Chapter 25

It wasn't long before the first Quddich match was happening. Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Lily was sure she could win. It was Ravenclaw. She wouldn't lose to Charlie. She couldn't lose to her. She had to be the best and if she couldn't beat Charlie then what good was she?

They were soon off. Chloe and Alice were doing their best to keep the buggers away from her, but Tyler, Olan, and Collin were good with the balls. Asher has having trouble keeping them from scoring. As the game went on, Asher got into his grove and was stopping the Ravenclaw team form scoring.

There it was! The snich! As Lily went after it, before she could grab it a bugger hit her. She fell off her broom and was falling. Chloe rushed down and saved her from hitting the ground. "Are you okay?"

"The snich. I saw it!" Lily said. She looked up and saw Charlie with the snich. She had lost to the Ravenclaw team. Damn it!

The Ravenclaw team was celebrating When as the last time they had won a match anyway?

Lily was placed on the ground with her. "It's okay Lily. We'll get them next time," Chloe said.

"Everyone, over here now," Asher said harshly. Everyone went over to Asher. "That was not your best. You need to give it your all in each and every game. They shouldn't have beaten us. I'm pushing you harder on practices. We won't lose again. Understand?"

Everyone moaned a yes or yeah. Everyone was tired and walked off the field. "Lily!" James said, coming over to them. "You were great. I know you can win next time, but you were great! You almost won! I had to come down to congratulate you."

"But we lost, badly," Asher said.

"Nah. Everyone loses sometimes. Just work hard and win next time," James said. He hugged Lily. "I think you were great. If you hadn't fallen off your broom you would have won. Trust your beaters more. They have your back. Just trust them and you'll be able to do more. The chases could use some work, but over all the game was good. I'm proud of you Lily." James stretched. "Whelp, I should get back to work. It was nice watching you though."

"You really think I did well?" Lily asked.

"Of course I do. I wouldn't have said so if I didn't," James said with a smile. "It's good to see all the teams are good this year. Everyone is going to have to work even harder that way. Now I really need to go."

"Alright, thanks for coming,"Asher said.

"Well, we should go and congratulate the other team,"Chloe suggested..

The team went over to the other team. "You guys were really good," Chloe said with a smile. "It was a close one."

"Thanks," Charlie said. "I didn't think we'd actually win. It's amazing."

"Yeah you were great. We'll beat you next time," Lily said with a smile. "So don't get cocky or anything. If you want to be seen as one of the best, you need to beat Luis."

"Yeah I hear he's the best seeker out there and they already want him to go pro as soon as he graduates," Charlie said.

"You're going against Slytherin next right?" Lily asked.

"Yeah. I'm hoping to beat Scorpius," Charlie said.

Lily laughed. "Don't blame me for rooting for Slytherin. I want me boyfriend to win."

Charlie smiled. "Well I'll say I'm sorry for beating him."

"You have to beat him first,"Lily said with a smile.

"Come one, let's celebrate! We might have loss, but you guys won so let's party!"Alice said. Everyone laughed. "I know a class room not being used, and I have some fun drinks."

"You mean like liquor?"Chloe asked. "I can't sorry. I don't want James to get in trouble because of me. You guys have fun. Oh Lily, Tyler you're both far too young for a party like this so do back to your rooms."

Lily whined, "Do I have to?"

"Yes you have to," Chloe said.

"Fine. I'll go hang out with Scorpius," Lily said leaving.

"And I should go see Rosa,"Tyler said, leaving as well.

"Well you go have your party and I'm going to go study," Chloe said.

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Chloe wasn't surprised that a lot of the members of the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor quiddich team got minus 20 points, per person, and got detention on top of that. "I'm glad you weren't a part of that chaos," James told Chloe. They were both getting ready for school.

"Well I didn't wan to get you in trouble. Besides, I don't see the point in getting drunk after a game," Chloe said. "how has your work going? If you ever need help grading or something let me know. I'd love to help."

"Thank you for that, but I have things under control. I really like teaching. I like seeing the kids' eyes when they get a spell right for the first time. It's amazing," James said with a smile.

"I'm glad you've been so happy," Chloe said, kissing James. "I know you're good at teaching me at least."

