Chapter seven: Learning to soar.
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"Hold on, I will give the mirror to him." He said and walked over to the bed, he got the surprise of his life to find the two.
$$$ "They are gone!" Romulus said.
"What. do. you. mean?" Seamus asked between bounces.
"They aren't here." He replied looking under the bed.
"They must have snuck out when we weren't watching." Seamus said after he stopped bouncing.
"Where do you think they are?" Romulus asked James.
"They could be anywhere, we will wait for them to get back, carry on with what you were doing." James said as Romulus set the mirror on his bedside table and Seamus started jumping on his bed again and Romulus went back to reading his book.
"I'm bored Rom!" Seamus said after a while as he jumped on Romulus's bed.
"That is nice Seamus!" Romulus said not looking up.
"Play a game with me and let me take care of that book for you!" He snatched the book out Romulus's hand and, to everyone watching through the mirror's amusement, used a temporary sticking charm to stick it to the ceiling.
"Fine, how about we play 'Kill-Seamus-if-he-doesn't-get-Romulus's-book-off- the-ceiling?'" He said through clenched teeth.
"No, don't know that one." Seamus laughed and he obviously didn't take Romulus seriously.
"I'm Serious! Get it down!" He fumed and Seamus burst into more laughs.
"No, I'm Sirius! But I know something you could play" Sirius said from the mirror.
"What game?" Seamus asked as he wiped tears of laughter from his blue eyes.
"Spark in the dark, you shoot sparks from your wand and the first one to give up or lose their hair loses."
"Sounds like fun!" Seamus said and he and Romulus stood facing each other.
They played for about an hour and Seamus set Romulus's robes on fire again.
After extinguishing it, he seemed quite pissed at Seamus.
"The second time today you have set me on fire!" He said looking at his scorched robes.
"Do you give up?" Seamus asked eagerly.
"Yes, you win1" He muttered looking up at his book on the ceiling again.
Neville came into the room and yawned.
"I WON! I WON! I WO-ON!" Seamus chanted and Neville looked at him curiously.
"One: What did you win? Two: Why Romulus's textbook on the ceiling? Three: Where is Harry because the girls down there are giggling that she is missing and Harry hasn't been see for about an hour and a ½ and the rumours are spreading like wildfire!"
"Never mind that, do you want to play spark in the dark Nev?" Seamus asked and Neville shrugged.
"How do you play?" He asked.
Seamus explained the rules and Neville and him played for a long time because the crowd of boys from the dorm were watching and no one noticed a broom flying past the window.
Neville gave up when Seamus burnt his fringe after about 2 hours after all the other boys had got into bed and Romulus sat reading another book.
Neville went to take a shower; Romulus sat whispering into the mirror while Seamus jumped on Romulus bed and speaking loudly.
Seamus took over talking in the mirror and carried on jumping on Romulus's bed while he slept.
He still talked loudly and eventually, Calvin asked him to talk softer.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY CALVIN?" He shouted and it echoed through the dorm.
"Shut up!" Romulus hissed and threw the pillow at him.
He looked at the clock and it was midnight.
"Where are they?" asked James.
"Don't know!" Seamus shrugged and decided to sit still for a while.
He still talked to James, Sirius, Remus who were awake after Lily went to bed and they decided to sleep on the couches but stay up to see where Harry and Lilac had been.
Seamus was just falling asleep at the bottom of Romulus's bed and everyone else awake (James, Remus and Sirius) watched him as the door opened carefully.
Seamus stayed asleep but you could see through the gap in the curtains the shadows of two figures creep in, they were whispering and one with long hair giggled And spoke loudly.
"Oh Harry, I had so much fun tonight!" a female voice said and James recognized it as the girl on the train.
"Me too Lila! As much as I love flying, I don't think I have ever had as much fun on a broom as tonight," Harry answered.
"Why did we come inside now anyway?" She asked.
"I expected you might ask that, that is why I brought this." He withdrew an object from his pocket and pointed his wand at it till it was the size and shape as a broomstick.
"I'm so happy I could just kiss you!" She said.
"Why not?" He asked.
"We agreed already before we went flying, take it slowly rather! We are only 11!" She said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." He said.
"But once couldn't hurt!" She interrupted and put her arms around his neck and the shadows of them could be seen joined at the lips.
"With out pulling apart, they mounted the broom with Lilac sitting side saddle on Harry's lap with his one arm around Lilac and the other gripping the broom and they zoomed out the window.
Sirius, Remus and James all three fell asleep soon after that with grins on their faces.
