A/N: Hey loyal fans. Can you say, "Finally that bitch wrote the next chapter?" I can. So, I've been busy with band practice and crap like that. I'll try to write a chapter every weekend starting now. Thanks to my accomplice, p0tt3rSt@lk3r, I have posters of Draco to spur me on. Thanks Suki. Well, on with the chapter.
Last Time: Claudia and Harry had a very intimate flying lesson while Pansy was ogling Draco's naked assets. Pansy told Jamie something that appeared to make her cry, but only made her laugh. When Draco found out from Jamie that Pansy said he was gay, Draco is furious. There was a very eventful potion's lesson in which Pansy gets jealous at Jamie's and Draco physical contact, and accidentally sends her cauldron flying in the air. It gets the concoction in everyone's robes except Jamie and Draco's, where it got in their hair instead. Upon the cauldrons landing it broke Harry's wrist and Jamie agrees to play in the Quidditch match for him. As the temporary seeker, she will going against Draco, who is now sporting a streak of green hair, and Jamie's silver.
Chapter 10: "Quidditch's a Bitch"
Potion's class was over. Jamie was still trying to get over the fact that she was going to play Quidditch. Against Malfoy too. She couldn't cease to belive that Harry, Claudia, and the rest of the Gryffindors trusted her with something as necessary as beating Slytherin in cheat filled Quidditch match. Malfoy was another issue. Ever since Malfoy and Harry were the Gryffindor and Slytherin seekers, their matches against each other was so intense you'd think it was a miracle that they were still alive.
Jamie was the give the most important position on the team. The Seeker. Could they expect as much as they did from Harry from Jamie? Would she play her best even though she had this thing (if you could call it that) for Malfoy? What if she did win? She would still have to deal with Malfoy again in detention on the same day. What would he do if he won? She couldn't forget that he was Malfoy and he would gloat that he won no matter whom he had beaten. Suddenly, this match had become more important to Jamie than she would have imagined. She wouldn't let anything as pathetic as sharing the same hair streak get to her.
Look on the bright side Jamie, at least you'll get to see him in his Quidditch robes.
I've seen him in his Quidditch robes before, what's your point.
He hasn't seen you in Quidditch robes before.
Jamie saw Draco walking down the hall and decided to let him go. She didn't have anything to say to him. She was walking with Harry and Claudia. They made their way back to Gryffindor Tower.
"Nagis Sepiat."
"What's up with the password Jamie?" Claudia asked. She never knew what it meant.
"Rearrange the letters and you get 'Snape is a git.' Something I came up with." Jamie grinned and Harry laughed. Claudia just sighed.
"Trust you to make something as like insulting a teacher, a password. It's degrading."
"It's not degrading. It's funny." Jamie smiled at Claudia and walked through the portrait hole. They all sat down on a cozy couch in front of the fireplace. Nobody else was in there. They were all at lunch. Jamie broke the silence.
"Harry. I have some time before the match. Can I borrow your broom now so I can get some practice in?"
"I see no reason why not." Harry stayed where he was, sitting next to Claudia.
"Well, aren't you going to get it for me?" Jamie asked. Harry grinned.
"It's in my room under my bed. Feel free." Jamie gave him an evil glare and got up.
"This is what I get for playing for you wankers. Well trust me, I won't do it again." Claudia smiled.
"We still love you Jamie."
"Real nice way of showing it." Jamie stuck her tongue at them and went up the stairs. She opened the door and found a dirty room. "Oh god, this is just wrong." She said as she saw some boxers lying on the floor. She didn't know which bed was Harry's. "I'm sure Claudia knows." Jamie looked under each bed. Something she never in her life wants to do again. She finally found the broom and pulled it from under the bed. She found Harry's Quidditch robes lying on the bedpost. She picked them up and put a cleaning spell on them. She made her way back down stairs.
Claudia and Harry were snogging on the couch. Jamie looked at them still standing on the stairs.
"So Harry. How does her stomach taste?" They parted with lightening speed both blushing bright red. Jamie walked the rest down the stairs holding the broom and the Quidditch robed draped over her shoulder. "You two should get a room." Jamie threw a pillow at them.
"Hey!"
"Bye. See you two later." Jamie smirked and ran out before Claudia could retaliate.
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Jamie made her way to the pitch. The weather was perfect for Quidditch. Well, that's one thing she doesn't have to worry about. She dropped her black robes and Quidditch robes on the grass and jumped on the broom and jetted into the air. Her thoughts cleared as the wind rushed in her face. She soon started performing maneuvers that she had long forgotten.
"Nice moves."
