SNITCH!!! IN SIGHT! AGAIN!...
Seren was a nercous wreck now...

Why was she a wreck? She wasn't playing... she wasn't even a student.

Eyed wide open, still on tip-toes (perhaps they were broken now-- because there was a sharp pain running up the length of het feet and legs), Seren followed the motions of the red and blue blur... Willing them both forward- but hoping of course that Miss Stone would be triumphant.

"COME ON RAVENCLAW!!! COME ON ELLIE STONE!!!"

The suspense was killing her.

Cassie had debated with herself for most of the morning about whether or not she wanted to go watch the quidditch match, since she couldn't find James. But she decided that it would be better than sitting in the common room by herself. That had become very boring very fast.

After dressing in her blue jeans and a white top, she made her way to the stands. After climbing a few stairs she spotted Treyen and some body else, she clearly didn't know and walked over."Hey Treyen!" She said plopping down next to him.

Oh my goodness...this eagles team was good.......

the snitch...the snitch........Penny was being drawn into the excitement of the ravenclaw fans.....

Their seeker caught the snitch......The game was over

Eagles win!!!!!!!!!!!

The blonde stood there and her eyes grew wide as she saw Ravenclaw score again.Oh my god that meant they had won.RAVENCLAW HAD WON.Oh glitter,this was fantastic,seriously.Fee had to think about somewhere to celebreate with Hugo later,surely they would go the the common room and celebrate as team first. The Slytherin was really,really proud.Hugo's first match and they already won,that had to mean something.Hehe."Yeeeaaahhh Raaaveeenclaaawwww",the girl exclaimed grinning happily.

Presley jumped and screamed at the top of her lungs. If what she'd just seen was correct, Ravenclaw had just won. WE"VE WON!!!!!" She screamed hugging William. "Well, Ravenclaw did. I'm sorry. I forgot you were a gryffindor." that had been rude and insensitive of her. She shouldn't have said 'We'. But she still couldn't contain her excitement. RAVENCLAW WAS THE WINNER!!!!!!

Huh? That wasn't Lola's voice. It was Cassie's.

Treyen immediately turned to her, and all the glaring he'd been giving Lola vanished. He only had a smile for his teammate. "Cassie," he said, "You're kind of arriving late," there was no 'late' in Quidditch, because snitches could be caught at the next second the game started and then everyone would be late, no?

But yet, Cassie had arrived way later than he had. So, yeah, late.

It was HER name, that brought him back into the game. And his eyes followed Bentley's gaze.

And there was the whistle.

"RAVENCLAW WON! WE WON! ... THEY WON!!! RAVENCLAW WON!"

Calm down Seren, she thought to herself, drawing in deep breaths of cold air. They won... Ravenclaw won. Oh this was good news. This was celebratory news... this was BRILLIANT!

But... back to being ... 'professional'... Merlin it was the weekend! no need for professionalism right? Its just a quidditch game.

Ugh Seren was feeling guilty now.
Turning to Treyen and Nika she offered them.... composed smiles.
"I'm so sorry Nika, but it was a good game at least", she said trying to make her feel a bit better.

"Thank you both for the um.... company", she said, not that she noticd they were there half the time. Heck they could have set fire to her hair and she wouldn't have noticed.

Looking over at Melina Morninglory Seren gave he the thumbs up.
"How'd you like the game?" she asked grinning broadly.

Kimber looked up and flashed a smiled at the brunette. "Hello, Evelyn," she greeted. "I love your outfit, dear. Are you sure you're warm enough though?" It was bloody FREEZING out here.

Kimber had to laugh. "You have a good point," she agreed. The dungeons were just so YUCK!

She scooted over a little to give Evelyn more room to squeeze in and just then she heard the very excited voice of her dear, favorite student.

Kimber rose up from her seat just long enough to wave frantically herself. "HEY, LEX!!!" she shouted back. She considered waving her up but spotted Salander and sat back down.

