Chapter 38
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It was Quidditch at last.
"Okay guys you know what to do, right?" Nehal paced up and down in the change room.
Trey, Mitchell, Jamie, Westley and Jackie nodded.
"Man, I'm so glad Jackie's back! We sucked without her!" said Westley.
Jackie blushed while everyone thumped her back welcoming her to 'their tribe' like Trey liked to call it. Trey and Mitchell had both come to the conclusion that Hogwarts Quidditch wasn't gay. It was actually pretty competitive and assiduous.
"So this is not an ordinary Quidditch match is it Nehal?" asked Mitchell.
"No guys, but there's still a cup, with a guarantee that our names are gonna be on there!" Nehal said rather enthusiastically.
"So what's the catch?" asked Jamie who was silent all this while.
Nehal took a seat beside Jamie and said, "Well…as you know, this is to cheer up the student body of the school. So the teams are playing in a tournament way. It's only three teams anyways." She glanced at Jackie. "And Ravenclaws missing their captain." She smirked at that thought of a missing Riley. "So we drew in third. Ravenclaw plays Hufflepuff and we already know the outcome-"The Gryffindor Quidditch team could hear the Hufflepuff's groaning as Ravenclaw scored…again.
"Yeah, so what's the drill?" asked Westley.
"Well both the teams are missing a chaser. Fair play. Keeper has a bad eye to the left, so that's our right Jamie." joked Nehal trying to make him feel better.
Jamie made a face at his girlfriend.
"Jackie make sure we are at least 40 points ahead before, you make an attempt to go after the snitch. Ravenclaw seeker not that good, so do some fakes to wear him out."
Jackie nodded perfectly understanding what Nehal was instructing her to do. Jackie loved how Nehal took Quidditch so seriously it was one of her favorite sports and she liked the fact that Nehal was captain.
"The beaters are tough though." Nehal glanced at the Bash Brothers.
"Nothing we can't handle sweetie." said Trey winking at Nehal. Both Jackie and Jamie saw this exchange. Jackie smiled while Jamie frowned.
"Yeah! We're the unbeatables!" Mitchell grinned.
In the distance they heard Fiona declaring, "AND RAVENCLAW WINS! Will they be any match to the Gryffindors? Find out because here they come!"
"Let's go team! Let's show what were made of!" Nehal opened the door to loud cheers.
The song Final Countdown started playing in the background. (It's like a song that pumps you up, for sporting events and it's just fun to listen to)
Danielle and the other Gryffindor cheerleaders performed a new cheer just for this special occasion.
Fiona spoke into the microphone, "And here they come led by Nehal Pradhan Quidditch captain and head girl and a good friend of mine. Moving on…" Fiona then announced the rest of the team members in a bored tone of voice.
Madame Hooch took her place as a referee on the Quidditch pitch. "Captains shake hands!"
Nehal shook hands with a nervous boy filling in for Riley.
Fiona said, "The game has officially started! The Quaffle is taken by Bell, nice swerve, pass it to Pradhan, no Quaffle taken by Ravenclaw chaser and he score-NO! Quaffle has been stopped by Thomas. Quaffle has been taken by Pradhan-ouch! Nice hit by Ravenclaw beater. Oh! He's a looker! Pradhan has dropped the Quaffle taken up by …wait who is that again? Oh! That must have hurt! Two bludgers at once-Nice one Bash Bros! Quaffle taken by Bell and he scores. Ravenclaw in position-no Gryffindor-Bell-Ravenclaw scores. Bell takes Quaffle and scores again making it 60-10. "
Jackie was listening to the commenting and saw the snitch. The Ravenclaw seeker was about to go after it when she blocked him. She saw the snitch and went after it as fast as she could.
"Oh my god!" announced Fiona, cupping a hand over her lips in shock. "GRYFFINDOR WINS THE CUP!"
Professor McGonagall was so delighted. She clapped her hands excitedly. She Cupped Snape's face and gave him a long lingering kiss. Fiona was about to comment on that kiss when McGonagall gave her a stern and evil look. Fiona shyed away but then McGonagall felt bad and gave her a hug.
Everyone landed on the ground and all the Gryffindors cheered and had a nice old group hug.
"Omg!" said Nehal amazed. "I can't believe we actually won the Quidditch cup! This is so awesome!"
"I know!" Jackie squealed and hugged Nehal.
The cheerleaders cheered, "Go, go Gryffindor! Go, go Gryffindor!"
"Yeah alright we did it! Thanks to you Nehal!" Mitchell kissed Nehal on the cheek making Jamie instantly jealous.
That sweet kiss reminded Jackie of Draco. She wished he could be here with her. Jackie then noticed Colt in the distance looking glum. Jackie glared at him, boy would she love to give him a piece of her mind.
