It was Saturday, September 5th, 2020, and James and Lily had just finished an enjoyable lunch of spicy white meat chicken strips, seasoned curly fries, and Budweiser when Lily said, "James, please follow me down to the Quidditch Pitch. I've set up a competition for us there. Like the bike race we had our first full day of summer break, we will neither bet on this competition nor have anything at stake in it. Just some good clean friendly competition between us for fun."

James followed Lily down to the Quidditch Pitch and saw that she had set up numerous hot pink water balloons on the pitch.

"Ah, " said James knowingly, "We're going to have a water balloon fight!"

"Yes!" confirmed Lily eagerly, "But not just a water balloon fight!"

Before James knew what had happened, Lily had pointed her wand at both herself and James and made a few motions.

The end result of Lily's wand action was that both James's and Lily's clothes flew off of them and landed on the perimeter of the pitch and James and Lily were now both naked.

"We're going to have a naked water balloon fight!" said Lily eagerly.

"Sounds fun, " said James happily, "Let's get after each other then!"

James grabbed the first water balloon off the pitch and aimed a perfect shot at Lily that hit her directly in her belly button.

"I got you good!" grinned James.

"Anything you can do I can do better!" exclaimed Lily as she picked up her first water balloon and aimed it at James's belly button.

James managed to dodge this water balloon and it splattered on the ground.

"I'm one up on you, Lils!" said James teasingly.

James picked up his next water balloon and aimed it at Lily's left shoulder. This time Lily was able to avoid being hit and then she managed to tie the game with a perfect shot that hit James smack dab on his left shoulder.

"HA!" smirked Lily, "We're even now and I'm gaining momentum."

The game went on like this for a while as James and Lily exchanged one point leads and ties.

James and Lily both knew it was still a tie game when there was only one water balloon left.

James picked this water balloon up and aimed a perfect shot that exploded smack dab on Lily's nose.

"YES!" said James ecstatically, 'I CREAMED YOU SIS!"

"You won fair and square, James, " acknowledged Lily, "But creamed is an overstatement. You beat me on a buzzer beater. like Michael Jordan beat the Cavs on a buzzer beater in 1989. "

"I totally dominated you, sis!" said James in a ribbing and razing sort of voice but he quickly added in a more serious voice, "Actually, Lily, in all honesty, that was a great game we both played against each other. If we played each other one hundred times I think we'd each win fifty."

"It was really fun too, " smiled Lily, "I love how we can compete against each other and do some mild trash talking to each other while still keeping the competition fun and friendly and respect each other's performances afterwards."

"It works because neither of us are sore winners, " said James matter of factly, "The ribbing and razing might be there, but neither of us ever has an in your face attitude about beating the other at anything."

"And we can trust each other not to cheat," added Lily.

"We aren't pro athletes, like Tom Brady and Lebron James, who have to take their craft seriously, " said James brightly, "We have the luxury of competing against each other just for fun."

"Speaking of fun, " said Lily, "I think a swim in the Black Lake would a fun way to spend the rest of the afternoon."

"Let's have one then, " smiled James.