Disclaimer: see first chapter
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James Potter stood on the Quidditch pitch holding his broomstick. It was 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. A week since the incident with Lily, a whole week he hadn't been able to look at her without turning bright red. A whole week and Remus still wouldn't tell him who the girl in Hogsmeade was.
But none of that mattered right now. Right now it was time for tryouts. Of course he'd have to be very careful not to look at the stands. Seeing as Lily was sitting in them. James was pretty sure she was there to cheer Victoria on and to make him uncomfortable.
Victoria was standing having a hurried conversation with Remus, who was letting her borrow his broom.
"Now, just hold on to the broom and do your best." Remus instructed, he felt fairly sure she knew what she was doing, but right then he needed something to concentrate on, apart from how close she was standing.
"What are you going to ride?" She wouldn't have noticed the flush on his face, seeing as she was at the moment inspecting the broom.
"I'm going to ride a school broom."
"Right!" Sirius yelled. "Anyone trying out for Chaser, go with James, Brian and Remus. Anyone trying out for seeker comes with Ella and me."
Eleanor Crown was a tall 5th year girl. Strongly built, five foot nine, long black hair and brown eyes, she was a wonderful beater.
Lily waved energetically from the stands to her sister, yelling encouragement. Sirius reached a box, the team would be engaging in mock scrimmage. They wouldn't be playing anyone, but they were expected to go thru the plays like they were. The 4 people trying out for seeker would be placed on the field all at once, so that it was possible to see who was the better player. While the 7 candidates for chaser would be alternated. All 11 students were expected to be able to work with the bludgers on the field, but these would not be introduced into after one catching of the Snitch. So both Ella and Sirius were free to observe the seekers.
Victoria's competition was a 6th year boy, a 3rd year girl and a 2nd year boy. She grinned at them, and wished them luck. Sirius knelt down and opened the box. The Snitch was the only ball in the box, seeing as James was spinning the Quaffle on his finger, and it quickly disappeared. Everyone, who was not already in the air, took off.
James watched as Remus did a loop-the-loop, scaring the current candidate for chaser into dropping the Quaffle. He shook his head, hoping Sirius was having better luck with his seekers. James glanced down to the stands, big mistake. Lily was watching, her red gold curls flying freely around her face. Damn her.
Victoria watched as Remus did another loop-the-loop. A misplaced thought sprung into her head. Was Remus as daring in relationships as he was on a broomstick? Come to think of it, how well could she handle his broomstick? Where had those thoughts come from? She dreaded to think, but she did feel rather guilty about what she had done to him last weekend. After all, she had been close enough to feel his reaction.
But it didn't seem to have bothered him much. They were still talking, even if it got weird at times. But that didn't stop them in any way.
Pulling her thoughts away from Remus, she looked around for the Snitch.
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Lily sighed, she loved her sister and all, but she really didn't want to be on the same field as James Potter. What she had done last weekend had been embarrassing, and obviously she wasn't the only one who thought so. James turned bright red whenever he looked at her. Poor guy.
Lily scanned the sky, watching her sister. The brunette was just sitting up there, looking around. Suddenly, without any warning what so ever, she went into a dive. Lily was about to scream when she pulled up, holding something triumphantly in her hand.
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Remus was about ready to kill her, James was gawking, and Brian looked like he was going to fall off his broom while Sirius was smiling widely.
Victoria felt the blush rise in her cheeks as she handed the Snitch over to James.
"Very nice." James managed to choke out. "Sirius, go and let the bludgers out, will you?"
"Right-o Captain." Sirius saluted comically and rocketed off toward the ground.
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After tryouts ended, Victoria found herself apologizing profusely to Remus. The tall boy seemed rather shook up, and was busy lecturing her about watching out for bludgers and making 50 foot dives.
"Look, Remus." Victoria was trying her best to keep cool. "I'm not hurt, your broom is fine, I caught the Snitch twice and nothing bad happened! What's the problem?"
"What's the - " Remus started. "What do you mean what's the problem!? You took a fifty-foot dive after a golden walnut! That's the problem! Are you crazy? Do you have a death wish?"
"Remus?"
