Chapter Two
'Damn changing staircases!' thought Lily as she hurriedly walked onto the ground floor. She was horribly late for the first quidditch match of the year. Not only was it the first, it was the most important one to Gryffindor. Gryffindor verses Slytherin. Lily had to be there to support Sirius, who was captain of the team, but she wasn't.
She was only late because she couldn't keep her mind off James. It had been nearly three months since she last saw or heard rom him and still she could not stop thinking about him. She had told Ebony that she would be down to the game as soon as she finished that last paragraph of her History of Magic essay. A paragraph that should have taken two minutes to complete took and hour and a half because she could not concentrate on the essay.
But Lily finally finished the essay and started to make her way down to the ground floor. But apparently the staircases had a different idea abut where Lily was headed. So finally, after about an hour of wandering, Lily found herself in the entrance hall. She walked out the doors and across the grounds to the quidditch field. Cheers could be heard from the students packed stands before Lily could even see them.
As she walked across the field she began to think about James again. 'I wonder what he is doing now' she thought. The cheers were now even louder. It appeared that someone had made a goal. Lily raced up the stairs to the Quidditch stands. They were so full that Lily couldn't find Ebony. 'Where could she possibly be?' Lily asked herself. Then she spotted her. She made her way over to where Ebony was sitting and sat down in the seat that Ebony had saved for her.
"Hey, Eb'"she said.
"Hey! Took you long enough to get out here." she said.
"Indeed it did. I was having some real trouble with that essay."
"I know what you mean. It took me three hours!"
"Black passes to Drachenburg who passes back to Black" said the announcer over the loud speaker. " Malfoy tries to intercede.. Black scores!!!! ten points to Gryffindor!"
The crowd erupted in cheers once again. "This puts Gryffindor in the lead sixty to fifty!"
"Who's winning?" asked Peter as he came to sit next to them.
"Gryffindor." Said Lily.
"And Malfoy scores!" cried the announcer. "Gryffindor and Slytherin are now neck and neck."
They watched as the Slytherin and Gryffindor played but no one scored.
"Sirius will be devastated if Gryffindor doesn't win" she Ebony.
"It looks like Thomson has spotted the snitch!" Said the announced. The crowd went silent as the Slytherin and Gryffindor seekers took off to try and catch the snitch. As Lily watched the seekers she couldn't help but think that the Gryffindor seeker looked somewhat like James. Quite a bit like him actually. But then, he was thirty or forty feet above her head. She turned to Ebony.
"Who is the Gryffindor seeker?" she asked.
"James."
"The friend Sirius wants to set me up with?"
"Yeah."
"Oh"
" has caught the snitch!" cried the announcer. Lily missed the name of the seeker. "Gryffindor wins!!! 180 to 60!"
The crowds erupted in cheers with the exception of the Slytherins. Ebony turned to Lily and started jumping up and down. She hugged Lily.
"He did it!" she yelled over the cheers. "He caught the snitch! James caught the snitch! WE WON!!" Lily had gotten used to hearing the name James and no longer thought it was the James that she had met in Ireland.
"YES!" she yelled right along with Ebony.
"C'mon, lets go down and congratulate them!" She and Ebony ran down to the field where the Gryffindor and Slytherin teams had landed. There was a growing crowd around the Gryffindors.
"Sirius!" shouted Ebony. He looked over at her and they both began to jump up and down, chanting "we won, we won, we won!". Everyone began to make their way up to the Gryffindor common room. Lily walked next to Sirius. He turned to her.
"Lily! Did you hear? WE WON!!!!" he shouted.
"I know! It's so wonderful!"
"Hey!" he said. Ebony finally came over. The were finally in the common room were most of the Gryffindors were now partying because of the victory.
"Hey!"
"You know what?!"He asked Ebony.
"What?"
"WE WON!!!!" they went back to chanting.
"Sirius, calm down before you have another seizure," said a familiar voice behind Lily.
"PRONGS!!!" cried Sirius. Lily turned around to see who it was. Then she froze.
"James!" she whispered in surprise and pleasure.