Kita looked away and bit her lip, trying to hold back a laugh. Maybe something would happen in the match that would stop her from laughing or giggling or anything of the sort. But then something made her look back at Caroline and she couldn't hold it in any longer. What with that and all the chocolate chip cookies that were inside of her, it was no wonder that she was laughing. Again! And now there was the talk of the chocolate cake which only made the laughing worse. "We could," she said, "Maybe the house elves are baking one right now especially for us..." Seems likely... Her mind wondered down to the kitchens. Would the house elves really be making a cake for them as we speak? It seemed likely... after all, they had cookies in the morning!

"What, what, what, what, what?!" she said frantically, coming out of her reverie, only to find that Caroline was- WHY WAS SHE WALKING AWAY?! The brunette looked over at the match where her eyes found a figure lying on the floor. A figure who had blondish hair and was in his Gryffindor robes. "Uh-oh!" she gasped, her eyes growing wide.

Talk about unfair!

Out of the corner of her eye, Kita saw a blonde figure walking towards her. She turned her head to find that Caroline had come back. And she was looking... devastated to say the least. The girl wasn't even saying anything. Gulping, the Puff leant down and gave Caroline a hug. "He's ok now," she whispered, hoping against hope that this would cheer Caroline up!

Wait... why was there cheering? Kita stood back up and looked around her. It seemed as though the match has ended which explained why people, especially the blue side, were celebrating. Her face broke into a smile as she looked back down at Caroline. "It's over," she said, "You can see your lover now."

Nika sighed. The game was over and Gryffindor didn't even score a single point. She looked around at some happy Ravenclaws and shrugged. At least there was always the house cup and so far they were leading the points.

Merlin's Polka-Dot Socks- WE WON!!!!!

Melina lost her mind with all the other Eagle fans in the stands, hugging people she didn't even know and screaming cheers at the top of her lungs.

She asked a 5th-year to change her hair to blue and bronze with sparkles.

Oh my Godric, this was just the Best Day Ever.

:w oot:

Marie made her way into the stands rather late for the match but she didn't really care. She almost didn't even come to the game at all today anyway. But here she was, entering the stands just getting ready to climb to the top and look for her friends when she happened to look at the scoreboard.

Well, it seems there's no reason to climb to the top since the game is over. Too bad the 'Claws won. She would have preferred seeing the lions win this one. Oh well, whatever. She really didn't care either way since neither of the teams were her house team.

Not quite ready to head back to the castle she sat in the first empty seat she found... near the bottom of the stands. Maybe she would see her friends as they were leaving.

Crossing her arms in a way so she could actually cover her arms somewhat, she kept up the smile, waiting for replies and possible invites to joining in the warmth. She was actually expecting something HORRIBLE from Madam Donovan but...well, that was the opposite of horrible....wait...

Was she being sarcastic? Psshhhh.

"I'm fine..." No, no she wasn't. "And thank you. I worked hard on it." Yea, she didn't own this outfit until a few hours ago, and the person she DID wear it for...wasn't speaking. Yet, seeing the Gryffie head of house scoot over a bit, the Slytherin was very much considering sitting down and scooting in for warmth but...the loud voice of Vinny reached her ears, declaring Ravenclaw the winner.

Oops?

Yet she wasn't rooting for Gryffindor per say. She was rooting for just one person. The apparent silenced one.

Mouthing back a silent 'hi' in return, wondering why he didn't speak in the first place, her gaze moved over to the field for a moment, just to see what was going on. People down, others flying...blah blah...

Back to Josh. Smile. Blush.

Lola glanced at a boy who she had been grinning at her, oh yes, this boy who she'd seen around the school! She didn't even care for his grinning but merely stared at how he was grinning at her while hugging a girl--AT THE SAME TIME! The girl was confused, and in that moment of confusion, grinned back and threw cookie crumbs in the air towards him, making this world a much better place. "HELLO STRANGER! WE MUST BEFRIEND EACH OTHER! GO GRYFFINDOR!" She saluted him and threw some extra cookie crumbs.

How nice she was!

