Chapter 15

Today was the first Quidditch match of the season. Both teams were very nervous but were also excited to crush the opposing team.

At breakfast the Slytherins kept giving the Gryffindors mean and dirty looks.

"We have to win this match!" said Nehal while drinking her pumpkin juice.

Danielle said, "Nehal, you're such a good chaser I bet you're going to score at least 50 points for Gryffindor."

"Actually…my goal is to try and score 100 points and then Jackie better catch the snitch will get us 150 points so then that will add up to 250 points."

"Wow. Sounds like a super-duper plan!" said Heather

Nehal smiled, "When it comes to Quidditch no one can beat me when it comes to points…except maybe Malfoy but I don't think that's going to happen."

"Yo go girl!" said Heather who by accident go jam stuck on her finger.

Tommy who sat beside her said, "Go ahead Heather lick it off."

"I bet you would like that."

Tommy winked at Heather.

"But my fingers will get sticky." said Heather and she held her finger in front of Tommy's face and he licked her thumb and then started to suck on her fingers.

Suddenly Heather looked up. "Neville!" Heather pulled away from Tommy

Tommy said, "He's not here, no one knows where he is."

"So? I still – can't"

Tommy looked at Heather.

"What? I'm supposed to be…hi."

Draco Malfoy just approached the Gryffindor table. "So…look what the cat dragged in?"

"Excuse me?" said Nehal

Draco smirked, "You heard me." Draco then looked at Jackie. "See you on the pitch." He bent down and kissed the top of Jackie's head. He then left.

"What was that for?" asked Colt who sounded jealous

"I…don't know." said Jackie who was star struck

Danielle smiled, "Looks like Malfoy still likes you Jackie."

Jackie replied, "He doesn't like me that way he likes someone else…I'm pretty sure."

Nehal glanced over and saw that all the Slytherin Quidditch players were leaving the great hall. Nehal stood up and the team followed her.

"Good luck." Rocky and Colt said

Danielle and Heather said, "We'll be cheering for ya."

"Thanks." said Nehal and Jackie

Nehal and Jackie were getting ready in the girls' change room. (I'm not sure if Hogwarts has change rooms but oh well)

Nehal said, "We're so gonna kick their ass. I can't wait to see the look on Malfoy's face when he sees me as captain! He will be so surprised!"

Jackie said, "Ya, I'm sure he will."

Nehal looked at Jackie. Jackie was looking in the mirror and putting on make-up.

"Why are you wearing make-up for Quidditch? You never put on make-up before a match!"

"Colt's going to watch."

"Ya but he's like 50 feet below us he's not going to see your face."

"Well it's just not for Colt."

"Malfoy?"

"Well…him too but the guys that you picked on the team are pretty cute and their really funny and they think that it's cool that girls are on the team."

Nehal rolled her eyes, "I didn't pick them just because their cute I picked them on how well they played their positions."

Jackie smiled, "I know. Now tell me gurlio should I wear mocha cream lip gloss or cherry berry?"

"Does it matter? There not going to kiss you or anything!"

Jackie ignoring Nehal's answer said, "I think I'll go with the cherry berry."

"Jackie guys should like you for who are, not what kind of lip gloss you like. I'm sure the boys on the team like you as being their friend…or maybe more."

"Really?"

Nehal laughed, "Don't count on Jaxs."

"Way to crush my dreams Nehal."

"What your dream is to snog every Quidditch player?"

"No, I'm not that type of girl. I just think that they are really nice guys."

"Speaking of nice guys remember a certain Weasley named…Fred!"

"Yeah so?"

"He was into you."

"Ron was into to you. Ron and Nehal sitting a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g."

"Please Jaxs that is so old school."

"Literally." muttered Jackie

"Come on let's go I'm sure the boys are fully dressed and are waiting for us!"

"Nehal look!"

Just as Nehal was about to turn the door knob she turned around and looked at Jackie.

Jackie spun around in a circle.

"Jackie this is no time for twirling!"

"No look! I put glitter on the robes so they wouldn't looks so ugly…you know to add some beauty to the duty!"

Nehal just stared at Jackie. "I think Slimeball's kiss made you mental!"

"Hey!" Jackie put her hands on her hips. "I am so not mental! Besides the glitter attracts the snitch!"

"Right…come on Jaxs we have to go now."

Nehal and Jackie left the change room and walked over to the boys change room.

Jackie said, "Nehal there's a picture of a man."

"So?" said Nehal

"That means we can't go in there because were not men."

"Jackie I'm captain I can do anything I want…well almost anything." Nehal knocked on the door. "Can we come in?"

