G'DAY!! Welcome to the very exciting (or not) chapter four of the wonderful (or not) story Rollercoaster. GEE i love summer, don't you? well i know for most it's winter, but down here it's summer and I love it!

Okay I dont have much to say except - on with the story.......

DISCLAIMER: If Harry Potter was mine, I would be rich and famous and living in a mansion in England with better things to do with my time than writing fanfiction based on the books I created.

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ROLLERCOASTER : CHAPTER SIX - THE (VERY SHORT) STORY OF BELLA AND LI

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Towards the end of November, the whole of Hogwarts was sent into an uproar of excitement - well at least the girl population was. The reason for this was pretty simple, the ball had been announced - it was going to be held on Christmas eve, and just about every single girl was excited about it.

This included Arabella, who was almost 100% certain that Li Gray, the boy she had been flirting with in class, was going to ask her. She was so happy about it she didn't even bother to get angry with Remus and Sirius, who had decided to point out every fault in the boy - some of which didn't even exist.

Lily, however, was a different story. Sure, she was looking forward to the ball - but she had no idea who to go with. Lily had been asked by at least 1 hundred boys already (and it had only been a week), but she turned each of them down. It wasn't that they were all ugly, unpopular - or even stupid. It was just that they were missing something - she didn't know what that something was exactly, she just knew that no boy that had asked her had it.
- Something else was bugging her too. James. She couldn't get the night they played hide and seek out of her head. How close they were. That look in his eyes. - Those golden specks. Because Lily had been looking at James' eyes alot lately. Not into them, just, at them. And she definetely couldn't see any specks of gold. It was all very strange really.

The boys were also having a hard time of it. Peter had found a date already ( a fifth year Hufflepuff named Rosie), so he didn't have many problems. But James, Sirius and Remus were getting quite sick of girls practically throwing themselves at them. What with that, their serious girl problems (a.k.a Lily, Bella and Ashleigh) and having to threaten any boy they saw bugging Lily or Bella, the boys were getting worn out fairly quickly. Not to mention that the quidditch season had begun, and James,Sirius and Bella were all on the house team. (James and Bella were chasers and Sirius was a beater). So life was getting fairly strained for the six (especially the quidditch players) and for the boys, things were about to get worse...

' ... and so I reckon we go to get our dress robes next Hogsmeade trip, 'cause I lost mine last time, remember that? and so I had to borrow some of yours. And remeber what that dolt over there said about them? Remember what he said? He said - '
Bella, chattering away at lunch as usual, stopped when she was tapped on the shoulder and turned around to face -
'Li!' She exlaimed and he smiled down at her.
'Gotta moment?' he asked her and she nodded, blushing slightly as he led her away from the table and into the entrance hall.
The moment they were out of sight the boys started whispering furiously to one another. Only this time, it seemed, James and Peter had joined into the ' There's something not right about that boy' discussion.
Lily rolled her eyes. ' Are you guys EVER going to give up on the whole Li - Bella thing' she asked them.
'Nope!'
'Sorry I asked.'
She then went back to picking at her lunch, trying not to listen to what they were saying.

After about five minutes or so, Bella returned and practically flung herself onto Lily.
'He asked me!!' She squealed, jumping up and down and looking so happy she didn't quite know what to do with herself.
The boys remained silent, though Lily couldn't quite help but notice they had become extremely tense, and Remus, Sirius and James (The natural fighters of the group) had balled their fists up tightly.
'And..' Lily asked, trying to ignore the boys and focus on Bella.
'And what?' Bella asked, looking confused.
'And what did you say?' Though Lily already new the answer.
'What do you mean, what did I say?' Bella exclaimed ' I said YES of course!'
She then began jumping up and down singing -
' I'm going to the ball with Li! He is so hot! Yes he is! Hot,hot,hot! Hot,hot,hot! And so nice! Nice, nice, ni -' But paused when she noticed the look on each of the boys faces.
Ignoring Remus and Sirius she turned to James and Peter.
'Don't tell me those two gits (she indicated to Sirius and Remus) have roped you into their little 'I hate Li' club too' She groaned.
'No' James said, and Bella looked quite relieved until he added ' We signed up of our own free will' He grinned at her.
'Great!' She mumbled, sitting back down and burying her face in her hands ' I hate having four overprotective morons as friends!'

