Turn Back Time // Sebastian Sallow

Chapter Thirty-Five- Cruel Fate

Quidditch practice was no better than before. Sebastian was still being so distant, and it was distracting both of us.

"Sallow, get yourself together and focus, we're never going to beat Hufflepuff when your mind is elsewhere!" Imelda coached him.

We had been playing a mock game against each other and our second string seeker was continuously finding and catching the snitch. After the second loss in a row during practice, I saw Sebastian look defeated letting out a huge sigh.

"Sebastian, what's wrong?" I spoke to him as I flew towards him.

"Nothing's wrong Moody, just hungover or something," he said with no emotion.

"I know you pretty well by now and I can tell when something is off," I pressed further.

"Just drop it ok," he demanded. I was taken aback. I know for a fact there was no reason for him to be upset with me.

Still distracted by his sudden attitude, I nearly let a bludger take out Imelda. "Maddie, what's with you too? Our first game is next week and at this rate, we're toast!"

Toast. The word triggered something in my memory from the night before. Why was I thinking of toast? Suddenly an image of Sebastian flashed through my head. He was taking his shirt off. I felt flustered in the moment, and a bit hot if I might add.

Was that a memory from last night? Did something happen between the two of us that I don't know? My head started hurting.

I reached my hand towards my head and closed my eyes to the point it felt like my brain was swelling. "Ouch, what the heck," I said as more images flooded my mind.

"Blasted love potion," I heard ring through my head. Memories began flooding my brain faster, quicker, no making any sense. Images of Sebastian's face so close to mine in the middle of the Ravenclaw common room. I felt his forehead practically on mine as I spoke, "I wish we could stay in this moment forever."

My head was practically on fire now. I let go of my broom and clutched my head with both hands. I heard voices calling my name, but I was too deep in my own thoughts that I drowned out the world around me.

"Kiss me Sebastian," I heard myself say in a memory. No way, it wasn't a dream, maybe something did happen. Oh my god, what if I scared him away. Why did I do something so stupid? Had I kissed Sebastian and not even remembered it? What else was my mind failing to tell me. Right before I felt like my head was going to combust, I felt something knock the wind out of me. And all I knew is that I was falling to the grass and the darkness consumed me.

My eyes tried to flutter open and I felt strong pain all over. "There she is, Maddie, bloody hell are you alright?" I heard a voice call out. "Open your eyes, Maddie, c'mon." Another one spoke. "She looks ghastly, what happened to her?" spoke another.

"Maddz, please wake up," a familiar voice whispered. That was the voice that would wake me up. My eyes finally opened and I saw a flurry of my teammates standing over me, including Sebastian.

I groaned as I attempted to move, feeling every muscle and bone in my body ache. "Bloody hell what was that?" I managed to choke out. Imelda laughed, "Your first Quidditch injury, welcome to the team!" I sat up slowly and my teammates all took sighs of relief.

"Ok everyone back up, give the girl some space please," Imelda brushed everyone off while Sebastian stayed crouched at my side.

"Hey," I moaned letting out a smile to him.

"You need to be more careful, what the hell were you doing?" he demanded.

My smile faded quickly to annoyance, I see his mood has not changed.