So, Olive thought that the second years were the only ones that got drama?, Heidi laughed to herself. She really could not be more wrong.

"Finnigan," Oliver Richards yelled across to her as she doodled on a piece of parchment in the Gryffindor common room. "Go out with me?"

"Ollie," she replied, wearily. "Did you not here the twelve ''no's'' that I gave you yesterday?"

"So, that's a firm no then?" he asked.

"I'm afraid so. Will you stop stalking me now?"

"I'm not stalking you! It's just that I can't believe that you can look like that and stay single! And, I know that I'm, you know, irresistable-"

"And cocky," Heidi muttered.

"And I'm just trying to help you out!"

"Well," Heidi started rolling her eyes. "Ollie, as generous as that offer sounds, I think I'll pass."

"OK, but rember Finnigan, I'm always here."

"I'll keep that in mind," she replied sarcastically, as he and James Barton walked out of the portrait hole.

As they walked away, Georgina Fenton walked over to Heidi with a cheeky grin on her face.

"Hey Georgie," Heidi said, continuing her drawing on a piece of parchment. "What?" she asked, as Georgie was still smiling.

"Why do you keep playing hard to get with Ollie?" she asked.

"I'm not playing," she said, promptly. "Anyway, why would I even give someone like that the time of day?"

"I'd give the time of every hour of every day!"

"Georgie!"

"I'm just saying, he wouldn't have to ask me more than once!"

"Well, that's the difference between you and me, Georgie! So, what's up?"

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something."

"Yeah, go for it. What's it about?"

"Oh, it's about you liking Nathan."

Heidi, determined not to look up as she had the same problem as Olive whenever she became embarassed, going as scarlet as her chipped nail varnish. She pressed down on her quill so hard that she broke the tip.

"I'll take that as and official confession," said Georgie, smirking with triumph.

"How did you know? I didn't tell anyone! Not even Ruby!" Ruby Carlton and Heidi Finnigan were the official, inseparable duo of the first years. Both girls having similar personalities, bonded almost instantly, and became what you could call the early stage of best friends.

"You may be good at concealing your emotions, a gene which all the Finnigan women seem to have inherited, no offence. But underneath that cool exterior, you're just a girl like me. We learn how to read the signs, Heids. Anyway, it's not a bad thing! Nathan's hot! Why didn't you tell any of us?"

"I don't know," Heidi said, looking up at her as her face got cooler. "I don't really know why. I guess I didn't want him to find out."

"Don't worry," Georgie assured her. "I won't tell anyone. Although, I will tell you what a little birdie told me yesterday."

"What?"

"Well, word on the street is that Nathan likes you."

"What?" Heidi repeated, startled. Of all things, this was not what she'd been expecting. "Wh-How-How do you know?"

"Because he told me," Georgie replied, simply. "Straight from the horse's mouth."

"Well, if that's the case, then it's not the word on the street."

"What?"

"Well, you said it was the word on the street. And then you said you heard it straight from the horse's mouth. It can't be both. It's either one or the other."

"Are sayings really the thing your focusing on right now? Nathan likes you back! You should be going to town right now!"

"What is it with you and the fancy expressions today?"

"Heidi!"

"OK! Sorry! I am really happy! If he asks, I guess you can tell him that I like him back. Then, maybe he'll ask me out."

"Yay! A ray of emotion from Heidi Finnigan!"

Heidi laughed. "Well, I do really like him so, might as well give it a try. You know, nothing ventured nothing gained! Yes, I used a fancy expression too!"

"It's fun, isn't it?"

Heidi laughed again and agreed that it was fun.

"So," Georgie sighed, sitting back with satisfaction in the knowledge that her role as Cupid had been fulfilled. "Now that we've sorted you, what about me? You haven't asked me who I like yet."

"Oh Georgie, that's cos' you like everyone."

"Hey!"

