Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable Characters They and the world of Harry Potter belong to J. K. Rowling. Any Original characters were created by me and anyone who wants to can use them. Not making any money off of this please don't sue.
Note This is yet another part of my Disillusionment verse. It is set post Deathly Hallows. While Romilda Vane is in Sixth year.
For those who don't know Blind Items are when Gossip mags claim a story is too sensational to print real names and just allude to the identity. I assume the Wizard world also has Gossip mags as without them Rita would be out of job.
Rumors
Romilda Vane finished decorating her section of the dorm room with posters of Oliver Wood. Her cousins had insisted she accompany them to a Puddlemire United game and she had decided that Oliver Wood was the perfect future father of her children. She had planned things out perfectly once she was done with school she would become a reporter and offer to write his biography then he'd fall for her and they'd live happily ever after. She had decided all this and finally given up on Harry Potter who while he was back for his final year only seemed to have eyes for Ginny Weasley. Though what he saw in her she didn't know.
Happily leaving the dorm room, she heard some of the other girls talking just beyond the stairs. "Did you see what Romilda was putting up in her room?" she stopped out of sight to listen after all knowing what others thought about you was important to maintaining a good social image. After the other girls asked what the speaker spoke again. "She's putting up posters of Oliver Wood the keeper for Puddlemire united all around her bed."
"So she's finally given up on Potter and set her sights on another celebrity." Someone else said. Romilda was furious they were acting as if she was a celebrity chaser which was silly she just had good taste. "She certainly does fall for guys she'll never ever get." The person said again adding. "I mean if the rumors are true she could throw herself at him naked and he'd turn her down."
"What rumors?" Another girl asked and Romilda agreed she had to hear them because she hadn't had time to get all the gossip on her future husband yet. She waited as several others asked to here them.
"My cousin plays for the Montrose Magpies, and he swears it's well known that Wood is a poof." She was scandalized Oliver Wood was a quidditch player and quidditch players were too manly to be that way. She heard several other girls voice descent. "Oh really how come he's never dated anyone, you can't tell me a good-looking bloke like that doesn't have women throwing themselves at him." Romilda had to admit that was a good point but no she insisted he just hadn't met the right girl yet.
"You know I did see a blind item in the last Witch Weekly that said a famous quidditch star was scene kissing his boyfriend after a game the previous week." She said in a whisper. "Puddlemire United did have a game that week." Romilda was horrified Witch Weekly's blind items were always true and she was usually so good at guessing them. Romilda couldn't take it any more. So she loudly stomped around the corner asking the girls what they were discussing. She thought how lousy they were at coming up with lies they should have been mostly honest just changed the quidditch player it's what she would have done.
The End.