(JOKE)
A/N: Please note that these chapters are all building up to the 'particularly exciting Quidditch match' and its events. So I am very sorry if this isn't exciting enough for you yet. After the match you get some real drama, this is rising to a climax...
(cue Eastenders drum roll)
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Chapter 6 - A Romantic Flight
Lily sighed. She was bored, and had nothing better to do than watch the Gryffindor Quidditch Practice from the window. Potter was soaring above the trees, swooping in and out of the stands.
Lily had a sudden idea. She looked around the Ravenclaw Common Room for her boyfriend, spotted him near the fire, and called him over.
"What?" asked Matthew, putting an arm around her and peering out of the window too.
"Matthew," she said, lowering her voice, "Would you like to come flying with me tonight?"
"This evening, you mean?"
"No, I mean, at night." Lily looked happily up at Matthew, but he didn't seem pleased.
"You're Head Girl," he said sternly.
"Oh please, it'll be so romantic, flying in the moonlight..."
"No," said Matthew flatly.
"Why not?" asked Lily, feeling rather offended.
"Because a) you are Head Girl, and it's not a very good example to set to the other students, flying at night, b) I don't want either of us to get into trouble, and c) I don't like flying."
"But no one would know!" protested Lily earnestly.
"Lily, how many windows are there at Hogwarts? And how many could have teachers watching out of them?"
Lily stared at Matthew defiantly.
"If a teacher spots you, you'll be in big trouble, and well you know it."
Matthew glared at her. Lily couldn't deny that this was true, yet she still felt cross with Matthew for saying it. He was always bossing her around, telling her what to do...
She was sick of being the good girl, sick of setting an example, she wanted to break school rules. She wanted to fly at night, and she didn't care how much trouble she got into for doing it. But, yet again, Matthew had discarded her glorious idea, that had been shining so brightly in her head only a few minutes before. She felt both anger and frustration surge through her, and she glared back at him.
"Quit sulking, Lily, and come and sit by the fire with me," said Matthew bossily. He turned his attention back to the window, however, and watched Potter dive for the Snitch.
"Why are you watching Potter, anyway?"
"Bet Potter would come and fly with me," said Lily bitterly.
The moment she had said it, she wished she hadn't. Matthew was looking at her hopelessly, looking wounded. He gazed at her uncertainly, willing her to explain what she'd just said.
Lily opened her mouth to speak, but words failed her. Instead, she turned away, and didn't speak to Matthew all evening.
That night, Lily just couldn't sleep. She lay awake, opening at the blue velvet curtain across her four-poster bed, but she wasn't really seeing it. Why had she been so stupid? So tactless? Matthew's horrified face swam before her eyes. She felt so guilty for hurting him like that. Matthew probably thought she was cheating on him. He might think that she fancied Potter!
Did she fancy Potter?
I like him, thought Lily. He makes me laugh whenever I see him.
But that doesn't mean I fancy him.
Does it?
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Heehee! Does Lily fancy James?
(Of course we all know that that's a YES, but she doesn't).
So when will she realise?
(Actually you should know that already from the summary, so that's another totally pointless question.)
OK, now here's what's gonna leave you stumped...
WHAT WILL SHE DO WHEN SHE REALISES THAT SHE FANCIES HIM LIKE HELL?
Answer me that, people.
In a review, preferably.
But hey. See ya!
Dancingmango