Chapter Nine

You're hot then you're cold,

You're yes then you're no,

You're in then you're out,

You're up then you're down.

Weeks went by and Sirius continued to maintain his hot and cold emotions towards Evangeline. One day they were using their free evenings (not that they had many, as they had a monstrous amount essays to complete for their OWL's) to prank Slytherins and enjoy themselves. This resulting in them getting a lot closer and more comfortable with each other, but Sirius continued each time to cut their great friendship off, thus confusing Evangeline.

'Oh, but Lily, I really don't know what to do any more!' Evangeline whined, throwing her hands in the air in frustration as they walked across the empty common room, 'He's driving me crazy! One minute we're perfectly fine, the next he's avoiding me.'

Lily looked at her sympathetically, 'Maybe he likes you more than you think, I mean …' her voice trailed off, unable to finish her sentence. They both sat down on the sofa in front of the fire, Evangeline pulled her legs up onto the sofa and sat with them crossed in front of her.

'He doesn't, he made it perfectly clear to me that night in the hospital wing.' Evangeline replied stubbornly, 'Not that I'm bothered,' and she glanced as Lily noticing a smug smile on the red head's face, 'I love him like a brother.'

'Are you absolutely positively sure?' grinned Lily, Evangeline knew she was taking the piss.

Evangeline glowered at her, 'Yes, I am Lily. I have never felt anything 'special' towards him, I love him like I love you,' she said reasonably, in her head she was trying to make sense of what she had just said. An image of Sirius laughing came into her head, she couldn't help but smile. 'No, what am I thinking?! Stop, stop, stop. He's like a second brother nothing else!' said the voice in the back of her head.

Lily studied her intently, 'What are you smiling about?'

Evangeline snapped out of her daydream, stared at Lily with a 'what-on-earth-are-you-on-about' look, 'Nothing.'

'Right,' Lily agreed, although not entirely sure that she believed her best friend, 'Remind me why you're annoyed again?'

'Because Sirius keeps changing his mind,' Evangeline explained.

'I thought you said you weren't bothered?'

'I'm not!'

'Then why are we talking about him? Let him be for a while and see how he copes,' Lily suggested with a shrug.

'I guess you're right, looks like it's just you and me now Lils,' smiled Evangeline, a confused look appeared on her face and she cocked her eyebrow, 'Where is Izzy anyway?'

'Probably off with Remus somewhere, Hogsmeade I'm guessing' sighed Lily who began to play with the ends of her hair.

'I don't know why he hasn't asked her out already, it's beginning to get annoying.'

'I know, they spend most of the time staring across the classroom at each other.'

'Although, I think the reason he hasn't asked her yet it because he's worried about what her response would be if he told her that he's a were-' Evangeline's eyes widened, her mouth went dry. Had she revealed Remus' secret to Lily? 'Oh shit, f-forget I ever said anything,' she stuttered.

'Eva, I already know …' Lily lowered her voice so that it was barely audible,' that Remus is a werewolf.'

Evangeline gasped, 'WHAT IDIOT BLABBED TO YOU?!' she raised her voice, suddenly angry that someone had carelessly revealed that Remus was a werewolf. But nonetheless, she was quite glad that the person they had spilt the beans to was kind and gentle Lily Evans rather than someone who would maliciously spread it round the school.

'Oh nobody told me,' Lily said simply, 'I figured it out.'

'So did I ,' said Evangeline, 'But James illuminated my thoughts when he accidentally blurted it out to me over summer in fourth year.'

'Idiot,' Lily muttered subtly.

Evangeline chuckled, 'Do you still feel the same way about my brother?'

'Of course I do! He's an imbecile, an ignorant little toe rag and did I mention that he's a big headed moron?' Lily began, she was fond of criticising James at any moment possible. But Evangeline did have to agree that he could be very big headed, always wanting the attention of everyone around them.

'Aren't you going to even give him one chance?' Evangeline asked inquisitively.

'Maybe. Only if he stops asking me out for a while, it gets quite monotonous,' Lily replied a little reluctantly.

'Lils that's great!' Evangeline squealed, clapping her hands like a seal, 'James really does love you y'know.'

'Well, I have noticed, he isn't nearly as annoying as what he was last year,' Lily noted, 'But if he still acts like a jerk then there is no chance in hell that you would catch me going out with him.'

