Disclaimer: Michelle is just someone who shares my brain. She appears courtesy of herself. Seamus, Harry, Hermione, Parvati, Padma............... You get the point? They belong to the wonderful JK Rowling. Jeff Baker and Charlotte Horner, and their families, appear courtesy of Michelle. Christina Luna is half mine, half Michelle's. The Atlanta Braves belong to themselves.
Chapter 1
I sat in the apartment with Christine one afternoon, thinking of something to give my boyfriend, Seamus Finnigan, for his birthday.
"He loves Quidditch! I wish, for just this once, that I have Cannons connections instead of Braves connections!" My dad works for the Atlanta Braves, so we get free tickets and visits to the dugouts. Definitely my all-time favorite player is Chipper Jones, but Rafael Furcal, Javy Lopez, Andruw Jones, Andres Galarraga, ect., are pretty cool. Unfortunatley, Seamus isn't the Braves fan I am. In fact, Seamus is a half-blood from England who knows nothing about Muggle Sports, especially America's Favorite Pasttime. He does love Quidditch. I am an all-around athlete, and I love playing Quidditch, but I could care less about watching it. Which is one of the many differences between Seamus and me.
"That's it! Take him to the Braves Game!" Christine said.
"Are you nuts? Seamus hates baseball!"
"It's better than nothing, Michelle. And it's a way for you to go to the game. You promised Seamus you'd spend his birthday with him, and if you take him to the game, you can keep both promises!"
"Huh?"
"Are you that dense? You promised that Chopper guy you'd come watch them play the D-Backs tonight. Remember, that guy he hit good against in the past is hitting?"
"You mean pitching?"
"Yeah, that thing."
"I forgot I promised I'd come and watch Chipper against Armando Reynoso. Thanks, Chris, I forgot."
"You're welcome."
"Hey, Seamus, for your birthday do you want to go to the Braves game?"
"The Braves? Michelle, you see the Braves every night! Tonight can't we do something different, special?"
"You can bring Dean and Parvati and Padma, you can do ANYTHING, just please, we have to go to this game!"
"Michelle, what aren't you telling me?"
"About two weeks ago, I promised Chipper that the next game they played against the Diamondbacks when Armando Reynoso was pitching I'd come. That was before I knew he was pitching on your birthday, and I really want to be able to keep both promises."
"Fine. But tomorrow we do something special."
"Tomorrow? I can't. My dad has me singing the National Anthem at the beginning of Game 2 against the D-Backs."
"Okay, tell me this tomorrow, but when is there a night when you don't have a game to go watch? Because I'm sick of you never being around."
"Seamus, I.........."
"Shh. Just let us have fun together for once, please, Michelle."
"All right."