"They were here when I was here" I heard mum tell Nathan as I walked over, a smile growing on her face as she looked up and I stood beside her as an arm wrapped around my shoulders and she looked at me
"You okay?" Nodding silently I walked over to the others, making a beeline for Nathan as he grinned at me and I hugged him
"Told you you'd get to see my amazing face-"
"My face is better-"
"That's a lie. Mine is"
"I think you'll find mine is the best" Jayden cut across Adam and Ali as I laughed quietly while they continued to bicker and I looked up at him with a smile, getting a wink in response as I looked at him
"Why're you prone to winking?"
"I don't know, it's just something I do. It's always seemed to cheer people up. Although I think you would cheer Adam up if you hug him, he looks kind of lonely over there" he told me quietly as we both shared a light laugh before I stepped back, going to Adam and hugging him as a grin grew on his face.
"I've missed you"
"I've missed you more. How's school?"
"Exhausting"
"Are you keeping up with all of your work?"
"I'm on top of it all"
"Good good. Looking after the other two?"
"I try but I don't make promises" I told him as he started laughing and we all looked at Nathan after he had stepped forward
"Right, we all ready?" He asked as everyone nodded and I stepped back before making my way over and sitting down on the side bench as the team kicked off into the air and mum released the four balls into the air and kicked off to join them as I pulled out my pocket sized version of Moby Dick
"I thought it was just going to you helping us!" Turning around I looked at Oliver who had walked into the pitch with the Gryffindor team behind him
"Well why should it just be me when you can get the whole team to help?" Mum asked laughing as he grinned at her
"Right everyone if you don't know them already this is, Adam, our keeper, Ali, Jason and Alex, our chasers and Jayden and Nathan, our beaters" She smiled as they nodded to the younger players
"So what I thought about doing was doing a circuit, the chasers work with chasers beaters with beaters etcetera etcetera before moving on to a different group to get different tips from everyone that will help them improve their playing"
"Hang on, I thought I was captain" Nathan said as mum turned to look at him with raised eyebrows and I let out a quiet laugh
"Fight me 'mr I'm the captain', this isn't our training this is everybody's training so I've taken over"
"But-"
"Hush" She said as she held a finger up before laughing and smiling at everyone as Nathan looked at me with a look of exasperation as I laughed quietly to myself
"Are we all good with that?" She asked as they nodded and started to shuffle off into groups as she went over to Harry and I smiled at Nathan and Jayden who had went over to the twins while I went back to my book
An hour or so passed and soon enough they all landed as I watched mum and Nathan try to tackle the bludgers back into the box
"All I want to say is holy shit you guys are good" I heard her tell them laughing as I tried to suppress myself from letting out a noise of disgust and rolling my eyes as I started getting my things together
"It was an amazing practice, honestly it was. But other than that has anybody got any questions? Any at all?" She asked as Fred and George jumped up and down with their arms in the air as they tried to get attention and she looked at everywhere but at them before finally giving in
"Yes?"
"Completely off subject, but who's the strongest on the team?" George asked as a smirk crept onto her face as they all looked at each other
"I'm claiming that" She laughed as they all stared at her and I started pulling my robe on
"Bullshit you're the strongest"
"What do you mean? I am 𝑠𝑜 stronger than you all-" She started to say with a smug laugh but got cut off as she was thrown over someone's shoulder as she started yelling and I heard Nathan laugh from here
"Nathan Dalmer put me down you unfair twat!"
"Who's stronger now?"
"I swear to god Nathan if you don't put me down I'll get every single one of these Gryffindors to line up and kick you in the arse" She said to him laughing as the twins grinned and stepped forward making her laugh more as he set her back down on her feet
"Arsehole- I'm still the strongest!" She declared loudly as she lifted her top up to show her stomach
"Look at this toned stomach!" She said laughing
"But I did eat like four bowls of ice cream with Amelia so it's sorta disappeared" She told them shrugging her shoulders as she turned and smiled at me
"You are most certainly not the strongest"
"Right. Fucking fight me Adam. Just because you're a keeper it doesn't make you the strongest"
"Then the title for strongest goes to beaters then" Jayden said smugly as I watched mum stand on his toes making his face scrunch up in pain and I shook my head before starting to walk from the pitch
"The title for strongest goes to the women, that's why it's mine" mum said loudly as she went over and high fived the three girls as they grinned and I watched her come over to me as I was pulled into a hug as I tried to hide my quiet groan
"I love you"
"Yeah yeah, I love you too" I mumbled quietly as she stepped back and I walked back up to the castle, getting sidetracked into a hug as soon as I reached the entrance hall as I sighed to Pansy slightly
"Do you know what you're doing yet?"
"Not a fucking clue"