A/n: Okay, this might excite you! QUIDDITCH! Okay, forgive me if it's
weird, because quidditch is really hard to write! Haha! Well anyways enjoy!
~Lilz
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The next morning James woke up early. He was too nervous thinking about the match to go back to sleep so he got dressed and went to eat breakfast. When he got to the Great Hall he was surprised to see Bea sitting alone at the Gryffindor table. He walked over and took the seat beside her.
"Oh, you're up early." She said in an almost displeased voice.
"Ya, I am. Are you made at me or something?" he asked, hearing the chill as she spoke.
"No, I'm not mad at you at all! You only go and leave my best friend waiting for you because you played a stupid joke on a boy who's not even worth your time, and then she goes and forgives you because you were convinced to do it by a friend. Did she not enter your mind once when you agreed to do this prank?" she asked, sounding slightly mad as she spoke, looking at James as though he'd committed a murder.
"Of course she did! But I couldn't let my friends down, and it was the ultimate prank!" he said laughing at the recollection of the joke, but immediately stopped at the look of negativity in Bea's face.
"Come on! I know she's worth more to you than some silly trick…" she said, her voice softening a little bit, and James stared at the floor.
"She is… so much more. I know it was a stupid thing to do. I regretted it the minute I saw Lily's face, I did. But I guess that's why they say learn from your mistakes." He said quietly and the both just stared ahead of themselves for a few minutes, in complete silence. Then finally Bea spoke.
"Well you better have some food if you're expecting a Gryffindor win," she said cheerfully. James laughed and picked up some toast and eggs.
"I'm not expecting it, I know it's coming." He said smiling a cocky grin. Both of them laughed, as they continued to eat breakfast.
About 10 minutes later Lily had walked into the Great Hall and sat down across from Bea and James.
"Good morning my darlings!" she said cheerfully, which made Bea just a little confused. She knew that she was only being nice to James on her orders, and that if Bea hadn't asked her she would have been much colder towards him. But Bea didn't know which was worse: the sappy fake cheerfulness, or the cool, resentment.
"Morning honey," he said smiling at her in the same cheery manner.
"Good morning," said Bea as she passed Lily an apple. "Eat." She commanded and Lily shrugged and did as she was told.
"Look, Lils, I'm really sorry once again. I'm surprised that you don't hate me after all I've done this year!" he said taking her hands and beaming at her.
"Hmm…" she said, setting the apple in her free hand down. "Well I'm not saying I don't. I just forgave you because there was nothing else to do! I mean, I couldn't stay mad at you forever for that. But I'm serious you pull something like that again…" she trailed off. James nodded.
"That's fair." He said, although he did sound a little nervous. "But I really have to get the team up… hardly any of them are here. So I'll see you later then?" he said, slowly getting out of his seat.
Lily nodded. "Sure, later." And she waved as he walked out of the Great Hall. Suddenly she turned to Bea.
"God, I'm so confused! I love him, but I hate him! I don't know whether to kiss him, or slap him! Ah, help!" she said, slamming her apple on the table that people all the way at the other end looked over at her.
"Well I think you should just give him another chance. Look, I know he's messed up big time, but he's new at this game. And so are you. But you just seem to have a natural talent for it that's all…" she says shrugging and helping herself to more food.
"You know you're right. Like those corny lines are so cute, but they're so…"
"Corny?" Bea suggested.
"Ya, that's it, but you're right, you know I'll just let him start over with this, as nothing ever happened. And besides there's that quidditch match today. He needs my support!" she said indignantly.
"That's it Lils," said Bea laughing as they eat the rest of the meal in silence.
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"We need to be fast. We need to be skillful. We need to be best we can be as individuals. We need to be communicative as a team. We need to be the best damn team out there!" roared James, as he paced around the changing room, looking at all his team members. "So let's go out there and show those Hufflepuff's who's boss! Oh hello, darling!" he said, waving at Lily who was standing in the doorway.
"You're energized aren't you?" she asked laughing, and giving him a shocked look.
"Ya, well I figure it's good for the team and all."
"Well I just wanted to wish you luck. We're all watching, and there are loads of people. Only the Slytherins didn't show up because they don't care if Gryffindor gets beaten if they aren't the ones doing the beating." She said rolling her eyes and James nodded.
