Chapter Four ooooooh yeah. Hope you all enjoy this as much as I will writing it. Sorry for taking so long I've been really busy. But here is chapter four and guess what? it's the Quidditch match. The first one, and its versus Slytherin. Hope you like loads. Oooh and be aware of great fights and torture of certain individuals Did you know that I like the smile things see o well on to the story ooh and I must do this emo this ok? Love&HeartsHeartsLove&Stars
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Chapter Four: Cookies and Quidditch and Cookies again.
The days since Halloween had gone bye quickly. Before any of us knew it, it was November and that meant that the first Quidditch match was upon us. James had the team working so hard to win the first match, he even missed a couple of prefect meetings, but I covered for him. So when the morning of the first match dawned I woke up and walked down to the common room. I found Remus sleeping on the couch, he was in a fetal position holding a bag of cookies. I laughed and crossed over to him, I shook him and his eyes flittered open.
"Huh? Sirius stop complaining and eat a cookie" He said looking around the common room. Then he realized it was only me and laughed. "Sorry Lily, I thought you were Sirius. I had to leave last night because Sirius was complaining and brooding as usual." He sat up and popped a cookie into his mouth.
"Why? What was he complaining about?" I asked curiously. He offered me a cookie, I took one and sat down next to him.
"Gwen as usual." He said shaking his head.
"They'll know soon enough" I said finishing my cookie.
"Yeah, its just going to take a lot to push them there." He replied with a mouth full of cookie.
"Yeah" I said.
Over the last two weeks Gwen and Sirius's unspoken peace treaty was broken. It happened one night late last week. Gwen came storming through the portrait hole with tears in her eyes. Gren looked up from her charms essay and asked,
"What's wrong Gwennie?"
"Nothing" She said plopping down onto the couch next to Phoebe. Phoebe looked up from her essay and asked her what was wrong. The only thing Gwen did was mumble and wipe her eyes. We all found out what was just the matter with her. James who had been in a game of exploding snap with Remus looked up as Sirius entered the room.
"Gwen, I…." He walked over in front of her and stopped. He looked at her with such sad eyes, James and Remus shared a pained look and went back to their game.
"You what?" She stood up. They were only a few inches away from each other, one would have thought with the position they were in they wouldn't be fighting but kissing, she gave him a fleeting look and ran up to our dorm. I followed up a few minutes later to find her asleep. Well I knew she wasn't but I didn't say anything and decided to go to sleep myself.
I looked over at Remus who was lost in thought while eating a cookie. I grabbed another one and smiled at him. He returned it and ate another cookie. Then Sirius walked into the room and eyed the cookies, Remus grabbed them and held them in his arms possessively. He glared at him and put a cookie in his mouth.
"What you'll let Lily have one and not me?" He asked pouting.
"Yeah" He said popping yet another cookie into his mouth.
"You two are crazy" I said standing up. I walked out up to the dorm and found Phoebe getting dressed. She smiled at me and when finished walked down to the common room. I pulled on my Gryffindor scarf and headed down after her. I found James waiting at the foot of my stairs for me. He smiled and offered me his arm. I took it and we headed down to the Great Hall.
When we arrived I seen Gwen poking at her food alongside Peter, James shot glares at Sirius who was sitting to peters left. I sat down across from her and pored myself some Pumpkin juice. James sat down next to me and continued to glare at Sirius who was sitting next to Remus and Phoebe. I looked up at Gwen who was still poking at her eggs and said,
"Morning Gwen"
"Morning Lils" She replied half heartedly.
I grabbed a piece of toast and took a bite of it just in time to see someone with platinum blonde hair descend upon Sirius's lap. James who had been taking a drink of his goblet spit it out into Peters face. He sent an apologetic look at Peter and set his goblet down.
"Morning Sirius" Rita Skeeter said with a posh accent.
"Skeeter go away" He barked at her.
"But Ri?" She whined.
"No" He spat at her. She got up and stormed off.
"Bloody Tosser" James said taking a rough bite out of his toast.
I looked at Gwen, she had that same darkened look she had that night. She just kept her gaze on her food. Then it was as if a light had flicked on in my brain, she fancied him. It was unbelievable, I could hardly believe this. The one person that hates womanizers the most falls for the biggest one of the lot, it was simply outstanding. She must have felt my gaze upon her because she looked up at me, and for the first time in what seemed liked days, I looked into her eyes. The spark was missing, they were dull and tired.
"Gwen?" I hesitantly asked.
"Yeah?" She replied in a strained sad voice. It was like she simple died, It didn't make much since to me, why in merlins name was she reacting so badly?
"Do you need a hug?" I asked getting up and walking around the table. I sat down next to her when she answered. She nodded her head and I pulled her into my arms. It was in that moment that Gwendolyn Ackles broke. Completely and utterly broke. She looked up at me that morning before the match and started to cry. It was silent, I was the only one to notice, but that was besides the fact, the fact was that for once, Gwen let her feelings freely flow. Gren walked over and sat down next to her and took over, it was innocent, so beautifully innocent to see two sisters comforting each other. And still it went on unnoticed. I stood up and walked back to my seat next to James and began to finish eating my toast, it wasn't until James looked up from his daily prophet did he realize that something was wrong.
"Whoa, Gwen are you ok?" James asked in concern.
