Jory looked around when he heard his name being called. He hadn't really looked around at the other students but the voice was familiar and he would recognise it anywhere.

He turned to look at Minerva. "Hallo, Min,'' the badger said. He grinned. "I don't know. Have I?'' He was kidding around, of course. He seemed to be all over the Castle this year. He guessed he was trying to make more memories before he left. But there was still time for that. "I haven't forgotten either. It's good to see you working hard again.'' Jory wasn't sure what had happened to Min last year but he was glad to see her back to her old self. "By the way, congrats on your OWL results.'' He had known she would do well.

Jory looked back at the game. He was of course, supporting the students but he would still cheer for her. Well, maybe all of the staff team. It was weird seeing them up on brooms and zipping around the pitch. Oh and look! The Student team had just captured the snitch!

Mo was nearly knocked over as Mika jumped down from the next row up and practically landed in his lap. Well, then, Creepy-girl. Tell us how you really feel. Mo helpfully put an arm around her and settled Mika into the sat before giving her a grin and turning his attention back to the game.

"The professors are pretty good, but they don't have experience playing together. That's the hard part. Like... how the Chasers can drop the Quaffle and trust that someone will be there to catch it." He gave Mika a side eye and then grinned again. "I like sitting with the Professor, but you're good company too."

Aww, he'd bought out the village of Hogsmeade in bringing her snacks. That was awfully charming of Vickers, and it earned him a kiss on the cheek before Vivi settled into her seat with the popcorn. Everything else went on the bench beside her.

"Students are winning. I find I don't much care how this batch does, since Mo and company are playing next round." But she was polite and would watch.

Alexander Greingoth paused as he stepped into the stands and looked out over the pitch. A feeling of pride swelled inside him. It'd be many years since he'd seen his wife out there on that pitch, and it brought back so many memories. They'd been on the team together back in school, and he'd been the captain, while she'd been the beater. He grinned and climbed a bit more before taking a seat where there weren't too many kids around.

"Really, Dad? I can't see a thing," Sierra said, peering over her dad's shoulders. What was he stopped for anyway? She shifted her litte sister from one hip to the other then finally followed her dad to a seat. Merlin, she wanted to be out on that pitch. She missed playing for the snakes. "GO, MOM!" she yelled, spotting her mom out on the pitch. It was kind of hard to miss her with that bat.

...and hearing her older sister call for her mom, two-year-old Ariadne sang, "Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama!"

Flamsteed and the tie and hairflips from the Headmistress. That was going to be memorable, wasn't it?

But then again, this whole match was going to be memorable. After all, how often was it that the staff of Hogwarts played against the students? And how often was it to see Hadley playing? Because... didn't she say that she didn't play Quidditch? Or did she? Either way, Alec sort of wanted to cheer for her too but... students. Girlfriend. Friends. Teammates. Priorities, you know.

And speaking of girlfriend... LOOK AT THAT BLUDGER HIT. GRIN GRIN GRIN. He knew she was going to be brilliant today! And he was not going to let her forget about this! He was also not too busy staring watching her fly around whilst cheering to notice anything else that was going on. Nope. Sorry, SUPER PROUD BOYFRIEND MOMENT.

... That was... until his ice cream bowl was SNATCHED OUT OF HIS HANDS. Blinking, he turned his head to face Hulk and gulped. "Well... yeah!" he said, nodding, "But ice cream helps to calm the nerves..." He gave her a sheepish look and bit down on his tongue. That wasn't too much of a lie. Not really. It did help him to calm down the nerves and forget about the fact that they were playing afterwards...

GULP.

OH HEY SNITCH!

Thankful for the distraction, he watched the Seekers and the Snitch in progress carefully. Come on, Dylan, come oooooooon! ... AND HE GOT IT! GRIN. Clap clap, cheer cheer, cla-

WOAH. HOLD THE SNITCH. (Heh!)

Was that ice cream on the floor? The ice cream he had brought along?! "... Did you just waste ice cream?" And he wasn't angry... more... upset. Because ice cream. It was a waste to see it all over the floor and on his shoes and jeans. Though, thankfully, none had gone into his hair. The idea of having sticky ice cream all over his hair... BLINK.

... First Hulk and now Astrid. Girls were scary. "I... well... it's great to see you too!" BLINK. "And I'm playing in the second half so... I thought I'd come to watch for now." Because there was no way he was going to miss seeing a Quidditch match. "Yeah? So the Beauxbatons lady knows you're here?" he asked, grinning at the girl.

... OH AND WADE. CURLY HAIR DUDE. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU TOO, MATE.

Oh. Fistbump, Odessa. They were great at the co-commentating thing. Grin.

Back to the mic. "Brilliant, Dyliekins." Just throwin' that out there. "The professors have the Quaffle again. Kinsley and Castell are teaming up - I don't think they're too intimidating, Flamsteed isn't backing down... He passes to Truebridge... She's off. Nice hair, by the way, Professor! She's almost... oh-! Missed! HA. Need glasses, Headmistress? Heh.

Moving onnnn.

