Olivia sank onto her bed, flustered. She closed her eyes, only to have them snapped back open by a loud disturbance. Ally slammed their door and leapt onto her friend's bed.

" I did it! I told him!" Ally squeaked happily. "I did it before you could stop me, because I knew you'd have tried!"

Olivia forced a smile, "Really? Well, what did he say?"

" He didn't say anything. I just waved at him and ran back up here."

Olivia's face fell and she sighed, "What have I gotten myself into?"

Ally rolled her eyes, "Your such a drama queen. I'm sure he likes you. After all, he did smile!"

Olivia's face brighten slightly, "You should have told me that to start out with!"

Olivia heaved another sigh and fell back hard onto the bed. She rolled over, lost in thought. Her stomach felt like it was trying to dance the salsa and failing miserably. Her breathe was coming in short gasps and her chest felt tight. Her lungs felt as if they were being filled full of cotton balls and there was barely any room left for air. She could imagine how she must look. Her eyes would be wide with panic and her muscles would be tense and rigid. She tried to take a deep breath but that only made it hurt worse.

" Look. If he didn't like you, he wouldn't have smiled!" Ally said, sitting now next to her friend.

" I don't ever want to see him again!" Olivia said as she turned to face Ally. " Oh no! I have to go back down there for dinner in five minutes! What am I going to do? Can we just wait up here until he leaves? I don't want to go down there!"

Ally rolled her eyes, "He's not going to kill you! Wow. I have no idea why your panicking. "

Olivia drew in a deeper breathe, "I don't know. I'm afraid of him! I really don't want to go down there!"

Ally shook her head, "Your going to have to face him eventually! He won't just disappear. Just go talk to him. It will be fine."

Olivia frowned, her eyes widen from panic, "I can't. Oh! We have to go in two minutes!"

Ally got up from Olivia's bed and crossed the room to her own. She picked up her wand from the table and put it in her pocket.

" We had best be going now. Just follow me."

Olivia got up reluctantly and pocketed her own wand, "Can you at least go down and look for him first? I don't want to go down there if he's in there."

Ally muttered something under her breathe but went down the steps anyhow. She appeared again moments later.

" It's okay. He's not in the common room", she huffed and then went back down stairs. Olivia followed her hurriedly into the common room. By the time she got to the bottom of the staircase, Ally was already to the other side of the common room and was exiting the portrait whole. Olivia cautiously stepped out into the common room and began to start walking. Unfortunately, Teddy picked that exact moment to come in through the portrait whole. Olivia immediately looked down at the floor and continued walking. She skirted around Teddy quickly, reaching the common room. She heard him mutter something as she walked by him but she was too focused on getting away to figure out what it was that he said.

Olivia was relieved when she made it through the portrait whole and was on to the third floor. She took in a deep breathe and continued on to the Great Hall. She took a seat by Ally, surprised to see that Todd was not already sitting beside her.

" Where's Todd? " Olivia asked.

" I thought you would be able to answer that. Todd and Teddy went back upstairs to look for you", Ally said as she dug into a ham sandwich.

Olivia blushed, "I saw Teddy. He came in right as I was heading for the portrait whole. I ducked down and avoided him. He said something but I didn't catch it. It was terrifying!"

Ally snorted, "You know, he's going to think you don't like him."

Olivia's face fell yet again, "But I do...he just scares me! That's all!"

" Why does he scare you. You like him."

Olivia nodded, "I know. I really can't say why, he just does. I'm terrified of him. Oh, he's probably going to sit by us. Why did I do this. This was such a bad idea!"

Ally shook her head, "I was not a bad idea. You're the one that's making it like this. Look, do you want me to ask him if he likes you?"

Olivia felt her heart leap but she knew her mouth had other plans, "No! Please don't! I don't want you to do that. It's bad enough that he knows!"

" You're over reacting! Just let me ask him!" Ally said, irritated.

Olivia shook her head furiously and got up, "I'm not hungry. I'm going to bed. Good night!"

Olivia raced away from the table and out of the Great Hall. She took the steps by twos until she came to the portrait of the fat lady.

" Lemon drops!" She said anxiously. She was beginning to panic, thinking that Teddy might be on the other side of the portrait again. Thankfully, he was not and she got up to her dormitory safely. Olivia threw herself at her bed, almost missing it entirely. She scooted back onto it and closed her eyes. She dreaded ever having to go back down the steps and into the rest of the school again. Unfortunately, she had class with him all week, starting tomorrow. She sighed and buried her head into her pillow. She felt like crying but she knew she wouldn't. She rarely cried about stuff like this. She got up and kicked off her shoes. She got dressed into her pajamas and looked at the clock. It was only eight- thirty. She could already tell that this was going to be one very long night.

