Love and loss ~ Mattheo Riddle Fanfic

Chapter 12- Match

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Mattheos POV:
he cant help it. he hates that he cant help it. Mattheo is distracted most of the time- hes watching Bailey. as expected, she went up high to scout out the Snitch, but to Mattheos disliking. the Bludger comes at Mattheo, so he fires it back at a Gryffindor player. he glances back up at Bailey while he swoops around on his broom. she is deep in concentration, squinting her eyes to find the Snitch.

"Gryffindor has the Quaffle and are working their way to Miles Bletchley. Katie Bell passes to Angelina Johnson, who shoots... Miles JUST misses it and its a score! Gryffindor are up 10 points. Slytherin, remaining on 0 points so far. remember- which ever team catches the Snitch gets 150 points for their team and ends the game!" Lee announces.

Gryffindor go on to get a good lead on Slytherin- 70-20, this sends Flint into panic mode. Flint is very competitive, but against Gryffindor, hes a lot worse. Mattheo looks up for Bailey, spotting her circling the pitch. Harry, had the same idea as, Bailey is also up there. suddenly, Mattheo sees Bailey dive towards the ground. he flinches and goes back to paying attention to the match.

Baileys POV:
she saw it. she saw the golden glint of the Snitch. Bailey dived after it, taking her chances of Harry being alerted in her spotting the Snitch. she just has to hope that her broom is faster.

"it seems as though, seeker Bailey Black has spotted the Snitch. she launches into a dive, alerting fellow seeker Harry freakin' Potter, who just so happens to be her cousin? brother? i have no clue how theyre related, Harry, explain to me after- sorry McGonagall- alerting Harry to the position of the Snitch." Lee screams into his microphone.

Bailey notes how the Snitch has, instead of going down, goes straight ahead, and begins to pull up so she wont hit the ground. Harry does the same. the two are neck in neck, the snitch fluttering just out of Baileys reach. she stretches her arm outwards to try reach it.

as her arm is outstretched, she hears Harry scream something at her. she looks at him in confusion, and then spots the Bludger flying right where her arm is. she yanks her arm back to avoid being hit. she remembers when Harry was hit in the arm by one, and broke his arm- then Gildoroy Lockhart, the supposed "great wizard" when it came to Defense against the Dark Arts, who turned out to be a fraud, removed all the bones in Harrys arm to "fix it"- thats a story for another time.

Bailey, once the Bludger is gone, stretches her arm out once more, as does Harry. the pair are shouldering each other, to try to get the other to veer off a different direction, neither successful. Harry and Bailey suddenly jerk off to the side, following the Snitch. Bailey remembers the time she saw Harry stand on his broom to attempt to grab the Snitch. she retracts her arm, and uses it to help her stand up.

"oh whats this? Black is standing up on her broom! isnt that what Potter did in first year when he swallowed the Snitch?- yeah thats what i thought- anyway- Black is somehow standing on her broom, like 70 metres in the air. what is she thinking?" Lee asks.

Bailey, knowing Harry wont even touch her now, for the fear he knocks her off, starts to reach out for the snitch again.

"- and Gryffindor score again, making the score 120 to 40." Lee announces. Bailey had been so distracted by the snitch, she hadnt realised how badly they were doing.

'if i catch the Snitch, its over and we'll win' she thinks. with new reason to catch the Snitch she reaches out, impossibly more, until she feels the cold metal of the flying object. Bailey takes a risk, and uses her back leg to propel herself forward to catch the Snitch. next thing she knows, shes falling. she can hear the gasps of fear, and the screams of terror as she falls coming from her fellow quidditch players and from the stands.

Mattheos POV:
Mattheo doubts he ever has or will ever fly faster on his broom than he did there. he had been keeping his eye on Bailey, to make sure she was ok, and he sees her fall. Mattheo flew over to her so fast, he recalls that he Harry flew to her as well. the only thing he pay attention to was getting to Bailey as she fell, everything else seemed like it was in the background.

he recounts the situation as he sits beside Bailey, holding her hand. shes been sleep for 2 days. Mattheo has refused to leave her side, so much so that Madam Promfrey, the nurse, had to get a bed beside Bailey for him, and food brought to him. Mattheo, playing with his quill with one hand, feels Bailey hand grasp his tighter. he looks up at her face, and sees movement. he jumps out of his chair as Bailey grunts.

"Mattheo? what happened?" she asked.

"you jumped off you broom to get the Snitch. what were you thinking? you promised you'd be careful." Mattheo says, slightly angry.

"im sorry Matty, i wanted to prove to Flint i could get the Snitch, and that im not some useless girl like he thinks i am." Bailey apologises.

"oh just ignore him." Mattheo says, pulling her in for a kiss. she kisses him back, her hands going to his hair.

"please, no kissing in the infirmary. especially not as she just woke up from a coma, Mr Riddle." Madam Promfrey complains. Mattheo and Bailey pull part and he rolls his eyes at Bailey, making her laugh.

"did we win?" Bailey asks, remembering the match.

"you just woke up from a coma and your worried wether or not we won our match?" Mattheo questions.

"yes, yes i am. did we?" she insists.

"yeah, you caught the Snitch so, yeah." Mattheo answers. Pansy comes in and sees her awake.

"Bail!" Pansy screams. "youre ok! thank fuck! never do that again you stupid bitch." Pansy says, going through all the emotions at once.

"sorry jeez." Bailey replies.

"thank god Mattheo caught you, he flew to you so fast." Pansy adds. Bailey, having not known this information, turns on Mattheo.

"you... you caught me?" she asks, smiling at him.

"well it was me and Harry." Mattheo says, awkwardly.

"well more you, Harry was kinda frozen in shock to be fair." Pansy replies.

"you were keeping an eye on me werent you?" Bailey asks.

"well if i wasnt there, im definitely now." Mattheo states, making Bailey roll her eyes. "and dont get mad at me." He pauses. "i wrote to Sirius to tell him you had a quidditch accident..." Mattheo adds.

"you wrote to Sirius?!" Bailey shouts.