'At least you're considering him,' Evangeline said smiling, the reflection of the fire flickering in her eyes as she gazed intently at it.

'You better not tell anyone what I said,' Lily warned, her eyes dark with seriousness, 'If you do I will break your broomstick into a hundred pieces.'

'Oh please Lily, why would I tell James? I like seeing him suffer,' Evangeline smirked, 'And besides I would never hear the end of it.' she finished her sentence rolling her eyes.

'Evangeline? What time do you have to be in the changing rooms at?' Lily asked out of pure interest.

'Erm, half two, why?' she replied looking baffled.

'Because,' Lily began in a matter-of-factly tone, 'It is now exactly twenty six minutes past.'

Evangeline gasped, a feared look spread across her face, 'Aw bollocks, James is going to kill me!' she yelped as she jumped out of her chair, searching around the room wildly, after pulling herself together she pulled out her wand and yelled, 'Accio Cleansweep 290!'

There was a shattering noise, Eva glanced at Lily ashen faced and smiled bashfully, 'Looks like we'll be needing a new dormitory door,' Her broom came whizzing through the air and over the balcony towards her and she caught it with ease.

'Don't you need your quidditch robes too?' Lily asked as she stood there with her hands on her hips, her stance reminded Evangeline of her mum when she was angry.

'SHIT!' cried Evangeline, who had obviously forgotten about her robes, 'Oh no wait, they'll be down in the changing room.' She glance at the clock which now read twenty eight minutes past two. 'I'll never make it in time,' she groaned, but she noticed the open window a huge grin spread across her face.

Lily, bemused as to why Evangeline was grinning, followed the raven haired girl's gaze which lead towards the window, she gasped, 'Don't even think about it Evangeline!'

'Oh come on Lily, I have a broom remember,' Evangeline negotiated, 'I'll be fine.'

Lily frowned, 'Okay, good luck then. I'll see you after the match.' she said as she watched Evangeline climb onto the window ledge, her broomstick in hand.

'Thanks Lils,' she smiled and mounted her broom. She kicked off and sped out of the common room up into the air. Lily watched Evangeline fly away towards the pitch, getting smaller as the distance from the tower grew greater.

_-_-_

Today's match was Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff, crowds had already gathered in the stands supporting the team they wanted to win. Colours of red and gold and yellow and black were splattered across the stadium, pupils were screaming and yelling in participation, eager for the match to start. Because of the major incident on the day of the original Gryffindor try outs, they had been rescheduled and James had found himself a reasonably unbeatable team. Former captain, Ryan Carmichael, had left at the end of last year, along with Suzanne Perry and Gregg Mason. This left two chaser positions and a beaters position up for grabs. After chasing away, fan girls who just wanted to goggle at Sirius and himself, James found that there was a healthy amount of talent waiting in the wings to be chosen. Simon Reid, a brawny sixth year was chosen as Sirius' beating partner, he had great aim and strength, which was a great advantage to any team. Alexander Knox was selected as one of the chasers, he was small and spindly but could flit through the air easily and had very good vision. The only girl on the team besides Evangeline herself, was third year Jade Robinson, for a girl she was hard to beat, was extremely competitive and wouldn't let anyone bully her off the quaffle. Jade reminded Evangeline of herself, she had made the team as seeker in second year, everyone was expecting her to be a pushover, but they were wrong.

Evangeline landed just out side the stadium where the changing rooms for both teams where situated. She jumped off her broom and ran towards the small building, reading the signs for the changing room in which Gryffindor would be changing and having their team talk, she sprinted down the corridor and burst into the room to find the team getting changed.

'Nice of you to finally join us,' said the unamused voice of her brother, James, who had his kit on from the waist down.

'Sorry,' replied Evangeline who was trying to avoid staring at any of the guys that were changing, 'Where's Jade?'

'Round the other side of the lockers, she was hardly going to change with us was she?' said James who was pulling a white t-shirt over his head.

'You can if you want to though,' winked Sirius who was standing in nothing but a pair of boxers opposite James.

'Dream on, Sirius,' Evangeline replied, keeping her gaze away from the nearly naked Sirius. She disappeared behind the lockers to find Jade already changed and sitting patiently on the bench. 'Hey kid, you alright?'

