"This year, the Quidditch Cup is ours! Gryffindor will triumph once again and we'll be so high up in the rankings that Dumbledore will create a plaque that specifically says, "Don't try to win the Quidditch Cup next year because Gryffindor's awesome!" Alright! Let's get going!" James exclaimed as the younger classes shifted glances across each other. They were not expecting this new overzealous Quidditch captain. Sirius and Charlotte looked around to see if there were any other 7th years. Nope, they were out of luck.

"You know, I kind of want to back out on this." Sirius whispered as he leaned down to Charlotte. She giggled and nodded her head.

"I agree. Did you notice I'm the only girl here?" Sirius looked around and he grimaced.

"Damn, you're right. Now I just have your ass flying around to look forward to." She rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, well good luck for me. There are a bunch of guys here for me to get distracted." Sirius scoffed.

"You trying to make me jealous?"

"Wasn't my intention, darlin'." She drawled sarcastically.

"Hey! Stop talking you two!" James shouted vindictively. Sirius smirked at his best mate while Charlotte looked around the stands. She was surprised to see the field wasn't as empty as she predicted. Lily, Peter, and Remus sat on the highest stand with books and parchment. A group of Sirius' fans were sitting clumped together on the first stand while a group of young boys stared at Charlotte lovingly from the 5th stand. Charlotte looked around shocked to see a group of boys she's never seen before. William caught her eyes and waved with a gentle smile, and she grinned back at him. Sirius grabbed her hand and led her to a darker area of the Quidditch field.

"Sirius!"

"Uh…James won't see us if we're here." Sirius muttered rubbing the back of his neck. She raised an eyebrow at him and turned around to see that James was a bit busy with the 4th years.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Why is Hallsworth here?"

"Why? I don't know…" she mumbled as a light pink washed over her face.

"Do you…like him?" Sirius whispered. When she didn't answer Sirius felt his anger boiling. His heart started to beat at a very harsh rate and he bit back his lip. She's gone through her 6 years at Hogwarts without looking at another guy, well except Remus, but Remus was an exception. Sirius knew their relationship wouldn't work, and they never kissed or had sex so it didn't bother Sirius at all. However, he knew William Hallsworth all too well. Even though William's eyes always lingered on Charlotte, Sirius knew that William had many girls after him as well. Why just last year, Sirius saw William with his arms around two girls in the library while he kept his light blue eyes on Charlotte's figure. Sirius clenched his fist and punched the wall next to her face. She looked up in fear and Sirius sighed angrily.

"Charlotte…Please I'm begging you. Do not get close to William Hallsworth. He's bad for you." She set a warm hand on his cheek and nodded.

"'If you say so Sirius. But he doesn't seem so bad-"

"Charlotte, please. Please trust me on this." She sighed and nodded.

"You've never been wrong to me before. I trust you," Sirius smiled happily as he realized the depth of their relationship. No matter how many times they fought, argued, or hurt each other, their strong bond was unbreakable. Sirius leaned against her skin and nuzzled his face into the crook of her neck.

"Oh, Sirius. What would I do without you?"

"Die, I suppose?"

"I'm not joking, Sirius."

"Yeah, neither am I." he spoke fluidly.

"C'mon. James is starting to ask the players to mount their brooms."

"Yeah, of course. Charlotte?" He paused as she spun around. Sirius grabbed her face in his hands and rubbed her flawless cheeks with his gloved thumbs.

"Thanks." She gave him a queer look, but he disregarded it as he kissed her forehead. Sirius stalked off and Charlotte felt grounded as she stared at his retreating figure, dubiously.

"Oi! Striker! Hurry up and mount your broom! Need your help to test out the Keepers and Beaters!" James screeched impatiently. Charlotte shook her head and grasped her SonicBoom 29 as she got on and kicked the ground. Soon enough, she felt the wind through her hair and her cloak flew freely behind her as she flew up in an instant. She looked to the stalls and saw Lily waving her hands. She waved back and turned to the other two Chasers. James was very serious as he surveyed the Keeper candidates and Charlotte turned to her right to see a very timid 5th year, who clenched his broom tightly.

"You okay, kid?"

"Y-yeah…just nervous."

"Don't worry about it. Seems to me like you're the only one who applied for Chaser. Besides you look really fast. Soon enough you'll be calling James boss!" She grinned playfully. Her comment calmed the 5th year down as he laughed and nodded his head, gripping his broom with a new found courage. The three Keeper candidates took their place against each goal and watched nervously as James levitated three Quaffles. He handed one to Charlotte and the 5th year and kept one tucked under his arm as he took center goal.