"Now back to the students. Castell's got the quaffle. The professors need to pay attention if they want - aha. There they go. Flamsteed's on Beezus' trail... she passes to Elisabeth-Potter - NICE catch. That was a close one."

His eyes darted around the pitch, trying to catch every detail.

"OH! BLUDGER! Nice hit, Ella! Who knew that a Hufflepuff could - oooh. Ouch. That's a shame. Ella's bludger connects with TRUEBRIDGE. Can you get a detention for that, professor?" Important questions. "And... and... Elisabeth-Potter SCORES FOR STUDENTS. TEN POINTS.

They were pretty awesome, yep.

"Quaffle is back in play! Professors in possession. Looks like the students are losing fuel out there... LOOK ALIVE, GUYS. Truebridge's got the quaffle... apparently she recovers quickly. Good to know. She's a fast one, too, look at that. Kinsley's right there, though, maybe - nope! Headmistress Truebridge passes to Flamsteed. I could make an astronomy joke right now but I think I'll hold back. Flamsteed's down... he's ready to... STONE ARE YOU READY? Flamsteed aims... and... SO CLOSE, STONE. Better luck next time. Flamsteed scores for the Professors. Woo."

Excitement. Jake had it.

To say that Kaiden Yarborough was furious would be an understatement. He had walked all the way down to the stupid quidditch pitch, and then had to walk all the way back up to the castle to get some stupid money. Yes he half expected the turnstiles to appear, Thats why he had had a pocket full of Knuts. What he did not expect was to have to fork over fifty whole dollars just to see a match. That was stupid, but what was he supposed to do, sit in the castle by himself? So he had returned with the money, to a match that was already in progress. Grrr. Shoving the money into the machine, he stomped up the stairs to sit behind Miks, and patted her on the head.


***

Emmaleigh was actually pretty excited for this quidditch match and had made sure to get all her homework done and take off work for it. Since it was all special and everything. It would be great to see people and the outcome would be exciting no mater what. When she finally arrived at the stands, her jaw dropped as a turnstile thing popped out of the ground. What was this? it was new. She tried walking through it, but was stopped. Upon further inspection, her jaw nearly fell off this time. Someone expected her to pay 10 Galleons to watch this match? That was fifty pounds. That was a lot of money. WAY more money then she had on her right now. She had what? two galleons maybe? With a sigh, she looked frowning up into the stands, and then turned away. This was one match she wouldn't be seeing.

She noticed Min looking at a young down down further in the stands. She wasn't sure who he was, but of course she'd welcome him to sit with them too if he wanted. She smiled and waved while Min was talking to him, to help make him feel noticed.

Yet another person was joining their little cluster of people, and Min seemed to know her too. What did she call her? Susie? She smiled at the girl, waved and said in a sing-song fashion, "Hellooo!"

And wait, what? Eliza heard Min say something to Ariana about Oakey and her liking him. Was Ariana having boy troubles? Eliza was so out of the loop with the student gossip. Mainly because she just never snooped around, but also because she was still young and maybe people didn't want to share that information with her yet. She looked over to Ariana and gave her a smile. She didn't know why a boy wouldn't like her. She seemed smart and she was really pretty, so...what was the problem? All the girls at school seemed to be really pretty though. In fact, she was pretty sure that she herself was one of the least cute girls, and although she knew looks weren't everything, it did make her a little shy sometimes.

Eyes back on the game, she held a deep breath as she watched the struggle for the snitch. Dylan sure is fast! She crossed her fingers for him and then - "Yeahhhhh! GO DYLAN!!" How did she know his name? Well he was sort of iconic around here - plus he hung around Beezus a lot, so...you pick up on some things.

She REALLY liked the direction this game was going so far.

"Staff are back on the board.... sort of.... Eighty to Zero, still anyone's game.... Quaffle to students." West picked up where Jake left off and casually wiped a few sandwich crumbs off his mouth as Hadley put the Quaffle back in play. Bellaire was giving DEATH GLARES to Baltazar, West noticed. How ominous.

"Kinsley catches it neatly and passes it to Castell who is blocked by a FIERCE looking Headmistress, flanked by Bellaire and Lafay." West paused to admire this for a moment. The headmistress was impressive you know? If he was like... fifty years older...

"Hadley's waiting for it.... she's got her eyes on her Hufflepuff chaser Elisabeth-Potter as he catches Castell's underarm through... and is it just me or looking just a BIT scary right now? Has she SEEN SOMETHING IN THE NUMBERS?" West turned a dramatic look behind him at the people in the stands. Those pesky numbers.

Back to the action.

"THE SEEKERS HAVE SPOTTED THE SNITCH!......Kinsley ZOOMS ahead to block Cerulean and Flamsteed, who is having tie issues. More like a blindfold than a headband, eh professor? Elisabeth-Potter has the Quaffle and shoots.... HADLEY BLOCKS IT FOR THE STAFF! SHE DIDN'T TAKE HER EYES OFF HIM ONCE!.... oh hang on WATCH OUT BEEZUS! Flamsteed is...." The Astronomy professor collided with Beezus Castell and knocked her off her broom. She grabbed hold with one hand and swung there for a moment getting her bearings. "GOOD SAVE." Yeah, don't hurt yourself, Castell, or Montmorency would be useless.

