I wandered back into the dorm in a slight daze. Ron, Neville, Dean and Seamus were all sat on their beds discussing the lesson. Ron spotted me first and jumped up.
"Harry?" He asked concern in his eyes. Dean took a look at my face and looked away.
I wandered over to my bed and sat.
"Harry, what happened?" Neville asked, leaning towards me.
"I...I...I'm in the Quidditch team." I stammered.
There was silence in the room that dragged out. I glanced up and met Seamus's eyes. He burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry Harry, it just your face!"He explained once he calmed down a little. He started up again very quickly.
Dean gave a nervous chuckle. "With that look we thought that you'd been thrown out!" He said. He sat back down on his bed and chuckled away to himself.
Ron sat beside me, as relieved as I was. "So what actually happened?" He asked. I started my story of what happened after McGonagall dragged me off. Neville and Ron sat enraptured, Dean and Seamus couldn't stop giggling in the background.
James wandered in from the garden where he and Will had decided that a pond was needed. Will was still outside covered in mud. They had got bored partway through digging the hole and started a mud fight. James stopped just inside the door so the mud didn't drip on the floor.
"Lils? Can we please do it the wizard way now?" He asked.
Charisa was with me in the kitchen, watching hers and Megs cupcakes bake. She glanced up at her uncle and laughed. Meg was drawn in by the noise and just stared at her father.
"You wanted a pond in the garden James, you do the work."
"But Lily!" He replied, managing to sound like Harry when he wanted something.
"Nu-uh! You decided that a pond was what the garden needed, you can make the pond!" I told him as the doorbell rang. Meg skipped off to the door.
"But its so hard..." James moaned. I could hear Meg talking to someone at the door.
"Well, next time you might remember that and decide that the house is fine as it is and doesn't need to be improved."
"Mum!" Meg said wandering in. "Professor Snape for you." She wandered over to Charisa and helped to will the cupcakes to cook.
"Severus!" I greeted him. "Drink?"
"Tea please Lily." Severus replied, he looked at James and smiled. "Trying to collect worms again James?"
"Trying to catch the worms again." James muttered, Severus laughed at him.
I shot James a look; he sighed and disappeared back outside.
"Something up?" I asked Severus as I passed him a mug of tea and shooed the girls out of the kitchen with promises that I would call them when the cakes were done.
Severus just grinned. "I see I got here before the owl."
"Why what's happened?" I asked. In my mind I could see Harry in pain. James re-entered the kitchen, somehow he had got clean. He stole my tea as a very clean Will tried to creep by. I glared at James, who grinned back cheekily.
"So any reason for the visit Snivels?" James asked Severus. "Harry beat another of your favourites?"
"Not at all, though it was thanks to Malfoy in a way." Severus replied.
"Sev, just tell us what's happened." I said to him.
"Well you see..." He started, then Harry's owl tapped on the window. James strolled over to let it in and read the note, his grin spreading over his face.
"What?" I asked, the only one not to know what was going on.
James laughed. "Harry's the new Gryffindor Seeker!" He announced happily.
Severus grinned.
"Is it true?" James asked, not really caring about Severus's answer. He whooped in delight when Sev nodded.
"Harry is the seeker! Harry is the seeker!" He started to chant as he danced out of the room.
Severus laughed. "Minerva sent me over to ask if you would mind Harry having his broom at school." He said to me.
I went to the cupboard and grabbed the broom. "Only if you don't mind keeping an eye on him."
"You know I don't Lils. He acts as if he hates me, just as agreed. Hes getting quite a good actor you know."