don't let this magic die * alexander

[skye williams]

Skye hadn't been training as much as she would've liked during the summer. In the beginning it was still decent, but hasn't spend any time on a broom for the last two weeks and it almost hurt how much she missed it. That was exactly the reason why Skye got up early this morning, to go to the practise fields with her broom and finally be in the air again. It was like therapy for her, once she got to frustrated with her life, wether it was school or people that were annoying the crap out of her, flying calmed her down a lot.

The weather was amazing; summer ending, but still a nice temperature and at the moment there were absolutely no clouds in the sky. Perfect day to fly. Thought Skye and she was sad that training hadn't started yet. Oh well, I can train just as good by myself.

Skye had pulled on some shorts of a soft fabric and a simple tanktop, not bothering with getting her official attire out from the bottom of her suitcase. That'd come later when the real training started again. She didn't even bring a Quaffle with her, she just wanted to fly and work on her speed. So when she was flying high in the air, going as fast as possible, it was amazing that she noticed a person down on the field from the corner of her eye. She couldn't see who it was, but Skye was defenitely up for showing of her skills and she dived down. She was going straight for the other person on the field and only stopped right in front of them, creating a big gust of wind with her broom. She smirked when she saw who it was.

“Well hello you."

[alexander thyme]

Alex still couldn't believe his good luck on becoming the Quidditch referee for the school once again. He had applied for it just on a whim during first year and he had actually gotten the job. He hadn't done so hot a year ago, but Alex guessed that the professor forgave him and allowed him to come back.

Walking up to the pitch to take a good look around before the first game, the young referee spotted someone flying around. They seemed to be pretty good at it too. Stopping, he glanced up at the sky watching them fly. It wasn't long when he was finally discovered.

Alex smiled slightly when that person dived down to meet him, creating a huge cloud of dust. The smiled wavered slightly when he recognized who it was. The boy nodded his head to the girl in front of him. "Hello to you too Skye." Alex said, "Good day to be flying isn't? You looked good up there." He added casually.

[skye williams]

Skye jumped off her broom and scooped it up under her arm. She smiled at the older guy, he's adorable. Alex had been the referee at games ever since she joined the team, but she'd never really got to know him yet. Probably because the guy was in his third year and was a Ravenclaw. Still, she always thought he was cute... and quite nice to her on ánd off the field.

She bumped her shoulder with his as a sign for him to walk with her and she went straight for the bleachers that surrounded the field. Skye tried to fix her hair with one hand, it probably looked like a wild mess after her little flight and that was the only thing that came close to a dislike of flying. She'd have to find a way to keep it in check better.

“Merlin, it's an amazing day to go flying! Normally I don't get out of bed this early, but I just had to." Skye rambled with some weird one handed hand gestures to emphasize things. She always got so much energy and excitement from flying, it's almost embarrassing.

“And are you saying I don't look good now I'm down here?!" She jokingly said and looked at Alex with a fake pout, trying not to laugh.

[alexander thyme]

Alex stepped back a little to give Skye some room to get of her broom. Watching her, he couldn't help by smile in awe about how fluid her motions were. He hadn't known her for a long time yet, due to him being a third year and her second. But he knew her name and her face for he had to, after all he was the referee for the Quidditch games.

He gave the girl a slightly surprised look when she bumped his shoulders with hers, but Alex followed her anyways, wanting to know what she wanted from him. Seeing that Skye was trying to fix her hair, the boy hesitantly reached over and began helping her fix it. Hopefully she wouldn't be too offended by the gesture.

Alex grinned at Skye's energy and excitement. That was the kind of team players that they were looking for here at Hogwarts, one who is always ready for a game. The older boy exclaimed ignoring the fact that the younger girl was rambling, "It's so nice out here. The sky is blue, the weather warm." Realizing that his hand was still in her hair, the Ravenclaw quickly dropped it.

"No, of course not." Alex replied promptly, "I just thought that you look extra nice up there. You seem so professional." He then gave Skye a smile when she pouted at him. "Don't pout, you look cuter smiling."

[skye williams]

Skye couldn't help her surprised giggling when Alex actually helped her with her hair. He looked in awe when she looked up at him and she let out a short laugh when he suddenly took his hand away, probably realizing that Skye was already done with her hair. See, he really is adorable! Skye put a smirk on her face and in return of him touching her, she fixed his hair too, getting an imaginary leave out of there or something.

She climbed the bleachers with little jumps and smiled when she reached the top, putting her broom down finally. She looked back to see if Alex would follow her and she sat down watching him. She doesn't remember a lot of him from last year, at least not during the games she played. She was always so focussed that the referee couldn't even bother her. Back at Beauxbatons that caused trouble sometimes. To hear from him she looked like a pro was amazing though, and Skye's face lighted up.

“Awe, that's very sweet, I always try my hardest at a game!" She said, beaming with pride. The next comment about her pout made her smile again instantly.