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It was the first quidditch match of the season. The sun was rising and there was a chill in the air - indicating that the heart of winter was nearly upon the inhabitants of the castle. (A/N - I don't know about whether in England, but if it's cold over here than it must be bloody freezing over there! To me 17 degrees (celcius) is cold enough!)
It was also 6 o'clock in the morning. James Potter (the newly elected quidditch captain) had dragged his two favourite team-mates (or so he insisted) down to the pitch for an early inspection.
'James!' moaned Bella, one of the two ' Do you have to do this every bloody game!'
She was very tired - having spent a late night taking a midnight walk with her new boyfriend Li - and had to be propped up by the second team-mate, Sirius (who, of course, had no idea why Bella was so tired).
'She's gotta point Jimmy - boy' yawned Sirius ' 7 - 8 o'clock maybe, but this is just obssesive. Where bound to win anyway, Ravenclaw suck!'
James, who did not reply, got down on his hands and knees and began to inspect the floor.
'Now that is obssesive!' grumbled Bella, then upon realising what Sirius had said, turned on him ' Hey! My boyfriend's on the Ravenclaw team you know!'
Sirius scowled and pushed her off him, she fell to the ground 'I'm going to get some breakfast' he said angrily, and stormed off towards the exit from the pitch.
'What's his problem?' Bella scowled, spitting out some grass.
'You don't wanna know.'

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' GOOD MORNING HOGWARTS!' Neil Logan's voice echoed throughout the pitch and stands. Neil was a seventh year Ravenclaw, with quite a big mouth, making him an excellent commentator of Hogwart's quidditch matches. 'STUDENTS, GHOSTS, RESPECTED TEACHERS, PROFFESOR NIGHT (the potions master - nobody like him very much)
WELCOME TO THE FIRST QUIDDITCH MATCH OF THE SEASON! GRYFFINDOR VERSUS HUFFLEPUFF! AND ON THAT NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GRYFFINDOR TEAM!
NEWLY ELECTED CAPTAIN POTTER, FIGG, HUDSON, BLACK, HAWKINS, O'CONNOR AND RAMSAY!
POTTER, FIGG AND HUDSON ARE QUITE GOOD CHASERS (THOUGH I HATE TO ADMIT IT!) AND DISPLAY EXCELLENT TEAMWORK ALMOST READING EACH OTHERS MINDS (YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK INTO THAT PROFFESOR!)'
'Logan!' - (Proffesor McGonnagol was supervising the commentary.)
'SORRY, SORRY! SO NEXT WE HAVE THE QUITE EXCELLENT, AMAZING, SUPERB...'
'Logan! If you cannot commentate without -'
'YES, MINERVA DEAR MY BAD! SO THE QUITE AVERAGE RAVENCLAW TEAM CONSISTS OF CAPTAIN PREWITT, MCKINNON, GRAY, POSSETTI, BLAKE, FINLEY AND BAKER!
ALL TEAMS ARE LINED UP READY TO START THE MATCH!'

Down on the pitch, James faced the Ravenclaw captain Terry Prewitt. Sirius (much to his disgust) stood across from Li. Bella smiled at Li and he winked back, then turned to Sirius and smirked - one eyebrow raised.
Sirius was getting angry. That barstard knew! He was trying to make Sirius jealous!
But there was no time to ponder that as James and Terry shook hands and both team mounted their brooms. The ball were released and the game began.

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Halfway through the game, both Sirius and James were getting extremely annoyed. Sure, they were winning - but only just. This was because one little problem had arisen - Li.
During the game, he kept flying up to Bella, grabbing her around the waist and whispering (what Sirius and James could only guess were) sweet nothings into her ear. This lost the concentration of Bella, Sirius and James - and Li knew it. Aside from that, James had spotted the rest of the group in the crowd and was annoyed to see that Lily was seated next to some unrecognisable boy - who definetely wasn't a Gryffindor.
Even Neil Logan had noticed the lapse of concentration in the Gryffindor side.
'NOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? HAVE HALF OF THE GRYFFINDOR TEAM BECOME PERMAMENTLY BRAINDEAD! BLACK LOOK A BLUDGER! OWW, TOO LATE!'
'What is wrong with them!' Remus said angrily, turning to Lily (who had been speaking to Alex Bones.)
'I have no idea!' she said frowning ' But I know something must be up! They never play like this.' She turned to Alex ' Can I borrow your binoculars Alex?'
'Sure'
'Thanks' She handed them to Remus ' Here, you can work these things better than me. Tell me what's going on up there.'
Remus adjusted the binoculars and peered through them, focusing firstly on Bella then James then Sirius.
'Well nothing seems to be wrong' he began, but then he spotted Li flying up to Bella and whispering into her ear ' What does that git think he's doing!' Remus yelled ' He's supposed to be playing!'
'What?' Lily asked anxiously ' What's going on?!'
Remus tore his eyes away from the binoculars.
'Li's playing around with Bella so she can't focus on the match! Of course James and Sirius can't focus either - you know how they are about him!'
'But he's meant to be playing!' Lily said loudly ' What's wrong with him!'
'It doesn't matter if he isn't doing what he's supposed to do!' Remus snapped, 'Gryffindor are already down two chasers and a beater!'
Lily was losing her temper. Not many people had seen Lily mad before, but she was a red-head alright, and when she got angry -she got angry!
'Bella! James! Sirius!' She screamed up at them, even though they were too far away to hear. ' What the hell is wrong with you! This is a quidditch match! You're supposed to be playing quidditch!'
Several people around her laughed, some even cheered.
'Calm down Lils!' Remus said, looking quite embarrased.
'I will not calm down!' She said through clenched teeth ' I don't care that Gray is Bella's boyfriend. When he get's down from there I'm going to wring his fat, ugly neck!'
Remus smiled. 'Count me in!'

