Over the next several days, Tee and Rose had managed to learn their way around the castle, memorise their timetables, and start getting used to all of their different lessons. Before they knew it, it was Friday evening. No matter how much they'd been enjoying their lessons, they couldn't help feeling glad it was nearly the weekend – the workload was immense.
After finishing their dinner, Tee and Rose had gone back up to Gryffindor tower. The twins hadn't been at dinner because they'd been held back in their last class, History of Magic, for both falling asleep. Normally, Professor Binns, their only ghost teacher, wouldn't have even realised. But unfortunately, Professor McGonagall had dropped in at that moment to return a book and spotted them.
So when they got into the Great Hall, a lot of people had already left, including Tee and Rose. They sat down next to Ron and Hermione, who were still there, and started to eat quickly. "Do you know where Tee and Rose went?" Fred asked.
"I dunno; they didn't say," said Ron.
"I think they went back up to the common room," interrupted Neville Longbottom, who was one of Harry, Ron and Hermione's friends.
Everybody in Gryffindor, at least, knew who Tee and Rose were by now. Whenever they saw Fred and George now, nobody was surprised to see them with the two girls in tow.
"Cheers, Neville," said George. "I hope they haven't forgotten about the Quidditch tryouts." He then added to the others, "Tee's trying out for Chaser."
"Oh, right," said Hermione. "Harry's already gone down to the pitch."
"Shouldn't you guys be going too?" Ron pointed out.
"Why do you think we're eating so fast?" said Fred sarcastically. "We're not like you, we actually like to taste our food."
"If we hurry, we can go and remind them when we go to collect our brooms from the dorm," George suggested.
"Yeah, okay," said Fred, pushing what was left on his plate towards Ron. "There you go, Ron. You can have some extra."
The twins pushed their chairs back and hurried out of the Great Hall.
"Do they just think I'm a pig or something?" said Ron, looking offended.
Neville shrugged whereas Hermione raised her eyebrows, as Ron, taking their silence as some kind of answer, started to eat the leftover food anyway.
When they'd gotten up to Gryffindor tower, Fred and George rushed up to their dormitory to grab their broomsticks. Tee and Rose weren't in the common room, so they guessed they were up in their dormitory. They began to run up the stairs to the girls' dormitories, but there was suddenly a loud noise like a foghorn. The staircase abruptly shifted and turned into a stone slide, causing them to skid back down and land bum-first on the common room floor.
"What was all that about?" said Fred, bewildered.
"I don't think we're allowed up there," replied George uncertainly, getting to his feet.
They heard laughing coming from upstairs and Tee suddenly came sliding down, crashing into Fred at the bottom. "Oh, so it was you trying to get upstairs," she said brightly.
"How come we couldn't get up there?" asked Fred, getting up and then helping Tee to her feet.
"Boys aren't allowed in the girls' dormitories," answered Rose, who'd come sliding down afterwards and landed on her feet, much more neatly than Tee. "Apparently girls can go into the boys' dormitories though."
"That's probably because we're supposed to be good," grinned Tee.
"I don't suppose there's much point asking you if you've remembered the Quidditch tryouts," said Fred, as Tee was clutching her broomstick in one hand.
"Not really," smirked Tee. "You guys ready then?" Without waiting for an answer she said, "Come on, let's go!"
When they got down to the Quidditch pitch, Tee was practically bouncing with excitement. This was the first time she'd actually been on a real Quidditch pitch. Her cousin's garden had acted as a makeshift one when she'd been growing up.
"Tee, look! It's your fan club!" said Rose, pointing to the stands.
Tee looked to where Rose was pointing and saw a vibrant sea of pink. "Oh, they have got to be kidding..."
She quickly made her way across the pitch, followed by Rose, to where Kayley and her friends were sat, wearing bright pink robes and holding up a big banner saying "We love Tee".
"Kayls... You're not serious, are you?" said Tee uncertainly.
"Nah," grinned Kayley. "We just wanted to freak you out a bit." Kayley waved her wand. Their cloaks turned back to black and so did the banner, the words shining red.
"Much better," smiled Tee. "I'd better go queue up anyway. I'll chat to you guys after."
"Good luck!" beamed Sumayyah, whilst the others nodded vigorously.
"I'll stay here with this lot," said Rose. "Have fun!"
Tee gave them the thumbs up and went to join the other Gryffindors queuing up to try for the two new Chaser positions. Surprisingly, there weren't as many as she'd expected.
"You nervous?" said a voice in Tee's ear.
She jumped and turned around. The twins were right behind her. "Not so much actually," she said truthfully. "So who else is already on the team? I know Katie is; she was the one who told me about tryouts in the first place..."
"Well, Harry's the Seeker," said George, pointing to Harry, who turned around as soon as he heard his name mentioned. "You remember Harry, don't you?"
"Oh yeah, the guy with the cool glasses," smiled Tee. "Hey."
Harry laughed and said hi back. It was nice to be recognised for something physical other than his scar for once.
"And that's Oliver Wood," said George, pointing to a burly seventh year who was talking to Katie Bell. "He's the Keeper and the team captain."
"So he's who you've gotta impress," added Fred with a wink.
They didn't have to wait long. Within a few minutes, Wood looked as if he was ready to start the tryouts. "Hey," he called over to Fred and George. "I can't get started with my Beaters distracting the newbies."
"Oh right. Sorry Oliver," Fred called back. He turned to Tee. "We'll see you in a bit."
"Yeah, good luck," added George, as they went over to join Wood, followed by Harry.
"Okay, everyone," Wood announced to the people who were queued up. "We'll start off with some simple catching and passing. We'll do it in groups of three. First off, is there anyone here who doesn't have their own broom?"
Most people were already clutching broomsticks of their own. Tee glanced up and down the line – there were mostly Cleansweeps, but there were several people with Comets and one boy with a Nimbus 2000. Nobody else seemed to have a Silver Arrow though. A few people motioned towards Wood to signal that they didn't have a broom, so he passed some of the school's spares down to them.
"Right..." said Wood, regaining their attention. "Katie here is gonna practice with you." He knelt down to open the chest at his feet and pulled out a large red ball – the Quaffle. He handed it to Katie. "So if you first three want to kick off, then Katie will do some passing with you."
