Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel was looking down at her ball and not really paying attention to anything that was going on around her.You would think that after playing soccer for four years she would learn that she had to look. But no, apparently she never learned. A soccer ball smacked into her shoulder, making Isobel lose her balance. She caught herself in time though, sidestepping with her opposite foot to stop herself from falling over. In the process she dropped her ball, making it land in the mud next to the one that had hit her.

Isobel looked around for where the ball had come from. She wouldn't have been surprised if Maybelle had kicked it at her; the girl had made her break her wrist for crying out loud. But no, it was just a girl who Isobel guessed was slightly younger...maybe. She mustered up as much happiness as she could and smiled. "It's okay," she said. "It didn't hurt that much." Thank goodness it hadn't hit her face. "Stuff like that actually happens to me all the time." Well, that was kind of an exaggeration, she got hit sometimes at practice. "Do you play?" She asked, indicating the soccer balls at her feet.

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Nika visibly relaxed. No harm done. "Yeah, I do. Do you play?" Nika asked in reply. Nika crossed her fingers behind her back hoping for a yes. She needed some one to play with after all. Emily was fun to play with, but she was not even close to Nika's level, but that's understandable. Emily is only a beginner after all.

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel nodded. "Yep, I do. Before I came to Hogwarts, and during the summers I'm on a team. I'm the captain," she said proudly. "Want to play?" Of course, it would be more fun with more people. Le gasp. "We should get more people together and, like, start a championship." All her before anger forgotten Isobel was excited now.

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"YEAH!" Nika wanted to play more than anything. Playing with her other friends was fun, but this is someone with experience like her. "We should! That would be so much fun!" Nika's smile grew even bigger. "I was on a team back home too. I've grown up playing football and I love it. I haven't met anyone before you who plays football like me, at Hogwarts that is."

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel grinned. "Well now you have. I love...football." She stumbled over the word a little, it was weird saying it. "Do you know anyone who would want to join our championship? How many people should we have on a team? Two?" It depended on the number of people, she supposed.

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Well I know this one guy. His name is Jacob. He likes sports so maybe he would want to join in." Nika racked her mind trying to think of others who would like to join in. "Er well I'm sure that Hogwarts is full of other people who like football. I mean it's bound to be." Football is a popular sport. "It depends on the turnout I guess. Hopefully we can get more people to join in. Do you know anyone who would want to join, err err." Nika just remembered she didn't even know the girls name yet. "I don't think I properly introduced myself yet. I'm Nika. Nika Adler. First year Lion!"

Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

As Sebastian was passing the ball back and forth with his feet, he heard a very loud laugh from a few feet away from him. He turned around to see Evan scoring a goal about a couple meters away. He rolled his eyes and kicked up the ball, catching it with his hands. He walked over to Evan and crossed his arms. "Nice shot. I didn't know you play." He said, hoping to make maybe just a bit of an attempt of being nice to Mr. 'I'm so cool and I want to take your girlfriend away from you'.

"I played a bit myself in my other schools." Seb nodded, setting the ball down and then kicking it towards the goal. It hit off the side of the goal but landed inside of it as usual. He shrugged and looked over at Evan. "Why exactly are you so eh, jealous or mad at me? I didn't really quite understand why you are coming off that way." He said, putting a hand over his eyes as the Sun was shining very brightly today. Ugh, he should have brought his sunglasses!

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Grinning to himself as his shot hit the back of the net, his grin died at that instant at the sight of the dork. It took all his will not to roll his eyes and make a nasty comment to make him go away. Well, it wouldn't really matter if the boy hadn't made a friendly introduction. Sort of. Minus that folding arms coolly, as if on edge. They were both on edge anyways.

"Yeah, I do," he said, cocking his head slightly backwards. "Liverpool youth team captain for a year." Before his dreams were shattered. And why he was explaining stuff to this boy, he had no idea. But he figured he might as well not be the one to start the argument, for once. Being all good Prefect and stuff.

Shoving his hands in his pockets, Evan listened on as he watched that little post-show of Seb. Hmpf. That was nothing. "Cool," he said, lacking the words to comment any further. He would have questioned in what schools, what conditions and to what degree, but he didn't have the willingness. He did ask this much though, it came out naturally. "Which position do you play?" Because, if they were to challenge each other... he had to know.

Why exactly so jealous? Oh, Merlin. "I'm not jealous," he stated, rolling his eyes. There. End of a completely normal question. "It's you that has issues." Drawing his wand from the leg holster that was covered by the shorts, he waved it at his ball to summon it, glancing over the Gryffindor as if to ask 'Now if you don't mind...' Seriously. Couldn't these dorks act normal for a while to have a nice conversation?

Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

"That's cool, I had only played on a team for a couple of years, but I had to quit because of all the moving and such." Sebastian nodded. He could feel the tension between them rising and he knew that it was a good thing that they had seen each other now. Due to what was going to happen in a couple of days. Especially because the end of the term was coming to an end and he didn't want to be mean to Evan for the rest of his life. He didn't hold grudges.

