John had been waiting for this moment ever since Peyton had announced she made the Slytherin team! He felt a bit nostalgic since he cheered for the Slytherin Prince two terms ago.

REAL MEN ROCK PINK UNICORNS!

Yup, he was proudly wearing a pink unicorn in honor of his baby sister! Being with his step parents near by added to the joy! Though he was having some separation anxiety after he left his young baby son at home with his wife.

GO PEYTON!

Seth was a big fan of Quidditch and having that his friend was going to and not to mention his favorite house, he just had to go! This was the first he's ever dressed it down with a simple tee and sneakers! Y'all know this is going to be a good day!

Spotting his maternal cousin, Seth gave him a slight nod as a form of greeting and found a seat on the bleachers to cheer from...away from John. Those two had some issues to work out. Oh well.

A wave catching his eye, Jake looked over to see a familiar second year. He smiled and waved back as he made his way over to her and sat down. Because... the wave was an invitation, right? He took it that way, at least.

"Hey, Lexa," he said brightly. He glanced down at what she was holding and chuckled lightly. "Hufflepuff?" Apparently he was supporting Hufflepuff. He took the ribbon and held it, looking at it for a minute. Was he supposed to put it somewhere? Or just... hold it and wave it around occasionally?

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And of course, he would be very rude indeed if he did not greet the Headmistress, who had just arrived as well. "Mornin', Annie. Who're yeh supportin' today?" That coat was a nice neutral color. Suitable for the Headmistress, of course.

"Good morning, Alistaire," the redhead returned the groundskeeper's greeting. Was he really wearing a kilt in the middle of winter...? She tried hard to keep her eyes on his dashing face and not on his legs. "I'll be supporting Hufflepuff, of course," she answered brightly, pulling out the lapel of her jacket so he could see the badger pin.

"And yourself?"

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Oh, more people came! Gary spotted a familiar Slytherin girl (Cassia) who smiled to him. He smiled back to her. He did hear someone's greeted him. Oh, that's Headmistress Truebridge. "Hello, Headmistress." he greeted her back. Speaking of, Lafay would not miss the match, would her?

"Lovely weather, isn't it?" the redhead made conversation with the Head Boy. It didn't hurt to get to know her student leaders better. She nodded toward his thermos. "Great idea, bringing a hot drink with you." She approved... and now she wished she had thought to do the same.

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Evelyn, having heard that her former house would be playing in today's quidditch match, had made it to the stands, eager to find a good seat.

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"Good day, Headmistress." Medea greeted with her usual warm smile upon noticing the woman, just behind Airey. Honestly, she was surprised she could take her gaze away from the bright suit. Oh! And look who else was here. "Hello, Alistaire.......... Airey." Ahem.

The Headmistress couldn't help turning her head to watch as more people entered the stands. Nothing was happening on the pitch yet, anyway, and look at that. Would you just look at that. One of her most infamous former students had returned for today's game.

"Miss Flores," the redhead called out nice and loudly so the girl young woman would hear her. "What a pleasant surprise, seeing you here today." Why she had remembered when the girl was a naughty child, always up to something with that Gryffindor boy and that other Slytherin girl.

Just look at her now. It made Bunz feel old. She shook her head and was soon distracted by the arrival of another one of her colleagues. "Good day, Medea..." the redhead stared a little bit at the woman's war face paint. Was that really necessary?

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Josephina made her way out to the stands for the second time that year. It was cold, but there was no doubts in her mind that she would be supporting her Hufflepuffs. So she bundled up in her long black pea-coat, with a small Hufflepuff pin adorning the collar, as the Arithmancy Professor made her way up to the stands.

Hufflepuff versus Slytherin. The Snakes were hungry for a win, she knew and they were brutal when it came to Quidditch, which had her worried for her badgers, but she also had faith in her badgers. They were tough and rabid and she knew that they would try their best out there.

Spying the Headmistress, she made her way over to sit near the other former Hufflepuff and smiled at the redhead. "Blistering cold out here today, isn't it?" Couldn't they cancel a game due to possible frostbite occurring?

Oh but another colleague had arrived. "Josephina," Annie returned the smile and scooted over a tad for her. "Just a bit nippy. I can't imagine how it feels on a broom though." Probably like taking a load of icicles to the face. Ha!

