Roxanne Weasley, Often Overlooked

by cookiebook

Roxanne Weasley, Smart. Beautiful. Kind. Often Overlooked. As a Ravenclaw, Roxanne was never going to be in the limelight. She wanted to be different and she is. Bestfriends with Olivia Wood, this story begins in Roxanne's fourth year. It's a story about Roxanne's journey, growing up, learning, changing, and loving... And eventually how a certain Malfoy comes into it all.

22. Chapter 22

OKAY OKAY OKAY, I am fully aware how much of a shitty person I am to all of you right now, but literally all I can say is sorry.

Not trying to make excuses or anything but I do have reasons the update wasn't sooner which include no wifi where I was promised there would be; writer's block and my hectic life. Just as a note though, if I do say I will update and then don't update, it's not because I don't care enough, there is a real reason I can't.

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Chapter 22- The Match and The Mistletoe Mishap

"Malfoy!" Ly shouted at Scorpius from across the Quidditch pitch; having noticed the Hufflepuff beater hit a bludger straight toward his chaser. Scorpius had seen the ball but he also had Hufflepuffs on his tail, so he waited till the last second and dove with the quaffle. He heard the bludger impact the chaser behind him and managed a smirk as he sped towards the goalposts. The bludger had been taken over by Ly, and Scor watched as the keeper took a hit. Taking advantage of it, he used the moment the keeper was regaining his balance to propel the ball through the middle golden hoop. ~

It was an hour and a half into the game and Ravenclaw were leading 60-40. Roxanne was scanning the pitch from her usual height and was shocked into action when she saw the glint of a golden ball followed by the flash of a yellow Quidditch uniform. Quickly she entered a dive towards the player and the winged ball. Rox had been avoiding the snitch so far so that her team could increase the points lead first, but she couldn't let the other seeker take it either. If she could, rather try to end the game with a smaller point lead. She was in a diagonal dive, hoping to intercept and pull up in front of the other seeker. The seeker was chasing the snitch low to the ground now, she had almost reached the boy and the ball when the latter flew upwards past her and the former followed; crashing right into her as she sped down about to pull up in front of him. Their collision was unexpected on both sides and both players fell to the ground. ~

Roxanne woke, dazed, to a silent shuffling in what felt like an almost empty room. She turned to her right and saw what she had been expecting to. She and the Hufflepuff seeker were both in the hospital wing. Which meant the teams were playing and the game couldn't end until one of them went back onto the pitch.

"Madame Pomfrey?" Roxanne called out to the Matron.
"Miss Weasley" a voice responded from her left. The matron looked at her with a raised brow and pursed lips. "A risk of the sport, I suppose?" She knew the Weasley blood well enough by now. "Precisely ma'am" Roxanne grinned.
"I'd imagine you want to get back on the broom as it were."
"Well yes, but...when can he get up?"
"As soon as he wakes. Neither of you had any serious injuries. You both just knocked each other out. I'd usually recommend you stay for the day but I know you'll want to get back out and I don't want two entire sweaty teams joining me any time soon." She tutted, then sighed.
Roxanne smiled sheepishly, she was often the cause of, or a part of a sweaty team ambushing the ward. Madam Pomfrey smiled slightly before leaving her bedside.~

Roxanne had forgotten to ask the matron how long she had been passed out for. But watched the clock move for another twenty minutes before the boy next to her stirred.
She felt guilty- she had obviously hit him harder than he had her.
"Roxanne?" Connor asked confused from a few feet away.
"How you feeling?" She turned from the clock to the seeker and smiled warmly.
"Okay I guess" he replied. Sitting up and looking around, "Where are the teams?"
"On the pitch I'd imagine" she replied. Throwing her legs off the side of the bed and standing. She stretched a little and he watched her curiously.
She gave him a curious look back, "What?"
"You're telling me the game's still on and you waited here?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I? You'd do the same." She shrugged.
"Yeah but…"
"But I'm not a Hufflepuff?" she laughed and he looked ever-so-slightly embarrassed. Clearly he had been thinking it.
"Would it make you feel better if I said us Ravenclaws would hate to win without you playing because then we'd spend too much time wondering about whether or not we would have won with you playing?"
She paused and allowed him to catch on. "It's purely selfish really" She grinned at him and he stood getting her joke now.
"That makes me feel a lot better, selfish Ravenclaws are easier to understand"
"Good, then let's go" ~

