The Player or the good guy? by NotWithoutMusik . (epub ebook reader TXT) 📖

Botts beans in every flavor' out of her cloak. 

"No, thank you.", I said, but Remus -of course- took one. Then, as if she had something really important to do, Sybill got up and ran back to the castle. 

"Weird girl.", I said, looking after her. Remus just coughed and grimaced: "I got garlic flavor!"

"Well I am defenetly not going to kiss you now!", I chuckled, but Remus just gave me a playful glare. 

"Can't blame you, I wouldn't kiss him either.", a deep voice came from behind me and when I turned around I saw Sirius standing there with the blonde girl. She laughed as if that was the worlds best joke and I gave her a forced smile.

"Thank you, Sirius.", Remus sarcastically said after he finally swallowed his bean. Sirius made a bow for Remus and then put his arm back on the blonde girls waist.

"This is the lovely Ana by the way. Have you ever seen such a beautiful girl?", he asked and stoked the girls cheek. I turned to Remus and pretended that I was going to throw up and he chuckled. "No, never.", he then said and even managed to keep a straight face. 

"No, me neither.", Sirius said and then kissed Ana again, which really did make my stomach turn. Was that jealousy, was I jealous of that stupid random girl? Was I falling for Sirius?

No fucking way.  - 3 -

 

Tryouts

Sat- 6. September 1977

 

"So, I hope you are all excited for the tryouts, because I know I am!", James shouted to the thirty students in front of him. He held his broom in his right hand and rearranged his glasses with the left. We were all standing in the middle of the Quidditch field with our Quidditch uniforms on. Those who didn't play on the team last year just took some from students who had left Hogwarts. There were about 23 boys and only seven girls trying out for the team, it was really unusual for girls to play. The tribunes were filled with curious students who didn't have anything better to do on a Saturday morning than watch the tryouts for the Gryffindor team. 

"Everyone have a broom? Good. Twenty laps around the pitch!", James continued and then he got onto his broom as well to see how everyone was doing. Some of the first to second years didn't even know how to ride a broom properly and he told them to leave the group instantly. They weren't even sad about it, they were just excited that they even tried out.

Then there were two fangirls on the brooms, always flying behind Sirius and asking him about the girl he now officially dated and flirted with him in mid-air. Sirius gave James a look, silently asking for help and the Captain kicked them out as well. The rest did pretty well and after twenty laps there were twenty people left who wanted to get on the team. 

"Okay, I have seven people who want to be chasers, three want to be the keeper, five would like to play as a beater and another five are trying out as the seeker. Good, let's see what you got. Chasers, you divide into two groups and try to score the goal while the keepers keep changing positions after five shots on the goal. The beaters will try to hit the Seekers and the Seekers try to catch the golfballs that I am throwing in the air. GO!", James directed and everyone pushed themselves off the ground again to do what they were told. I got into a team with Aya, and two other guys who rather looked like beaters than chasers. 


I really enjoyed myself in the air again. When I was at home, I wasn't allowed to fly, Peter and I weren't even allowed to have a broom. Our mother too afraid that we were going to run away from home and ruin her image. She worked in the Ministry of magic,but the face that she showed the world was fake. She used a potion to maintain her good looks, because she was an old woman who lost her beauty to Firewhiskey and Cigarettes. Our father wasn't better, he blamed everything that happened to mother on us, so he enjoyed beating us up or cursing us.  But we knew that we couldn't tell anyone all this because our father was a Death Eater and he could easily track us down. 

"What are you doing there, Scar?", I heard Aya scream and I snapped out of my thoughts to look into her direction and right then the Quaffle hit my stomach. I groaned of pain, but I managed to catch in and fly in the direction of the goal. 

"Pass it to me!", the other boy on our team shouted, but he was surrounded by players of the other team, so I kept on flying. But then I just acted like I was going to throw the ball in the goals and then dropped it, where Aya was waiting and she easily threw the Quaffle into one of the other goals that were completely free. 

"Great move, Pettigrew!", James scouted and I could see Remus and Peter cheering for me and Aya. I smiled and showed them a thumbs up before I concentrated on the game again. 

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Two hours later, we all landed on the ground again, all sweaty and exhausted. It had been a great tryout, Aya and I knew all the moves from last year and every time we passed the Quaffle to one of our teammates, they lost it again. 

