Lavender corners Harry to ask him about Ron, and Harry discovers that Ron has been faking sleep every time Lavender has visited him in the hospital wing.

Harry drops by to visit Ron in the hospital wing, where they discuss Harry's annoyance with [McLaggen] and the status of Ron's desire to end his relationship with Lavender.

On his way to the [Quidditch] match, Harry runs into Malfoy with Crabbe and Goyle, [Polyjuiced] as two little girls, walking off into the castle.

Harry arrives at the [locker room] just in time for the game, and Ginny questions him on where he's been.

Gryffindor faces Hufflepuff in [Quidditch]. Luna Lovegood commentates, the Gryffindors hammer [Zacharias Smith], and [Cormac McLaggen] makes a fool of himself and knocks Harry out with a Bludger, leading to a Gryffindor loss.

Harry wakes up in the hospital wing with a cracked skull, and discusses the [Quidditch] match and Malfoy with Ron, until Ron falls asleep and Madam Pomfrey goes off to bed.

Lying in the hospital wing during the night, Harry calls Kreacher, who he soon discovers is in the middle of a fight with Dobby that Peeves is watching gleefully. Once he stops the fight, Harry sets the two house-elves off to tail Draco Malfoy and report back.

After he and Ron are released from the hospital wing, Harry walks to breakfast with Ron and Hermione, learns that Ginny and [Dean] have had a fight, unknowingly passes a [Polyjuiced] Crabbe or Goyle in the hallway, and gets a note from Luna announcing his next lesson with [Dumbledore].

Lavender and Ron have a fight, putting Hermione in a good enough mood to let Harry copy her homework.