Chapter 4-Realizations
A/N: I would like to apologize for the delay in the submission of Chappie 4 but, I had accidentally saved over it. Hopefully the wait was worth it. By the way, Suzanne is Pronounced like Susanna. It's German, I think..This Chappie is also dedicated to rowenaravenclaw94.
Fourteen yearold Oliver Wood sat by the Black Lake with his bestfriend Emily Raine. Her golden hair was almost completely down her back now. Oliver looked ahead, muttering as Emily tried to console him.
"Look at'im. Bloody git cut his hair, it looks so stupid spiked up front like that. Showing off for a bunch of slags. Hmmph" he muttered.
"It's okay Oli, he'll come back to us" Emily said, tearing up a bit. She wanted her words to be true but, knew they couldn't be. Marcus was a cunning and cruel boy now, who cheated excessively in Quidditch.
"That's a lie Em, Flint won't ever be our Marcus again, I'm sorry" Oliver said, hugging her to his body, tightly.
Marcus looked up from the group of giggling Slytherin girls and his smirk soon turned into a frown. He watched jealously while Oliver hugged his Emily, stroking her hair and whispering in her ear. "Excuse me ladies, I'll be right back" Marcus said, walking to where Emily and Oliver were embracing.
"I'll see you later Emily" Oliver said, letting her go. He walked the opposite way, not wanting to be near Marcus, and to avoid a confrontation.
"Emily what's wrong?" Marcus asked her, looking concerned.
"Everything is wrong Flint, everything! You and Oliver promised we'd all be friends forever and you broke it! I don't even know you anymore, we never even get to spend time together because everywhere you go, your fangirls follow!" Emily cried, turning away from Marcus.
"Emily, please don't cry and call me Marcus. Emily, I'm not the only one who broke our promise. Oliver did too. And, those girls don't mean anything to me, not Lindsey Peters, Regan Calloway, or even Suzanne Amphiptere!" Marcus said, grabbing onto her arms.
"If they don't mean anything to you, then who does?" Emily sobbed, lightly.
"You do Emily. You are the most important girl in my life!" Marcus declared.
"Oh, Marcus...I've waited a long time to hear you say that but, it's different now. You're different now" Emily sniffed, wiping away her tears.
"Emily, come to the dance with me tonight. As my date" Marcus said, hugging her to him, like Oliver had done earlier.
"I can't. I'm sorry Marcus" Emily, whispered, pushing him away and running towards the castle.
Marcus stared after her, sadly, and sat in the grass. It was a while before a pretty brunette in Slytherin colors, walked up to him, and looked down into his glum face. "Why so glum, Flint?" Suzanne asked, standing next to him.
"She said no. I asked her to the dance and she said no" Marcus muttered.
"Well, I'd be happy to escort you to the dance myself Flint. As friends of course" she said, as casually as if she'd asked him to borrow a quill.
"Sure, but let's do it this way" Marcus muttered quietly, standing up, he took Suzanne's hands in his own. "Suzanne Amphiptere, I would be honored if you would accompany me to the dance tonight as my date" he declared in a clear voice, so that his fan girls stared at him in disbelief.
"Okay Fl-Marcus, I would love to be your date for the dance tonight" Suzanne answered, in a clearly loud voice, smirking as the girls looked daggers at her.
Marcus took her hand and kissed it as they began to walk towards the castle as well. It was only four more hours until the dance began and they had to look their best.
Oliver was sitting in the corner of Gryffindor common room looking quite put out at being rejected by Emily. "I bet she said yes to Flint.." he muttered to himself, unaware that Alicia Spinnet, his friend and teammate, was walking to him. She was in her third year and Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
"Hey Oliver, what's bothering you?" she asked, sitting next to him.
"I don't have a date to the dance tonight because Emily said no to me" Oliver confessed.
"Oh, well at least you can go to the dance. I can't because I am in my third year" Alicia said, hoping to make him feel better about the situation.
