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Authors Note: This chapter has a little more swearing than usual so readers and reviewers who don't like swearing, just mentally block it!
Chapter 12—Quidditch Match
Previously on Dating the Enemy
"That's a stupid question!" Brigette scoffed. "Obviously, I'd keep him! I'm not letting stupid Evans have him for herself! I deserve some happiness too Victoria. Life does NOT revolve around Lily! I absolutely despise her anyway!"
Victoria shook her head and started towards the door.
As she opened the door, she paused and said quietly:
"You're making a big mistake."
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After that conversation with Brigette, Victoria wasn't sure who she should side with but things were getting nasty between Lily and Brigette.
"Whoops!" Brigette cried in an 'I'm so sorry but you know I don't mean it voice.' "I'm soo clumsy!"
She had tripped Lily as she had been walking down the hall. Lily fell down hard, her books going everywhere.
Lily glared at Brigette. "Why you little son of a bitch."
Brigette flicked her hair off her shoulder her eyes alit with fire. "You should be talking. You little slut."
"The only slut around here is you!" Lily yelled, drawing curious spectators around. Most were surprised to see the goody-goody Lily Evans yell at her best friend and swear!
Brigette blanched. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me! You're an f-in little slut! So stop being a damn hypocrite and get the hell away from me."
Brigette glared and drew out her wand like a sword. Lily soon followed.
"Okay guys, okay," Victoria cried, rushing to her best friends. "Stop! Just stop it!"
However, Lily and Brigette weren't about to be calmed. Anger and jealousy that had been bottled up for so long was about to be released. Most people didn't realize that Lily and Brigette were quite powerful when it came to hexes.
Thankfully, Victoria knew what her friends were about to do, so she raised her wand and yelled, "Expelliarmus!"
Lily and Brigette's wands went flying out of their hands and into the grasp of Victoria, who looked quite angry. Groans emerged from the crowd behind her as the viewers saw that the fight was over.
"What are you guys looking at?" Victoria snapped at the eager spectators. "Scram!"
Groaning, the students left, muttering behind Victoria.
Slowly, Victoria turned around, her face contorted and red as a tomato. Lily and Brigette took a step back. They had never seen Victoria like this.
"What. The. Hell. Is. Wrong. With You. Two?" She seethed. "I can't believe you guys are doing this! You're supposed to be best friends!"
Brigette huffed and flicked her delicate nose in the air. "We were best friends Vicky. Until Evans here decided she was crushing on MY boyfriend."
"Don't even be talking Cleremont! You shouldn't even have READ my diary. Diaries are personal. But oh, wait. I forgot privacy doesn't extend to the Ice Princess here. She is above everybody else." Lily said quite nastily.
"Why you little—"
"SHUT UP!" Victoria screamed, startling the two ex-friends. "I'm SICK of this. You guys are acting so stupid! Who CARES if Lily likes James Brigette?"
"I do!" Brigette said fiercely. "James is mine and nobody else should like him!"
"B.S.!" Lily cried. "Everybody else can like who ever they chose!"
"No they can't!" Brigette retorted.
"Oh yeah? What about you Cleremont? Must we forget fourth year and when you started crushing hard on Derrick Whitman? Who's the hypocrite now?"
Brigette turned bright red.
"ENOUGH!" Victoria yelled. "Now, I don't want to here ANYTHING come from your mouths that include back talking about the other! NO hexing, cursing or planning revenge. You here?"
Brigette and Lily gave each other nasty looks before bowing there heads, as if Victoria was their mother.
"Yes Victoria."
"Good." Victoria threw the two back their wands and marched off.
Brigette and Lily flashed evil looks at each other before going in the opposite direction.
Lily, on the other hand, smirked as she fingered her wand lovingly. She had something in store for Brigette after she read her diary. There was no way that Lily was going to let Brigette off the hook for reading her personal thoughts.
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The week passed quickly and the two girls kept their promises. They didn't say anything to each other. In fact, they were downright silent.
This depressed Victoria because she loved how her friends used to tease each other and be their usual selves.
Stupid James. If only you knew how this plot was ruining our lives. Victoria thought lividly as she stabbed at a sausage.
If only Brigette hadn't agreed to help James win over Lily. If only James hadn't thought of the plot to win Lily over. Then she, Brigette and Lily would be sitting down at breakfast together, laughing and giggling together, discussing the newest issue of Witch Weekly (so Brigette and Lily) while Victoria would be doing her annual food race.
Victoria sighed as she put the sausage to her lips. Suddenly, she put the sausage link down and pushed her plate away. She suddenly wasn't hungry—which was a first.
God damn you James.
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The month of October soon melted away into November and it was the same thing everyday.
Quiet.
Victoria was loathing this but one thing brightened her up.
Quidditch.
Yes, the first match was steadily approaching and James was becoming a maniac.
However, Victoria enjoyed it because it gave her a chance to get away from her drama filled friends.
Before she knew it, Saturday arrived.
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The alarm clock went off in Lily's room at exactly nine fifteen a.m. on Saturday morning.
Hitting the 'off' button, Lily got up and got ready for the day.
