Chapter 2

Alexa walked up to the dormitories. She couldn't seem to keep Professor Wood out of her head. 'Oliver' she corrected herself. She just sighed and opened the door revealing all of the girls looking at her with anticipation.

"So, where were you?" asked Kristie.

"I decided to go for a walk. The lake is very beautiful."

"Are you sure it wasn't that gorgeous Professor Wood?"

"What?"

"O come on Lex, we know saw Professor Wood go running after you when you left. He obviously went after you. So, what did you guys do?"

"Nothing, Kris, we just talked. We didn't talk a lot because it was late."

"Uh huh."

"Look. There is nothing going on between Oliver and I okay?"

"Oliver huh?"

"He told me to call him that. He doesn't like Professor. It makes him seem old."

"He let you call him that?"

"I'm sure he's asked others to call him that also. Can we please just drop this please, I'm tired and we have classes tomorrow."

"But,"

"Goodnight, Kris."

Kristie sighed. "Night Lex." Alexa lied down on her bed and fell fast asleep, mindless of her clothes.


Alexa woke the next day to an empty room. "O no." she said. She jumped out of bed and realized that breakfast was already started. She got dressed in her robes and tamed down her hair. 'A shower can wait.' She thought to herself. She grabbed her books and ran down to the hall.

On her there, her robe got caught on the ground and she started falling to the floor. Her books flew from her hand and landed on the floor. She was about to join them when she felt arms around her.

"Wow." Said the voice. The arms turned her over and she was staring into the deepest brown eyes ever. She realized then that she was in the arms of none other than Oliver Wood.

"Sorry." She mumbled.

"S'okay. Better watch where your going." It seemed as if he held her for some other reason, but she didn't let it bother her. He pulled her back up and bent down to get her books.

"Come on, you'll be late for breakfast."

"I already am. No one decided to get me up this morning. I look a mess. I didn't even get to take a shower, I feel gross and I probably look it." She rambled. She was about to continue when Oliver spoke.

"Well, I think you look beautiful this morning." She stopped and just stared at him.

"Huh?"

"Nothing, forget what I said." She was about to speak up again when he interrupted her. "Ah, here we are, have a good day." He handed her the books and marched off to the head table. Alexa was left to stare after him. 'What just happened?' She shook her head and walked over to the table.

"Alexa! Where have you been, breakfast is almost over." Said Kristie.

"Well, if someone would have woken me up this morning I wouldn't be late, and I wouldn't have to be saved by Oliver Wood, and he wouldn't have had to talk to me and make me embarrassed and,"

"Wow, wow, what? You ran into Oliver? What happened?" asked Kristie.

'Crap' she thought. She hated the fact that when she was angry or embarrassed, she would just ramble.

"Nothing happened. I tripped and he caught me. That's it."

"Oo, he caught you. Were you in that old fashioned pose were you were leaned over and he was leaning over you getting ready to kiss you?"

Alexa hated when she was right. "No, that's not what happened."

"Right. Okay. That's not what your cheeks are telling me."

"Alexa was the kind of person that you could easily read. You could tell when she was blushing, lying, anything. It irritated her to no end, and she could never keep anything secret. She grabbed a piece of toast and got up to go to her first class.