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Post by Kat-la on Jun 11, 2007 23:49:21 GMT -5
Lily Potter sat in the captions office re-writting the last of her plays that she had made the night before. She had been sitting around her small apartment and idea's just started comming to her. She wrote them down as quickly as possible and in doing so they weren't readable by anyone except herself. "There." She said smiling as she looked from the chicken scrach to the perfectly clean and readable copy. Lily checked her watch and swore, the rest of the team would be here in 45 minutes and she knew she didn't have time to go home. She sighed and quickly showered in the team showers and put on her practice robes and other equipment. She looked at her watch again and gave a small sigh. The team was all supose to be here in 5 minutes. She looked out and saw 2 of their chassers already there and a beater. She grabbed her plans and exited the office, "Hey guys. Be ready to go out onto the feild once everyone gets here." She said giving her team mates a small smile. Of course...this was also in the locker room. In the locker room Lily could be a coach and a friend. Out on the feild she was only a coach and a team member. During practice, she was mostly a coach though as being seeker she didn't need to worry about working as a team that much...as she was her own team when it came to catching the actual snitch and she had practiced yesterday for about 6 hours with Kat and her father acting as the opposing seekers and her mother occasionally was thrown in to mess her up. "We start in 5 minutes." Lily added, "Anyone who is late will run the pitch 30 times after practice." She added.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 12, 2007 0:03:02 GMT -5
4 minutes later Benji came running up onto the pitch, broom in hand and disheveled robes. "Sorry." he said breathing heavily. He had just gotten away from some business needed to be taken care of when he had only 5 minutes to shower, dress, and apparate to practice. He rubbed a hand through his slightly damp hair and smiled at Lily. He looked around noticing that he wasn't the last one here. He mounted his broom and hovered above the ground. 2 minutes later the second beater came running up to Lily. the boy's excuse was inaudible to Benji but he tried to hear anyways, weaving inbetween players to pretend to get closer to Lily and the beater.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 12, 2007 0:13:46 GMT -5
The 3rd chasser has come in seconds after Benji, and as the beater began explain his story Lily nodded in a few places and shook her head in others. "I get why you're late. And you are excused, but even still, 10 laps after the pitch after practice." Lily said and the beater nodded and everyone mounted their brooms. "I want everyone to streach before going to do 5 laps from the top goal post to the top goal post on the other side of the feild for a warm up. Once you have comepleted those meet me at the locker room door by the black board." Lily said using her captions voice before she rose into the air a bit to watch everything. The 3 chassers were the first done streaching and they all jumped on their brooms and kicked off.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 12, 2007 0:47:18 GMT -5
Benji touched ground again and stretched his arms. Up.Down.Up.Down. he thought to himself moving his arms around. He then mounted his broom again and did a couple of laps around each loop. He landed again, put his broom on the broom rack and entered the locker room. Sitting down between two the two chasers, Benji looked back up at Lily.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 12, 2007 1:01:03 GMT -5
"Ok, so last night I was pretty much just sitting around and I was hit with about 3 great orinigal plays that no other team will have. I think they will help us a lot in this comming year." Lily said as she took out the first model. "Your positions are labeled with your name. This is puddle jump. It mostly involves a lot of chasser passes and change-ups up I also need the beaters to add bludgers if possible, here, here and here." Lily said pointing to the three desired spots. "I rather we practice one at each practice so we don't have to worry about memorizing to many plays in one practice. We have a bit till season starts but this year I plan on winning the cup no matter what. We'll start with a few drills with the chassers firing at the keeper and the beaters throwing in a couple bludgers and then we'll work on puddle jump. Any questions?" Lily asked.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 12, 2007 1:24:02 GMT -5
One beater raised his hand "What are the Beater's supposed to aim at during practices?" he asked. Benji looked back to see that the beater was new to the team. Benji looked back at Lily without saying a word.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 12, 2007 10:54:27 GMT -5
"At any of the players, including the keeper. The only 2 people you are not to aim bludgers at are myself and your fellow beater. The other team memebers are use to having bludgers aimed at them, and if they are out of practice, what better way to get back in?" She said giving a small smirk, "Ok everyone, lets get in the air. Wood, at the posts. Mendez, Fowler, and Shwarts grab the quaffle and meet me in the middle of the feild. Johnson and Shep grab your bats and I'll release the bludgers." She said.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 12, 2007 11:46:54 GMT -5
Benji got up and walked back out onto the pitch, grabbing his broom on the way out. He mounted it and flew up to the posts while the chasers got a quaffle out and started to pass the ball. One attempted to throw one into a hoop but Benji wasn't paying attention. The ball bounced off the hoop and then Benji caught it. "A little lower Fowler!" he yelled, throwing it back to the nodding player. He began to focus more and fly between the three hoops.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 12, 2007 12:15:47 GMT -5
Lily nodded as she saw the chassers warm up and then she released the bludgers, "The Bludgers have been released!" She called out to her team. While she wanted them to learn, she didn't want them not looking out for them and get a bludger to the back of the head. The beaters took off after the crazy balls. "Chassers, I want you to do some of the formations we did last year." Lily called out and they nodded quickly going into an arrow formation and passing the ball quickly between each other dodging bludgers, it looked like Fowler would shoot but at the last second she passed it to Mendez who aimed for the bottom hoop and threw with all her might.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 12, 2007 13:35:20 GMT -5
Benji lunged out to catch the ball but it grazed his fingertips as it went into the goal. "Dang It." he said going to retrieve the ball. He threw it to Fowler and waited for another one. As he was watching the chasers pass the balls back and forth he saw out of the corner of his eye, a bludger coming his way. He swooped down and it missed him.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 13, 2007 14:54:39 GMT -5
