Quidditch Match Part 1

"I got a Nimbus 2000!" Harry shouts, waving the broom with a huge smile on his face. The group were currently walking to the quidditch pitch before Harry and the twins would have to split off for their game.

"Wow! That's awesome, Harry!" Chloe says, smiling.

"Yeah, you'll do great out there!" Stephanie says, putting him in a head lock and rubbing his head.

"Stephanie, you're embarrassing me!"

"Alright, alright." She says, letting go.

"We should get going before Wood gets into a panic." Fred teases.

"Good luck." Grace says, looking up at George.

"What's that? I've never heard of it. It's pure skill." George grins and Grace rolls her eyes, before he adds, "Thanks."

"You're welcome." She smiles.

"Ugh, c'mon." Fred sighs overdramatically, grabbing Harry and George's arms and dragging them away.

"Good luck!" The group shout, waving.

"We gotta go, too." Lee whispers to Stephanie and she nods as they silently begin slipping away.

"And where do you think you two are sneaking off to?" Jessica asks, crossing her arms with an eyebrow raised.

"We-um-I-" Stephanie stutters, becoming bright red.

"All in good time." Is all Lee says, before he mockingly bows, takes Stephanie's wrist and runs in the opposite direction.

"Well..." Jessica begins.

"That was..." Chloe adds.

"Strange?" Cedric questions.

"Weird." Grace finishes.

"Oh well, I'm sure we'll find out." Jessica says, as they head towards the stands.

They got quite a lot of looks as the 3 Slytherins and 1 Hufflepuff trekked up the stairs of the Gryffindor stand.

"What are you doing here?" Hermione questions in shock, as she notices the group approach.

"There's no one in Slytherin to support." Chloe says, looking towards the Slytherin stands and sneering as she makes eye contact with her brother.

"Well, I'm certainly not supporting them." Cedric scoffs, before looking carefully at the 3 girls. "No offence."

"None taken." They reply.

"C'mon, it's about to start." Ron shouts over the rambling.

"You can stand here, you'll be able to see better here at the front." Hermione says, politely.

As Jessica moves with them to the front, she immediately regrets it and ends up frozen in fear.

"Jessica?" Cedric asks, having noticed her abrupt change in demeanour. No response. "Hey, are you okay?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm just really scared of heights. We're up quite high here. I don't like it." She mumbles, her eyes locked on looking at the ground.

Cedric takes her hand and breaks her attention from the distance to him. "You're not afraid of heights, you're afraid of falling. I promise, I won't let you fall." He smiles, warmly.

She hesitates, looking at the ground once more but then looks at him again with a smile. "Thank you, Cedric."

"Anytime." He says, giving her hand a reassuring squeeze.

At that, the players began zooming out on their brooms, causing an erupt of applause.

"Hello! Welcome to Hogwarts first quidditch game of the season." The enthusiastic voice of Lee Jordan rings out. "Today's game-" He cuts himself off, holding the microphone off to the side.

"Slytherin vs Gryffindor!" A female voice shouts.

The group whipped their heads, only to have their suspicions confirmed. Stephanie was by Lee's side, smiling like an idiot.

"Woo!"

"Gryffindor!"

"Yea!"

The players all took their positions

"The players take their positions, as Madam Hootch steps out onto the field to begin the game!" Lee announces, over the crowd.

"Now, I want a nice clean game." She says, with her hands on her hips and a stern look. "From all of you."

She then kicked the chest and released the bludgers, followed by the golden snitch.

"The bludgers are up, followed by the golden snitch. Remember, the snitch is worth one hundred and fifty points. The seeker who catches the snitch, ends the game." Lee explains.

Finally, Madam Hootch picks up the quaffle and throws it up into the air.

"The quaffle is released,-" Lee shouts. "and the game begins!"