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Lupin, Chelsea and Daisy stood by the tree in pure shock, mouths wide open gaping at the sight in front of them……
"They just walked away together….." said Lupin still gaping.
"Without fighting" replied Chelsea.
"Without screaming" said Daisy staring.
"Without hitting" said Lupin again.
"Without a nose bleed".
"Without …..without …..without" stuttered Lupin "Alright am I seeing things?"
"Without James getting an erection perhaps?" a voice suddenly interrupted. "I thought it was rather entertaining myself!" continued Sirius as he appeared from behind the tree, his feet just skimming the grass as he continued to do slow laps on his new Nimbus 900.
"I think hell just froze over," said Daisy muttering an old muggle saying as she plonked herself back onto the grass, the other two following suit.
"JESUS SIRIUS!" yelped Chelsea, "Do you want to give me a heart attack?"
"Ahhh I'll think you'll find m'dear" said Sirius lounging back on the broom, "that a heart attack is a strictly a muggle medical problem therefore you're immune." He continued smirking slightly. "Don't worry though……there's no need to be alarmed they're not a couple in fact….Lily probably still hates his guts but I think they've agreed to be friends….not that I was following them or anything…." he said trailing off slightly.
"Oh shut up Sirius!" said Daisy interrupting and wiping the smug grin off his face.
"That was weird….. Lily was so …..well… she was …..to be honest really nice to Prongs….it was really strange, he hasn't slipped anything into her pumpkin juice has he?" said Lupin eyeing of Sirius suspiciously from underneath the tree
Sirius raised his hands in defence, "Not that I know of….but hey if James can't get women with his own natural skills then that's his problem, some of us are just naturally talented!" he said winking at Daisy as his broom slowly started descending to the ground.
"Oh yeah…..In your dreams Black!" retorted Daisy folding her arms across her chest.
"Oh you know you want me……besides we have Quidditch practise soon and Prongs will flip if we're late again!"
"Ahhh technically I think you'll find you were the one who was late…..and as tragic as it may be… not by any stretch of the imagination do I want you or your body."
"Ouch, see now you're just bruising my ego"
"Oh stop being such prick Black….can't you ever just shut up?"
Lupin watched as Daisy and Sirius continued to bicker as they made their way down to the Quidditch Pitch two heads slowly bobbing off in the distance, as him and Chelsea continued to lounge back on the tree.
"Do you think Lily could really be interested in James?" asked Chelsea lazily her head lolling back slightly.
"I don't know…..possibly I've always thought they've had a connection deep down….I mean Daisy just thinks it's a pure sexual attraction but I dunno it could work." He answered his senses suddenly alive as he realized how close he was to Chelsea. "Do you want to go watch the Quidditch practise ….no doubt the W.O.W.S.J will be down there but Sirius and Daisy seem to be rather fired up and it could be interesting…." He said trailing off.
"Sure….do you want to go grab Lily….you never know she may be interested in watching a certain someone" said Chelsea laughing as she pulled herself up.
Lupin looked up and suddenly stopped all movement towards getting up as he caught sight of Chelsea. Her chestnut brown hair was catching the sunlight behind and her eyes were glinting as she looked down at him……
"Hello!" she laughed "Earth to Remus! Are you coming or are we going to try and send telepathic messages to her?"
He jumped up quickly….how embarrassing he hadn't realised he'd been staring at her for so long as they made their way up towards the Hall to grab a bit of lunch and get Lily before the training started.
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Lupin, Lily and Chelsea had met Hannah and Zach - another 7th year Gryffindor on their way down to the pitch and had settled down into benches halfway between each end so they could watch what was going on easily. Of course the W.O.W.S.J was already there perched with their signs waiting, but Lily was really just ignoring them. It's not like James would be interested in girls like them anyway…….would he? Hang on ….not that she would care…..she simply agreed to be civil with him……yeah that was right……
Once again though Lily's train of thought had been interrupted as Sirius spotted the group of them from his spot on the ground.
"MMMMOOOOOOOONNNYYYY" he yelled as he jumped on his broom and sailed up towards them …
"Zach my man what's up?" he said happily high fiving Zach before continuing to circle the group with his broom. "James is in a particularly happy mood today……no thanks to you of course!" he said winking at Lily before continuing to start doing loops above their heads.
"WEEEEE"
"BLACK GET YOUR ARSE DOWN HERE WE'RE ABOUT TO START!" Lily looked down to see a rather angry Daisy hands on hips standing on the ground. Her blonde hair pulled up into a messy ponytail and her Quidditch robes on she looked rather menacing. But Black was ignoring her and continued to roll upside down on his broom above their heads.
Knowing Daisy, Lily sensed what was about to happen and took cover jumping off her seat, pulling poor Hannah down with her as they saw Daisy hop on her broom and belt a bludger straight towards them. Sirius spotting it just in time pulled his broom upwards and it went sailing straight past them…..
"Really Daisy" he yelled at her. "If you want to release your sexual frustrations….. there's no need for that….. you can just tell me and I'll meet you in the locker room after!" he smiled down at her as little gasps erupted from the other end of the stadium.
