Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the characters Jared, Christa,
Paddy, Sam and Izzy
A/N: Yet another chapter, and the plot is shifting slightly, but read on to find out all about Jared, Ginny and Oliver's relationships
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'I would like to declare myself the greatest wizard of all time' George apparated into the burrow grinning happily. Ron, Fred, Angelina and Alicia were all sat in the kitchen watching what appeared to be a small television screen
'So are you going to tell us what happened or just stand there boasting?' Alicia tore her eyes away from the screen to glance at George
'I plan to stand here boasting for quite a while' George started to say but when Alicia glared he changed his mind' It went well, Cho walked up to Jared who was under the influence of Weasley's wonderful love sweets and basically seduced him and who could resist that?'. Another glare from Alicia followed 'eek, that came out wrong, all I meant to say is that Jared and Cho are now dating'
'Excellent, although Cho no longer owes us a favour'
'You never did tell me why she owed you in the first place'
'It's a secret dear, if I told you then where would be the element of mystery in our relationship?'
'Whatever'
'So how did you do with Ginny?'
'Take a look, it's really funny' Ron moved it allow George access to the small screen. George peered into it and saw a clearly frustrated Ginny in her room, she was trying to break the door down without much success. Angelina and Alicia had locked her in after Fred had explained that it was for Ginny's own good and Ron had sealed the entire room with an unbreakable spell
'We should let her out soon' George said
'Oops hadn't thought about that, she'll be furious'
'You know what? I have to go see Harry about something' Ron said quickly as he apparated
'She's not my sister and it wasn't my idea' Angelina said jumping up
'I agree with that statement' Alicia quickly followed Angelina's lead and apparated as well
'Erm, so do you have a plan' George turned to Fred apprehensively
'How about we take off the spell and then…..'
'Run for it as fast as we can and go into hiding for the next week'
'Exactly, so on the count of three. One, two'
'Three, quick let's go' Fred and George undid the spell and heard a large crash as Ginny's door burst open, her footsteps could be heard storming down the stairs and two very scared 24 year olds went sprinting from the house as fast as they could. Ginny stopped at the front door and watched them run away amused, she knew exactly what her brothers had done and she actually wasn't as annoyed as she pretended to be because now she could go and see Oliver instead of meeting Jared for drinks, which was a great improvement.
Her brothers should really have checked who Cho's management company were (Cho's now a fairly famous singer), as she had met Cho and become friends with her. Cho called to tell her that she owed Fred and George a favour and she had to meet Jared for a date, Ginny had been fairly confused about why Cho would agree to a date with Jared, but so long as it got her off the hook she didn't mind. She was rather bemused by all that had happened but apparated to Oliver's house for a quick visit before going to bed. Although she did find time to send some lovely howler messages to Fred and George's flats, after all she couldn't let them get away with meddling in her life completely Scott-free, even if they had got her out of a potentially disastrous situation.
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'Hello every body, nice to see you, lovely day isn't it? I think I'll go do some laps before training' Jared poked his head round the door grinning before walking away humming with everyone staring after him in surprise except Ginny
'From the looks on your faces I assume none of you saw the paper' Ginny scolded mildly
'Gin just tell us' Oliver said impatiently, he had no idea what could possibly possess Jared to do extra training and be nice to everyone
'Mr Wood that's not a nice way to talk to someone you want a favour from' Ginny said as she held the paper behind her back
'Give me the paper' Oliver stood in front of her threateningly but Ginny just grinned cheekily and shook her head. 'Ok then you leave me no choice' Oliver said with a sigh as he dove forward and tickled her, Ginny shrieked in surprise and wriggled free heading for a different corner of the room with Oliver close behind her
'Much as we hate to interrupt this shameless flirting, it's really quite sickly' Izzy said as she made faces. Oliver and Ginny blushed but were still smiling, Ginny gave the paper to Oliver before she walked back to her seat
'Oh that explains it' Paddy said
'Yep, it makes perfect sense' Sam agreed
'We should have guessed' Christa said, they were all leant over Oliver's shoulder reading an article that exclusively revealed that Jared had been seen with Cho Chang having a romantic meal
'I'll give them a week' Paddy said as he opened their latest round of guessing how long Jared and his girlfriends would be together before Jared got bored
'Nah, three weeks at least' Oliver thought that Cho and Jared would have a lot in common, not that that was necessarily a good thing
'I'll go for two weeks' Christa said after some thought
'Three days' Izzy was apparently in a very pessimistic mood
'I'll go for a month and Cho dumps him' it was Ginny's turn to be stared at
'No-one ever dumps Jared' Derek said in surprise
'Wait and see' Ginny smiled, Oliver suspected she knew a lot more about what was going on than what she was telling them.