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
"Right." The caramel eyed boy, concentrated on his shoes, not daring to look at her flushed face.
"I'll be more careful, I promise." Caramel eyes met bright green ones and the pair smiled. "Come on, I missed lunch, I'm hungry." She grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her. Remus' mind was buzzing 'she's holding my hand. MY hand! HOLDING it! MY HAND!'
'Come off it,' another voice answered from the back of his head, 'she's done more than hold your hand.'
'Shut it, let me enjoy the moment.'
The pair entered the kitchens, to find Lily already sitting there with Sirius. Sirius smirked at Remus' dazed expression, but no one else appeared to notice. Victoria glanced down at their hands, blushed and let go of Remus' hand.
"So, where have you two been?" Sirius asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively and grinning widely.
"Oh yes," Victoria muttered sarcastically, wrapping a leg around Remus and letting him pull her close. "We've been snogging in a broom closet." Remus' hand on her lower thigh, right beside her knee to keep her leg up, wrapped around his leg, and this other hand on her upper back were making her skin buzz and a realization that he smelled like chocolate, rain and fresh grass. Victoria gulped and pushed away, she slide into a seat next to Lily and allowed her sister to load her plate with food.
"Oy! James," Sirius called, the dark haired boy had just entered. He turned bright red at the sight of Lily and made his way over to get something to eat. Lily was explaining something quickly to her sister with a hand on her shoulder. James brushed past, touching Victoria's arm by accident.
Her mind quizzed, an image flashed before her eyes. Lily and James sitting with a baby in a nicely furnished living room.
"Hey, Vic? You alright?" Lily shook her sister's shoulder.
"Yeah, fine." Victoria put a hand to the side of her head, closing her eyes and shaking her head slightly.
"We can go to the hospital wing if you like." Sirius suggested, leaning over the table.
"I said," Victoria snapped, "I'm fine." Sirius recoiled slightly, shrugged and sighed.
"Whatever you say." Sirius glanced over at Remus who was absently eating whatever he picked up off his plate. His eyes were focused at Victoria, who was now eating some chocolate and was rather melted and kept dripping off her finger and on to her lips.
"Where's the salt?" James asked, picking up odd bowls, plates and glasses, looking for the small container.
"Here." Lily tossed the salt shaker to him, James easily caught it. James grinned at her, flashing his perfect teeth, Lily smiled easily back. This simple exchange made James turned the same color as one of the apples on the table.
"You alright there, James?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow and smirking.
"Fine." James answered, his face turning back to its normal color. The rest of lunch went without much event, apart from Remus almost choking on a slice of bread when Victoria licked the melted chocolate off her fingers.
The group left together, Victoria talking animatedly to Remus and Sirius while Lily and James walked slightly behind, totally silent.
"James," Lily muttered, she reached out and grabbed his arm, "did I make you uncomfortable? I'm really sorry 'bout that." James glanced down at the red head, looking at her for the first time without blushing.
"It's fine, I guess I kinda deserved it." James winked at her, "of course, you could always do it again."
"I could," Lily reaching up and playing with the collar on his shirt. "But, I'm not interested in you, I've got Brian." A slight hint of regret entered her voice, and James' heart hell slightly in his chest.
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Victoria tossed her dirty clothes on the floor and climbed into the shower. Her muscles were slightly tensed from sitting on the broomstick for so long. After a few minutes she climbed out, wrapping a towel around herself and leaving the bathroom.
She pulled on a shirt and pants and left the dorm. Victoria walked over to the 7th years' boy's dorm, opening the door without knocking; Remus was standing alone in the middle of the room, shirtless.
His back was to her, a few large bruises across his back.
"Christ, Remus! What the hell have you done to your back?" Remus spun around at the sound of her voice. A few more bruises were splattered across his chest, lower torso and collar bone. "Accio salve!" a small pot filled with a clear goop, smelling slightly of lavender, zoomed through the door and into Victoria's hand.
"Sit down," she ordered, pointing to Remus' bed. "And I don't want to hear any protests." Victoria snapped as Remus started to open his mouth. He plopped down on the side of the bed, an elbow on each knee, with his back slightly bent. Opening the pot and sitting behind Remus on the bed, Victoria stuck her fingers into the pot and pulled out some of the goop.
