ME MORE THAN SHE LIKES YOU!"

"YOU'RE WRONG. IF YOU THINK THAT, YOU'RE SMOKING SOMETHING, YOU JACK*SS!!!!"

Oh god, George is cussing again.

I walked into the classroom they were in, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, Cora." George replied, forcing a smile.

"Yeah, nothing." added Cedric.

"YOU'RE BOTH LYING TO ME AGAIN!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO FIGHT OVER ME!! I'M NOT WORTH IT, NOT FOR ANYONE!!! I'M A WASTE OF YOU'RE TIME, IF THIS IS HOW YOU SPEND YOUR FREE TIME SINCE THE GAME!" I burst into tears, and turned to leave, but they each had a hand on my shoulders.

I shrugged them off and ran to the portrait hole.

"What's wrong, my dear?" asked the Fat Lady.

"It doesn't matter. Amortentia." I said, holding back any remaining tears.

No one noticed me come in untill I went up to Angelina and said, "Can I talk to you privately for a minute?"

"Sure Cora, any ti- Cora! What's wrong? Have you been crying?" Angelina exclaimed, seeing my red, puffy eyes.

"That's what I need to talk to you about." I told her softly.

We went up to my dorm room and sat on my bed.

"What's wrong?" she asked me.

"George and Cedric keep fighting over me, outside the hospital wing, in empty classrooms. I asked them to stop, but they won't. I'm not worth it." I told her, tears streaming freely down my face.

"In their minds, you are worth it. Cedric has been too nervous to talk to you, ever since the first day you rode the train, except he did ask if wanted to sit with him."

"I know he asked that, but why do they have to fight over me?"

"George doesn't want Cedric anywhere near you, because he doesn't want you to fall for him. George wants you to not fall in love with anyone except him. Cedric, on the other hand, like George, loves you for you, but at the same time, well... um... how do I put this?"

"Just say it. Be blunt."

"Well, he... uh... also wants to sleep with you, and George knows it, that's why George hates him so much."

"Officially avoiding Diggory. What do you think of the first year, Missy Black?"

"You just want to change the subject now. She seems like a nice girl. Where is she?"

"I was hoping you would know. I think Lee has got a thing for her. He keeps staring at her. I'm going for a walk."

I went outside, and sat beneath the tree by the lake. I pulled my knees up to my chest, and hid my face.

Why the heck would they fight over me?

Fred came out to see if I was ok.

"I think so, Fred." I whispered.

"Just to let you know, George is in our dorm, saying something about screwing something up, and Diggory is in the library. He's macting like it never happened, but it's kind of hard with the black, swollen eye George gave him."

"Why do they have to fight over me, Fred?"

"Because George is trying to protect you, and Diggory wants you to be his girl."

Fred walked away, leaving me to my thoughts. That's when I went to find Missy.

She was in the Entrance Hall Courtyard, crying.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Bullies. 3 of them. Two were rather large, and the leader was skinny with your hair color." she whispered.

That's it. I've had enough of people. I'm going to kick Draco's *ss. He needs to leave Missy alone.

I found him right outside of the Slytherin common room.

"Hey, Cora. What's up?" he asked cheerfully.

"You need to leave Missy Black alone. I will kick your *ss if you make her, or any of my other friends cry again. I have had enough of people for one day. (I saw George and Cedric come around the corner looking for me.) I've especially had enough of BOYS today. Yoxu all are just a bunch of annoying idiots who don't know how to treat girls." I exclaimed, shocking Draco.

I went back to the common room, and Missy was the only one there.

"Cora, can I tell you something secret?" she asked softly.

"Sure, what is it, Missy?"

"Well, the skinny blonde kid, I um, I like him."

"You do realize that's my brother... Right?"

"Ok."

I went upstairs to my dorm, and remembered the chocolates George gave me at Christmas. I had a few of them, and thought, If I had to choose one of them, it would be George. There is no doubt about that.