A/N: I don't own Harry Potter. But I do own some of the characters. This takes place during the third book. So some details should be the same. I hope you all enjoy, please review.
Chapter 2: Oliver and Cynthia
Later that night Cynthia was sitting in the common room studying her Astronomy homework. Making sure her planet rotation was correct. When Oliver came through the Fat Lady Portrait, he saw her studying and decided to sneak up on her. He got her so good, and made her jump out of her skin.
"Oliver Wood! I cannot believe you!" Cynthia shouted at him.
Oliver couldn't help but smile at her. She turned around and look at him, Oliver was sitting on the bad side of the couch.
"What did I give you a fright?" Oliver asks her.
She had let out a long sigh, and rolled her eyes. She then sat back down on the couch, looking at her charts again. "You could never give me a fright. I was just not expecting you there. I thought I was alone."
"Well you thought wrong," Oliver said. He then jumps over the couch and next to her. He then grabs some of her chart to look at them. "What are these?"
"They are for my Astronomy class moron. You would know if you kept up with it" Cynthia told him.
"Sorry but I don't like looking up at the stars and believe all of that stuff" Oliver said.
"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. But I love the class and that would be why I love Divination's also," Cynthia smile.
"You pick some boring classes" Oliver sigh looking at Cynthia's chart.
"Well no one ask you to care. Now if you don't mind, I've got to go to bed. And so should you" Cynthia told him.
"Alright! Where do you want to go?" Oliver asks her.
"Excuse me?" Cynthia asks. She was stuffing some of the charts into her textbook. She stops to look at Oliver, who had a smile on his face.
"You mention that you were going to bed, and that I should so. So you want me to go to bed with you. So let's go" Oliver said.
"Oh Oliver, I hope you are kidding, because that is the best joke ever," Cynthia started to laugh at him.
Cynthia couldn't help but laugh all the way up the stairs until she got to her room. Erica and Brittany were sitting on top of the beds waiting for her. She placed her books on her bed and saw that Brittany and Erica were staring at her.
"So where were you? We were going to send a rescue team to find you" Erica said, sitting on Cynthia's bed next to her books.
"I was in the common room, if you bother to look. I was studying until Oliver decided to bother me" Cynthia sighed.
"Oh Oliver decided to bother you? Did he?" Brittany asks. She was standing next to Cynthia by her bed frame.
"Yeah, he did. I can't believe he just sneak up to me, and scared me while I am studying Astronomy." Cynthia said.
"Yeah, he is such an idiot. But then again so are you" Erica smiled.
"What are you smiling about?" Cynthia asks her.
"Definitely the two of you are idiots." Brittany smiled.
"Alright be secretive, I have to brush my teeth and get ready for bed. I'll be right back" Cynthia said.
She had grab her toothbrush and walk out of the room. When she got to the girls bathroom, there was a sign up that said out of order. Cynthia couldn't help but think that the Weasley twins had something to do with it. She didn't know where else to go so she decided to go to the boy's bathroom. She got in and saw that no one else was in there, so she decided to lock the door just to be sure. Then she heard voices coming down the hallway, her heart drop when she heard Oliver's voice. "Crap!" she whispered.
"So who are you going to take to the ball Ollie?" Scott asked. Scott was one of Oliver's roommates.
"Me? I don't think I will be taking anyone. I have to worry about Quidditch" Oliver said.
Scott couldn't help but laugh, "Quidditch? Oliver do you know that every girl in Hogwarts wants to be with you? They even have a little club for you."
Oliver stops walking and stared at his friend, "Are you serious?"
Scott just laughs more, "Wow. All I can say is wow. Seriously Ollie, you need to stop playing/thinking about Quidditch and take a look. There are going to be a lot of broken hearts when you pick the girl for the ball."
"Are there like no girls that make you think they would be more important than Quidditch?" Scott asks him, as they stop at the bathroom door.
Oliver went to open the door and found it to be locked. "The door is lock?" Scott rolled his eyes and opens the door. "Don't make me ask Cynthia," Scott said. Oliver looks at Scott with a weird face. "You would seriously ask Cynthia?"
"Why not? She is hot, just like Brittany and Erica. But Erica and Brittany are both taken by the Weasley twins. I have no idea why. You see her as your friend, but others see her as someone they want to date." Scott said.
Cynthia peeked through the closet door. She saw it was Oliver and Scott standing at the sink. She couldn't believe that they were talking about her.
"Cynthia Annabel is just a friend. She is my closest friend here since we both arrived at Hogwarts. Nothing more, nothing else" Oliver told his friend.
Cynthia look at her feet, she finally realized how Oliver felt for her. She had a feeling, but they had been such close friends she thought that maybe there was a chance, he cared about her. When Oliver and Scott left the bathroom, Cynthia double check that she alone and she ran out back to her room.
"Cyn, where have you been?" Erica asks her.
"The bathroom was out of order. Which we all know must be the work of one of the Weasley twins. So I went to the other bathroom I could think of, which was the boys bathroom" Cynthia explain.
"Nothing happen right? You didn't get caught did you?" Brittany asks her.