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Previous Chapter:
"Hold on, I will give the mirror to him." He said and walked over to the bed, he got the surprise of his life to find the two.
$$$ "They are gone!" Romulus said.
"What. do. you. mean?" Seamus asked between bounces.
"They aren't here." He replied looking under the bed.
"They must have snuck out when we weren't watching." Seamus said after he stopped bouncing.
"Where do you think they are?" Romulus asked James.
"They could be anywhere, we will wait for them to get back, carry on with what you were doing." James said as Romulus set the mirror on his bedside table and Seamus started jumping on his bed again and Romulus went back to reading his book.
"I'm bored Rom!" Seamus said after a while as he jumped on Romulus's bed.
"That is nice Seamus!" Romulus said not looking up.
"Play a game with me and let me take care of that book for you!" He snatched the book out Romulus's hand and, to everyone watching through the mirror's amusement, used a temporary sticking charm to stick it to the ceiling.
"Fine, how about we play 'Kill-Seamus-if-he-doesn't-get-Romulus's-book-off- the-ceiling?'" He said through clenched teeth.
"No, don't know that one." Seamus laughed and he obviously didn't take Romulus seriously.
"I'm Serious! Get it down!" He fumed and Seamus burst into more laughs.
"No, I'm Sirius! But I know something you could play" Sirius said from the mirror.
"What game?" Seamus asked as he wiped tears of laughter from his blue eyes.
"Spark in the dark, you shoot sparks from your wand and the first one to give up or lose their hair loses."
"Sounds like fun!" Seamus said and he and Romulus stood facing each other.
They played for about an hour and Seamus set Romulus's robes on fire again.
After extinguishing it, he seemed quite pissed at Seamus.
"The second time today you have set me on fire!" He said looking at his scorched robes.
"Do you give up?" Seamus asked eagerly.
"Yes, you win1" He muttered looking up at his book on the ceiling again.
Neville came into the room and yawned.
"I WON! I WON! I WO-ON!" Seamus chanted and Neville looked at him curiously.
"One: What did you win? Two: Why Romulus's textbook on the ceiling? Three: Where is Harry because the girls down there are giggling that she is missing and Harry hasn't been see for about an hour and a ½ and the rumours are spreading like wildfire!"
"Never mind that, do you want to play spark in the dark Nev?" Seamus asked and Neville shrugged.
"How do you play?" He asked.
Seamus explained the rules and Neville and him played for a long time because the crowd of boys from the dorm were watching and no one noticed a broom flying past the window.
Neville gave up when Seamus burnt his fringe after about 2 hours after all the other boys had got into bed and Romulus sat reading another book.
Neville went to take a shower; Romulus sat whispering into the mirror while Seamus jumped on Romulus bed and speaking loudly.
Seamus took over talking in the mirror and carried on jumping on Romulus's bed while he slept.
He still talked loudly and eventually, Calvin asked him to talk softer.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY CALVIN?" He shouted and it echoed through the dorm.
"Shut up!" Romulus hissed and threw the pillow at him.
He looked at the clock and it was midnight.
"Where are they?" asked James.
"Don't know!" Seamus shrugged and decided to sit still for a while.
He still talked to James, Sirius, Remus who were awake after Lily went to bed and they decided to sleep on the couches but stay up to see where Harry and Lilac had been.
Seamus was just falling asleep at the bottom of Romulus's bed and everyone else awake (James, Remus and Sirius) watched him as the door opened carefully.
Seamus stayed asleep but you could see through the gap in the curtains the shadows of two figures creep in, they were whispering and one with long hair giggled And spoke loudly.
"Oh Harry, I had so much fun tonight!" a female voice said and James recognized it as the girl on the train.
"Me too Lila! As much as I love flying, I don't think I have ever had as much fun on a broom as tonight," Harry answered.
"Why did we come inside now anyway?" She asked.
"I expected you might ask that, that is why I brought this." He withdrew an object from his pocket and pointed his wand at it till it was the size and shape as a broomstick.
"I'm so happy I could just kiss you!" She said.
"Why not?" He asked.
"We agreed already before we went flying, take it slowly rather! We are only 11!" She said.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." He said.
"But once couldn't hurt!" She interrupted and put her arms around his neck and the shadows of them could be seen joined at the lips.
"With out pulling apart, they mounted the broom with Lilac sitting side saddle on Harry's lap with his one arm around Lilac and the other gripping the broom and they zoomed out the window.
Sirius, Remus and James all three fell asleep soon after that with grins on their faces.
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