Thanks for the reviews! And thanks Juvenus for telling me what a Mary-Sue
is. LoL. Alright, enjoy the next chap.
-Jenn
Oliver and Jessica made their way down yet another hallway on the upstairs floor, Oliver pointed out any main places that were important. They had made a large stop outside after their classes until it started to get dark, realising they had missed dinner. The day had gone too quickly.
Jessica had let go of Oliver's hand not too long ago to point at something, and hadn't replaced it. Oliver frowned at this and thought about it regrettably. It was then that they came across Harry Potter walking down a hallway.
"And this is the main attraction on our tour," said Oliver, "Harry, come here!"
Harry turned and walked towards Oliver and Jessica.
"Jessica, this is Harry Potter, our Seeker." Oliver said.
"Harry Potter is your seeker?!" Jessica said, rather shocked, "It's a pleasure to meet you." She smiled to Harry. Harry smiled back, wider than before.
"Its very great to meet you." Said Harry. Oliver raised an eyebrow at Harry as he couldn't get the goofy grin off of his face.
"I was just showing Jessica around." Said Oliver to Harry, giving him a stare that meant 'Bugger off'. Harry looked at Oliver and seemed to get it.
"Well, I won't stop you." Said Harry, and then looked to Jessica again, "Once again, it was very nice meeting you. I am sure we'll be seeing a lot more of each other."
Jessica made a nervous glance at Oliver who jumped in right away.
"Yes yes, I'm sure you will," he said, taking Jessica's hand, ready to strategically lead her away, "Can't hold up the tour."
And with that, Oliver swept Jessica down a side-hallway and continued walking.
"Is he always like that?" Jessica asked, obviously trying not to sound mean. Oliver didn't want to tell her that he thinks that The Harry Potter liked her, and nodded his head.
"Harry's got a grinning problem," he said, "We think its from that scar, makes him do strange things."
"Like what?" Jessica asked, smirking a bit.
"Um…" Oliver thought quickly, "He once danced around in his underwear?"
Jessica laughed a bit, covering her mouth with her free hand. Oliver was rather proud of himself. Getting Jessica's hand back in his and keeping her away from Harry was a great feat for him. Once they got back to the porthole, he looked at the Lady in the Pink dress' portrait.
"And who's this young woman, Oliver?" she asked.
"This is Jessica Hargrove," he said, "She just transferred here from another school."
"Dumbledore never told me of a new student!" the Pink-dressed woman replied, frowning, "Either way, welcome to Hogwarts, dear."
Jessica smiled, "Thankyou."
"Anyway," said the large woman, looking at Oliver as if waiting for something.
"Balderdash." Oliver said, and she smiled, the portrait sliding to the side and the two walked in, Oliver looking over at Jessica as they walked through the tunnel into the Common Room.
"Balderdash is the password to get in here," he said, "Only other Gryffindor's know it besides the other teachers."
Jessica nodded and looked around the Common Room as they stepped into it, having not had the chance to really see it when she had first got to the new school. Oliver caught the fire reflecting in her eyes and watched them, and jumped when the two green pools that were her eyes looked at him. She frowned at him a bit, confused at why he was staring at her like that.
"Sorry." Oliver said, blushing a little bit, though it was hard to see in the dim light of the fire-lit Common Room. Jessica smiled then and looked to the floor, her hand moving from his to her side again. Oliver frowned a bit and his skin went back to the same colour.
Oliver and Jessica both looked over at the couch suddenly, seeing Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger kissing on the couch. Oliver raised and eyebrow while Jessica averted her eyes. Oliver cleared his throat, figuring they wouldn't have done so if he had made some form of noise. Quickly they stopped and looked at him, and then at each other.
"Well, um…" said Hermione, "Looks like that stupid spell wore off."
"Yeah," said Ron, and the two got up.
"A spell, eh?" smirked Oliver.
"Yeah," said Ron, "Uh…stupid Malfoy."
And with that the two quickly ran upstairs. Oliver grinned over at Jessica, she was already smiling and shook her head at what had just happened.