"No I didn't get caught, and everything is alright. But it was close Scott and Oliver came into the bathroom. I hid in the closet and waited for them to finish. They talk more than we do. I never thought it could be possible" Cynthia said.
"Alright then, let's go to bed" Erica said, turning off the light to the dorm room.
On Monday morning both Cynthia and Oliver were in Potions together. They were sitting right next to each other. Professor Snape was extremely mad at the Gryffindor house today, since a 7th year destroyed a cauldron. She was trying to make a love potion, which was forbidden at Hogwarts. All of the other Gryffindor's didn't want to lose another 140 points so they sat there quietly and keep to themselves. Cynthia look at her cauldron and it was bubbling green foam and her potion was supposed to be yellow. Cynthia look over at Oliver's cauldron, since it seem like he had the potion right, until a foul smell started to come out of it, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Mr. Wood, it seems like your potion is wrong. I think you should stop before you end up like Miss James. I bet your parents will enjoy that you were making a love potion" Snape said, looking at Miss James.
Cynthia just sigh to herself, she look at Oliver and flash him a quick smile. He couldn't help but smile back at her. She could always cheer him up and that's one of the reason he treasure his friendship with Cynthia.
"Miss Annabel, are you trying to help Mister Wood out in his assignment. I thought I said no talking. Do you want to lose some more points?"
"No sir. You don't have to do that" Cynthia said, her smile vanish and she look at her cauldron.
Then the Slytherin captain of Quidditch was sitting in front of her. He had black hair and when he smiled at her, you could see his yellow troll teeth. His name was Marcus Flint. Cynthia knew that Marcus was staring at her; she kept her eyes on the cauldron. Marcus turned and looks at Oliver, winking at him. Oliver wanted to get up and hit Marcus right in the face. But if he did that Oliver would just lose more points for Gryffindor, and the game coming up would be in vain.
Cynthia basically ran out of the room to get away from Marcus Flint. Oliver had to literally run after her to catch her. He grabbed her elbow and she throws her books at him.
"Ow! Why did you do that?" Oliver asks her.
"I'm sorry…I thought you were Marcus" Cynthia told him.
"Why what is wrong Cyn, you can tell me?" Oliver asks her.
"He is what is wrong. What is wrong with all of us? He must be a monster not a man. He is horrible, and I can't wait to get away from him" Cynthia told him.
Oliver grew angry when he saw Marcus walk up to him and Cynthia. She hid her face so he couldn't see her upset. Cynthia held onto his wrist and shook her head no.
"You better listen to her Ollie. Or else I will be force to hurt you in front of her" Marcus smiled at Oliver, and then smiled Cynthia. Finally Marcus walks away from them.
"Don't worry Cynthia, he is just jealous that we have beaten him silly ever since Harry join our team" Oliver smiled.
Cynthia smiled back at Oliver and nodded her head. "Come on we are going to be late for dinner."
For the past couple of days, Oliver only had one thought on his mind. It was the scouts that were coming to check out the Gryffindor/Hufflepuff game. He was sitting in the History of Magic; he couldn't help but fall asleep in the class. If he wasn't slowly falling asleep he was staring at the back of Cynthia's red hair in the class. He didn't know how Cynthia could keep herself awake as they learn some of the most boring things.
"Ollie! Get up, class is over with," Cynthia said, shaking his shoulder.
Oliver slowly got up to see most of the class had cleared out. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" Oliver didn't like to let the Professor know that he had fallen asleep in the class.
"I tried too, but you wouldn't get up. I'll meet you at lunch today, I can't walk with you" Cynthia told him.
"Why not?" Oliver asks.
"I'll just see you in lunch, okay" Cynthia smiled at him.
Oliver saw her walk up to a bunch of other students and she started to join in their conversation. Cynthia looks at Oliver and wave for him to leave. Oliver walks to lunch and saw that Brittany and Erica were sitting at the table with George and Fred.
"Hey where is Cynthia?" Brittany asks him.
"She was talking to some other kids about homework or something. She said that she would meet us for lunch" Oliver said.
"Well let's hope so, because we were talking about practice tonight, how about we don't hold it?" George asked.
"Don't hold what?" Cynthia asks.
"The same thing that George and Fred always try to get out of" Erica smiled.
"Oh, well…I'm not going to practice tonight," Cynthia said, sitting next to Erica, and placing her textbooks in front of her.
"Why not?" Fred asks.
"Oh because I have Astronomy homework I need to do. And the only time to do it is tonight. So I will be in the Astronomy tower all night long. Sorry guys," Cynthia gave a half smile.
"But it's the last practice before the scouts" Oliver said.
"Yeah I know Ollie, but this is the only time I can do it. I'm sorry that this star is only visible once a year" Cynthia said.
Everyone came walking through the Fat Lady Portrait and saw Cynthia sleeping at one of the tables with all the Astronomy maps all over. Erica and Brittany look at Cynthia and giggle to themselves, and took some of Cynthia's homework away from her.
"Um…we need someone to carry Cynthia to the dorm room" Erica said.
"We'll do it," Fred said, smiling.
"And then have you hurt her, I think not. Oliver will kill you if she can't play on Saturday. Oliver pick her up and carry her up to the room," Brittany said.
