Soon after Lily had announced Flitwick's return there was a series of clicking noises and Flitwick entered the room looking very pleased. He had excused the two and told them that for class on Monday they would be guaranteed new seats, far apart from the other. Olivia and Sirius gladly accepted the offer and rushed out of the room. Lily, Sam, Remus, and Peter all lined the wall opposite the room, staring at the two as they came out. Lily was the first to approach them. She grabbed Olivia by the arm, while Sam gathered their bags. The boys stood behind and Olivia could hear Remus saying something about how Slytherin had been crushed. Olivia's face fell and it wasn't till the three reached the stairs that Olivia realized she was literally being dragged by Lily. She planted her feet making Lily stumble a bit and Sam run into the two. The three girls fell to the floor.

"What are you two doing?!" Olivia asked looking at the two, as they tried to stand back up quickly.

Lily shook her head. "No time to explain. Great Hall. Now."

With a swift yank, Olivia was back on her feet this time being dragged along by Sam. She shot Sam a glare.

"Ok You can walk by yourself but hurry up!" Sam let go of Olivia's arm.

The two Slytherin girls struggling to keep up with the red headed Gryffindor had finally made it to the doors of the Great Hall where students were filing in already for dinner. Olivia looked to Sam and Lily for an answer but both of them were too busy looking for someone to notice the expression on Olivia's face.

"Ok now…-" Lily put a hand over Olivia's mouth.

"Shhh!" She whispered.

As a group of girls began walking towards them, Sam immediately stood right in front of Lily and Olivia covering them both with her height. At the head of the group Olivia could see Kat with a sour look on her face being followed by some more Gryffindor girls and a mix of hufflepuff's and ravenclaws. When the group had entered the Great Hall Sam moved out of the way and Lily uncovered Olivia's mouth.

"WHAT THE HELL GUYS!" She shouted.

Lily and Sam both looked to each other. Sam spoke first. "Trust me, we were trying to save you."

Olivia raised a brow.

Lily sighed and turned Olivia towards the open doors where she could see Kat searching for someone intently. Olivia understood. Her assumptions were right.

"Kat's pissed." She smirked.

Lily nodded. "Yea. And that group trailing behind her wasn't a welcoming committee for your return back to being seeker."

Sam rolled her eyes. "I think she gets the point, Lily."

Just then Alyson came running towards them her cheeks a bright red from the jog. "Liv! You're alive!" She hugged her sister then quickly fixed her hair.

"What exactly were they going to do?" Olivia asked curiously.

"For one: They thought it'd be nice to spike your pumpkin juice."

"Or two: Give you some type of bodily injury or hex to keep you in the wing for awhile."

Olivia blinked. "Obsessed much?"

Alyson shrugged. "Apparently they're dating now."

"Really?" Olivia snorted. She couldn't help but laugh. This was exactly the kind of reaction, Olivia had expected from someone like her. "Maybe I should go and have a little chat with her." Olivia started to walk forward.

Sam and Lily grabbed either side of her shoulder pulling her back.

"I really wouldn't do that." Lily warned. "She's not the kind of girl you cross."

Olivia guffawed. "Right." She shrugged off the two girls and rushed in casually behind a group of first years gossiping. She brushed passed them and walked over to Kat, who was now smirking, her hands on her hips.

The three other girls were closing in quickly behind Olivia, Lily caught up the fastest and swiftly positioned herself between Olivia and Kat. Alyson stood on the opposite side of her sister while Sam trailed behind towering over Olivia, her eyes shifting around to people who were now staring at them.

"Looking for me?" Olivia smirked, her tone casual.

Kat didn't answer. She just shrugged, her head tilting toward Lily. "I'm starting to not like the company you make, Lils."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. Kat, you're being ridiculous."

"Am I?" She shot a scowl at Olivia. "You think you own this place. Reality check. You don't. Stay away from Sirius." Kat moved closer toward Olivia, their faces almost touching.

"Touchy." Olivia backed up. "I don't have any schemes for stealing your little boyfriend."

"Good."

Kat stood straight and began to turn on her heel. Olivia coughed.

"It's not like I'd have to try very hard, anyway." She murmured.

"What did you say?" Kat shot toward Olivia but was stopped just before she could get in a clear swing at her.

"Babe. Fighting over me already?"

Sirius was now wrapping his arm around Kat's waist, pulling her slender figure back towards him. The entire Great Hall had seemed to stop breathing, there was a deafening silence that had caught Olivia completely off guard. She stared with her mouth slightly open. Alyson nudged her.

"Sirius." Kat blinked, looking up at him and then back to Olivia. "I was just taking care of something unimportant."

Sirius looked at Olivia who's cheeks were now turning a scarlet red. She crossed her arms, gazing intently at him.

Kat twirled herself out f Sirius' arms and laced her hand in his. "This isn't over, Pruitt." She pulled Sirius away and left with her army back out of the Great Hall.