"I was a Forward and sometimes I played Goalkeeper. What about you?" He asked, trying to make conversation. He had best bet that Evan was better than him but he didn't really care. Almost everybody could probably be better than him.

Shrug.

Seb rolled his eyes as Evan said he wasn't jealous and that it was himself that had the issues. "Whatever, I'm just here to tell you. Once something big happens, you better take that chance right then and there. Because it's probably never going to come back. Got it?" He said with furrowed eyebrows. If Evan didn't take that chance that Sebastian was going to give him, Seb would be regretful his entire life. He practically did what he did for Evan, to finally realize his stupid feelings.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

"No, just the local ones. For the schools I went to actually. I'm not as good as the professionals and such. I mean I guess I could be but I wasn't interested." Sebastian said with a nod. He couldn't imagine his entire life playing the sport anyways. He'd rather direct a movie or something like that, be a leader in something.

"Not at the same time, just in different schools." He answered. He listened as Evan told him that he was a left-winger and the playmaker. "Cool, cool." He said, honestly. He had never played those positions before but it seemed pretty cool.

The Gryffindor smirked as Evan asked him what he wanted. "No, what do you want, Evan?" He asked, crossing his arms. Exactly, now that was the question. "Anyways, just meet me tomorrow at the Whomping Willow. I'll owl you the time. Promise me, you'll want to come." He said, grabbing a ball that was to the side of him and kicking it into the goal.

Originally Posted by Deniiz

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel considered. "I played with this one girl before, I can ask her if she wants to play. My sister might. Maybe Jake..." She trailed off. Maybelle would probably want to play, but there was no way Isobel would ask her. Isobel grinned then, realizing that they should probably know each other's names. "Nice to meet you Nika," she said. "My name's Isobel VonHue, third year hufflepuff. But this is my first year at Hogwarts."

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Wow that's alot of people!" Nika smiled excitedly. This was good. The more the merrier! "Nice to meet you Isobel! I don't know very many Hufflepuffs." Well actually she knew two. Her friends were mostly in Gryffindor. Nika loved Hufflepuffs though because they always seem so friendly. "So where did you go to school before?" Nika knew a few people who were transfers and a few who just went to regular muggle schools. She was curious to see what Isobel would say.

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

"I went to Beaubaxtons," Isobel told her. "I was born in France, and raised by my aunt." She always found it difficult explaining her past, and she didn't think Nika would want to hear about her complicated family. "Do you want me to go and get those people now?" She asked.

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

"Oh! One of my friends told me about that place," Nika replied. Before her conversation at the great hall she had no idea that there were other schools like Hogwarts. "Yeah! That would be great." Nika jumped up in place.

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

"Did she go there?" Isobel asked, wondering if she was talking from experiance, or just telling her about it. "Okay," she said. "I'll be right back." Then she started running as fast as she could toward the castle.

Originally Posted by JeshieRAWR

Ugh, why did he have to explain everything to this idiotic Slytherin? "Just come, you'll have more fun than now. Especially now. By the way, I'm going to expect a thank you after we're finished with the picnic of sorts. Yeah, so just come, you'll be happy if you do anyways. No more questions." He stammered. He was so annoying at times. Then again, Evan was always annoying now that he thought about it. "I'll owl you the time to come and you better be there." He retorted, picking up his school bag that was beside him and starting to walk up the hill. Evan needed to come, to see what had happened and what he should do. Obviously.

Originally Posted by EmilyMalfoy

Isobel ran back onto the playing field. She looked around; there she was! Isobel ran over to Nika, hopefully Jake and Maybelle was following her. "I'm back," she announed unnecessarily. "And I brought my brother, and maybe his girlfriend. Hopefully not." She looked behind her; geez they were slow runners!

Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Nika was starting to get lonely. Maybe she should've gone too. She kept kicking the ball back and forth between her legs to keep herself occupied. Nika was very thankful when she saw Isobel coming back. "YAY!" Not really the expected greeting, but this is Nika we are talking about. She ran over to Isobel and smiled at her. "So who were you able to recruit?"

Originally Posted by HalfBloodPrince

Jake walked on to the Playing Field. Geez, Isobel was too impatient. He walked over to where she was standing by another girl. "Hello," he said to them both. Jake turned to the other girl. "Hello, my name is Jake Newman, fourth year Ravenclaw." He flashed her a charming smile.

Originally Posted by Lily_Potter0217

Sara was wandering around the grounds when she saw a familiar figure on the Playing field. It looked like Isobel. Of course Isobel was playing soccer, when wasn't she? Oh, and Jake was there too. And another girl; but Sara didn't know who she was. "Hello," she said politely. "I'm Sara VonHue, Isobel's older sister. And you are...?"

Originally Posted by Lily_Potter0217

Sara was wandering around the grounds when she saw a familiar figure on the Playing field. It looked like Isobel. Of course Isobel was playing soccer, when wasn't she? Oh, and Jake was there too. And another girl; but Sara didn't know who she was. "Hello," she said politely. "I'm Sara VonHue, Isobel's older sister. And you are...?"