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Hecate adored quidditch having been a player herself. She always took Lucille, her beater's bat, with her to the games.

She sat in the stands and waited to cheer on her team.

"Hello Hecate." Anastasia was even so kind as to greet her least favorite member of the staff, look at that. Only Merlin knew why she insisted on lugging that old club around with her though...

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On his way to find a seat he passed lots of familiar faces. "Hello, Headmistress,'' the excited badger greeted the woman. It was very obvious which Team she was supporting. "Hello, Professors Romanos, Flamsteed, Lafay and Hadley.'' And there was the groundskeeper. "Hi Mr. Firth!'' And who was this lady with the kid? "Hi, there,'' he told them both.

Oh look at that, a cute little badger all bundled up for the game! "Hello!" the redhead returned the greeting. "Great school spirit." She approved.

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A bunch of hi's and hello's caught her ears and she turned to see none other than the Headmistress--and she was all yellowed out!

Well duh, the woman was once a puffer, right? That's what she heard and as hard as it was to believe she'd go along with it because she couldn't prove otherwise. "Hello Headmistress!" BEAM. Even though the woman hadn't greeted her she felt she should still go ahead and say hi because well...she wanted to...? Yeah. That was it.

Fishing through her pocket again she pulled out two yellow ribbons and extended them to her with a wide smile. "Have some ribbons in support of Hufflepuff! You can tie them in your hair--or on your suit--or your hand too, it doesn't matter." Last term no one wanted to paint their faces. She was hoping they wouldn't all be against ribbons too.

"Miss Cambridge." The Headmistress coolly returned the girl's greeting, though she was smiling some to see her supporting Hufflepuff as well. She raised an eyebrow as the girl produced some ribbons from her pocket and hesitantly accepted them.

Er... ribbons. Annie had learned that quidditch and ribbons didn't necessarily go together.... but she took them anyway. "Thank you dear," she said politely, tying them around her wrist then. That would be a safe enough place, right? No one would try to rip off her hand this match??

So Ariana wasnt playing... possibly sue to the fact of her slacking on classes and practices MAJORLY but Meh, she had other things on her mind as of late adn ugh. But Anyways she made her way up to the stands knowing she was going to be by herself since all her quidditch friends were on the pitch and mehh.

Walking up she first spotted Gary and gave him a waveeee. you know cause snakes were awesome especially when they used to play quidditch. she brushed some hair out from her face as some wind blew by adn then gave a smile and a small wave over to Cassia, who usually joined their group when watching other teams play. No matter how loud she was she was a good kid.. good kid. Still standing at the foot of the stands where she walked in she also spotted jake.. sitting all alone "Hey Keller." meh she wasnt sure if she should sit with him cause.. if baby lion showed up they'd just make this a snogging fest and that'd be awkward.. Que some more awkward wind. The fifth yeah pulled her awesome slytherin scarf around her a bit tighter..

Anya was looking very neutral for her debut as commentator. She hadn't told anyone and was honestly a little bit nervous to see Alipop's reaction. She'd told the captain she just wasn't into quidditch anymore and too busy. And yet... here she was... heading straight toward the microphone at a quidditch match.

She held her head down a little as she passed Jake. He was already sitting with people... no need to bother him. And she was supposed to pay attention to the match.

She took her seat and tapped the microphone several times.

Good. That was working. Now... was she supposed to say something before the match started? Or was that the Flying lady's job?

Alice wasn't the biggest fan of Slytherins, like any sane person. But Dylan was captaining their team and that meant she had to come cheer for them, mmk? Of course, she was rooting for Hufflepuff, too, because of Ness and Alec and Ella and Lottie. Her allegiances were very torn this game, you know. She hadn't even known what colours to dress in, let alone which pom-poms to conjure up.

So when she headed toward the stands, it seemed like she wasn't cheering for ANYONE. But if anyone peered closely enough, they could see bits of yellow poking out from beneath her black coat sleeves, and someone might have noticed the green pom-poms she was holding behind her back. Nothing more, though. Nothing more than that.

But as she dropped into an empty seat, Alice couldn't hide her surprise that ANYA was the commentator. Anya? Wasn't that the girl who had told her that she wasn't interested in Quidditch anymore? Yet here she was, running commentary on a match. The fourth year attempted to keep her face as blank and oblivious as ever, but her eyes somehow ended up shooting daggers at her friend.