Again the chassers tried one of their old tactics, all going to different ends of the pitch the person in the very back holding onto the quaffle while the two in the front pretended to keep passing something as the quaffled moved to fast most times for people to see it, finally Fowler passed the quaffle to Mendez who aimed for the top goal, but then shot for the bottom right.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 13, 2007 19:07:21 GMT -5
Benji swooped down and caught the quaffles. Smiling, he attempted to throw it back to Mendez but it was so off that they had to reach up really high, falling off of their broom. Benji quickly tried to help them up but they lost grip and fell to the ground. Benji looked up to see a bludger buzzing past Lily's head.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 10:43:34 GMT -5
Lily dodged the bludger but grabbed the bridge of her nose and shook her head. Her keeper was one the ground having fallen off his broom and two of her chassers had also fallen off as Fowler had tried to catch Mendez. "Everyone STILL on a broom, land now!" She called and the team quickly decended. Lily landed after then, "Wood, Mendez, Fowler are any of you hurt?" She asked. Mendez groggily stood up. It looked like she had broken her nose somehow but that was the last of it. Lily figured Mendez had somehow cast a coushining charm on the ground as she fell. Lily sighed and quickly did the small healing spell to fix her nose. "Hit the showers Mendez." Lily said and the girl nodded walking off the pitch after grabbing her broom and wand and headed to the girls showers. Fowler was not so lucky on the other hand and as Lily looked over her still on the ground, it looked like she had broken her ankle and sprained her wrist. "I can fix the sprain but I can't fix the ankle. You'll have to head to St. Mungo's." She said and Fowler nodded. "Shwarts, take Fowler to St. Mungo's and then you are dissmissed." She said and Shwarts nodded helping her teammate up and apperating with a crack. "Johnson, you are dismissed, Shep do your 10 laps and then you are dismissed and Lily walked over to Benji, "How are you doing Wood?" she asked.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 11:27:56 GMT -5
Benji was sitting on the ground by the time she got to him. 'We're horrible." was all he said. He played with the grass and didn't look up at her. He sighed and shook his head, as if he wanted to say something but decided not to.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 12:06:46 GMT -5
Lily sho0ok her head and sighed, "It was only the first practice, things can't get much worse." She said, "Now please tell me my keeper isn't hurt." She said extending a hand to help him up, "Because, truthfully....this is all your fault." She added.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 12:12:04 GMT -5
James nodded. "I know. Thats why I didn't say they stink. I said we stink." he said reacing for her hand. He had a small pain in his knee, but he didn't think it was broken or sprained. "Just a little sore." he said smiling, to show that one of his teeth had been knocked out. He didn't know it yet.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 15:01:00 GMT -5
Lily bit her lip to keep from laughing, as Benji did look a little funny missing a tooth. "Um...do you have dental insurance?" Lily asked, "Because...well...I'm just guessing one of the sore places is your teeth? Or mouth?" She asked.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 19:19:32 GMT -5
"What?" Benji said. He reached up to touch his mouth but saw that his hands were dirty, so he put his tongue against his teeth so feel that one of his teeth had been knocked out. "Aww Man!" he said sighing. "Well, it comes with the job. I'll go to Mungos and have it replaced." he added with a smile that looked like some little kid.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 19:35:59 GMT -5
Lily looked at his grin and then started to giggle, then laughing before she finally dubbled over clutching her sides. He looked sooo much like her brother James had when Kat had punched him when he was 7 and she was 5. James had taken her toy snitch and thrown it in the fire...he claimed it was an accident but Kat was so mad she walked up to him and punched him hard in the mouth. Of course...he didn't think a girls punch could do any damage so when he smiled to show no damage done and his front tooth was missing Kat and herself had laughed themselves horse. Of course...James never tried something like that again but seeing Benji brought that memory back.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 19:41:38 GMT -5
Benji stopped smiling. "Alright! I get it. I look funny!" he said shaking his head. He walked past her and entered the locker room. The beaters were already dressed. Benji headed to the showers to take a shower.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 19:49:05 GMT -5
Lily felt bad, she REALLY did...and she'd have to talk to him either after practice or at the next one...but...it was at such a good time. She really did need a laugh she thought entering the girls locker room and she quickly changed out of her gear, as she had showered before the practice and ended up wearing a pair of comfy faded jeans, a green tanktop with a pair of black flip-flops putting her hair up into a messy bun and then heading into her office. She had a couple things she needed to do before heading to her appartment, or before calling her sister or family to stop by.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 19:51:44 GMT -5
Benji showered, dressed into some jeans, a t-shirt that had the Irish Quidditch Team on it, and flip-flops. He walked out of the locker room and grabbed his broom before setting out.
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 19:57:16 GMT -5
Since the captions office was out of the locker-rooms but still in the building Lily saw Benji about leave and still felt about about laughing in front of him. He must have thought she was laughing at him, "Wo...Benji!" Lily called walking out of her office, "Hold up, I need to talk to you about something!" She said.
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Post by Hannah on Jun 14, 2007 20:04:02 GMT -5
Benji heard Lily and turned around. "Yes?"
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Post by Kat-la on Jun 14, 2007 20:15:37 GMT -5
"I wanted to explain something. Out on the pitch, I wasn't laughing at you. Actually, when you smiled like that you reminded me of the time my sister Kat punched our older brother James in the face and he went on about how her sisy punch didn't do anything. To prove his point he was smiling and he was missing the same exact tooth you were. Your smiled just brought that memory to the front of my brain and I just started laughing. I just didn't want it to seem like I was being rude and laughing at you. The last thing I need right now is for my keeper to be mad at me." She explained.
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