"YOU KNOW WHAT!" She stated as she continued pointing his fingers at him, poking him at his lips! Lola was smart, she saw right through this plan! How he would act all confused and befuddled just to make it seem like he didn't know squat--BUT TRAIN LOCKHART WAS A CHEATER. It was so right there in front of her! "Yes you are! Kurumi doesn't deserve this! DO YOU KNOW HOW SHE SAVED MY LIFE? MMMYYY LIFE? Queen Flobberworm!" Pointing at her shirt, she used her glaring eyes at him again.

"Flobble flobble," she quickly renacted.

"Kurumi Hollingberry saved a valuable artifact, AND YOU'RE MAKING HER FAIL! Oh. Shame. THE SHAME, TRAIN!" Did he not have any dignity? There was no dignity whatsoever and she poked him again, even harder this time.

He was questioning her almighty power right now? "Why yes, Lola Jones will make Romeo disappear--" she started, and was quickly distracted by the sudden roar of the crowd. Wha--WHA??? WHAT HAPPENED?! The girl missed everything. All she saw right now was the Ravenclaws cheering while the Gryffindors looked all glum and lost! WHY? NO--IT CAN'T BE! How did this happen? How did this ALL happen??? Lola was at shock and surprise, staring at the Quidditch Pitch with a confused expression.

...

She looked back at Train.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I FELL FOR THAT! HOW YOU DISTRACTED ME SO YOU COULD CONTINUE CURSING MY HEROINE! AND I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS, TRAIN LOCKHART--FRIENDS!" Oh the drama. She quickly slapped him in the cheek and ran towards the front of the stands, with one arm outstretched towards the direction of Kurumi. She wheezed. She coughed.

"I HAVE FAAAAAAAAAILEED YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! FORGIVE ME MASTER!"

There lied Lola Jones who decided to lie down one of the empty benches--IN A FETAL POSITION--rocking back and forth while giving Train one more glare. The End.

Melina beamed at her Professor. "OH MY GODRIC, IT WAS BRILLIANT, PROFESSOR! THIS WAS THE FIRST MATCH I EVER SAW- BOY I PICKED THE RIGHT ONE, DIDN'T I?"

Connor growled and ohhh he was so irked. "Nooooo." Kurumi was going to be so down.

"Well I never put it past Kurumi to get better." he grinned as he hugged Lexi for that extra warmth "Yeah whoever's taught her did an awesome job.... that wouldnt happen to be you is it?" he smirked as he gave Lexi a peck on her nose.

He glanced towards where someone called out Lexi's name and spotted the Gryffindor Head of House, smiling back politely in turn. Then it started raining..... crumbs.

What?

He looked up and winced, rubbing his eyes as crumbs started to get into them "Lola!..." he grumbled aloud "Why dont you toss whole cookies around instead of those bits? We aint birds" And really, cuz he was getting hungry again.

Blinking rapidly to clear his eyes Salander turns his head back towards the game, reacting when players would vanish under stands and beyond the clouds. He clapped excited when Ellie caught the snitch the second time.

.... And the third.

Ravenclaw wins. Oh my.

It took him a second to react because he was more concerned with the two young ones sprawled on the icy grass. Slowly he started to clap for the Claws "Congratulations Eagles!" he hollered out clapping "Great job Ellie!" Then he finally saw the Gryffindor brunette stand up. Relief washed over him when he realized the little Gryff was ok, although he can totally read the disappointment in her body language "Awesome game Kurumi!" he called out to his Cookie!Princess. Yeah the Lions may not have won, but she did an fantastic job nonetheless.

Dani sighed- "Look, there was a whole team... it wasn't her fault at all. And anyway, she did a great job" she said, trying to look at the positives. She was going to try out next term- yeah, Luke hated her playing, said she'd have an accident, but still...

Yup, Josh remembered Madam Donovan had not looked like she enjoyed being in the dungeons either..that was, during the detention. And now her words had just confirmed it. Smiling at her laugh, the boy nodded wondering how snakes managed to live down there anyway. It would have annoyed him pretty much. Good thing he was living in the Gryffindor tower; the warm, well-lighted and red place.

''Madam Donovan...'' he said right after staring at the field for a moment again ''...may i visit you in your office sometime to talk about...something?'' He needed that talk mostly because...well...the only remained adults in his family were all muggles and they knew nothing about the wizarding world.