"So, why are you doing this?" Remus asked, glancing over his shoulder at her. He stiffened slightly as fingers rubbed over his bruises, but he just as quickly relaxed.
"More importantly, how did you get these, and why didn't you go to the hospital wing?"
"You know me, Quidditch, rough housing, you know, guy stuff."
"I should hit you for that comment."
"But you wont," Remus said slowly. Her hands had found a rather nasty bruise on his lower back. She was gentle and Remus wanted to know what else she could do with her hands. Remus moaned slightly, this noise brought a light blush to Victoria's face.
"No, I wont. Now turn around, let me do your front." Remus raised an eyebrow. "Not like that, get your mind out of the gutter." Victoria snapped at him, and held up the pot and shook it in his face. A warm hand found a deep bruise on his collarbone, rubbing genteelly, while the other rested on his chest. Remus took in a sharp breath and let out a labored one. "I'm sorry," Victoria muttered. "I'll stop if I'm making you uncomfortable." She removed her hands, but Remus reached out and grabbed her wrist. "You're fine." Victoria carefully removed her wrist from his hand and put the pot down on the dresser next to the bed. She stood and started to leave, but stopped and turned back to him. "I'm going to go." Victoria reached over, grabbed his shoulder and jammed her lips to his. She pulled away as quickly as she had started; Victoria turned and left the room. Remus sat on the edge of the bed for quite a while after she had left. He ran a finger over his lip and smiled. Remus reached for the pot of salve and finished healing the bruises on his front.
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Well, I got 11 reviews! Yeah for me!
LilyWonder: right, love your review. I've been a bit worried it's been all R/V, I'd like to put more L/J in. But you made me fell much better about it. Thanks - also, I don't think they're going to get properly together for a little while yet.
ZwiZwi - I can deal with that - I don't mind making James suffer
Right, so I need 16 reviews for the next chapter (that's only 5 more, come on people, you can do it). But thanks to everyone who did review.
Tata - Lady Starlight
James Potter stood on the Quidditch pitch holding his broomstick. It was 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. A week since the incident with Lily, a whole week he hadn't been able to look at her without turning bright red. A whole week and Remus still wouldn't tell him who the girl in Hogsmeade was.
But none of that mattered right now. Right now it was time for tryouts. Of course he'd have to be very careful not to look at the stands. Seeing as Lily was sitting in them. James was pretty sure she was there to cheer Victoria on and to make him uncomfortable.
Victoria was standing having a hurried conversation with Remus, who was letting her borrow his broom.
"Now, just hold on to the broom and do your best." Remus instructed, he felt fairly sure she knew what she was doing, but right then he needed something to concentrate on, apart from how close she was standing.
"What are you going to ride?" She wouldn't have noticed the flush on his face, seeing as she was at the moment inspecting the broom.
"I'm going to ride a school broom."
"Right!" Sirius yelled. "Anyone trying out for Chaser, go with James, Brian and Remus. Anyone trying out for seeker comes with Ella and me."
Eleanor Crown was a tall 5th year girl. Strongly built, five foot nine, long black hair and brown eyes, she was a wonderful beater.
Lily waved energetically from the stands to her sister, yelling encouragement. Sirius reached a box, the team would be engaging in mock scrimmage. They wouldn't be playing anyone, but they were expected to go thru the plays like they were. The 4 people trying out for seeker would be placed on the field all at once, so that it was possible to see who was the better player. While the 7 candidates for chaser would be alternated. All 11 students were expected to be able to work with the bludgers on the field, but these would not be introduced into after one catching of the Snitch. So both Ella and Sirius were free to observe the seekers.
Victoria's competition was a 6th year boy, a 3rd year girl and a 2nd year boy. She grinned at them, and wished them luck. Sirius knelt down and opened the box. The Snitch was the only ball in the box, seeing as James was spinning the Quaffle on his finger, and it quickly disappeared. Everyone, who was not already in the air, took off.
