Lucy hadn't see Oliver over the next few days, and she was more than glad for it. Mostly she kept to herself, staying in her dorm or in the library. She figured that if she didn't talk to anybody than there was no chance to be questioned about her sudden break up with him. It wasn't until Potions on Wednesday that she had been faced with the topic whatsoever.

"So where has Oliver been?" June Swanson, a haughty Ravenclaw, asked bluntly while preparing the spider legs. Lucy (who blanched at the sight of the disgusting bug and refused to be near it) stared at her. June looked up, a smug expression across her face.

Lucy rolled her green eyes and tried to finish the Potion as quickly as possible. As soon as the lesson was over Lucy ran her Potion up to Snape almost dropping it to the floor and hurried out of the room. In her haste she didn't even see the boy walking right towards her, and in an instant, she was on the floor. Rubbing her throbbing head, Lucy began to gather her and the other boys' things. A very familiar hand shoved a paper towards her, and a very hard lump formed in Lucy's throat when she looked upon the face of the boy.

"Oliver," she squeaked out.

"Lucy...you okay?" his face began growing red. Lucy nodded, but made no other attempt to speak. "Are you uh -- headed for Herbology? I can walk you!" the older boy grabbed at his robe collar, pulling it slightly.

"No thank you, Oliver. It-it's really not necessary," she backed up while rejecting him, and turned around quickly. Oliver felt ridiculous as he stood there watching her until she disappeared around the corner. He sighed, picking up one last book that remained on the floor and headed off to his own class, trying hard not to think of the brunette.

Lucy reached Herbology and threw her things down to the floor. Absolutely discouraged and embarassed she wanted to do nothing more than climb into her bed and never come back out.

"And what do we have here?" came a laughing voice from her side. Lucy looked up to see George Weasley. "A huffing and puffing Hufflepuff!" he chuckled at his own humor, and Lucy cracked a small smile. Her already red face grew darker. George's laughter died down but he noticed nothing wrong with the girl beside him. He really barely knew the girl, only talking to her in this class, and hearing about her from Oliver Wood.

Lucy calmed down while listening to Professor Sprout describe their lesson for the day. A rather ugly looking thing sat before each pair in a pot. It was apparently called a Snarking Plant, and their job was to extract its seed, before it decided to bite. Lucy and George both put on gloves, and George decided to hold down the plant, so Lucy could stick her hand down its mouthlike opening and scoop out its seed.

"So..." George began between breathes, as the plant was giving him a fight. "Heard 'bout you and Oliver."

Lucy, who was trying to dart her hand into the moving plants opening, did not answer.

"Says he doesn't know why you dumped 'im...damn plant!" Lucy groaned as George practically put his entire body onto the plant and continued, "So why did you?"

"What?" Lucy pretended not hear since Angelina Johnson was screaming at Fred Weasley, who accidentally let the plant loose after she got her hand in, resulting in her finger being bitten.

"Why -- I got it!" George cut himself off, as he managed to keep the plant still, using his knee somehow to hold it's stem, and his hands to keep the opening wide. Lucy stuck her hand into the mouthlike space, and in doing so was completely leaning over George's body, her chest crushed against his back. She grabbed a fistful of seeds and wretched her hand out. George let go and backed away from the plant -- which was snapping and twisting wildly. Lucy and George looked at each other grinning crazily.

"I dare say we are the best Herbology partners in all of the field of Herbology!" George said matter-of-factly as he held his hand out to high-five Lucy. She smilingly complied and then put the seeds in a dish, noticing that they were the first ones done. He offered to take the seeds up to Prof. Sprout and Lucy nodded, hoping that his previous curiosity over her and Oliver's relationship had diminished. However, George never quite made it back to Lucy, as he stopped to chat with his twin and Angelina Johnson. Sadly Lucy figured that his interest in her as well completely vanished. She gathered up her things, watching as Lee Jordan and Alicia Spinett joined them and the group all began to joke and laugh. Lucy, who hadn't really managed to make any good friends, was slightly envious of their joyous friendship. The two Gryffindor girls noticed Lucy watching and wasted no time in shooting her some looks. Lucy looked down quickly, turning red and silently cursing herself. They never were terribly friendly to her, but they never were mean either. Can't blame them though, they were dear friends with Oliver, and Lucy was just a selfish skank to them. The two made it even more evident when they accidentally-on-purpose banged into her shoulders on their way out of class. Maybe George noticed, and Lucy looked around to see if he would ask if she was okay. But alas the boy was too busy trying to stick a dungbomb into Angelina's bag. Lucy scowled and marched on.


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