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Chapter 10:

December 13:

It was Friday the 13th and Trelawney was going crazy with the grim and the ripper going after various students who had her classes. She had been in a foul mood since the start of the year and the mood couldn't be lifted as she had the five 15 year olds in a class twice a week. Apparently all of the 15 year old pranksters took her class as sort of an easy ticket out. That very morning she had predicted the death of the the five (Patrick, Joshua, Theodore, Sirius P and Sirius L.) from a mishap during a prank. It wasn't really true but she tried anyways. Trelawney didn't realize that by sparking a fire between her and the 5 boys was going to bring her…well….hell! By 12 pm Trelawney was walking around scared as a grim shadow trailed her every move. Professor Potter didn't want to make the boys take the shadow off of the bat but after a stern look from McGonagall during lunch he had told the boys to take it off unless they want another week of cutting grass.

Maggie had taken the advice from Mike and Stella who oddly had agreed on one thing (for once), Jeff is stupid when it came to girls and dating. She was advised to plague him until he breaks. It was already a given that the 17 year old liked her, from what she gathered with his shy smiles and how he somehow takes care of her. For example, during last week's Saturday practice, Coach Wood and Brown had randomly picked players from two teams and made them go against each other may they be reserve or official team.

On one team was Maggie, Stella and Mike as chasers. While James and two other reserves were on their team, while the rest was on the other team. The game went on as the two coaches, and Emma, sat in the stands bellowing out orders to their players. Oliver being the one heading Jeff's team was telling the beaters to use their bats.

'For crying out loud!' shouted Emma as she pointed at James who had aimed the bludger too near to the stands. James shouted a sorry and went back playing. Mordecai leaned on the seat behind him and yawned after which he told Stella to ram her twin if needed. Stella did a double take at the older coach and was about to ask why when Mordecai bellowed "BECAUSE I SAID SO!". Oliver stifled a laugh as Stella ducked to avoid a bludger still at awe at the brutality Coach Brown was asking her to do. He looked at Mordecai and raised an eye brow saying "another lesson?"

"Yes, she needs to listen….if she wants to be captain of this team….."

"Well. I still say we choose Potter over her. She has a lot on her plate Mordecai. Captain of her house team, NEWTs year, needs at least an EE in all of her courses…."

"Thats the godfather talking not the coach...and I bet she wont let that chance pass…..dont worry if she thinks she cant she will say 'take James instead'"

Oliver doubted that. Stella had never backed out on anything in her whole life. He sighed and thought, maybe his goddaughter can do it. He watched as Ollie Howards swung his bat and aimed a bludger at two dots, namely Maggie and Jeff who were battling over a quaffle. Just when the Ollie swung his bat the wind picked up and deviated the bludger's path to too near with the two chasers.

Maggie was touching Jeff elbows with hers and was swatting the quaffle out of Jeff's grip when the bludger at hit her broom throwing her off of it and into Jeff's broom tail.

Emma shouted and pointed at the scene alerting both coaches and started to bellow out orders to anyone nearest to the two telling them to try to help Jeff and Maggie. Oliver had bit his tongue as he saw Maggie's broom fall 90 feet above the ground with Maggie holding a critical point on Jeff's broom. Jeff had noticed the drag on his broom and looked back to see Maggie holding on a small bunch of twigs of the broom tail. With out warning the twigs broke off and Maggie fell. Jeff pulled up vertically pushing the feet pedals back and did a vertical matador fall with him standing up falling in the much faster velocity than Maggie who was shouting. With in a few seconds Jeff was side by side Maggie and reached out his hands to the free falling girl. He kicked the pedals to its proper position and pushed his broom to the proper horizon. Flying juts a few inches below Maggie he reached for the girl.

Maggie was too engrossed with the fact that she might just die at any second now as she was only 40 feet from the ground. Jeff sensing that Maggie didn't see him lurched to his side and grasp Maggie's clothing drawing her in to where he was and successfully gotten the girl into onto his broom. Everyone thought everything would be fine now even Jeff but he didn't expect that when Maggie got her hands on the stick the broom got confused and started to spin uncontrollably which propelled the two off of the broom. Jeff opened his eyes and figured that they were a safe height for any of them to die from falling. He held onto Maggie as they both landed on the grounds with Jeff underneath.

Oliver and Mordecai jumped on their brooms and left Emma alone in the stands as they rushed to the ground. The team had hovered near and them dismounted to see how the two were. They found Maggie panicking as Jeff remained still on the ground fearing that he might have broken his neck.

"No you haven't" panicked Maggie. "….can you feel this?" she asked as she poked his leg and he groaned a "yes".

"No you aren't paralyzed…..but don't move…." Instructed Maggie as she watched the whole team get to them. She backed away when both coaches got there and asked if Jeff could move his legs. Jeff started to move his legs and the coaches ruled out one possibility. After a few minutes or so, Jeff was loaded on a stretcher and hauled to the infirmary with both coaches.