"Who were they?" she asked, making her way over to a couch. Oliver took the advantage to look her up and down from behind before following her over to the couch.
'Very nice.' He thought to himself, before answering.
"Those were Harry's friends. Third years." He said, seating himself beside her as she sat. Jessica nodded.
"They have names?" Jessica asked.
"Ron Weasley, yes another Weasley, and Hermione Granger." He said, "Hermione's a big brain."
Jessica smiled and nodded.
"So," said Oliver, "Why would your parents drop you off somewhere around Christmas?"
"Well," Jessica said, "My parents are kind of, not around a lot, so I don't know, maybe they figured it'd be easier?"
Oliver nodded, his parents being the same.
"Well," Jessica said, standing, "I'm kind of tired."
Oliver stood too. "Oh," he said, "Well…I'll see you in the morning then, I suppose."
She smiled and nodded, passing him and heading for the stairs that led to the girls' dormitories and turned and looked at Oliver.
"Thanks for showing me around." She said, smiling. Oliver nodded and watched her go up the stairs and into the darkness of the dormitories. He sighed and walked up into the boys', thinking about how wonderful that day had been. As he changed, he thought about what they had talked about, how much he had told a complete stranger, but felt he could trust her. He got into bed and soon drifted off to a dream-filled sleep.
The next morning Oliver awoke with a start, his eyes darting around the room, seeing it was near-empty. He got up and dressed, grabbing his bag and walking out of the boys' dormitories and into the Common Room. Only two people were there, Ron and Hermione, once again making out on the couch.
"Little early for such play, don't you think?" Oliver said sarcastically, passing them, both jumping and yelping a bit, obviously not having seen him. He walked out into the hallway and went down the stairs, this time not having them move. He walked down another hallway and soon entered the Great Hall. He looked around and saw Jessica talking to none other than Katie Bell. The two girls were talking and giggling in a fashion most irregular for Katie. He walked over and sat beside Jessica, only in time to hear Katie say the words at the end of the sentence.
'…Definitely likes you.' She said, and then looked at Oliver as he sat down. Jessica looked over at him, having her arms folded on the table and smiled to him.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey." He replied. Katie watched them, her eyes narrowed as if she were attempting to figure a tough equation out. Oliver looked over at her and raised an eyebrow.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"No," replied Katie, "No, not at all."
She actually smiled a rather mischievous smile and looked back down to her toast. Jessica raised an eyebrow at this too and then started eating as well as Oliver loaded up his plate.
Jessica didn't sit near him in Herbology, so Oliver didn't get to see her then, and lost track of her between the switch between their first and second class. He entered the second class room; Charms class. He looked around and saw the most terrible, despicable, horrible sight he had ever seen!
On the other side of the room sat Jessica, sitting at a two-person table with none other than Cedric Diggory. Cedric had been so good at Charms, he was transferred to years forward, but had been struggling with the 7th year class. Oliver made his way over to his normal seat beside Katie, still watching Cedric and Jessica. Cedric had obviously said something funny because Jessica started laughing quietly. All the girls liked Cedric, and Oliver wasn't gonna lie, he could see why. He was a somewhat burly boy, much like Oliver, but he had a face more…'shaped', you could call it. His dark hair and dark eyes made him seem almost mysterious and drove the girls in Hogwarts up walls.
Katie looked over at Oliver, "Something wrong?"
Oliver said nothing, nor did Katie until she followed his gaze and looked back to him.
"Oh," she said, "That."
"Yes, that." Said Oliver.
"They've been talking almost all morning." She said, "They met up in the halls."
"Are they dating?" Oliver asked, still watching the two.
"Dating?!" Katie laughed, "Oliver, they met each other not even 3 hours ago, and now you expect them to be dating?"
Oliver looked over at Katie for the first time since breakfast and shrugged.
"You never know." He said.
The day passed slowly. Oliver didn't seek out Jessica any more that day. He probably wouldn't have seen her if it weren't for her. He was walking along a hallway when she came up behind him.
"Hey," she said. Oliver turned, seeing her smiling face.
"Oh, hey." He replied.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" she asked, "Its so beautiful out."