"You all did great today, but sadly I can't put you all on the team.", James said and many of the players nodded in agreement, probably just hoping that it wouldn't be them who didn't make it. 

"Keeper first. This was the easiest position to give, because Gideon Prewett didn't let any Quaffle into his goal while the others missed about five to seven each.", James said and I could see a smile appearing on the face of one of the Prewett-twins. They both tried out for the team today, Gideon as keeper and Fabian as a beater. After the other keepers left the pitch and everyone else congratulated Gideon, James cleared his throat to get the attention back on himself. 

"Okay, now to Chasers. This was a bit harder, but I think I made the right choice for the team by keeping Aya and Katherine as Chasers. They work perfect as a team and they still know all the moves from last year, which will make it easier to train even harder moves with them."

My heart started beating faster when I heard my name and I happily hugged Aya, even though we both smelled horrible. I could hear that all the boys weren't as pleased to hear this and one even said: "Did you sleep with him to get the position?" But I ignored them, they were just disappointed and maybe even a bit jealous of us. After they had left the pitch, James started again: "So, now the beaters. You were all really amazing and you knocked two seekers off their brooms, which made my choice easier for choosing a seeker. But anyways, the seekers of the team are Fabian and Sirius, you two knocked the seekers off their brooms and you two weren't hit by a bludger yourself. 

"Are you only letting your friends on the team?", a tall guy with back hair asked, who held his shoulder that had been hit with a bludger. 

"No, I am letting the best people on the team!", James replied and smirked: "If you think that I have a bad jugement, then why am I Quidditch Captain and Head Boy?"

That shut the guy up, because if he told James that he was not a good Captain or Head Boy, then he would put Dumbledore into question, because he elected James to be a Head Boy. 

"Does anyone else not like my choice of the team? Then you are sincerely invited to the first Quidditch Match against Hufflepuff and I'll show you that we will win!", James said and I smirked to myself when I saw the expression on the guys face. 

"Uhm, sorry. But who will be the seeker?", a girls voice asked and without turning around I knew that it was Ash who had asked this. She, her brother and another boy from the third grade were the seekers left. 

Suddenly, James looked uncomfortable and looked at his feet. I frowned, James was never uncomfortable or looked at his feet. Did he feel guilty about who he had chosen? 
 

"Well, that was the hardest decision of them all. All of you are amazing seekers, I wish I could pick you all but I can't. So, I am going to take the person who deserves a chance to prove herself. Who only has one year at Hogwarts left and who will show us all that I don't have to regret my decision."

Before he even finished his sentence, Ashley started screaming and jumping up and down. Then she ran over to James and kissed him on the check. "You won't regret this, Captain!", she said and jumped on her broom to fulfill a really cool trick in the air. I had to laugh because she was so happy and she passed her happiness to all the students on the Quidditch pitch, except for these ones, who hadn't been excepted to the team. 

"Congrats, you made the team, Scar!", someone behind me said and I turned around with a big smile on my face, expecting Sirius to stand there and congratulate me. But it was Remus and before I could say anything else, he hugged me and spinned me around in the air. I laughed in joy and I got even more excited when I saw a red headed girl walk over to James and shake his hand. It was Lily, and the two of them were having an actual conversation! Maybe they might get together after all. Many Head Girls and Boys ended up getting married after Hogwarts and these two would definitely make a great couple.

"Well done, sis.", Peter said and hugged me as well. He smiled at me, and kissed me on the forehead. He was only a few inches taller than me, unlike Remus, Sirius and James who all towered over me by at least one foot. 

"Thank you, Peets. Do you want to go and get some lunch with me?", I asked, because I felt like had something on his mind. He seemed a bit absentminded and his smile was not completely real. 

"We can eat with you!", Sirius shouted after us, the blonde girl by his side again. I felt the stupid jealousy again when I saw his arm around her and just shook my head. "No, thanks. I prefer eating my food without having to vomit every other minute.", I shouted back, and so they left us alone. 

When Peter and I were all alone on the way from the Quidditch Pitch to the castle, I stopped and then just hugged him. 

"What is it, big brother? I know that something is bothering you, so please tell me.", I whispered into his ear and held him tight, as if