A flash of gold streaked in front of his face, around Jake's head, and lodged itself in West's next sandwich. What.... GETOUT, SNITCH. West batted at it and next thing he knew...

Dylan, distracted by Bee's near-fall, was a little slower off the mark, but not Romanos, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE AND... "HEY! THAT IS MY SANDWICH! .... Ma'am." Cough.

"And ROMANOS GETS THE SNITCH FOR THE STAFF! THE SCORE IS 80-50! Students still lead!" He watched, unimpressed, as the Defense professor held up the snitch with one hand and took a bite of West's sandwich with the other.

...

Well okay, he supposed she deserved that one. Sigh.


TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Firth blew the whistle down on the pitch.

"HALF TIME! GET YOUR SNACKS AND GO PEE!" West suggested to the crowd.

He was still supposed to be playing. Whichever session. Alec was supposed to be at the LOCKER ROOM. Not the Stands. Astrid didn't wanna see her pseudo!brother change into his robes in here. NO.

Get a room okay?

"Yeah it's great to see you here too! Although you are supposed to be at the locker room," the brunette pointed out again. Because it was true. Shouldn't all the players be at the locker room and getting pep talks and stuff? Oh, so he was supposed to be for the second half. Hmm... the locker room didn't really have a nice view of the pitch anyway so yeah. "Yes she knows of course. My dad's at Hogsmeade while I'm here." Not missing a Quidditch match, you know.

OH. First half done? Time for bro Alec to go. "GOOD LUCK. I'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU AND MAMA HULK!" Beam. And... yeah, she was going to have a pee break.

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Kat was really proud of the performance of her team mates. Dylan, getting a snitch. Theo making the first goal of the game. So proud of her Slytherins. She occasionally clapped whenever something awesome happened. The students team was awesome. They were on FIRE.

But the Staff team was really good too. Look at Lafay and her bat.

Then... session one is over. BLINK. It was her turn. Kat took a deep breath before standing up and making her way to the locker room. Welp.

There he goes again, the glazed lovestruck grinning whenever Vivi would kiss him or touch his hand or... heck just be VIVI. He grabs some candy from their stash and turns his view from the blonde towards the pitch “This is a good team—look Beezus and Dylan are playing....” he narrows his eyes a bit, trying to recognize who else from the team he knew. But he turns his head back to his girlfriend at the mention of her brother “I cant wait to see Mo play again, specially going up against Professors, must be quite unnerving.” imagine the awkward moment of meeting one’s instructor that you just smacked with your broom the day before.

Where is that kid anyway?.... The former Ravenclaw spots the not-so-little-anymore sibling speaking with what his Uncle said was the new Runes Professor. Well, he gets a bag of candy “Hey Mo!....Catch...” he said as he tosses the pouch his way.



Oh hey hey hey... Lafay echoing. Salander looks around—and spots that Minister of Magic, who was all important of course-- but to Sal he was far more thrilled to see that lovely Slytherin Princess of his “Sierra!” he waves at her.

"As long as you seek okay later, I'll be a bad captain for a second and let you eat it," Alice informed her pseudo-seeker, eyes still on the pitch and making mental notes. Like, for one, Ella was an AWESOME beater and she was feeling extremely grateful that the Hufflepuff didn't play that position against her in normal matches. For another, Aireyhead's tie obviously DID help with aerodynamics, and she had to try tying something round her head, too, one day. Except a shorter one, so she didn't get blindfolded.

And was he seriously upset over ice cream? Would that be a distraction during this? "Um.. um, I'll get you a new bowl after we play, okay?" Alice's voice was rather distracted as she continued watching people attack West's sandwiches for snitches, and.. half time! "That's our CUE," she told Superman, grabbing his wrist and standing up, moving around the spilled ice cream. "You're going to be awesome. If you don't catch a single snitch, I still won't hate you. But, like, don't do that, okay?" Because they were NOT losing a Quidditch match to middle-aged wizards, thank you very much.

Awesome pep talk right there.

She waited and STARED every one of her players in the stands down until they started heading down to the locker rooms, stopping only to look at Selina again. "I gotta go. I'm up next. You're staying to watch me, right?" Of course she was. Alice was the whole reason she was THERE, yeah? Clearly.

Selina got another wave, and then she was dragging Alec away.

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Mo was nearly knocked over as Mika jumped down from the next row up and practically landed in his lap. Well, then, Creepy-girl. Tell us how you really feel. Mo helpfully put an arm around her and settled Mika into the sat before giving her a grin and turning his attention back to the game.

"The professors are pretty good, but they don't have experience playing together. That's the hard part. Like... how the Chasers can drop the Quaffle and trust that someone will be there to catch it." He gave Mika a side eye and then grinned again. "I like sitting with the Professor, but you're good company too."

Of course she was blushing when she practically landed on Mo. And she did again when he sat her up. This was a little awkward after telling him about divinations the other day after the birthday tea. Which, she was glad that she had bought a bunch of loose leaf teas from Puddifoots.