Oliver shrugged and nodded and the two walked outside. It was near winter, but not a single flake of snow had fallen, and it felt like summer. The two walked along a path beside a garden, making their way around the school.
"Do you know Cedric Diggory?" she asked. Oliver shuddered at his name, something that was regular for another Quidditch Captain to do to the other's name.
"Yeah," Oliver said, "What about him?"
"Well," Jessica said, "He asked me out today."
Oliver felt his heart sink down to his ankle and fall on the ground, dying like a leaf under a magnifying glass.
"Oh," he said, gritting his teeth, "I'm happy for you."
"What?" Jessica asked, frowning.
"For you and Cedric." Oliver explained.
"Oh," Jessica said, "I didn't say yes to him."
"You didn't?" Suddenly, Oliver's heart lifted wings, got itself a pretty little halo and fluttered back to his chest.
"No," said Jessica, "He's just too…" She searched for the word.
"Too what?" Oliver asked, hoping it was something bad.
"It's somewhere between a player and a prettyboy." Jessica said. Oliver smirked widely and nodded.
"That's true." He said.
"Sorry," she said, "If he's a friend of yours or something."
"Me and Cedric?!" Oliver exclaimed, laughing lightly "No, he's Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain, so we're instant rivals."
Jessica smiled a bit and nodded, understanding. "I see." She said. Oliver smirked over at her and had to ask one more time for confirmation.
"So, you two aren't a couple?" he asked.
"No," she said, smiling and looking at him funny, "Why?"
"Just wondering." He said. She smiled and looked at the ground, then shook her head, laughing a bit.
"What is it?" Oliver asked.
"Nothing," she said, "Just thinking about silly things."
"Like what?" Oliver asked curiously. She looked up at him and shook her head.
"Its nothing," she said, and smiled, "I'll see you at dinner alright?"
Oliver nodded and to his surprise, Jessica leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"See you then!" she said and walked quickly off to the castle. Oliver stood there, a shocked expression on his face and then smiled, knowing that the Saturday that was coming the next day was going to be an interesting one.
-Jenn
Oliver and Jessica made their way down yet another hallway on the upstairs floor, Oliver pointed out any main places that were important. They had made a large stop outside after their classes until it started to get dark, realising they had missed dinner. The day had gone too quickly.
Jessica had let go of Oliver's hand not too long ago to point at something, and hadn't replaced it. Oliver frowned at this and thought about it regrettably. It was then that they came across Harry Potter walking down a hallway.
"And this is the main attraction on our tour," said Oliver, "Harry, come here!"
Harry turned and walked towards Oliver and Jessica.
"Jessica, this is Harry Potter, our Seeker." Oliver said.
"Harry Potter is your seeker?!" Jessica said, rather shocked, "It's a pleasure to meet you." She smiled to Harry. Harry smiled back, wider than before.
"Its very great to meet you." Said Harry. Oliver raised an eyebrow at Harry as he couldn't get the goofy grin off of his face.
"I was just showing Jessica around." Said Oliver to Harry, giving him a stare that meant 'Bugger off'. Harry looked at Oliver and seemed to get it.
"Well, I won't stop you." Said Harry, and then looked to Jessica again, "Once again, it was very nice meeting you. I am sure we'll be seeing a lot more of each other."
Jessica made a nervous glance at Oliver who jumped in right away.
"Yes yes, I'm sure you will," he said, taking Jessica's hand, ready to strategically lead her away, "Can't hold up the tour."
And with that, Oliver swept Jessica down a side-hallway and continued walking.
"Is he always like that?" Jessica asked, obviously trying not to sound mean. Oliver didn't want to tell her that he thinks that The Harry Potter liked her, and nodded his head.
"Harry's got a grinning problem," he said, "We think its from that scar, makes him do strange things."
"Like what?" Jessica asked, smirking a bit.
"Um…" Oliver thought quickly, "He once danced around in his underwear?"