They were DISCUSSING this later.

So, Daichi was a little bumped that he wasn't chosen to play at the first match , but that did not make him sulk but instead rushed to his dormitory to change in his green and silver clothes, put on his beanie and grabbing his cheerleader pom pom from two years ago.

Armed with Slytherin support, Daichi walked up the stands and tried to find a place to sit. A small grin became visible on his lips as he spotted Professor Flamsteed and he jogged towards the man before sitting down beside him. "HIII Professor!" he cheerfully said and took Mr.Duckles, dressed in a green shirt out of his bag. "Ready to lose , Professor?!" he placed the stuffed animal on his lap and held his pom pom up.

"GO SLYTHERIN!!! WIN THAT DUCK TIE FOR ME~!...please..."

The former Hufflepuff made his way over to the stands in a scruffy looking badger costume. It had been his own made suit that he wore during his time at Hogwarts. Sure, he'd grown a bit more since leaving, but if he leaned down a bit nobody would notice.

He glanced around the stands, lots of Slytherins. Aaron shrugged, he wasn't scared of them anymoooore! Nope, he was a grown up. A grow up guy dressing up.
Aaron sat down at the first empty seat he could find and took off the mask, he'd forgotten how hot the suit got. He looked around to see if he could find any of his former house-mates, he didn't see them too often any more.

Woah.. this was so weird.

Being back at Hogwarts and everything looked TINY. Like when you go back to your primary school after a couple of years of leaving. Yes, the grounds were vast, but the pitch looked small after playing professionally and the kids looked so young. It was almost depressing.

Still, Oliver Greenwood, ever the optimist, was happy to be back and since he had met up with Trixie recently, he thought meeting on familiar turf would be a good thing to try and rekindle their friendship. Dig up a few old memories and hopefully bring them a little closer.

He looked around the crowd for her and spotted a few familiar faces. Lafay for one, who he sent a massive grin to, and then he homed in on his friend. Sitting there, dressed in green and looking as blonde as ever. A small smile turned up the corners of his lips and he bounded over, giving her an almighty bear-like hug and grinned from ear to ear as he took the seat next to her.

He too was dressed in green.. of course. An ever-proud Slytherin even now. “Hey, TrixieTrixie.” He beamed. “Did I miss anything?” He looked out at the pitch, then glanced back at his old friend. “You're cold.” He commented and proceeded to remove his coat and drape it around her shoulders. “I don't feel it.” He stated with a shrug. “Waaay too much twitchy energy for that.” He winked and smirked then focused back on the pitch.

Christmas smiled as she waited for the game to start and saw several people but was too shy to say anything and shouted "Let's go Slytherin" Christmas didn't know that many slytherins but she wanted to make sure she got behind the house that would have almost been her home if she hadn't picked Gryffindor

FINALLY IT WAS HERE! THE MATCH SHE WAS WAITING FOR! FINALLY SHE COULD USE IT! YESS!

If you had seen her, you would have seen the looks a somewhat crazed older blonde sprinting throughout the castle holding up a poster HIGH above her head. And when you try to make out what it says, aside from the fact that this girl was continuously jumping up and down, it had mentions of Hufflepuff and something about Huffing & Puffing and blowing them away! Then when you see a badger hat perched on her head, you can kind of guess what must going on today. Why it was a day for Quidditch of course! And this girl was simply hear to cheer for her house!

..And possibly make a fool of herself..

Violet was beyond eager for this match today! She didn't know why, but for some reason she always got so anxious when it came to Quidditch. Maybe that was something she had picked up from when she had been on the team last term, she always remembered how exhilarating it was to be zipping through the air so fast on her broom chasing after the Quaffle. Unfortunately she hadn't gotten the chance to actually play in a match last term, but just going to the practices and being on the team in general was just an adventure in itself for Violet, and she couldn't be more thankful! Which was why, when she had seen that she hadn't made the team this term, she had to admit it did cause her smile to falter for a brief moment, but it was quickly replaced by her manners and being very happy for her some of her favorite Puffs who had made the team once more. Which didn't surprise Violet at all, especially since they were AMAZING!

