Chapter 7
Quidditch Cup
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Ravenclaw had beaten Gryffindor very narrowly during their match after the match between Slytherin and Hufflepuff several weeks before. It was May now, the weather quite warm and perfect for the last Quidditch match for the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup. Currently in first place Ravenclaw had 1060 points, in second place Slytherin had 1030 points, in third place Gryffindor had 1010 points, and in fourth place Hufflepuff had 950 points. The tension in the castle was palpable as most students were anticipating the winner of the school's annual Quidditch House Cup all riding on the match between Ravenclaw and Slytherin. And that meant that Quinn and Rachel hadn't been able to see each other as much because they both had to spend more time on the Quidditch pitch practicing and when they weren't doing that they were studying for their impending O.W.L.s as well for their end of the year examinations as fifth year students. There just wasn't enough time in the day for them to spend together on top of that other than patrolling at the end of the night and during meal times together. On top of all of that Rachel was worried about Quinn because her health had stayed stagnant for some time now since they had sealed to each other.
After Rachel had told Quinn the three little words with a big effect on her, Quinn's immediate health had improved but now things had become stagnant and all of the pressure riding on the final Hogwarts Quidditch Cup match on top of the need to study for the O.W.L.s seemed to be draining Quinn of her energy far too quickly. In fact Quinn always looked exhausted and the locket she wore showed a blue hue that was usually sky blue in the morning but dipped into a darker shade of blue by the time they patrolled at night. This was causing Rachel to worry about Quinn every time she saw the exhaustion behind her eyes, the need for something that she just wasn't getting.
One night when they were almost done patrolling Rachel pulled Quinn aside into one of the alcove's that housed a statue for a hidden entrance and spoke the magic words to activate it before pulling Quinn inside and kissing her for all she was worth, causing a gasp and a moan to bubble out of Quinn's lips and throat. It was a fiery and passionate kiss and within seconds Rachel had parted Quinn's lips to delve her tongue inside and play with Quinn's own and they both moaned at the sensation of Rachel wrapping her tongue around Quinn's in a sensual and skilled way. Before Rachel's tongue could retreat back into her mouth Quinn sucked on it with her lips causing a strangle moan to leave Rachel's lips at the sensation she was experiencing. When they finally managed to pull away from each other they smiled softly and were breathing deeply into the slightly musky air of the secret passage. "So, what was that for Rach?" Quinn asked, a smile still playing on her lips as she looked down into soft brown eyes, just barely visible in the limited lighting.
"Well, we haven't been able to see each other as much so I … I just missed kissing you and … well, being with you without worrying about our other duties and obligations really."
"So, you just missed me that much? Well, I'd say this needs to happen more often but … well … snogging in secret passages isn't exactly ideal and not only that but … I … I really missed you too and … I can't wait for you to visit me during the summer holidays Rachel! We'll have so much time to just … really see each other without having to worry about one thing or another." Quinn's excitement was adorable and Rachel felt her heart warm with affection towards this girl, this girl she loved so, so much.
"I'm just as eager for you to visit me during the summer so my parents can meet you and officially … well, give us their blessing since I told them that Veela love is eternal and you and I are going to be together for the rest of our lives. My dad, Hiram, was much more accepting at first but then my daddy, Leroy, questioning whether I was ready to be committed for the rest of my life at such a young age! They were excited when I just told them that we were dating since you are, in their words, 'a wonderful sounding girl and she's smart too because she's in Ravenclaw. She's a keeper Rachel, don't let her get away!' but as soon as I told them about Veela being eternally in love. Well … my dad, ever the romantic, thought it was adorable until daddy started throwing doubts out about how genuinely I could be in love with you while being barely fifteen years old." Rachel rolled her eyes in exasperation. "They told me that I have to be careful in case you're not who I want for the rest of my life and that I'm far too young to know anything about loving someone for the rest of my life. I was angry and annoyed with them so I sent them a rather tart response to their last letter saying that if they didn't approve then I wasn't going to send them another letter during this school year and I'd give them the silent treatment until they meet you and find out how absolutely wonderful you are and see for themselves how, how much we love each other."
