She Hated Him! Nah, She Didn't: A Jily Fan-Fiction

Part Twenty-Two - Quidditch and Polyjuice Potion

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"James get up!" I say, waking up to James arms wrapped around me on a cool February Saturday. "Nooooo. Can't we stay in bed?" He groans and rolls over. "It's 6!" "Yes, I know. Your game starts at 8." I say, sitting up to get out of bed. "No." James grabs my arm and pulls me back against him. "You have to get up, because you need to beat Ravenclaw today." I wrench out of his grip and pull him up. "Fine." He gives in and walks to his closet to get his uniform.

I run to my room and throw on a green and white striped shirt, black jeans, green converse, and one of James' quidditch sweatshirts that I stole from him. I walk back into the common room and notice James isn't there. And there is no noise from his room. Strange.

I pull open the door to his room and see him sprawled across the bed, asleep with his uniform draped over him. I sigh loudly. "James!" He stirs and sits up. "What?" He blinks and rubs his eyes stupidly. "You're an idiot." I laugh. "Better than a toerag." He grins sleepily. "Oh shut it." I take his hand and once he picks up his uniform, I leave him in the bathroom.

A few moments later, he walks out of the bathroom, fully dressed. "Let's go." I say smiling as I take his hand. We walk into the Great Hall and both eat a quick breakfast. It took forever to get James out of bed and dressed, so it's already 7:30.

"Why are you still here James?" Marls asks as she gets up from the table. "What do you mean?" I ask, looking between Marls and James. "We're supposed to meet up in the changing rooms right now. Well more like a few minutes ago." Marls says, picking up her bag. "James! You didn't tell me that!" "Sorry." He mumbles as I frown at him. "Ok ok. I'm going." James kisses me on the cheek and walks out with Marlene. I continue talking and eating with Mary, Alice, Frank, Peter, and Dorcas.

We get to the quidditch stadium and walk upstairs to the Gryffindor bleachers. It's finally 8:00 when Remus, the quidditch commentator shouts, "Welcome to the second quidditch match of the year!" The crowd cheers and Remus continues. "Today, Gryffindor will be playing Ravenclaw. So far, Gryffindor is in the lead. Ravenclaw is second, Hufflepuff is in a close third, and Slytherin is in fourth!" He pauses for a moment as cheers and boos echo around the stadium. 

"Introducing the Gryffindor quidditch team!" The Gryffindor team comes flying out onto the pitch and does a lap around the field as Remus announces their names. "Prong- James Potter, captain and chaser. Marlene Mckinnon and Oliver McLaggen as chasers. Pad- Sirius Black and Elizabeth Davies as beaters. Lucas Adler as keeper. And Abigail Williams as Seeker!" The Gryffindor crowd roars.

"Now, introducing the Ravenclaw Quidditch team!" The Ravenclaw team flies out and Remus bellows their names. "Eleanor Anderson as captain and seeker." I recognize her as one of James' ex-girlfriends. My stomach jolts. Jealousy? "Thomas Wilson, Ethan Harris, and Clover Davies as chasers!" Clover Davies. Huh. Must be related to Elizabeth Davies, Gryffindor beater. Remus continues on, "Iris Walker and Benjamin Payne as beaters. And Phoebe Chapman as keeper!" The Ravenclaws in the audience cheer loudly as their team flies around the stadium.

Madam Hooch throws up the quaffle and the game begins! Honestly, I love the game, but it's hard to remember all the names of the different moves and plays. I know enough to realize that both teams are phenomenal.

Most of the time, I keep my eyes on James. He scores many goals and keeps looking up at me and winking after each one. Unfortunately, the Ravenclaw chaser Clover is very good and also scores a few goals. Gryffindor is in the lead by 20 points when Marls and Oliver flank Ethan, who has the quaffle. James rushes straight at Ethan and at the last moment, Ethan flies up and drops the quaffle into Marls arms. Parkins Pincer! I knew that! A moment after I realize that it's the Parkins Pincer, Remus shouts. "And the Gryffindor chasers have successfully pulled off a Parkins Pincer. Marlene McKInnon now has the quaffle and is heading straight towards the Ravenclaw hoopes! She shoots and.... She scores! Gryffindor is in the lead with 80 to 50."