Jessica laughed a bit, covering her mouth with her free hand. Oliver was rather proud of himself. Getting Jessica's hand back in his and keeping her away from Harry was a great feat for him. Once they got back to the porthole, he looked at the Lady in the Pink dress' portrait.
"And who's this young woman, Oliver?" she asked.
"This is Jessica Hargrove," he said, "She just transferred here from another school."
"Dumbledore never told me of a new student!" the Pink-dressed woman replied, frowning, "Either way, welcome to Hogwarts, dear."
Jessica smiled, "Thankyou."
"Anyway," said the large woman, looking at Oliver as if waiting for something.
"Balderdash." Oliver said, and she smiled, the portrait sliding to the side and the two walked in, Oliver looking over at Jessica as they walked through the tunnel into the Common Room.
"Balderdash is the password to get in here," he said, "Only other Gryffindor's know it besides the other teachers."
Jessica nodded and looked around the Common Room as they stepped into it, having not had the chance to really see it when she had first got to the new school. Oliver caught the fire reflecting in her eyes and watched them, and jumped when the two green pools that were her eyes looked at him. She frowned at him a bit, confused at why he was staring at her like that.
"Sorry." Oliver said, blushing a little bit, though it was hard to see in the dim light of the fire-lit Common Room. Jessica smiled then and looked to the floor, her hand moving from his to her side again. Oliver frowned a bit and his skin went back to the same colour.
Oliver and Jessica both looked over at the couch suddenly, seeing Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger kissing on the couch. Oliver raised and eyebrow while Jessica averted her eyes. Oliver cleared his throat, figuring they wouldn't have done so if he had made some form of noise. Quickly they stopped and looked at him, and then at each other.
"Well, um…" said Hermione, "Looks like that stupid spell wore off."
"Yeah," said Ron, and the two got up.
"A spell, eh?" smirked Oliver.
"Yeah," said Ron, "Uh…stupid Malfoy."
And with that the two quickly ran upstairs. Oliver grinned over at Jessica, she was already smiling and shook her head at what had just happened.
"Who were they?" she asked, making her way over to a couch. Oliver took the advantage to look her up and down from behind before following her over to the couch.
'Very nice.' He thought to himself, before answering.
"Those were Harry's friends. Third years." He said, seating himself beside her as she sat. Jessica nodded.
"They have names?" Jessica asked.
"Ron Weasley, yes another Weasley, and Hermione Granger." He said, "Hermione's a big brain."
Jessica smiled and nodded.
"So," said Oliver, "Why would your parents drop you off somewhere around Christmas?"
"Well," Jessica said, "My parents are kind of, not around a lot, so I don't know, maybe they figured it'd be easier?"
Oliver nodded, his parents being the same.
"Well," Jessica said, standing, "I'm kind of tired."
Oliver stood too. "Oh," he said, "Well…I'll see you in the morning then, I suppose."
She smiled and nodded, passing him and heading for the stairs that led to the girls' dormitories and turned and looked at Oliver.
"Thanks for showing me around." She said, smiling. Oliver nodded and watched her go up the stairs and into the darkness of the dormitories. He sighed and walked up into the boys', thinking about how wonderful that day had been. As he changed, he thought about what they had talked about, how much he had told a complete stranger, but felt he could trust her. He got into bed and soon drifted off to a dream-filled sleep.
The next morning Oliver awoke with a start, his eyes darting around the room, seeing it was near-empty. He got up and dressed, grabbing his bag and walking out of the boys' dormitories and into the Common Room. Only two people were there, Ron and Hermione, once again making out on the couch.
"Little early for such play, don't you think?" Oliver said sarcastically, passing them, both jumping and yelping a bit, obviously not having seen him. He walked out into the hallway and went down the stairs, this time not having them move. He walked down another hallway and soon entered the Great Hall. He looked around and saw Jessica talking to none other than Katie Bell. The two girls were talking and giggling in a fashion most irregular for Katie. He walked over and sat beside Jessica, only in time to hear Katie say the words at the end of the sentence.
'…Definitely likes you.' She said, and then looked at Oliver as he sat down. Jessica looked over at him, having her arms folded on the table and smiled to him.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey." He replied. Katie watched them, her eyes narrowed as if she were attempting to figure a tough equation out. Oliver looked over at her and raised an eyebrow.