Chuckling in amusement Quinn leaned down and pecked Rachel on the lips. "You're just such an adorable person. I'm glad that I found you that I fell in love with you Rachel. You are … indescribable sometimes, the way you make me feel so many emotions is absolutely astonishing and I've never felt even once that my Veela was wrong to show me that you are the one I've been searching for since the day I was born. There was only the slightest hesitation on my part when I first locked eyes with you, when our gazes met on that fateful train ride to Hogwarts. I saw you and I answered 'yes' immediately to bonding with you, to being sealed to you, but within moments I remembered that you were unobtainable to me because you were in a relationship at the time."
"I'm just glad that I opened my eyes and saw you and accepted you because this has been the best thing to have ever happened to me, you are, undoubtedly, my perfect match in every way and I don't think I can ever love anyone more than I love you." After leaning in for one last kiss, Rachel smiled warmly at Quinn before glancing around outside quickly. "We'd better go since we were supposed to be done with patrols by now and I'm sure if Filch catches us he'll give us some horrible punishment. Let's go."
Moving swiftly through the secret passage they just narrowly avoided trouble in the form of Mrs. Norris junior not knowing which one of them to go after when they split up to go to their separate dormitories between the Slytherin dungeon and the Ravenclaw tower. Mrs. Norris junior had started after one of them then noticed the other going in a different direction and tried to follow after her instead only to realize that she had already gone too far ahead and down too many swift hallways to keep up. She hissed in annoyance of missing the opportunity to please her owner.
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The match was going to be the following morning after breakfast on Saturday and both teams were feeling the heat and pressure to perform well from the rest of their respective houses cheering them on, and also essentially demanding that they win. Rachel was the better seeker between their teams and Quinn was definitely the best chaser between both teams and Mike made it hard for the other chasers to score goals. Overall, their teams were pretty evenly matched and the anticipation was bigger than it had ever been before because of how close the points were between both teams.
Sitting in their usual seats, Quinn and Rachel were discussing their planned visits to each other during dinner in the Great Hall. "I think, to assuage any fears and concerns my fathers have, that you should visit me first during the summer holiday and I think that it should be during the first or second week of our summer holiday. I'm sure that you'd like to get homework out of the way quickly, just as I do, so that we can optimize the time we spend together, don't you think?"
Quinn nodded her head in agreement. "Of course. Homework should be a priority and then we can visit each other. I wonder if we'll get a lighter load considering we would have to start studying for next year's N.E.W.T.s quite possibly as soon as we come back from the summer holiday. I mean, the O.W.L.s aren't nearly as tough as the N.E.W.T.s after all, the name speaks for itself when it has the words 'nastily' and 'exhausting' all in one and I've been told by a sixth year on my team that they don't get assigned much homework throughout the year but almost nothing is given out after Christmas holidays are over."
For a moment they just sat in silence as they thought the situation over. Rachel broke the silence first, "so, how long exactly did you want to stay over at my house for the holidays? I think that a week should suffice and then how long would I be staying over at your home?" Rachel was excited because she had never wanted to visit Finn's family, as much as she had liked him when they were together. There was just something about them that didn't entirely click and it was why she never thought to spend part of her summer holiday visiting Finn's family. "I'm nervous because I've never spent any part of my summer holiday visiting a significant other's home before, meeting the family and all that that entails. It's making me rather nervous actually." Rachel paused briefly before continuing, "Will your parents even like me? Will your sister? I mean, I know in a way that they kind of, sort of, already have to approve in a way but at the same time … you did tell me before that you had a chance to say 'no' to me and try to find someone else immune to your thrall to mate with you, as much as that pains me to hear and know, should this relationship between us only remain strictly friendship. You had a chance and you didn't take it and I was wondering if it was your choice or did your parents or sister push you?"