"How about you go with me than Alicia? We are friends, it'll be good for the both of us. I won't be dateless and you'll actually be able to go" Oliver offered, smiling a lttle at the thought.
"Okay Oliver but, we're going to have to start getting ready now" Alicia said, smiling at him before running upstairs to comb her brown boy-short hair down into a feminine style. She also had to pick out her nicest dress. What color was Oliver going to wear? She didnt want the to really match as they would look like a couple and she didn't want that. They were just two friends going to a dance together. She finally decided on her crimson dress, it was corsetted satin and the sleeves and flowing skirt were fashioned of pure silk. She had also applied a light blush and ruby eye shadow. All in all, she looked very lovely.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs, Oliver smiled. He was wearing scarlet dress robes and had actually taken the time to run a comb through his brown hair. "You look beautiful Alicia" Oliver said, taking her hand.
"Thank you Oliver and you look handsome yourself" she replied, as he tucked her hand into the crook of his arm. Together, they walked out of the Common room, amidst the cat calls and wolf whistles.
Down in the Slytherin dungeons, Marcus waited in the common room for Suzanne to come out of her room. He hoped she would at least do something nice to her hair, instead of that usual ponytail of hers. He tapped his foot on the stone floor anxiously, as he waited for her to come down the steps. "Waiting for me?" Suzanne asked, coming down the steps. She wore a strapless emerald gown that flowed down to her feet, around her neck was a rare emerald on a delicate silver chain, her usually straight hair hung in loose curls around her face which she had artfully applied dark green and black eye shadow and mascara and her lips were a light creamy color not far from her own complexion.
Marcus's mouth fell open as the plain but pretty girl walked towards him looking like a goddess. "Wow Suzanne, you look...wow" Marcus stuttered, offering his arm to her.
"Thanks Flint, you look very wow too" Suzanne said, smiling as she took his arm. They walked out and smirked to themselves as Flint's fanclub glared after them in pure loathing. Well, it was directed towards Suzanne anyway. Flint was very relieved and surprise by the lengths that Suzanne took to be presentable, he could definitely see this going somewhere tonight. Maybe finally, he'll lose his virginity. What better way with a friend than with some person he barely even knew? He did want Emily but, it seemed like she wanted Oliver.
Emily paced in the dormitory nervously, she looked in the mirror and smiled at herself, hoping she did an okay job at looking older. She wore a beautiful midnight-blue dress, made out of pure silk. It was also corsetted in satin and laced in the front, it was very victorian style, it had been her mother's and fit perfectly. Her long golden waves were smoothed, straightened and done up into an elegant twist in the back of her head, a few tendrils of her hair framing her heart-shaped face. The makeup she wore was light and natural except for her eyes which were shadowed in sapphire.
"Well, it's now or never Emily" she said to herself as she walked out of her dorm and slowly down the stairs. She soon saw Leon standing straight ahead of her. He was looking even more handsome and dashing than usual. He was wearing brand new Sapphire dress robes and his long bronze hair was tied back with a black ribbon. His icy blue-grey eyes lit up as she approached his tall slender figure. "Did I keep you waiting long?" Emily asked, looking up at him as, she barely reached his shoulders.
"Not at all Emilia, not at all. Shall we go now?" he asked, offering her his arm and smiling warmly.
Emily nodded, unable to speak out of sheer happiness and utter nervousness. She wondered what everyone would think, she was after all a fourth year and her date was in his seventh and final year. Not to mention she was hardly noticed by anyone and Leon was extremely popular. The finally made there way to the Great Hall which was beautifully decorated for Valentines Day.
As she looked around, she saw Marcus and Suzanne sitting together at a table, with some of his Slytherin mates. Not far from that table, was Oliver and Alicia who were sitting with Charlie Weasley and her older sister Rosemary, who was also in her seventh year. She smiled seeing her sister finally with Charlie, the wizard of her dreams.
"There's your sister, would you like to join her table?" Leon asked, gesturing to the table where Oliver was sitting, looking like he was having a good time.
