James gave a small groan and blinked as the bright light infiltrated his eyes. He wondered for a moment if he'd died, he had fallen pretty hard, until he saw a face above him, watching him with a haughty look on his face.
"You're finally awake, great!"James just watched him drowsily, blinking. "Can I have your candy? Madam Pomfrey said it'd be polite to ask first." He took a bite out of a frog without waiting for an answer.
"What happened?"
"You fell off your broom in front of the whole school. You should have seen, it was hilarious." He grinned. "Do you know you scream like a girl?"
James groaned disappointedly as Sirius helped him sit up. A frog fell onto his lap and he looked up at Sirius. His grin had faded a bit, not quite disappeared from his features, and his hair, free from it's monthly house-elf cut haircut for the past eight weeks, had just started to cover his eyes.
"Cheer up mate. Perch said you were really good and are welcome to try out again next year, just work on dodging Bludgers." He patted his back and James picked up the frog, unwrapping it and taking a bite as his mood lifted.
"What about you?"
"Nah, I don't play Quidditch, I only tried out for the frogs." James didn't answer, wondering where were his frogs for trying out. "That Lupin kid said he'd give me the box his parents sent him if I tried out with you, said you would have a better chance than if you were the only first year. 'Course, once you fell he gave you the frogs instead and here we are." He took a bite of another frog. There was just the quiet of munch of frogs for a moment.
"You don't play? Why? You're always talking about Quidditch."
"Mate, I've seen matches of course, read the magazines, but before today I'd never been on a broom." He rolled his eyes. "Blacks don't play Quidditch. It's not, civilized."
Silence reigned again. Sirius was looking at his lap, looking somewhere between ashamed and angry, his grey eyes cloudy and his brow in a frown.
"I could teach you..."
Just something small I did for a challenge because lately I've rediscovered a deep-rooted love for Sirius and James. I think alltogether it's turned out pretty well. One/Five. Enjoy.
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