Rachel almost giggled at the puzzled look on Quinn's face, something she had never seen before. "I don't know where this question is coming from, if you're questioning my love for you or not but … in all honesty my parents and my sister encouraged me to purposefully try to break Finn and you up when I told them of how I had found my mate but that she was already in a relationship with someone else at the time. They told me that I should hold back for such a 'silly reason' and that I should pursue you despite that relationship. I told them that I didn't want to, that I would wait for you even if I died in the process of it all. I … I don't want to say that I didn't care whether I lived or not but for me, to me, loving you was worth dying over, a just cause and reason to die, so to speak. I just … I love you so much that I couldn't give up the idea of you, of loving you so strongly and so intently. I was … my heart and my Veela were, and still are, set on you being my mate. I couldn't find it in myself to even attempt to choose another to be my mate. It was always you and I just couldn't dream of anyone else beyond you."
Catching her breath seemed to be a problem for Rachel. The romantic declaration of love, everything about Quinn in this moment made Rachel fall even more in love with Quinn. "You really are a dream come true, you know that? It's like someone wrote you to be this perfect person for me to fall in love with and everything you say is so romantic and it just seems like … you were quite literally made for me as I was made to be with you too. We're the very definition of soulmates, or in this case just mates." Rachel leaned over and gave Quinn an affectionate kiss on the cheek, "I truly think we are perfect for each other, just made to be together."
Nuzzling into Rachel's neck for a few moments Quinn breathed into Rachel's ear, "I love you so much. You're all I think about every day and every time I think of your smile, I feel like grinning like a fool. And sometimes just from looking at you I forget how to breathe because you're so stunning I lose my breath. You make me feel like I've never known what true happiness was until I met you and fell in love."
Just then they heard a groan to their left and saw that it was Mike. "Look, I think you're one of the cutest couples in the world, I seriously do. But … well, I think you're being a tad too intimate while we're having dinner in the Great Hall and really, I feel like I'm starting to grow cavities in my teeth because you're both so sweet on each other. I'm being completely serious so don't start threatening me Quinn."
Instead of becoming angry, Quinn smirked instead. "Why would I ever threaten you Mike?" After asking the question with her devious smirk, Quinn leaned over and started pressing kisses all over Rachel's neck, which caused a soft moan to escape from Rachel's lips. It was soft enough that only Mike could hear it, as he was sitting at Rachel's immediate left, and Mike groaned in response.
"I really ought to learn when to shut my mouth." Mike muttered under his breath but it somehow didn't escape Quinn's attention.
"You really ought to but enough of that." Quinn pulled away from Rachel, causing a whine to leave her lips and her eyes were dark when she brought them over to look at Quinn.
"Actually you both need to stop using me as a tool to antagonize, on your end Quinn, and as a buffer, on your end Mike, because as much as I enjoy your affections and attention Quinn, and your friendship Mike, I shouldn't be in the middle of all of this so often." This caused them both to bow their head in contrition.
"Sorry about that mate." Mike said at the same time Quinn spoke.
"My sincerest apologies, love." They both spoke sincerely and Rachel accepted their apologies with a nod of her head.
Shaking her head and taking a quick look at her watch, Rachel noted the time and knew that the Great Hall would be closing down in another half hour. "We should all get moving if we've eaten our fill since the Great Hall will be closing soon. It's already nearly 7:30 and our match is at 8:30 in the morning and we need to be in the locker rooms by 8 to prepare for the match. We should all try to finish the last of our homework and head off to bed soon since we'll need all of our energy if we're to do well during the match tomorrow."
Quinn and Mike nodded their heads in agreement and Quinn wanted some alone, uninterrupted time with Rachel anyways. She needed to explain a few things to her before they officially went to meet each other's families. "Let's go Rachel, I need to talk to you about something anyways." Quinn stood up and held Rachel's hand before turning to Mike, "I'll see you in the morning, bright and early, for the match Mike. Well, more like we might eat something before the match but I know you sometimes get nervous and don't eat anything at all. You'd better eat at least a piece of toast or bacon before the match! Make sure that you make Matt do the same. Playing on an empty stomach will basically force us to lose the match without fair play." Quinn glanced at Rachel with a smirk, "I don't know about you Mike but I sure as bloody hell believe that we're going to win against Slytherin tomorrow."
Chuckling Mike agreed with a nod as he spoke, "yeah, I get the feeling that you're both going to have a lover's tiff that I don't want to be a part of so I'll see you in the morning if we don't get back at the same time. Who am I kidding though? The tower is about the biggest workout so I'll probably make it up the stairs before you since I always run about half of them and walk up the rest while you take your time to just walk up."
