Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw
"I'm sorry, Lily, but I can't stay with you because I came from the future. Yeah, then she laughs at me." Harry whispered to himself for the tenth time, trying to rehearse how to dump Lily.
"Harry, are you there?" he heard Remus' voice call, which scared him.
"Hey! No… Are you going to Hogsmeade, Remus?"
"Shouldn't you be at breakfast? James' gonna kill you if-"
"Ahn…So, I think I am… Going."
Harry ran down the stairs tense, and the moment he sat beside Sirius, James turned to him and asked as he put some sausages in his plate:
"Remus's at the dormitory, right?"
"Yes… I'm not eating all of these."
"Damn it; just keep putting these on your mouth. If you starve, we lose the game, and I'm counting on you, boy. I am worried with Remus, couldn't talk to him since yesterday."
"Dorcas going out with another guy really affected him." Sirius said as he filled him mouth with as many bacon as he could.
"It's almost like if Gideon had just ate the best chocolate bar ever, and at that moment Remus realized that chocolate was the best of all. I know how he feels."
Harry, Sirius and James stared silently at Peter. Too shocked to formulate a sentence, Harry limited to poke Sirius when he thought he was going to say something.
"I'm falling from the broomstick if I get fat, James." Marlene nagged as Prongs put more egg in her plate. "Stop it, it's almost eleven, we should be going to the field."
Harry felt his stomach was getting filled with something really acid when he sat on the dressing room's bench for James speech before the game. At his side Sirius rocked the bat from one side to another, occasionally hitting Fabian Prewett's leg.
"So, Prewett." Sirius started, still rocking the bat. "Heard your little brother's hanging out with Dorcas Meadowes. Big deal for a sixth year."
"Dorcas always fancied Gideon." Marlene smiled as she commented. "He's really mature for his age, Sirius, unlike others."
"Don't be sarcastic, Mckinnon." Sirius talked back angrily, staring the brunette's blue eyes. "I know by heart what you and Lily think about us, you don't need to say it out loud."
Sulking, Marlene silenced as Fabian looked annoyed at Sirius.
"What do you mean, Black? You know pretty well how me and my brother have always gotten better than you and Potter in many aspects until now. Ask Lily who was the best boyfriend she ever had."
"Before she broke up with you since she caught the prince charming snogging with Narcissa Black in the dressing rooms, Prewett." They heard an angry voice saying from inside. James got out holding his wand. "Now, sit down and listen."
Sirius giggled beside Harry, and Fabian muttered something like "show off". Braising his chest, James smiled and started speaking:
"There's a reason why I am, from three years to now, captain of this team. You know why?"
"Cause you're the best." Sirius, Fabian and Marlene muttered together. Sirius rolled his eyes and looked at Harry, looking bored.
"We know his speech by heart. He wants to throw at my face that I wasn't chose to be captain."
"Exact. Therefore is up to you, talented but clearly inferior players, to obey me. I know you're the best in the school because I myself chose you to make this team, s give your best and kick those raven's arses. Oh, and Fabian?"
"What, James?" the ginger hear sounded nervous.
"If I notice you favoring your younger brother, you're screwed. I've got five beaters in line to put in your place, so you'd better take good care of your bat."
Silent after the threat, the rest of the group walked to the field. As they waited to be announced, Harry turned to James, whispering:
"You didn't test any beater."
"Nope, but Prewett was so pissed he didn't even notice."
Harry laughed a while, but stopped dead when he saw the gigantic mass of students that had come to see the match. When looking at the other team he recognized Gideon Prewett holding his broom firmly.
"Hello, I'm Mary McDonald and will irradiate today's match, Gryffindor against Ravenclaw!" a girl's voice echoed in the megaphone, and Harry saw that it came from a beautiful girl with brown hair who was waving at them. James opened a wide smile and waved back.
"Mary's irradiating, Sirius!"
"YEAH! HEY, MARY!" Sirius shouted to her, smiling. Harry turned to him and asked:
"Who is she?"
"She used to be part of Lily's group until last year, but now that she's dating Edgar Bones she started to hang out with the Hufflepuffs" Sirius explained. "We became friends the time James tried to win Lily by getting closer to her friends."
"She's the best." James smiled. "She was the only one who didn't try to punch me when I revealed the plan."
"Shake your hands, captains!" Madame Hooch ordered severely. James stepped forward to shake the Ravenclaw captain, a boy with Rastafarian hair.