Today was a Quidditch Match as Victoria had been saying all week and Lily was looking forward to it.
Applying a bit of lip-gloss to her lips, Lily smiled at her appearance before disappearing out of the Head Girl Dorm to the common room.
She knew James wouldn't be in here because James would be going through tactics over and over and over again. She witnessed enough at the training of Allison Stockard and Keith O'Connell.
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Walking into the Great Hall, Lily saw the Gryffindor team huddled up in the middle of the table. She spotted Victoria's brown ponytail the second she saw it. Victoria was the tallest girl on the team.
Walking over to her usual spot, Lily greeted Remus and sat down, buttering her usual slice of toast.
However, she didn't notice that Brigette was eyeing her in disgust two seats down.
Remus, on the other hand, noticed that look and asked quietly, "Brigette? Why do you have an unpleasant look on your face?"
Brigette paled quickly. Oh no! Remus saw her glaring at Lily! Even though she despised Lily, she didn't want Remus to know what was happening! He'd then tell James who would then call the entire thing off. And Brigette was NOT about to make that happen.
"Oh, Sirius farted." Brigette lied quickly.
Thankfully, it worked as Remus shoved his friend in disgust. "Merlin Sirius! Next time TELL us when you're about to pass gas!"
Brigette breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank god.
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"Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, the first match of the year!" Ted Jergens exclaimed. "Seriously, I'm surprised Hufflepuff is actually competing this year—they suck—"
"JERGENS!" Professor McGonagall shouted.
"Whoops."
Ted's comment was greeted with protests from the Hufflepuffs and laughter from the Gryffindors.
"You got to admit." Lily said to Remus. "Ted's quite funny."
Remus nodded. "I agree. He's a bit like Sirius."
Remus and Lily cut their eyes back to see Sirius flirt with a pretty brunette in an exceptionally short skirt. Lily was surprised that the girl wasn't freezing. It was only forty-one degrees.
Brigette smiled thinly. She knew that Lily's comment was right but she wasn't going to say ANYTHING until Lily apologized to her about liking her boyfriend.
However, right now, she was silently cursing herself for not being as beautiful as Lily.
Lily was wearing her wool black coat with the Gryffindor scarf neatly tucked in. Her dark, wavy (for this occasion) red hair was blowing around her face and her cheeks were rosy, setting off her sparkling emerald green eyes.
Lily looked like a beautiful snow angel, compared to Brigette, who wore her blonde hair in her usual braid making her look like the French beauty she was.
Yet, her beauty didn't shine as brightly as Lily's. Lily was like a one hundred watt light bulb, while Brigette's was a fifty watt.
Oh well. At least she still had James. That had to amount to something...
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"Aaannd here comes the Gryffindor team!" Ted shouted as cheers erupted. "Stockard, Woolnough, Mighon, O'Connell, Michaels, Davidson aand Potter!"
Lily clapped extremely hard for Victoria but Brigette had a nasty feeling that Lily was eyeing James...
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"And the Hufflepuffs come out! About time too—sorry Professor. Pierce, Keerdly, Johnson, Prescott, Mathers, McDreamy, aand Callister!"
The Hufflepuff side cheered as the Ravenclaws and Gryffindors booed. Sirius had magicked a huge sign that said 'HUFFLEPUFF SUCKS' and was waving it in the air.
"Madam Hooch comes out to start the match!" Ted shouted as the referee came out.
"I want a nice clean game!" Madam Hooch said, eyeing James, who was known to play dirty.
Madam Hooch eyed the players. "Mount your brooms!" She cried.
PHHFF.
"Aaannd THEY'RE OFF!" Ted screamed. "And it's Gryffindor in possession with James Potter with the Quaffle. He passes to new recruit Allison Stockard, who passes back to Potter, dodges a Bludger sent by Beater Quigley Mathers, passes to Sabrina Woolnough, speeds towards net yet again, winds back and—SHE SCORES. TEN-ZERO TO GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors erupted in cheers and Sabrina Woolnough; a fifth year pumped her fist in the air.
"Yes!" Lily shouted. "GO VICTORIA!"
"GO JAMES!" Brigette shouted.
Lily and Brigette's eyes met and they glared at each other.
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Up in the sky, Victoria was scanning her eyes for a glimpse of the Golden Snitch.
C'mon, c'mon, where are you? Victoria sped her broom up a bit, trying to catch a glimpse.
Unfortunately, Scott McDreamy, the Hufflepuff Seeker was keeping a close eye on Victoria, swerving to try to knock her off her broom.
"Oh you got to be kidding!" Victoria groaned as she maneuvered past a smirking McDreamy. "Get the hell outta my way!"
McDreamy sneered.
Victoria flicked him off but a smirk crossed her face. So he wanted to play dirty? Fine.
So would she.
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"AND MICHAELS HAS GONE INTO A DIVE!" Ted shouted, diverting everybody's attention to see the Gryffindor Seeker go into a seventy-foot dive.
"McDreamy is hot on her trail!" Ted shouted, his eyes glued to the concentrating Victoria. "He's almost with her."