Oliver dropped his equipment on the floor and pick up Cynthia. Oliver look at her, she had a smile across her face. He wonders what she was dreaming at that moment. Erica and Brittany show Oliver the way to their room, and Oliver saw how huge their room was.
"This one is her bed" Brittany pointed to. Oliver could tell because of all the pictures around her bed. He smile as he put her on the bed, she was so peaceful looking. "Thanks Ollie. Well we will see you tomorrow."
Oliver was sitting on his bed; he kept remembering one picture that was the closest to her headrest. It was her and Oliver sitting at the pub, drinking butterbeer, and smiling and laughing. He loves pictures because it always expresses their emotion of that time. He remembers it was after winning a game against the Slytherins. There was another one next to it, and there was snowballs flying around. Cynthia was sitting at the top of a snow pile with Brittany and Erica, the three of them were laughing.
Cynthia woke up in her bed, and saw Erica and Brittany looking at her. "How did I get here?"
"Oh we had a little help. Oliver helps carry you up here to your bed" Erica smiled.
"Oliver did that?" Cynthia asked her.
"Oh yes he did. I think you sound surprise, do you Cynthia?" Brittany asks her.
"It's nothing. Alright come on, I'm starving can we please just go to breakfast?" Cynthia asks her two friends.
Cynthia sat there at the long table in the Great Hall; she could hear everyone chatting around her. But she had to focus; she didn't get to the last practice. Now she was kicking herself in the butt, she really wanted that last practice to make sure she was ready. Cynthia couldn't help but just started at her bowl of oatmeal.
"Hey! Earth to Cynthia!" Brittany beamed.
Cynthia looks at her best friend sitting next to her, and smiles back at her. She then noticed that Oliver came walking into the Great Hall, he is late she thought.
"Come on you need to get ready for the game. Stop staring off at Ollie!" Erica giggled.
Cynthia turn to her friend, her eyes got all wide. Erica noticed that she hit a nerve with Cynthia. She only got this way when either one of them said something she didn't want someone to know. Brittany saw Cynthia's reaction and just smiled at Erica, nodding her head.
"I was not staring off at Ollie" Cynthia whispered to them.
But it was too late the damage was done, because George and Fred heard this and they came up with a brilliant scheme.
Oliver looks over his team, and look at Cynthia. He could see how angry she was at Erica; it had to do with something she said. He wasn't sitting close enough to hear what it was. Today Oliver decided that he needs to sit with his roommates. He knew he was starting to stress out, and he thought hanging out with the guys would make it better.
On Oliver's way to the locker room, he started to notice some of the girls from different houses were standing outside the locker room. He thought they were always here for Harry, but this had Gryffindor colors on and paint. One girl notice Oliver and started to jump up and down.
"Oh my god…he is here" the girl screamed.
Oliver opens his eyes wide in disbelief. He noticed what Scott had meant, that there was a club of girls that adored Oliver. Then they swarm him like a moth to a flame. He felt about fifty different hands touch, pinch and squeeze him. He tried to make his way to the locker room, but it was too much.
"HEY!" a familiar voice screamed at the girls. One by one they slowly step away from Oliver, letting him see Cynthia standing there. "Back off. If you want him so badly you are going to just have to wait until after the game. We need him in intact so he can play today." All the girls lowered their heads and walk away. Cynthia walks up to Oliver and she gave him a high five. "Come on Captain, we've got a game to win" she smiled at him.
Oliver couldn't help but smile back at Cynthia. "You know you just saved my life back there" he said.
Cynthia smiled more and looks him in dead in his eyes, "Well it's okay because one day you will save my life." Oliver stares at Cynthia, noticing that she was still smiling at him. "Well come on," she said linking arms with him. "We need to get dressed."
When ever Oliver had a chance, he would quickly glance over at Cynthia when her attention was turn away from him. Until George and Fred ruin his opportunity, they walked up to Cynthia and said something to her that made her explode with laughter. Cynthia turned to look at Oliver, and he quickly looks at Harry and saw him sitting by himself. Oliver walked up to him and smile, "What's wrong Harry?"
"Nothing, I'm just worry that's all" Harry said.
"Don't worry Harry you will do just fine. You always do" Oliver tried to reassure his seeker. Oliver wasn't lying Harry always did well when the Dark Lord wasn't hurting him.
"Yeah but I just don't want to let you or Cynthia down. You both are good friends of mine" Harry said.
"Listen to me Harry, if me or Cynthia don't get picked b the scouts it's not because of you. It's due to the fact either of us has talent" Oliver said.
"I don't have any talent?" Cynthia asks him.
Oliver looks at Cynthia standing behind him, with the others behind her. He quickly tried to change his story, but Cynthia still stood there angry. Until he saw Erica start to smile.
"I can't believe you, you all are going to have fun running two-a-day practice," Oliver told them.
"Erica!" Cynthia shouted at her friend, and hit her in the arm for it.
"OW! I can't help it. You all saw Ollie's face" Erica tried to plead her case. Then she realizes they did the same thing to her. "Hey! No fair!" Then the whole locker room erupted in laughter.