juniper's pov:
WE WON!! We won! We won! We won! Dad was so proud, said he couldn't have played any better himself. Aunt Ginny nearly wore her voice hoarse from all the screaming she was doing. Mum and Aunt Mione still don't completely understand the finer points of the game, often peeking at us through their fingers because they're afraid we're going to get hurt. Ever since James broke his leg in three places after getting hit with a Bludger, mum's been more skittish.
I grinned broadly, shaking hands with Xavier, "Sorry Zabini, guess we didn't need that luck after all."
"I guess you didn't, he laughed, good game Juniper, you guys are gonna be tough to beat this season." He made direct eye contact with me, catching me off guard.
"Don't encourage her!" Vanessa called loftily from across the way, crossing her arms over her chest. She was sulking, the one thing Ness hated more than anything was losing. It din't help that Charlie and Teddy were doing an obnoxious war dance around her, whooping as loud as they could in victory.
"I will hex your balls off if you-" Vanessa started to draw her wand.
"VANESSA!"
"Sorry Mum." Vanessa flipped James and Charlie off, and Dad gave her a warning look, before smiling, giving Vanessa a nod of approval so slight even Aunt Mione and her eagle eye didn't catch it.
My mother hugged me goodbye, reminding be once again not to get into any trouble, and then all the adults headed off.
"You get the no trouble speech again too?" Charlie nudged me, tossing his damp hair.
"Yup." I grinned, "And I'm willing to bet James and Leo got it too."
"Don't you think there's a reason they give that speech to you four every time?" Rose raised an eyebrow pointedly.
"None that I can think of Rosie." Leo feigned obliviousness, pretending to think carefully, "What about you Junie?"
"No clue." I smirked, poking Rose's freckled cheek as she threw her hands up in defeat.
"Silvers!" She shouted, "Grab Delia and Dev, Vanessa and I need to get away from these children." She stuck her tongue out at all of us, and then turned to her brother, "Also Charlie, your balance is off on the left side of your broom, James if you tuck in on the hook dive you can get less wind resistance, and Junie, well you actually played really well today."
"Always the tone of surprise." I scoffed, Rose's analytical mind was sharp as a whip, that combined with her athletic abilities made her an excellent Quidditch player. Hell, she'd probably be captain if she wasn't a fourth year.
With that, she goes to join her friends, leaving us all slightly offput.
"My sister's so supportive." Charlie said sarcastically, breaking into laughter, and then zeroing in on the company Rose had gone with, "Wait a second is she with that boy again?!"
"Easy tiger." Jade and Rory walked up to join us, "They're headed to Hogsmeade, and we were planning on going there anyways."
"Excellent, we can keep on eye on things then." Charlie nodded decisively, probaly already plotting the million ways he can scare.
"Or, I said with dramatic shock, call me crazy, but you could just do the reasonable thing and trust your sister to make good decisions, and take her word that they're just friends." There is a moment of silence, and then we all burst into laughter.
"That's right, I rolled my eyes, I'm not dealing with reasonable people."
"Nope!" Leo exclaimed cheerfully, "So what do you think mates, should we hex him, prank him, or just rough him up a little?"
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Fanfictionsequel to the lucky one "It's our universe, trouble. They're just living in it." "Love never works the way it's supposed to."
