Chapter Seventeen: Detention with Hooch
Cedric didn't answer and knocked on Hooch's door. He jogged off as Hooch opened the door. "Oh yes, Miss Potter. Here for your detention right?"
"Yes Ma'am." Jo said.
"All right. I suppose I'll have to put you to work..." Hooch muttered looking around. She looked to Jo and got a small smile. "How is Quidditch coming for you?"
Jo smiled. "It's coming along great. Diggory is a great coach. And my brother is helping me in his spare time. I was supposed to meet Diggory to day after dinner but I had detention."
Hooch smiled more. "How would you like to get in a few run around before your next practice? Because quite honestly I have done everything I needed done."
"Really? Oh thanks Madam Hooch!" Jo said as she summoned her broom.
Madam Hooch released three snitches and sat down on a chair to watch Jo.
Jo hovered for a few seconds then when zooming to her left. She in closed that snitch in her hand and put it in her pocket. The second snitch was near Madam Hooch. Jo dove a little and then changed direction towards Madam Hooch. She saw it glitter by Hooch's let leg. Jo dove. She caught it! Just missing Madam Hooch's leg by an inch. She put the snitch in her pocket and got back to center field. Then she noticed the last one near the opposite goal posts. Jo few towards it as fast as she could. The snitch-changed direction so did Jo. No matter what the snitch did to lose Jo she was still on it's tail. Finally as the snitch dived and so did Jo, she in closed it in her right hand. She placed that snitch also in her pocket with the other two, and brought her boom down to a stop. "How was that?" Jo asked.
"Not bad, Diggory has been doing a good job with you."
"Thanks." Jo said handing the snitches back to Hooch. "Really we haven't worked on a lot of things."
"Oh really, then I guess it is just the Potter blood eh? Listen, you can have another go if you want, or you can just head back to the castle." Madam Hooch said.
"Yeah I guess I have allot of my dad in me. I think I'm gonna head back. Thanks for letting me have some practice time." Jo said walking off towards the castle.
"Anytime, I always love to see new Quidditch players." Madam Hooch called after her before heading to her office.
Jo walked into the castle and down to the Slytherin dorm. "Hey Malfoy, what's up? Did Harry drop by? He said he'd get me something from Hogsmeade." Jo said as she sat down on a couch.
"Nothing is up, and Potter Senior hasn't stopped by."
Jo scoffed. "Why do you call him Potter Senior?"
"Because you are Potter Junior." Malfoy replied flipping through the Daily Prophet.
"I see. Why do you read that crap any way?"
"Nothing else to do." Malfoy replied turning the pages.
"Hm..." Jo replied. "Hey who's your first Quidditch game against?"
"Hufflepuff." Malfoy said absentmindedly.
"Why go? You know you're gonna win." Jo said with a 'duh' tone.
"Just to rub it in their faces." Malfoy said cracking a grin.
Jo laughed a little.
Jessica came into the room and snatched the paper from Malfoy.
"Hey! Davis, give that back, I was reading!"
"Oh no you weren't." Jessica said sitting down and skimming through an article.
"My God you guys. How can you read that?" Jo asked putting her rough copy of her paper on the table and making a few changes.
"Igh." Jessica said dropping the paper on the table. "I don't know, it can be interesting sometimes."
"Ha." Jo muttered.
Hedwig flew in through the window and drops a package on Jo's lap. The card attached says. "From me, through Hogsmeade, to you 'lil sis."
Jo smiled and ripped it open.
There were two chocolate frogs, one box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, and three pumpkin pastries.
"Nice snacks, who sent them?" Malfoy asked sitting up from his laying position on the couch.
"My brother." Jo said biting off the head of one frog. "Want some?"
Malfoy made a face. "No, thank you."
Jo shook her head and bit the head off the other frog. "Jess you want any?"
"No, I already have some." Jessica said pulling a small bag of Bertie's beans out of her robes.
Jo nodded. She laid down and put her feet on the couches footrest. "I can't wait for the first Quidditch game. I don't know what team I'm gonna cheer for, I have three." She said kind of absentmindedly.
"Well, since our game is first, I don't think it is a question of who to cheer for." Malfoy said.
"You got a point." Jo replied. "But I am playing for Ravenclaw, and Harry is my brother who is playing on Gryffindor."
"I know, but you don't have to worry about the first game, unless you have some friend in Hufflepuff." Malfoy said.