"Looks like Weasley's spotted the snitch again! She's flying towards it now, wow, that thing is really giving her the run around today" Roxanne barely registered the commentary in the background as she followed the snitch turn for turn, it changing direction each time she came close. She looked over her shoulder and spotted Connor on her tail, but something was wrong.
He wasn't moving fast enough. He was holding back.
Bloody Hufflepuffs she growled inwardly.
She pulled out and away from the snitch's wake. "ANNDDD… She's stopped. Weasley has stopped chasing the snitch! She's turning around, and… she's flying towards Richards. Are we about to see our first Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw confrontation people!? Who knows what went on in their fourty minute absence?!" Roxanne was aware her actions looked confusing but she didn't care. No way was he going to 'let her' get the snitch. She looked down and Ly had paused to look up at her. She brushed her hand out to the side at him, he nodded, turning back to the game and carrying on.

She pulled up next to Connor Richards who had stopped flying for the snitch when she had.
"Nu-uh. Not Happening." She told him sternly.
"What?" He asked, faking ignorance.
"No way are you going to hang back and not even try to get the snitch because you appreciate that I waited for you back there!"
"How did you know?" He dropped the pretence as she'd hit the nail on the head.
"I'm not an idiot. Connor, I waited because it was the right thing to do and because I want a challenge. If I wanted to be the only one really chasing that thing, I would've come out while you were knocked out"
"You'd catch it first anyway." He shrugged.
"Then let's prove it, huh? The reason we got knocked out it because I was playing catch up. Let's both play properly and see who gets it." She smirked at him and she shook his head with a smile. "Fair and Square?" she then offered.
He smiled fully now, agreeing. "Fair and Square".
They shook hands and the moment she let go he shot off in the direction behind her.
She whirled around quickly and saw the glint of gold up ahead.
"Oh it is so on!" she shouted after him, he chanced a quick look back and gave her a cheeky grin.~

The game ended an hour later, after both seekers had lost the snitch again. When the final chase had happened, Roxanne had only just grabbed it by a hair's breadth.
Connor was the first to land and congratulate her, the two even sharing a short hug. Soon the rest of the Eagles landed, rushing their seeker. Ravenclaws spilled onto the pitch to celebrate, end of term victories were always that little bit sweeter.
Roxanne was suddenly lifted up by her waist and managed to quickly adjust to being on Scor's back. Ly had been the one to lift her there, where she then received a nudge and then a Hi-Five from Liv, who was to her side at the same level wrapped around Lorcan. Ly then ran around to the front of his two best friends carrying his other two best friends and grinned happily.
"I'M SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!"
He squeezed Callie and Oliver, the remainder of his team, to his sides and called Toby and Zach closer.
"You guys are carrying this one back! His first game and he smashed it, I'M SO PROUD!" Ly pretended to wipe tears from his eyes before guiding Oliver over to his dorm mates who proceeded to lift him so he was carried on their shoulders.
Rox thought the boy looked a little taken aback by all the pushing around and organizing Ly was doing but he went with it. It was obvious his captain was on a high and if Oliver was getting that then he really had settled into their funny little team.
"My Lady?" he turned to Callie and crouched in front of her, she laughed and slapped him on the head before clambering onto his back and kicking his side with her heels as if he were a horse. "Giddy'up Scamander!"
"Don't push it Jones!" he called back and she laughed as he sped up anyway, leading the victory party back to the Ravenclaw Tower.~

As the Ravenclaws piled into the Tower, with Ly leading them, Scorpius noticed an unpleasantly familiar face amongst the crowds.
He groaned inwardly and felt Roxanne lean forwards to speak directly into his ear.
"Could you let me down please, Scor" he saw Logan had seen them too and was now staring back.

