Arabella-Marie cheered and said "Come on Gryffindor" Arabella-Marie smiled at Nika and said "Hi Nika i am Arabella" Arabella-Marie turned and said to Rowan "I don't mind at all even though your supporting the enemy"

Riley just sat there dumbfounded. What was he supposed to say?! He didn't listen to emotions and tried to show none at all whenever possible. Funny was what he was, it was what he did. He didn't know how to portray kindness very well. "Umm well I bet the rest of the Ravenclaw team was glad you didn't show up, so they didn't have a Gryffindor spy watching them?" he offered weakly. His smile faded as Brae went on.

His calm manner of pre-excitment for the match was now being replaced with hysteria. What was he going to do?! He had a whimpering, sad-faced, loon of a Gryffindor sitting next to him, obviously seconds from tears...in a crowded sports stand for Merlin's sake!

Riley didn't know what to do. He wasn't trained in this sort of stuff, maybe he should take him to the Hospital Wing and habe the Nurse give him something to make him not...to make him...normal just like Riley was? Oh but he had an idea maybe it would work. He had seen people do this to sad people before and it worked for them. Riley awkwardly sat up straight and leaned in stiffly and put an arm nervously around his friends shoulder and gave him by far the most awkward and lingering side hug ever. Riley sat there eyes scruntched up hoping it would work, and fast!

Ronnie sat down next to Simon and smiled, then he said something like super fast. Umm..What did you say?" She asked him giggling. He must be nervous, Simon never talked that fast. Ronnie blushed a little as she thought about what he had said, or at least trying to figure out what he had said. Did he just ask her out? Then her smiled grew!! She scooted closer to him on the bench "If you just asked me out, the answer is yes!" She said, hoping that was really what he had said. Other wise Ronnie would die of embarassement!

I want to name my next charrie something crazy lol!! But I have the next 4 terms to figure her out!

Emmaleigh felting herself blink more than necessary. "And people say I have a long name she though." But she continued to smile as she said, "It's nice to meet you Simon, I'm Emmaleigh." She'd let him work out the nickname part. "You know, I'm not sure. I don't even understand the game."

Alex was late, he made his way to the stands and looked down at the pitch. Gryffindor against Ravenclaw, this match meant a lot, whoever lost this one would meet Slytherin. He had to check out the competition of course.

He had his Slytherin robes on, to show that he was in the best house of green but fingered some on his Ravenclaw scarf which he had borrowed from a firstie Claw. Who knew they were so generous? Aw, he loved those little blue people. He looked aroun on the stands, letting his gaze trail over the people. Thinking of Ravenclaws, where was Ellie? He frowned slightly when he realized she wasn't there and pouted absently. Oh and he would be so happy to show off his Ravenclaw scarf. Bummer.

Alex noticed Hugo in a Ravenclaw outfit and grinned to himself. Why wasn't that girlfriend of his there? Knowing her (which he did) Fee probably just glittered up to meet Hugo. Tss, that girl.

He made his way over there and smiled warmly. "Hey Hugo." he smiled.

Huh?

Helena was a bit dreamy, but looked up quickly as she heard a voice. "No, not at all." She smiled, and noticed it was a fellow Slytherin.

Simon looked at Ronnie and smiled. "I did ask you out." Simon looked straight at Ronnie. "I'm glad you said yes, I thought you'd say no you know why." Simon knew that once his parents find out they'd want Ronnie to come to Hollian and meet them. "Will you come to Hollian next summer, I'd be lonely if I have to spend time on my own." Simon sighed.

Simon looked at Emmaleigh and smiled. "Well Quidditch is easy to understand, there are three chaser, two beater, one seeker and the keeper." Simon smiled. "The chaser try and score with the Quaffle and the Beaters have the bludgers and they hit them at anyone, I've been hit by them and I've tried to avoid one in my first year but flew straight into the stand." Simon laughed as he recalled that situation. "Then there's the keeper who has to defend the hoops and finally the seeker has to catch the golden snitch." Simon hoped he had explained it good enough but wasn't sure.