Which is why she couldn't NOT be here! And which was why she was standing with a Badger Prided Poster above her head screaming at the top of her lungs, which really wasn't out the usual for her. And one of these many chants, as she liked to call them were,"HUFF AND PUFF! HUFF AND PUFF!" And at one point Violet had even tried to make the noise of a Badger itself, but sadly, Violet didn't know how to impersonate a Badger call and because of that it ended up sounding like a cat. So she gave up on making animal noises and simply went back to her chanting.

...Oh. That was his name. Jake looked up, nodding to the Slytherin that spoke to him. "Oh, hey, Ariana." He was surprised to see her in the stands and not on the pitch, but he didn't ask her about it. "Go Slytherin, yeah?" He waved his hand in a less-than-enthusiastic cheer before remembering he was holding a yellow ribbon. Whoops.

...And then he forgot all about what was in his hand, because it fell out of it when he saw Anya walk past. To a microphone.

She was commentating?!

Jake just stared, unable to form any real words. Because here was his best friend, who had decided not to play Quidditch this term, who had missed HIS very first game of the season because she didn't want to be there, who had PROMISED to watch every match he played in...

... And she was commentating.

It was probably a good thing Jake was now talking to people. Or he'd up and leave.

Rawdon arrived at the stands and found a seat near Professor Hadley. All he wanted to do was watch the game and study the movements of Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Was he cheering for either team? Nope. He was strictly here as a fan of the sport. Plus he wanted to see how lethal that crazy Slytherin girl was as a Beater.

Settling into his seat, he pulled out his Omnioculars and ignored the cheers (and jeers) around him.

And speaking of the flying instructor... there she was.

Anya waited until the players were up in the air to begin her commentary.

"AND it's Game on. Today's match up features Montmorency's Slytherin Snakes against Dixon's Hufflepuff badgers. As an interesting note, the snake Captain himself will be taking on the pretty much undefeated Summer's of Hufflepuff. I'm not sure about everyone else, but I'm excited to see that match up. I'll just take this time to reiterate the rule about good sportsmanship."

Her eyes then watched as the quaffle was tossed in the air.

"And Yarborough catches the quaffle, he avoids both Odessa and Turner of Slytherin and scores the first point... er... 10 points... of the game. And speaking of Odessa. How fun is his last name? Oooooohdesssaa!"

...

Yes. That was relevant.

Oh wait... comments. Right. She was supposed to comment on the game.

"Anddddd... here's the other half of the Terror Twins as they are referred to. There's Kinsley with the goal." Meh. And there was probably other stuff going on in there... but... you know. She was too busy admiring how fun it was to say Odessa.

She scowled down at the green ribbons in his lap. She. Was. Not. Amused. Her scowl turned up to him when he tried telling her that he was fine. This wasn't the right time to lie to her. At the moment she was UPSET that her ribbons were now in that colour so she disregarded it, as if he'd never tried the lie in the first place. "Dude, you'll need to learn to lie one day." It might help. Just saying.

She raised a questioning eyebrow at him. Professor Hadley? Well she was a Puffer too...Hmmmm...maybe after she was done scowling at him for lying after he PROMISED to always tell her the truth. Remember that Oakey? Huh?

Lex continued eyeing him then plopped another yellow on in his lap. She had extras but not much extra so he better not make this one go green too.



Speaking of the woman!

"Professor!" She tried smiling up at her but right now she was a little busy scowling. [b]"She pointed to the green ribbons. "Can you do something about those...please--oh and these are for you!" She said, reaching once again into her pocket and pulling out a yellow ribbon.

As Head of House she'd want to be a full supporter, right?




"Yup, hufflepuff!" She confirmed, with a grin as he took the seat and attempted to question it. There was no need to question it. Hufflepuff would win and everyone would live happily ever after. The end.--oh and the snakes would leave the field crying and whimpering because the badgers would show 'em who's boss. Couldn't leave that part off the story now could she? Nope.

"Did you already have another team in mind for supporting?" She asked, curiously taking in his neutral appearance. Maybe he was one of those secret supporters!!!!

Secret!Jake.

O____O

Hold the phone!

The Headmistress actually took them and gave her a smile!!! What was this madness???

Lex STARED over at the woman with wide eyes for a sec. Wasn't there supposed to be some kind of suspicious stare being shot at her or some kind of overly nice sentence in which she declines??? Maybe the woman was ill...she should...she should probably ask. The Healer was right there just in case... "Um...Ma'am...are you feeling okay...?" STARE.



