A/N: Hello. I am so so so so sorry I haven't uploaded in so long. Between my job and family things I haven't had much time. And when I did have free time I was writing or reading. I hope to upload before the month ends. Probably the last week of August. This one is much shorter than normal. Sorry 'bout that, but I didn't think it needed anything else. Hope to upload soon. -Rena
Disclaimer: Do Not Own. Sadly. It would be so awesome if I did...but its J.K's already. Anything you recognise is hers.
Chapter 12
The next couple of weeks pass by quickly and before I know it, it's the Saturday morning before our quidditch match against Slytherin.
My bruises are mostly gone. Just a few where I was actually hit remain.
I get dressed in some sweatpants and a Gryffindor quidditch shirt. It's red and has the Gryffindor lion on the front. On the back it says 'Serena' and my number, 16. On the right shoulder it says 'Chaser' on it. All of the team has one. We wear them before our games. I put my hair up and slide on some boots (they are Uggs. Rather comfy boots made by muggles) before walking downstairs.
When I get down there I find the team standing around in our t-shirts and sweatpants.
"There you are!" says James. "Now we can all go down." James throws his arm around my shoulders and we walk out of the portrait hole.
When we enter the Great Hall we are met by loud cheers from the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws. Well about half of the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws.
I hardly touch my food. I'm so nervous, but also really excited. I can tell by the way James, Fred, and Louis are practically jumping out of their seats that they are excited as well.
After about twenty minutes of the team sitting at the table chattering excitedly, but not eating, James decides we should head to the pitch.
Once we are all in our gear, brooms in hand James starts talking.
"Remember that speech I gave?" he asks. We all nod. "Right, well think of that while we wait to go on. You guys are AMAZING! Ready to kick some Slytherin arse?"
"Hell yeah!" I yell, while everyone cheers happily.
"Let's go!" he yells. We all walk out onto the pitch.
"And here are the Gryffindors!" yells Lysander Scamander. He's the commenter. "Weasley, Weasley, Parker, Wood, Potter, Weasley, and Captain James Potter!"
We all mount our brooms while James shakes hands with the Slytherin captain, Max Zabini.
After they shake hands, more like try to break each others hands, they mount their brooms.
"Three-Two-" yells Madam Wood, before she blows her whistle.
We take off and she throws the quaffle into the air.
"And Dominique Weasley with the quaffle. She passes to Parker. L. Weasley, D. Weasley, Parker and. . . . . .SCORE! TEN TO ZERO GRYFFINDOR! Zabini now with the quaffle. J. Potter hits a bludger at him causing him to drop the quaffle in order for him to dodge the bludger. L. Weasley passes to D. Weasley who shoots and. . . . . . . .the Slytherin Keeper Flint catches it. Slytherin now in possession. LILY POTTER AND ALBUS POTTER HAVE SPOTTER THE SNITCH! WOW ITS ONLY BEEN ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES!"
'A new record for them both' I think as I see Lily and Al zoom by me. They are neck and neck now...
"LILY HAS GOT THE SNITCH. GRYFFINDOR WINS 160-0!"
We all fly towards Lily who is grinning and holding the snitch in her fist waving it around for everyone to see.
I feel something clip my arm, but I don't really register it.
The team hits the found. We are all jumping and cheering. The people in the stands are flooding onto the pitch. "Good job Lils!" I shout hugging her.
"Thanks!" she says beaming.
"Serena are you okay?" I turn and see James.
"I'm fine!" I say happily, launching into his arms. "We won!" I hug him tightly. He hugs me back for a moment before pulling back and saying: "A bludger clipped your arm, didn't you feel it?"
"Oh er..." I respond. He grabs my right arm and pushes up my sleeve. There are bruises beginning to appear all over my forearm. Again.
"Dammit not again," I moan.
James shakes his head. "Same arm in two weeks. You have a gift for getting bruises," he says chuckling.
"It would seem so."
After the team changes, we go back to the Gryffindor common room. When we enter we are met with cheers and music. Of course there's a party. I see a table with food and butterbeer, probably from James.