Olivia lay back down on her pillow and closed her eyes. She was surprised to find that she was actually starting to relax enough to go to sleep. Moments later, she was fast asleep and breathing softly and slowly.

Ally ran at Teddy.
Olivia had this same dream all through the night. It played through a loop. As soon as Ally would walk away from Teddy, the dream would start right back up at her approaching him. Olivia woke up thoroughly annoyed. Even in dreams, she couldn't have Teddy. She knew she was probably distorting the issue, but at the moment, she could care less. She was scared to death of Teddy and she just wished that at least in her dreams, she could have him. She fell back asleep, making sure to pull the curtains around her bed.

"Teddy, I need to talk to you. Follow me!"

Teddy followed her in confusion and waited for Ally to talk.

"Olivia is finally letting me tell you that she's liked you for a really long time", Ally squealed. Teddy's face dropped into a frown as she said this. Ally seemed not to notice this reaction and darted away smiling like a mad hatter.

(A/N: Scene change)

Teddy sighed. Olivia was most definitely avoiding him. On the way to Charms, Olivia had intentionally put both Todd and Ally between them. She avoiding even making eye contact. As annoying as Teddy found this, he couldn't get mad. He wasn't exactly doing anything to help either. He had actually taken to following her leading and was, at the moment, avoiding her as well.

Teddy felt awkward around her. Where conversation had been so easy to start before, it now felt like he was trying to get a brick wall to talk back to him. He really didn't want to try in fear that his attempt would fail and be utterly humiliating. He had read in many books about relationships and how awkward and humiliating starting a new one could be. The worst thing, in Teddy's opinion, was how vulnerable it made you feel. He felt like he was exposed to the world. He knew it had to be worse for Olivia. She had just spilled her heart out and now the whole school was soon to find out. It was just a matter of time and with the friends they had, the time would most likely be sooner.

Olivia shied away to the back of the classroom as the entered Charms. An ancient Professor Flitwick stood at the front of the room on an ever-growing pile of books. As impossible as it may seem, he had actually shrank a few inches since the years the legendary Harry Potter had sat in his very classroom.

Teddy glanced at Olivia before making up his mind to sit near the front of the room. He was going to give her a little bit of time rather than rush things and make the both of them feel awkward. He wanted her to come to him on her own time. If she didn't talk to him, he would force himself to work up the nerve to talk to her.

" Please get your books out and turn to page sixty-one. We will be learning a cheering charm today. "

Teddy looked back at Olivia. She was getting out her book and turning the page. Teddy watched as a piece of blonde hair swung into her face and she unconsciously brushed it back behind her ear. He remembered ally telling her once that she should just cut her hair short or wear it up in a ponytail. Olivia had protested, saying both would look silly on her.

Teddy turned back around, a smile forming on his face. He hadn't ever realized just how cute it was when Olivia fussed about her hair. Then again, he was finding that he really hadn't noticed a lot about Olivia. For example, Olivia will refuse to eat an apple with the skin on it. She will spend most of her lunch just pealing one apple so she can eat it. This wastes most of her lunchtime leaving her with only time enough to eat that one apple and nothing more.

(A/N: Sorry, yet another scene change)

Getting up from the back of the Charms classroom, Olivia made sure not to make eye contact with Teddy. She skirted in front of the crowd heading for the door and promptly lost herself within it. This had become a routine for the last week. She didn't even hesitate to think as she glided in among her classmates in the corridors. Ally followed her as best as she could. She was still trying to get used to this weaving in and out of people thing at Olivia seemed to be a natural at. Ally could almost swear the Olivia had been practicing this her whole life. Ally laughed at the thought as she came to Olivia's side.

" Could you not even wait for me?" Ally asked, trying to sound irritated. She wasn't in the least bit irritated, weaving through people was actually kind of fun. It felt like some silly kind of dance.

Olivia rolled her eyes, "You know I can't help it. I just go into disappear mode after classes. It's starting to get so that I don't even know I'm doing it until I have at least twenty people on either side of me!"

" Why don't you just talk to him. What's the worst that could happen? He says he doesn't like you and wants to just be friends? Teddy's too sweet to do any worse than that and that is not even bad at all. Why don't you talk to him at lunch? I'll be there to help if the conversation gets awkward or goes nowhere. How about that?" Ally asked, almost pleading. She really missed hanging out as a group. Once she had told Teddy that Olivia liked him, she had been forced the only hang around Olivia and Todd only hung around Teddy. She missed the boys and wanted more than anything to just talk to them all again.

