The Catch
The whizzing sound of the golden snitch. His favourite sound, it get louder as he drew closer to the flying ball. Slytherin's seeker was right on his tail. 'Just a bit faster ' he thought. His hand reached out and so did his opponent's. The snitch started to fly higher and the seeker's followed. The ball did a sudden drop and Gryffindor's seeker swung his legs around so he was sitting on his broom and dropped back. His body swung from the broom and he reached out and grabbed the golden snitch.
'James Potter has caught the golden snitch! Gryffindor wins 220-90!' The crowd went wild and James re-mounted his broom properly and did a lap of the field. He looked into the crowd. He saw a flash of red hair. Lily Evans. She was laughing with one of her friends. Her green eyes rolled and her pink lips seemed to be mouthing "show-off." His heart dropped, now matter what Lily Evans would always think that he was an arrogant prick. He flew down to the pitch where his teammates enveloped him an a huge hug.
'Well done mate' Roger Jones yelled out. He was the captain of the team, a fine good chaser. Emma Bromley smiled at him. She was very attractive Emma and she was obviously fond of him. She had wavy blonde hair and blue eyes.
'Awesome catch' she told him giggling slightly.
'Thank you' he responded, 'you had some great saves' He nodded and then walked into the change room. Once he was changed he walked out into the court yard where he always met his friends after a match. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were his best mates. His other friend…he hardly considered a friend but he was good for a laugh every now and then.
'Good one Prongs' Sirius called out as James walked closer. James smiled and ruffled his hair.
'It was b-b-b-rillantly done James! Well done!' Sirius shut his eyes and squeezed his lips together trying not to laugh.
'Thanks' James laughed out. James sat down under their tree and gazed out at the courtyard. Several people came by and gave him their compliments. He loved the attention after a well played game and quite frankly all games were well played. One compliment mattered to him most and he never got it. Lily Evans walked by with Chloe Campbell her best friend.
'Catch the game Evans?' James called out.
'Yes I did' Lily responded curtly
'What you think of it?' James asked putting his hands behind his head and leaning back.
'I thought it was a good match'
'Just a good match?' Peter Pettigrew called out, 'it was an amazing match! Did you see James catch!' Sirius started howling.
'Quite frankly I don't think that little stunt was necessary' Lily said looking straight at James, 'you could have just dove down and caught it. You only pulled that trick so all the girls would fancy you and so that the whole school would be buzzing about James Potter's winning catch'
'Doesn't sound too bad does it mate?' Sirius asked.
'Not bad at all' James replied, 'but your wrong Evans'
'Wrong?'
'Yes your wrong because you still won't go out with me' Lily stood there for a second not knowing what to say.
'I think you got her there' Sirius whispered.
'Does this mean you'll go out with me?' James asked a sly grin spreading on his face that would make most girls melt.
'No!' she said and stormed off with Chloe in tail who turned back towards the boys smiling.
'Nice try James' Lupin said as he glanced up from his book. Arguments with Lily Evans were no longer entertaining. They occurred on a daily basis, usually more than once.
'You know what I think Moony?' James asked looking over at his friends face hidden behind a book, 'I think you need to stop reading all the time and live a little' James never had the urge to pick up a book and start reading like Lupin did. Lupin studied hard and his marks usually reflected that. He excelled in Defence Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration.
'We do have a paper due tomorrow James' reminded Lupin, 'it may not hurt for you to pick up a book for a change' James had completely forgotten that a paper was due.
'An essay?' James was confused, 'What essay?'
'Twenty inch essay on werewolves' Lupin said as a matter of factly. James could not believe that Lupin was suggesting that he actually read for that assignment.
'Remus! Why should I pick up a book for that! It's on werewolves!' James shouted out. Lupin looked around anxiously making sure nobody was in ear shot, a few people looked over towards them and then resumed their conversations.
'SHH!' Lupin said anxiously. 'Let's not broadcast that here!'
'Ok' James said in a low whisper, 'Can you not just help us out a bit?'
'He's got a point Moony' Sirius said, ' I mean you're a werewolf, what's the point in picking up a book when you know it all?' Lupin felt obligated to help out his friends,
'Ok. I'll help you guys but I'm not going to write it for you. You have a question about it, then ask me' Everybody felt that that was fair and they set off to the common room to work on the essay.