Chapter Two: Oliver's Cloak

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It was early next morning when I forced myself awake and walked down to the Great Hall. In my arms I clutched Oliver's cloak that he lent me the night before. Just thinking about last night brought a smile to my tired face. Flying so close with Oliver was definitely something I'll remember. But before I could even scan the Gryffindor table for Oliver, a girl with long flowing brown hair ran up to me, grabbing my hand. It was Kim, one of my best friends since we were sorted into Ravenclaw.

"Oh my gosh! Cho! Guess who was heard asking about you this morning?!" she asked with excitement in her voice.

"Who?" I asked as Kim led me to our Ravenclaw table, joining the rest of our friends.

"Terrence Higgs!" (for those of you who don't remember, Terrence is the seeker for Slytherin in the first book) Kim squealed with delight.

"Terrence? Isn't he in Slytherin?"

"Yes I know, but you must admit Cho, he's not so bad in the eyes," Kim said as I changed my glance from the ecstatic Kim to the Slytherin table where Terrence sat, right between Flint and some other 4rd year Slytherin. Kim was right, he wasn't too bad, even considerably cute, but I knew of the Slytherin reputation and it wasn't something I wanted to get involved with. "Plus Cho, Slytherin and Ravenclaw coupling isn't so uncommon anymore. I mean look at Clarisse and John, besides their weekly fights, they're absolutely adorable together!"

"Umm.I dunno" I let out quickly as I reached for some toast.

"Oy Kim, Cho isn't interested in Higgs!" shouted Marcy, another 3rd year Ravenclaw in our group, "She's got herself a Gryffindor!" She teased as she pointed to Oliver's cloak. I nearly forgot I was still holding onto the cloak which bared the Gryffindor seal.

"What is this Cho?" Kim exclaimed with interest as she grabbed for the cloak. My face turned a shade of red as I tried to reach back for the cloak. But I was too late, it was being passed around our little group until it reached Sylvie Mills.

"This cloak seems awfully familiar" Sylvie said as she studied the cloak with narrowing eyes. She put the cloak up to her face and took a sniff (I guess she must've noticed the sweet cologne like I did last night). But it wasn't long till her eyes grew wide again, "Wood! This cloak belongs to Oliver Wood!" She yelled, at first proud that she figured whom it belonged to, but then a look of shock and anger was smeared on her face.

People started gasping and giggling in the background. It wasn't a shock that Sylvie recognized that the cloak belonged to Oliver, she did go out with him for a month or two until Oliver caught her cheating on him with Flint (of all people! Oliver's Quidditch rival!).

"Wood, is it now? Good catch Cho." Marcy winked.

"No, It's not like that" I tried to explain over the giggling and commenting voices.

"Then what is it like?" Sylvie asked with a snarl on her face (I swear, some of Flint's attitude must have rubbed off on her when they were together). I couldn't help but get the feeling that Sylvie was a bit jealous.

"There you are Cho!" came a voice, distinctively belonging to Roger Davies, "You better finish up, we got a game to win". Thank goodness for Davies! I really didn't feel like explaining to everyone about my sneaking off last night and bumping into Wood.

"All finished" I gasped as I took a bite of my toast. It was a relief to see Roger and to be reminded of our game today. We walked out of the Great Hall and down the corridors to the locker rooms.

"So who's the lucky Gryffindor?" Roger asked as he spied Oliver's cloak (I finally got it back after grabbing it from Sylvie).

"Please Roger, I got enough of the teasing from the girls." I said with a look of hope that maybe he won't continue on with the subject.

Roger laughed a bit, "Don't worry Cho, but you know you're going to have to tell me soon or later". I smiled, that was Roger, he knew when to back off and when to be there for you. Even being two years older than me, he was the only other person I could truly trust besides Kim.

"Thanks Roger" I said giving him a relieved smile. But things didn't end that quickly, walking towards us was none other than Oliver Wood himself.

"Morning Cho, Davies" Oliver said with a nod and smile.

"Morning Oliver" both Roger and me said at the same time. A smile started to grow across my face and I had a feeling I was blushing again (Ah! Why now?).

"Oh by the way Oliver, thanks for lending me your cloak" I got out while handing him his cloak.

"Thanks" He smiled. There was a minute of awkward silence as he took his cloak with Roger looking at me with a suspicious grin. "You guys are probably in a hurry to warm up for your game today so I won't hold you up any longer, Good Luck though"

"Thanks" Roger replied. With that said, Oliver continued on walking past us. Roger gave me a look and I realized I was smiling uncontrollably.

"What?" I asked still smiling

"This I got to know," he laughed as we continued on our way to the locker rooms.

A/N: I hope you guys like it, I know its kindda slow right now, but I promise things will get better soon. Thanks for all the people who reviewed! I'm opened to all suggestions so please review. Also, I'm not sure if I got the years of everyone in the story correct, sorry if its inaccurate (haven't had time to look it up).