"Alright, Keepers. Pretend that Charlotte, Roe, and I are Chasers for the Slytherin team. Your job is to successfully catch 10. The first one to catch all in a row will be our new Keeper! Now, Charlotte, Roe," he turned to the two other Chasers. Roe gasped when 15 Quaffles levitated around him. Charlotte looked around, impressed by James' magical abilities as 15 Quaffles danced around her.

"One, two, three! Ready Keepers? Start!" Instantly, James flew his broom around and hit one with force as it flew into the goalie. Roe and Charlotte mimicked his actions and soon a total of 45 balls were flying around the three goal posts. A little smile formed on her face as her Keeper struggled to catch her shots. Sirius watched, amused, as James and Charlotte wouldn't give their Keepers a chance to catch their breaths. He had to say, Charlotte even looked stunning on a broom, whacking Quaffles, as he found it hard to keep his eyes off of her. Her legs looked endless and elongated and the muscles in her arms didn't stand out too much but was apparent that she was very fit. Her loose hair swam around her face as her brilliant smile brightened up her face. He caught one of the Beaters staring at her as well and Sirius silently flew by, whacking his arms off his broom with the bat. Sirius' victim glared at him, but when he saw just who it was that hit him, the Beater turned around as to not cause trouble. James blew his whistle and Sirius looked up to see a light sheen of sweat on Charlotte as she tied her long hair back. The other Chaser, Roe, flew by and high fived her.

"We have our Keeper! Jesse Sanders, 6th year. Congratulations!" James shouted happily. Everyone clapped and Jesse grinned tiredly while tilting his broom towards the ground as he waved at everyone. James grinned and with a swish of his wand, all the Quaffles disappeared. Sirius saw Charlotte nodding at Roe as he too retired for a bit.

"Time for the Beaters! Who's up!" Sirius flew next to him and three other candidates flew up as well.

"Alright. For this, we'll need one of you up at a time. Sirius, you're first." Sirius nodded and winked at Charlotte as she flew back towards the pitch too. James made four Bludgers appear and when he made sure everyone was safe, set them loose against Sirius.

"Fucker! What the hell!" Sirius cursed under his breath, avoiding all the pesky Bludgers. Sirius was getting annoyed and he finally brought his bat towards him and whacked the Bludgers vigorously. Sirius quirked an eyebrow as whenever he hit a bludger it would disappear and two more would appear. Sirius sighed angrily and hit them all towards James. James grinned evilly while he eyed his stopwatch. When the clock read 30.00, James stopped it and looked up to see about 50 Bludgers flying around. James snapped his fingers and the Bludgers disappeared. Charlotte looked up worriedly and thankfully Sirius didn't get hit by any, miraculously. He was sweating a lot and kept shooting James dirty looks.

"James, you're well aware that only two Bludgers are played in an actual game, right?" He nodded and shot his best friend a stupid grin.

"Yeah, but look Sirius. You just fended off 50 Bludgers! You're well suited for this position!" Sirius turned to the other three candidates to see them shivering.

"Sorry if this was a bit unorthodox, Sirius. Now. Will our next candidate come up to the field?" Charlotte shook her head as two of the Beaters backed out and the other was hit in the first four and gave up. However, since the 3rd year tried out for the position, he too was given the Beater title. Charlotte though what James did was too cruel, yet cunning at the same time. Sirius flew next to her as James asked for the Seekers, and he gave her a charming smile.

"Amazing. You didn't get hit at all?"
"No, Believe me I did. James charmed them though."

"Ah. Makes sense. There was no way you could be that good," she teased.

"Hey! I did manage to fend off 50 Bludgers!" She nodded.

"Still pretty amazing." She whistled. The pair looked at the three Seekers as each one of them caught the snitch in record time. However, with a six second difference a 4th year by the name of Kevin McGurdy beat the other two Seekers. James smirked as he was pretty proud of his new team. He called everyone towards the sky and Charlotte took a better look at all those who got on the team. As Seeker, there was Kevin McGurdy, Chasers, James Potter, Charlotte Striker, Roe Wilson, Beaters, Sirius Black, Ralphie von Tate, and Keeper Jesse Sanders. Charlotte was proud, looked towards Sirius Black and for the first time, they all celebrated as a team.