"Are you sure you're ready for this? Ria, it's not too late to back out" James told Val as she tied her hair in a tight ponytail.
She rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. "First off, I've done this for a year and trained constantly since then. And two, it kind of is too late to back out. You know since we're about to start playing"
"You know I'm just worried about you Ria"
"I know, Scorp is worried about me, Luna's worried about me, and my parents are worried about me. And none of you need to, I'm going to fine"
James held her hand with a reluctant look before showing her his other pinkie. "Pinkie promise?" He asked, his voice soft and benign. Val smiled at him, entangling her pinkie with his before pulling his knuckles towards her and kissing his hand "Promise"
"Jay, Are you going to say some encouraging speech now or are we going to have to wait till next winter?!" Fred shouted with a smirk playing across his lips.
"Shut up" James laughed, grabbing Val's hand before leading to the other team.
The team was quite strong. James along with Lily and Mia Finnegan were all strong chasers – James was much like his father while Lily was the same as her mother. Mia had been quite like her father. She even had to be ejected from the game a few times from setting the quaffle on fire. And Fred and Rose were Gryffindor's beaters – Fred just as strong as his father and Rose born with the strategic attitude of her mother but also the Quidditch knowledge of her father. Rhiannon Thomas was Gryffindor's Keeper. Not even close to any of the Wood's but still quite good. But Val, she was a seeker, like her dad. But she held the same skills as Harry Potter himself.
"We're versing Hufflepuff today. And they might be friendly, but they are certainly not dumb. They're plays are strategic and cunning, it'd make any Slytherin proud. Luna is probably their best Keeper in centuries so we're going to have to work extra hard to get past her. And watch out for Teddy and Nicky, they're almost as good as Rose and Fred"
"Yes Professor" Rose laughed to herself.
Val knocked her shoulder, grinning at her before nodding to her boyfriend. "Jay, it's time"
James sighed "Okay", giving his girlfriend a quick kiss on the cheek. "Alright, let's go Gryffindor!" with that James led the team out of the room.
The game was in full swing. 90 – 110, Gryffindor's Way.
James, Lily and Mia raced down the field, the quaffle tucked securely under her arm, pushed against her side. "Lily, Pass here!" Mia exclaimed, her arm out, begging for the ball.
With a small smirk Lily swiftly faked a pass for James before sending a rocketing pass over to Mia. Mia caught the ball and zoomed pass, nearly being hit by a bludger, a bludger that Fred quickly hit towards Clint Nash (Slytherin's Seeker)
Mia laughed to herself before passing it back to Lily, the ginger shooting it to James as he passes it back to Mia, letting the brunette shoot the quaffle in the centre hoop. 90 – 120 now.
"Malfoy, I swear to god, if you don't catch that bloody snitch in the next five minutes, I will hit you myself" Rose groaned loudly, hitting yet another bludger away from her team, this time hitting one of the Slytherin Chasers in the elbow.
"Working on it!" Val hissed at her friend, the snitch in sight, flashing gold crossing over her vision.
Clint Nash was just behind her, obviously distracted by one of the girls in the stand by the way he was staring.
Val grinned to herself as she saw the golden snitch in front of her once again. Extending her arm, she held her arm out, already feeling the vibrating sensation by her fingertips.
"I can do this, I can do this" Val repeated to herself.
She soon felt the snitch by her fingers and she hungrily closed her fist. Although she golden snitch flew from her hand.
Val squealed as she just realized how close she was to the edge of her broom. She reached out once more for the snitch that had stopped just by her nose, but flipped over the front of her broom, landing her in a dangerous position.
She fell, dangling from her broom with only one hand on her broomstick. "Ria!" James yelled as he finally caught sight of her. "I got it" She sighed. She tried to push herself back up but failed helplessly.
"I don't got it"
"Try to stay on the broom" Lily smiled as she pushed Val's leg back over her broom. "You see the snitch?" She then asked.
"Target locked" Val said quickly, seeing the snitch once again. "Well, hurry up"
Within seconds Val held the snitch in her hand.
As she flew to the floor, she was engulfed in a hug by Rose, Lily and Mia, getting a pat on the back and a grin by Fred and a passionate kiss by James. "Are you okay?" He asked hurriedly, his eyes full of worry.
"I'm fine"
He smiled and sighed in relief "I love you, so, so much" Val kissed him again "I love you too, with all my heart."
"All my heart, Ria"