Nothing much to say before this chapter except.. uhm... I'm still writing like crazy because I have a lot of energy to just let loose..
Enjoy chapter five, kiddies!
--Chapter Five--When Angelina had gotten on about Katie's not coming to the try-outs to at least support them, Lee jumped in with the excuse that Katie would be tutoring him. Angelina's eyes buldged, "You aren't trying out either?! Lee!! I thought we were gonna go for this together!"
George clapped Angelina on the back, in attempts to calm her down, "Angelina, calm down. Really. if Lee is stupid and Katie wants to try and cure that, you should let her."
"Hey!" Lee put his hand to his heart in mock saddness at George's words. "That hurt. I thought we were supposed to be friends."
Katie laughed at the two of them, as she came down from the girls' dorm with her school bag. "He is your friend Lee," she said simply, a small smile in place. "Friends tell each other the truth." Lee pretended to think about this logic, and in the end, shrugged it away and took a seat on the couch.
Fred emerged from the boys dorm in a hurry. He skipped over most of the stairs and hurried across the common room, only to run back over to Angelina and George, "Hurry up! I can't be late! I bet the others are already down there! You know if we're one minute late, we won't have a chance at making the team!"
With this bit of information, the three quickly dashed off, forgetting one of their number. Only seconds later after their departure, Alicia appeared, broomstick in hand. "Where did they-- Did they leave-- Oh my-- How could they-- I'm going to kill Fred!" And faster than the partial sentences she had managed to spit out, Alicia was gone.
The next ten minutes passed in silence. In that ten minutes, Katie had successfully started her Charms essay. It wasn't until she noticed Lee staring out of the nearby window, did she speak.
"Lee," she began softly, "why aren't you going out for the Quidditch team? I know you really wanted to, or at least you said so around Fred and George often enough."
"I'm no Quidditch player," he mumbled sadly, "I wish I were, but I'm not." He turned his attention to his homework that was to be done over the weekend. "Alright, so how long does this essay of our's have to be?"
Katie couldn't help but feel bad for her friend. Even he couldn't try for the team, he could have gone out there and supported those who did, but instead he stayed with Katie. "You know," she began slowly, knowing she was going to regret this, "if you want, we could go out to the field and watch the guys try-out, right?"
"I don't want you to be uncomfortable, you know, with the whole height--" but Katie shook her head and insisted. When Lee tried to refuse once again, she crossed her arms and gave him 'the look.' That look was all he truly needed to get a move on. "Alright, alright! You win, we'll go."
"And then we can all work on our homework later on, together," Katie concluded resolutely.
"Yeah!" Lee agreed, hopping up from the couch. "Let's go."
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Boy I wish I felt this brave now up this high, like I did in the common room, Katie thought as she and Lee took their seats in the stands. I hate heights with a bloody passion!
Lee patted her reassuringly on the shoulder, then quickly jumped up and cheered loudly when Alicia mounted on her broom and kicked off from the ground, which gave Katie a near heart attack. The moment he yelled out like he did, she assumed the stands were crumbling right underneath them.
Her hand flew out and grabbed his arm. With strength she didn't know she possessed, she yanked Lee back down to his seat, her face a bit paler than usual. "Perhaps you should just sit down, quietly." She put a harsh emphasis on the word 'quietly,' showing how clearly petrified and sick she was, just from being so high off of solid ground.
The Quidditch try-outs were a bit longer than Katie liked, but then again, there were an aweful lot of Gryffindors out to try out for the available spots. There were only four spots opened, two chasers and two beaters. Though Katie didn't know too much about the very popular sport, she could tell that her friends were more than qualified to be on this team.
Once she became a bit comfortable, though still very alert, she began to look over the three members on the team, currently. Lee told her who each of them were. The first boy he pointed out, was Kyle Whittner. The second boy he pointed out was Miles Greene. Katie found it suprising that this Miles person was on the team; he didn't look like he could tell the difference between a broomstick and a tree. He must have been some good though.
The third boy Lee pointed out, Katie already knew by accidental meeting. Oliver, wonderful accent, Wood. So far, the crush she had developed, had sustained over the summer. He looked like such a pleseant person up close, but as far as she could see, he looked like an intimidating fourteen year old who was all about Quidditch.
Little did she know that that was exactly what he was.
The Kyle boy said something to the group of hopeful Gryffindors, then quickly sent them all away. Once those on the feild began to leave, Lee and Katie rose from their seats and exited thae stands, much to Katie's reliefe.
Alicia dragged her broomstick behind her with a long face, dragging her feet and she continued down the corridors toward Gryffindor Tower. George walked beside her, trying to cheer her up by telling her she tried her best and that was all anyone could ask for.