She glanced at the match quickly, and then noticed how Mo had grinned before saying she was good company. Aw, that was nice. She liked being good company. “Good company?” She asked with a laugh. “Of course I am,” nope she didn’t have an ego she was just nervously saying things that had that sound to them. “Seriously you are better company you give people gifts for their pets” she nodded as she remembered those awesome things he had given her pygmy puff (that was now in her pocket sleeping). “And hey I’m glad, because I rather like Professor Botros…runes are really fun” she really did like Runes a lot…and divinations and everything.

She glanced at her good friend once more before turning back to the game. “We…” she muttered and then lowered her voice so only he could hear. She had a feeling broadcasting a conversation over the stands wasn’t a smart thing unless you were commentating. “...should probably ugh you know talk about that thing I told you about divination's class” she practically squeaked after speaking.

Nervous girl was nervous. And unable to sit still. She was pulling and playing with her sweater's sleeve just sitting there. "Oh...and good luck with the match when you play" she smiled to Mo as she tried to calm her self down.

... BLINK.

Bludger? To Truebridge? THE PINK HEADMISTRESS? ... This was a LOT worse than snatching up her ribbons and some strands of her hair.

But it was a great hit! Really. Really really really. And proud boyfriend was still proud... and he may or may not be fearing for her life right about now. Or, like Jake said, whether or not she'll end up getting detention or into trouble. ... But it was just a game, right? So... there couldn't be any detention giving, yeah?

...

OH. GO WADE! Cheers and claps for you too! ... And Astro!Man. But not too much because of the student!territory he was in. It was just dangerous business.

... West was right. Hadley was looking scary up there. Like really scary. And she managed to save a goal too! GRIN. He made a mental note to congratulate her later. Like maybe some other day when he wasn't in the midst of lots of student!support!cheering business.

And... SEEKERS. SNITCH. ... Which was grabbed by Romanos. Tough luck, Dylan. Claps for you too.

But this meant one thing. ... It was their turn to head down to the locker rooms. He reached up a hand and ruffled his hair, turning his attention towards Astrid who was talking to him. She was good at being a little sister, the girl was. "Well... I'll head off now, then?" GRIN. "Oh yeah? Tell your Dad I said hey! And make sure to get something to eat, okay?" And he would have offered her ice cream... except that was gone.

"Thanks! I'll try and make you proud?" That would actually mean a lot to him. Yep. She got one last grin before Alec turned back to Hulk...

... Who also started speaking to him. "You will? Really?" Though, fresh new ice cream, right? Not the one that was on the floor, attracting ants. "Thanks Hulk!" For the getting him a new bowl as well. Which was slightly relieving because he didn't want to eat floor ice cream ever ever again in his life.

Feeling her hand on his wrist only made the boy's complexion pale even more. "Thanks! ... Erm... I'll try my hardest?" This was scary, this was really... really scary. "And you'll be awesome too, yeah?" he said, giving her a faint smile. You know, just in case she doubted her Hulk-ing abilities.

Feeling her dragging him away, Alec turned his head and waved at Selina before heading off towards the locker rooms after one of his psuedo!Captains.

Vivi narrowed dark blue eyes to watch her Baby Chaser and the Scoundrel who loved her. Sigh. They were playing very well, and Vivi let herself cheer them on in spite of herself. Personal feelings aside and all that.

It was a little brisk and Vivi settled against Vickers for warmth. "It's probably good for them to have to go head to head with the professors. Keeps them human. And if they happen to knock out a staff member, I will always have a mental picture of them flying tail over head off their broom. Treasure it always..." Vivi threw popcorn at the back of someone in front of her and he sat down again.

When Vick threw candy to Mo, Vivi gave him a nudge in the ribs. "Oi, there. Don't feed the monkey."

***

Mo caught the candy neatly and grinned broadly at Vickers before turning back to the game. He offered some to the professor, and then to Kaiden behind them (heeeey, creeper), and then to Mika. Y'know... sharing.


"I don't..." Mo paused and sort of side-eyed Kaiden behind them before dropping his voice. "I don't really want to talk about it, actually. Just a misunderstanding and all. Although..." He shrugged one shoulder. "I probably wouldn't have minded so much if we hadn't gotten in trouble." Interpret that one at will, please.

Mo folded up his bag of candy and tucked it into his bag. The game was going well, but was being called to a halt, and he knew he only had a little amount of time before he had to run to the locker room and change. "But we can hang out and talk after the game anyway? Even if we don't need to talk about THAT in particular," Mo offered, gallantly, he decided. He was gallant. As was his hand when he closed it over Mika's where it rested between them. Mo was a boss at hand-holding. Alice had always said so.

Speaking of the girl... Alice stood and GLARED at her team, which Mo took as Gryffindor-speak for 'time to go, kiddos' or something. Maybe not 'kiddos'. Maybe a really warm 'let's go, losers'. Friendly but firm.

"I have to run. Thanks for cheering for me," Mo stood and saluted Botros. Mika and Kaiden got a grin and then Mo dashed off after his departing team.

Juliet was enjoying this game, the person behind who thought of staff vs students was a brilliant person. Despite the fact that everyone had to pay to get inside the stands was worth it, for this case. She doesn't mind the 5 galleon payment. Come on, they've been paying since the start of this school.