Emma , who was retrieved by Marie Weston from the stands, was on Mike's back and whispered "Is he going to be alright Mike?"

Mike looked back at the 8 year old and said "He can move his legs the worst thing that could happen to him is a broken rib or shoulder blade…he's not paralyzed..". Mike knew that Emma understood medical terms so he didn't bother using "kid language". An hour later the team, still in their gear, was in the infirmary as they waited for the nurse to draw the curtains of Jeff. Not long after the curtains were drawn to reveal a relieved Coach Wood and Brown. Maggie shot up from her seat and was about to say something when Coach Wood said "A broken rib, and a few ones fractured"

The whole team sighed "Thank Merlin" as they bombarded Jeff with jokes about how idiotic he was. Maggie bit her lip as she stood at the foot of the bed and muttered a sorry before walking out of the infirmary. Jeff heard her and was about to say something when she left. Stella clucked her tongue, too much like her Grams (Molly), and shot a glare at Jeff. The team was then ushered out of the infirmary and was told to change as both coaches headed out with Jeff's broom in hand.

After the whole team said their good nights and all with Jeff who was ordered to stay in the infirmary for the weekend, Stella stood by his bed. "I hope you get well and promise me you'll talk to Maggie. I think as of right now she's blaming herself for the accident"

Jeff looked up at his twin and nodded silently. He watched as Stella walked to the door and then said "The broom has faults."

Stella stopped dead and looked back at her twin. "The broom got confused with the two pairs of hands on it. Two can't ride the broom unlike our old brooms. Maggie was panicking and…"

"And the broom took it…..I'll owl grandmamma and Elena bout it night Jeff"

"Night….."

Stella walked out of the infirmary and broke into a run to get the broom back from the coaches.

Sunday night:

Jeff had gotten discharged a day early after he took in all the potions he needed to mend the broken things. He peaked into the great hall to find that Maggie wasn't there. He hadn't seen the girl since Saturday. He walked into the entrance hall to find his Grandmamma and the two coaches walk into the school along with a guy he didn't know.

Jullietta saw Jeff walking to her greeted her grandson with hugs and kisses. "Jeffy you alright now?" asked Madam Catalan as she eyed Jeff who was still a bit sore.

Jeff nodded and got hugged again by his grandmother. He also greeted his two coaches and was introduce to the unknown man with them. Jullietta then said "This is the creator of the Zeus broom. He's going to service and see what happened to the broom. Stella refused to send it by owl and is guarding is with her life. Dare say it scared us all. I had asked Elena to stop using the broom for a bit…..as well as the Spanish team"

They then left for the locker rooms in the pitch and in exactly 7pm Stella stepped into the office and handed the broom to the creator. She then gave Jeff a hug and watched as the man and the coaches discussed every detail of the new broom. It wasn't in the shops still as it was going to be released exactly on new years. Only a few people had the Zeus and it was only the Spanish team and a few others. It was a Spanish broom after all. England favored the Firebolt series.

Madam Catalan took this time to usher her grand children into the locker room, conjured up a table and tea set. Calling one of her elves, she had called for Parker who appeared unceremoniously in a heap on the floor with the disgruntled elf. The three females had tea while Jeff drank a bowl of soup his grandmother got for him. Not long after the coaches and the creator dude stepped out of the office holding the broom covered in parcel.

"Senior Weasley, if I may take the broom. I think your's was faulty. We have tested all of our 20 brooms that had been sold and each and everyone of them could carry two people in many simulated circumstances. I'll owl you a replacement by the end of the week. I'm so sorry for the trouble it caused you" the man said in a very accented voice.

Jeff stood up and shook his head in disagreement. "No, its okay. At least neither I nor my friend got that badly injured."

"I offer you my apologies senior…Madam Catalan I'll be leaving now. Parcel by the end of the week. Good night to you all"

Mordecai opted to walk the man to the nearest possible area to disapparate while Oliver was asked to sit down for tea with the four. Around 9pm, Stella was bullied by her grandmamma to go on a date with one of the grandsons for New Years. Before Madam Catalan left with Oliver, she gave each and every one of her grandchildren a pouch which contained "Pocket" money for their hogsmade trip that month. Parker of course had given back her pouch saying she wasn't allowed to go to hogsmade yet. Madam Catalan smiled and hugged the 12 year old saying "Then I'll owl you some goodies…."

After which the two older people left. Parker looked up at Jeff and said "She's back at Gryffindor tower." before walking away to Ravenclaw tower. Jeff looked at Stella who shrugged and said "You know you are one dense guy?"

Jeff smirked and retorted "You know you are one blind girl…." Stella glared at her brother knowing exactly what he meant. He was pointing out Mike.

"He's not that bad…."

"She's not that young either…."

