CHAPTER SIXTEEN

"Hey Lily" said Janika as she ran up to Lily for their next class which they had together and it was foods. Lily stopped and waited for her. Janika has been here for one week by tomorrow already and Lily, Jeal and Dani and Janika have become close friends even with Janika being in her 7th year. She was also close to Scorpius and they seem to talk and hang out a lot.

"Hey what's up Jani" Lily said as Janika caught up to her.

"Not much I just got back from Potions that Professor Parkinson is really hard" Janika said and Lily gave a small laugh, knowing exactly what she meant.

"Yeah but hey, this is a good class. All you get to do is cook food not potions" Lily said and Jani agreed happily. At her old school the student didn't get to cook any kind of food and she loved Foods class because she loved to cook, experiment, taste and watch other people enjoy her creation. And she also liked having a friend in that class and so did Lily since before she didn't have anyone else in that class that she really connected to.

"I'm excited for tonight" Janika said as they got to class and went to sit down and wait one of the elves to show up.

"Why"? Lily asked, wondering what could excite her so.

"Your game" Janika said and Lily wondered if she was just saying because she could sit with Scorpius or because she really liked the sport, but Lily told her self to shut up and not to think such things of friends. Scorpius and her weren't together and some days he acted cold towards her like she was a nobody to him, then other days he would be touching and kissing her liked he like her then other days just laughing with her like they just friends. She wanted to know what he thought of her and she was getting tired of his dumb games and him always changing his attitude with her and she just wanted a clear answer whenever to know if he liked her or was just playing with her. If truth be told, Lily would rather the second one come out of his lips because then he was telling the truth and it would hurt less then if she found out he lied to her about liking her then just going around playing with her.

"My game huh" Lily said and Janika smiled then one of the kitchen elves came in and explained some stuff such as who was cooking what, if they were in partners and so on. Janika and Lily had decided to become partners and make Fruit n' Juice Squares which they had started yesterday and it was ready for the next stage. As they were preparing their ingredients and got out half the Jello, Janika spoke again.

"Ya" Janika helped them with German once in a while "today its your final game against Ravenclaw and from what I have heard from Scorpius..." already on the first name basis "...he said that this game should be close and intense as both the teams have a fifty percent chance of winning this year" oh thats what she had meant. Lily had just thought that she was excited for them having a game or something like that. Lily was over thinking things and told her self to shut up, it was no big deal, they were just friends and Lily had no reason to be jealous at all. But she was and she was mad at herself. One because she had never felt this way and second she didn't know what to do about it.

"Yeah, the first game we beat them 1-0 but then the second one last week they beat us in penalty kicks and so we had to go on an extra week since both team were tied in shots and position" Lily said as she thought about the game the previous week. They had been tied 0-0 at the end of the game and went into P-kicks and Cloe, being last had missed her P-kick and Ravenclaw had won, giving them a chance to win. Just like last year, only with Slytherin being the com-back team when Ravenclaw had failed to beat them the second time. "Do you like soccer Jani"? Janika looked up and smiled.

"YA, my father is a fan of soccer. His muggle born and so he grew up with the sport and he always used to take me to games. In 2020 the FIFA World Cup was held in Germany and the Germans got third place and Italy with first followed by France. Mein Vater was sad for a while but happy later that German at least got third. He doesn't like the French at all and laughed when that French guy head butted an Italian player during the match" Janika said as she laughed softly, remembering. It seemed she had been happy with her father, so why did she move to England?

"Jani" Lily said quietly and Janika looked up at her "I hope I'm not intruding, but if you loved your father so much, then why did you move here"? Lily asked. Jani got a sad look come over her eyes.

"Because of my step mother. My Vater just married her some months ago and I did not like her and she is pregnant and I thought it be better if I moved with my mother, be with her a while before I moved out on my own" Janika said and Lily was a little sad. "When my mother had heard of the pregnancy, she asked me to come with her and live with my step father but I refused. I never..." and at this she seemed quite thinking about something, wondering if she should say something.

"Never what"? Lily asked softly. Janika shook her head, looked up at Lily and smiled.

"Nothing really, I just never thought I move back with her that all" and at that, that conversation ended and they moved on to other subjects. At the end of class, they had pieces of their juice squares.

"This is so stupid, how did we let them make a goal on us"Jeal said as the Slytherin soccer team went in to the changing room and Jeal slammed a locker, the noise echoing around the room.

"Jeal" Lily said and all the girls sat down on the benches with their water bottles in their hands. During the last few minutes of the first half, Ravenclaw had made a goal on top of the key in the left corner caused by a foul. It was nobodies fault that the goal had gone in.

"Alright, that was a mistake we can fix, but we don't have all the time to. We got to go out strong like we did in the beginning" Cloe White, Tom White's older sister who was in her 7th year and also captain of the the girls soccer team said. Lily took a sip of her water, half gone. She was always in for the entire game same as Jeal and Dani and knew that they needed to do something to win the game.