"Sure. Yeah. Okay" she said, trying to sound excited. This night was definitely going to put a strain on her sanity. She liked Oliver and Marcus but, now she found herself having even stronger feelings for Leon, what was the point of liking three boys?
"Oh Emily, you look so grown up!" Rosemary cried, smiling at her little sister. Rosemary looked like the beautiful female version of her father, with dark eyes and long flowing blonde hair. She was wearing a magenta gown, in 18th century gothic style. Her long hair was twisted into curls and hung past her waist, tied in a matching magenta silk ribbon. She looked like a model.
"Thank you Rose, you look gorgeous as always" Emily replied, avoiding Oliver's gaze.
"Hello Oliver, Alicia. This is Leon Hale, my date for the evening" Emily said, trusting Oliver not to say something stupid. Rose was now giving Leon an appraising look, but her eyes said, "Try anything funny and I'll curse your bollocks off".
"Hey, Em. Nice to see you again...Leon" Oliver muttered quite awkwardly.
"Hello Emily, nice to meet you Leon" Alicia said, smiling, all the while patting Oliver's back.
"May we join your table?" Suzanne asked, with an uncomfortable looking Marcus at her side.
"Yes, of course, go ahead" Rosemary said, smiling at the newcomers. Charlie, Alicia, and Oliver tensed as the two Slytherins joined their table. Oliver especially felt uncomfortable as, he and Marcus were now sworn enemies. Marcus looked anywhere but at Oliver and Emily.
"Hey Suzy, let's dance" Marcus said, in his cool calm voice.
"Sure, I love this song" Suzanne replied, taking his hand as he led her to the dance floor. Emily and Oliver watched Marcus and Suzanne with wary expressions. Oliver because he wanted to curse Flint for hurting Emily and Emily because she somewhat wished she could dance with him.
"What do you say Rose? Shall we shake up the dance floor?" Charlie asked, offering his hand, to Rosemary.
"Definitely!" she replied, taking his hand and practically running to where the couples were dancing. Emily watched as her sister fell head over heels for Charlie Weasley. She looked over and Leon was tapping his foot and bopping his head in time to the beat, and that was the moment she realized that what she felt for him was real. She also realized that was she'd felt all this time for Oliver and Marcus was just a little school girl crush. It meant nothing to what she felt for Leon, nothing.
"What do you say, we burn some holes in the floor Em?" Leon asked, standing up. Emily blushed and nodded as she took Leon's hand and they both walked out onto the dance floor, near Rosemary and Charlie, who were now embraced tightly as a slow song came on.
Oliver sat glumly watching the dancing couples while Alicia hummed to the music. He didn't even know what to say to her. She seemed like she was having a good time just sitting there but, he didn't want to make her think he was always such a bad and boring date. "Hey Al, wanna dance?" Oliver asked, though he didn't even know how.
"I don't really know how to dance Oli but, thanks for asking" Alicia said, smiling at him.
"I don't know how to dance either, I thought we'd give it a go though. If you want to?" Oliver said, awkwardly.
"Okay. Let's give it a go then" Alicia said, standing up and taking Oliver's hand in her own.
They walked to were Marcus and Suzanne were now embraced extremely close and began to awkwardly sway to the music. It was actually kind of nice after a while. It got even better when a fast dance song came on. Everyone was having a good time. Well, it looked like that from the outside but, on the inside Oliver was struggling with his feelings for someone, who was not Emily. Oliver groaned inwardly as he was aroused by the droplets of sweat running down his face, down his lips, down into the collar of his dress robes.
Oliver gasped as he realized that he no longer had a crush on Emily but, Marcus. "Oliver what's wrong?" Alicia asked, as they went to sit down.
"I don't have a crush on Emily anymore Al, I think..I know..I like Flint"
A/N: Well, I'm not 100% happy with this chapter but, I had to end it somehow. Thanks for reading this as far as it's gone, I'm not absolutely sure how many more chapters there will be but, I'm trying. Thanks for giving this story a chance.