She eyed him as she waited for him to accept the ribbon and only then did she go back to smiling. Good Mo. At least he wasn't a complete lost cause. And she was grinning by the time he responded to her statement. Eeeep! He was talking to her!!! "That's true. You can play in just about any weather really." Shrug. "And I wouldn't mind it raining after the match..." Because she still hadn't gotten a chance to play in the rain. Not that she'd ask him to join her because she'd rather not get rejected again. Once was enough, thanks.

WAIT!

He was waving....following his gaze, she saw her Mama Vivi!!! Lex jumped up so fast that she ended up hitting a few people close by. "VIVI!!!! Look Mo, it's my Mama Vivi!!!" Yeah she was aware that he was waving to her just now but COME ON!!! VIVI!!!!

"You didn't tell me she would be here."

The snake sat wondering where the match hadn't started yet and why didn't the people show up! Was she that early?! As she was wondering she glanced FIRE. Looking closely the snake saw that it was the headmistress's fakehair. Cassia wished Lex was already here so that they go and test their theory right now! It was so easy on the stands. They just had to topple or something and grab the woman's hair in order not to fall and die. The woman wouldn't mind, why would she?!?!?! But Lex wasn't here and Cassia wouldn't go and test theories on her own. "Hi, Headmistress!" Cassia replied cheerfully her eyes GLUED to the hair."I like your dress," She said. Then wished she had said hair instead of dress then it made sense to ask her to touch it. Because seeing I like your dress and can I touch your hair wouldn't be very smart.



And Lex finally showed up. Cassia grinned at her friend and opened her mouth to tell her about the headmistress when the lioness justified her being late. That earned an eyebrow, "I'm not going to take it as an insult because you do not mean that." She said to her lioness."And while you were too busy choosing what to wear you missed out on a perfect opportunity to test our theory!" Cassia said pointing RIGHT at the headmistress. Then the ribbon came and Cassia gasped snatching the ribbon out of her friend's hand and throwing it away! "Are you trying to get me killed?" The snake asked horrified. "Lafay is sitting right there." And imagine her reaction seeing one of her snakes wearing a YELLOW ribbon. Not a pleasant reaction. "Besides, I'm not dressed in green," She motioned to her clothes. "I just have my Slytherin pin on." She said adjusting the pin.

"Now you probably going to have to cover your ears when I start cheering for MY house team." She said with a wink. "And might I remind you that I have cheered for you and held a sigh with your name." Mhhm.. Cassia liked to list the good stuff she had done, always made her feel good and satisfied. "By the way, you played awesomly!" She beamed at her beastie. The snake of course was no expert in Quidditch but she was sure that Lex played well and even if she didn't then it wouldn't hurt to give the girl compliments on her first played macth. "Did you hear me shouting your name?" She asked. Which might have been not so smart considering the distant and the fact that Lex was throwing Quaffles and not flying around playfully. But still.



Though it made the snake feel awkward when someone dressed all in green sat next to her. Oh it was Mo..but wasn't he a Ravenclaw. He probably was a Slytherin fan. Cassia smiled at him and his greenness. "Yup, good day." She said looking up at the sky. For some reason because the boy meant the weather right? So yeah people look at the sky when inspecting the weather. But aside from this, why did he sit next to her and not to Lex. Not that she minded, she always appreciated company. Maybe the spot next to Lex wasn't clean and had a gum stuck to it or something? And Mo was a neat clean person, like Theo. Made perfect sense!

"Oh congratulations on the win last match," She said to the boy whom she assumed played on the team. If he didn't Cassia would sound very stupid. Ehh…nothing out of the ordinary. She was going to add something else when she saw the ribbon dangling agaist his forehead. She might have stared a bit until she processed the scene, but she looked ahead because it was rude to stare. "So rooting for West," She said dropping her voice when seeing West's name for very obvious reasons!

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Looking around, Cassia spotted some familiar faces and waved enthusiastically at them. Especially Logan.And so the match started. Cassia leaned forwards in concentration and her eyes followed the Quaffle from person to person. She did understand much but she was pretty sure that Theo did something great. So rising to her feet she threw her fists into the air and shouted. "GO SNAKES YOU ARE AWESOME!" Now Lex was used to Cassia's voice but she was worried about Mo..hopefully he won't become deaf. "THEO! WEST! KAT! GOOO!" She added squealing.
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..Sorry Lex. >.> Though she was too busy fangirling over the Ravenclaw alumna.