"YEAH" all the girls said and they talked about strategy and what they had been weak on. They heard the last minute call and the girls went out with out putting gin their hands in the middle and yelling STRONG. Going out to the field, the girls position themselves. The game started, with the Slytherin team with the ball and kicking it up where Jeal was. The Slytherin team passed the ball well and attempted some shots, only for them to be off or the goal keeper to grab the ball or paunch it away. Lily was getting tired since she had to run up the whole field when Jeal or someone else up had the ball and try to help them out, and then down the field when the defense needed help. Lily could tell that Jeal was getting mad because she was passing the ball less and trying to pass the other teams defense by herself only to have the ball taken away from her. Lily looked at the clock and saw that there where at least ten minutes left, ten minutes to make a goal and hope to tie to go to extra time. But that never happened and soon enough.

"WHISTLE" by the referee his hand going to the middle of the cleared snow field.

"YEAH"

The game was over, the Ravenclaw team girls where jumping up and down, running towards the person who had mad the goal, picking her up, hugging each other. Lily looked around and saw her own teammates looking down at the ground, some covering their faces, especially the 7th years who this was their last game. Lily felt sad as well and she felt some tears get into her eyes, only for her to wipe them off before anyone saw them. Lily saw Jeal and Dani walking towards her and they hugged each other. Then they walked over to Cloe and the rest of the 7th years hugging them as well.

"You guys, kick their ass next year" Cloe said to Jeal, Dani and Lily and the three girls nodded as they saw Cloe eyes red with tears and sadness. She wiped her tears "At least I made the winning goal last year" and the girl laughed, not because even though they lost the game, they all made good memories being in the team. The Slytherin girls had walked to their side of the field as the Ravenclaw girls got their medals and Cup and the Slytherin girls watched them from their bench, holding each others hands.

"That was a good game" said Dani as the girls walked in to the changing room to change. Lily took of her jersey, looked at it and smiled looking at her number, which was ten and knowing that she had two more years of soccer, but in the end she would feel really sad and cry when it was over.

"Yeah" Lily said agreeing with Dani who was always such a good sportsmanship. Lily took her shorts out, put on her sweats, took off her top under armour put on a plain blue shirt and her soccer sweater with her last name on the back. She packed her shin guards, dirty green socks and grassy cleats in her Victoria Secret bag with her uniform and grabbed her water bottle with her hand. When Jeal and Dani were ready, the girls left and left to their dorms to finish their homework in peace with no one bothering them. But they were stopped in the Slytherin common room when they were about to go up the stairs to their dorm.

"Lily, Jeal, Dani wait" the girls heard and stopped and turned around to find Janika coming towards them while Scorpius was coming towards them as a slower pace. Janika threw her arms around the three girls and hugged them.

"That was a good game girls, you guys did great out there" Janika said.

"Thanks" Dani said.

"Yeah thanks" Lily and Jeal said. Janika smiled and Scorpius caught up to them. Scorpius went to hug Jeal.

"Jeal, you almost got a billion in there" Scorpius said then moved on to Dani "Dani, great D that was just a lucky shot from a stupid call" then he went to Lily and hugged her as well, but Lily felt his hand press against her stomach and she felt his hand going into her sweater pocket. He pulled back.

"And you did a great job helping Jeal out and getting back to help Dani" he said and Lily smiled at him. The Slytherin Quidditch team had lost the first part of the competition, but they still had a chance to win the cup come spring. They just have to make sure they beat Gryffindor next time and

everyone else and they were in the finals. He wrinkled his nose.

"Janika, we should probably let them go now, they smell bad and in need of a shower" Scorpius said and Jeal went up to him and punch him the shoulder and he chuckled. Jeal stuck out her tongue at him.

"So mature" Scorpius said as the girls walked up to their dorms. Going inside their dorm, the girls dropped their things and Lily decided to take a shower first. Grabbing her pj's, Lily went and was about to take a shower when she looked into her sweater jacket and pulled out a piece of paper in a soccer ball shape. Unfolding the ball, Lily saw a note written on it. It read...

Lily,

I need to talk to you in private. How about tomorrow at noon at the tower in which we dueled at a month ago. I really need you to listen to me, but do not think I am forcing you to come. I am asking you.

Scorpius

If Lily had expected a love letter (which in a way she had), then this certainly was not one and it had no cute words or hints that he cared about her and so on. Lily sighed, at least she was going to get some answers clear, she hoped. But she was also afraid.

Another chapter up my third in a row straight, hope I can still continue. Okay so the 2020 FIFA World Cup that I mentioned was the 2006 FIFA World Cup so as to not confuse anyone. To bad they lost their game, but that also happened to my team and we were really sad after wards. Any mistakes or comments, please say it really helps me.