James watched as Remus did a loop-the-loop, scaring the current candidate for chaser into dropping the Quaffle. He shook his head, hoping Sirius was having better luck with his seekers. James glanced down to the stands, big mistake. Lily was watching, her red gold curls flying freely around her face. Damn her.
Victoria watched as Remus did another loop-the-loop. A misplaced thought sprung into her head. Was Remus as daring in relationships as he was on a broomstick? Come to think of it, how well could she handle his broomstick? Where had those thoughts come from? She dreaded to think, but she did feel rather guilty about what she had done to him last weekend. After all, she had been close enough to feel his reaction.
But it didn't seem to have bothered him much. They were still talking, even if it got weird at times. But that didn't stop them in any way.
Pulling her thoughts away from Remus, she looked around for the Snitch.
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Lily sighed, she loved her sister and all, but she really didn't want to be on the same field as James Potter. What she had done last weekend had been embarrassing, and obviously she wasn't the only one who thought so. James turned bright red whenever he looked at her. Poor guy.
Lily scanned the sky, watching her sister. The brunette was just sitting up there, looking around. Suddenly, without any warning what so ever, she went into a dive. Lily was about to scream when she pulled up, holding something triumphantly in her hand.
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Remus was about ready to kill her, James was gawking, and Brian looked like he was going to fall off his broom while Sirius was smiling widely.
Victoria felt the blush rise in her cheeks as she handed the Snitch over to James.
"Very nice." James managed to choke out. "Sirius, go and let the bludgers out, will you?"
"Right-o Captain." Sirius saluted comically and rocketed off toward the ground.
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After tryouts ended, Victoria found herself apologizing profusely to Remus. The tall boy seemed rather shook up, and was busy lecturing her about watching out for bludgers and making 50 foot dives.
"Look, Remus." Victoria was trying her best to keep cool. "I'm not hurt, your broom is fine, I caught the Snitch twice and nothing bad happened! What's the problem?"
"What's the - " Remus started. "What do you mean what's the problem!? You took a fifty-foot dive after a golden walnut! That's the problem! Are you crazy? Do you have a death wish?"
"Remus?"
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
"Right." The caramel eyed boy, concentrated on his shoes, not daring to look at her flushed face.
"I'll be more careful, I promise." Caramel eyes met bright green ones and the pair smiled. "Come on, I missed lunch, I'm hungry." She grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her. Remus' mind was buzzing 'she's holding my hand. MY hand! HOLDING it! MY HAND!'
'Come off it,' another voice answered from the back of his head, 'she's done more than hold your hand.'
'Shut it, let me enjoy the moment.'
The pair entered the kitchens, to find Lily already sitting there with Sirius. Sirius smirked at Remus' dazed expression, but no one else appeared to notice. Victoria glanced down at their hands, blushed and let go of Remus' hand.
"So, where have you two been?" Sirius asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively and grinning widely.
"Oh yes," Victoria muttered sarcastically, wrapping a leg around Remus and letting him pull her close. "We've been snogging in a broom closet." Remus' hand on her lower thigh, right beside her knee to keep her leg up, wrapped around his leg, and this other hand on her upper back were making her skin buzz and a realization that he smelled like chocolate, rain and fresh grass. Victoria gulped and pushed away, she slide into a seat next to Lily and allowed her sister to load her plate with food.
"Oy! James," Sirius called, the dark haired boy had just entered. He turned bright red at the sight of Lily and made his way over to get something to eat. Lily was explaining something quickly to her sister with a hand on her shoulder. James brushed past, touching Victoria's arm by accident.
Her mind quizzed, an image flashed before her eyes. Lily and James sitting with a baby in a nicely furnished living room.
"Hey, Vic? You alright?" Lily shook her sister's shoulder.
"Yeah, fine." Victoria put a hand to the side of her head, closing her eyes and shaking her head slightly.
"We can go to the hospital wing if you like." Sirius suggested, leaning over the table.
"I said," Victoria snapped, "I'm fine." Sirius recoiled slightly, shrugged and sighed.
"Whatever you say." Sirius glanced over at Remus who was absently eating whatever he picked up off his plate. His eyes were focused at Victoria, who was now eating some chocolate and was rather melted and kept dripping off her finger and on to her lips.