"Not everyone feels like getting a cardio work out going up our tower Mike. Now I'm going to leave with my girlfriend so we can have our chat. Make sure you get a good night's rest and try to hound the rest of our team to go to bed on time please. The last thing we need is for everyone to think I've gone soft as the captain just because I'm being a bit more lenient than usual." This caused Mike to roll his eyes and he was glad he was facing away from her because he knew she would have caught it if he wasn't.
"All right, Quinn. You know I try my best to tell them what to do and if nothing else works I'll give them your usual threat of putting them through hell at our next practice. Now go have your snog *cough cough* I mean chat with Rachel." Mike said it in such a cheeky way and the look on his face caused a scowl on Quinn's face.
"Some days, Chang, some days." Mike only laughed in response, knowing that in a way this softer side of Quinn was one he was more than glad to see and he couldn't be happier with the fact that Quinn was in such a good and loving relationship. He had never seen her this playful or happy since they had first become friends as first years. In fact, Quinn almost seemed more or less sullen and melancholic in comparison to the happiness she was exuding now. It was refreshing to be witness to it.
With that said Quinn turned away from Mike and led Rachel away from the Great Hall and all the way over to the Room of Requirement. They walked leisurely to the room and as soon as they sat down on the loveseat, virtually no space separating their bodies with Rachel nuzzling into Quinn's neck, Quinn gave Rachel a soft and affectionate kiss on her forehead. Rachel felt her cheeks warm and pulled back slightly to look at Quinn. "So, what was it you wished to speak about, love?"
Looking slightly uncertain Quinn cleared her throat before she started explaining without giving anything away about what her family was going to be like. "All right, I suppose I'll start by saying that this is something that all mates of Veela have to go through and that it has nothing to do with my family's opinion of you nor anything to do with any disapproval of our relationship. In all honesty, you shouldn't take anything that my family might say or do too seriously." Quinn paused to gauge Rachel's reaction. When all Rachel did was nod her head Quinn felt it fit to continue. "Right, so, that being said what I'm hinting at is a bit of a trial that everyone must go through for approval. All Veela or part Veela mates of other Veela's and part Veela's are much more prepared for it and therefore aren't nearly as affected and can take things in stride. Whenever a Veela or part Veela has a mate that is human, witch, or another species … well, that's when things get a bit complicated and sometimes a little difficult. I'm not really allowed to tell you more details but I felt that I should prepare you somewhat for this before having you over to my house during the summer."
There was a look of apprehension on Rachel's face as she absorbed everything Quinn had said. "They're not … going to … I don't know … torture me or anything like that are they?" Quinn shook her head, "well, then are they going to interrogate me, perhaps, about our relationship?" At this Quinn shrugged and didn't say anything further about the subject.
"I really shouldn't tell you more because it is a Veela tradition but I can tell you this: they might seem intimidating but they are mostly going to be welcoming of you because you're my mate and you make me happy. Something that you must prepare for is that it will be a continuous onslaught until every member of my family has a chance to speak to you and also, there might be a few family members here and there who might not be as welcoming. I know that some of my family members are tough to … deal with I'll say. They can be very trying but I hope that nothing they say or do will make you change your mind about me or about our relationship." For just a moment Quinn looked insecure and fearful. "I don't want to lose you, to lose this love we share for each other."
Rachel leaned forward and gently brought their foreheads together and just sat there for a moment. The tenderness that Rachel was displaying caused Quinn to feel as if Rachel had just dispelled all of her fears and worries with this one action full of so much affection, so much love. "I don't think I can ever leave you and I want you to know that I will never be able to leave you because I love you far too much, because I've never felt so in love before. My relationship with Finn pales in comparison to anything and everything I feel for you alone. There will never be anyone else I love more than you, as much as you and no one will ever compare Quinn. In truth, just the thought of being separated from you makes me feel like I'm going insane, like I'd die if we weren't together and the thought of you dying because of me makes me feel so ill." For a moment Rachel looked truly nauseous from just that thought alone.
