out of your league

by controlled climb

She's talking to two champions while you're hiding behind a pillar, because you're Seamus Finnigan and you'll only ever be good for blowing things up. * M&MWP Challenge entry.

M&MWP for the 2011 M&MWP Challenge.
— SeamusCho . Freeverse

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She's looks beautiful.
And there's not a ( s a n e ) bloke in the room
that's not staring at her —
you included.

And half the night's gone by
before you've picked up your
j
a
w
and gathered your courage
to walk on over
and peek a little closer at what you know as
perfection.

Hiding behind a pillar,
just watching as she flips her hair
and giggles the night away.

She's talking to Potter and Diggory.
Fucking tossers — both of them.

Maybe being champions
means they get the built-in *c h a r m*
and good looks.

But you aren't a champion.
You're just Seamus Finnigan —
the bloke that blows stuff up.

She's out of your league
and you haven't got a chance.

Yet still you wonder:
how with her hair everywhere
and lipstick smudged
she still manages to look gorgeous.

Wait a moment.
Could it be?
Potter's fucked off.
Diggory's fucked off.

Here's your chance, Seamus. So what're you doing over here?

You try to look ' c o o l ' and ' c o l l e c t e d '
as you add a little ' s w a g ' to your step.
But you forget.
You're Seamus Finnigan,
so you t-t-trip and f-f-fall.
( flat on your face — you idiot )

"Are you alright, Seamus?"

She doesn't seem to care that you almost ripped her dress
while searching for a life-line.

st-st-stammer through an apology.
pray she'll forget this in the morning.

She'll go back to Potter.
She'll go back to Diggory.

'Cause you're just Seamus Finnigan
and she's bloody Cho Chang.

You've got your explosions
and you've got your dreams.

But she's got everything
because all her dreams already came true.

And it's blokes like you
that'll hide behind pillars
and simply ( d r e a m ) for the rest of your life.

She'll be priceless
and living the life.
And she won't have time to be looking back
for a ( s i m p l e ) boy like you.

Come on, Seamus. Leave the poor girl be.

And look.
Here comes Diggory trailed by Potter.
They've come to rescue her,
because that's what champions do.

They're rescuing her from you
'cause even they know
that she'd never want someone like you.
Because she's beautiful
and you're still plucking up the ( c o u r a g e )
to ' s a u n t e r ' up to her
and say Hello
without st-st-stuttering away.

It'll never happen, Seamus. You blow up everything.
Every chance you get: BOOM!
Or should I say B-B-BOOM!

And you ' s l i n k ' away
behind your pillar
and watch as perfection
gets whisked away by not one, but two,
knights in shining armour —
neither of them you.