Jamie was startled. She turned around and saw Draco floating on his broom a couple of feet away. He was not wearing his black robes, only some black trousers and a black shirt. His green streak of hair still out of place. Her silver one ruffled by the wind. Silver and Green. Slytherin colors. Figures. They just stared at each other for a while. Draco looked at her his eyes narrowing. He looked…concerned.
"Thanks." Silence engulfed them again. It was getting unbearable. Draco broke it.
"I'll take it your practicing for the match."
So he does know.
"As a matter of fact, yes I am. I haven't practiced in a long time, and me substituting for Harry was on very short notice. What are you doing here?"
"Practicing."
Jamie looked different. She looks, nervous. Draco thought.
This is about the time when I put those invisible walls up.
I know. The part I hate. Here it goes.
"Listen Peters, don't think that I'm going to go easy on you. This is still a Quidditch match, and I still want to win. Of course, you wouldn't want it any other way."
"You don't know what I want." Jamie said it in a tone that told him exactly what she wanted. She looked down and moved towards the ground and landed. Draco stared at her.
If only you knew, how wrong you are.
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The Quidditch match was finally here. The stands were filled like they always were at Gryffindor/Slytherin matches. Jamie had altered Harry's robes so that they would fit her better. They were all in the locker room. Harry, the captain was giving them a pep talk. Ron, a beater, was sitting next to another player, a chaser Aynslee Rodger, his girl friend for 2 days now. He had stopped crushing on Hermione a long time ago. At least he thinks so.
"Okay team. Now, this is the chance for all of you to really prove how good you really are. I'm not in the game, as you all know, and Jamie is taking my place. You all have been practicing and I know you can win. Jamie?"
"Yes?"
"Malfoy is really aggressive. Watch out and be careful. Okay?"
"No problem. If he feels likes getting violent I'll just flash him." Jamie grinned as Harry blushed. He always took her seriously.
"Um, okay. I'm sure that will be, very effective."
"It is." Jamie smiled as the rest of the players looked at her.
"Okay team. Go kick some Slytherin ass!"
"YEAH!" They all yelled in unison. They got up and stood in position.
"Good luck Jamie. You'll do great. Oh, we have a surprise for you."
"Really, what is it." Jamie smiled.
"You'll see."
The door opened and they flew out into the sky.
"Here they are. The Gryffindor and Slytherin players!" Jamie opened her mouth in awe. Claudia was commentating. Harry had worked his way back in the stands and was now sitting next to her, his wrist still bandaged. Jamie couldn't belive that Claudia was commentating. It was a great surprise. It would be nice to hear a familiar voice on the pitch. Jamie couldn't help but fly over to her.
"Hey Jamie." Claudia and Harry smiled.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Jamie asked smiling, still in a state of shock.
"Then it wouldn't be a surprise. Now go away, I have a job to do. Good luck." Jamie flew off as she heard Madam Hooch yell at her, "Stop harassing the commentator Peters!"
There he was. Jamie spotted Draco across from her. They were all standing on the brooms. Then Jamie saw her. Pansy Parkinson standing right next to Draco, giving Jamie the most evil glare ever. Jamie waved to her. Pansy frowned. This was going to be more fun than I imagined. Pansy was a beater.
Jamie's gaze soon landed on Draco. She smirked at him and raised an eyebrow. He looked at her in her Quidditch robes.
She looks different.
Who are you kidding Draco. You want her.
I thought we settled that I was just attracted to her.
We never settled anything; you're just in denial. Your two closed minded to believe that something as impossible as you and Jamie could actually work.
But will she accept the challenge.
There's only one way to find out.
Draco made eye contact with her. He winked at her. Jamie smirked sardonically.
You're on Malfoy.
Draco grinned back in acceptance. They were about to have a game that neither of them would ever forget. They were no longer playing just to win. Someone's life was about to change.
Madam Hooch stepped in the middle.
"No foul playing, I want this game as clean as my whistle. Got it?" Madam Hooch threw the Quaffle into the air. There was a swirl of green and red in the sky. Aynslee caught the Quaffle.
"And they're off! Aynslee in possession of the Quaffle."
That's all Jamie did hear of Claudia. She was in her own world now, and only two people lived in it.
"Jamie Peters is substituting for Harry Potter as the Gryffindor Seeker-Ahhh!"
That's as far as she got. Claudia turned to him in minor shock, and major gratitude. Harry was sitting next to her and to put it frankly, he grabbed her ass. Professor McGonagall was sitting close by.
"Mr. Potter and Ms. Chase. Behave yourselves!" They muttered a quick sorry and Claudia went back to commentating. Harry had this wicked grin on his face.