"Don't say anymore, Rachel. I know exactly how you feel. I completely understand. Let's make the most of the hour we have left before we need to patrol with more … pleasurable activities. I certainly won't object to that." And with that Quinn leaned in and kissed Rachel hard. Rachel more than reciprocated in kind and it seemed that it would be a bit of a daily occurrence for them to go on patrol with red, kiss swollen lips and beaming smiles on their faces.
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It was currently ten minutes before all of the Quidditch players needed to leave to for the locker rooms to gear up for the anticipated match. Quinn had rallied her team up and made sure everyone had at least eaten a little bit of something so they wouldn't be playing on empty stomachs. Kitty and Marley were notorious for being the most nervous members on the team and not eating before matches. Matt was occasionally in the same boat but Quinn had forced everyone on the team to at least eat a piece of toast or some eggs. Bacon was Quinn's favorite food and so she dug in to some eggs and bacon and made sure to wipe her mouth off before giving Rachel a soft good luck kiss on the lips. "I'll see you on the pitch my love. Good luck." And Quinn left Rachel with a flirtatious wink.
By the time the last members of the Ravenclaw's Quidditch team entered the locker almost everyone had already changed into their Quidditch protective gear. The blue and silver uniform was quite calming and soothing for the players who were most nervous to look at. Looking on at the team Quinn sighed upon seeing the McCarthy twins arriving nearly late … again and shook her head at them before speaking up. "I don't want to know why you were both almost late because I clearly told everyone to be here by no later than 8:00 sharp and you barely made it on time. I don't want to hear whatever you came up with this time to excuse yourselves, just go gear up and then come back here so we can talk strategy."
Rolling their eyes in unison they did just as Quinn asked and Quinn glared at them the entire time it took for them to go change and when they came back she was still glaring at them. "Quinn, go ahead and give us the strategy for today's match," Mike prodded gently, knowing that the blonde's annoyance with the twins was justified but also aware that they had limited time before they would need to head out to the Quidditch pitch to start the match.
Taking a deep breath in and letting it out slowly Quinn began to speak. "I know that Rachel is an honorable player but the other members of the Slytherin team don't mind playing dirty to win, as we all know for ourselves from firsthand experience with that lot of cheating gits. So, they'll try to go after Mike, for one, Marley, and maybe one of our chasers by either double teaming us when we've got the quaffle or using their beaters to try to get us with the bludgers. We need to watch out for those bloody cheaters playing less than honorably so if any one of us spots another team member in a spot of trouble, go ahead and distract them by other flying close or by aiming a bludger towards the commotion without trying to hit another player, of course. We've got to be smarter, faster, and cleverer than those cheaters! Those louts won't know what hit them when we win the Quidditch Cup for the glory of Ravenclaw!" Taking a quick glance at her watch Quinn looked around at the rest of her team. "Let's do this, let's win for Ravenclaw!" Everyone cheered after Quinn's speech and then headed out to the Quidditch pitch.
As soon as they entered the pitch cheers and jeers could be heard from the stands where all students were watching the match with high anticipation. In the middle Madam Hooch was still setting up the field with the chest by her legs, not having released the bludgers or snitch just yet. The Ravenclaw team had entered just a few moments before the Slytherin team gathered in front of Madam Hooch as well. As soon as she saw both teams on the pitch she released the bludgers and snitch for the game and held the quaffle for herself. "Step forward captains." She waited for both Quinn and Rachel to step forward as instructed before she spoke again, "now, shake hands." They looked at each other fiercely.
"Just because you're the love of my life doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you, Rachel." Quinn said only loudly enough for Rachel to hear due to their close proximity.
"Don't expect any mercy from me either, love." Rachel said with a smirk on her face.
"Now, I want a good, clean," she looked at the rest of the Slytherin team when she said this to their eye rolling and scoffs, "game. On your brooms now. Keepers to your goal posts." Madam Hooch flew up several feet above them with the quaffle in hand as she got her whistle ready, "3, 2, 1, begin!" She threw the quaffle into the air after giving her whistle a single, trill blow before flying off to watch for any attempts at foul play despite the match having only just begun.