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Ginny had arranged for the Cannons to go on a tour of schools to promote them and the first stop was Hogwarts, so Oliver, Jared and Christa all reached there just after lunch and were greeted by Hermione who now taught Charms. Before walking into the great hall to talk to the children Ginny talked to them
'Just remember these are impressionable young fans who look up to you three' Ginny didn't think that Oliver or Christa would say anything inappropriate but wouldn't put it past Jared to start telling dirty jokes
'They have to look up, Quidditch is played in the air' Oliver smiled goofily, he had being in a very happy mood ever since he had found out about Jared and Cho dating
'That was lame Oliver, really lame' Ginny groaned and Christa rolled her eyes, but Oliver didn't care, he could handle anything.
For the next hour his resolve was severely tested, all the students shouted out questions, which took a long time to answer. Ginny noticed that most of the talking was done by girls who were asking if it was true about Jared and Cho, when a very smug Jared said that it was, they groaned slightly until they saw Oliver. So most of the visit was spent with Oliver being asked about what his ideal girlfriend would be like, and whenever he answered the girls would giggle and sigh happily.
When the talk was finally over, Christa excused herself quickly saying she had an urgent appointment to attend to, so Hermione, Jared, Oliver and Ginny were all stood just outside the castle as it was a warm summers evening
'Thank you very much for coming, the children were thrilled' Hermione said politely, she was also smiling even more than usual, Harry had finally asked her out on a date and so it appeared love was very definitely in the air
'That's quite alright' Jared said in his usual charming manner, he paused and then suddenly asked 'Say did I ever mention that my uncle taught here?'
'No, don't think so'
'He did, a few years after I'd left, he taught Defence against the Dark Arts' Jared said, Oliver couldn't really see it being Quirrel, Hermione seriously doubted that it was Lupin and Ginny thought Moody would be funny but not likely, so all three were stuck
'Really? Who was it?' Oliver finally asked after racking his brain to try and think of anyone bearing a resemblance to Jared
'Oh he was great until he lost his memory, he was really famous as well, good old Uncle Gilderoy' Jared smiled fondly not noticing Oliver, Ginny and Hermione staring at him in shock
'You can't mean Lockhart' Hermione spluttered
'Yes Gilderoy Lockhart, did you know him?' Jared didn't get a response to his question as the other three were laughing so hard that they had to sit down
'Help the pixies are lose, the pixies are lose, hide' Ginny managed to imitate which sent Hermione and Oliver into even more helpless laughter
'So he did the pixie thing in your class too?' Oliver said in a choked voice, tears of laughter were running down his cheeks
'And mine' Hermione managed to stop laughing long enough to add
'Err, I have to go meet Cho, which is a good thing because you're all crazy' Jared had being stood watching them in bewilderment and had decided that now would be a very good time to get away from them.
