"WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!!!!!" the envelope yelled in her ear. She smothered it with her pillow, and it wiggled to get out furiously. Then it turned to a pile of red ashes on her bed. She fell back into her comfortable bed. Jamie and Shannon hollered to get her up. She did only when Shannon turned on the radio extremely loud. Only then did She rub her eyes and lift up her limp body. She put on her quidditch robes, and walked out the door after Shannon and Jamie with her broom rested on her shoulder. She walked down to the quidditch pitch with them, talking about the ball. Gabrielle took the time to ask them to keep it quiet about Lupin, thinking of James. They agreed to keep it a secret without hesitation. Gabrielle smiled from relief. They came onto the field. Williams was there, waiting eagerly for the team. "You know, I'm really l running out of ways of catching that letter and stifling the noise every time we have practice." Gabrielle said to him when they came near. Williams ignored her comment and waited for the rest of the team to arrive. When they did, he announced. "I have a whole new training session planned!" Everyone groaned but Gabby. She woke up while waiting for the rest of the team, and was now as energetic as she normally was. She stood up, jumping in place energetically. Most rolled their eyes and smiled at her, but James tripped her. The team howled with laughter, and laughed even more when Gabrielle ran after James with her broom. She attempted to hit him over the head with it. She gave up and put one foot on the end of her broom and rose into the air. When she got up high enough she swung her leg over the side of the broom and swerved around to look at Williams from above. Shannon had the quaffle and threw it up to her. Gabrielle caught it with both hands and steered with her knees for a while. Then everyone did William's new drills. Everyone was exhausted at the end of the practice, and plopped down on the grass at the end. She loved the feeling of her muscles burning after playing quidditch. Shannon and Jamie plopped down beside her, and They lay on a cool grass for a while talking, and giggling. Williams soon got everyone's attention and announced
"Slytherin will play Hufflepuff soon, and unless Hufflepuffs' team become good over the summer we will probably be playing Slytherin after Christmas. And the Slytherins will be a challenge." Gabrielle yelled aloud,
"arghhh well get those Slytherins!" like a pirate would. She yelled it so loud it sounded over William's voice. Everyone cheered, and Gabrielle laughed loudly looking up from her spot on the ground, in between Shannon and Jamie. Soon, they walked up to the school. No other team had practice that day. "Williams is the only one that treats us like dogs." Jamie pointed out, saying it right when Williams was in front of her. He turned around and said "Practice makes perfect." The girls shook their heads disapprovingly They walked back to the dormitories and changed. Now not only was Gabrielle energetic, Shannon and Jamie were too. It seemed to ware off on them. They spent the rest of the day fooling around, and laughing uncontrollably. The music of Shannon's radio played all day long. Gabrielle still thought about Morgian, wondering how her night had been, and hoping she wasn't with Stephan.