Jade mumbled something about being fine, but Evangeline knew she wasn't and sat down beside her, put her arm around the third year and pulled her into a one-armed hug, 'You'll be fine, I promise. Just play like you did yesterday in training, and you'll be flying,' Evangeline chuckled at her own joke, 'And if you don't James will understand, it's okay to be nervous, it's your first match for crying out loud. Listen, I gotta get changed, I'll leave you to concentrate on the game.'

Jade looked up at Evangeline, who was now standing and smiled thankfully at her, 'Thanks Evangeline, I guess you know how it feels, I mean you were only in second year when you got chosen.'

'No problem,' Evangeline's muffled reply came from under her t-shirt, she pulled it off, her hair sticking out in all directions,' If you need any help ask the guys, they'll be happy to help.' she smiled and began to put on her quidditch kit.

Quiet mumbling was all that could be heard in the changing room while everyone got dressed, Evangeline was sitting on the bench putting on her socks when Simon came walking round to the girl's side of the changing room, 'Hey Evangeline, James said you had some tape that I could use for my hand, do you mind if I borrow some?' he asked.

'I was in the middle of getting changed, Simon,' Evangeline glared at him, but her expression softened, 'It should be in James' kit bag.'

'James has looked, it's not there,' Simon replied, he was fidgeting with his gloves, obviously uncomfortable in this conversation he was having.

'Evidently, James has not looked hard enough,' Evangeline sighed and got up from her seat on the bench and marched into the guys section of the changing room only half dressed from the waist up. She walked over to James who handed her the kit back and she began to fumble through it. For a moment James seemed smitten that his sister could not find the roll of tape, but within seconds she had recovered it. Evangeline shoved the bag onto James' chest, cocking her eyebrow at his incapability to find the roll.

She turned round holding the tape in her hand to find herself being stared at intently, she rolled her eyes, 'Yes guys, I am a girl, and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't stare at me, drooling, like I'm a piece of meat,' Evangeline snapped and threw Simon the item that he needed.

She glanced round the room, noticing Remus sitting in the corner, 'Do me a favour and ask Izzy out after the match.'

Remus' eyes flashed to her, shocked,' I-I ..Well, I don't-'

Evangeline smiled, 'We all know you like her Remy, just believe in yourself,' she said softly, turning around, Sirius was sitting in a daydream staring into either thin air or her own legs.

'Sirius? Stop staring at my legs,' Evangeline hissed, unintentionally sounding angry.

'What?' he replied, looking confused, 'I-I wasn't staring at your legs, I mean it's hard not to, but I have a girlfriend.'

'Oh,' came Evangeline's faint reply, light-headed she began to walk towards the lockers informing the rest of the team of her departure, 'I'm going to finish getting changed now, I should be ready soon.'

'Why am I feeling sick? Oh this is preposterous! I'm feeling sick because Sirius has a girlfriend, why is that a big deal? He probably has at least three every week, if not more. Jeez, I need a boyfriend, maybe then I would stop feeling weirdly about him.' the voice in the back of her head made itself heard again, making Evangeline feel uneasy as she began to put the finishing touches to her quidditch gear she was wearing.

'Hurry up Evangeline,' called James impatiently.

'I'm coming now, keep your hair on James!' Evangeline replied as she grabber her broom and lucky glove. She joined the rest on the team who were sitting on the benches that occupied the guys changing room, she sat down beside Jade, making sure she did not meet eye contact with Sirius who would have probably motioned for her to sit beside him.

'Finally,' James began eyeing his sister, 'Okay men-'

'And women,' Evangeline interrupted.

'Yes and women, this is our first game of the season and we want a good start. With this team we have a great chance of winning the cup this year,' said James, wanting to inspire his team to victory, 'Keep to the tactics and make every loose quaffle ours. Evangeline do what you do best and lead the other seeker away from the trail and try a couple of feints we did in training,' he said pointing towards Evangeline, who nodded in agreement.

'I might try a couple of dives too,' She suggested thoughtfully.

'Make sure they're realistic, Amos Diggory isn't easily fooled.' James warned.

'Oh please, pretty boy Diggory doesn't stand a chance, 'Evangeline rolled her eyes cockily, 'He's gonna eat my tail wind.'