Harry's heart leaped in his chest when he took off; at the same moment Mary announced the beginning of the game. When he looked below he saw James throwing the quaffle to Marlene, who passed it to Ginny just before the red – headed was almost hit by the first bludger, which was beat by Fabian.
"Potter! Mckinnon! Ouch, that was ugly, huh? Prewett, Davies, Sparks… Yeah! Potter again, now Weasley, go girl! GRYFFINDOR SCORES!"
Harry circled that field as James smiled radiantly to Ginny. A bludger came towards the group, but Sirius bat it away, angry. The game restarted and Harry tried to peek down when a dark figure passed through him.
"Hey, Parker! Watch out!" Harry heard a girl voice laugh, and he took a minute to remember she was talking to him.
A pretty Asian girl stared at him, her long black hair tied in a coke. What has Ravenclaw with female seekers, he thought. For a moment his gaze got stuck on the girl's beauty, but then he noticed the scheme.
He turned his broomstick to the other side, running faster without sopping. He heard another point for Gryffindor, but that didn't bother him. When he reached the goal where Mark Webber was, the girl stopped right beside him.
"I'm Yuka, how are you?"
Harry rolled his eyes and started looking more anxiously to the snitch, avoiding the Japanese, who was clearly trying to take his attention from the ball.
Another goal, this time for Ravenclaw. A glimpse of light, and Harry saw the little ball around a blue player's head. He accelerated the broom, feeling the girl following him. Tilted the broom upwards; Yuka on his feet. Another point for Gryffindor.
He stretched his hand to catch the snitch, but he could see Yuka's hand was close too. Cursing the inferiority of the broom towards his good Firebolt he pulled her hand away, almost at the same time Gryffindor made another point. The next moment, he closed his finger around the snitch.
"GRYFFINDOR CATCHES THE SNITCH!" Mary shouted in the magical megaphone, and Harry could barely smile to the crowd when James and Sirius jumped over him.
Slowly, the team started walking away as many people congratulated for the victory. Harry and answering all of them, Harry didn't notice Lily coming to his direction, red but confident.
"Congratulations, Harry." She said, enlacing his neck with her arms. Behind her he saw the rest of the group, but Remus. Lost in his thoughts about Moony he just remembered being hugged with Lily when the girl's lips touched his, and they began to kiss.
The shouts vanished and time stopped, so panicked Harry became. Paralyzed, he felt himself being kissed by Lily and only when she finally dropped him he noticed the sudden silence wasn't just his imagination.
James, his winner's smile fading, widened his eyes and faked a smile, running to the dressing rooms right after. Sirius and Peter just looked at the scene confused, leaving the place suddenly.
"I'll be waiting by the end of the field." Lily laughed in his ear as she walked away with the others. Ginny and Hermione, although shocked, couldn't avoid laughing facing Harry's scared face.
"James!" Harry called tense when he entered the dressing room. No answer. The boy called again, and only by the third call there was a reply.
"Here." He heard a depressed voice say, coming from the captain's office. When he got closer Sirius and Peter got out, wishing good luck.
"James, I-"Harry started as he watched James low his head.
"It's okay, Harry." James answered, clearly trying to remain calm. Harry sat down in front of him.
"I'm dumping her today. "
"You know you don't need to."
"I want to."
Determined, Harry changed his clothes and went to see Lily, who waited with a smile. When he got near her friends left giggling.
"Lily, I need to talk to you." He started seriously. The ginger head grinned and entwined their fingers.
"Wait to Hogsmeade!"
Harry swallowed dry, but followed the girl to the carriages. Planning a way to dump her without hurting her feeling, he remained silent all the way to the village. Hogsmeade was hot, and Harry felt his forehead go sweaty when he stopped and stared at the girl.
"Lily, we can't be together." He finally said. Lily continued to smile.
"Why? Potter-"
"James didn't say anything. I can't be with you because… I'm from the future."
"What? Harry, if you don't want to be with me at least come up with a reasonable excuse. "She stopped grinning.
"It's true! Look, ask Remus he will-"
"LET ME GO!"
Harry and Lily stopped chatting and gazed at a dark alley, where a group of slytherins kicked someone, who was asking for help, on the floor. Braising her chest with the Head Girl's badge, Lily went towards them and repelled them. Harry ran to her, and they looked to see who was in trouble.
"Regulus Black?" Lily asked shocked when Sirius' younger brother gazed to them, his nose bleeding and looking desperate.
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Jlia: Bom, review em português, reposta em português :) Não vou demorar muito para traduzir, afinal é um trabalho mais mecânico do que de pensamento :)
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