"Um." The boys responded. "Sure is it just you two?"

"Yeah."

"Alright you can come."

Jackie squealed with delight, "Omg I feel like were going into a strip club!"

Both girls laughed. After a couple of minutes they finally contained themselves from laughing and walked in.

"Hi." giggled Jackie

Nehal rolled her eyes. "Okay, I guess I should give you a…little…speech!" Nehal trailed off because a walking 6-pack walked into sight.

David said, "Hey I like your glitter. It does so much for you complexion! And berry cheery lip gloss? Awesome!"

"Nehal!" whispered Jackie, "You wasted a Quidditch position that could've been used by a hot straight guy!"

"Actually, my sister has the same taste as you!" David said angrily

"And you know what she wears!" Jackie shot back

"Considering, she always tells me, even if I don't want to know." responded David

"Hold it!" Nehal shouted. "When I speak, NO ONE INTERUPTS!" They gulped and fell silent. "Okay, Will and David hit the clubs at the Slytherin team, as if they were your worst enemy. Well they are!" Nehal said aloud, but more to herself. "But don't hit them when you don't have to. We don't want Slytherin getting any penalties! Daryl, Jonathan – Let's keep up on the V shape routine, and if a bludger passes, pass the quaffle to someone else."

Daryl and Jonathan nodded their heads.

"Ron- you know what to do. If they sing, Weasley is our king, pretend they're praising you! And Jackie – DON'T GET DISTRACTED!"

Jackie answered, "Don't worry Neh Neh I won't get distracted…I promise." Jackie smiled at the boys on the team, standing behind her.

Daryl and Jonathan smiled back at Jackie.

Nehal said, "Jaxs if Malfoy bothers you just push him away!"

"I can't do that Neh Neh that's so mean!"

Will said, "I'll send a bludger right at him."

"Alright we'll let's go out there and kick some butt!" encouraged Nehal

The team put their hands in the middle and said, "Gooo Gryffindor!"

Everyone was very enthusiastic except for Jackie who didn't want a bludger to hit Draco.

"Hey!" Daryl said putting his arm around Jackie's shoulders. "Cheer up its Quidditch!"

"Yeah…Quidditch."

Fiona who was the announcer said, "Today's match is Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Alright…here come the cheerleaders!"

The Gryffindor and Slytherin cheerleaders came from opposite sides and waved their pom-poms in the air.

Danielle and Heather did back flips. "Go Gryffindor!"

The crow cheered.

The Gryffindor cheerleaders got in line and did a routine to Hey Ya by outcast. They each had poloraids and shook them.

Fiona said, "Ow! What a great routine by the Gryffindor cheerleaders. Now let's the games begin. Here comes the Slytherin Quidditch team. Malfoy, Star, Smith, Nark, Crabble, Goyle and Wallace."

The Slytherin team mounted their brooms and flew in circles.

"Oh look here comes the Gryffindor team Pradhan, Weasley, Allan, Rest, Strawberry, Jefferson and Carter."

Draco sneered, "Pradhan! Nobody fools a Malfoy."

The Gryffindor team mounted off and took their positions.

Nehal and Ian were both center chasers so they glared at each other.

Ian said, "Your team is going down!"

Nehal answered, "No Ian I'm afraid your team is going down…literally."

Madame Hooch called out, "Will the captains please shake hands."

Draco and Nehal both flew towards the center.

Draco held out his hand. Nehal just stared at it.

"Shake hands." Hooch repeated

Nehal hesitated but finally shook his hand. She squeezed his hand as hard as she could. Draco opened his mouth to say ouch but nothing came out. They both flew back to position. Nehal wiped her hand on her robes

Nehal thought, "Eww! I can't believe I touched his slimy hand."

Madame Hooch said, "Players ready." They nodded their heads in return. Madame Hooch blew the whistle and threw the quaffle up in the air.

Fiona said, "And there off!"

Nehal caught the quaffle and zoomed by the other players with Daryl and Jonathan closely behind her.

Goyle sent a bludger their way but Nehal ducked it and passed the quaffle to Daryl who shot it towards the right goal post and scored!

Fiona commented, "Rest scores 10 points for Gryffindor!"

Jackie said, "Yeah team!"

"Shit." muttered Draco

All the Gryffindor cheerleaders faced the stands and did a cheer.

"Hey Gryffindors!"

"Hey what?"

"Shake your booty!"

"No way!"

"Shake your booty!"

"Okay!"

"Jump, shake your booty, jump, jump shake your booty, jump shake your booty, jump, jump, shake your booty!"