Scorpius stopped walking and allowed the other Ravenclaws to stream past him so Rox had room to get down without her kicking anyone.
Part of him wanted to turn his head a little more towards hers and hold her legs a little closer to make the staring boy jealous. But of course Logan had no reason to be jealous, Roxanne was dating him.
Scorpius let go and Roxanne slid down his back and landed behind him. Scor stepped forwards to move out of her way and found himself stuck. He looked up, above him a Red Berried bunch of Mistletoe. ~

Roxanne was confused by Scor's choice to stay still and she nudged him a little. She could see Logan walking towards her and she realised Scor wasn't staring at her boyfriend; he was looking up.
She followed his gaze.
Dammit.
Logan's face became confused when she stood, peeking around Scor and didn't move towards him. She pointed upwards with a frown and his face didn't change like she expected; he actually smiled. She looked confused then almost covered her face when she realised he was about to come over and kiss her where she stood. Right up against Scorpius.
He strode over to her and she grimaced inwardly.
"I'm going to gag if he touches me while he's kissing you" Scorpius muttered under his breath, shifting a little so she could hear him.
Roxanne elbowed him, but agreed, the situation wasn't exactly ideal. Scorpius didn't respond because Logan was now in front of Roxanne and they were all just too close for comfort.
Literally, it looked to be one of the most uncomfortable situations Rox had been in.
"Uhh.. Logan, you realise we're both stuck in here right?"
"Yeah but if I kiss you then you'll be out and you can just send some other girl to kiss your friend free"
Roxanne was hesitant, her cheeks had started to redden at the thought of kissing Logan while standing so close to Scor.
"I'm not sur-"
"-It works like that? Oh, it doesn't" a voice from beside her finished.
"Freddie!" she whirled around and would have jumped into her brother's arms if she could.
He was standing by the top of the stairway flanked by Elliott and James, and she had never been so glad to see him.
"Hey Rox. I did come find you to congratulate you on some great playing but now this is just-" "Not how you expected to find me?" Roxanne answered with a little laugh, hoping her cheeks weren't visibly red from his distance.
"Awkward" Elliott answered instead.
She had to admit; his description was better. "Yeah it is."
Fred nodded to his friend before turning back to the two boys and his sister, "And you, Willfred or whatever, don't bother kissing my sister. She got stuck under those Berries with Malfoy so only Malfoy can get her out"
He turned to Scorpius who had also managed to turn to face the older boys and glared, adding, "But he won't".
Scor smirked at Fred a little but held his hands up to him, "Wouldn't dream of it"
"Okay, so how long will you be in here for then babe?" Logan asked Roxanne a little quieter, ignoring her older brother who didn't seem to be moving anywhere anytime soon.
"I don't know, I'd say ten minutes left?" she shrugged, half looking at Logan half watching her brother watch her.
"More like twenty" Scor muttered.
"What?" Logan asked before anyone else could respond.
Scor turned to face Logan, surprised he could actually move his feet. There must have been a small radius for some movement.
"Well, we both got stuck together so that's our ages added, thirty two minutes in total. That makes twenty something left."
Roxanne thought it did make sense but she hoped Scor was wrong. She looked to Fred for verification and he nodded with a small smile she just wished she could slap off of him.
She sighed. "Okay well, as much as I love you all standing here and watching us, I'd appreciate it if you didn't." she looked pointedly at Fred who raised a brow, unmoving.
Elliott tugged at his friend and James muttered something in his ear. He huffed but moved off towards the Ravenclaw common room with his two friends, before stopping and walking back to the 'awkward' trio, he stood in front of Logan.
"Fred.." she began but he took no notice of her. Roxanne rolled her eyes.
"Remember what I said Wilhelm"
"It's Willia-"
"Yeah, I don't care what your name is. Just remember what I told you." Scorpius sniggered, Fred turned to him and glared a little. Scor just raised a brow in response before Fred turned and rejoined his cousin and other best friend.
"I'll be waiting inside Rox!" he shouted with a smile before knocking on the large oak door, the sound of the music and celebration slipping out as he and his best friends slipped in. Roxanne waited until her brother, cousin and Elliott had disappeared before turning to her boyfriend. She felt Scor shift behind her so that he was facing in the opposite way to them. She appreciated the gesture of privacy.
"Logan, could you wait inside too please?"
"You want me to go as well?"
"Well yeah.. We're just standing here. There's no need for you to be stuck too. You might as well be inside with your friends. Go celebrate my win for me" she added the last part with a grin.
He smiled back at her, "You're right. Okay, I'll see you soon"
He started to lean toward her but thought the better of it.
Perhaps he was scared of Fred. Or annoyed he couldn't free her. Either way she was grateful he settled for a purely verbal goodbye.
"See you" she nodded back with a smile and watched as he too left them through the large oak doors. ~

