Title: Comfort and a Kiss

Author: Vera-Sabe

Pairing: Hermione/Oliver

Genre: Romance/Friendship

Rating: PG-13


Disclaimer: I do not own anything except for this wonderful plot. The characters and canon situations in the following story belong solely to J.K. Rowling. I am not making any money for the publishing or writing of this story. No copyright infringement is intended.


Warning & A/N: This is my first Oliver/Hermione story and all I have to say is that I did my best to keep them in character. The dialogue for this chapter is from own imagination and creation except for any dialogue I use from the movie, and there will be dialogue from the movie in this section.

Keep in mind that flames will be laughed at and will only serve to increase my amusement. Although, I do accept constructive criticism because I know it will help me out in the long run.

A couple of things, too:

1. This story is AU, but it is compatible with the Chamber of Secrets.

2. There will be extensive dialogue from the Chamber of Secrets movie and book in this chapter and in the following chapters to come. Hence, the said dialogue is not my own. It belongs solely to J.K. Rowling, Chris Columbus, Warner Brother's studios, and the screenwriters and producers of the book and movie.

3. I know that J.K. Rowling made it so that there is only one male and female prefect in Hogwarts from each house starting in the students' fifth year. Hence, I know that only Percy Weasley was a male Gryffindor prefect in his fifth and sixth years, and in his seventh year, he was Head Boy.

However, I have altered this detail and canon information to make the story more interesting. I have made it so that there are two male and female prefects in Hogwarts from each house starting the students' fifth year. Thus, that is one reason why I made Oliver a prefect, too, along with Percy.

4. I know that Hermione is in her second year at Hogwarts and Oliver is in his sixth year. Thus, Hermione is between 12 - 13 years old while Oliver is around 16 years old.

With this being said, let me make this quite clear and plain:

Nothing more than a slight, brief kiss will happen between the two of them in this fic. I know the stipulations, consequences, rules, and regulations of a 12 - 13 year old and 16 year old liking one another.

So, as this fic is AU, it explores the beginning stages of their friendship and slight relationship, which is forbidden. Hence, it is quite obvious that I'm exploring their said forbidden relationship.


Summary: The story starts off during the scene where Draco insults Hermione. Oliver sees the incident, of course, so he decides to comfort her. Will it lead to something more despite their age difference?


Chapter 1: The Insult

Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, led his fellow teammates through the hallways of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His fellow teammates included Fred and George Weasley, Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, and last, but surely not the least, the famous Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter.

They had practice today and Oliver made sure that they wasted no time in getting to the Quidditch pitch so they could start practicing as soon as they got there. When it came to Quidditch, he didn't joke around.

As captain, he wanted his fellow teammates to be the best and hard players he knew they could be. (This included himself as well). He knew they all had great potential at being the best seekers, beaters, chasers, and keepers that Hogwarts had never before seen. He may have been tough and hard at times, but he knew what they were all capable of, especially Harry.

He knew without a doubt Harry was one of the best players he had on the Gryffindor team. Heck, Harry caught the snitch last year (Harry's 1st year), which allowed Gryffindor to beat Slytherin and not to mention Harry was a great flyer as well. Oliver was very proud of Harry so far and he had no doubt Harry would be captain in the near future.

As they walked down the hallways, Oliver said in his thick, smooth Scottish accent, "I spent the summer devising a whole new Quidditch program. We're going to train earlier, harder and longer."

Harry walked beside him on his left side, hanging onto every word he was saying.

As they walked down the hallway to walk through the courtyard to get to the Quidditch pitch, Oliver saw the Slytherin Quiddtich team (whose captain was Flint) also approaching the courtyard. The Slytherin team came from the opposite side of the school.

He was very upset and his voice resembled his distraught when he spoke.

"What? I don't believe it!" He walked out of the hallway and outside onto the courtyard while Flint approached him.

As the two rival teams made their way closer to each other, he exclaimed, "Where do you think you're going, Flint?"

"Quidditch practice," Flint replied in a laid-back voice.

"I booked the pitch for Gryffindor today," he stated matter-of-factly while he tried to control his irritation, annoyance, and anger. However, his face revealed what he felt and what he so smoothly controlled.

Marcus caught the anger in Oliver's voice and saw it being resembled on his face so he said, "Easy, Wood. I've got a note." He took out a scroll from his pocket and gave it to him.

Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger sat next to each other on a bench, that was a little ways from the Slytherin team and to the side of the courtyard. They were Harry Potter's best friends and were in the house of Gryffindor also. This was their second year at Hogwarts. They both saw and heard the exchange of replies that went on between the two captains.

Ron said to Hermione, "Uh-oh, I smell trouble."

They both stood up and walked towards the two teams. They assembled themselves next to the Slytherin team, who stood in front of the Gryffindor team.

Oliver took the scroll from Flint with a look of irritation on his face, opening and reading it out loud, "I, Professor Severus Snape, do hereby give the Slytherin team permission to practice today, owing to the need to train their new seeker."

He didn't believe the Slytherin team had a new seeker so in an amused and curious voice he asked, "You've got a new seeker? Who?"

Replying to his question, Marcus and the members of the Slytherin team parted and Draco Malfoy made himself known for the first time.