Hey, was that the kid she had bitten last game? That one right there, sitting next to Hadley? Alice still hadn't apologized for her teeth, had she? And Selina had told her to make nice with the eagles. So the girl made her way over and cautiously took a seat next to him, leaning away in case he would try to maim her or something for revenge.

"I'm not gonna bite you. Just for your information." Did that count as an apology?

Quidditch.

Yayyy. [/sarcasm]

Because someone - not gonna say who - was rather bitter towards the sport, ever since she'd been made a reserve and hadn't been picked to play the last match against Gryffindor. She had been very tempted, in fact, not to bother going to today's match, especially since she'd been very distant with pretty much everyone lately and hadn't seen her friends in a while, but she'd come for that exact reason.

With a little skip in her step and a bag of crisps in the pocket of her green jumper, the third year made her way through the benches, keeping an eye on the match don't judge she overslept okaaay. When... "AAAALICE." Okay. Her day had gotten better. Blue flopped down next to her unbiological sister with a beam.

"hiiiiii."

Oh and

"GO WEST AND THEO. WOOOOOOH-HOOOH."

Harvey walked upto the stands and he wasn't sure if he was supposed to be here, he was here cause Ella was playing. He hadnt missed an Ella match in the last year or two and he wasnt about to miss them just cause things were a little tough between them right now. He was still ashamed of what he had done the other week and wasnt sure that he would be allowed to come here. But he was here now, he would just watch cause he wasnt in a cheering mood but he didnt need to cheer everyone knew who he was supporting. He had on his hat, scarf, shoes and gloves on. He walked upto the stands and looked up to see who the announcer was, he smiled and waved as he saw it was Anya. He never thought he would see her announcing but he was looking forward to hearing her, so he took a seat and got ready to watch Ella.... oh yeah and Alec too... of course.. cause those two come together now. No.. no he didnt hate or dislike the kid, he was happy that his friend Ella was happy again. He was sure that he would see that through her playing quidditch, he got ready for the game to start and was clapping as it got underway. Wait a minute! Ella was the keeper? This made him smile! He didnt know why but it just did! This was going to be one interesting game, Ella and Alec playing together. "Go Ella!" he cheered, yes he wasnt going to cheer but he knew that she would get the confidence from people cheering for her. "Go Alec!" yes.. yes that kid too!

...What? Was someone talking to him?

Turning his head, Jake looked at Lexa. It took him a minute to realize what she had said. "Oh, no. I didn't really care." So yeah. Go Hufflepuff and whatnot. He waved his hand again to show his support.

But then he heard Anya's voice very LOUD and echoing and that was it. He couldn't listen to her talk about Quidditch when he was so upset with her about that topic.

"Tell me how the game turns out, mmkay?" He said, looking down at Lexa as he stood up. He was outta here.

OOOH another grown up! Nolan smiled at the Headmistress as she walked into the stands and waved at her. "Hello Headmistress Truebridge. How's it going?" he asked her happily. He was in a really good mood today. It was the first day in a long time that he hadn't been thinking about BUSINESS stuff. And by business he meant Board of Governors business.

He turned to the game and...oh look, they'd started! "GO HUFFLEPUFF!" he called as he stood up and cheered on his team. He didn't know any of the players obviously, so he just cheered for the yellow blurs flying through the air.

BRRRRR! It was cold. She should have brought a blanket. Stupid move Anya.

"So. If anyone is heading back to the castle... they should grab my a blanket... because... it's cold out here..." Just sayin'. And yes. It was relevant.

Anyway.

"Bishop tosses the quaffle back in. It's caught by... er... I'm really sorry..." she checked the roster quickly. "I think you have the same name as a type of cricket... ..." Shoot. That was wrong. Wasn't it?

"Then it's back to Yarborough... who narrowly avoids the Slytherin duo... and passes to Captain Dixon who scores another for the Badgers."

"OHHHH! AND I SEE THE SNITCH!" she yelled. Crap. She wasn't supposed to give that away... was she? Whoooooops.

Oh look! Someone waved to her. "HEY HARVEY!" ... she didn't mean to do that in the microphone. Whoops.

alkghraljkghegrjkl! And was Jake leaving? Because of her?!