"Wow. That was awkward." Scor turned to face Rox.
It was the first time they were looking at each other properly since they'd been stuck under the Berries. He looked at her, the corners of her mouth straining against the urge to smile at his comment.
"Thought he was going to kiss you goodbye there"
"He almost did"
"Well, you're lucky he didn't 'cause I definitely would have thrown up. What idiot kisses a girl when she's standing right next to her friend?"
"Oh shut up Scor, like you've never kissed girl when I've been near you"
"I definitely haven't done that. It's so classless."
He turned his nose up and Roxanne almost giggled at the tinge of Malfoy arrogance that was exposed.
"Liar. I can recall at least three occasions where you've been sitting on the sofa with me and one of your girls has plonked herself on your lap and you've started making out" she laughed as his face as he recalled the memories.
"Well...it's different when the person initiating the kiss is female" he answered quickly, thinking on his feet.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. You females can't be expected to know any better" he answered seriously before smiling. "You're terrible!" She accused with a laugh before giving him a slap on the shoulder.
"Actually all my 'girls' thought I was amazing. Want me to show you so we can get out of here?" he puckered his lips jokingly and she couldn't help but laugh.
He looked ridiculous.
"You're an idiot" she told him, moving to repeat the action of a well-deserved slap.
"And you're predictable" he replied quickly closing his hand around her wrist before she could strike him as she usually did after he teased her or flirted terribly.
She tugged at her hand a little but he held it firmly. He brought it to his chest and held it there over his heart frowning with fake sad eyes.
"Why must you be so abusive to me Roxanne? All I do is show you my love"
"You know exactly why I was hitting you" she laughed back.
"I was only showing my concern and offering my services as a loyal friend"
"Ha! Bet you wouldn't offer your services to Liv"
"Normally I would. But not now that she has a boyfriend, maybe not" Rox raised a brow with a hand on her hip.
"And my boyfriend doesn't count?"
"Well you wouldn't tell him. But Liv would tell Lorcan and Lorcan would find a way to get me back for flirting with his girl" he shrugged.
It was logical.
"And if I did tell Logan?" She mused.
"Well he wouldn't understand our relationship and he'd think I was being serious. I'm sure he'd get all defensive and macho and forbid you from speaking to me or try to fight me... And then you'd have to jump in and explain how I'm actually just your friend who happens to be a massive flirt but I wouldn't actually kiss you without your say so. And you'd have to stop your boyfriend from hurting my beautiful face" Scor explained.
"And you wouldn't stop him yourself?" She chuckled at the image of him hiding behind her with his hands over his face, like the princess he could be every so often.
"Nah. I'd hate to be the cause of your boyfriend being injured. So yeah. That's why you wouldn't tell him"
"You're so full of it, you know that?"
"Ah, but you still love me for it"
"Oh far from love. More of a mild tolerance"
"Really now? So why bother keep me around at all?"
"Well like you said. You have an OK face so you're inoffensive to look at...And well... You make a good sobering solution"
"Actually I said I have a beautiful face, but you know, nice to know you're friends with me because you think I'm a hot potioneer"
"What makes you think I think you're a hot potioneer?"
"Well I am aren't I?" He asked looking at her, it was as if his gaze brought the memory of him making her a sobering solution topless to the forefront of her mind.
She felt flushed but pushed it away.
"Er, nope. Having an inoffensive face and being good at a single potion doesn't make you a hot potioneer Scor" she paused before adding. "Though if that's your new play I'm sure some girls would fall for it"
"But not you?"
"Nope. Not me" she smiled satisfied.
"Well that's okay. You've already told me what you really think of me. And some other things..." She looked confused, he continued. "Oh, yeah I might have missed a few of the things you said to me when you were drunk"
"I don't believe you" she narrowed her eyes at him.
"That's fine." He shrugged. "Maybe I'll tell you one day"
"You're lying" she narrowed them further.
"Am I?" He faced her with his impassive Malfoy expression. So mysterious and aloof and impossible to read. It transitioned to a smirk as she grew frustrated but she still couldn't decipher the truth. Her eyes returned to normal, he'd won- for now.

