RECAP: Madison, Kaitlyn's fake twin sister, was murdered by death eaters. The Gryffindor team was falling apart but Benny, their captain, had a meeting and gave instructions that he hoped would rebuild the morale. Kaitlyn realized that she liked James so she started ignoring him so she would never have to admit it. James and Kaitlyn got into a big fight…the last few lines from the previous chapter…

"Why are you avoiding me?!" He asked looking directly at her.

"Im not!" Kaitlyn insisted while staring the wall down.

"Yes you are! You're not even looking at me right now," James told her. "What is wrong? This is so not like you!"

"You don't even know me!" Kaitlyn persisted. James ran a hand through his hair out of sheer frustration.

"What are you talking about? I've known you for ages," James sighed. Kaitlyn tried a new approach.

"I'm not avoiding you I'm just really focused on classes right now," Kaitlyn said which was not a complete lie.

"Well, Lily did tell me that you were spending a lot more time in the library," James said.

"Oh of course! If Lily said it, it must be true! Because after all Lily's perfect and she never lies. Everything that Lily says is true, even when she insults the life out of you. I mean it's all true because Lily says it," Kaitlyn exclaimed her voice sounding sarcastic and bitter.

"Kaitlyn what has gotten into you?" James asked confused.

"Nothing James absolutely nothing," Kaitlyn insisted.

"Come on tell me what's going on," James prodded. "We need to talk about this for the sake of the team."

"Oh of course! For the sake of the team! God forbid you actually care if there's something going on," Kaitlyn spat back she couldn't control the harsh tones of her voice it was just all flowing out.

"No I didn't mean it like that. We're friends and I want to know what's wrong that you won't even talk to me!" James persisted.

"Oh we're friends now? Did the team say that we need to be friends? Because we have to do anything for the sake of the team you know." Kaitlyn continued her bitter tone. She couldn't explain why she was being so cruel.

"You know what! I don't care anymore. I'd rather you ignore me if you're going to act like this," James yelled back walking out and slamming the door behind him. As soon as he left Kaitlyn sat down and leaned against the wall. Moments later the door opened to reveal Sirius.

"What the hell did you do to make him so mad?" Sirius demanded to know.

"It's all my fault right! Did you even consider that maybe he was the one who did something to me!" Kaitlyn yelled before bursting into tears. Sirius just stared at her wide eyed.

"I um gotta go," he said running out the door. Kaitlyn threw her shoe at the door as it closed on his back. It had no effect but it made her feel a little better as the tears rolled down her cheeks.

OK now on to the chapter…

After five minutes or so Kaitlyn gathered herself up off the ground and put her shoe back on. She felt and looked like complete crap. As she was walking back to the Gryffindor tower Kaitlyn spotted Remus on his way back from the library. Just looking at him she remembered how comfortable she always was around him. The two had no secrets between them.

"Remus!" she called out. Remus looked up from his stack of books.

"Kaitlyn? Are you alright? You look awful," he said his eyes displaying concern.

"I'll live. Can I um talk to you or something," she asked. They were nearing the portrait of the fat lady.

"Yeah sure. I'll just drop these books off in my dorm and we'll meet in the common room," Remus consented as they climbed through the portrait hole. Kaitlyn settled herself down in a chair far off into the corner of the room. She didn't really want to draw attention to herself at the moment. Moments later Remus appeared. He scanned the room and seemed surprised to find Kaitlyn all the way in the corner.

"What's up?" he asked knowing she clearly wanted to talk about something. Kaitlyn took a deep breath before launching into a full blown story. She finished with how she ended up only wearing one shoe in the charms room.

"Well, I can't say I'm surprised," Remus admitted. "But if you ask me…you are asking me right?"

"Of course I'm asking you," Kaitlyn confirmed.

"Well then, I think you're going about this all wrong. Avoiding James and being all distant and bitter is not really going to get you anywhere. No one find it attractive." His words were harsh but true. This was why she had come to him after all.

"So what do I do now?" Kaitlyn asked sighing.

"Well it's up to you really," Remus said, "I don't speak teenage girl you know." Kaitlyn laughed.

"Well thanks for listening to me moan," Kaitlyn said getting up.

"Anytime," Remus laughed. Kaitlyn went up to her dormitory to tell Evangeline about what just happened.

"KAITLYN! I'm sorry I couldn't save you I didn't know where you went," Evangeline explained as soon as Kaitlyn walked into the room.

"It's alright," Kaitlyn said before retelling what had happened within the last half hour.

"Well then you know what I think?" Evangeline asked after thinking for some time.

"What?" Kaitlyn wanted to know.

"Screw James. If he wants to be head over heals for Lily let him. I say you be the bigger person apologize and move on. See other people. Eventually he'll realize that Lily is never going to like him and maybe he'll come around and go for you," Evangeline proclaimed.

