Friendship At First Sight (The Philosopher's Stone)

Chapter 12

It was understatement to say that Lea wasn't jumping for excitement on Friday.

Everyone seemed to notice, especially Draco who didn't hesitate to make a snarky comment but that didn't bring her down. Because today, she was going to learn how to fly with a broomstick. She heard of the popular sport of Quidditch in the wizarding world, for Ron and Seamus seemed to be big fans and would jump in on any conversation involving the said sport.

"Stop smiling like a daisy" Seamus huffed at lunch, "Your face is going to break in half with that smile"

"I'm trying but I can't" Lea said as the boys looked at her quizzically, the brown-haired boy reached over and with his index fingers, pulled the corners of her smile down.

A few seconds passed, Seamus starting to smirk at her until her smile broke away from his fingers and grew wide once again. The girl gave him a 'I told you so' look, only to end up receiving one of his glares.

"And besides, can you blame me? It's Quidditch for Merlin's sake! Even you can understand that"

"That's true" Dean said at the same time Neville said, "She's right"

The other boy rolled his eyes but didn't say anything else, she was in a happy mood up until a quarter past three in the afternoon, where the Hufflepuffs were making their way into a large grassy field, which help many broomsticks laying on the ground, along with the Ravenclaws, Lea chatted away with Justin and Terry Boot, a Ravenclaw that Susan became friends with in Potions.

There waiting was their teacher, Madam Hooch. She had short, grey hair and yellow eyes like a hawk. Lea whispered to Susan and Hannah as they approached, "I like her eyes, they're definitely unique"

Hannah nodded and was about to say something but the said woman blew on her whistle, making everyone jump, "Now, I want everyone to step beside one broomstick please!" And everyone hurried, not wanting to upset the teacher.

Lea was standing besides Susan, Terry next to her and Justin and Hannah across from them. After checking to see if very student had a broomstick, Madam Hooch walked tot he front of the line, picking up her own broomstick, "When your holding a broomstick, you have to make sure that your hands are nice and firm on the handle, wouldn't want you slipping off your broom about sixty feet in the air"

Some students gulped at that while others looked at their friends, Lea heard Susan say beside her, "I'm never going to use a broom" And had to distract herself from chuckling.

"When I blow my whistle, I want each and everyone of you to say 'Up' with your hand above your broom. Loud and clearly, please" And without a moment to lose, she blew hard into her whistle.

"Up!" Lea said loudly, her palm facing downwards to the broom. And to her shock and her friends', the broom shot up into her palm, making her wrap her hand around the handle.

'This isn't so bad' She thought to herself, smiling at her victory.

The whole time, they flew on their brooms, testing their balance and instincts. It was until the last five minutes, they were in teams, Hufflepuff against Ravenclaw, throwing a ball to their teammates while avoiding the other team from taking it.

'Like a Chaser' Lea thought to herself, as she waved at Justin, who held the ball.

She had done research on her own due to wanting to learn more about the sport and their positions. She was more interested in Chaser and Beater, but preferred Chaser in the end. She knew she wouldn't enjoy harming other students.

Justin caught sight of her and threw the ball towards her, the Ravenclaw beside her saw the ball and stretched his hand but she beat him to it, placing her hand in front of his and clutching the ball to her stomach and flew away from the Ravenclaw's hands, dodging a students her and there until she saw another Hufflepuff, Ernie Macmillan, in the distance.