Chapter 18 PT II
The first half went without any more action and when they were halfway through the second one, Joe Sears decided it was his time to shine. He ran, following his big brother Ryan, who had the football and was already approached by Fred and Alicia, who fiercely tried to kick the ball.
"Looks like Joe Sears has finally woken up from that nap he's been taking since third grade! He's know chasing Spinnet, she´s got the football and attempts to pass it to Bell, but Joe is running faster and he's, he's he's stolen the football from her! This game is possibly the best one ever, so many surprises! Also a surprise is that Ryder hasn't been injured by any Gryffindor in these first twenty minutes of the second half!"
Joe went ahead, when he was in front of the goal he looked at George, who eyed him, frowning. Joe's hair flew to his face when he hit the football. Unfortunately George had been too busy looking at his hair and imagining if Snape had finally reproduced and the guy in front of him was his offspring, so The Sharks were now winning 2-1.
When they saw how it happened, Katie and Fred exclaimed "No!". George heard them and buried his head in his hands, the gloves scratched his forehead and cheeks, where drops of sweat came down. His face was red too and he mouthed "Sorry" to them.
Fifteen minutes later, now at minute thirty-five after moments of desperation and loss of all hope, Angelina finally had the football and was aiming directly at the goal, her path had not been easy at all for Lyra and Mathilda had tried to block her and Elle almost hit her. She knew this could be a great shot and wasn't gonna waste it, she had to make them be equal, and in her mind was already the the number 2 the Gryffindor board would change to. Roger didn't imagine it when it came, he didn't think such a small girl could fool him so easily. Angelina licked her lips and after passing between Ryan and Daniel, who had tried to stop her, she kicked the ball with the ferocity she would have liked to hit Daniel with.
She jumped up and down while laughing when Roger watched how the football entered the goal between his legs. The board changed as she had predicted and the game kept going. Now Wendy had the football and passed it to Troy, he kicked it but watched how Ryan ran with the ball as he had missed and Oliver was left with nothing. Daniel looked at Oliver running and glared, it was all his fault, Daniel ran but he wasn't chasing the ball, or Fred who had it now, Daniel was running toward Oliver and about to punch him when he felt Lyra's fragile hand on his chest.
"Don't, leave them alone. You'll only hurt yourself when they kick you out."
"He has to pay, Lyra, and you're not stopping me," he menaced, and when he grabbed her hand to push her away, her lips attacked his and left him dumbfounded. He tried to back away but she held his shirt, kissing him so hard.
"Oh dear! Now Ryder's doing it again, but wait it's West who got him! And he's kissing her back, I guess Kaliver didn't hurt him so bad!"
Yes, Daniel was now kissing her back, responding like Lyra had dreamt before, but it was all a trick, for when she let go of his shirt, he pushed her to the grass violently. Lyra cried in pain.
"Don't you ever do that again!" Daniel yelled in her face.
On the other side of the pitch, they didn't see Harry running. Troy had passed him the ball and when he saw that the game was about to end, his hope decreased. He would never give up though, not even if the game had only one minute left.
"Potter is running, running so fast and so furious, it almost seems like he's trying to...But he's got less than one minute, what's he thinking? I guess he's not, because...wait but that's, that's a score! A goal, people and ten seconds before the end of the game, may the Gryffindors bless Potter all they want, for he just scored one of the best goals I've ever seen, and against all odds!" Gene yelled excitedly. "Now everyone's celebrating, Wood's got Potter on his shoulders, it's crazy down there!"
"I can't believe this!" Katie yelled, hugging Harry once he was down.
"3-2! We beat the Sharks!" Angelina exclaimed, climbing on Fred in joy.
A crowd of both Hogwarts and Trickster students ran to them, all screaming: "Gryffindor, Gryffindor!"
Oliver recognized Cedric Diggory and remembered what Katie had told him about the great advice Cedric had given her, he pushed the people around him and went to Cedric, who congratulated him smiling sincerely. They hugged and Oliver finally forgot any rivalry. When they pulled away, Oliver excused himself and pulled Katie's hand, bringing her closer to him.
"Hello there, Bell," he said, smiling.
"Congratulations, Captain Wood," she whispered, and leaned in to kiss him.
And that kiss, in the middle of all the screaming and excited crowd, tasted like victory for both of them.