"Evangeline you're right! I'm going to do that! Except starting tomorrow because I'm really tired.

The next morning Kaitlyn woke up earlier than she would have liked. It was a Saturday and Benny had turned into a drill sergeant scheduling a practice that morning. Kaitlyn also wanted to talk to James before practice started and everyone thought that she was still ignoring him. Kaitlyn dressed in some Quidditch clothes and made her way down to the common room. After surveying the room she spotted Remus and Peter playing chess.

"Hey is James awake yet?" she asked getting to the point.

"Nope he and Sirius are still sleeping upstairs," Peter said while Remus fixed Kaitlyn with a knowing look.

"Ok thanks," Kaitlyn said before starting to go up the stairs to the fourth year boy's dorm.

"Um Kaitlyn you're not supposed to go up there," Remus pointed out.

"I know," she said as she climbed the staircase anyway. Kaitlyn cautiously pushed open the door to reveal an incredibly messy room. None of the beds were made, clothing was strewn about the floor, and worst of all Sirius was lying on top of his bed in just his underwear and he was drooling slightly. Kaitlyn frowned and thank silently thanked god she was not a boy.

She walked over to James's bed to find that he was pretending to be asleep. She could tell he was pretending every so often he would open an eye thinking he was being stealthy while on the contrary he was being painfully obvious.

"James I know you are pretending to be asleep," Kaitlyn said glaring down at his "sleeping" form.

"No I'm not I'm sleeping," James said his eyes now firmly shut.

"Then why are you talking?" Kaitlyn asked rolling her eyes in turn.

"Haven't you ever heard of sleep talking?" James asked still insisting that he was in fact really asleep.

"No I haven't," Kaitlyn replied sarcastically.

"You haven't?!" James asked sitting up in shock and his eyes flew open.

"Of course I have!" She said exasperatedly.

"Then why did you say you hadn't?" James wanted to know.

"It's called sarcasm," Kaitlyn said in an aggravated tone.

"Ah yes and you are chock full of it these days," James replied mimicking her tone.

"Whatever, my point is I came up here to apologize for being all bitter and distant," Kaitlyn said swallowing her pride which she found quite difficult.

"Well then you are forgiven," James said in a very serious business like tone. Sirius chose that moment to wake up. He glanced up noticing Kaitlyn.

"Oh Merlin's pants! Why is there a girl in our dorm James?" Sirius exclaimed and in a haste to find some pants he got tangled in his sheets and promptly fell flat on his face. Kaitlyn and James looked at each other and then burst out laughing. Sirius groaned and slowly got up from his face plant.

"Im going to you know put on some pants," Sirius informed Kaitlyn.

"You do that," Kaitlyn told him, "And I'm going to leave now," she said to James.

"Er wait!" James said biting his lower lip. "I suppose I should say sorry. You know for saying we should only be friends for the team. I really do like being friends with you." It wasn't exactly the confession of love she longed to hear but Kaitlyn would take what she got.

"Me too," she said grinning.

The Gryffindor Quidditch team met that morning tired yet determined.

"I take it everyone worked on their homework?" Benny asked authoritively.

"Yep! Mia and I came up with a way to signal to each other!" Sirius announced proudly.

"And you two are talking again?" Benny asked James and Kaitlyn.

"Yeah," they chorused.

"Alright, everyone in the air," Benny instructed. The practice was filled with a great fervor that couldn't be stamped out by the early morning hour. When they touched back down to the ground Benny was grinning like a madman.

"I really think we have a chance now. If Hufflepuff beats Ravenclaw we are still in the running!" Benny said excitedly. This cheered up the team even more. "So I will be expecting to see all of you at the match rooting for Hufflepuff." There was some groaning but overall nothing could dampen the bright mood that had gripped the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Two weeks later the entire Gryffindor house had shown up to the Hufflepuff vs. Ravenclaw match to root for Hufflepuff; Benny had made sure of it. The school was split though. The Slytherins and Ravenclaws were rooting for Ravenclaw, the Slytherins did not want to see Gryffindor take home the house cup. Felix Mardo had to do his best to keep the commentary unbiased. He really wanted Ravenclaw to go down.

The match did not disappoint. Hufflepuff filled with confidence, clobbered Ravenclaw. Benny was practically dancing as the yellow seeker caught the snitch. Sirius and James were screaming like maniacs. Kaitlyn and Mia hugged and jumped up and down in the air. The entire Gryffindor House was cheering.

"You know what this means guys!" Benny said happily turning to his team.

"We're still in!" Aidan exclaimed.

"Yes and practice tomorrow morning!" Benny added grinning. Six angry groans could be heard. "I don't want to hear it. We are going to win this thing. We have another match against Hufflepuff and if we don't win that we're out for good."