Jamie climbed over the area of play quickly followed by Malfoy. She had purposely scared the shit out of Pansy when she came up from under her almost knocking her off her broom. She turned around and saw Draco hovering right next to her.
"Good evening." Draco said as the edge of his mouth curled up in a smirk.
"What's so good about it?"
"The weather; me about to beat you to the snitch. Things like that."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, pretty much."
"How could you be so sure that you're going to beat me to the snitch? You've never seen me play." Jamie was smirking.
"That may be true. But you've never played against me. Things could get…intense." Draco was smirking back.
"Is that a threat Malfoy?"
"No. That's a fact." Jamie raised an eyebrow at him and nodded.
"Okay Malfoy. I wouldn't want it any other way." Before Draco could respond Jamie rushed past him at Pansy, doing a repeat of what she did to her earlier. Pansy immediately knew she would only be aiming for one person.
Gryffindor was up 30 to 20. Draco had spotted the snitch and raced towards it. He was waiting for Jamie to show up right beside him to chase after the snitch and reach it before him. She never showed.
Come on Peters, your making this too easy for me.
"Malfoy spots the snitch!" Claudia yelled. Then she screamed when Harry grabbed her ass again.
"Potter!" McGonagall yelled.
"Sorry Professor. Couldn't help it."
Malfoy was gaining on the snitch when someone roughly pulled on his broom. He was yanked so hard he almost flew forward. Then there was a loud crash that could be heard through the whole stadium. The two bludgers had collided right where Draco's head should have been. Draco reached behind his broom and felt a hand. He turned around to see that Jamie had pulled him, stopping him from near death. She had a look of shock on her face. They all knew those bludgers were intended for her, a gift from Pansy who also had a look of shock on her face. She almost killed the one she was fighting for. Jamie finally let go of his broom. Draco looked at her speechless. I mean, what do you really say to someone who just saved your life? He didn't say anything. Instead he turned to Pansy with a look that could kill.
"You are off the team Parkinson. This is the last game you will ever play. You got that!" Pansy was in shock.
"Drac, I-I'm sorry. Wait no! I'm not sorry. I was only doing my job. It's not my fault you got in the way!"
"You are OFF the team! And stop calling me Drac dammit!" With that Draco turned around. He looked at her.
That would do.
Jamie looked at Pansy. Pansy glared at her then flew off. Jamie spotted Draco and flew by him. That's when they both saw it. The snitch hovering a couple of meters above them. They both jetted towards it.
"Jamie and Malfoy both spots the snitch!" Claudia yelled.
They climbed up as the snitch started to move in a 90-degree angle up. They were both side by side. The wind was rushing in their hair, Jamie's chopsticks barely holding in her hair. Their knees were touching.
"Go Jamie! Beat that bloody git!"
"Chase!"
"Sorry Professor."
Jamie started smiling. The rush was coming back to her. Draco turned to look at her.
"Only one of us is going to win Peters."
Jamie didn't respond. They were still chasing the snitch. In a split second it had divided completely vertical. They both dived after it still side by side. Draco was right. Only one of them could win. Only one of them was going to win. They kept diving. The snitch couldn't out run them so it started moving this way and that. It moved back up but Jamie kept going strait.
What is she doing?
Before they knew it changed direction again but this time, they were both going after it from opposite directions. Neither was willing to change direction. They could see each other coming from the opposite direction. They still kept going. Jamie narrowed her eyes. Malfoy widened his.
This is how you wanted it Malfoy. Don't chicken out.
Claudia, Harry, and everyone in the stands looked on in anticipation. First Malfoy almost died, Jamie saved him, they chased the snitch neck to neck, and now they were playing chicken. This was the best bloody game of Quidditch they had ever seen. Claudia had stopped commentating. She was worried that Jamie's ruthlessness and Malfoy's stubbornness was going to get them both severely hurt.
What seemed to last forever was over in a few seconds.
They both reached for the snitch as they came up to it, trapping it between them. They had collided and were now falling. Draco had instinctively wrapped his arms protectively around Jamie as they fell in a bundle. They didn't have far to go.
Jamie opened her eyes to feel something heaving on her body and something moving in her hand. She was lying on her back, the brooms some where else. She groaned. Draco opened his eyes. He felt something under his body and something moving in his hand. He had one arm still wrapped around Jamie. His head was lying in the gap in her neck. He breathed in.
After all that, she still smells heavenly.
Jamie heard Draco breathe in and felt his breath on her neck.
What the hell is he doing?
Draco raised his head. He saw Jamie looking back up at him. Both were still breathing hard from the excitement of the game. Draco noticed something else in his hand. Jamie lifted her head a little and had a chance to smell Draco as well.