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Gryffindor won (mainly owing to the fact that Nina Ramsay caught the snitch) and when Li landed he had to face an angry Gryffindor team, an angry Gryffindor house and an extremely angry Lily. Of course, Lily had wasted no time in informing most of Gryffindor of what Li was up to, and the majority became mad with him instead of James, Sirius and Bella.
'What the hell were you doing!' Lily had walked straight past the Gryffindor team, and stared menancingly at Li .
'What do you mean?' Li asked, trying to sound intimidating - but by now several Gryffindors stood behind her and he was beggining to get scared.
'What's going on?' Bella could be heard trying to make her way through the crowd. ' Hey! James let go of me! Remus, what the hell is going on!?!'
'Don't play dumb with me!' Lily said angrily ' I saw you, we ALL saw you.'
Li looked defeated.
'Okay, so I played with a couple of stupid peoples emotions - big deal.'
He began to walk away.
'Stop!'
Li halted, and swivelled around.
'What?' he scowled.
'What's going on?!'
Bella had managed to somehow, lose James, Remus and Sirius in the crowd and was now looking between Lily and Li with a suspicious expression.
'Li tried to stuff up the game today. That's what's going on.' Lily informed her, though still not breaking eye contact with Li himself.
'WHAT!' Bella shrieked, looking very angry and very confused.
'Tell her.' Remus stated, having emerged from the crowd along with Sirius, James and an extremely confused Peter.
'Tell me what, Li' Bella asked, looking at him frustratingly.
Li glared at Remus, who stared back. He then turned to Bella.
'I sabotaged the game today by breaking your concentration. What you didn't know is that I was doing it to annoy Sirius and James, so they couldn't concentrate either.' - he said all this devoid of emotion.
Bella was literally speechless. She just stared, trying to comprehed what she had just heard. Li broke into her thinking.
'Choose.' He stated, looking at her ' I don't like your friends here, they stick there noses into other peoples business. It's me or them.'
Bella (along with the rest of the group, and everyone who listening) looked horrified.
'Li, what you did is awful.' she said softly 'It's going to take awhile for me to forgive you.'
'FINE!' Li snapped. ' We're through!' He smirked at her, then with a quick glance at Sirius added -
' I only wanted to see how much you'd put out anyway.'
He stormed off to the changerooms.
James, Sirius,Remus, Lily and Peter were fuming.
'Let's get him!' James stated simply, but Bella butted in.
'Please don't!' She whispered ' I don't think I could..'
She burst into tears and ran towards the castle.
'Remus' Lily turned to him. ' You go.'
He nodded and tore after her.
One of the Gryffindors sighed,
'Boy, oh boy, oh boy!'

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Thank god it's finished. That was depressing :( I wasn't going to have them break up until later, but you said you wanted more Lily/James, so I had to make room for it!

Poor Bella!
Okay well I'm not sure if 'put out' is a widely used term. So incase you didn't know 'put out' means basically how much someone will give sexually - 'I only wanted to get into your pants' just sounded to grotty for this story!
Don't worry, Sirius is gonna set Li straight (not fight with him, just a little talk) next chapter. Also Lily's gonna halfway solve the mystery of James' eyes (she doesn't solve it until the ball), James is gonna scrape up the courage to ask her and Remus is gonna ask Ashleigh.

OKAY!! Till next chapter!!
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