The adrenalin of this game is just awesome. Everyone is shouting and jumping and rooting. There were no exact team, no just slytherins or just ravenclaws. It was just soooo awesome! Juliet sat down when West mentioned it was half time. Yup, let's all just have a break from having a sore-throat.

But.... she is excited for the half time to finish already!!!!

He is late and that he can pretty much blame for the work that he had to do before going here. But still quidditch had its half time, he'll take it. Walking up to the stands, the whole scenery just became nostalgic to him. The last time he was here was during his seventh year.

Wow. It's been 3 terms already? He felt old just by thinking about it. Sigh. He did stop at the sight of 10 galleons. Whoah! So it is true about Hogwarts students paying to get inside. Jonathan took out 10 galleons from his pocket to pay.

Making his way to one corner, everyone seemed to be calming down for now. Half-time. He was just here in time, that's good. Of course he saw all the familiar people.... a lot of them. Feels good to be back from school, makes him want to enroll here again.

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Vivi narrowed dark blue eyes to watch her Baby Chaser and the Scoundrel who loved her. Sigh. They were playing very well, and Vivi let herself cheer them on in spite of herself. Personal feelings aside and all that.

It was a little brisk and Vivi settled against Vickers for warmth. "It's probably good for them to have to go head to head with the professors. Keeps them human. And if they happen to knock out a staff member, I will always have a mental picture of them flying tail over head off their broom. Treasure it always..." Vivi threw popcorn at the back of someone in front of her and he sat down again.

When Vick threw candy to Mo, Vivi gave him a nudge in the ribs. "Oi, there. Don't feed the monkey."

***

Mo caught the candy neatly and grinned broadly at Vickers before turning back to the game. He offered some to the professor, and then to Kaiden behind them (heeeey, creeper), and then to Mika. Y'know... sharing.




"I don't..." Mo paused and sort of side-eyed Kaiden behind them before dropping his voice. "I don't really want to talk about it, actually. Just a misunderstanding and all. Although..." He shrugged one shoulder. "I probably wouldn't have minded so much if we hadn't gotten in trouble." Interpret that one at will, please.

Mo folded up his bag of candy and tucked it into his bag. The game was going well, but was being called to a halt, and he knew he only had a little amount of time before he had to run to the locker room and change. "But we can hang out and talk after the game anyway? Even if we don't need to talk about THAT in particular," Mo offered, gallantly, he decided. He was gallant. As was his hand when he closed it over Mika's where it rested between them. Mo was a boss at hand-holding. Alice had always said so.

Speaking of the girl... Alice stood and GLARED at her team, which Mo took as Gryffindor-speak for 'time to go, kiddos' or something. Maybe not 'kiddos'. Maybe a really warm 'let's go, losers'. Friendly but firm.

"I have to run. Thanks for cheering for me," Mo stood and saluted Botros. Mika and Kaiden got a grin and then Mo dashed off after his departing team.

She nodded and felt something on the back of her head momentarily, but just figured it was her puff moving there. She had no idea that someone behind her was tapping her head. She understood him not wanting to talk about it, and then she realized what he had said afterwards…he wouldn’t have minded. “Oh” realization playing on the blondes’ face.

“Yeah of course, we should hang out after the game” she nodded her face still a bit colored as she sat there talking. And aw, he had to leave. She almost frowned but then realized she was being silly. He had to leave to go get ready for the game. “Yeah well” she stopped when he closed his hand over hers. She was nervous all right. Her hands didn’t start to sweat; she wasn’t nervous enough for that, thankfully… and yet she was nervous enough to go all blush-faced (and maybe even slightly pink-haired).

“Gah-um, good luck I guess” she finally managed to get the words out of her mouth. She watched confused as he left, and then glanced over her. Wait why was he? Turning around she saw Kaiden and felt like she was falling. Which she was not. But she felt panic. He – was he? Did he pat her head?

“H-ey” her voice cracked somewhat. “D-did you tap my head?” She asked still dumb founded.

Selina had been awkwardly sitting in the stands watching all of the younger people filter in and out, which made her feel REALLY old, as she waited for Alice. It wasn't that she minded sitting in the stands by herself, on the contrary when she had been in school it had always been more fun for her to sit by herself. That way when she swung Mortimer around and attacked like a loon, no one looked at her funny. What? She was a spirited person who had a keen appreciation of bats and smacking people with them. Wibble!face, her bat was so beautiful and she missed him so much. But he was NOT coming back here. Not with her first Professional game in a week.

As she was dealing with the overwhelming feelings toward her bat- the most beautiful bat in the whole wide WORLD- she felt someone flop down beside her. It was Alice... and had she gotten taller? Merlin, was everyone just always going to be taller then her? Was that going to be a thing? Ugh, that was so unfortunate, but that was why Merlin had given her a bat. To even out the playing field.

BACK TO BITER, "I don't think that they think that you're a bank, kiddo. It's just that they aren't anymore." Which still made Selina's eye twitch. The thought of all of her old teammates being hung out to dry was not okay with her. Not. At. All.