After all this, he still smells desirable.
Draco looked down, his eyes widening. Jamie looked down too. Their fingers were entangled with each other's, the snitch right in between. Jamie smiled and laid her head back on the grass.
I wonder what we must look like in this position.
"I thought you said only one of us was going to win?" Jamie and Draco started laughing. Soon they heard footsteps coming. Jamie and Draco looked in their direction and saw Madam Hooch coming.
Uh-oh. Better make this look like a fight.
Jamie punched Draco in the jaw, firmly, but not hard as to cause damage. Jamie pushed him off of her.
"Godammit! What was that for?!"
"So she won't get the wrong impression." She said as Madam Hooch ran up.
"Fighting again? Where's the snitch?" Madam Hooch asked.
"Well you see it's like this. When we reached for the sni-
Draco cut Jamie off.
"Peters caught it." Jamie looked at him in shock.
"Very well. Gryffindor wins!" Madam Hooch yelled and the stands exploded in cheers.
"Malfoy what do you think your doing?" Jamie hissed at him as Madam Hooch walked off.
"Only one of us can win. You deserve to win. Now shut up, your fans are coming."
Jamie turned around and the stands were running out onto the pitch. She saw the team, Claudia, and Harry in the front coming fast. She was crowded around and patted on the back, and congratulated with hugs. She turned around. This was the last thing she wanted. She wanted…
Draco was gone.
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They celebrated Gryffindor's victory for a while in the common room with Butterbeer. Jamie had faked her smiles through the whole thing. For once she was looking forward to detention, to get away from all the attention.
Or to see Draco?
"Well played Jamie!" Harry said.
"Yeah. I thought yaw were goners when you collided in the air. You're not even hurt. I heard you punched Malfoy. Was he getting fresh with you or something?" Claudia grinned.
"No. I felt like celebrating with a punch. 'S all. Well, I got to get to detention."
"Oh yeah. I totally forgot you got detention. With Malfoy none the less. That git."
"I'll be back. See ya."
It was 8:57 and Jamie was making her way to McGonagall's office. She opened the door and saw Draco sitting on a table, his arms crossed, looking at nothing in particular. He looked up when she entered. Neither of them were no longer dressed in their Quidditch robes. Jamie had taken off all the alterations and returned them to Harry. They didn't say anything as Jamie made her way to a table opposite of him and sat on it.
"I forgive you." Draco looked up at her. "For everything. Well, maybe not everything. But for what happened in the library. It was my fault to. So was this detention. I no longer blame you. And I also want to thank you. It must have taken a lot to give me the snitch especially since Slytherin had never won against us." Jamie smiled at Draco's reaction about the 'never winning' comment. Draco lightened up a bit.
"Your welcome and I'm sorry, and thanks for saving my life."
"No problem. Pansy got the worst of it." They both laughed. The door opened and they were quiet instantly. Professor McGonagall walked in and looked around.
"Well, everything seems to be in order. You may find this detention a bit different. You do know what the term 'confined' means, don't you?" Jamie and Draco looked at each other then at the Professor. "Because that is your detention. You two are confined in here for 2 hours with only each other to keep as company. Maybe then you two can sort out your differences."
"But Professor, we already have." Jamie told her. McGonagall rolled her eyes.
"Sure you have. I'll be back in 2 hours. Behave yourselves." And with that she closed the door. Jamie looked at it.
"You'd think a woman of her age would know if someone was lying or not."
Jamie turned back around looking at the ground. It had started that one day when she decided she wanted to know what Draco will do when someone stood up to him. Did she get her answer? Was she satisfied with it?
"Draco?" She looked up.
"What happened to Malfoy?" Draco smiled.
"I can call you Malfoy if you want. Even Drac if you like." Draco cringed under that name. Jamie smiled wickedly.
"Draco is fine."
"Yes he is." Draco's head shot up quickly blushing. Jamie smiled.
"Sorry couldn't help it. You look so cute when you blush."
"Don't mock me."
"Sorry." Jamie turned her feat on the desk and laid back. She was going to be there for 2 hours.
"So, were you going to ask me something?"
"Oh yeah." Jamie propped her chin on her hand. "What's up with you and Parkinson?"
Draco sighed.
"Must we talk about her?"
"No I guess we don't have to talk about her. Well Draco, for once, what do you want to talk about?"
"Us."
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Ha! I'm leaving yaw there. Soon to come, Draco and Jamie "might" get some action and Claudia and Harry will definitely get some action. I want to thank my Suki, p0tt3rSt@lk3r for the idea about Jamie and Draco both catching the snitch. Loved it, lol. Next chapter will be up sooner than you think. Leave a Review please.
