Scrambled (open)

[Nick Lotti]

Nick had lost his keeper's gloves. He hadn't a clue where they were. usually, they were in his trunk, put careully on top of his quidditch robes. But now they weren't, and he was going to go to the pitch with Ashley today to work on some new moves so come next season, they'd be unbeatable.

"Maybe they're in the common room..." Nick mumbled to himself. He left his room and went down staris, fussing by looking between couches and cushions. "Where they bloody hell are they?"

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna looked up from her book, sighing. It figures, the one time she actually sat down to study, someone came down to make noise. She couldn't study unless it was quiet, and she had a test coming up in care of magical creatures class. She didn't hate the class, but it also wasn't her favourite, either.

She noticed it was Nick, and put her book aside and stood up.
"Hey Nick. What's wrong?" She asked, walking over towards him.

[Nick Lotti]

"Hey," Nick said. He gave Roxanna a quick smile before going back to his search. "I'm looking for my keeper gloves...I haven't the slightest idea where they are..." he looked up again and looked over to where she was sitting, seeing a text book on the table. "Oh were you studying?" Nick asked, his face apologetic. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you..."

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna laughed, glancing at the textbook.
"Don't worry about it. Studying isn't my favourite thing to do anyway." She said, and left her textbook behind as she walked out to where Nick was.
I can help you look, if you want."

[Nick Lotti]

"Mine either," Nick admitted, he hardly studied unless he deemed it necessary, but he was still aboe to get by with pretty decent grades.

"Could you?" Nick said. "Thanks, they're brown, and there's a tear in the left one. I have no clue where i left them..."

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna looked around her, not moving.
"Well, they could be anywhere, then!" She joked, and started to look through her immediate area. When they didn't show up, she left the circle of couches and went to the area of the room opposite of Nick. She didn't think that looking in the same place would do any good.
"You looked at the pitch?" She asked.

[Nick Lotti]

Nick's face lit up like a light switch had been turned on. "The pitch!" Nick said. He wasn't entirely sure, but it was worth a shot. He grabbed Roxanna's hand and pulled her along, out of the common room and toward the quidditch pitch, excitedly hoping his gloves would be there.

Half-way to the pitch he realized that he was dragging Roxanna along and blushed before dropping her hand. "Sorry," Nick apologized. "Heat of excitement, I sorta dragged you along there." he smiled sheepishly.

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna smiled back at him while shaking her head.
"No, it's alright. I didn't mind." She said, blushing a bit. She looked around her at the pitch, surprized it was so big. She had only seen it from the stands when she went to games, but she was rarely ever on the actual pitch.

"So, what's it like to play here? I've always wanted to, but...I'm too shy to go out for the team." She said, looking back to Nick.

[Nick Lotti]

"Playing here?" Nick asked curriously. He had just made the team last year. He was a good keeper, but he's played all the positions before. How could Nick describe the feeling of simply flying, let alone the adrenaline rush of a game? "It's like....that feeling at Christmas when your six years old and you KNOW it's too early to wake your sister and your parents, but you also KNOW there's presents down stairs and your so excited you can harly sit still..." Nick laughed and scratched the back of his head. "Yea, it's like that."

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna smiled and looked back at the field.
"Maybe I should try out for the team next year," She said, and looked back to Nick, deciding to use this time to try to get a date with him that wouldn't be so obvious.
"I'm not sure how good I'll be. Maybe I could come and practice with you some time, just me and you?" She asked, looking at her feet.

[Nick Lotti]

Nick still had his head in the clouds, but he pulled back to earth when Roxanna talked about trying out.

"You should!" Nick said excitedly. "Right now I think its just me and the twins, Josh and Lance, who'll be returning next year, since Heather is leaving this year..." He turned back to Roxanna and smiled at her.

"No time like the present?" He asked. They were close to the shed where the spare brooms were kept. Once Quidditch was on the brain, Nick knew he'd get overly excited and happy. He headed toward the shed and turned around to look at Roxanna, who was still standing there. Nick ran back to her and took her hand again. "Come on, it'll be fun," He said, a childish light on his face. He pulled her along to the shed and unlocked the door.