Ian then had the quaffle.

"Go Ian!" shouted Danielle

Heather looked at Danielle, "What team are you cheering for?"

"Uh…Gryffindor?"

"Good. So don't cheer for Ian."

David and Will both sent bludgers at him which hit him with full force that he lost the quaffle. "Stupid beaters." muttered Ian under his breath.

Nehal kicked her broom and went full speed to catch the quaffle another Slytherin chaser was about to catch but Nehal cuttted in front of him and caught it first. "Ladies first!" She said and smiled.

Jackie said, "Omg this is so boring…"

Nehal passed the quaffle to Jonathan who passed it to Daryl who passed it back to Jonathan who scored. (Whoa)

"Yeah!" commented Jackie. "We're up 20 points!"

"That's my line Jackie." said Fiona

"How did you know I said that?"

"You're flying right in front of me."

Jackie turned around and saw Fiona waving at her.

"My bad!" said Jackie. She gave Fiona an apologetic smile and moved out of the way.

Nehal yelled, "Good work team!"

Jackie then went down memory lane. (It's an expression, in case you didn't know that) She remembered the last time she faced Draco last year and they both caught the snitch at the same time. And that was when the speak of their relationship began. On the other hand, Draco was thinking about why his father didn't approve of Jackie. He still had feelings for Jackie and wanted to be with her but wasn't sure if she still felt the same way.

Just then Jackie saw the snitch buzzing around Draco. She gulped. "Okay here goes nothing."

Jackie kicked her broom and flew towards Draco acting as if she didn't see the snitch. "Hey Draco."

"Hey."

"So um…how's it going?"

"Good."

"Well that's good."

"So have you seen the snitch?"

"The snitch? Um…you know I haven't seen yet." lied Jackie

"Oh." Draco said disappointed

Jackie knew that she had to get Draco to look the other way so she could catch the snitch. "Omg look behind you, your keeper is dancing!"

Draco raised his eyebrows.

"I'm serious just look!"

Draco slightly turned around and at this time Jackie grabbed the snitch.

Madame Hooch blew her whistle.

Fiona said, "It appears that Jackie Allan has caught the snitch! Way to go Gryffindor!"

Draco just stared in disbelief; he couldn't believe he fell for that stupid trick.

Jackie landed on the ground and the Gryffindors all gathered around her to give her a hug.

Nehal said, "Yeah we beat Slytherin! Party in the common room tonight!"

Ron replied, "Hey that's my line!"

"Oh well, there's still a party in the common room tonight!" answered Nehal

Rocky and Colt came out onto the pitch.

"Congratulations!" Rocky said giving Nehal a bear hug.

"Thanks Rocky."

Nehal and Rocky both gazed into each other's eyes until Heather interfered and gave Nehal a hug. "Good job Nehal!"

"Oh thanks Heather." Nehal said coming out of her daze.

By surprise someone tapped Jackie on the shoulder. Jackie turned around and saw it was Colt. Her knees started to feel weak and she her stomach did a flip-flop. "Hey Colt."

Colt said, "I must say Jackie you're quite the seeker."

"Thanks…and I'm sure you're quite the…the…um…what position do you play?"

Colt laughed, "Beater. Rocky and I both tried out for the team and we made it!"

"Wow that's awesome."

"Yeah."

"Well I guess I should be going now…" Jackie started to walk away when Colt grabbed her wrist and she spun around.

Colt stared at Jackie.

"Yes…" said Jackie.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Jackie said hoping Colt would ask her out.

"Were you and Draco Malfoy ever a couple?"

"Um…yeah. But we broke up."

"Oh I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's okay, don't worry about it."

"Oh…okay well I'll talk to you later."

"Bye."

Danielle walked towards Jackie. "Is there something going on between you and Colt?"

Jackie answered, "No…why do you think there is something going on between us?"

"Ya!"

Jackie gave Danielle a puzzled look.

Danielle said, "I think you've gotten yourself into a sticky situation."

"Say what?"

"Walk with me Jackie." Danielle put her arm around Jackie's shoulders. "You see Jaxs…I've been in this love dilemma before so you don't need to panic. Now you and Malfoy used to date and now his father doesn't approve of you but yet you still like him but you know you don't have much of chance with him because you like Colt now…and you you're totally confused, am I right?"

Jackie thought through Danielle's theory. "Ya, your right, so what should I do?"

"Make a list of pros and cons and whoever gets the most pros you'll like!"

"But all my pros are gonna be that their both hot!" whined Jackie

Danielle rolled her eyes, "Hey, I'm just trying to help you. It worked for me you know?"

