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Chapter 7 - Impossible

"Oh, for the love of Merlin!" Destyn cried out, covering his face with his hands. "Could you please watch when someone passes you the Quaffle! This is the third time that you've been hit in the head by it!"

I sighed. "Sorry, Dest, I'll try," I said. Truth was, no matter how hard I tried to focus on practice I couldn't. I kept thinking about James and how I'd have to talk to him afterward. It was making me nervous. Me, Sophie Wood, nervous. Ha! Who would have thought? I hadn't been nervous since my first Quidditch match. Well, and my O.W.L.s exam. But I didn't count that. Everyone got nervous for O.W.L.s.

"You'll try?" Destyn asked. He sighed and shook his head. "Alright, guys! Let's try this again!"

I ground my teeth together as Culley tossed me the Quaffle, this time I caught it. But I missed when I tried to score on Destyn. I was still distracted. Why did we have to have an extra long practice today of all days? I just wanted to get this over with.


Once everyone was off the pitch I started to get worried. James had gone to the locker rooms but what if he didn't come back? I'd have to hold off the plan and do it some other time. I set my broom down on the grass and started pacing the length of the pitch. Back and forth. After awhile, I gave up and decided to leave. He must have already gone. I turned to walk back to my broom and yelped.

I'd come face to face with James.

"You scared me!" I said, breathing slowly to calm my pounding heart. "Where the bloody hell did you come from?"

"Locker rooms," James said, jerking his thumb in the direction of the rooms.

"Obviously," I said. "But I mean...how did you sneak up on me like that? I should have heard you!"

"You should have," he agreed, walking around me. He called over his shoulder, "but you didn't! I guess that means I win."

"You win?" I asked, following him. "You win what?"

He shrugged. "I don't know," he said, grinning. "I just win." He took a deep breath. "This is the second time in the past three weeks that we've ended up staying out here at the same time. What's your reason?"

I froze. I wasn't good at coming up with excuses right off the top of my head. "Just, er, to think," I said lamely.

James chuckled. "You stole my line," he accused jokingly.

I smiled. "So what are you thinking about?" I asked, stopping beside him. I glanced at him. He looked like he was concentrating really hard as he chewed on his lip. Something about the look on his face was comical . I bit my lip to keep from laughing.

"Guy stuff," he said with a smile. "Nothin' you'd wanna listen to."

"Well, apparently I am a guy," I said. I noticed the look on his face so I added, "according to Fred."

James threw back his head and laughed. "What? Why did he say that?"

"Long story," I replied, shaking my head. "So..." I remembered what Fred said about trying to be friendlier...talking to James right now was harder than I'd expected.

James flopped onto the grass, his elbows resting on his knees, his chin on his fist. He was staring off into the distance, the concentration was back on his face.

I sat down beside him. "What's wrong?" Idiot! I'm being too straightforward, aren't I? "Sorry, you don't have to answer that."

James chuckled. "Don't worry about it," he said. "I'm just,er, stuck."

"Stuck?" I asked.

"Yeah," he said, his voice was almost a whisper. "Stuck in a rut." Suddenly he stood up. "I gotta go."

I stood up as he walked away. "Wait a second!" I said. This wasn't working out at all. He just seemed more upset now. The next words that came out of my mouth were completely unexpected. "Is it about Delilah?" I asked, and then froze. Damn.

James turned around quickly. "What?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows. "Who told you about that?"

I stopped. "Told me...about what?" I asked.

James covered his face and laughed. "Oh, you didn't know," he said. He uncovered his face and walked back over to me. "Yeah, me and her...didn't work out."

I tried not to smile. "Oh," I said. "I'm sorry. She dumped you?"

James burst into laughter. "Sophie, I'm so glad you have so much faith in me," he said sarcastically. "No, I dumped her."

I raised my eyebrows. "Why?" I asked. "I thought you liked her?" Unless Fred was right.

"She wasn't right for me," he said with a shrug. "I thought that maybe if I...Nevermind."

"I see," I said, nodding slowly. James reached out and ruffled my hair, grinning from ear to ear.

"I know," he said, "it seems ridiculous. After all this time of chasing after her I just suddenly stop. And, ya know..."

"It's not ridiculous," I said as I walked by him, running my hand through his hair. I walked across the pitch and picked up my broom, James following behind me. "People go through this all the time. They don't know what they want and they just have to take their time and figure it all out. Trust me, I know. I've been...dealing with the same thing."

"Aha, you fancy someone?" James asked, grinning as he caught up with me. "Who is she?"

I punched him on the arm and then smacked him on the head as well.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" he said, ducking away from me. "I had to! Just had to!"

I crossed my arms and pouted at him. "You and Fred, two of a kind," I said.

"Psh." James threw his arms around my shoulders and led the way off the pitch. "So, who is he?"

I grinned at him.

"Oh, right," he said, and suddenly he was frowning. "I guess that was a stupid question. It's Fred, of course. He told me about you two." His arm dropped from my shoulders and shoved his hands in his pockets, all the while staring at the ground.

I laughed. "Me and him? No," I told him. "Not happening."

"Then why did he say-?"

"Never mind," I said quickly as we entered the castle.

James shook his head. "Okay," he said with a chuckle. "I'm not gonna ask."


"Genius! Genius! You are a genius!" I said, shaking Fred.

Fred watched me, amused. "Alright, alright," he said, laughing. "Enough with the flattery! So what happened?"

"James isn't with Delilah anymore!" I said happily, shaking him again.

"Alright," Fred said, pulling my hands off the front of his shirt. "So what about you two?"

I shrugged. "Nothing yet," I said. "But at least he isn't with Delilah anymore, right?" Fred rolled his eyes at me and huffed. "Right?" I asked again and he crossed his arms.

"Sophie, the whole point is to find out if he likes you or not," he said. "Yes, it's great that he isn't with Delilah anymore but-" He grabbed my shoulders and shook me. "-this isn't over yet!"

I reached up and grabbed his wrists. "Okay, but can you let go?" I asked. He shook his head, a smug grin on his face.

"Nope," he said, shaking his head stubbornly. "Not until you swear to go throught with the plan! I put a lot of effort into this!"

"Sophie? Fred?"

We turned and saw James standing at the end of the corridor, staring at us, openmouthed. I realized how it must have looked. Fred and I were standing close, laughing and joking, his hands on my shoulders and me holding onto his wrists.

"But I thought you said-" James shook his head and closed his eyes. "Never mind." He opened his eyes and walked past us as quickly as he could.

"Wait, James!" I called after him. Fred let go of me quickly, looking horrified. "It wasn't - we weren't - I swear!"

James just waved his hand angrily at us and stalked away.

"James!" I called again but he ignored me.

"James!" Fred shouted. I'd never heard him sound so angry. "James, listen to her right now!"

James turned around and glared at him. "Why?"

"Because," he said, glancing at me, "she has something important to tell you! Good luck!" He turned to me as he said the last two words and then turned and ran down the corridor.

"Fred!" I said. "Damn him!" I turned back to James.

"So," James said, "what do you need to tell me?"


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