Olivia sighed, "Fine. I'll do it. But you have to start the conversation and I'll just join in. I can't start it by myself. I'll say something dumb and then he'll never want to talk to me again. "

" He likes you, though. I'm sure he'll think whatever you say is adorable. Then you guys can go on and date each other already."

Olivia frowned, "But he doesn't like me. He wouldn't be ignoring me if he did actually like me. "

"Well maybe he's just as shy and silly as you, so he won't talk either", Ally said reassuringly.

Olivia shrugged and walked into the Great Hall. Her heart was already pounding as she thought of Ally's plan. She was afraid to talk to him and also afraid of not talking to him. Having both thoughts was starting to make Olivia feel utterly confused and lost. She sat down quietly and drew her arms closer to her body. She felt safer when she was hugging her arms to her body like this.

"Hey, Teddy! Todd! Come sit down by us! " Ally said as Teddy and Todd approached the Gryffindor table. Todd smiled and walked over eagerly while Teddy seemed to hesitate before he took a seat next to Todd.

"Ok, today we are going to act like mature adults and talk to each other. Alright?" Ally said as she looked from Teddy to Olivia. Both nodded and she continued. "Good, so how have your guys been? We haven't talked to either of you for almost a week. How are things? Anything new?"

Todd nudged Teddy, forcing him to answer, "Things are... fine, I guess. Harry's been helping with my 'extra credit'. He's found a few of the more difficult ingredients."

Olivia was watching him intently, "Oh yeah, how is the...um, 'extra credit' going?"

Teddy smiled, " It's nearly to the finally stages. We have to add a few more things tonight. Do you want to help? "

" Of course. I wouldn't dream of missing out!" Olivia squeaked, excited because she was going to work on the potion, but mostly excited because Teddy was talking to her.

" Okay. Come at eight tonight, right after dinner. Actually, we can just walk up together, okay?" Teddy asked.

Ally and Olivia looked at each other and smiled, "Sounds like a plan!"

Todd was beaming. He would finally be able to spend time with all his best friends together. He, like Ally, had missed hanging out as a group. It was fun and all hanging out with Teddy, but he missed the girls terribly.

Lunch seemed to end quickly for them today. Todd got up from the bench and followed Ally and Olivia out. He put an arm around both of their shoulders as they walked to their next classes together. Teddy was following beside Olivia.

" You wouldn't believe how much I missed you girls!" Todd said giving them both a squeeze.

" I'm guessing a lot!" Olivia said jokingly, hugging Todd.

Teddy smiled, "I missed you both, too. I hated not talking to you."

Olivia blushed, "I did, too."

Teddy laughed and grabbed her hand. Olivia could feel her heart beating faster as his fingers slid in between hers and for once, she enjoyed her heart pounding.

They all walked into the Potions dungeon. Professor Dingbit was already at the front of the classroom and was looking out at the students. From what Teddy had heard of how the old Professor Snape treated his students, their Potions Professor was no better. Professor Dingbit had a pinched face. There was never a smile on his lips, save when a student was being punished. Those smiles were more like sneers than anything else. His hair was light brown and hung loosely in a low ponytail. It was always tied back with clear elastic. His cheekbones were high, but they did not make him look attractive. His jaw was sharp, the bones seemed to be pushing against the skin on top of them.

Professor Dingbit strolled across the room to his desk. His long, bony fingers curled around a piece of chalk as he walked back up to the front of the room. Teddy watched as he began to write the instructions fro making a sleeping potion. Teddy knew the procedure and got out his book. Everyone in the class was doing the same. They all turned their pages, frantically trying to find the sleeping potion. Teddy sat back in relief as he found the page. Last week, Professor Dingbit had given a student a week's detention for not immediately opening his book when the lesson began. Of course, this kid was a Gryffindor. Potions teachers never seemed to favor Gryffindors. Teddy often wondered if it was part of the job requirement.

Professor Dingbit turned back to the class, his hazel eyes moved about the room as he looked at each open book. He nodded would seemed to be approval, Teddy was never sure. Professor Dingbit looked at them expectantly.

"Well, is this not Potions class? Get moving!" He sneered as he walked back to his desk.

Teddy hurriedly grabbed his cauldron and set a fire below. It looked at the book for the ingredients he would need. He made a mental note of all of them before he went to the storage cupboards. He pulled out a few ingredients and went back to his seat. Olivia eyed him as he walked by and he winked seductively at her. He heard her giggle as he sat down in his seat.

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A/N: Reviewing time again! Good, bad, supremely awesome, utterly revolting?