Getting back on the broom (Josh)

After looking over the rules of Quidditch thoroughly and sending off for a key piece of equipment Louise felt as ready as ever to go back to her favourite game. She'd adjusted her quidditch robes so there was no left sleeve and made sure her harness was on properly before running down tot he pitch. It was pretty early so she didn't expect to see anyone else up, Professor was currently sitting on her shoulder and holding on tightly, mildly annoyed by all this movement. 

A shiver ran up her spine but not the usual excited one. Without thinking she grinned and stepped onto the pitch, immediately clocking Josh a little further down pulling on his gear. "Morning Josh." The young Slytherin called, letting Professor hop down and sit on the grass to watch.

After walking the short distance to meet up with Josh Louise just grinned wider at his comment and pointed tot he harness she was wearing, then mounted her own broom and clipped it into place onto a strap around the handle. "No need, I'll use this for practice, I've seen enough hospitals to last a lifetime." She hovered upwards, getting her sense of balance right before trying a small loop around the head boy. "Feels like I should be alright, though I'd like to try some manoeuvring before I try catching the snitch.." As she spoke it looked like she was getting an idea, if her grin was anything to go by.

Without much warning she shot forward giving herself enough room to tap Josh on the shoulder then soar upwards and around, shouting back. "Tag you're it!" She hoped her idea worked, what better way to practice than being chased around the pitch? She must be out of her mind, but it was too amusing to pass up, she needed some fun dammit, and bugger anything that thinks it could stop her. She giggled at that thought and checked over her shoulder briefly to see if he was following. "Catch me if you can!"

"Whoa!" She hadn't' expected him to pick it up that quick, she turned and weaved,t hough not managing very tight turns, looping around the posts at one end of the pitch only to get side swept. "EP!" She squeaked, almost losing balance but with being clipped on and held onto she wasn't going anywhere. She giggled again giddily and righted herself, treating Josh to another full blown grin. "Your turn to run then, and I'll catch you." She dipped down so he had room to go whichever way he chose, keeping her eyes on him constantly.

Louise waited a few seconds then gave chase, flattening herself against her broom. She had to focus a little more now, and followed him, spiralling but taking wider turns, but they were getting tighter with every try. The sudden direction change did throw her a little but she recovered, but twisted herself around, rolling the broom too to catch up with the turn.
It didn't look like she minded fast flying, she kept to a few feet away, till she grew confident with fancy flying again.

She'd been enjoying herself too much to catch up and call tag again, smiling brightly for a good few minutes. She got gutsy though and pushed her firebolt as fast as it could handle, still laying flat on the handle she reached out to tap Josh's shoulder again, her legs doing most of the holding on now, the second she'd made contact she grabbed the handle again and dived, pulling up to loop around so she wouldn't hit the floor. Not even the freezing and moist air was dampening her spirits.

Seeing she wasn't going to be chased anymore Louise did a few loops and spirals of her own, then looked up when he asked her how she planned on catching the snitch.

"If I can't fly then there's no point worrying if I can catch the snitch or not. I can catch with one hand just fine, as for quick moves and dodging, that will need work. You can let me try and chase the snitch now if you want, but nothing more difficult than that just yet. Say after I catch it twice start adding stuff for me to avoid or try and beat me at catching it."

She answered back, planning her own strategy for practice in her head as she went, though maybe it was just being on a broom again that was making her feel unstoppable but she wasn't about to dwell on it too much and just enjoy the practice.

Louise nodded and then gave the snitch a ten second head start, noticing but not commenting on Josh's look. She sped off upwards and around the pitch, following the tiny golden ball. The first catch took just a little over five minutes while Louise got used to flying one handed and hesitating to reach out to grab it. She'd snatched it out of the air and cursed under her breath when she rolled, and luckily managed to lock her legs around her broom, that and her harness was keeping her on. Once righted she let the snitch go again and waited to chase it again.
The second run went a lot better, after Lou worked out to tighten her hold with her legs before reaching forward to make the catch. Quite pleased with herself she looped twice before coming back to Josh's level and presenting the snitch to him, a wide grin plastered on her face. "Time to up the ante."

That was all the warning Louise needed as she let go of the snitch and tempted fate by staying put for as long as possible and then darting to the side at the last second. This was going to get real interesting real fast. Her smile was still in place but set to a determination to prove she could still fly with the best of them, given the circumstances. The bludgers were forcing her to think on her feet, attempting harder and harder turns, all the while keeping one eye on the snitch. Of course it took a bit longer to actually catch it while avoiding the bludgers but it was all part of the fun. In a daring move she spiralled down after the snitch and barely grazed along the grass of the pitch while upside down, holding the snitch out in her hand and using every last ounce of strength into keeping herself parallel to her broom, then righting herself by twisting her hips around. "Got it!" She called up to Josh, looking for him around the pitch.