Missing Out

[Marisol Woods]

Ever since the last game of the previous semester, Marisol's condition had really been getting in the way of her availability to play. It wasn't so much the week of the full moon nights that were tough for her but the recovery process afterward that rendered her weaker than ever and bedridden in the Hospital Wing. It was extremely frustrating being confined and because of this she had not been able to reclaim a spot on the Gryffindor Quidditch team this year. She didn't want to constantly flake out on her team but now that she had gotten a taste of what playing Quidditch was like, not playing at all was even worse. Days without practice or flying were useless and boring and she wished more than ever that she could play again. So one day when she had nothing to do, Marisol decided to take a trip to the Quidditch pitch to do a little flying and hopefully get some color in her cheeks again. Even if she couldn't play anymore, perhaps just flying around and practicing would be fulfilling enough. Grabbing a school broomstick from the shed, because she still didn't have her own, the latina went out onto the Quidditch pitch and mounted the broom, kicking off hard from the ground and flying high above the goal posts, smiling a little at the euphoric feeling.​

 

[Alina Ardeleanu]

Three years at Hogwarts and Alina had seen many of her friends join (or fail joining) their house teams. Alina herself hadn't been able to build up the confidence to tryout and had resolved to just practice in her free time with Skylar whenever she could. Maybe next year she'd tryout. Maybe. She loved flying and the rush of finding the snitch and even the very near misses from bludgers narrowly whistling past her head. Skylar was a good shot.

Looking past the stands she smiled as she saw one over girl already flying and kicking off from the great lawn she flew the entire way towards the pitch looping around the hoopsame and towards the other girl. She vaguely recognised her, the color of her robes giving away the house they shared but other than that Alina was sure she didn't know the girl but she approached her with a smile. "Hey!"

 

[Marisol Woods]

Marisol had only just finished doing a few warmup laps around the pitch to get used to gradually flying faster with each lap, when she saw someone else approaching through the sky as well. She slowed down after the last lap, gradually coming to a stop when the girl was close enough. Marisol had seen her around the common room so she knew she must've been in the same house, but she wasn't sure who she was exactly. "Hi," she replied with a smile, still riding on the excitement of being in the air. "I'm sorry did you need the Pitch to practice?" she asked, just to make sure. Since she didn't go to try outs this year she wasn't sure who was or wasn't on the Gryffindor team.
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