Olivia stood rooted to the spot, still staring in the spot where Sirius was just standing. Lily waved her hand in front of her face. Olivia broke off her stare and lowered her head. She shook her head.

"I just stood there!" She groaned. "WHAT THE FUCK!?"

Alyson patted her on the back. "Yea, you did. Kinda pathetic."

Sam took a hold of her shoulders and started to lead her out of the Great Hall, following Lily who was nervously playing with the ends of her hair.

Why didn't I say anything? What could I've said, anyway? Olivia thought as she was absentmindedly led out onto the courtyard. Sam shoved Olivia a little causing her to lose balance and cling onto Alyson. Lily was walking slowly behind the girls, her arms crossed and her face scrunched up in thought. She seemed to either be thinking deeply, or pissed beyond belief.

Olivia stood up straight and cleared her throat. "You O.K., Lily?" She asked.

Lily shook her head and laughed. "I'm just imagining what tonight in the Common Room is going to be like." She sighed and shrugged. "I should probably go. I have to do some studying for ancient ruins." She waved and hurriedly took off.

Olivia looked to Alyson and Sam who were watching Lily take ff suspiciously.

"You don't think?" Alyson said tilting her head to the side.

Sam shook hers. "No."

"We are Slytherin in case you haven't noticed." Olivia added.

"So? Why does that have anything to do anything?" Alyson said exasperated.

Olivia and Sam shrugged. "In any case I don't Lily to get all caught up in this shit, anyway." Olivia said walking towards the hallway that led to the dungeons.

Lily had quickly caught up to the marauders who were, as usual, childishly creating trouble for the poor old caretaker. He was scrubbing away some type of slime from the brick walls. James immediately stopped sniggering as he caught sight of Lily walking towards them. He straightened up and approached her rather hastily.

"Not now, Potter." Lily said holding a hand up in protest to his comments.

But it wasn't James who responded. "Your friend isn't much of a people person, is she?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that because she pissed off, Kat." She shook her head and started her way through them. "By the way, Sirius. I think you're scared of Olivia."

Sirius laughed coolly. "I'm sure, Lils. You've got me all figured out."

"Oh piss off." Lily called from behind her.

Remus watched Lily leave before asking a simple question. "What?"

Sirius waved his hand. "Nothing."

"That new girl. Seems like she's causing quite a lot of trouble for ol' padfoot here." James smirked. "He's got girls fighting all over the place for him." He patted him on the back.

"Oh." Remus replied. "Seems plausible."

Peter scratched his head. "But what did she do to Kat?"

"Just poised a challenge to her that's all mate." Sirius said smiling rather widely as he put her arm around Peter, shaking him lightly.

The four boys walked down the hall chatting away about women and their mysteries.

Sirius could this coming. Olivia threatened Kat…a lot. He had seen her the first day Lily had introduced the two girls. Olivia was everything Kat wasn't. Witty, curly brunette, tan skin, lavender eyes…Slytherin. It confused Sirius how he thought only about a month ago he couldn't stand Olivia. And now. He was finding her all too interesting. And hating it.

There was a sharp jab to Sirius' left shoulder. Peter groaned.

"Alright, Sirius?" Remus asked. James was laughing.

"I don't see why this is bothering you so much." James sighed. "She's just a girl."

"It's not!"

Peter, Remus, and James all glared. "Sure mate." James smiled. "Just like Lily doesn't occupy every single inch of my head."

Sirius laughed nervously. "Ok, guys." He rolled his eyes to add to the act.

Meanwhile long after night had fallen, Olivia sat angled on the leather couch in the common room. Her legs dangled over the edge, her body limp and her mind drifting away as she stared innately at the burning fire in the heath. In her hands she had unfinished homework and a dripping quill, leaking ink all over the already black couch. Her eyes were glazed over with sleep as she tried to fight back the urge to close her lids.

I'm so confused. She thought, slowly sitting up laying her paper and quill on the floor by her feet. She brought up her knees to her chin and wondered how long she could go playing these games with people that didn't really matter to her.

"It's ridiculous." She whispered to herself. "But then why does it bother me so much?"

She closed her eyes. Sleep took its toll.

"Wake up."

Olivia was being shoved gently. She groaned and turned on her side. "Leave me alone, Mom."

"Um." The voice relied warily.

Olivia blinked before rubbing her eyes an sitting upright in sofa. As soon as her vision cleared she saw Severus Snape hovering over her with a fowl expression etched on his face. "Was I snoring?" Olivia asked lackadaisically.

Severus rolled his eyes. "Hardly. But I was more concerned with the fact that your ink spilt all over the carpet." He pointed to the large black stain on the green carpet.

"Oops." Olivia breathed. She turned back to look at Severus, but he was already making his way back up the stairs. "Hey!" She called.

He stopped. "What?"

"Why are you up so late, anyway?" She asked with sincere curiosity.

"I couldn't sleep."