With the release of the quaffle Quinn shot forward and grabbed a hold of it before Hunter could and she flew off straight for the goal posts and saw Sebastian waiting for her to throw the quaffle. Santana and Puck were trying to intercept her but her broom was just a little bit faster and a better flyer. Before they could tell what she was doing, she flew up into the air and threw the quaffle to Kitty who then flew to the middle goal post as a distraction before throwing it back to Quinn who smacked the quaffle with her broom and scored in the goal post to the right. The announcer for the match, Elliot, exclaimed in surprise of the carefully and beautifully orchestrated goal by the completely in sync duo. It was an amazing shot and even the Slytherins had to begrudgingly admit that they had been outplayed for that goal and that it was quite clever. Sebastian barely managed to catch the quaffle before it landed on the ground and angrily pitched it to Puck.
Puck flew away quickly, looking around to try to pass to Santana when the quaffle nearly fell out of his arms due to a stray bludger coming after him from his right and it was enough for Matt to quickly push the quaffle out of Puck's clumsy hold. Cursing at Matt, Puck looked up to see Santana flying after Matt and nodded over to Hunter to go after the quaffle. Puck would never play dirty against Quinn purely because of their friendship but he wasn't friends with Matt and so he didn't care very much about playing dirty to get the quaffle back from him. They flew so that they had a formation of Hunter right above Matt and Puck and Santana on either side of him before they started closing in on him. Noticing the dirty tactics, Madison hit a bludger over in Santana's direction, causing her to swerve away quickly while Mason did the same to Hunter who had to quickly duck his head to avoid the other bludger aimed near him.
Madam Hooch, having seen the attempt at foul play, blew her whistle for a penalty shot. "Ravenclaw gets a penalty shot because of an attempt at foul play by the three chasers from Slytherin!" she called loudly to the players on the field and Quinn grinned when the quaffle was handed to her for the penalty shot against Sebastian. She flew straight for the left goal post but then quickly swerved to the middle post to throw the quaffle in successfully much to Sebastian's displeasure and further annoyance. She had gotten him twice now and it was starting to piss him off, if his glare in her direction was any indication.
The quaffle was retrieved once more and the match went on with Ravenclaw in the lead by 20 points now. This time the Slytherin chasers were being much more aggressive and kept passing back and forth between each other, not letting up on the very accurate passes. Quinn saw her chance when she saw Santana hesitate to pass and swooped in to intercept the quaffle and flew off in the opposite direction, winking at Santana. Santana had to admit that it was quite bold of Quinn and laughed at that despite the fact that she should be angry instead. Shaking her head she flew after Quinn who was now halfway across the field and in the middle of passing to Kitty who then proceeded to pass to Matt to confuse their keeper before promptly throwing the ball at Quinn on the other end of the goal post and scoring before he could catch on yet again. Sebastian angrily flew after the quaffle and threw it to Hunter after whispering something into his ear. Hunter nodded slightly and flew back into the pitch and flew above everyone else on the Quidditch pitch towards the other end of the goal posts.
Kitty, Matt, and Quinn were confused about why he would fly up above everyone but didn't want to fall for any dirty plays the Slytherin might be attempting and so they just flew back towards their own goal posts to wait for him instead. While Hunter was flying towards the goal posts a rogue bludger nearly hit him and he had to swerve away and he dropped the quaffle out of his arms and Quinn shot forward for it with her left arm when the same bludger smashed into the same arm but she grabbed the quaffle anyways and knew that her protective gear had been smashed in completely by the bludger. Flying off with the quaffle in her right arm Quinn passed to Matt and, after flying closer to the goal posts, he passed to Kitty but Sebastian had anticipated this move but instead of attempting to score she passed it back to Matt for another goal, much to Sebastian's disdain.
Quinn took this time to look at her broken protective gear and felt the throbbing pain in her arm and wondered if the bone had broken. Rachel, having seen the bludger hit her arm, flew over to her in concern. "Quinn! Are you all right there? I saw that bludger smash into your arm and it looks like your gear has broken as well."
"I think … well, I hope I haven't broken anything but my arm is hurting badly."
