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Chapter 11
Quidditch
James woke up really early on the day of the legendary first Quidditch match of the season, Gryffindor versus Slytherin. James, Gryffindor captain had put a good team together this year and was determined to win in his final year. James wanted to uphold the Gryffindor victory for six years; they had won every year since James had been on the team.
James knew that there was no point staying in bed so he got up and pulled on his Quidditch robes and went down to the common room to revise his plans for the match. He went over to the chair by the fireplace but someone was already there reading a book so he sat on the sofa and got out his diagrams.
"Frodo you idiot! Just put the ring in the mountain!" she shouted at the book, James laughed. She hadn't noticed him come in and was embarrassed that she'd just talked to her book.
"What was that all about? And what are you reading?" he asked her.
"It's a muggle book. Lily lent it to me. It's called The Lord of the Rings and Frodo, the hobbit, is being stupid and won't get rid of the one true ring!" Katie explained but James looked as if she was speaking another language. But before he could say anything she was sat next to him and was looking in puzzlement at the squiggly diagram.
"What's that supposed to be?" she asked, tilting her head and squinting at the drawing. James took the diagram from her and turned it upside down before handing it back.
"It's the Wronski Feint when you look at it the right way up!" she laughed and watched the two players race to the ground.
"So, are you nervous?" she asked suddenly.
"About what?" he asked.
"The match! Idiot!" she laughed.
"Oh! Yeah a bit, the Slytherin's have got a good team this year." He said.
"Well, I'm glad I get to commentate, there's no way I'd play it but I'll commentate, I'm good at that" she said.
"Mmm" James said. It was only then that Katie realised how close they were, but she didn't back away, instead she found herself getting closer.
"James…James…what are you…" Katie began but was interrupted as James kissed her.
"OH MY GOD!" someone shouted and ran up to the girls' dormitories. Katie winced as she saw the tell tale red hair and heard the door slam shut.
"That probably wasn't the best thing for her t see" Katie said looking at James.
"Yeah, oh, and I'm sorry about that. I don't know what happened" James said.
"It's ok, friends?" Katie asked.
"Friends. Now let's go eat I'm starving!" James laughed, Katie got up and they both went down to the great hall.
Lily ran up to her dormitory and dramatically threw herself on her bed infront of a surprised Vicky, Anna and Sarah.
"What's wrong Lil?" did my brother pull another prank on you? Vicky asked and Lily shook her head, which was still buried in the pillow.
"Was it one of the guys?" Vicky asked. Lily emerged and slowly nodded.
"Was it James?" Vicky asked sitting beside Lily on her bed. Lily wiped her tears away with her hand and leant into Vicky.
"I'm being really stupid, I know I am. I'm being daft…but she knew I liked him" and she was off into tears again. Vicky and the others knew who she was talking about and tried to calm Lily down with soothing words.
They all went down to breakfast together and sat together. Lily glared at Katie the whole way through, who was sat with James, Sirius and Remus.
"Look at her over there! She thinks she's so great, flirting with James Potter!" Lily said to no one inparticular watching Katie who was laughing with Sirius about something.
"I hate to say anything Lily, but she's not flirting with James" Sarah said watching Katie and Sirius play fighting and Katie turning his hair pink.
"She's not?" Vicky, Anna and Lily all asked at once.
"No" said Sarah calmly "if she's flirting with anyone she's flirting with Sirius" The others snapped their heads round to look at them. Well it was obvious now.
"But Sirius is my BROTHER!" Vicky gasped "we're going to be sisters-in-law!" she said happily.
"Doesn't explain why she snogged James though!" Lily muttered.
"She what? But what about Sirius? Does he know?" Vicky said alarmed.
"Calm down Vicks" Anna said, "no one's going out with anyone yet ok! And with Katie and James, it might just've been an accident" but Lily wasn't convinced.
At eleven o'clock the school assembled in the Quidditch stands. There were many banners that had been made by the pupils like 'go go Gryffindor' and 'potter for president' and 'super snakes loser lions' and 'potter is a pothead' the last two were obviously Slytherin.
"Now we are about to begin the first Quidditch match of the season! Gryffindor versus Slytherin!" Katie said from the commentator's box. The crowd went wild. "I am your commentator Katie Felton!" the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws roared and the Slytherins booed. "Thank you my loyal fans! And Slytherins YOU SUCK!" she got warning glares from Professor Kondola and more boos from the Slytherins. "Yeah ok! Whatever didn't mean it! Now! The Gryffindors have a superb team this year. We have the best three chasers, James Potter, Alice Longbottom and Nympha…Tonks! Two excellent beaters Sirius Black and Anna Haigh! The best keeper ever Andrew Wood and a new seeker! Stephy Reid! And then there's the Slytherins. Obviously gone for quantity rather than quality again!" more boos and looks from the potions professor "what? It's the truth! The chasers Vixenia, Slugg and Bloob are trolls; the beaters who I can't be bothered to think of their names can hardy fly because they weigh their brooms down so much. The keeper spends more time picking his nose than keeping and the seeker; I don't know what he does! Ok! I'm stopping now professor! On with the match! And the Quaffle is released and snatched by James Potter. The game has begun!" James caught the ball and two of the Slytherin chasers cam towards him from either side. He waited until the last moment then flew upwards and the Slytherins crashed into each other. James passed to Tonks who passed to Alice who scored easily.
Sirius was having great fun trying to knock people off their brooms. Anna flew up next to him.
"Do you like Katie?" she asked, smacking a Bludger towards a Slytherin.
"Of course I do" he said looking confused.
"Come on Sirius! I mean like like!" she said laughing slightly at his slowness.
"Oh! Ok! Why?" he asked as he dodged a Bludger.
"Just wondered" she shrugged.
"Ok then, yeah I do like her" and they flew off into the match.
On the sidelines were Robyn and Kate wearing their usual ensemble of PVC and fishnets, even though their skirts seemed even shorter than normal, if that's possible. They were doing an energetic cheerleading routine and were trying to put the Gryffindor team off. The Gryffindors however were used to this and ignored them. Kate was constantly trying to catch James Potter's eye but it was no use.
Laura Thompson looked in disbelief at her twin.
"Cover yourself up girl! You're disgracing the family name!" she shouted at Kate from the Ravenclaw stands.
"And Gryffindor are 160-50. Potter has the Quaffle and as not much is happening I would like to take this moment to apologise to Lily Evans. I'm sorry if I upset you and I want to tell you that nothing's happening!" Lily smiled, her friends were right. Maybe it had been, as Sarah had suggested, an accident. She went back to screaming for Gryffindor.
"Oh! I can see the snitch!" Katie screamed excitedly "and so has Reid. Go Stephy. Stepphyy! GRYFFINDOR HAVE WON!" everyone that wasn't a Slytherin cheered, this early victory would help to put Slytherin out of the running.
There was a massive party in the common room after the match. Nine of the ten seventh years, they didn't know where Peter was, stayed up and tidied up afterwards. It had been a party to remember.