Cedric didn't answer and knocked on Hooch's door. He jogged off as Hooch opened the door. "Oh yes, Miss Potter. Here for your detention right?"
"Yes Ma'am." Jo said.
"All right. I suppose I'll have to put you to work..." Hooch muttered looking around. She looked to Jo and got a small smile. "How is Quidditch coming for you?"
Jo smiled. "It's coming along great. Diggory is a great coach. And my brother is helping me in his spare time. I was supposed to meet Diggory to day after dinner but I had detention."
Hooch smiled more. "How would you like to get in a few run around before your next practice? Because quite honestly I have done everything I needed done."
"Really? Oh thanks Madam Hooch!" Jo said as she summoned her broom.
Madam Hooch released three snitches and sat down on a chair to watch Jo.
Jo hovered for a few seconds then when zooming to her left. She in closed that snitch in her hand and put it in her pocket. The second snitch was near Madam Hooch. Jo dove a little and then changed direction towards Madam Hooch. She saw it glitter by Hooch's let leg. Jo dove. She caught it! Just missing Madam Hooch's leg by an inch. She put the snitch in her pocket and got back to center field. Then she noticed the last one near the opposite goal posts. Jo few towards it as fast as she could. The snitch-changed direction so did Jo. No matter what the snitch did to lose Jo she was still on it's tail. Finally as the snitch dived and so did Jo, she in closed it in her right hand. She placed that snitch also in her pocket with the other two, and brought her boom down to a stop. "How was that?" Jo asked.
"Not bad, Diggory has been doing a good job with you."
"Thanks." Jo said handing the snitches back to Hooch. "Really we haven't worked on a lot of things."
"Oh really, then I guess it is just the Potter blood eh? Listen, you can have another go if you want, or you can just head back to the castle." Madam Hooch said.
"Yeah I guess I have allot of my dad in me. I think I'm gonna head back. Thanks for letting me have some practice time." Jo said walking off towards the castle.
"Anytime, I always love to see new Quidditch players." Madam Hooch called after her before heading to her office.
Jo walked into the castle and down to the Slytherin dorm. "Hey Malfoy, what's up? Did Harry drop by? He said he'd get me something from Hogsmeade." Jo said as she sat down on a couch.
"Nothing is up, and Potter Senior hasn't stopped by."
Jo scoffed. "Why do you call him Potter Senior?"
"Because you are Potter Junior." Malfoy replied flipping through the Daily Prophet.
"I see. Why do you read that crap any way?"
"Nothing else to do." Malfoy replied turning the pages.
"Hm..." Jo replied. "Hey who's your first Quidditch game against?"
"Hufflepuff." Malfoy said absentmindedly.
"Why go? You know you're gonna win." Jo said with a 'duh' tone.
"Just to rub it in their faces." Malfoy said cracking a grin.
Jo laughed a little.
Jessica came into the room and snatched the paper from Malfoy.
"Hey! Davis, give that back, I was reading!"
"Oh no you weren't." Jessica said sitting down and skimming through an article.
"My God you guys. How can you read that?" Jo asked putting her rough copy of her paper on the table and making a few changes.
"Igh." Jessica said dropping the paper on the table. "I don't know, it can be interesting sometimes."
"Ha." Jo muttered.
Hedwig flew in through the window and drops a package on Jo's lap. The card attached says. "From me, through Hogsmeade, to you 'lil sis."
Jo smiled and ripped it open.
There were two chocolate frogs, one box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans, and three pumpkin pastries.
"Nice snacks, who sent them?" Malfoy asked sitting up from his laying position on the couch.
"My brother." Jo said biting off the head of one frog. "Want some?"
Malfoy made a face. "No, thank you."
Jo shook her head and bit the head off the other frog. "Jess you want any?"
"No, I already have some." Jessica said pulling a small bag of Bertie's beans out of her robes.
Jo nodded. She laid down and put her feet on the couches footrest. "I can't wait for the first Quidditch game. I don't know what team I'm gonna cheer for, I have three." She said kind of absentmindedly.
"Well, since our game is first, I don't think it is a question of who to cheer for." Malfoy said.
"You got a point." Jo replied. "But I am playing for Ravenclaw, and Harry is my brother who is playing on Gryffindor."
"I know, but you don't have to worry about the first game, unless you have some friend in Hufflepuff." Malfoy said.