“Well aren't you extremely nice to me today! Why's that Mister Alex?"

[alexander thyme]

When Skye let out a surprised giggle, Alex gave her a funny look. "Something the matter?" He asked with curiously. It was then his turn to look surprised when the girl reached over and fixed his hair too. The boy blinked at her, dumbfound for a few seconds, before smiling.

Climbing up into the bleachers after Skye, Alex smirked slightly when she turned back to see if he was following her. Humm someone was paying a lot of attention to him all of a sudden, not that he was complaining or anything.

Finally getting to the top, the Ravenclaw sat down next to the girl. Without realizing it, Alex left a small distance between the two of them. Even thought he was overly friendly to her, the older boy still felt a little wary of her for no particular reason.

Hearing Skye's respond to his comment about her looking like a pro, Alex chuckled. "That's what I like about you. You are so focused and passionate about Quidditch unless some of the other players." He said with a nod of his head.

At the girl's question to why he was being so nice to her, the boy's face went carefully blank as he thought about what he was to say back to her. "Am I really?" He said softly, "I thought I was this nice to you every single time I meet you."

[skye williams]

“Nope, nothing the matter!"

Skye said and shook her head slightly with a cheeky smile before continuing. “You're always quite nice to me, it's just that the..." Skye looked up for a second to look for the right words. “The touchy-feely thing is a bit new." She giggled again and poked Alex in his side to get him back and of course to check if he was ticklish or not.

Yes. Skye thought and nodded to herself. The compliments were nothing new really, she was quite used to those, but that little moment where Alex had almost dozed off with his hand still in her hair, that was something new. Something new and on a whole other level if you asked her. She poked him in his side again before quickly bolting off, jumping a few benches down so Alex couldn't get to her. She felt like a little kid so much adrenaline was still rushing through her body.

“Anyway..."

She called out and gracefully jumped down another bench, totally forgetting her broom on top. “What were you doing here actually?"

[alexander thyme]

The boy gave the girl a half amused, half annoyed look when she poked him. Alex wiggled slightly as he reached out and gently pushed Skye's slightly offending hand away as he scooted closer to her. "... Oh..." was the boy's only comment when Skye explained to him what she was thinking of. A beat later he said softly, "Would you like me to stop that?"

Alex jumped slightly again when Skye poked him in the side again. "Come back here." He called after her playfully as he picked up the girl's broomstick and went after her. Listening to her call out to him wondering why he was here, the boy called down, "I just wanted to re-familiarized myself with the Quidditch pitch, having not being here all summer." He mounted the broomstick that was still in his hand and glided down to where Skye was now standing.

"You left this up there." Alex said with a grin, holding out the broom and gently poking the girl with the handle. But then he pulled it away and hugged it to his chest. "Humm, maybe I should keep it, since it seems that you didn't want it anymore." He added cheekily.

[skye williams]

Skye fake gasped when Alex stole her broom, she tried to hit the Ravenclaw when he poked her with it, but missed horribly and almost lost her balance. Almost. She regained it quickly though and jumped another bench down.

“I'd actually love for you to stay that nice to me..." Skye said grinning up to Alex, lashing out again trying to get a hold of her broom. "That way you'll give me back my broom!" Skye'd shuffled over the bench and was now directly under Alex. She laughed and jumped up on almost the exact place where Alex was standing and grabbed his arm for balance. She smirked, having no personal space issues and gently took a hold of her broom, ready to take it back.

“Maybe you should try harder..." She said softly and gave a short pull on her broom, hoping Alex would let go and hoping they weren't going to fall. Injuring herself before the season even started didn't seem like a good idea, but Skye's stubborn and wanted to win this little game.

[alexander thyme]

When Skye tried to him it and missed horribly causing her to almost fall of the bleacher that she was standing on, Alex automatically went and grabbed her with his freehand. But lucky for both of them, the girl had regained her balance and jumped down to a lower one.

Alex smirked when the Snake said that she wanted him to stay nice to her so he would give back her broom. "Aww, really? Is that the only reason why you want me to stay nice to you?" He teased her a little, "But this broom is so nice."

As Skye jumped onto his bleacher, Alex felt a jolt of electricity run down his arm when she grabbed him. Once again, his other arm automatically went and wrapped them self around the girl's waist to keep her from tumbling down. Turning his body to the side a little to give them both more room on the bleacher, the boy whispered softly into Skye's ear, "Try harder in what? Being nice to you?"

Without warning, Alex let go of the broom, but then lowered his other hand to the girl's waist too. He slowly wondered how Skye was going to react to that. Knowing all girls, they either will love it, or hate it. The boy braced himself to be screamed at, pushed away, or be hit. Probably all three, seeing that he was with a Slytherin. This perhaps wasn't the smartest thing for the Ravenclaw to do.