They finally stopped laughing an hour later and Ginny and Oliver left to apparate home, leaving Hermione to go and meet Harry. Oliver couldn't stop thinking about Ginny, at first he had being struck by her beauty but then he got to know her and she had being perfect in so many other ways that he smiled just thinking about seeing her. He arrived home still thinking, if Jared was out of the picture, then there was nothing stopping Oliver asking her out, nothing except he was terribly scared but before he could think himself out of asking he apparated to Ginny's apartment. He knew he had only left her ten minutes ago but this was definitely a spur of the moment thing that would need all of his Gryffindor courage
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Oliver nervously tried to smarten himself up as he knocked on Ginny's front door, he felt like running away to hide but instead he took a big breath 'Would you like to out for a meal with me sometime?' Oliver asked quickly with his eyes closed as soon as Ginny opened the door
'As in on a date?' Oliver opened his eyes in time to see Ginny raise an eyebrow questioningly
'Um, well, err' Oliver again got the urge to run away, 'yes a date' he knew he was turning bright red
'I'd love to' Ginny said as she dragged him through the door, 'sorry, my neighbours are quite nosy' she explained
'That's ok' Oliver stammered, he was still gobsmacked that she had said yes as Ginny went to the fridge and opened it to look inside
'Would you like a drink?' Ginny turned and bumped into Oliver as he was stood right behind her
'Sorry' Oliver said instantly feeling stupid
'Don't be' Ginny placed the drinks on the table and turned back to him
'I should probably let you get to bed, you have to be up early tomorrow don't you?'
'Yeah, meeting with the boss, should be fun' Ginny said sarcastically
'Don't let him give you any grief, if he does he'll have me to deal with' Oliver said, Ginny just giggled 'You know you really aren't doing anything for my ego, giggling every time I try to be scary' he said ruefully
'Poor you, I guess you just aren't as tough as you like to think' Ginny said, Oliver decided to treat this as a challenge and lifted her up and spun her round before placing her back on the floor, 'I guess I asked for that' Ginny said as she tried to stop the world from spinning round her
'You sure did, but I still get my date right?' Oliver grinned
'Absolutely, I still have to get revenge' Ginny grinned wickedly
'Hey' Oliver protested
'Seriously I wouldn't miss it for the world' Ginny said as Oliver closed the door, he felt like dancing down the street and yelling alleluia at the top of his voice, it had certainly been a very good day
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A/N: So Jared's out of the picture and Oliver and Ginny are going to go on a date, but don't get too complacent, there's going to be a lot more trouble before everyone lives happily ever after and Jared may decide Ginny really is the only one for him.
A/N: Yet another chapter, and the plot is shifting slightly, but read on to find out all about Jared, Ginny and Oliver's relationships
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'I would like to declare myself the greatest wizard of all time' George apparated into the burrow grinning happily. Ron, Fred, Angelina and Alicia were all sat in the kitchen watching what appeared to be a small television screen
'So are you going to tell us what happened or just stand there boasting?' Alicia tore her eyes away from the screen to glance at George
'I plan to stand here boasting for quite a while' George started to say but when Alicia glared he changed his mind' It went well, Cho walked up to Jared who was under the influence of Weasley's wonderful love sweets and basically seduced him and who could resist that?'. Another glare from Alicia followed 'eek, that came out wrong, all I meant to say is that Jared and Cho are now dating'
'Excellent, although Cho no longer owes us a favour'
'You never did tell me why she owed you in the first place'
'It's a secret dear, if I told you then where would be the element of mystery in our relationship?'
'Whatever'
'So how did you do with Ginny?'
'Take a look, it's really funny' Ron moved it allow George access to the small screen. George peered into it and saw a clearly frustrated Ginny in her room, she was trying to break the door down without much success. Angelina and Alicia had locked her in after Fred had explained that it was for Ginny's own good and Ron had sealed the entire room with an unbreakable spell
'We should let her out soon' George said
'Oops hadn't thought about that, she'll be furious'
'You know what? I have to go see Harry about something' Ron said quickly as he apparated
'She's not my sister and it wasn't my idea' Angelina said jumping up
'I agree with that statement' Alicia quickly followed Angelina's lead and apparated as well
'Erm, so do you have a plan' George turned to Fred apprehensively
'How about we take off the spell and then…..'
'Run for it as fast as we can and go into hiding for the next week'
'Exactly, so on the count of three. One, two'
'Three, quick let's go' Fred and George undid the spell and heard a large crash as Ginny's door burst open, her footsteps could be heard storming down the stairs and two very scared 24 year olds went sprinting from the house as fast as they could. Ginny stopped at the front door and watched them run away amused, she knew exactly what her brothers had done and she actually wasn't as annoyed as she pretended to be because now she could go and see Oliver instead of meeting Jared for drinks, which was a great improvement.