Nick then noticed that he, again, dragged Roxanna along probably against her will. "Sorry," He said, but not dropping her hand. "I do that a lot," he added with a chuckle.

[Roxanna Harris]

((I totally forgot about this one! Sorry!))

Roxanna stood smiling at Nick at the fact he had not let her hand go. She really like him, and she wondered if that showed any now, with her standing there staring at him, a stupid grin on her face.

"Well, I'm a little n-nervous with flying. I suppose I should w-work on that before next year," She said, adding a laugh at the end. She was studdering a bit, what with being nervous with Nick still holding her hand.

[Nick Lotti]

((no prob))

Nick assumed her stuttering was due to the fact it was kinda chilly outside. He was obvilious a lot of the time, and usually, his sister would have to help him out if he was confused about some social matter.

He knew he had a crush on Roxanna, but he hadn't the faintst idea how to act on it. The whole grabbing-her-hand thing and draging-her-across-school this truely was an accident, his little sister Sarah did it to himm all the time when he was home, and it wasn't until he was in the broom shed did he realize that he was even holding her hand, therefore, prolonging it and not letting go.

"No worries," Nick said, smiling at her. "You're in safe hands with me." He reached up and grabbed his own broom (all the quidditch player kept them in here) and a classic Nimbus that was in good condition. "Here," Nick said. "Take my broom." He had gotten it last year, a Cleansweep, and he knew it would be kind to a nervous Roxanna.

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna smiled as she took the broom.
"Thanks. I just hope I can ride it okay. It's been a while." She replied, and looked out to the Quidditch pitch once again, and thought again how it would feel to actually be playing a game and not just being taught. She knew that part of that reason was because Nick would be there at every game and practice, and spending more time with him made her happy.

"Promise to catch me if I fall?" She asked, trying her best to flirt without getting too red and running away. It happened to her before she started at Hogwarts, a muggle boy liked her and Roxanna got so nervous she had to run into her house and didn't leave for a few days.

[Nick Lotti]

"It's a good broom, doesn't buck or anything," Nick smiled. "I think you should be alright, let me know if you aren't though." Nick went about checking the Nuimbus, making sure it was flyable and all that other stuff broom fanatics check for. While doing so, he thought about what it would be like if Roxanna joined the team. They'd get to hang out more often, for sure. Nick smiled at the thought.

He turned back to her when she spoke up and he smiled again. Nick got very close and, holding his broom in one hand, put the other on her back. "I promise," Nick said. He paused for a moment, just looking at her. It was almost too quiet.

And moments later, he stepped back and mounted his broom. "Okay, climb on, I wanna see what you can do!" he pushed off and hoovered just a few feet off the ground, looking at her and smiling.

Two could definatly play at this flirting gam Nick thought slyly.

[Roxanna Harris]

Roxanna felt herself blush more than she ever had around Nick when he left his hand on her back and she kept her gaze on him, not turning away like she thought she would have done. She was definetly getting better at this, and that was something she was happy for.

She pushed off of the ground after Nick and hovered for a few seconds, taking in her surroundings before starting to fly around Nick a few times. She didn't want to go too far or too fast, because with her luck, she'd fall off because she was trying to impress him.

"I think I'll need a little more practice before the tryouts!" She said with a laugh.

[Nick Lotti]

Nick laughed full heartedly in amusement as Roxanna circled him cautiously. "Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it fast." He said confidently. "then you'll be an expert flyer like me," Nick boasted. To prove his amazingness, Nick soared up in the air, gripping the broom and then followed with several loop-de-loops untill he was flying over Roxanna, hoovering upside-down so he was fact to face with her.

In the air, on a broom, Nick was filled with confidence. He was free as a bird in the sky and nothing scared him, nothing held him back. He smiled at Roxanna. "Ta-Da!" he cheered.