Yes, being a professional Quidditch player had perks.

Such as being payed a hefty sum that two large familys could live on comfortably, publicity, awards, fans… it was all one, big package.

And Oliver Wood only wanted one thing out of it; the Quidditch.

Thus the reason he was ducking out of the locker rooms after matches to avoid screaming fans, who would somehow know the wierdest, most awkward facts about him – "Hey, Oliver, is it true in Hogwarts you got thrown out of the library from Madame Pince for breaking the binding on Quidditch Through the Ages, which you had read one too many times?" "Is it really true that you and Luna Lovegood eloped to Finland before returning to Britain?"

Oliver loved Quidditch (it was quite literally the bane of his existence), but why did people pry into his private life?

As his sister quite literally put it, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."


Word Count: 160

Written for the House Points Competition on HPFC using the quote, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."