Oliver stared with amusement in his eyes, a smirk forming on his smooth lips. The rest of the Gryffindor members looked at Malfoy with the same amount of amusement as Oliver did, save for only Harry. Harry just couldn't believe Malfoy was the new seeker. When Harry spoke, his voice had the same amount of disbelief as was shown on his face.

"Malfoy?" Harry spoke in utter surprise.

Malfoy smirked with a proud look, saying, "That's right. And that's not all that's new this year."

He moved his broomstick from his right hand to his left, showing everyone exactly what kind of broom he and the rest of his team had. Oliver, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and everyone else looked at the brooms with utter surprise and shock.

Ron, being struck dumbfounded, said to Malfoy, "Those are Nimbus 2001s. How did you get those?"

With utter satisfaction and a small smirk on his face, Flint turned to Ron, replying, "A gift from Draco's father."

"You see, Weasley; unlike some, my father can afford the best," Draco bragged with snobbish pride.

Hermione, who was quiet and was just observing the replies back and forth between the two rival houses for all this time, finally spoke up, commenting heatedly to Malfoy, "At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in. They got in on pure talent."

Malfoy turned, walked up to Hermione and in a cruel voice commented in return, "No one asked your opinion. You filthy, little Mudblood."

Practically almost everyone in Gryffindor gasped at the words that came out of blonde-haired Slytherin's mouth. Oliver was in shock, just shaking his head. Something else also stirred up inside of him; something like anger. He clenched and un-clenched his hands. However, he did a very good job at not showing his anger outwardly. He also had a hard time keeping still. All he wanted to do was go over to pure-bloot git and punch him in his face.

How dare he say that to... Hermione? Is that her name? Oh, how I would like to give him a bloody nose. The spoiled, little brat deserves it, Oliver thought menacingly while looking at the younger boy.

Hermione looked back at Draco with silent defiance. She didn't say anything back to him. Nor did she let the tears that threatened to escape from her eyes fall down on her cheeks. She just glared at him with a stern look on her face.

Ron, who stood next to Hermione, was practically furious at the Slytherin snob. Compared to the way Oliver looked at Draco, Ron looked ten times madder at Draco than Oliver. Before Oliver could take one step towards Draco, Ron already beat him to it.

Ron took out his broken wand, pointing it at Draco and saying in an angry voice, "You'll pay for that one, Malfoy. Eat slugs!"

Unfortunately, for Ron, the spell did not go according to plan. A bright white and green, shinning light burst out of Ron's wand and it sent him flying backwards. He landed with a hard thud on his back while skidding to a stop about three yards away from the whole group of teens. Unfortunately, instead of Malfoy being the one who had to eat slugs, Ron himself had to eat them.

Everyone from Gryffindor, which included Harry, Hermione, and Oliver, rushed to Ron's aid. Draco and the rest of the Slytherin team just laughed at the red-haired boy's predicament.

By now, Ron had turned over, from lying on his back, to face the grassy green ground that was underneath him. The bushy haired Gryffindor crouched down on her best friend's right side while Harry crouched down on his left. Oliver stood behind Harry while Fred and George stood next to him. The rest of the Gryffindor team stood next to the Weasley twins. They all looked at Ron with obvious concern written on their faces and in their eyes.

To him, Hermione exclaimed, "You okay, Ron?"

He didn't answer right away because he felt this sudden urge in the pit of his stomach to throw up. Harry didn't know what to say so he didn't say anything. However, he was deeply concerned for his best friend. Oliver and the rest of the Gryffindors waited patiently to see what was going to happen next.

When he didn't say anything, she commanded in an urgent tone, "Say something."

Replying to both of Hermione's question and statement, the youngest Weasley boy spit out a slimy, disgusting slug from his mouth.

Most of the Gryffindor members replied, saying, "Ew. Yuck."

Colin Creevey, who was in Gryffindor as well, made his way to where Ron was. This was his first year at Hogwarts and he was obsessed with Harry. He was also excited because the famous Boy-Who-Lived was attending the same school as him. He moved to stand in-between Oliver and the Weasley twins. Colin had his camera in his hands and he took a snap-shot of the slimy slug.

Colin was excited about this whole ordeal, exclaiming, "Wow! Can you turn him around, Harry?"

Harry and Hermione helped Ron to stand up. Harry took Ron's left arm and Hermione took his right. Harry heard Colin's question and started to feel annoyance and anger building up inside of him. Harry was very concerned for Ron. All he wanted to do was to help Ron in any way he could and all Colin could think about was to take more pictures of his best friend.

Harry replied in an annoyed and upset tone, "No, Colin. Get out of the way."

He and Hermione helped Ron, pushing lightly past Colin. Ron felt another attack coming on, so he threw up another icky slug. All the Gryffindors took a step backwards to avoid being too close to it, and all they could do was watch with concern.

To Hermione, he said, "Let's take him to Hagrid's. He'll know what to do."

The Muggle-born witch could only nod her head in agreement to his statement. She was speechless and didn't know what to say so she kept quiet. With that gesture being made, they rushed their best friend out of the courtyard towards Hagrid's hut. They left behind the concerned faces of the Gryffindor team and the laughter of the Slytherin team.


A/N: Well, that's all for now. I'm working on the next chapter so don't you guys think this is the end, lol. Just read and review please. If you have any comments, concerns, suggestions, and questions, they're definitely and highly appreciated. I love you all. Until next time; later, everyone.