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  proble, what with idditch practice, howork, and the fact that he was now beg ed wherever he went by rac en and vender
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  he uld not decide which of the was ore annoyg en kept up a nstant strea of hts that he would ake a better peranent keeper for the tea than ron, and that now that harry was seeg hi py regurly he would surely e around to this way of thkg too he was al keen to criticize the other pyers and provide harry with detailed trag sches, that ore than once harry was forced to red hi who was capta
  anwhile, vender kept sidlg up to harry to discs ron, which harry found alost ore wearg than en39s idditch lectures at first, vender had been very annoyed that nobody had thought to tell her that ron was the hospital g — ”i an, i a his girlfriend!” — but unfortunately slit-had now decided to five harry this pse of ory and was keen to have lots of -depth chats with hi about ron39s feelgs, a ost unfortable experience that harry would have happily fone
  ”look, why don39t you talk to ron about all this?” harry asked, after a particurly long terrogation fro vender that took everythg fro precisely what ron had said about her new drew robes to whether or not harry thought that ron nsidered his retionship with vender to be ”serio”
  ”well, i would, but he39s always asleep when i go and see hi!” said vender fretfully
  ”is he?” said harry, surprised, for he had found ron perfectly alert every ti he had been up to the hospital g, both highly terested the news of dubledore and snape39s row and keen abe en as uch as possible
  ”is herione granr still visitg hi?” vender deanded suddenly
  ”yeah, i thk well, they39re friends, aren39t they?” said harry unfortably
  ”friends, don39t ake ugh,” said vender srnfully ”she didn39t talk to hi for weeks after he started gog out with ! but i suppose she wants to ake up with hi now he39s all terestg ”
  ”would you call ttg poined beg terestg?” asked harry ”anyway — rry, got to go — there39s en g for a talk about idditch,” said harry hurriedly, and he dashed sideways through a door pretendg to be lid wall and sprted down the shortcut that would take hi off to potions where, thankfully, neither vender nor en uld follow hi
  on the orng of the idditch atch agast hufflepuff, harry dropped on the hospital g before headg down to the pitch ron was very agitated ada pofrey would not let hi go down to watch the atch, feelg it would overexcite hi
  ” how39s en shapg up?” he asked harry nervoly, apparently fettg that he had already asked the sa estion ice
  ”i39ve told you,” said harry patiently, ”he uld be world-css and i wouldn39t want to keep hi he keeps tryg to tell everyone what to do, he thks he uld py every position better than the rest of i can39t wait to be shot of hi and speakg of ttg shot of people,” harry added, ttg to his feet and pickg up his firebolt, ”will you s pretendg to be asleep when vender es to see you? she39s drivg ad as well”
  ”oh,” said ron, lookg sheepish ”yeah all right”
  ”if you don39t want to go out with her anyore, jt tell her,” said harry
  ”yeah  well  it39s not that easy, is it?” said ron he paed ”herione gog to look before the atch?” he added casually
  ”no, she39s already gone down to the pitch with gny”
  ”oh,” said ron, lookg rather g ”right well, good ck hope you har cg — i an, sith”
  ”i39ll try,” said harry, shoulderg his
  oo ”see you after the atch”
  he hurried down through the deserted rridors the whole school was outside, either already seated the stadiu or headg down toward it he was lookg out of the dows he passed, tryg to gau how uch d they were facg, when a noise ahead ade hi gnce up and he saw alfoy walkg toward hi, aopanied by o girls, both of who looked sulky and resentful
  alfoy sped short at the sight of harry, then gave a short, huorless ugh and ntued walkg
  ”where39re you gog?” harry deanded
  ”yeah, i39 really gog to tell you, becae it39s your bess, potter,” sneered alfoy ”you39d better hurry up, they39ll be waitg for 39the chosen capta39 — 39the boy who sred39 — whatever they call you