"Fine I'll bite. What did I say?"
"Just think of things you wouldn't want me to know, it's probably that" She shrugged like it didn't phase her. There were actually many things she wouldn't want Scor knowing; but she didn't want him knowing that, either.
"Can't have told you what I really thought of you. We wouldn't be friends anymore" she joked. "Oh? So what would we be then?" He winked and she rolled her eyes at the way his mind processed speech.
"We'd be enemies of course" she stated. "Well, you know what they say, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."
He gestured to the space in which they were stuck and she rolled her eyes for the umpteenth time. "Why do we have ridiculous conversations like this?"
"You mean why do we have conversations where we hypothesise silly things like us being enemies that we know will never happen? Oh and where we also flirt with each other? "
"Correction: where you flirt with me"
"Don't pretend you don't flirt back, Roxy"
"I don't. Name one thing I've said where I've been flirting back" He paused, thinking.
"See? You can't"
"Fine. Maybe its not what you say... It's all about how you say it" he told her with a deeper voice, leaning closer.
He proved his point and he knew it. He smirked at her.
"Next time you flirt with me I'll tell you"
"You won't have anything to tell me because I. Don't. Flirt. Not with you anyway" she laughed. "Sure. You. Don't. Oh and I've never seen you flirt with anyone but me"
She began to protest but he cut her off, "But anyway as an answer to your question, it's just us" "What is?"
He explained; "We have these random and weird conversations that can go on for ages but I don't have a reason. We talk about pretty much anything and it's strange because not many non-related members of the opposite sex do that. It's just us; we have a special relationship."
He winked but she knew he meant it sincerely, "And I have no idea what it is or why it is but we do."
"So you're saying boys and girls who aren't related don't talk about anything with each other?" "Not really. Can you think of anyone else?"
"Well I have these random conversations with Ly and Lorc"
"Yeah but you don't talk about boys and relationships with them."
"How would you know?"
"They'd tell me if you did" he chuckled.
"So maybe that's why. Maybe we're so close because neither of us mentions anything we say to our other friends." She suggested.
"In other words we trust each other Rox"
"But I trust Ly and Lorcan"
"Obviously not in the same way you trust me. Obviously I'm special" he smirked.
"Don't you dare..." she warned.
"Don't I dare what?"
"You're thinking about gloating to the twins that you think I trust you more than I trust them" "You know me all too well"
"Must be because you're so special" she said sarcastically.
"Thanks Rox" he said happily.
She shook her head with a smile. "You-"
"You're an idiot, you know that?" He finished in a higher pitch just as she had been about to say it.
"You really need to work on your girl voices."
"Yeah well you need to work on you-"
"Hey, Rox! Your time was up ten minutes ago!" Fred shouted down to her from the doorway he hung out of. The music was louder and the party sounded livelier. She looked at Scor a little shocked and then looked up the mistletoe remained but it was now white.
"Last chance. You can trust me not to brag to your boyfriend too" he said quietly enough so that Fred couldn't hear.
"Like you said. Id-i-ot." she enounced laughing and walked past him, stepping across the boundary that had held them together for thirty two minutes and they had imagined holding them together for longer.
She reached the door and turned back to Scorpius, "You coming in?"
"I'll see you inside!" He responded.
She would have asked him what was wrong and why his mood had changed so suddenly from his usual flirty, smirky, upbeat self to the boy who hung back before a party but her brother was waiting. She left Scorpius and followed Fred into the crowd. ~

