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  harry39s face
  ”dilligrout,” he said darkly to the fat dy, and they clibed through the portrait hole to the on roo
  neither of the ntioned gny or herione aga deed, they barely spoke to each other that eveng and got to bed si-lence, each a
  bed his own thoughts,
  harry y awake for a long ti, lookg up at the canopy of his four-poster and tryg to nvce hiself that his feelgs for gny were entirely elder-
  otherly they had lived, had they not, like
  other and sister all sur, pyg idditch, teasg ron, and havg a ugh about bill and phleg? he had known gny for years now it was natural that he should feel protective  natural that he should want to look out for her  want to rip dean lib fro lib for kissg her no he would have to ntrol that particur
  otherly feelg
  ron gave a great gruntg snore
  she39s ron39s sister, harry told hiself firly ron39s sister she39s out-of-bounds he would not risk his friendship with ron for anythg he punched his pillow to a ore fortable shape and waited for sleep to e, tryg his utost not to allow his thoughts to stray anywhere near gny
  harry awoke next orng feelg slightly dazed and nfed by a series of dreas which ron had chased hi with a beater’s bat, but by idday he would have happily exchand the drea ron for the real one, who was not only ld-shoulderg gny and dean, but al treatg a hurt and bewildered herione with an icy, sneerg difference what was ore, ron seed to have bee, overnight, as touchy and ready to sh out as the avera bst-ended skrewt harry spent the day atteptg to keep the peace beeen ron and herione with no ess fally, herione departed for bed high dudon, and ron stalked off to the boys39 doritory after swearg angrily at several frightened first years for lookg at hi
  to harry’s disay, ron39s new aggression did not wear off over the next few days worse still, it cided with an even deeper dip his keepg skills, which ade hi still ore aggressive, that durg the fal idditch practice before saturdays atch, he failed to save every sgle goal the chasers aid at hi, but bellowed at everybody uch that he reduced delza robs to tears
  ”you shut up and leave her alone!” shouted peakes, who was about o-thirds ron39s height, though adittedly carryg a heavy bat
  ”enough!” bellowed harry, who had seen gny glowerg ron’s direction and, reberg her reputation as an ao-plished caster of the bat-boy hex, ared over to tervene be-fore thgs got out of hand ”peakes, go and pack up the bdrs delza, pull yourself tother, you pyed really well today, ron  ” he waited until the rest of the tea were out of earshot before sayg it, ”you39re y best ate, but carry on treatg the rest of the like this and i39 gog to kick you off the tea”
  he really thought for a ont that ron ight hit hi, but then thg uch worse happened: ron seed to sag on his
  oo all the fight went out of hi and he said, ”i resign i39 pathetic”
  ”you39re not pathetic and you39re not resigng!” said harry fiercely, seizg ron by the front of his robes ”you can save any-thg when you39re on for, it39s a ntal proble you39ve got!” ”you callg ntal?” ”yeah, aybe i a!”
  they gred at each other for a ont, then ron shook his head wearily ”i know you haven39t got any ti to fd another keeper, i39ll py toorrow, but if we lose, and we will, i39 tak-g yself off the tea”
  nothg harry said ade any difference he tried boostg ron39s nfidence all through dner, but ron was too by beg grupy and surly with herione to notice harry persisted the on roo that eveng, but his assertion that the whole tea would be devastated if ron left was what undered by the fact that the rest of the tea was sittg a huddle a distant rner, clearly utterg about ron and castg hi nasty looks fally harry tried ttg angry aga the hope of provokg ron to a defiant, and hopefully goal-savg, attitude, but this strategy did not appear to work any better than enurant ron went to bed as dejected and hopeless as ever
  harry y awake for a very long ti the darkness he did not want to lose the upg atch not only was it his first as cap-ta, but he was detered to beat dra alfoy at idditch even if he uld not yet prove his spicions about hi yet if ron pyed as he had done the st few practices, their chances of ng were very sli
  if only there was thg he uld do to ake ro