"Jake. Wait. Don't go. ... sorry." ... she really needed to learn how to lean away from this thing.

She covered up the microphone and mouthed another sorry at him.

... but she really couldn't spend more time apologizing...

"Hudson tosses it in to Turner... who tosses it to Kinsley who SCORES! ... and it looks like Bishop-..." She stopped abruptly. Her eyes flitted over to her former best friend. ... Poor Alec. He's be... completely distracted if she said something about Ella. She'd... just stay quiet about it until after the snitch grab.

Christmas got on her feet and shouted "Come on Slytherin you can do this" Christmas had no idea why she was cheering on Slytherin but she didn't know that many Hufflepuffs

No he wasn't TALKING to Lex. He was talking where Lex could hear him. IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. Just so long as it didn't distract West while he was playing... it was a different thing. That's the point.

And could he respond? Not without this becoming a conversation... Mo rubbed his chin and frowned at the pitch, his eyes tracking movement even while he tried to answer. "I had no idea Vivi was going to be here today. She didn't mention it to me," he finally offered conversationally, as if it was just an observation and not a response to Lex's question at all. "Bet she wouldn't mind people saying hi, though."

"This suit was my costume for that library fundraiser," he smoothed his hands over the garishly green blazer and lighter green shirt. He looked like a leprechaun for REAL, but... he wasn't a leprechaun. He would need a green top hat for that. "But it works to support West and Theo and all of them."

He didn't have to whisper West's name, on account of Lex already knew that's who Mo was rooting for. All the time.

"Thanks, though... last match was hard fought, but it was a really well played game by both teams. Not me, obviously, 'cause I was rubbish, but in general, everyone did well."

Lex just grinned sheepishly at her. She knew her so well. It wasn't an insult at all, just her being completely truthful. She wasn't looking to have even a speck of green on her. Oh? Lex gave her a curious look that quickly turned to comprehension when she got what Cassia was saying. "OH!!" Instantly she clapped her hands to her mouth. Couldn't be so loud or the woman might over-hear them. "I never figured that she'd be here or I would have tried getting here sooner" Yup, she would have because she was just as curious about the fire the woman wore on her head as her bestfriend was. Why else would she not want them touching it? She would have given a few suggestions at this point if it weren't for the fact that Cassia decided she was going to completely freak out about a simple yellow ribbon. She got that it wasn't green but what was the big deal--OH! Lex whipped around and spotted Lafay sitting just a few seats down.

"Sorry..." She muttered. She liked her bestfriend to stay in one piece and not on fire if she could help it.

She sighed. "Yeah...I guess you did..." She had to admit that it made her feel better even though she'd played so horridly. "And you don't have to go wasting compliments. I know how much I stunk BUT I did hear you. It wasn't very loud from where I was but I still heard you!" BEAM. So now they could get down to business. She leaned in and whispered close to her ear about their little plan before turning to the Headmistress. "Do you see that Ma'am?" She questioned, pointing just across the pitch. "It's incredible, isn't it? I've never seen anything like it!" Look. It was there. Riiiiiight there.

Point. Point. Point.

"Do you see it?"


Even better! He'd be much more likely to willing to cheer for Hufflpuff which he was currently going to be doing. Yup. He now had the ribbon and everything.

But just then he...wha...? No....

Lex pouted a bit when he decided he was just going to leave like that. They were supposed to watch the match together. This called for some serious wibbling on her part.

Maybe the next match?

Lex was now much too distracted by the presence of her Mama Vivi to really realize the reluctance in his responses. Maybe in a different setting with different people she might have had a chance of picking up on it but not when the person she missed the most was just a few seats down talking to someone that wasn't her. Wasn't it bad enough that she was being ignored by ONE Branxton???

She turned to look at Mo again when he finally spoke. "Huh?" Her mind was a little out of it at the moment in case he didn't notice. When it boiled down to it. She was worth more to her than he ever would be. "Oh...really...interesting..." She trailed off again as she thought about what he said. Hmmmm....Then quite suddenly she was waving her hands wildly and hopping up and down. "VIVI! HAI VIVI!!!!" Then there was more hopping and flailing in an effort to grab her attention.

"By the way. Can I ask you a question?" She said, turning to him curiously.