It appeared the little fan club was in shock Daisy wasn't taking him up on such an offer!
Instead Lily laughed as she saw Daisy jump on her broom, now extremely red in the face and sporting a temper to match Lily's began flying straight towards Sirius in what appeared was a personal game of 'let's see how much I can hurt him'.
"I knew this would be entertaining!" said Zach slinging an arm casually around Hannah. Zach and Hannah had been going out since the end of 6th year and we're now the longest relationship in Gryffindor, much to the disgust of Sirius who actually didn't really believe in relationships…..more just different girls and different times …..not that he ever went out of his way to hurt anyone.
Lily's heart skipped a beat as she saw James emerge from the change rooms once again to a little applause from the fan club. His stick casually swung over his shoulder, he wasn't dressed like the rest of the team in his Quidditch robes instead he had the same pants on as the day he was on the train and some sort of light blue polo shirt. He'd obviously just changed and his hair was once again sticking up in odd places.
Lily noticed now that the stadium was half full….it appeared that most of Gryffindors' 5th year and up had come out to watch along with most of 7th year Ravenclaw and Huffelpuff…..Lily hadn't really thought about it but the Gryffindor team was actually quite popular…..well at least James wouldn't notice she'd come to watch with so many other people and get a big head.
"I see you watching someone in particular" said Chelsea whispering so that only Lily could hear her. "Oh shut up Chelsea" she snapped back "We're only friends for god sake….I said that I would tolerate him normally if he would stop being so arrogant that's it!" But to this response Chelsea just raised her eyebrows and turned her attention back to the practise.
More and more people had appeared as training had worn on and it was dark before they knew it. Someone had bewitched a light to shine above them so that everyone could see. Lily didn't know what was wrong with her….. she couldn't help watching James ……. His muscles flexing as he went for a dive, his movements were so smooth and it was like he knew exactly where he was going, like on the Quidditch Pitch nothing else mattered except getting the Snitch.
By the time they finished it was very dark and the only light was coming from the bewitched one above them. It seemed the whole stadium was full now bar the Slytherins of course. Even McGonagall, Hagrid, Flitwick and Dumbledore had made their way out to watch fashioning themselves a place in the Teacher's stand.
James went to finish up but being such a warm night everyone began protesting….it seemed most were quite happy sitting watching and having casual conversations with their friends. Some had even brought their dinner down with them! So instead James called a fun game splitting the Gryffindor team in half he began addressing the rest of the stadium …..
"Anyone who wants to play….get your arses down here!" he said smiling his teeth flashing in the light.
Quite a few people began making their way down to the pitch, even a few from the Ravenclaw team went down to play. Chelsea suddenly pulled Lupin up -
"Come on lets go play on Daisy's team and get Sirius!" she smiled happily yanking Lupin out of his chair, he grumbled slightly as he made his way down to the pitch. Not that he was a really bad player, quite the opposite really, 5 summers of playing with Sirius and James had made him quite the skilled Chaser but it was just being do darn close to Chelsea all the time was making him very jittery.
Lily was left alone in her seat as she watched Zach and Hannah go down to play as well. It was a funny game to watch in the end even if Lily was by herself, it did have its perks though, she could watch James all she wanted without anyone noticing let alone having to point it out. It had also been funny watching Sirius and Daisy on opposing team, both missing no opportunities to absolutely belt the bludgers towards each other, there were quite a few narrow misses in the end.
Finally at 10:00 after nearly 7 hours of Quidditch, McGonagall told them it was far too late and that they should all go off to bed now. People slowly began making their way back to castle the rest of team trudging into the locker room …extremely sweaty for a well deserved shower. Lily though didn't feel much like going down to bed and instead she lay on her back in the stands watching the stars for awhile letting the wind softly blow around her.
It was still quite a warm night and Lily slipped off her socks and shoes padding her way down to the pitch and letting the grass brush her toes and she went to make her way out of the stadium. But a voice interrupted her –
"Hey!" said a voice slightly above her, "I didn't realise anyone was still here!" said James his hair completely wind swept and sticking up and every possible angle. He made a smooth landing and smiled at her, Lily suddenly realised why some girls went crazy when James smiled...oh god why was she thinking about James like that?
"Me either" she replied as for some reason they began to walk towards the change rooms.
"It's nice just to fly alone sometimes" said James absent mindly "No one to interrupt you, or send a bludger your way" he continued cracking into a smile, as he started to pull his shirt off his head, Lily could see tiny beads of sweat running across the top of his back as all his muscles flexed pulling it off, his hair sticking up and his cheeks the tiniest tinge of pink underneath his tanned features.
"Sorry I'm kind of sweaty, it was a long training" he continued placing his broom against the bench where a crate of balls sat, Lily just shrugged, really she didn't mind James having his shirt off…… not even she could deny that he had a good body. Besides she was over completely hating him for the moment…..they'd both agreed to be civil to each other at least.
Lily placed her shoes on the bench and just sighed looking up at the stars. She'd never really been a big fan of astronomy or Divination ….really she just liked looking at them….they were peaceful in comparision to so many other things.