"Where's the salt?" James asked, picking up odd bowls, plates and glasses, looking for the small container.
"Here." Lily tossed the salt shaker to him, James easily caught it. James grinned at her, flashing his perfect teeth, Lily smiled easily back. This simple exchange made James turned the same color as one of the apples on the table.
"You alright there, James?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow and smirking.
"Fine." James answered, his face turning back to its normal color. The rest of lunch went without much event, apart from Remus almost choking on a slice of bread when Victoria licked the melted chocolate off her fingers.
The group left together, Victoria talking animatedly to Remus and Sirius while Lily and James walked slightly behind, totally silent.
"James," Lily muttered, she reached out and grabbed his arm, "did I make you uncomfortable? I'm really sorry 'bout that." James glanced down at the red head, looking at her for the first time without blushing.
"It's fine, I guess I kinda deserved it." James winked at her, "of course, you could always do it again."
"I could," Lily reaching up and playing with the collar on his shirt. "But, I'm not interested in you, I've got Brian." A slight hint of regret entered her voice, and James' heart hell slightly in his chest.
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Victoria tossed her dirty clothes on the floor and climbed into the shower. Her muscles were slightly tensed from sitting on the broomstick for so long. After a few minutes she climbed out, wrapping a towel around herself and leaving the bathroom.
She pulled on a shirt and pants and left the dorm. Victoria walked over to the 7th years' boy's dorm, opening the door without knocking; Remus was standing alone in the middle of the room, shirtless.
His back was to her, a few large bruises across his back.
"Christ, Remus! What the hell have you done to your back?" Remus spun around at the sound of her voice. A few more bruises were splattered across his chest, lower torso and collar bone. "Accio salve!" a small pot filled with a clear goop, smelling slightly of lavender, zoomed through the door and into Victoria's hand.
"Sit down," she ordered, pointing to Remus' bed. "And I don't want to hear any protests." Victoria snapped as Remus started to open his mouth. He plopped down on the side of the bed, an elbow on each knee, with his back slightly bent. Opening the pot and sitting behind Remus on the bed, Victoria stuck her fingers into the pot and pulled out some of the goop.
"So, why are you doing this?" Remus asked, glancing over his shoulder at her. He stiffened slightly as fingers rubbed over his bruises, but he just as quickly relaxed.
"More importantly, how did you get these, and why didn't you go to the hospital wing?"
"You know me, Quidditch, rough housing, you know, guy stuff."
"I should hit you for that comment."
"But you wont," Remus said slowly. Her hands had found a rather nasty bruise on his lower back. She was gentle and Remus wanted to know what else she could do with her hands. Remus moaned slightly, this noise brought a light blush to Victoria's face.
"No, I wont. Now turn around, let me do your front." Remus raised an eyebrow. "Not like that, get your mind out of the gutter." Victoria snapped at him, and held up the pot and shook it in his face. A warm hand found a deep bruise on his collarbone, rubbing genteelly, while the other rested on his chest. Remus took in a sharp breath and let out a labored one. "I'm sorry," Victoria muttered. "I'll stop if I'm making you uncomfortable." She removed her hands, but Remus reached out and grabbed her wrist. "You're fine." Victoria carefully removed her wrist from his hand and put the pot down on the dresser next to the bed. She stood and started to leave, but stopped and turned back to him. "I'm going to go." Victoria reached over, grabbed his shoulder and jammed her lips to his. She pulled away as quickly as she had started; Victoria turned and left the room. Remus sat on the edge of the bed for quite a while after she had left. He ran a finger over his lip and smiled. Remus reached for the pot of salve and finished healing the bruises on his front.
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Well, I got 11 reviews! Yeah for me!
LilyWonder: right, love your review. I've been a bit worried it's been all R/V, I'd like to put more L/J in. But you made me fell much better about it. Thanks - also, I don't think they're going to get properly together for a little while yet.
ZwiZwi - I can deal with that - I don't mind making James suffer
Right, so I need 16 reviews for the next chapter (that's only 5 more, come on people, you can do it). But thanks to everyone who did review.
Tata - Lady Starlight