'Thanks what I like to see, competitiveness. That means everybody. Okay, beaters, work together and defend your chasers,' James noted and motioned towards the other chasers including himself, 'and your seeker of course.'

'Right you are James, Hufflepuff aren't going to be able to stay on their brooms with Simon and me beating the shit outta them,' Sirius piped.

'Remus, you're probably the best keeper this team has ever had, play like you always do,' James said as he made eye contact with Remus who had been listening attentively, 'That leaves us chasers, quick accurate passes, always on the move and looking for the quaffle, intercept anything that could be intercepted and make sure you get some points. Okay team, we're gonna win this game, make sure everyone puts in their full effort, let's go and good luck.' James finished, his voice had a hint of warning in it. He picked up his broom and walked out of the changing room.

Evangeline stood up, patted Jade on the back and whispered in her ear,' You'll be fine kid, just go out their and play your game.' She grabbed her broom, following the rest of the team out of the changing room, she made eye contact with Sirius and smiled back at him. He came up behind her and whispered in her ear as she had done to Jade, 'Are you that nice to everyone?' he teased.

Evangeline thumped his arm, 'She's nervous, and I thought it might be comforting and reassuring,' she replied honestly as she lined up behind Jade, Sirius stood beside her behind Alexander.

'Awk, how kind of you,' he taunted her with a twinkle in his eye and a huge grin appearing on his face.

'Grow up Sirius,' Evangeline chuckled, the door in front of them began to ascend upwards, when it had reached it's limits, James and Simon sped out into the air, followed by Jade and Alexander. Evangeline mounted her broom, Sirius did the same, they kicked off hard and went speeding into the air, they were closely followed by Remus, who went and placed himself between the three goalposts.

Evangeline could hear the commentary in the background, behind the noisy crowd, 'And here is the Gryffindor team! This years Gryffindor Captain James Potter looks like he has found a pretty good team to challenge for the title, there's Potter, Lupin, Knox, Robinson, Reid, Black aaaaaand POTTER! Evangeline Potter, three years on the team, has helped Gryffindor through tough times, great seeker and a pretty nice girl too - as I happen to know,' Evangeline laughed, it was Fabien Prewitt, her previous boyfriend.

'Ahem-'

'Oh sorry Professor, and here is the Hufflepuff team, Newbury, Simmons, McCartney, Johnston, Dougherty, Abbott aaaaaand DIGGORY! Hufflepuff have currently been placed third for the last three years running, maybe this year they can make their way further up the table.'

Evangeline was interrupted from her enjoyment of listening to Fabien's commentary by James, he was pointing towards Diggory, 'Don't get distracted!' he yelled. Evangeline rolled her eyes and ignored him.

'It'll be interesting to see the battle between seekers in this match, Potter is one feisty girl and sure is no push over, not to mention she's pretty stunning.' Evangeline could see James and Sirius glaring in Fabien's direction. 'How will Diggory react to that? We'll just have to wait and see. Potter has the record for catching the snitch within five minutes, will this be another walkover for the Gryffindor girl? Madame Wycombe is walking onto the pitch.' Fabien informed the crowds.

'I want a nice clean game, mount your brooms,' Madame Wycombe ordered, she took the quaffle in her hands, her whistle blew, fourteen brooms rose into the air, she threw the quaffle into the air after them, it was immediately snatched up by Jade, much to Evangeline's surprise.

Evangeline rose high into the air, high enough so she could watch the game without getting in the way. That was James' game plan, so that she wouldn't get attacked unnecessarily, only to use a couple of feints to get the opposite team's seeker off her tail. She levitated in the same spot for a while, listening to the commentary and watching for any glints of gold flitting through the air.

'Neat pass from Potter to Robinson – oh, good dodge – Robinson speeds up the pitch – pass back to Knox – intercepted by Newbury – Ouch, bludger hit by Black straight at Newbury – Gryffindor take possession – Potter to Robinson – another good dodge, this girl is on fire – excellent pass to Knox – Knox back to Potter – beats a speeding bludger – goalposts ahead – keeper Abbott dives – misses – POTTER SCORES! 20 – 0 TO GRYFFINDOR!'

'WOOOO! NICE SHOT JAMES!' Evangeline yelled congratulating her elder brother.