OH AND LOOK IT WAS AN ALEC! HI CUTIE! N'aww, he was so adorable.

And before she could even say hello or anything else, the game started, which meant that it was time to pay attention. The redhead took this game very seriously, obviously. Or else she wouldn't do it EVERYDAY for a living. Merlin, it was the coolest job ever. She got to hit things... with a bat... and got PAID for it. Jokes on them. Selina would have done it for free.

It was progressing really well. Everyone was owning. And by everyone, she meant the everyone who mattered- the students. Yes, she had graduated and TECHNICALLY should have been rooting for fellow adults. But who cared about the system? She didn't. SO YAY STUDENTS!

...then Dylan caught the Snitch. No, like, Dyl caught the Snitch. He did that and Alice was smacking her arm and screaming about him catching it. But she had seen. And she was sort of really insanely proud of him. Then again, she was always really proud of him. Stupid really. But then again, yeah, he was Dyl. Good for him.

After that the game continued on and some more people scored and the Professors ALMOST caught up, but not really. Woot. That meant that her people had schooled them... at school. Huh. How did that work exactly? Whatever, she wasn't a Ravenclaw so she didn't care.

Then Alice was getting up to get ready to play her part of the match and was suddenly asking if Selina was gonna stay. Blink, blink. "Of course I'll be here. You, Shark Bait, Mo, Alec. I'm gonna stick around." She had paid to be here. And by Merlin, she was going to get her money's worth.



Yeah, she was here. He could see that. Pfft. He wans't blind. In fact, his eyes were real puuuurty if she wanted to get a closer look. Careful though, if she leaned over he could not be held responsible if he kissed her or not. Smirk. Ugh, he was so smooth.

'Sides, back to his face and how great it looked. NO WAIT, back to talking about Pen. That was what he was doing right now. Psh, he knew that.

Keeping his arm around her shoulder, he dealt with all of the screaming and yelling she did during the game. Which included a lot of woos, which made him cringe. She was REALLY loud. Insanely loud. But it worked for her? Actually, it worked for every female at this school who wore red. He was seeing a trend here.

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THERE SHE WAAAS!!!

Lex beamed over at Lottie. Good thing she bothered to show up, she was expecting her to show up you know, it'd make watching the match even more fun. Also the beam was there because Lottie had just shouted. Normally, the girl didn't like noise. Good to see she had the game spirit! GRIN.

"HAI!!!"

She took a brief glance at the pitch before looking back at her. "He is!! So's the Headmistress and can you believe they're allowing Bellaire and Lafay to hold a beater's bat???" It was madness!! Poor Aidan, if they couldn't knock Dylan off his broom they'd probably just aim for him. It was in the beater's bible you know. Aim for the seeker, if that fails, get the keeper.

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As luck would have it, he was alone! "BENJY! Over heeeeere!!!" She said, waving her hands around but being careful not to knock into either Cassia or Lottie. "Come sit with us!" BEAM.

Well, no, she didn't exactly SHOUT. But she was incredibly excited over this. Mostly for Airey, you know? Since she still wasn't much of a Quidditch fan, even after having played on several occasions.

Surely, her friend thought her greeting to be extra special, since it was returned with a rather loud one. It's okay. We're fine with loudness today. They were in the Stands after all. And then she laughed. "I know! I'm okay with Bellaire, though, but I think Lafay's the one they have to watch out for." SERIOUSLY, though. Madness.

But then called out a name that made her look in the direction her friend was waving. Benjy? Well, what do you know.

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Then another girl joined and Cassia recognized her as Lex's other bestie, what was her name again? Oh Lottie...because Lex just said so. Smiling over at the Hufflepuff Cassia said. "Hi there," Because it'd be awkward not saying hi since Lex was sitting in the middle.

Yet her eyes went to the other person beside Lex. Oops, sorry we didn't say 'Hi' first, though. "Hiiiii," Cassia got a wave too, before her gaze turned to the one boy she's YET to meet.

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Spying Lex waving, Benjy's face lit up, and he waved back with a grin. It might have waivered slightly at the presence of Lotus, but it was more that he was unsure of the girl rather than anything else. She seemed to have, well, captured Garrick's attention somewhat since the trip to Diagon Alley. Not that it mattered - he was here to see the Gryffindor of the group. "Hey Lex! Thanks for saving me a seat." She had been saving him one, right?

"The professors' roster out yet?"

'Lex'. Well, they were definitely friends. And she was supposed to be saving him a seat, too? Lottie sort of smirked. Skateboarding boy.

"Hi Benjy, I've heard so much about you," cue nice smile, no need to be mean to him or anything, he's done absolutely nothing wrong. Actually, he's done nothing, she hasn't even met him...until now. "I'm Lotus, Lex's friend," BEST friend, mind you. "You can call me Lottie if you want, though," she added the last bit with a shrug.



ALSO, HOW AWESOME WAS AIREY FLAMSTEED ON THE PITCH? Astronaut say what? More like Quidditch player. Nod, nod.