"How come I didn't see you playing today?" asked James running his hand through his hair absentmindedly.
"Ha!" snorted Lily, "Obviously you've never had the comic relief of me attempting to ride a broom Potter" she smiled at herself remembering how she had fallen off in her very first flying lesson. "I've only ever ridden once and trust me….it was complete disaster!"
James stumbled backwards in a mock shocked state pretending as if he'd hit with an arrow in the heart.
"Only ridden a broom once!" he asked his eyes wide with actual shock this time. Lily just shrugged, she didn't like bringing up her lack of skill on a broom as most people seemed to love it for some reason.
"Well I'll guess we'll just have to change that won't we!" said James a wild, exuberant smile creeping onto his face. Lily almost laughed at how excited he was, on the top of his toes bouncing a little as he swung his hand down and grabbed his broom.
"Are you out of your mind!" Lily questioned. "Do you really think I'm getting on that broom!"
"Not by yourself you're not," said James offering her the broom.
"No way Potter!" said Lily backing away, "Not in a million years!" Lily said continuing to move slowly away from him.
James just shrugged in his careless way and pretended to just turn around as Lily let out a huge sigh of relief, but the breath had only just escaped her before James using his quick reflexes had jumped forward and for the second time that day swung her straight over his bare shoulder.
"Ohh I hate you James Potter" Lily moaned this time not bothering to fight knowing that against the strength he had from Quidditch it was really a lost cause.
He just chuckled and plonked her down on the now hovering broom. Still chuckling to himself he slid on behind her and just laughed
"Don't worry I hate you too sometimes" he said before wrapping his body round her grabbing her hands onto the broom and pulling the both of them into the steepest dive upwards that Lily had ever seen.
Stopping all of a sudden James pulled the broom straight again as that sat nearly 50 foot above the ground……
"You need to relax a little," he laughed, swinging his bare feet back and forth as the broom sat hovering above the ground.
"Hmph" replied Lily…..she wasn't scared of heights or anything but right now she was rather breathless. James's hands were warm and full of what seemed like electricity. Quite a lot bigger than Lily's he had them wrapped round hers and the broom and Lily could feel every crease in his hands they were holding so tightly to hers. With only his pants on Lily could feel every curve of his chest and shoulders through her clothes the top of his arms pressing into her own and their feet casually brushing as the wind swept past them.
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Daisy sat out on the Gryffindor balcony…..she loved it out here especially on beautiful nights like this….it was like her own little place…..not many people ever bothered to come out, they all forgot the little balcony Gryffindor had. Unlike any of the other houses there's overlooked the Quidditch Pitch as well as Hagrid's cabin and the lake….it was really very cool.
Plus tonight had been extra interesting……seeing as two of her closest friends were out riding a BROOM TOGETHER! She chuckled….she'd been telling Lily for 3 years now to give James a chance…..it was funny really…
"Hey do you mind if I come out here some random Ravenclaw chick is following me round saying that I made out with her" smiled Sirius as he continued to plonk himself down next to her. "In my personal opinion if I can't remember it than it doesn't count"
Daisy just shook her head….Sirius really did snog too many girls…..it was almost unnatural.
"So…what happening?" he asked
"See for yourself" she answered smiling a little and gesturing her head towards the flying twosome.
"Jesus, since when was Prongs allowed to talk to Lily, let alone ride on a broom with her!" he said still gaping slightly at the sight in front of him. But just at that moment it seemed they'd had enough of riding and were starting to fall towards the ground.
"I think it's strange that Lily is all of a sudden being really nice to him"
"Well his head has deflated a bit over the last few months…..and I suppose there really is only a certain amount of time you can go for hating someone" she said looking at him, but it was dark and she could really only see a silhouette.
"Does that mean that you're miraculously going to fall in love with me?" he asked laughing a little
"No the world isn't that screwed up yet!" she said laughing back.
"Ohhh…tragedy" he said still laughing, "Do you want to go grab Lily and James and we'll go to hogesmade or something after all it is a Saturday night"
"Yeah sure why not" she said grabbing his hand and letting him pull her up.
James pulled the broom straight again, landed on the ground and pulled one leg up and over in one swift movement. Lily grabbed his outstretched hands and got off the broom slowly as her legs were slightly shaky.
"See I told you flying wasn't that bad"
"I suppose" she shrugged, "I'm still amazed that your enormous head of yours even lets you get off the ground" she laughed
"See that would be the feisty side that we were talking about coming out in you"
"Well anyway I'll let you go have a shower, it was a good practise today though" she said beginning to walk away.
"Be warned, I think everyone has invaded our dorm tonight though cause the first years are having a goblestone tournament" he said shaking his head in disgust. "Are you sure you don't want to join me in the shower?" James yelled from behind.
"Flying hasn't distorted my head that much Potter," Lily said without turning around as she strolled up to the castle.
She didn't know what was wrong with her….James …..the one she hated…..she had let him not only throw her in the lake but she had also let him take her on a broom…IN THE SAME DAY. There must have been something seriously wrong with her……She supposed he had changed a fair bit but NO WAY was she going out with him…..not in this lifetime anyway……
Or would she?
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