Reaching over to examine her arm, Rachel gently took Quinn's arm into her hands. "Let me see? I'll take it off carefully." At Quinn's nod Rachel proceeded to gently remove the broken gear from Quinn's arm and immediately a dark bruising could be seen on Quinn's arm as well as extreme redness. "I can't tell if you've broken your arm or not but if you try to move it you might be able to tell better."
Hissing in pain from the movement Quinn doubted that the bone was broken but there was definitely some kind of fracture in her arm. "I don't think that anything's broken, just fractured most probably."
Placing a gentle kiss on Quinn's hand, Rachel set on putting the gear back on Quinn's arm. "Even if it's not broken you should have Madam Pomfrey take a look at it after the match, love. Please, please be careful." Blushing at the affection Rachel was displaying in the middle of the match with so many spectators to witness their tender moment, Quinn leaned in and kiss Rachel on the cheek.
"I have a match to win Rachel." Quinn winked and Rachel scowled playfully.
"That's what you think." Rachel laughed before spotting the snitch, "the snitch!" and flying off with those words. Quinn wouldn't mind losing this match right now because her arm was killing her with how much it was throbbing.
Flying off from the spot she had been she rejoined the match to see that her other two chasers had managed to score another goal just now and flew over to join them in trying to get the quaffle back from Santana. The rest of the match was rather intense with many attempts at foul play by Slytherin and in doing so Ravenclaw got another 5 penalty shots and scored all of those shots. They managed to score another 10 points with the quaffle but in the end Rachel caught the snitch and brought the points to a match of 100-150 and the overall totals meant that Slytherin won by merely 20 points. The Hogwarts Quidditch Cup belonged to Slytherin this year.
Once they hit the ground again Quinn walked over to her girlfriend to congratulate her with a passionate kiss that Rachel reciprocated. "Congratulations, my love, for such a magnificent win."
The moment was short lived before Rachel dragged Quinn over to the Hospital Wing to tend to her injured arm. "Honestly Quinn, you should have gone as soon as the match was over!" Rachel reprimanded gently, affectionately as she stroked Quinn's hair away from her face. "I really love you but you need to take better care of yourself, love."
Chuckling Quinn responded, "Yes, mother."
Jaw dropped Rachel retorted next to Quinn's ear so no one else could hear what she said, "would your mother kiss you on the lips the way I do? Desire you as much as I do when we're alone and snogging in the Room of Requirement, Quinn?" This caused shivers to run up and down Quinn's spine. "I don't think so."
"You're truly something else but I love you for all of it."
Mike took this moment to announce his presence. "I always seem to catch the both of you when you're in the middle of flirting with each other, don't I?" he asked rhetorically. They both looked startled at his presence. "Just wanted to see how your arm was. Fractures?" At Quinn's nod he smiled and said, "at least it's not missing and you won't have to drink that awful skele-gro like Harry Potter supposedly did his second year at Hogwarts about 20 years ago, right?"
Quinn merely groaned and nodded in agreement with such a true statement. Turning to Rachel, Quinn whispered something else in her ear that caused a girlish giggle to leave her lips and Mike decided he didn't want to know and merely rolled his eyes.
Someone else entered the Hospital Wing, someone Quinn hadn't been expecting considering they weren't really friends at all appeared next to her. "Hey, Fabray. Good game, I have to say, you're a pretty wicked chaser and probably the best out of all of the chasers in our school. That was a really close match and I think, had your arm been uninjured, we wouldn't have won."
Unsure of how to respond at first Quinn merely gawked at Santana for a moment before smiling and realizing that Santana was being sincere. "Well, thanks. You weren't so bad yourself out there, Lopez."
Clearing her throat Santana nodded at Quinn's arm, "anyways, I hope your gets better soon. We'll see who wins the House Cup." And Santana left as abruptly as she appeared.
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So here's another chapter with a little more discussion about their summer holiday plans!^^ Also, this will be the last of the mention of Quidditch and the next chapter will be much more … exciting we'll say. Please read, review, and enjoy!^^ Sorry about this being a day late. A lot has been going on in my life like … my sister's ex-boyfriend, someone she broke up with more than two years ago, showing up on our doorstep like a fucking stalker. Yeah, that happened on Monday and he showed up within minutes of my older sister coming home and now we're all paranoid as hell about him.
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