Set During Chapter Eighteen
"Setting Dates"
I was sweating. Hard. My underarms were practically running like waterfalls as I stood between the Gryffindor team members who were all looking at me with a look that screamed; fresh meat. I shuffled my left foot around on the grass trying to distract myself from their stares. Their eyes were only on me for a minute though, before they shrugged me off and began celebrating again.
"So, ehm, you guys won huh?" I asked nervously not entirely sure I was implying it as an actual question or just stating it as a lame statement.
Sirius pulled away from high five-ing James to take notice of me once more. "Well of course we did! We could beat Vincent and the rest of the Ravenclaw team any day. Even while sleeping on our brooms!" I resisted rolling my eyes at his statement, Lexi's warning flashing in my head reminding me why I was down here in the first place. Wouldn't do well to ruin his good mood and remind him how much he hated me at the moment now, would it? The black haired boy before me suddenly became less chipper as he took a step towards me, his face straining to remain happy and carefree as he spoke. "Speaking of Vincent, he doesn't like, hang around you two a lot does he? I mean, he's not bothering Lexi is he?" Then he quickly added, "Or you?"
A small smile graced my face as I put my hand on Sirius' forearm in a comforting manner. "I'm assuming by hang around, you mean snogging her senseless? Yes?" He looked at his nails for a moment as though they were the most fascinating thing in the world. "I shall take that as a yes then" I laughed before speaking once more in a reassuring tone. "Today is the first time Lexi or I have ever met him, and I can assure you the first thing on Lexi's mind when it comes to, Vincent Normandy, is me." He looked at me slightly bewildered before I added, "I'm positive she's planning on setting me up with the troll and therefore isn't interested in the slightest."
If Sirius could blush, he would have at me poking fun at his worry over Lexi. But, sadly we all know he is way too manly and image conscious to be doing things like that in public. So he rested on smiling slightly and looking chuffed with himself in the process. Shame though, would of added a much needed endearing quality to his usually rather suave persona. Oh, and another thing to my list of 'Things to tease Sirius Black over'.
"I just don't fancy, uhm...anyonebeing wooed by that-that idiot!" he managed to cough out before striking a much more manly tone of voice and pose. "He's not as nice as everyone thinks, Olivia. He is bad news. I think Lexi and you should stay away from him."
I smirked slightly as I nodded in agreement. "Nice to know you care Sirius. Always trying to lock us up from the male population and turn us into a pair of Feminist Lesbians you are. Maybe you should tell Lexi that and see what she says? I'm sure she would be more than ecstatic."
He dew me a dirty look before smiling down at me and putting a brotherly hand on my head and ruffling my hair. "I'm afraid it's only me who's allowed to be meddling in peoples personal lives here, love. Nice to know youstill care also though."
I squirmed like a small child under his hand before shoving him off me and back towards the rest of the no doubt eerie wigging Quidditch team who suddenly all broke out in laughter and started talking at once. From the look Sirius was shooting at them, they seemed to be teasing him about his and I's little 'heart to heart', if you could even call it that, and the fact that he clearly had more than just the hots for Lexi. I grinned at the scene before walking out of the room and back out to the now empty Quidditch pitch where Lexi was nervously playing with her hair.
"Finally!" she hissed before marching over towards me and huckling me away towards the main entrance to the castle. "How did it go? Did he talk to you? Did you apologise? Did – "
"Slow down will you!" I laughed as I pulled out of her grip and began walking through the entrance hall at a much more leisurely pace than before. My little legs didn't like to run much. My blonde haired friend gazed at me in anticipation and worry. "Stop fretting. It's not a good look for you. Besides, everything went fine. Much better than I expected it to actually. He didn't shout at me at all, not even the slightest bit!"
A loud relieved sigh came from her as her whole body suddenly seemed to become less rigid. "Oh thank Merlin for that, Ollie! I thought after you were in there for so long that either you had murdered him or someone from the team had hexed you for attempting to!" I laughed at her imagination, realising full well that if Sirius hadn't been so well mannered to me I would of flew for him. I wasn't in the best of moods after the whole Vincent ordeal and it would of came as second nature to Sirius to slag Severus off when his name was mentioned, which would of no doubt pushed me over the edge. Therefore, I refrained from mentioning anything to do with Severus, even the whole fighting fiasco which I was in to talk about in the first place. "You know it's true, Olivia. Especially with the sour plum mood you've been in all morning. One wrong word from Sirius, and you would of flew at him!"
I nodded in response before smirking suddenly as a thought struck me. "Sirius wasn't in the best of moods either come to think of it. Seems he rather dislikes a certain Ravenclaw beater at the moment. Rather jealous I think of him. Can you think of why Lexi? Think of anyone Sirius might be extremely jealous of Vincent being closet to, like oh I don't know, you for example?"
My tall friend blushed scarlet for a moment before looking me square in the eye. "If it wasn't for that same beater, Gryffindor might not of won today so he should be thanking him. Although, I am glad that I still register on his mind now and again." Her gaze moved to that of her brand new expensive boots before she lowered her voice and spoke once more. "He will just have to get used to Vincent now though, considering you will have a date with him at some point."
I tripped on the stair before me as I almost collapsed in shock. "What in Merlin's name did you just say there? Please tell me I'm having some sort of hallucination?"
"I said, you will have a date with Vincent soon. Well, its not a proper date so to say. But, he is coming shopping with us before Christmas and I will definitely be making sure I find a way to leave you two alone for a while."
My mouth refused to close as I stared gob-smacked at my supposed best friends grinning face. "You are evil, Lexi Kingsley. Pure undiluted evil!" I regained my composure before quickening my pace up the hall and towards the portrait of the Fat Lady who was snoring loudly in her chair.
Lexi's laugh followed behind me before she appeared next to me once more, her flawless features still maintaining her large and cheery grin. "Don't be such a drama queen, Ollie! You haven't been on a date since that one with, Roger Humphrey, last October! You need this Ollie! Going on dates is normal. Seeing what boys you like and want to date is good!"
"I most certainly don't need another four hour marathon sitting in Madam Puddifoot's listening to someone who is in love with themselves rattling on and on about Quidditch! That, Lexi, is something which is not good or normal, and I could do without for the rest of my life!"
I jumped through the portrait hole fuming as images of my last disastrous date filtered through my mind. It seems I was just doomed to forever have bad luck in this department.
"Besides, I don't need to be dating random people!" I called behind me as I made my way up the stairs to the girls dormitories. "Just the one guy thank you, and you know full well who it is I'm referring to!"