As the two girls laughed heartily about it, Tim Allen and Nathan Wills himself walked into the Gryffindor common room. Ruby walked down the staircase, greeted the boys and started walking towards Georgie and Heidi. Nathan caught Heidi's eye and smiled. She returned it shyly, very aware of Georgie staring at her.

"Well," she said. "Speaking of the hot, dreamy devil!"

"Very funny!"

"Oh my God! He's coming over! Well, that's my cue to leave!"

"What?" Heidi said abruptly, in the middle of repairing the nib of her quill. "No! Georgie, don't go!"

"Do you think I'm going to stay here in the corner while he's going to ask you out!?"

"You don't even know he's going to ask me out!"

"Trust me, he's going to! And I'm not going to be here when he does! Bye, good luck! Tell me all about it later! OK, bye!"

As Georgie got up and turned around to walk away, she bumped into Ruby who has just about to sit down with Heidi.

"Hey Rubes!" Heidi said, cheerfully. "Please, sit with me!"

"Hey Heidi!" Ruby replied. "Err yeah, that was the plan."

"Well, not anymore," Georgie said, grabbing her hand and pulling her away from Heidi.

"Good luck!" Georgie hissed, as Nathan got closer.

"Wha-what?" Ruby said, confused.

"I'll explain on the way," Georgie replied. As they were walking, they came face to face with Nathan.

"Hey guys," he said.

"Hi Nathan," Georgie said. "Are you planning on asking Heidi out soon?"

Nathan looked like he was about to answer, but then said: "You ask way to many questions."

"So, is that a yes?"

"Well, I was actually planning to ask her out now."

"Oh," Georgie said. "Cool. I guess now my role as Cupid has been fulfilled! Bye Nathan! Good luck!"

"Don't ask her in a cheesy way, OK?!" Ruby called as they walked away. They met Jules on the way back up the girls' staircase.

"Hey!" she said, jauntily. Ruby and Georgie both forced her back up the staircase.

"What are you doing?" she said.

"We'll explain upstairs," Georgie said, wearily. "Cupid gets tired people!"

Meanwhile, back in the common room, Nathan and Heidi were talking. Not anything big, unimportant small-talk really. Until:

"So," Nathan said. "Heidi, there actually was actually something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Oh yeah," Heidi replied, nonchalantly. "What about?"

"Well," he started, sighing. "I'm sorry, you'll have to forgive me. I've never been much good at expressing my emotions."

"Trust me, if anyone knows how you feel, it's me. My sisters and I wrote the book on the inability to let out your emotions."

Nathan laughed. "OK, well then you'll forgive me my ineloquence in my next speech."

Ineloquence? Heidi thought. Wow, he's smart as well!

"OK," Nathan sighed, again. "Heidi, what I'm trying to say is that I like you a lot. I have for a while now, and I'm sure that about a million guys say this, but, even though we've only known each other for a few months, I don't really feel this way about girls very often. So, I guess I am trying to ask you out."

"OK," Heidi replied. "Well, Nathan, I like you too. But, all my life I've always listened to the advice of my two older sisters. You know them, right?"

"Yeah, Poppy and Olive."

"Yeah. See, in this situation, Poppy, the oldest, would tell me to play hard to get and make it as difficult as possible for you. But Olive, the middle child, would tell me to get over myself and just go for it. Poppy is usually the one with the right judgement, but I think this time I think I'll listen to Olive."

"So..." Nathan said, slightly confused. "Is that a yes?"

Heidi smiled. "Sorry, I tend to ramble a lot. Yes, that's a yes!"

"Cool," Nathan said, and he smiled too. It was the typical young, naive, awkward moment. The boy and girl smiling at each other for far too long a time. They even got the awkward hug to perfection.

"I hope you know what you're getting yourself into," Heidi said, as soon as they broke apart. "I meant it when I said I ramble a lot! And that's compared to Olive!"

"Sounds like something I can cope with," he said, with that award-winning smile of his.