"Yeah" She told him composing herself. She put on a grin and said "Absolutely spiffing"
"Good. Eat up, we've got a game today" he said picking up the Daily Prophet again.
Ooooooo
The match was in full swing, James was scoring goals left and right. I was in the stands, Remus and Phoebe were sitting next to me in the stands. We watched the game with anticipation. I looked back up at the action, Gwen was blocking her goal posts, so far she hadn't let one goal in. Sirius was aiming his bludgers at his brother who was as well a beater on the Slytherin team. The game went on like that for a while and the Slytherins had still yet managed to score a goal. The Slytherin team was seething by now, so they decided to take a bit of revenge, this is what happened.
"And the score cads is Three Hundred and Seventy to Zero." Boomed the commentator. "And Connolly the Slytherin Captain and star chaser opposite Potter goes for the goad, he shoots…… PROFFESSOR THAT WAS DILIBERATE" he yelled. Regulus Black had aimed a bludger at Gwen. It hit her in the stomach and caused her to fall of her broom. James flew over to catch her just as the Slytherin Chaser seen the snitch, he pointed it out to their seeker and went to catch it. It was however in vain, Gryffindor still won the match.
By the time I reached Gwen with Phoebe and Remus and tow. She was sitting on the ground clutching her ribs. James was sitting next to her holding her hand. The rest of the team was huddled around her. They all looked at her with concern, she just had this painful angry look on her face.
"Where's Grendel?" She asked.
"Library. She said she needed to finish her charms essay." Remus told her.
"Ok"
We took her up to the Hospital wing and let Madame Piggly heal her ribs. Sirius who had disappeared after they reached the ground returned with swollen eyes.
Gwen looked up at him when he entered. "Black? What happened?"
"Nothing. How are you?" He asked
"She looked up confused, she had this bewildered look on her face. Then it faded out into a look of kindness and she smiled.
"I'm fine, it wasn't much, how are you?"
"Fine. You feeling ok?"
"What? Yeah, I'm super"
"And I'm a can of cola, what happened?"
"Nothing"
"Why lie to me?"
"I'm not"
"Liar, Sirius what'd you do?"
"I just gave a relative a walloping, that's all"
"That's all? You nearly kill you brother and that's all?"
"How do you know that?"
"Black?"
"Err yeah"
"Mr. Black?" Madame Piggly asked "What in the world happened to you? You've got two Black eyes?"
"Errm well Madame Piggly, I, Well I beat myself up" He replied with a cheeky smile.
"Very well" She sighed. "Come here" she called him over. Then she began rubbing ointment on his eye. A few minutes late it looked good as new.
"There" She tutted then went over to her office.
"Well you should sleep. I'll see you later Gwen" He said walking out of the wing, she looked after him with a silent smile. I followed, and so did the rest of us.
Ooooooo
I was sitting in the common room with Phoebe and Gwen, we were doing an extremely long potions essay on Healing Potions. I sighed and looked up. Gwen was doodling, Phoebe was actually doing her essay and the Marauders were pouring over a piece of parchment. In my curiosity, I stood up and went to see what It was. However when the seen me arrive the covered it up and sent a smile up at me.
"Hey Lily, what's up?" Remus asked with a smile.
"Nothing much, what about you four?" I quirked my eyebrow.
"Nothing. Just studying" Peter said pulling out a bag of cookies and handing them to Remus. Who jumped up and squealed then began to shove them into his mouth.
"You must excuse Remus's antics, he is err, rather fond of cookies" James said trying to pull the bag away from him. But Remus growled and put out his teeth like a dog guarding its territory. I laughed and smiled, then he offered me one. I laughed again.
"What?" Sirius jumped up "You'll give Evans one and not me?"
He nodded his head just in time for Gwen to show up with an amused smile on her face. Then Remus offered her one, Sirius yelled and grabbed it out of her hand.
"What the Hell Black? That's my goddamn cookie" She sneered.
"Yeah, well its mine now" He said while stuffing it into his mouth.
"Oh real mature Black"
"Yeah, it is"
"Merlin your such an ass" She screamed. They some how made it away from us a ways to the middle of the room.
"Yeah, but you know I'm hot" He puffed his chest out like a rooster and smiled an arrogant smile.
"Oh yes, Im sorry. Your soo hot, it makes me want to through you down and have my way with you" She said sarcastically.
"Your just sore you cant have me"
"I will never need a man. I most certainly wont ever have you. Merlin I feel bad for who does end up with you"
"What's that spose to mean?"
"Wow, I didn't know you were that dumb."
"Watch who your calling dumb Ackles"
"Aww, that's ok"
"God, why didn't I keep Skeeter?" He asked the ceiling.
"Well if you want her so bloody damn much go bloody find her you fichkoph" She screamed marching up the stairs to the dorms.
"Merlin what have I done?" He asked.
"Mentioned a slut" James told him after standing up and patting him on the back.
"Yeah, man she even cursed at you in German, you know she only does that when angry" Peter said with a sympathetic smile.
"I better go stop her from tearing the room apart" I said standing up and walking out of the room.
"Night Lily" James said.
"Night James" I replied over my shoulder. "Night Guys"
I heard chorus's of good night from the guys, then I seen Phoebe smile give Remus a good night kiss and follow me. When we reached the room, we found Gwen drawing, something not entirely odd for her. We all got dressed and went to sleep, waiting for the morning to come.