"But if we do then we have to play Slytherin," Blake pointed out.

"This is why we're practicing tomorrow morning. No excuses," Benny said with a hint of finality in his voice.

"I don't see why this is so important," Lily said back in the common room. Kaitlyn had just told her about the intensely early practice the next day.

"Because we can win this!" Kaitlyn said excitedly.

"But it's just Quidditch," Lily pointed out.

"Just Quidditch?" echoed Sirius in shock.

"Yes that's what I said," Lily remarked irritably.

"It's not just Quidditch," James added.

"You wouldn't understand," Sirius told her.

"Yes I would," Lily shot back indignantly.

"Lily he's right," Kaitlyn said in a soothing tone. Lily does not like being told that she wouldn't understand. Lily frowned considerably at her friend. She tossed her hair over her shoulder as if to say 'whatever.' Kaitlyn sighed and tried not to roll her eyes. There was a tense moment of silence. No one was used to Kaitlyn standing up for Sirius and James…it was something she did quite rarely.

"So I've been thinking," Evangeline began talking to Kaitlyn back up in their room.

"What have you been thinking?" Kaitlyn asked deciding to humor her.

"I've been thinking it's time for you to move on," Evangeline announced. Kaitlyn rolled her eyes despite the fact that Evangeline was clearly right. "You should avoid Quidditch players though."

"But I like Quidditch players," Kaitlyn interrupted.

"I know you do but everyone else in the world of Quidditch is considered your rival right now…and inter team dating is frowned upon by Benny right now," Evangeline explained. Kaitlyn was shocked by the knowledge she had of the Quidditch world. "What I listen when you talk you know," Evangeline said smiling.

"Ok so no Quidditch players," Kaitlyn agreed.

"Unless…" Evangeline muttered to herself. She looked like she was deep in thought.

"Unless what?" Kaitlyn asked not enjoying the feeling of being left in suspense.

"A Ravenclaw…a Ravenclaw Quidditch player…that would make the entire team go crazy though…but it has the promising aspect of jealousy," Kaitlyn knew Evangeline was no longer talking to her but herself. Kaitlyn just sat back and watched her. "It could work," she finally stopped.

"Im not so sure about that," Kaitlyn said warily.

"Well we know that Jake Sutherfield their keeper has been staring at you non stop," Evangeline said confidently.

"How do we know that?" Kaitlyn asked.

"The one goal you guys scored the other day was because you were flying near the Ravenclaw goal post and Jake was distracted by you," Evangeline explained smirking.

"I don't know," Kaitlyn sighed.

"Why not?" Evangeline asked confused.

"Wouldn't that be using him a little bit?" Kaitlyn wondered not really liking the idea at all.

"No…not really. I mean I think you could like him. Let's say we cleverly got him to ask you out and you actually enjoy yourself…that's not using him is it?" Evangeline deduced with a smile.

"No I suppose you're right," Kaitlyn sighed.

"Hey, you can't stay hung up on James forever," Evangeline told her.

"That's true," Kaitlyn agreed. The idea was starting to appeal to her. So it was decided that the next time she had a chance Kaitlyn was going to make an effort to talk to Jake. It wouldn't be too hard. They had talked a couple of times despite the fact that he was a fifth year and she a fourth year.

The Hufflepuff vs. Gryffindor match was getting closer and closer and Benny was getting even more stressed out. He scheduled a multitude of practices despite the fact that Gryffindor had already beaten Hufflepuff. Finally the day of the match came proving that Gryffindor was indeed over prepared. The game lasted fifteen minutes and much to Slytherin's disappointment the game ended with Kaitlyn catching the snitch making the final score 220-30 Gryffindor. The Gryffindor house was going to have a little celebration. On her way back Kaitlyn ran into none other than Jake Sutherfield.

"Good game today," he congratulated.

"Oh thanks," she said slightly surprised, "You're not mad that we won?"

"I'd rather see Gryffindor beat Ravenclaw any day," Jake said smiling.

"I couldn't agree more," Kaitlyn replied. Eventually she fell into step besides him. Kaitlyn wasn't an expert on reading facial expressions but Jake looked pleased. Unfortunately when it looked like he was about to say something Cameron came running up to them.

"Kaitlyn!" she exclaimed smiling, "Benny sent me to come get you we're having a party remember!?"

"Of course," Kaitlyn replied. To Jake she said, "I'll see you around." Kaitlyn allowed herself to be pulled towards Gryffindor tower by Cameron.

"Yeah, later" Jake replied to her retreating back.

(A/N OMG OMG Im so so so so sorry this has taken me forever to update. Sometimes I get really bad writer's block with this story. I wrote the beginning and the end already but I'm still writing the middle. Again so sorry it took ages. Please leave a review!! Thanks)