"Well they would have been disappointed today. Because we're going to win this one, aren't we team?" he said raising his voice, and the rest of the team cheered with excitement.
"Well that's all, I guess you guys are supposed to be on now. See you later!" she said giving them an excited smile and heading out the door.
"Hey, Potter! Nice girlfriend." Said one of the team members sarcastically.
"She is nice, and a brilliant girl too." Said Sirius defensively. Everyone else on the team nodded and shot the boy dirty looks. Then Sirius walked over to James and lightly tapped him on the head with his beaters club.
"Yo. We on yet?" he said, laughing at James rubbing his head.
"Yep. Come on team!" he called and they all walked out into the sunlight.
James went and shook the hand of the Hufflepuff captain and then teams mounted their brooms. When James kicked off he felt free at last. He shot up as far as he could go and scanned the pitch or some sign of the tiny golden Snitch.
~Aha~ he thought to himself as he sped down towards to Gryffindor goalposts where he saw a tiny glimmer of gold. No one else had seen it until they saw James pulling into the dive and the crowd went crazy, cheering him on, or hoping that he didn't get it. But the other seeker had started out closer and noticed James diving for it.
"Come on, come on!" he urged the broom, as he tried to make it go faster. The Hufflepuff seeker was right behind James. James was going to get there first! And within 5 minutes, too. He stretched out his arm and then tightly gripped his hand over the fluttering wings of the golden Snitch.
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Lily made her way back to the stands, and soon found her friends who had saved her a spot.
"Did I miss much?" she asked, sitting down next to Bea at the end of a row.
"Nope, they just kicked off… there's James up there, circling the pitch. Sirius is down there. See him?" Said Bea, pointing. Lily nodded but watched James intently. After a few minutes of James circling, he pulled into a magnificent dive.
"Ooh, he sees it!" Lily cried standing up, and holding her breath with excitement.
"Come on honey…"
"Go P-p-prongs…"
"Come on, this is for Gryffindor."
"YES!" they all cried at once, as James put clamped his hand around the tiny golden speck that was the Snitch. James raised his arm in the air and all of Gryffindor gave a deafening round of cheers.
Sirius flew over to James and touched down on the ground together. Once on the ground they slapped hands and grinned at each other.
"We're up here!" said Lily waving and jumping up and down. This caught James' eye and he pointed at them and turned to Sirius. They spoke for a few minutes, but it was so loud that Lily and Bea could barely hear themselves think, never mind people talking on the pitch. But they knew soon enough what the guys were up to because the mounted their brooms and began to fly over to them.
"What are they doing? What do they think they're doing?" asked Bea, looking more amused than anything as the guys flew over to them.
"Hey!" said James as he got off his broom and was immediately immersed in congratulating crowd. Lily laughed, but was kind of disappointed that she didn't get a chance to congratulate him herself.
"I'LL MEET YOU IN THE COMMON ROOM!" James called waving at Lily. Lily nodded and turned to Bea.
"So…" Lily said quietly smiling at Bea.
"So, what?" she asked also smiling, and feeling almost tired from all of the brief excitement. "Let's go and meet them in the common room.
"There's no point, it will just be a big party with food and drinks and games and fun," she said trailing, realizing she sounded really stupid.
"Oh no, not fun!" said Bea with a frightened look on her face. Then she laughed and said, "Come on you have to learn to have some fun, Lils!"
"I guess you're right. But I'm just really not in the mood right now." Lily said looking at the floor dispiritedly.
"Not in the mood for fun? What's wrong?" Bea asks, now looking concerned and putting her arm around Lily.
"Nothing. Nothing at all, come on let's go then." She said hastily and she starts to walk, but Bea stops her.
"Look, I know something's wrong, so won't you just tell me?" Bea said, starting to become angry. "Why can't you tell me?" she asks, looking now mixed irritated and hurt.
"Because I don't know what it is myself!" Lily snaps now looking almost frightened. "But you know how I always know when something's going to happen?" she asked quietly looking intensely at Bea who just slowly nodded. "Well I have that feeling. Something is going to happen and it's not going to be good." She said, fearfully and swallowing.
"But…. Do you know who? What?" asked Bea nervously. Her friend had never been wrong on her gut feelings.
"James. Me, and James." She said quietly.