"Well as your big brother I deserve to get you your first congratulatory drink"
"You didn't spend any money Fred" she laughed. They were sitting in two comfy chairs in her usual library spot. No Ravenclaws were working now so the room acted as a quiet overspill from the big House party. It was still early on so the room was still relatively innocent; that usually changed when it got later.
"Hey! We brought a lot of the alcohol so I kinda did"
"You're strange you know that?"
"What makes you say that?"
"You bring alcohol to your little sister's Quidditch team's House party yet I'm sure you'd flip if I got drunk"
"Or maybe I'm just super smart"
"Oh do enlighten me" she laughed.
"Well if I bring it, I know what you're drinking and I know it's none of that dodgy stuff. And I'm also around to watch out for you and make sure you don't get drunk"
"So really by supplying the booze you're being responsible?"
"Yup"
"Mum would be so proud!"
"You wouldn't tell mum. Because for one you don't want to see me dead and secondly, I could just as easily tell Dad about your boyfriend"
"I knew I shouldn't have told you! You have way too much leverage now"
"Yeah well if you hadn't told me I would have just made up a boyfriend and told dad anyway. For the kicks" he laughed.
"And who would this made up boyfriend of mine be?"
"Malfoy, of course"
"Scorpius, why?" She half laughed.
"Well... You guys are quite close. It would make sense that you dated. And Dom would back me, you know how she feels about you two"
"How do you know about Dom's theory?"
"Because we've betted on it." He shrugged.
"What did you bet?"
"No way am I telling you"
"Fred! You can't make bets about me and then not tell me what you bet!"
"When one of us wins, I promise to tell you what we all bet"
"What you all bet?! Who else made bets?" He mimed zipping his mouth and she huffed, narrowing her eyes at him.
"Not going to tell you this time Rox"
"You are so getting a shitty Christmas gift"
"And you are SO adorable when you pout!" he laughed squeezing her cheeks together the way she used to hate when she was little. Making her realise she hated it even more now.
She slapped his hands off of her, and he only laughed harder at her expression. He finally stopped laughing and sat back up.
"So tell me little sister, which was it-?"
"Which was what?"
"If you let me finish I would have given you options"
"If you didn't take such long pauses I wouldn't have thought you were finished" she replied with just as much attitude.
"I'll pause for as long as I want!"
"Go on then, finish"
"Well...-" they sat in silence for a few seconds before she broke it.
"Fred!"
He laughed, "Fine. Fine. I'll ask. Were you -A- unable to count, -B- unable to see the berries change, or -C- unable to pull yourself away from that friend of yours OR -D- did you actually kiss him then realise you couldn't come back in early so you ended up overcompensating with the time? Which was it?"
He grinned. She looked at him with a raised brow, "Are you serious?"
"No but James is usually very Sirius, do you want him?" He laughed and she rolled her eyes. She'd heard that way too many times.
"Okay! Okay sorry. I had to, but yeah I am. Why didn't you come back in?"
"I didn't know the time was up, and you never told me the berries change colour when it's over" "Soooo... answers A, B and C. You can't count; didn't notice the change and you couldn't pull yourself away from Malfoy. Did you try to get out at all?"
"Fred! Of course I didn't. I wouldn't kiss Scorpius"
"Because you don't want to or because you have a boyfriend?"
"Er both! Besides, he wouldn't kiss me either. We're friends. Fred what's wrong with you?" "Special friends?"
"Merlin. You were listening?"
"Only a little. I threw an ear out once your time was up to see what was taking you so long. If you were making out I was going to leave you to it and stop your boyfriend leaving but I couldn't understand why you were just talking" he shrugged. "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have"

