"You-" Lena stared at Kara in disbelief. "You want to teach me how to play quidditch?"
"Yes!" Kara grinned. "It'll be eas-"
"Don't finish that sentence." Lena snapped and then sighed when she saw Kara's face fall. "Have you even ever taught anyone how to play..." She asked gently. "Like ever?"
"No." But it can't really be that hard, right?" Kara said, looking at Lena hopefully.
"I-" Lena rubbed her forehead with her hand. "I've never even gotten on a broom, let alone played the game, Kara."
"You've never gotten on a broom?" Kara gasped.
"I haven't."
" But why? Flying is the most incredible feeling ever!"
"So I've been told." Lena sighed. "Mother forbade me. It's not," She rolled her eyes. "ladylike."
"That's- that's ridiculous!" Kara spluttered. She marched over to where her broom was lying and picked it up. "That's it, I'm teaching you." She turned around and glared at Lena, stopping her from interrupting. "No arguments."
Lena sighed and looked at Kara. "How are we even going to do this?" She gestures towards the broom in Kara's hand. "You only have one broom, anyways!"
Kara rubbed the back of her neck. "I thought it'd be a good idea to start off together." Her cheeks pinkened. "J-just until you get the hang of it."
Lena stared at Kara, speechless. "Wh- what do you mean by together?"
"Like, um, well, you could hold onto me while I fly us around?" Kara blushed.
On one hand, Lena knew this wouldn't actually teach her anything. On the other hand, for some explicable reason, she was drawn to the idea of riding on a broom with Kara.
Lena decided to ignore her trepidations and agree. She huffed out a sigh. "Fine-" She put up her finger at Kara. "But! You have to take this seriously!"
She rubbed her forehead with her hand when Kara began to bounce around excitedly. Maybe this isn't such a good idea.
This is the greatest idea I've ever agreed to! Lena thought as she tightly held onto Kara's hips feeling the cold wind whip around her.
"Isn't it amazing?!" Kara yelled, slightly looking back to gauge Lena's reaction.
"Yes!" Lena yelled back, exhilarated. "How have I never done this before?!"
Kara laughed and leaned forward, speeding the broom up. Tears from the wind flooded both of the girls' eyes but they were both enjoying themselves too much to care. Kara gently turned the broom to the right towards the main castle and Lena grabbed on tighter, wrapping her arms around Kara's midsection.
Kara's heart stopped when she felt Lena's nose touch the back of her neck. She let out a shaky breath.
"Kara! Watch out-"
Kara's eyes focused on what was ahead of them. Her eyes widened.
"Shit!" Kara yelped, swerving suddenly to avoid an incoming tower. "Fuck!" The broom spun out of control and quickly nosedived towards the lake.
"Do something!" Lena yelled, holding tighter and tightly clenched her eyes shut. Kara's sweater was bunched up in her fists.
Kara pulled upwards at the broom, urging it to stop descending. "C'mon..." She muttered. "Come on! Don't give up on me!" She tugged harder, mist from the lake hitting her face as they got closer to the surface of the semi frozen lake.
Just as they were about to hit, the broom finally responded and unsteadily leveled above the surface of the lake. Kara and Lena's feet and legs were soaked with freezing water in the process. Kara slowly brought them over to a small dock on the side of the lake and landed unsteadily while attempting to support Lena.
Needless to say, the both fell ungracefully on the dock which shook violently. Both girls rolled onto their backs, breathing heavily. They both stared at the sky, unfocused. Kara sucked in a deep breath.
"That was awesome!" She yelled gleefully, pumping her fists into the sky.
Lena swivelled her neck to look at Kara grinning at her. Kara was a soaking mess, hair sticking out in every direction, face red with excitement. But her smile.
Oh her smile, Lena thought while shakily bringing her hand up to move the hair from Kara's face.
Kara was beaming, warming Lena up right to her shivering bones. Eyes squinted, cheeks red and quivering, Kara looked stunning. It took the breath out of Lena's lungs.
"Y-yes." Lena stuttered. "It was incredible..." She closed her eyes. "I've never felt so free-" Lena snapped her eyes open. "Does it always feel like that?"
"Yes!" Kara said, laughing. "It's the most exhilarating feeling in the world. Flying is my favorite thing." She sighed.
"I do hope you're a better flyer than you showcased today." Lena deadpanned, enjoying the pout that surfaced on Kara's face. "Very dangerous if you want to continue playing quidditch."
"I was- I was distracted!"
"By what."
"Um- I, uh- stuff." Kara settled on and winced.
"Stuff?"
"Yes! Let's move on! I'm freezing!" Kara said loudly and punctuated her statement with a shiver.
Lena sighed, realizing that she would get nowhere and took out her wand. Kara watched Lena wave the wand in a complicated pattern and watched with awe as hot air spouted out. Lena pointed the wand at Kara, allowing her clothing to dry as she warmed her up with the hot air. She then pointed the wand at herself and sighed contently when the water evaporated from her thick sweater and Kara's scarf around her neck.
"I've never seen that charm!" Kara exclaimed, sitting up. "What was that!"
"A hot-air charm." Lena said while getting up. She extended her arm to Kara and pulled her up when she grabbed ahold. "I'll teach it to you if you properly teach me how to ride a broom."
"How am I supposed to 'properly' teach you?" Kara said, raising her eyebrows.
"Maybe go to the library and do some research for once."
"I- I go to the library!" Kara said indignantly, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Kara, I have classes with your sister."
"Oh, right." Kara's arms fell back to her sides and she pouted again. " Fine. I'll look up how to teach someone how to ride a broom. It can't be that har-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence." Lena interrupted, giving Kara a withering glare. "We just nosedived from over a- from over a hundred feet in the air!"
Kara winced. "It wasn't that ba- " She stopped when she saw Lena's burning eyes, daring her to continue the sentence. "O- okay that was pretty bad."
"Yes. That was really bad, Kara."
"Don't be mean to me! I was distracted!"
"Mean to you?!" Lena scoffed. "And by what!"
"By you!" Kara yelled and then flushed deep red, clamping her hands over her mouth.
"Are you trying to insult me?!" Lena yelled back and marched off of the dock back towards the school.
"No! No- Lena, come back here!" Kara sprinted after Lena and grabbed her arm. "I wasn't trying to insult you! I just-" Kara rubbed her forehead. "I just never rode a broom with anyone before!"
"O-oh." Lena said quietly.
Kara nodded embarrassedly. "We, um, we should probably go eat lunch now." She laughed nervously and jerked her hand away from Lena's arm. "It's almost one o'clock."
"W- wow, that late, huh!" Lena said, trying to stop the blush from rising up her neck. "That- that sound's like a great idea."
"We could- um, we could eat in the Hufflepuff common room? If you'd like? It's always really cozy there and there won't be anyone there." Kara said while rubbing her hand on the back of her neck.
"Yes, I think I'd like that." Lena said as she smiled at Kara. She took Kara's arm and began walking them back to the castle. "I think I'd like that very much."