Sixty feet—then forty feet—then twenty feet and then when Victoria was about seven feet away from the ground she suddenly pulled out of her dive, leaving a startled McDreamy to crash to the ground.
"HA HA!" Ted shouted, "Better luck next time McDreamy! Nobody can get past Victoria Michaels!"
The Gryffindors erupted in laughter and cheers as Victoria did a victory lap around the fallen Scott McDreamy.
Lily frowned. Even though the Hufflepuff Seeker deserved that, she still thought that was quite rude (not to mention dangerous).
"Atta girl Victoria!" Flynn Davidson, the Keeper yelled, clapping his hands in delight. "You show them!"
"Will do." Victoria remarked.
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Ten minutes later, the score was eighty to forty with Gryffindor in possession.
James had claimed five goals but he let the new Chaser, Allison Stockard score and let the more experienced Sabrina Woolnough score twice.
Now he was speeding down the field again, Quaffle under his arm.
His Beaters, Daniel Mighon and new boy Keith O'Connell were doing very well by hitting the Bludgers at the opponents. James was exceptionally pleased when Keith hit a Bludger at Lynn Pierce causing her to lose the Quaffle, letting Sabrina score the seventh goal.
"Potter in possession!" Ted shouted. "He's going down the field! For bloody sakes James, just score already! We know you're the best player on the damn team!"
"JERGENS!"
"It's true Professor!"
James grinned. He had decided to do a few loop-de-loops just to see what Ted would say and he got his reaction. The Gryffindor commenter was pissed.
James expertly threw the Quaffle to the third goal. To the surprise of the crowds, the Quaffle bounced off.
"And Potter doesn't score!" Ted shouted in surprise. "What the bloody hell is going on? Wait WAIT—STOCKARD GRABS THE QUAFFLE AND SCORES! NINTY-FORTY GRYFFINDOR! Looks like James knew what to do all along!"
James smirked as Allison grinned at scoring her second goal already. That was a bit of a play he had worked on. Try not to show off by scoring. He knew the score could be at least one hundred and fifty if he wanted too.
All of a sudden, Victoria went into a dive, plummeting downwards.
"And it looks like Michaels has seen the Snitch!" Ted shouted. "Let's just hope it's real this time and not the Wronski Feint! This was an excellent way of getting rid of annoying Seekers! Aha, looks like McDreamy is hesitant to follow after Michaels!"
It was true. After being flattened by the first time, Scott McDreamy didn't dare to follow Victoria as fast just in case he might get hurt again.
"C'MON VICKY!" Lily and Brigette shouted at the exact same time. "CATCH THE SNITCH!"
Victoria leaned forward just a bit, stretched her hand out and caught something gold and small.
The whistle blew.
"GRYFFINDOR WINS!" Ted shouted as the crowd exploded. "TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY TO FORTY! Better luck next time Hufflepuff!"
The entire Gryffindor team jumped on Victoria who was clutching the Snitch, a pleased expression gracing her face.
The Gryffindors ran onto the field as James looked about, he was caught off guard by a flash of blonde hair.
Brigette.
"Good job Jamie!" She squealed. "I knew you could do it!"
Yet James tuned her out as he searched for the red haired green-eyed beauty.
He found Lily hugging Victoria, laughing.
If only that were me. He thought sadly.
Soon, Brigette let go of James and went to go congratulate Victoria, leaving James alone.
"Great game mate!" Sirius and Remus appeared next to James, looking quite pleased.
"Thanks." James said distractedly, looking for Lily. Unfortunately, she disappeared.
"Party in the Common Room!" Sirius shouted. "I'll be back. Time to go nick some food from the kitchens! Let's go Moony!"
"Can't, I promised I'd meet Ashlynn." Remus replied calmly as Sirius made kissy noises. "Oh do shut up. She's just a friend."
"Uh huh, sure." Sirius said as Remus walked off. "A snog friend. Anyway, see ya in the Common Room mate."
"Yeah yeah." James said, not really caring. All he wanted was to find Lily.
"Excellent game James!" A voice right in front of him startled James.
Standing in front of him, he saw a cute Lily Evans.
"You played superb!" Lily said and hugged him.
It wasn't a passionate, intimate 'look at me I'm hugging James Potter' hug that Brigette usually gave him. It was more of a friendly 'good job' hug.
Needless to say, James was quite pleased as he hugged her back, noticing how good Lily smelled. Like sweet pea and lilies. It was a much better scent than the musky perfume Brigette wore. He wanted to dry heave every time he smelled that.
Just as Lily was about to pull away, there was a, "What the hell is going on?"
Letting go of James, Lily looked at an angry Brigette Cleremont. "What do you wa—?" Lily started but was cut off as Brigette's fist went flying towards Lily's face!
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OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo, I'm so evil. Cliffy! grins evilly Hehe, lemme leave you in suspense for a while.
I hope this gave you the L/J action some of you guys wanted! It may not be a lot but it counts for something right? I thought so.
To all my fellow Greek reviewers CHRISTOS ANESTI. The Greek Easter was last Sunday.
P.S. I had this chapter written up on the 25th but FanFiction wouldn't let me post it so this may be a week late. Anyway.
Until next week!
--Greekchic.