Aidan had been good, too. Even if he wasn't playing his usual position. That must've been weird, right? Like, for him. Was the staff winning? Because no matter how much West and Jake managed to keep her informed, she was still distracted by the awesome Astronomy Professor and couldn't really catch what they were saying.

The girl look a bit disturbed. Probably about the thinning wallet. She nodded at the acknowledgement and moved next to her. "YEP, the first match I'm attending" she said, nodding as she did. "Staff vs Student..what a start to the quidditch session" And now she had a smile.

The girl introduced herself. Cassia. "OH, hello... I'm Amara..fist year" And she probably figured that out. "Who're you cheering for anyway?" Students ofcourse? If there was someone cheering the staff.....hmm, we'll see if there are any.



She was talking with the snake girl when the lioness entered the stands with a ROAR! The girl walked straight towards the pair of them and plopped herself next to Cassia. OK, they probably knew each other. HMM.

"HI" she said, excitement of the incoming match catching her finally. "Anyone you know on the team?" There should be... she herself knew a few.

As the teams filed into the ground, she just stared. The red-haired woman. "Is that the headmistress?" she asked an equally excited Lex. "OH, LOOK AT FLAMSTEED!" And she was bursting with laughter.



And this little guy walked in. He seemed no older than Amara. A first year? Amara was interested to know them as she hadn't seen many first years around. The guy walked in and looked uncertain. Match? Money? Crowd? What was bothering him?

And he sat down.....alone. She sighed. It would be too bad to be cheering alone for a wonderful match as that. She stood up and made her way towards the guy.

"Uhm...hello" she said, smiling. "Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked, pointing at the vacant seat beside him. She could very well sit, but she thought it would be good to...OH, just ask. "I'm Amara, by the way"



She saw the Claw girl coming, past the turnstiles and towards her. She waved to Mika and smiled. The girl just came along and pounced on her. WHAAWASZUT?

OH, hug? She flushed a bit and hugged her back. She'd never been hugged by people, older or younger. And she wasn't used to such affections. Amara regained her composure. Her face lit up at the excitement on Mika's face. "YEAH!" she said, grinning widely. "READY AS EVER!" said the little lioness. "Do you even think the staff is gonna win?" Because she wasn't.

The match began and the students were leading....

"YAAAHOOOO! GO STUDENTS GO!!"

Harvey had heard that there was a game going on but he had to grab a few things before he came to the game. He sat down in a vacant seat to watch the game, no matter what he still loved the game. Quidditch to him was the awesome at sport ever! Maybe even better than some muggle sports but of course he wouldn't be telling anyone in his family that! He sat there watching all the people he knew play their positions, just then he noticed a name being yelled out in the crowds that he hadn't heard in a whole, Ella. It was good to see that she was still playing he knew how much she loved the game, as much as he did if not more. He watched them all as the game got good with both sides scoring, He had come in jeans and a jacket being as chilly as it was, so he just sat there watching the game wondering who else had turned up that he couldn't see in the crowds.

Leo was eyeing the pitch trying to see if he could spot his medea his colleagues among the flourish of colours on the pitch. He was distracted by the unmistakable voice of Alexa Cambridge. He let his eyes drift over the student’s below spotting the always energetic and upbeat lioness just a few rows below him. "Good day Alexa." Beaming, he waved with a flag. "Of course I'm supporting my colleagues, but really I want to see a good quidditch match."

A touch of sadness past by his face as he replied. "A shoulder injury from a year’s back is stopping me from playing. I can't danger it reoccurring so I’m here to show support. But I would very much have liked to play if it had been possible." He sighed inaudibly. Fate wasn’t always on your side.

"Have you tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year Alexa?" Or was she too one that had to sit on the side and watch rather than playing?

Turning to Minerva with a soft smile he said "Good day Minerva." Shaking his head Leo replied. "I played quidditch in my youth, but not today. Do you play Minerva?" Most children in the magical world had someone in their family that played or had played quidditch in their youth.

Spotting another waving hand, Leo beckoned Cassia over. "Good day Cassia." Stealing a glance at the pitch where the teams were forming he responded. "I'm rooting for my colleagues, but really I just want to see a really good and exciting match."

"Who are you rooting for Cassia?"

When Botros had plopped down on the seat beside him Leo didn’t know but really didn’t care. He was just glad that the man had made it to the match. Holding out some flags to the senior man he asked "Want some flags? I’ve got extra." Smiling broadly at Ab he asked “Did you play quidditch in your youth?"

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Soon enough the game was started and the excited commentor West Odessa could be heard all over the stands. Leo grimaced and massaged his ears as the boy squealed right into the microphone. He forgot it though as the game got intense with goals being scored, a bludger zooming past his ear and the seekers spotting the snitch for the first time in the match.

When Alistaire halted the match for a break, Leo pulled out a napkin from his robes to wipe away some sweat from his forehead. Turning to Ab he said "This game is intense. Who do you think will come out with the win in the end?"

Did Harvey bring the things with him? It seemed so. His Guardian was holding out his binoculars, and staring intensly at the field no doubt taking in as much information on the students as possible.

He did! finding the bag sitting behind Harvey Oakey pulled out an orange toy megaphone...of course all the things in this bag were orange and black. Did Harvey raid the gift shop before coming to this match? No matter, he'll probably have to return it to the Cannon's later.