A/n: Hee hee hee! It's so much fun to leave you hanging like this! Well I'll write later R&R as always. ~Lilz
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The next morning James woke up early. He was too nervous thinking about the match to go back to sleep so he got dressed and went to eat breakfast. When he got to the Great Hall he was surprised to see Bea sitting alone at the Gryffindor table. He walked over and took the seat beside her.
"Oh, you're up early." She said in an almost displeased voice.
"Ya, I am. Are you made at me or something?" he asked, hearing the chill as she spoke.
"No, I'm not mad at you at all! You only go and leave my best friend waiting for you because you played a stupid joke on a boy who's not even worth your time, and then she goes and forgives you because you were convinced to do it by a friend. Did she not enter your mind once when you agreed to do this prank?" she asked, sounding slightly mad as she spoke, looking at James as though he'd committed a murder.
"Of course she did! But I couldn't let my friends down, and it was the ultimate prank!" he said laughing at the recollection of the joke, but immediately stopped at the look of negativity in Bea's face.
"Come on! I know she's worth more to you than some silly trick…" she said, her voice softening a little bit, and James stared at the floor.
"She is… so much more. I know it was a stupid thing to do. I regretted it the minute I saw Lily's face, I did. But I guess that's why they say learn from your mistakes." He said quietly and the both just stared ahead of themselves for a few minutes, in complete silence. Then finally Bea spoke.
"Well you better have some food if you're expecting a Gryffindor win," she said cheerfully. James laughed and picked up some toast and eggs.
"I'm not expecting it, I know it's coming." He said smiling a cocky grin. Both of them laughed, as they continued to eat breakfast.
About 10 minutes later Lily had walked into the Great Hall and sat down across from Bea and James.
"Good morning my darlings!" she said cheerfully, which made Bea just a little confused. She knew that she was only being nice to James on her orders, and that if Bea hadn't asked her she would have been much colder towards him. But Bea didn't know which was worse: the sappy fake cheerfulness, or the cool, resentment.
"Morning honey," he said smiling at her in the same cheery manner.
"Good morning," said Bea as she passed Lily an apple. "Eat." She commanded and Lily shrugged and did as she was told.
"Look, Lils, I'm really sorry once again. I'm surprised that you don't hate me after all I've done this year!" he said taking her hands and beaming at her.
"Hmm…" she said, setting the apple in her free hand down. "Well I'm not saying I don't. I just forgave you because there was nothing else to do! I mean, I couldn't stay mad at you forever for that. But I'm serious you pull something like that again…" she trailed off. James nodded.
"That's fair." He said, although he did sound a little nervous. "But I really have to get the team up… hardly any of them are here. So I'll see you later then?" he said, slowly getting out of his seat.
Lily nodded. "Sure, later." And she waved as he walked out of the Great Hall. Suddenly she turned to Bea.
"God, I'm so confused! I love him, but I hate him! I don't know whether to kiss him, or slap him! Ah, help!" she said, slamming her apple on the table that people all the way at the other end looked over at her.
"Well I think you should just give him another chance. Look, I know he's messed up big time, but he's new at this game. And so are you. But you just seem to have a natural talent for it that's all…" she says shrugging and helping herself to more food.
"You know you're right. Like those corny lines are so cute, but they're so…"
"Corny?" Bea suggested.
"Ya, that's it, but you're right, you know I'll just let him start over with this, as nothing ever happened. And besides there's that quidditch match today. He needs my support!" she said indignantly.
"That's it Lils," said Bea laughing as they eat the rest of the meal in silence.
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"We need to be fast. We need to be skillful. We need to be best we can be as individuals. We need to be communicative as a team. We need to be the best damn team out there!" roared James, as he paced around the changing room, looking at all his team members. "So let's go out there and show those Hufflepuff's who's boss! Oh hello, darling!" he said, waving at Lily who was standing in the doorway.
"You're energized aren't you?" she asked laughing, and giving him a shocked look.
"Ya, well I figure it's good for the team and all."
"Well I just wanted to wish you luck. We're all watching, and there are loads of people. Only the Slytherins didn't show up because they don't care if Gryffindor gets beaten if they aren't the ones doing the beating." She said rolling her eyes and James nodded.
"Well they would have been disappointed today. Because we're going to win this one, aren't we team?" he said raising his voice, and the rest of the team cheered with excitement.