I look for Kat and Mandi in the crowd. I see them sitting in the corner with Al, Scorp, and Rose. I make my way through the crowd. I grab a butterbeer before walking over and sitting with them.
"Good game," says Al and Scorp.
"You too. Went by pretty quick huh?" I say.
"Definitely."
A few seconds later I see Lily, James, Louis, and Fred making their way over with butterbeers. They pull up some chairs to sit in.
"Nice catch Lily," says Rose smiling at her.
"Why thank you Rosie," says Lily, who still hasn't stopping grinning.
I sip on my butterbeer while listening to the Potter/Weasley family and Scorp, Kat, and Mandi, chat about the shortest match since we started school. I look around the common room and see people talk excitedly, dance, and a few couples snog.
"I'm gonna dance would anyone care to join?" asks Lils. Rose, Kat, Scorp, Mandi and Al all head onto the floor leaving James, Fred, Louis and I.
"Well," says Fred standing, "I'm gonna go find a girl to dance with." He disappears into the crowd.
"And then there was three," I say taking a sip of my butterbeer.
"Two actually," says Louis. "I'm gonna go dance too." He says walking off.
James downs his butterbeer before getting up and saying: "We can't let them have all the fun." He grabs my hand and pulls me over to his dancing cousins and friends.
The next morning I wake up with sore feet and a horrible headache. Someone brought firewhiskey in last night and I remember dancing and drinking loads of it.
"Need a hangover potion?" asks Rose smirking.
"Yes!" I shout. Ouch that hurt my head. I grab the drink from her outstretched hand and down it quickly. The effects are immediate. "Much better," I say standing up and stretching.
"Where is everyone?" I ask looking over at Kat and Mandi's empty beds.
"Unlike you, they didn't get drunk and they got up at a reasonable hour," says Rose.
I look at the clock and see its one in the afternoon.
"They're in the common room with a hungover Scorp, James, Fred, Louis, and Al," she says laughing. "I'm bringing them some potion."
"Meet you down stairs?" I ask. She nods before leaving and shutting the door behind her.
I quickly shower and change into some jeans and a tight, long sleeve, black shirt. I throw my hair into a messy bun before running down the stairs.
When I get down there I see Louis, Al, James, Scorp and Freddie begging Rose for the potion while Katherine, Rose and Mandi sit there laughing.
I sit down on the couch between James and Louis.
"So," I say. "What happened last night 'cause I can't remember anything after my second firewhiskey."
Rose gives the boys the potion before answering. "Basically you thought it would be fun if you danced with every single male specimen in the common room. Which by the way you almost succeeded." I can feel a blush creep up onto my face. Oops...that must have been interesting...
"You also thought it would be fun if James carried you all over the school on his shoulders. That didn't happen. I'm still wondering how you thought of that and why you decided to jump on him when he wasn't paying attention. You did, however, successfully knock him to the floor," says Mandi laughing.
"Er...sorry James..." I say turning to him.
"I didn't even know you did that," he says laughing.
"Is that it?" I ask cautiously, hoping that was indeed the end of my embarrassing stunts.
"Nooooo," says Katherine. "You also tried to snog some drunk Ravenclaw."
"Tried?" I ask blushing. "Meaning I hopefully didn't succeed?"
"Nope, well you did kiss him," I feel James stiffen beside me. "but then he passed out. Some other kid from his house said he had like twenty-three firewhiskeys..."
"Oh. Well did anyone else do anything embarrassing?"
"Well Fred took his shirt off and spun it around in the air. Scorp and Al kept laughing hysterically and pouring butterbeer and firewhiskey on each others heads. Louis just kept falling and rolling around. And James basically tried to shag every girl on the dance floor," Rose says while everyone laughs at how dumb they are.
For some reason completely beyond me I don't really like the idea of James trying to shag all the girls on the dance floor. I quickly push the thought away. 'I don't like James.' I think to myself sternly.
We spend the rest of the afternoon with Rose telling us about all the crazy things she saw other people do.