"You're right you shouldn't have. And for your information, there is nothing like that between me and Scor. Whatever you heard him say about flirting or having a special relationship has nothing to do with romance. We're just close friends. And anyway. I have a boyfriend. I wouldn't kiss anyone else!"
"You're right Roxy. I am sorry. I was stupid, but I was just trying to look out for you"
"Yeah well, maybe you have got all your responsibilities mixed up" she told him, downing the rest of her drink and trying not to let him see how much it burned her throat.
She badly wanted to storm out but she realized the truth in his eyes; he hasn't meant to pry. He was just looking after her and she made herself question whether or not she would have done the same thing. She probably would have. Though she did make a mental note to ask Dom about that aforementioned bet.
"Well you haven't walked off... Am I forgiven?"
"Of course you are, you nosy little-"
"Ah ah ah. Language"
"Language my arse."
"Oh you really are my little sister! Now, I'm going to get another drink and you are going to go off and not drink. Yeah?"
"I'd say yes but like you said, I am your little sister" she stood and kissed him on the cheek before leaving the calm of the library and pushing into the crowd.

She entered the room and Ly spotted her, he was giddy and grinning from ear to ear with Callie still at his side. She didn't know if his pupils were wide from alcohol the excitement from the game or a mixture of it all but she laughed when he called to her.
"ROX! Hey everybody, Roxanne's here!" The small crowd around him that heard him joined his cheers and others added to the noise mostly unaware of what or whom they were cheering for. Lorcan and Toby were suddenly either side of her and hoisted her up. More people clapped and cheered. She grinned, the absorbing the atmosphere of the room, and gave a little bow.

From her perch on the shoulders of the two boys, she directed the applause to Ly, their 'amazing' Captain and to each team member again, making sure not to leave out their newest Chaser. The boys dropped her after becoming bored of shaking her to try and elicit some form of fear and getting nothing but giggles. She chatted with them for a bit, as much as she could through the music and eventually noticed Logan waving at her from across the room.
He jumped up so she could see him and she couldn't help but laugh at how goofy he looked. She wandered over to the brown haired, green eyed beauty and the moment she was within reach he pulled her to him.
"Next time you get stuck under some berries, it had better be with me" he joked and kissed her softly on the cheek.
"Hmmm..." She began. He bent his head down to her and wrapped one arm around her back, one hand in her hair, holding her close. She broke away and leant against his forehead for a few seconds like she'd seen girls do in films.
Roxanne was still unsure of herself when it came to things like this. She smiled despite that though, kissing Logan made her feel all warm and fuzzy inside and almost made her forget where she was.
Almost.
She pulled back a little, not wanting to upset him but not wanting to be so close in such a public place. She looked around, scanning the room for faces facing her, she found no eyes looked back. Still, she didn't feel fully comfortable.
He sighed to himself when he realised she'd become conscious of their surroundings, "Hey, why don't we get out of here?" He had to half shout at her.
"Where to?" She shouted back only just hearing him.
"I dunno, a walk?" He asked and she nodded.
He lead her through the crowd, their hands joined and they disappeared through the large oak doors; away from all those prying eyes. ~

A/N:

Just wanted to make a quick comment. This is not my favourite chapter, nor am I 100% happy with it. I probably would have held back a little longer and rewritten it (again!) had I not missed an update by so long. So basically, I posted this earlier than I would have liked to, so I hope you guys can forgive me if you feel it falls a little short.

Anyway, it's out and you've read it so I'm going to stop talking and just ask that you give me an indication as to what you think and stick with me!

Sorry again about the delay!

Much Love,

Cookie xx