Eh...it looked like drawing his attention back to Madam Donovan to ask that simple question had worked as he was able to speak again. However when he turned back to face Evelyn...he felt like his voice had gone again as thoughts attacked his mind leaving him totally confused.

So he just kept staring and blinking at her. He was feeling too much things at the same time and it was making it impossible to utter a word. He just acted instead; slowly standing up he took off his cloak and wrapped it around her. She must have been freezing cold. Then once he had made sure that she was all very well wrapped in it, he looked into her hazel eyes.

And just like he was unable to speak, he was unable to prevent that single tear leave his right eye down his cheek.

Then he simply jumped on her, hugging her tight and close.

Caroline blinked as she sat there watching the game. She always knew how dangerous quidditch was but seeing what had happen to Carter put a new meaning of the word dangerous to she had been hit before and she had seen people get hit, but none of them had meant more to her than Carter. Seeing him get back on his broom made her feel so much better. Feeling someone hug her, she closed her eyes. "Thanks Kita. I know he's okay." She sighed.

That soon the match was over. She shook her head, Gryffindor had lost but they played well. "Great Game Gryffindor! Good job Eagles!" She called out, Standing up and clapping. nodding "I see. Oh well the lions did great either way." Caroline raised her eyebrows at the next thing Kita said blushing "Haha very funny. I'm going to go wait on him, and check on him." She nodded, and started to gather her things up. "Come on we can walk and talk as we go down the stands." she nodded toward the bottom of the stands with a smiled.

Kita bit her lip as she looked down at Caroline. She hated seeing her best friend upset. Or angry. Or crying her eyes out. Which, Kita now realised, was the same thing as being upset. More or less. But still. It was one of the few times that Kita actually cried. Or let a tear roll down her cheeks. Ok, that was a bit cheesy. MOVING ON SWIFTLY! A smile broke over the sixth year's face; Caroline was feeling better! Kita liked to think that she had something to do with it.

The brunette clapped and cheered along with the masses of people who were clearly supporting the eagles. She turned to Caroline and grinned. "Yes, they did," she said, "Pity the eagles were just too good." Yeah... they were too good! But did this mean that they, the badgers, were likely to go head-to-head with the eagles? Kita did not like this idea... "Yes, you do that for lover boy," she said, winking. Wait... walk? "Erm... Ok," she said, secretly wondering why she was scared to go down to the Quidditch Pitch.

Kimber watched the game with rapt interest as the final snitch was caught. "Oh!" she cried, scrunching up her face at her team's loss. Nonetheless she was proud of Gryffindors efforts. "That's okay!" she called out. "Great game, guys!"

She sat back down when she heard Josh addressing her and nodded her head. "Of course you may," she answered. She'd much rather have him appear in her office by choice rather than the result of some mischief or punishment. The two had barely a chance to speak outside of the too frequent reprimands. "Come by any time."

Before she could say much else, she observed the young couple sharing a moment. Taking that as her cue to leave, she pulled her coat around her and exited the stands.

It was starting to feel as if the seconds were turning into hours now. The silence, from Josh that is (it was plenty loud around them), was making her a tad nervous. More than a tad actually.

...Alright, she was panicking on the inside. Yet, Evelyn was Flores. They don't panic on the outside.

Rubbing her arms slightly, she had to move her gaze away from him a time or two, since he still wasn't speaking. He was standing up, but not speaking. For a split moment, she had the slight fear that he was getting up to leave, but, he wasn't moving away from her. Feeling the warmth of the cloak around her, she glanced up to him, the smile having disappeared moments ago.

Words failed her as it seemed it had done to Josh, yet she...didn't know what to do. Not after seeing that tear, and the sudden hug had caught her in surprise. Mmmph. MEEP! Taking a step back to keep her balance, she stood still for a moment before wrapping her arms around him, and burying her face in his shoulder, not aware that Donovan had left.

Right. What? What company was she talking about? Bentley was yelling throughout the whole game. He was actually glad she hadn't been paying any attention to him.

