We'd had it with Slytherins and we'd all lined up in rows with our brooms beside us. I had been talking with Hermione when Madame Hooch came over. Hermione hadn't seemed very excited to learn how to fly a broom, I on the other hand had already ridden a broom many times before so I wasn't worried. When Madame Hooch told us to put our hand over our broom and say "up" I was one of the few people to get it on their first try. She went on to say that our brooms should have come up then and those whose didn't should pick them up. From there we mounted our brooms and waited for her signal. She told us that when she blew her whistle we were to push off from the ground, hover for a moment, then touch back down.