There were a lot of people gathered on the Quidditch pitch when Remus arrived later that afternoon. A lot of hopefuls, he thought to himself as he strolled over to where James and Sirius were sitting.
"Hey guys," Remus muttered as he seated himself next to James.
"Hi Remus," James said. Sirius looked over at him and smirked.
"Anything on your mind? Or should I say, anyone?" Sirius glanced suspiciously at Remus, but he didn't give it a second thought.
"No, whom would I be thinking of?" Sirius rolled his eyes.
"You know when it comes to women Remus, you're as dumb as James," he said sarcastically, ducking to avoid James' broomstick that had been aimed for his head. The three boys carried on their usual conversation but were interrupted when they caught sight of the girls laughing and strolling across the pitch. James straightened up as they got closer and when Lily gave him a smile, Sirius could hear his heart thumping.
"I can't believe I ever agreed to this," Blue whined as she sat down next to Sirius.
"Don't stress," Sirius said, putting an arm around her. "Half the people here suck anyway." Everyone burst out laughing and Blue felt a little better. She looked over at Arabella who was talking with Lily, but every now and so often, would glance over at Sirius. Blue shook her head. I've got to do something, she thought. Those two would make a nice couple.

The sudden sight of Madam Hooch ambling into the centre of the field, made everyone get up and begin to do the same. Before she began to follow everyone, Blue moved over to Arabella and whispered in her ear.
"I've got an idea, and if it works, you'll be sitting on Sirius' lap at supper." Arabella smiled at Blue's words and told her she had her complete faith. Blue hurried over to the group, filled with excitement. This is going to go down so well! She thought as Sirius smiled at her.
"Sirius, I want to-" but Madam Hooch's final statement caught her off guard.
"-So, we'll do this is threes, starting in alphabetical order."
"That's mean's we're probably first," Sirius said, unaware of what she was going to tell him.
"Better to get it over with," Remus smiled at her. Blue stared at him and felt her cheeks redden.
"Adams, Black and Darwin," Madam Hooch said and Blue shuddered.
"Good luck," Sirius said to her as they trailed behind Madam Hooch. "Tell me that thing a little later." He smiled.

They walked a few places until Madam Hooch stopped.
"This is how it's going to work," she said quietly to the three of them. "I'm going to release the Bludgers and on my mark, you'll fly up and I'll judge how well you bat them. Then, when I've seen enough, I'll release the Snitch. There'll be no Quaffles because we do not need to score points. Try your best," she smiled. Blue looked at Sirius and he was grinning. It's probably the easiest thing he's ever had to do, Blue thought. Then she looked past Sirius and saw a tallish boy who looked about a year or so older than her, leaning on his broomstick. He had spiky, pitch-black hair and a rather attractive profile. She looked at him for a moment and then, as if he could sense she was staring at him, he turned and looked at her. Blue quickly turned away and glanced at Madam Hooch who had already released the Bludgers.
"On my mark!" she shouted, as all three of them mounted their broomsticks, armed with their bats. When she blew her whistle it echoed so loudly in Blue's ears that her whole body shook. When Blue looked up, the two boys were already heading for the air. She followed, swooping high up and surveying the area from up above. When she saw it was safe to come down, Blue slipped in-between Sirius and they other boy, craftily avoiding a Quaffle. No sooner had she hit one than the whole exercise had become a dance. By the looks of things all three of them had lost themselves in the swirl of broomsticks and bats. Blue darted sideways and swung her bat at what seamed like the hundredth Bludger, and stopped to catch her breath for a few seconds. All of a sudden something gold, glittered, catching her eye and she wiped her head around to see where it had come from. It was heading straight for the other boy, who fortunately hadn't seen it yet. Blue had an urge to call out to Sirius, but he was too far away. So she made a dive for it. The more speed she gained the more she could feel the Snitch in her hand already. The other boy suddenly swerved his broomstick to dodge a Bludger, and without him realising, the tail of his broom hit the snitch hard, knocking it onto a completely different course. Blue had gained too much speed to suddenly come to halt and she could do nothing to stop herself.
"Look out!" she shouted at the boy who had his back to her. As he turned around and saw Blue, his eyes widened, but he hovered, not stirring and inch. Blue couldn't understand why he hadn't moved, so as a last resort, she tried as hard as she could to break or swerve, but it was no use. She went crashing into the boy and both of them were flung off their broomsticks. Blue hit the ground with a soft bounce, and when she looked down, realised she had landed on top of the other boy. He had broken her fall and probably taken some serious injuries.

"Are you okay?" she said to him, touching the side of his face. He touched the corner of his mouth and wiped away a trickle of blood.
"I'll live," he said in a soothing voice. Blue looked into his dark brown eyes and her heart skipped a few beats.
"Blue!!" she heard Sirius shout as he landed in front of her.
"I'm fine," she said rolling onto her back. Sirius helped her up and as she looked over his shoulder, saw a whole crowd of people rushing towards them.
"Luke, my man! You okay?" Sirius said kneeling down next to him.
"Step aside, this boy needs attention," they all heard Madam Pomfrey's voice command. "You took a nasty dive for this lady Mr Darwin. I hope she's worth it," she said to Luke. He looked up at Blue and smiled.
"Trust me, she is." Their eyes locked for a moment and then Sirius, who ushered Blue away from the medical scene, tore her gaze.

"That was some dive," he said to her, but she appeared not to notice. She tried to focus in front of her but everything was a big blur.
"Blue? Blue!" Were the last words Blue heard Sirius say, before her body began to shake and the vision before her started to spin. It became a big mass of mixed colour and then everything became black, still and silent.


*Author's Notes* It has taken me such a long time to add a chapter to this, and I finally did it! Yay! :) Once again, everything belongs to JK and she's got to hurry with that fifth book!!! Keep on reviewing and I'll start with the next chapter! :)