"Really?"

"Yepp. Remember in 3rd year when both Ryan and Justin liked me?"

"Ya."

"Well I did the pros and cons thing and realized none of those guys are worth going out with."

"So how did that help you?"

"It narrowed down my choices. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Now come on let's go party!"

"Well Danie what do guys want?"

"Here's my philosophy on dating. It's important to have somebody that can make you laugh. Somebody you can trust. Somebody that, you know, and most importantly someone that turns you on." (That quote is from One Tree Hill)

After the party was over, Nehal was so happy about her first victory she couldn't sleep that night so she decided to write a letter to Steven telling him what happened.

To: Steven

Yo guy how's it going?

I'm pretty good and I'm so happy to be Quidditch captain. We played our first game and guess what? We won! How cool is that? Well obviously it's pretty cool. Anyways, how's your love life going? Mine's not that great, I'm still single. Well write back soon! I'll be waiting.

Nehal Pradhan

Nehal got Harry's invisibility cloak out of his trunk. She heard someone stirring. "Uh oh!" thought Nehal. Nehal quickly put on the cloak and walked out of the boys dorms. She walked towards the owlery and found her owl Arrow. "Hey Arrow!"

"Hoot!" responded Arrow

Nehal tied the letter to Arrow's leg. But the door opened. Nehal quickly got the cloak on and standed still. Nehal couldn't see it who it was because apparently this person had an invisibility cloak on too except it was silver. The person walked over to an eagle owl.

Nehal suddenly sneezed, "Achoo!"

The person stopped dead in their tracks and dropped the letter they were holding. "Who's there?"

Nehal eye's widened when she saw that the mysterious person was not other than Draco Malfoy. "Shit." Nehal quickly covered her mouth remembering that she was invisible.

"Hello? Who's there?" Draco called out walking towards Nehal's direction

Nehal decided that since she was invisible, she might as well have fun with it.

Draco started to walk towards Nehal. Nehal put of her leg and Draco tripped. Nehal burst out laughing and then covered her mouth again.

Draco said, "Pradhan? Is that you?"

"I know what you did last summer." answered Nehal

"Ha ha very funny Pradhan. Now come out wherever you are!"

"Never!" Nehal picked up Draco's letter when he wasn't looking. She read the letter.

Dear Mother and Father:

How are you? I hope you are all doing very well. I'm fine here. Amanda and I are going out again. I hope you're pleased about this news father. We got a bunch of new exchange students again this year and one of them is Riley Applebalm. Remember him? Riley and I are best mates. We always look out for each other. But the bad news is that Saint Potter, Weasel and the Mud-blood still go here. I gotta go now but hopefully we will see each other soon.

From your son,

Draco

Nehal's eyes widened. All this stuff Draco was writing was all lies. Except for the part about Harry, Ron and Hermione sill being at the school. Nehal took off her cloak. "Malfoy."

Draco turned around. He saw Nehal had the letter. "Give me that." He grabbed the letter out of Nehal's hand.

Nehal looked at Draco. "Why are you writing lies to your family?"

"Because."

"Because why?"

"It's what my family expects me to act like or at least my father does."

"So your father wants you to go out with Amanda and become best mates with Riley?"

Draco said, "Yep, that's pretty much it."

"I know how you feel."

Draco raised his eyebrows.

Nehal said, "I always get into fights and I can be quite the bad-ass sometimes and my parents want me to be like my older sister who works at the ministry but when I'm older I don't want to be like my sister. I just want to branch out and do my own thing."

"Yeah I know your sister. She was at the barbeque right?"

"Yeah she was there. Sometimes I just feel like I am living in my sister's shadow."

(8) Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me (8)

Draco said, "So is that your cloak?"

Nehal laughed, "No it's Harry's!"

"You stole it from him?"

"Kind of. I went to the boys' dormitory and took it so yeah I did steal it."

Draco smirked, "Can I ask you something?"

"It's a free country."

"Do you know how Jackie's doing?"

"What do you mean how she's doing?"

"Well is she into other guys or is she still upset about…us."

Nehal wasn't really sure how to answer that question because she hadn't really talked to Jackie about it. "To be honest with you I have no idea."

"But you're her friend you should know."

Nehal walked closer to Draco. "Take my advice Malfoy, if you want her back you should talk to her soon before someone else sweeps her off her feet." And with that Nehal let Arrow go deliver Steven's letter and she walked off.

A/N: Hey peeps! Sorry that I haven't been updating in awhile, I've been really busy with school. (It's a killer) For the next chapter this is about Draco turning into a snake so I don't think you want to miss that!