Secrets & Lies

KyleGranger

Chapter 3

The feast let out quickly. It felt like the list of students was shorter than usual, but it was probably all the catching up going on between the students that no one was paying attention to the sorting ceremony.

Rose, Albus, and Scorpius sat at their table with the rest of the scarlet-robed students. Albus was appetizing on the mountain of food he crammed onto his plate.

Lily and Hugo sat towards the front of the hall at the Ravenclaw table, chatting with nearby students and feasting on the food prepared by the house elves.

James, Gertie, and Tracey seated themselves near Rose and Albus, but at the same time they were far away enough to not have to talk to them.

The headmistress, Professor McGonagall, was seated in the headmaster's chair at the long table in the front of the Great Hall. Fellow teachers accompanied her. Professors Longbottom and Finch-Fletchley sit on her right with Madame Pince while Professors Hagrid, Lovegood, and Flitwick sat on her right. In the corner behind them Firenze, looking very tired, was talking to Argus Filch.

When the students were dismissed from the Hall, the three of them decided to take a walk down to the Quidditch field, mostly because the prefects were sure to be giving the first years the tour of the castle and their common room so they didn't want to wait for them to be finished.

The moonlight was their only source of light until they had reached the stadium. They walked up into one of the towers and were surprised when they reached to the top. Some students had already gotten their brooms and were tossing the quaffle around the field. Mostly upperclassman Hufflepuffs and a couple Slytherins. The stadium was illuminated with torches around the field making it seem like midday.

"Ooo," Tracey said diverting her attention to a nearby Quidditch player. "Guys! It's Jake."

"Jake?" Gertie questioned. 3 seconds later: "OH! Jake, Jake. Snog Jake. Okay. He's very cute Trac, I give you credit for that."

"Oh and there's Evan," James pointed out quietly.

"Evan?" Tracey said looking at James. "Who's that?"

Gertie turned her attention to him as well.

"A guy that was in one of our classes last year? Remember?" he said slyly.

"OH!" Tracey said in her own ditsy way, "Mhmm. Yep. I do remember."

Gertie pondered what James had just said then rolled her eyes and focused her attention back on the flying students in front of her. "Okay, I'm sorry, I'm bored. Do you think they're done in there?"

"Yeah, let's go," James agreed and began to walk away leaving Tracey staring the flying boys.

"Jim! Gertie! We should fly around next week. Get some exercise. You know?" Tracey suggested.

Gertie agreed along with James.