Her brothers should really have checked who Cho's management company were (Cho's now a fairly famous singer), as she had met Cho and become friends with her. Cho called to tell her that she owed Fred and George a favour and she had to meet Jared for a date, Ginny had been fairly confused about why Cho would agree to a date with Jared, but so long as it got her off the hook she didn't mind. She was rather bemused by all that had happened but apparated to Oliver's house for a quick visit before going to bed. Although she did find time to send some lovely howler messages to Fred and George's flats, after all she couldn't let them get away with meddling in her life completely Scott-free, even if they had got her out of a potentially disastrous situation.
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'Hello every body, nice to see you, lovely day isn't it? I think I'll go do some laps before training' Jared poked his head round the door grinning before walking away humming with everyone staring after him in surprise except Ginny
'From the looks on your faces I assume none of you saw the paper' Ginny scolded mildly
'Gin just tell us' Oliver said impatiently, he had no idea what could possibly possess Jared to do extra training and be nice to everyone
'Mr Wood that's not a nice way to talk to someone you want a favour from' Ginny said as she held the paper behind her back
'Give me the paper' Oliver stood in front of her threateningly but Ginny just grinned cheekily and shook her head. 'Ok then you leave me no choice' Oliver said with a sigh as he dove forward and tickled her, Ginny shrieked in surprise and wriggled free heading for a different corner of the room with Oliver close behind her
'Much as we hate to interrupt this shameless flirting, it's really quite sickly' Izzy said as she made faces. Oliver and Ginny blushed but were still smiling, Ginny gave the paper to Oliver before she walked back to her seat
'Oh that explains it' Paddy said
'Yep, it makes perfect sense' Sam agreed
'We should have guessed' Christa said, they were all leant over Oliver's shoulder reading an article that exclusively revealed that Jared had been seen with Cho Chang having a romantic meal
'I'll give them a week' Paddy said as he opened their latest round of guessing how long Jared and his girlfriends would be together before Jared got bored
'Nah, three weeks at least' Oliver thought that Cho and Jared would have a lot in common, not that that was necessarily a good thing
'I'll go for two weeks' Christa said after some thought
'Three days' Izzy was apparently in a very pessimistic mood
'I'll go for a month and Cho dumps him' it was Ginny's turn to be stared at
'No-one ever dumps Jared' Derek said in surprise
'Wait and see' Ginny smiled, Oliver suspected she knew a lot more about what was going on than what she was telling them.
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Ginny had arranged for the Cannons to go on a tour of schools to promote them and the first stop was Hogwarts, so Oliver, Jared and Christa all reached there just after lunch and were greeted by Hermione who now taught Charms. Before walking into the great hall to talk to the children Ginny talked to them
'Just remember these are impressionable young fans who look up to you three' Ginny didn't think that Oliver or Christa would say anything inappropriate but wouldn't put it past Jared to start telling dirty jokes
'They have to look up, Quidditch is played in the air' Oliver smiled goofily, he had being in a very happy mood ever since he had found out about Jared and Cho dating
'That was lame Oliver, really lame' Ginny groaned and Christa rolled her eyes, but Oliver didn't care, he could handle anything.
For the next hour his resolve was severely tested, all the students shouted out questions, which took a long time to answer. Ginny noticed that most of the talking was done by girls who were asking if it was true about Jared and Cho, when a very smug Jared said that it was, they groaned slightly until they saw Oliver. So most of the visit was spent with Oliver being asked about what his ideal girlfriend would be like, and whenever he answered the girls would giggle and sigh happily.
When the talk was finally over, Christa excused herself quickly saying she had an urgent appointment to attend to, so Hermione, Jared, Oliver and Ginny were all stood just outside the castle as it was a warm summers evening
'Thank you very much for coming, the children were thrilled' Hermione said politely, she was also smiling even more than usual, Harry had finally asked her out on a date and so it appeared love was very definitely in the air
'That's quite alright' Jared said in his usual charming manner, he paused and then suddenly asked 'Say did I ever mention that my uncle taught here?'