"Thanks," Rowan said. "Just in case you get cold I, who is indeed supporting the enemy, brought an extra blanket if you would like to borrow. I promise, it isn't in Ravvie colors," she grinned.

Caroline walked to the pitch it was pretty cold that day. She was dressed in slytherin green. While most of the others had blue or red. She really didn't feel like coming since her house wasn't playing and what happen last night.but after last night she really needed to know the outcome of this match. She walked around looking for a seat. She seen her friend Braeden but walked on up the stands. Maybe sitting with him probably wasn't a good idea at this time,maybe she would meet up with him later to check on him. She seen a Hufflepuff girl that was in her year. She walked over the row that she was in.

"Mind if I sit with you?" She asked

Hugo smiled back as Alex approached. "Hiya Alex, I see you wearing a blue scarf," he said and pointed to the scarf. "Good choice," he chuckled lightly. He looked around. Ah, the game had started. Hugo cheered for Ravenclaw as the quaffle went up.

"WOO, RAVENCLAW!!"

And it happened. Ah no, Gryffindor had scored. Hugo sighed and yelled "Noooo!" This wasn't a good start. The fifth year Gryffindor approached the hoops again. NOOOO!! "COME ON RAVENCLAW!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!" he yelled.

Braeden wasn't even worried about the fact that they were in a completely public place or that he was probably embarrassing Riley who had a too-cool-for-this sort of image to keep up. He was too immersed in his own little bubble of boo-hoo and sadness and Deus-hates-me's. He didn't even notice the look of discomfort washing over his Gryffindor friend's face, his brown eyes instead staring at the field absentmindedly, his demeanor rather lethargic. He wasn't really expecting anything out of Riley, he knew how the Irish boy was, but just to be heard was enough for Braeden at this moment.

"Yeah I suppose…" muttered Braeden as Riley tried to joke about the Ravenclaw team being glad a Gryffindor spy didn't show up. Brae hadn't even noticed that was supposed to be a joke.

And then…
Riley was hugging him.
HUGGING?! Riley Mackenzie Sinclair had enough of a heart to show sympathy?! To go as far as to hug a friend in public?! Where were the reporters from The Daily Prophet when you needed them?! This was… NEWS.
Had it been any other day, and had Braeden been in his normal mood, the Gryffindor boy would've made a huge deal out of this and probably even embarrassed Riley with his dramatic behaviour. However, this was not that day. He was feeling down and sad and emo, and instead of teasing his friend for the kind gesture, Braeden welcomed it with one of his goofy smiles. "Thanks mate," said Braeden, his smile looking more genuine now than it had before. It seemed that, luckily for Riley, the small gesture, awkward as it had been, had actually worked.

And, even better - the game started right at that moment. There was no more time to talk about feelings and be sentimental now! They had a team and a member of the enemy team to cheer on! "The game's starting!" said Braeden with one of his lopsided grins, as if this wasn't obvious already. Brown eyes sparkling, the boy watched as the teams walked out and took their places in the air; the excitement was slowly but surely beginning to build up inside him.

Ronnie look at Simon, her boyfriend. That was going to take some getting used to. Ronnie had tea with Simon's parents once before, but it had only lasted a little while. And now Simon wanted her to go to Hollian. "Are you sure your parents will want me to come?" Ronnie would love to go with him, she always wanted to his his Country, but the King and Queen...would they be okay with their son dating a 'commoner' so to say. She didn't know, they seemed nice enough when they were just friends...

Arabella-Marie shouted "Come on Gryffindor show us some style"

Kita shivered slightly. What with the cold weather and the fact that this seat was really cold, she couldn't help but shivering. She looked down at the grounds, trying to see what was going on. It seemed as though the match had just started a couple of minutes ago.