"Thanks," James said He pulled her into a hug. "I don't know what I'd do without you. When things get hard, I have you to help calm me down. I love you so much."

"I love you too," Chloe said. She let herself just take in James' body heat. "I wanted t be with you from the moment I saw you. I knew you were the one. It was love at first sight. When I found you who you were, I didn't think I had a chance. You were the Great James Potter who could probably get any girl you wanted, but you choose me. It was a dream come true."

"Well I never thought I' find a girl like you. You never goodly around me. You acted like I was on some pedestal, out of reach. You were a friend and not some fan girl. I fell in love with you, but I was afraid you only wanted to be friends. I'm so happy that you liked me too. I never thought about getting married until I met you. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you."

Chloe smiled. "Well I'm glad you feel that way. You're the perfect husband."

"I should hope so," James said with a laugh. "But what happened last night?

"Someone said they knew an empty class room, and they would have alcohol with them, They wanted to celebrate the match. I told Lily and Tyler go to bed, so they shouldn't have gone there."

"Yeah, Lily wasn't involved. Who's Tyler?"

""He's the young chaser of the Ravenclaw team," Lily explained "I know, or at least now of, all of the members of all of the teams. I think it's a good idea to know everyone. It helps to know who's good at what and what to expect from them. It was Asher's idea. He wants us to know what to know what to expect when going against teach team. I think it's a good idea, but Asher just pounds it into us. I think you were a better captain."

"Of course I was the better captain. I'm the Great James Potter after all," James said with a grin.

Chloe laughed. "That's true. No one is better than you," She pulled away from James. "We should get ready for class."

"Awe, I rather stay in bed a little longer," James said, still grinning.

"We'll it would be bad if we were late," Chloe said, getting dressed.

"Fine. Fine," James said, getting dressed as well.

"I'll see you when classes are done," Chloe said, leaving the room and rushing off to class.

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"Wah, James is such a hard teacher!" Dominique complained.

"Not any harder than the potions teacher," Roxanne pointed out.

"I guess that's true. I guess we're older so everything has to be harder."Dominique said. "How goes it with taking Fred's job at knowing everything?"

Roxanne sighed. "The hardest part is not doing anything about what I see. He made me promise to only answer questions and never act on what I see."

"See? Like are you a seer?"

"I think so," Roxanne said.

"Wow!" Dominique said. "That's so cool!"

"And I have to send a letter, but I can get anything anyone asks for," Roxanne said.

"That's amazing!" Dominique said brightly.

"Yeah but I get questions like 'am I going to pass this test' or 'doe so and so like me? Nothing important . Well one of them scared me. Someone asked if there was going to be another attack and I had to tell them there would be. I don't know all of the details, but something bad is going to happen."

"Who asked that?" Dominique asked.

"James."

"That could be why he's working students so hard in his classes. He wants them ready if the school it attacked. I don't like this. Do you think he told his dad?" Dominique asked.

"I don't know. Our Uncle might not believe me. I mean. Why would be believe me?" Roxanne asked.

"He'd trust Fred wouldn't he?" Dominique asked.

"Yeah but Fred is working for the aurors already because he knows so much and seems to know everything. If Fred tells them, then they'd believe him, so there's nothing we can do on that front."

"You don't think there's going to be a war do you?" Dominique asked.

Roxanne paused. "I think they'll be a war."

Dominique looked sacred. "But-but are we safe here?"

"They'll attack the ministry again before attacking Hogwarts," Roxanne said.

"So they'll take over the ministry? Then come after Hogswords?"

"Stop it. It hurts me head to deal with such serious thing,"Roxanne complained.

"I'm sorry, but I'm scared. What if the dark wizard really takes over?" Dominique asked.

"I don't think that'll happen. James is pushing everyone so they're ready for an attack," Roxanne pointed out.

"I guess. I still don't like this," Dominique said.

"No one likes war, but it doesn't seem to be avoidable. I wish I'm wrong. I really don't want to go to war,"Roxanne said. "But if it is going to be a war, know that I'll never leave you. We'll fight together and have each other's back. And we have our boyfriends too."

"Oh but no one will love you the way I do," Dominique said.

"Let's just go to get some food. I'm rather hungry and talking about all of this negative thinking is wearing me out."

"Okay. Food sounds good."