'No, don't think so'
'He did, a few years after I'd left, he taught Defence against the Dark Arts' Jared said, Oliver couldn't really see it being Quirrel, Hermione seriously doubted that it was Lupin and Ginny thought Moody would be funny but not likely, so all three were stuck
'Really? Who was it?' Oliver finally asked after racking his brain to try and think of anyone bearing a resemblance to Jared
'Oh he was great until he lost his memory, he was really famous as well, good old Uncle Gilderoy' Jared smiled fondly not noticing Oliver, Ginny and Hermione staring at him in shock
'You can't mean Lockhart' Hermione spluttered
'Yes Gilderoy Lockhart, did you know him?' Jared didn't get a response to his question as the other three were laughing so hard that they had to sit down
'Help the pixies are lose, the pixies are lose, hide' Ginny managed to imitate which sent Hermione and Oliver into even more helpless laughter
'So he did the pixie thing in your class too?' Oliver said in a choked voice, tears of laughter were running down his cheeks
'And mine' Hermione managed to stop laughing long enough to add
'Err, I have to go meet Cho, which is a good thing because you're all crazy' Jared had being stood watching them in bewilderment and had decided that now would be a very good time to get away from them.
They finally stopped laughing an hour later and Ginny and Oliver left to apparate home, leaving Hermione to go and meet Harry. Oliver couldn't stop thinking about Ginny, at first he had being struck by her beauty but then he got to know her and she had being perfect in so many other ways that he smiled just thinking about seeing her. He arrived home still thinking, if Jared was out of the picture, then there was nothing stopping Oliver asking her out, nothing except he was terribly scared but before he could think himself out of asking he apparated to Ginny's apartment. He knew he had only left her ten minutes ago but this was definitely a spur of the moment thing that would need all of his Gryffindor courage
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Oliver nervously tried to smarten himself up as he knocked on Ginny's front door, he felt like running away to hide but instead he took a big breath 'Would you like to out for a meal with me sometime?' Oliver asked quickly with his eyes closed as soon as Ginny opened the door
'As in on a date?' Oliver opened his eyes in time to see Ginny raise an eyebrow questioningly
'Um, well, err' Oliver again got the urge to run away, 'yes a date' he knew he was turning bright red
'I'd love to' Ginny said as she dragged him through the door, 'sorry, my neighbours are quite nosy' she explained
'That's ok' Oliver stammered, he was still gobsmacked that she had said yes as Ginny went to the fridge and opened it to look inside
'Would you like a drink?' Ginny turned and bumped into Oliver as he was stood right behind her
'Sorry' Oliver said instantly feeling stupid
'Don't be' Ginny placed the drinks on the table and turned back to him
'I should probably let you get to bed, you have to be up early tomorrow don't you?'
'Yeah, meeting with the boss, should be fun' Ginny said sarcastically
'Don't let him give you any grief, if he does he'll have me to deal with' Oliver said, Ginny just giggled 'You know you really aren't doing anything for my ego, giggling every time I try to be scary' he said ruefully
'Poor you, I guess you just aren't as tough as you like to think' Ginny said, Oliver decided to treat this as a challenge and lifted her up and spun her round before placing her back on the floor, 'I guess I asked for that' Ginny said as she tried to stop the world from spinning round her
'You sure did, but I still get my date right?' Oliver grinned
'Absolutely, I still have to get revenge' Ginny grinned wickedly
'Hey' Oliver protested
'Seriously I wouldn't miss it for the world' Ginny said as Oliver closed the door, he felt like dancing down the street and yelling alleluia at the top of his voice, it had certainly been a very good day
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A/N: So Jared's out of the picture and Oliver and Ginny are going to go on a date, but don't get too complacent, there's going to be a lot more trouble before everyone lives happily ever after and Jared may decide Ginny really is the only one for him.