'Simmons to McCartney – oh just dodged a bludger there, nice dive around Knox – McCartney passes to Newbury – intercepted by Potter, passes back to Knox, who nails it to Robinson who's off up the pitch – ooh that was a close one, nice dive – Robinson keeps going – only the keeper to beat – YES! 40 – 0 TO GRYFFINDOR!'

Evangeline threw her arms in the air in triumph, 'WELL DONE JADE!' she shouted as Jade sped back up the pitch.

After a while Gryffindor were winning 120 – 40, Evangeline still had not seen the snitch and neither had Diggory. She watched from above as Sirius blasted a bludger at Simmons, an outcry of pain told Evangeline that it had met its target. Jade was streaking down the pitch, quaffle in hand, she passed to James but it got intercepted by McCartney, Hufflepuff were speeding down the pitch, they beat all three of Gryffindor's chasers and Newbury was heading for goal, he shot at the left post, but Remus saved it and threw it off to James.

Suddenly she spotted the snitch, it was hovering beside the commentators box, with a rush of excitement she sped off after it, wind blowing her hair she could see the crowds watching her as she hurtled after the tiny golden ball. Evangeline looked behind her, Diggory was speeding up behind her, he hadn't seen the snitch he was just following her trail. When she looked back, the snitch was gone, but she sped off in search of it again. She dodged a bludger and seen the snitch hovering about fifty feet in the air she hurled towards it, but it kept going higher, gravity was against her and Diggory was gaining distance between them. She glanced behind her Diggory was right on her tail, she looked back for the snitch, it had whistled its way over to her right, she followed it, only to realise that it was taking her on a dive from sixty feet up in the air. Evangeline sped towards the ground after the snitch, Diggory was gaining on her. They were getting closer to the ground, she could hear screams and yells around the stadium as her and Diggory were neck in neck. Three feet from the ground, Diggory pulled up, but Evangeline kept going after the snitch.

The snitch levelled off, Evangeline had just enough strength to pull her broom up and stop herself from crashing into the ground, gasps from the crowd rang out around the pitch. She was standing on her broom, directing it with her feet, the snitch was close, but Diggory was still a threat. Evangeline committed herself and jumped off her broom, grabbing the snitch as she fell to the ground. Cheers erupted as she clambered to her feet, the snitch's tiny wings beating against her hand as she held it up in victory.

Evangeline watched as her team mates sped towards the ground, they leaped off their brooms and sprinted over to congratulate her by piling on top of her. She received hug after hug, kisses on the cheek in some cases. As the cheering died down, the team returned to the changing room, Evangeline quickly followed. As soon as she walked into the room, she was met by cheers of her fellow team mates, who were dancing around her.

James, being captain, quietened everyone down and began his speech,' Firstly I would like to say, bloody good game everybody, everyone played superbly. This performance sends out a threat to the other teams we play this year, we're here to win the cup.'

Cheers and shouts began again, but James hushed them, 'Our key threat, when playing a team has got to be our amazing seeker, who dives from a hundred feet -'

'It was about sixty James,' Evangeline intercepted.

'Who dives from sixty feet and doesn't back down, and I want you all to be inspired by that. If we put in as much effort to every match we play, like we did today.... That cup is ours.' James said, he looked extremely happy. 'Well done team! Party in the Common room I think fits the occasion perfectly.' He left the changing room with Remus and Simon, still going on about how well they team played.

Slowly the rest of the team evacuated from the changing room, leaving only Evangeline and Sirius who were still packing their clothes into their bags.

Sirius approached Evangeline, poking her in the ribs, 'Well done Angel,' he smiled as he slung his bag over his shoulder.

'Thanks Sirius, you played amazing too. You hit some pretty well aimed bludgers out there,' she smiled back.

'Well, you dived from sixty feet, if that isn't brilliant, then I don't know what is!' Sirius exclaimed.

'Oh shush!' Evangeline snapped playfully.

'Our inspiring seeker,' Sirius stated with a twinkle in his deep granite coloured eyes, 'I'll see you in the common room Angel, and well played again.'

'Yes, I'll see you up there! I love a good party!' Evangeline said enthusiastically, she returned to packing her bags when Sirius left. The image of Sirius' happy face when she caught the snitch still remained in her head.

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