"Well that's all, I guess you guys are supposed to be on now. See you later!" she said giving them an excited smile and heading out the door.
"Hey, Potter! Nice girlfriend." Said one of the team members sarcastically.
"She is nice, and a brilliant girl too." Said Sirius defensively. Everyone else on the team nodded and shot the boy dirty looks. Then Sirius walked over to James and lightly tapped him on the head with his beaters club.
"Yo. We on yet?" he said, laughing at James rubbing his head.
"Yep. Come on team!" he called and they all walked out into the sunlight.
James went and shook the hand of the Hufflepuff captain and then teams mounted their brooms. When James kicked off he felt free at last. He shot up as far as he could go and scanned the pitch or some sign of the tiny golden Snitch.
~Aha~ he thought to himself as he sped down towards to Gryffindor goalposts where he saw a tiny glimmer of gold. No one else had seen it until they saw James pulling into the dive and the crowd went crazy, cheering him on, or hoping that he didn't get it. But the other seeker had started out closer and noticed James diving for it.
"Come on, come on!" he urged the broom, as he tried to make it go faster. The Hufflepuff seeker was right behind James. James was going to get there first! And within 5 minutes, too. He stretched out his arm and then tightly gripped his hand over the fluttering wings of the golden Snitch.
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Lily made her way back to the stands, and soon found her friends who had saved her a spot.
"Did I miss much?" she asked, sitting down next to Bea at the end of a row.
"Nope, they just kicked off… there's James up there, circling the pitch. Sirius is down there. See him?" Said Bea, pointing. Lily nodded but watched James intently. After a few minutes of James circling, he pulled into a magnificent dive.
"Ooh, he sees it!" Lily cried standing up, and holding her breath with excitement.
"Come on honey…"
"Go P-p-prongs…"
"Come on, this is for Gryffindor."
"YES!" they all cried at once, as James put clamped his hand around the tiny golden speck that was the Snitch. James raised his arm in the air and all of Gryffindor gave a deafening round of cheers.
Sirius flew over to James and touched down on the ground together. Once on the ground they slapped hands and grinned at each other.
"We're up here!" said Lily waving and jumping up and down. This caught James' eye and he pointed at them and turned to Sirius. They spoke for a few minutes, but it was so loud that Lily and Bea could barely hear themselves think, never mind people talking on the pitch. But they knew soon enough what the guys were up to because the mounted their brooms and began to fly over to them.
"What are they doing? What do they think they're doing?" asked Bea, looking more amused than anything as the guys flew over to them.
"Hey!" said James as he got off his broom and was immediately immersed in congratulating crowd. Lily laughed, but was kind of disappointed that she didn't get a chance to congratulate him herself.
"I'LL MEET YOU IN THE COMMON ROOM!" James called waving at Lily. Lily nodded and turned to Bea.
"So…" Lily said quietly smiling at Bea.
"So, what?" she asked also smiling, and feeling almost tired from all of the brief excitement. "Let's go and meet them in the common room.
"There's no point, it will just be a big party with food and drinks and games and fun," she said trailing, realizing she sounded really stupid.
"Oh no, not fun!" said Bea with a frightened look on her face. Then she laughed and said, "Come on you have to learn to have some fun, Lils!"
"I guess you're right. But I'm just really not in the mood right now." Lily said looking at the floor dispiritedly.
"Not in the mood for fun? What's wrong?" Bea asks, now looking concerned and putting her arm around Lily.
"Nothing. Nothing at all, come on let's go then." She said hastily and she starts to walk, but Bea stops her.
"Look, I know something's wrong, so won't you just tell me?" Bea said, starting to become angry. "Why can't you tell me?" she asks, looking now mixed irritated and hurt.
"Because I don't know what it is myself!" Lily snaps now looking almost frightened. "But you know how I always know when something's going to happen?" she asked quietly looking intensely at Bea who just slowly nodded. "Well I have that feeling. Something is going to happen and it's not going to be good." She said, fearfully and swallowing.
"But…. Do you know who? What?" asked Bea nervously. Her friend had never been wrong on her gut feelings.
"James. Me, and James." She said quietly.
A/n: Hee hee hee! It's so much fun to leave you hanging like this! Well I'll write later R&R as always. ~Lilz