This went on till they got to the common room which was slightly empty. James was writing out something on the coffee table with Patrick Weasley and a 3rd year boy, while Maggie was huddled in the corner table near the window jotting down notes from a thick book. When Patrick and James saw Jeff they waved and stood up leaving with Stella. James hauled the 3rd year boy he was tutoring in potions with them.

Jeff glared at the smiling three before biting his lip as he watched Maggie at the corner. She hadn't taken notice of him yet so when he went up to sit across her she jumped. He sat across her and watched her turn red at the sight of him.

"It was an accident" Jeff said but Maggie waved him off saying that it was all her fault. "No, the broom was faulty…..the guy said so…."

"I'm sorry…..and thanks for…"

Jeff smiled at Maggie and stood up to give her a bear hug. He whispered "No problem Maggie…" before he left to go to his dormitories smiling from ear to ear.

Maggie watched him walk away into the dormitories and when she heard a door close she sighed and silently said "And I like you too much for my own good".

The next few practices went by well and Jeff got a new broom courtesy of the manufacturer of the Zeus. Maggie at first was silent but a few days of constant nagging by Jeff she finally loosened up. Mike had started clucking like a chicken at her every now and then which earned him a hex or two from Stella who still annoyed with him.

On the hogsmade day just before they were all to go home for the holidays Stella had dragged Maggie to go holiday shopping for their parents and of course Emma. The two had already bought each of their parents something nice and now they were looking for stuff for their siblings. Maggie hadn't bought anything for Wyatt yet as she was planning to buy him that SOCOM game he had been wanting to buy since it came out that fall. She bought Nick bag of goodies from WWW and honeydukes. Stella on the other hand had only bought gifts for her parents as she was planning to buy her siblings muggle stuff. Now they were shopping for Emma. They got the little girl a set of clothing. Matching scarves, socks and mittens that changed to one's mood. They also got her a bag of candy from the candy shop.

Maggie had ditched after as she had promised to meet her 4th year friends for a drink, while Stella had promised the same thing with her few female friends. Entering the pub Maggie found that she was the first to arrive so she took a table for her group and ordered a butterbeer. She watched as Stella jump one of her friends for the heck of it. The other girl screamed at Stella who was laughing with the rest of the group.

Around 4pm, just when her friends were suppose to arrive, Maggie was still alone and with no sign of her friends. "Maybe they forgot" she muttered as she sipped her butterbeer. She was surprised that Jeff sat at the table while James and Mike ordered butterbeer at the counter. "Hi….." he said to Maggie.

The 14 year old then blurted it out "I like you…." but slapped her hands on her face. Where did that influx of courage come from? Jeff looked at her and blinked a few times before his face turned beet red.

"W-what do you mean…." he blurted out trying to act as if she didn't say it. Maggie realized that maybe she shouldn't have done that. But what's done is done.

"I…never mind….They got a table there…." Maggie said as she pointed at James and Mike who were watching them intently. Jeff sat there frozen still looking at Maggie who was biting her lip embarrassed. Jeff gaped like a goldfish as he watched her stand up. He held her hand down and told her to sit down.

Maggie sat down unsure of what he was going to say. "Maggie….I…."

"Jeff I'm not blind…."

"I know you aren't. But it's wrong"

"Why is it wrong?"

"Your father is my godfather...its just worng okay…and you're only 14"

"Yea your right, I'm just a little kid to you. I get it Jeff. But you know what I'm not a kid-"

Maggie was interrupted when Tiffany Puffs came over and swung her golden hair for the entire world to see. Jeff had just given her a glance as he thoughtfully looked at Maggie. The 14 year old, nearly 15 in a week or so, smiled at Tiffany and stood up retracting her hand from Jeff's grip. "You two enjoy…." She said before walking away bumping into her friends who just entering into the pub.

Mike and James sat at their table and watched it all when they turned their attention to Jeff who wasn't even paying attention to the 7th year girl beside him. He was looking at Maggie outside with her friends heading to somewhere else. This was then he noticed that she had forgotten her bags and picked them up. He then just stayed there and minimized the bags and pocketed them so he could give them to Maggie later.

That night he had tried to talk to Maggie but he couldn't get it out of him. He couldn't say "I like you too…a lot…..deep inside I don't care if you're 14 or my godsister". He just couldn't say it. He saw her sitting in one of the sofas reading a book. He sat down beside her and it was awkward. Finallly he caved in to his shy-ness towards her and handed her the bags she left earlier. He left after wards claiming that he was tired and was going to sleep. That same night as he laid in bed looking up at the ceiling of his bed. James said "You just couldn't say that you like her back can you? The girl is miserable Jeff"

Jeff grunted and rolled on his stomach facing the window near him. James then said that if Jeff wasn't going to say anything he was going to say it for him. "Well, at least Parker is the one pushing Stella and Mike together...So I only have to get you to admit it."

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