Fred and Angelina got into a fairly loud arguement about who would be making the team, and who would be cut. It wasn't until Katie and Lee turned up, that any of them really smiled after such a grusome try-out. "You guys were way better than anyone else on the team!" Lee threw his fist into the air and whooped loudly.
"They have to be real dolts in order not to pick any of you guys," Katie added in a more calmer fashion. "I was pretty impressed by what I saw."
"What happened to trying to rid Lee of his stupidness?" Fred questioned after sticking his tongue out an Angelina, just to further any point he had earlier made. "Did you cure him of it so fast?"
The rest of the way to the tower, conversation was light, but it was obvious they were worried about who would fill in the four spots. When conversation lagged, their gazes would become distant, and they would lose themselves in thought. Katie once again, felt terrible for her freinds. Though she was certain that they would each have a place on the team, she knew the suspense was eating away at them, bit by bit.
That night, they stayed up late in the common room, basking in the silence, allowing it and the tension to swallow them whole. Even Fred and George were silent, which was a rarity for them. Angelina was spralwed out on the couch, eyes staring into the fire the crackle silently in the fireplace. Katie was seated in one armchair with her legs crossed under her, while Alicia was seated in the other, legs dangling over one end of the armchair, her head resting on the other arm. The twins found seats on the floor, while Lee sat on the stairs leading up to the dormitories.
All was silent, and dead depressing.
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"Ah, man, I didn't make the cut. Those Weasley gits got in over me," a seventh year boy growled and punched his fist into an open palm. "Oh well, we should have good team, reguardless." The older boy walked away, walking past the six sleeping Gryffindors.
A fifth year girl looked over the postings of the new Quidditch team, then looked at the sleeping group. She rolled her eyes and smiled, "I wonder if they know that they made the team?" With a small laugh, she walked off, not bothering to wake them, heading off to breakfast.
Several more students allowed them to sleep, but it was Percy, Fred and George's older brother, that finally woke them up with the news. "Wake up you two! Sleeping in the common room, and on the floor, no less!" He pushed Fred with the toe of his shoe, who instantly snorted and turned over to his other side. "You're both hopeless!"
Percy's endless babbles did; however, wake up Angelina, who growled several curses under her breath. "Bloody hell, Percy, it's too early to be yelling at Fred and George." Her voice came out creaky as well as whiney.
"Then perhaps you lot don't care that you made the team?" Percy ran his fingers through his red hair, then sighed and turned away from the bunch, to make his way out of the common room. "Hopeless, all of them."
Angelina turned over on the couch and attempted to go back to sleep, but then Percy's words took full effect. Her dark brown eyes snapped open and she quickly jumped up. "We made the team?" She climbed ovre the back of the couch and crossed the common room to the the bulliten board where the team was posted. Her name was there. She jumped into the air and clapped her hands together. "I made the team!!"
Another snort escaped Fred, but this time he stirred as he slowly woke up. He rubbed the sleepiness away from his eyes and squinted at Angelina's jumping form, his brain not processing her shrieks of joy. He blinked a few times, then quicklt elbowed George in the but.
"Oof," came his twin's painful groan. "Fred, whaddya want?"
Angelina hurried over to the twins and hugged them tightly, laughing as she did so, "We made it! Fred, George, we made it!" Even after this was said, even after Alicia and Katie woke up to join in on the celebrating, even after Lee finally woke up to the loud shrieks, Fred and George still needed to be officially woken up and told the good news.
"George, come on wake up!" Katie shook George with all her might, but he simply waved her off and attempted to get back to sleep.
"Ah, forget them, they'll find out sooner or later," Alicia gave Fred one final push before completely giving up. For a total of three seconds all fell silent, then Angelina, Alicia and Katie all hugged each other and jumped up and down in pure excitement.
Katie was so happy, and she didn't even make the team. It was amazing that she felt so good about the accomplishments of her freinds. The four available postions had went to her friends, and it was simply brilliant. The Gryffindor house would definately have the youngest team. Four second year students, a fourth year student and two seventh year students. While others mainly consisted of fifth year students and up.
The entire day seemed to reflect their moods, perfect in every way. Despite all the smiles, jokes and laughter, Katie still felt there was something wrong, and she knew exactly what. Though Lee was unbelievably happy for his friends, he was also quite on the jealous side as well. He had told her that he wasn't much of a Quidditch player, but she knew he wanted to be involved with the game somehow. That's when an idea came to her.
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Another day... another chapter.. and I'm still writing..
Keep my ego growing by filling my head with needless praise on how great I'm doing with this... Oh,.. yeah.. And review.. of course..
Later, kiddies.
-Richi Sama-