A Love Story.
Oliver Wood.
The following Monday at dinner, Professor Dumbledore made an exciting announcement.
"As you all know, this Friday is Halloween. We shall be starting a new tradition here that night." A flurry of murmurs broke out in the Great Hall. Dumbledore held up his hand to quiet the students.
"We will be having," he paused, looking around the hall," a Halloween Ball."
After the buzz of conversation died down, he continued to give us details about the ball. It would be in the Great Hall, on Halloween of course. It was scheduled to start at eight o'clock, ending at midnight. Classes would end early and costumes were required. Though, I didn't know a single soul who would've come in normal clothes.
Morgan and I chatted with Angelina, Alicia, and Katie about the Ball and costumes all throughout dinner. Alicia wanted to be a cat. At first, Angelina wanted to be a dementor, but later changed her mind and decided on a member of the Weird Sisters. Katie decided on a witch, from a muggle point of view: uglier than a troll. Morgan and I, however, were undecided.
After dinner, I waited for Cedric in the Entrance Hall. When he emerged from the sea of students, he greeted me with a smile and a quick kiss.
"So, what do you want to be?" He asked as we walked the maze of basement corridors. I knew the Hufflepuff common room was somewhere near the kitchens, but I wasn't sure about the exact placement or how to get in.
"I don't know." We passed the entrance to the kitchen. "What do you want to be?"
"Hmm." He stopped in the middle of the brightly lit corridor and smiled at me. "How about a pair of vampires?"
Vampires, I thought, they're not that bad. "How about I be the vampire, and you be my victim?" I smiled toothily at him.
He gasped in mock hurt. "I will not be the victim! You should be the damsel in distress, not me."
"I wasn't calling you a damsel in distress. Though, that's not a bad thought."
He snorted and began walking. "How about a princess and a knight in shining armor?"
"I'm assuming you'll be the knight."
"Of course, my princess." He stopped as the corridor branched off into two different ways. Apparently the common room was down one and I wasn't supposed to know which.
I smiled up at him. "I'll see you tomorrow, my knight in shining armor."
He leaned down and gently placed his lips on mine before I headed back to my own common room.
It was Tuesday. It was a horrible day. It meant I was locked in a dungeon with Oliver Wood all morning. I hated Tuesday.
Today, Snape's assignment was to brew up an Elixir to Induce Euphoria. It was a fairly easy potion to make, but my partner made everything a thousand times worse, as usual.
By the end of the morning, our potion reached an obnoxious orange instead of the sunny yellow it was supposed to be. I was definitely going to fail this class.
"How was Potions?" Morgan asked as I sat next to her at lunch.
"Not as bad as I thought it would be. We didn't really say anything to each other. I liked it."
"Maybe he's bummed about the match." Morgan looked curiously at Oliver. He seemed to be attacking his lunch with a fork.
"Maybe."
After lunch, I met Cedric in the Entrance Hall. He greeted me with a smile and a quick kiss, as usual.
"How was Potions?"
"Not that bad. I think Wood was just bothered by the match." We entered the Charms classroom and headed to our seats.
The rest of the day passed normally. After Herbology, Cedric and I walked to the Entrance Hall together. He disappeared into the basement as I climbed the marble staircase.
When I was half way up, I saw Oliver Wood descending, a grin on his face and his arm draping over the small Ravenclaw girl from Hogsmeade. The girl, just as in Hogsmeade, shot me an apologetic glance as Wood let out a low chuckle.
It took everything in me to not turn around and curse him. I was older and wiser and could do much more damage than turning his nose purple. This also meant I knew I'd suffer consequences. So, I calmed myself and headed up to the common room.
A/N: Blah. Sorry about any errors in the past chapters, I'm trying to be more careful now. This one was kind of a filler. Sorry if it sucks.
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