The sound of a girl's voice made her tear her eyes away from the Quidditch Pitch. She looked up and smiled. "Yeah, feel free," she said, secretly wondering whether she had seen this girl before, "Oh! I'm Kita by the way."

Making her way through the crowd, Ellie found herself looking for Alex again. Gah, there were so many people... She spotted a green blob amidst the blue ones, and the adorable mess of hair on his head. Alex. She sneakily took a few steps down and snuck behind him.

Cupping her hands on his eyes, she set her head on his shoulder. "Guess whooo?" She said with a grin playing on her lips.

And... Was that a Ravenclaw scarf..? Ellie smirked.

Riley still had his arm around Braeden and cletching his whole body. Is htis what it felt like to be nice? He wasn't sure he liked it. He liked his people out of his personal bubble and as quiet as the situation allowed possible. He wasn't sure when to let go and even after Brae said thanks, the Irish boy held on, not really aware of what he had said because of the war of words going on in his head. 'To leg go or not to leg go, that was the clawing question'.

Finally the words 'The game is starting' and the roar of cheers erupting around him, Riley snapped back and away from Braeden and scooted away from him as much as would seem polite. His knee breifly touched his friend's and he flinched and pulled his away. Yeah he was not going to be able to touch anyone for a little while. That as the good being nice got him.

Riley watched excitedly as the Gryffindor chasers scored twice and then caught sight of Deus flying high over the players. He pulled out his secret Quidditch weapon he had hid under his coat and put the vuvuzeula to his mouth and blew hard!

VUOOOOOOVOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He pulled the horn from his mouth and then shouted. "COME ON LETS GO GRYFFINDOR!!"

"COME ON RAVENCLAW! LET'S SCORE SOME POINTS!" Rowan screamed as loudly as she could.

Arabella-Marie laughed and said "Hey i think we both love cheering for our own houses" and then shouted "Come on Gryffindor keep the points coming"

Rowan laughed. "I think I pulled a muscle on that one. Honestly, I don't understand this game very well, but I can still cheer. GO RAVVIES!"

Caroline took a seat beside the follow slytherin. "Thanks" she smiled "I'm Caroline Scott" As soon as she sat down the match had started.

Caroline sat down the moment that the match started. She was shivering already, just from the walk to the pitch and finding and seat. "Oh. I'm Caroline, I think we're in the same year? Fifth right?" Shecould tell that the other girl was freezing too. Caroline had I feeling that this match was going to be a long cold match. "Are you being imparal in this match?" She asked judging by what she had on and the fact that her house wasn't playing too.

Say whaaaaaaaaaat?! Where had Riley gotten that vuvuzela from?! Braeden had almost completely forgotten the awkwardness of the too-long-for-comfort hug and everything by now. All he knew was that he wanted one of those. Without thinking about it twice, he snatched the Gryffindor-adorned vuvuzela from his friend and blew as hard as his lungs would allow.

"GO, GO, GRYFFINDOR!!!!!!!!!"

Braeden was ecstatic - Gryffindor was doing amazingly well, and his best friend - well, ex-best friend - had just scored for Ravenclaw. Sniffle. He was like... a proud momma. His little boy was a CHAMP.

"Amadeus, I'm cheering for you, mate!"

In the cold Janruary chill Salander was bundled up in his overcoat and a new Burberry scarf, watching the game unfold. He had friends on both teams so he wasnt cheering for one or the other, but he is braving the cold to enjoy a great game.

"Nice to meet you, Caroline. I'm Helena." She almost grinned, even though she had no idea why. "Which house do you think it'll win?" Well, the Gryffindors were doing pretty well, but the Ravenclaw seeker had caught the first snitch. It was kind of exciting.

Arabella-Marie bounced up and down and said "Yeah well i suppose we could have a sore throat tomorrow with all of the shouting" Arabella-Marie cheered cause her house was playing well and shouted "Go Gryffindor, your doing well"