Danielle skipped over to the victorious group. "Congratulations!"
"Thanks, where's Heather?" asked Jackie.
Danielle shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. She never showed up."
Nehal was getting lifted by the guys. She sat on Trey and Mitchell's shoulders. "Let's go party! Wahoo! Gryffindor rocks!"
They all went and partied in the Gryffindor common room.
Jamie didn't like the fact that all the guys were all with Nehal and were standing close to her. His jaw clenched. Although he wasn't one to use violence if something happened to Nehal he would be sure to give his own team mates a knuckle sandwich they would never forget.
"Hey Jamie!" said Parvarti.
"Hey Parvarti." greeted Jamie. He made sure Nehal could see him and then he kissed Parvarti on the cheek making her giggle. Jamie then walked away casually, ignoring Nehal.
Nehal excused herself from the guys and walked over to Danielle and Jackie. "Who does he think he is?" She took a gulp of her butter beer.
"He's just making you jealous Nehal." explained Danielle. "He's playing you hot and cold. Gosh, I hate it when guys do that to you. It's so annoying. In a way it's like their testing you just to see if you have potential."
"Really?" said Jackie. "I never knew that."
Nehal shrugged her shoulders. "I'm just happy that we won the cup with me as captain. Besides I don't give a damn about him kissing skanks on the cheek." Nehal started dancing to the music that was being played. She danced with every boy she could find excluding Jamie because he was trying to make her jealous, and she was just having a good time!
"Guys I gotta go." said Nehal.
"Where are you going?" asked Westley curiously.
"Visiting Daryl."
"We'll all come!" said Mitchell. "Jackie, Jamie, come on!"
"Um…I'll skip." said Jackie. She was pretty exhausted from the match and just wanted to go to bed.
"Yeah me too!" Jamie glared at Nehal.
Nehal shrugged and walked off with Trey, Mitchell and Westley behind her.
In the hospital wing…
Daryl was lying in bed. He had suffered some injuries from the battle. This was his fourth day in the hospital wing! Along with many other students who had serious injuries. "So…how were we?" Daryl asked weakly.
"Brilliant! We missed you!" said Nehal pulling up a chair to sit beside him.
"Yeah Ravenclaw sucked without Riley." said Westley.
Daryl laughed lightly.
Nehal smiled at him. "Daryl, you're going to make a great captain next year."
"Thanks."
"Well we should probably get back to the party but get well soon dude." said Trey giving Daryl props.
"Alright, come visit me again. It's mighty boring here."
"Yeah I figured." Nehal said remembering the times she spent in the hospital wing. She spun around. "Oh Daryl, you're also going to be a great therapist when your older."
"How do you know?" asked Daryl. "You've never asked me for a session."
Nehal laughed. "I can just tell by the kind of person you are."
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Heather decided not to go to the Quidditch match or the after party which she didn't find about till later. She just wasn't in the mood to be cheered up. She went looking for Timmy in the corridors but there was no sign of him anywhere. Just then a flyer blew in her face.
Cat's in free before 11:00 at The Three Broomsticks
"Uh oh." said Heather. She rushed over to The Three Broomsticks. She went up to a random bouncer guy and gave him some money to be let inside.
"Stay away from my wife!" Timmy meowed at an ogre.
"TIMMY!" shouted Heather. "You can't just go off drinking!"
"Meow." shrugged Timmy.
"Hey it's you!" said Oliver walking towards a surprised Heather and drunk Timmy.
"Oh, hi!" replied Heather.
"What are you doing here?" asked Oliver. He didn't expect to see her again after the grad trip.
"I was looking for my cat."
"I think he's had too much to drink." observed Oliver.
"Yeah…I don't know what to do!" cried Heather. "Anyways why are you here?"
Oliver said, "We had a Quidditch game but it got cancelled since Voldemort died."
Heather didn't really feel like talking to him. She had wasted so much time on him that could've been for Vlad.
"Okay…" said Oliver because Heather had been quiet for a while. He didn't really like the tension between the two of them.
"How's Darren?" asked Heather.
Oliver stared at her. "You want to know? After he spent that night at the casino with you, you completely ignored him!"
Heather stared back at him. "I had just seen my boyfriend. I didn't really feel like talking to him."
"Oh you have a boyfriend?" asked Oliver.
"I did." answered Heather sadly.
"Oh crap. I have such bad timing. You two broke up?"
"He died." Heather stood up abruptly. "I have to go."
Oliver watched Heather and Timmy leave the Three Broomsticks.
A/N: Hey peeps! Wow sorry this chapter is short. But stay tuned for the next chapter which is of a Hogsmeade weekend!