He still smiled her way, "Yeah, same here, Professor," he said, even if he knew that he hadn't been paying much attention to her as well.

Maybe THAT was the best company for a Quidditch game, yes?



OH. WAIT.

She didn't know Salander? Then, whatever. Treyen's eyes widened as the Slytherin dude told her to throw whole cookies, and he shook his head, WHOLE cookies will probably kill Treyen, because then Lola would have a weapon...unless she uses the jar of cookies to kill him.

Anyway.

GLARES. BECAUSE SHE WAS POKING HIM, AND HIS HAND WAS ALREADY ON HIS WAND.

What was he exactly? Romeo or a cheater? Last time he checked, he was neither. Where was Sierra and her bat to bring Lola down? "She shouldn't have saved you." That's what he said, through gritted teeth. Kurumi had the oddest choices when it came to choose which people to save, no? Not that he knew of other occasions but if she decided to save Lola...well...yeah.

"Valuable?! If you consider yourself valuable...," he said, and started to walk away from his seat, which will only bring him close to Lola, but that was the only way out, she was blocking it. AND HE ROLLED HIS EYES. Dramatically too, because she was meant to see that.

Okay. Guess what? He was going to TRY and ignore what Lola had said, because he wasn't making Kurumi fail, Kurumi wasn't even failing! And she had performed admirably in that game. Oh, that's right. The Seekers had spotted the Snitch and fell to the ground. GREAT. He hated that, because they could've gotten hurt. And Ravenclaw had won.

Ellie must be incredibly happy, no?

Wait. Lola had been considering him a FRIEND?! EXACTLY HOW WAS THIS SOME SORT OF FRIENDSHIP!? Lola was clearly delusional. Then he felt her hand on his cheek...did she...did she just slap him? LIKE, FOR REAL? If there was something beyond glaring, then that's what could be seen on the young Lockhart's face, and he may have broken his wand as he decided it was best not to hex her in front of Bentley and held it too tight in his hand.

He blinked. Because he understood NOTHING of what was going on, and then walked towards her. Sure, he could've let things go, Lola was clearly crazy, but he just couldn't. Maybe Quidditch had put him in a terrible mood, too. He grabbed her by the arm and whispered in her ear, "Just be glad you're girl, Lola Jones, and don't do that again," he said, before finally releasing her into the bench. If she got hurt, he didn't care. Kurumi wasn't going to save her two times.

The boy straightened out his jacket and walked out the Stands. Not even bothering on glaring at Lola as he climbed down.

He felt sorry for Cassie, though, but she could still follow him. Though, he didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment.

He had heard the announcement that Ravenclaw had won and he had heard the cry of disappointment Madam Donovan had let out right after it and together those two caused a groan leave his mouth as well yet he always had faith and hope for his team and house so he was not going to let them discourage themselves with this loss. Plus he was in no mood to be discouraged in anyway.

Not to forget that he was also, apparently, allowed to visit his Head of House. That was awesome! Wiping that second tear away before it freed itself and embrassed him, he turned to smile and thank to the woman but...she was gone. Ah? Anyway, he could thank to her whenever he was going to visit her. Now he had a she-snake to cry for enjoy having back.

Not much time has passed when he had realised that even during that very short time he had tried to glance at Donovan, he did not loosened his grip on the Slytherin girl. That did not look like it was going to happen any time soon anyway and he turned back to her and breathed in the smell of her beautiful, soft hair that he had always loved. It felt like it was making his heart beat faster.

Gently leaning his head on hers, still all being so silent, he closed his eyes and lowered his arms a bit to her waist to pull her closer. Keeping and hugging her close would make his aching, broken heart heal faster, right? Right? Well...at least that seemed to be what he was thinking right now. Again he was able to feel like a whole. He knew something was always missing with him when she was not his. He was incomplete and his life did not look like it was worth living. But now, those thoughts were slowly leaving him. So, he just enjoyed her presence and all the gooness that had brought to him. He did not want to let her go in case his heart would start to feel fainful again.

He was afraid of letting her go in case Riley should appear out of nowhere and pull her away from him.