A/N: Sorry that was so short. Review my little chickadees! ~Psycho Psychic
'Damn changing staircases!' thought Lily as she hurriedly walked onto the ground floor. She was horribly late for the first quidditch match of the year. Not only was it the first, it was the most important one to Gryffindor. Gryffindor verses Slytherin. Lily had to be there to support Sirius, who was captain of the team, but she wasn't.
She was only late because she couldn't keep her mind off James. It had been nearly three months since she last saw or heard rom him and still she could not stop thinking about him. She had told Ebony that she would be down to the game as soon as she finished that last paragraph of her History of Magic essay. A paragraph that should have taken two minutes to complete took and hour and a half because she could not concentrate on the essay.
But Lily finally finished the essay and started to make her way down to the ground floor. But apparently the staircases had a different idea abut where Lily was headed. So finally, after about an hour of wandering, Lily found herself in the entrance hall. She walked out the doors and across the grounds to the quidditch field. Cheers could be heard from the students packed stands before Lily could even see them.
As she walked across the field she began to think about James again. 'I wonder what he is doing now' she thought. The cheers were now even louder. It appeared that someone had made a goal. Lily raced up the stairs to the Quidditch stands. They were so full that Lily couldn't find Ebony. 'Where could she possibly be?' Lily asked herself. Then she spotted her. She made her way over to where Ebony was sitting and sat down in the seat that Ebony had saved for her.
"Hey, Eb'"she said.
"Hey! Took you long enough to get out here." she said.
"Indeed it did. I was having some real trouble with that essay."
"I know what you mean. It took me three hours!"
"Black passes to Drachenburg who passes back to Black" said the announcer over the loud speaker. " Malfoy tries to intercede.. Black scores!!!! ten points to Gryffindor!"
The crowd erupted in cheers once again. "This puts Gryffindor in the lead sixty to fifty!"
"Who's winning?" asked Peter as he came to sit next to them.
"Gryffindor." Said Lily.
"And Malfoy scores!" cried the announcer. "Gryffindor and Slytherin are now neck and neck."
They watched as the Slytherin and Gryffindor played but no one scored.
"Sirius will be devastated if Gryffindor doesn't win" she Ebony.
"It looks like Thomson has spotted the snitch!" Said the announced. The crowd went silent as the Slytherin and Gryffindor seekers took off to try and catch the snitch. As Lily watched the seekers she couldn't help but think that the Gryffindor seeker looked somewhat like James. Quite a bit like him actually. But then, he was thirty or forty feet above her head. She turned to Ebony.
"Who is the Gryffindor seeker?" she asked.
"James."
"The friend Sirius wants to set me up with?"
"Yeah."
"Oh"
" has caught the snitch!" cried the announcer. Lily missed the name of the seeker. "Gryffindor wins!!! 180 to 60!"
The crowds erupted in cheers with the exception of the Slytherins. Ebony turned to Lily and started jumping up and down. She hugged Lily.
"He did it!" she yelled over the cheers. "He caught the snitch! James caught the snitch! WE WON!!" Lily had gotten used to hearing the name James and no longer thought it was the James that she had met in Ireland.
"YES!" she yelled right along with Ebony.
"C'mon, lets go down and congratulate them!" She and Ebony ran down to the field where the Gryffindor and Slytherin teams had landed. There was a growing crowd around the Gryffindors.
"Sirius!" shouted Ebony. He looked over at her and they both began to jump up and down, chanting "we won, we won, we won!". Everyone began to make their way up to the Gryffindor common room. Lily walked next to Sirius. He turned to her.
"Lily! Did you hear? WE WON!!!!" he shouted.
"I know! It's so wonderful!"
"Hey!" he said. Ebony finally came over. The were finally in the common room were most of the Gryffindors were now partying because of the victory.
"Hey!"
"You know what?!"He asked Ebony.
"What?"
"WE WON!!!!" they went back to chanting.
"Sirius, calm down before you have another seizure," said a familiar voice behind Lily.
"PRONGS!!!" cried Sirius. Lily turned around to see who it was. Then she froze.
"James!" she whispered in surprise and pleasure.
A/N: Sorry that was so short. Review my little chickadees! ~Psycho Psychic