Merlin's Dentures!!! The Lady Professors of Hogwarts were good looking! Half way through the match in progress Harvey stopped Oakey from cheering on his classmates and sat him down. Getting as much information on the Staff's Seeker, and Oakey's Head of House.

WAS HE NOT DOING HIS JOB!

He was also determined now more than ever to recruit Neighbor Girl for the Cannon's. Ella Bishop was only getting better. The Student Seeker 'Dyliekins' was it? He was a close friend of Oakey's too, he had his eye on him. In fact just about all the Students in this match were spectacular. HE JUST WANTED THE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES FROM ALL THE PRETTY LADIES ON THE FIELD! Except that Flamsteed Professor...He wasn't a lady. Was that tie on his head there to hide the increasingly large forehead underneath it?

What an exciting Match! Oakey was cheering his butt off now more than usual, at the moment he may have even been cheering out Dylan's name despite the fact that the Slytherin Captain's lack of words to him lately. It was good to have a toy megaphone again!

Ethan grinned at the kiss on his cheek provided by his girlfriend and he stretched his arm behind her as she leaned into him. "Have you been here long?" he asked as he took a sip of his espresso. He didn't think he was that late, but he did stop off at the kitchen for his drink which he thought was well worth it on a chilly day like today. Looking out towards the pitch, he thought over her question. "Um, students.. I guess," he started slowly. "Or more like, my teammates.. but I think it will be interesting to watch the professors play too." If that made sense. Not like he was rooting for or against them, he just thought it would be a good time all the way around. Though it felt weird to come to that realization. When was the last time he had gone to a Quidditch game and hadn't really wanted one side to win?

He grinned over at Ariana, her enthusiasm somewhat contagious. "I'm pretty excited too. I think it'll be a good time." And as fun as it would be to see students up against the professors, he didn't really think the staff had much of a chance. How long had it been since they had actually played while the student team played regularly. "A couple of your teammates are playing too, right?" Yeah, he was fairly certain there were Slytherin players so he didn't really have to ask who she would be cheering on, especially when he heard her loudly boo the professors when West asked who was rooting for them. Snicker.

He smiled at Eliza as she greeted him and he turned his attention to the pitch as the commentary began. Hearing a comment the younger Claw made about getting tips, he glanced over at her. "That was sort of my idea too," he said, turning slightly towards her as he kept one eye on the game. "Scoping out the competition a little.. getting a few new tips and techniques." He glanced back towards their Keeper. "I guess I'm watching Aidan in particular," he admitted. "He's not usually Keeper, either." So maybe he'd have to talk to the younger boy after the game to see what he thought about playing a different position and if he had any advice before their house team started practicing. Because right now, he was doing pretty awesome..

Ethan glanced away from the pitch as he noticed another person joining their group. "Hi, Susan," he smiled brightly at Minerva's cousin as she approached. She seemed a little tentative towards them.. well, maybe that was a good thing. Maybe she would think twice about playing pranks especially on him, he didn't want to see her get into any more trouble. But he didn't hold grudges, especially for his girlfriend's cousin, and he was over it. He turned to the game for a moment as Min introduced her to everyone, then chuckled as she mentioned water. "Yes, I've already had a shower today, Susan, thanks.." he turned towards her and chuckled. "Cheering for anyone in particular?" Because for some reason, it felt like that for him.. maybe because it was a combination of teams playing for one? He didn't know..

He turned his attention back to the game, specifically watching the two Keepers. Aidan was doing really well and he had to admit he was fairly impressed with Hadley's blocking skills. As he got to his feet to cheer for Beezus as she headed down the pitch, he noticed a familiar face sitting not too far away. "Harvey!" he called over the roar of the crowd. "Come join us!" He could use another bloke around as he hung out with some of his favorite girls. And then apparently it was half time.. He glanced up at West as he mentioned leaving for snacks and the restroom. Hmm, maybe.. but would he have to pay to get back in?

Well, that was a good first half, yeah? Penelope would've preferred Dylan to get both of the snitches, but he got one, and that was good. And everyone else had played good too. She was totally proud of them all.

But now...half time. That was her cue to go and get down to the locker room because she was playing the second half. Merlin. Okay. She could do this.

"Gotta go now," she said, leaning over to give him a quick kiss before getting to her feet. "See you later." And then she was off.

Clement eyed the turnstiles, shaking his head a little. It was so not good. He didn't have spare galleons to throw around. But there was a reason he was here. Kat was playing, and he did rather like watching her. Seeing as he was on their house team too, he wouldn't be seeing her playing too much. So he was going to take the opportunity today. So. He'd have to waste his 5 galleons. He sighed, poking 5 galleons into the turnstile. This match so better be worth it. Plastering a smile onto his face, he wandered further into the stands. Now he'd gotten past the turnstile, he was pretty excited.

Walking along the stands, he sat himself at the front. He thought for a moment that maybe he should've brought a "go Kat" banner with him, but he was pretty sure she would not like that. So, he was going to settle with shouting. Now, just to wait for the match to start.