FLUSTERED
◜ The Bumblebee on the Field◝

"Breath Joy, breath. You've got this!"

To say Joy was nervous would be an understatement. She felt like she could faint at any given moment. She whispered reassuring words to herself as she walked towards the field with some of her teammates.

       She mentally cursed herself for being this nervous. After all it wasn't like it was her first time playing Quidditch. And even though she was shy and kind, during a Quidditch match she would be the opposite. She would be very outspoken and competitive.

Her position of being a Beater only helped her become even feistier on the field. She was probably one of the best beaters her Quidditch team had ever seen. Yet this time she felt even more nervous than usual.

       "You better win, I didn't get all dressed up in yellow for nothing."

            The magical voice of Sirius Black spoke from behind her, spooked she turned around to face him. Her face turning red in a millisecond. A beautiful smile adorned Sirius' face.

          "I-I..." Joy stuttered struggling to find the right words to use, Sirius chuckled getting closer to her.

            "My handsomeness is so powerful that I've left you speechless?" He asked teasingly.

          A sudden rush of confidence rushed through Joy. "We will win!" Too much confidence, she cringed when her statement came out as a shout instead.

        "That's the spirit!" Sirius laughed looking at Joy amused. If Joy's face was red before, she was sure she was burning hot now.  

"Joy Colleen Eiffel!" A scary screech called her name, the brunette panicked.

          "I better go, don't want Natalie to kill me." She told him, he just stared at her smirking. "I mean it wouldn't really matter... I-I mean I'm not saying it wouldn't, because it definitely would matter. After all I am their best beater! I mean I'm not trying to toot my own horn, it's just what people say. Wait! I don't actually listen to what people sa–"

                 "Bumblebee, everything's fine just take a deep breath. I will go find a seat and cheer for you, okay?"

       "Y-Yeah." Joy nodded slowly catching her breath. Sirius sent her one final smile before walking around her on his way to the stands.

"I'm so stupid."

       "Only I can insult you." Ana told Joy as she and Charlotte made their way over to Joy. When they reached her Ana set her hands on Joy's shoulders making the brunette stare at her. "Besides the only aspect in which you're stupid is being stupidly gorgeous."

       "And that's your 50th compliment of the day." Charlotte informed Ana, writing it down on a cardboard that had a piece of paper with many numbers scribbled on it.

       "Why are you writing down the amount of compliments you've given today?" Joy asked purely out of curiosity, she wasn't going to judge the things her friends did and they were many.

       "I'm trying to be a good example for Hufflepuff, I'm going to try and be n–ni–n–" Ana struggled to say the word.

          "Nice?" Joy questioned, Ana smiled and pointed at her.

"Yeah, that!"

The match was 90-60, Hufflepuff was winning, yet neither team had caught the golden snitch. Joy flew across the field following a Bludger who was destined to hit Natalie, who had the ball in her hands. When a yell from the stands caught her attention.

             "You got this Bumblebee!" A shout that overpowered the rest of the screaming, erupted from the Hufflepuff stands.

Picking up her pace she swiftly arrived over Natalie and sent the ball flying over to one of the Slytherin's trying to get the back from Natalie. It hit him right in the chest sending him tumbling down, it was only when he was falling when she noticed it was the captain. She heard Natalie score from behind her.

       The Slytherin captain sent a sign from the ground, that he was agreeing to finish the match. The Hufflepuff team looked at Natalie for further instructions, and she agreed with the Slytherin captain. The match had finished and Hufflepuff had won. The Hufflepuff supporters cheered.

           Joy looked around over to the stands and she saw Sirius and her friends. She managed to see the wink he threw at her, while he yelled different cheers along with the rest of the Hufflepuff supporters. She smiled and flew to the ground where she was received with open arms by her teammates. She hugged them and they all engaged in a team hug as some of the house members came down to celebrate with them.

"Holy motherf– Who stepped on my toe?"

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Joy is a softie who needs to be protected at all costs. Anyway Sirius is all happy now and nice or whatever, but he'll get into a more brooding state soon.