"Something wrong?" he asked.
"No," replied Katie, "No, not at all."
She actually smiled a rather mischievous smile and looked back down to her toast. Jessica raised an eyebrow at this too and then started eating as well as Oliver loaded up his plate.
Jessica didn't sit near him in Herbology, so Oliver didn't get to see her then, and lost track of her between the switch between their first and second class. He entered the second class room; Charms class. He looked around and saw the most terrible, despicable, horrible sight he had ever seen!
On the other side of the room sat Jessica, sitting at a two-person table with none other than Cedric Diggory. Cedric had been so good at Charms, he was transferred to years forward, but had been struggling with the 7th year class. Oliver made his way over to his normal seat beside Katie, still watching Cedric and Jessica. Cedric had obviously said something funny because Jessica started laughing quietly. All the girls liked Cedric, and Oliver wasn't gonna lie, he could see why. He was a somewhat burly boy, much like Oliver, but he had a face more…'shaped', you could call it. His dark hair and dark eyes made him seem almost mysterious and drove the girls in Hogwarts up walls.
Katie looked over at Oliver, "Something wrong?"
Oliver said nothing, nor did Katie until she followed his gaze and looked back to him.
"Oh," she said, "That."
"Yes, that." Said Oliver.
"They've been talking almost all morning." She said, "They met up in the halls."
"Are they dating?" Oliver asked, still watching the two.
"Dating?!" Katie laughed, "Oliver, they met each other not even 3 hours ago, and now you expect them to be dating?"
Oliver looked over at Katie for the first time since breakfast and shrugged.
"You never know." He said.
The day passed slowly. Oliver didn't seek out Jessica any more that day. He probably wouldn't have seen her if it weren't for her. He was walking along a hallway when she came up behind him.
"Hey," she said. Oliver turned, seeing her smiling face.
"Oh, hey." He replied.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" she asked, "Its so beautiful out."
Oliver shrugged and nodded and the two walked outside. It was near winter, but not a single flake of snow had fallen, and it felt like summer. The two walked along a path beside a garden, making their way around the school.
"Do you know Cedric Diggory?" she asked. Oliver shuddered at his name, something that was regular for another Quidditch Captain to do to the other's name.
"Yeah," Oliver said, "What about him?"
"Well," Jessica said, "He asked me out today."
Oliver felt his heart sink down to his ankle and fall on the ground, dying like a leaf under a magnifying glass.
"Oh," he said, gritting his teeth, "I'm happy for you."
"What?" Jessica asked, frowning.
"For you and Cedric." Oliver explained.
"Oh," Jessica said, "I didn't say yes to him."
"You didn't?" Suddenly, Oliver's heart lifted wings, got itself a pretty little halo and fluttered back to his chest.
"No," said Jessica, "He's just too…" She searched for the word.
"Too what?" Oliver asked, hoping it was something bad.
"It's somewhere between a player and a prettyboy." Jessica said. Oliver smirked widely and nodded.
"That's true." He said.
"Sorry," she said, "If he's a friend of yours or something."
"Me and Cedric?!" Oliver exclaimed, laughing lightly "No, he's Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain, so we're instant rivals."
Jessica smiled a bit and nodded, understanding. "I see." She said. Oliver smirked over at her and had to ask one more time for confirmation.
"So, you two aren't a couple?" he asked.
"No," she said, smiling and looking at him funny, "Why?"
"Just wondering." He said. She smiled and looked at the ground, then shook her head, laughing a bit.
"What is it?" Oliver asked.
"Nothing," she said, "Just thinking about silly things."
"Like what?" Oliver asked curiously. She looked up at him and shook her head.
"Its nothing," she said, and smiled, "I'll see you at dinner alright?"
Oliver nodded and to his surprise, Jessica leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
"See you then!" she said and walked quickly off to the castle. Oliver stood there, a shocked expression on his face and then smiled, knowing that the Saturday that was coming the next day was going to be an interesting one.