Harry spent the next few days with Ron and Hermione, trying to write the perfect letter for Kelly and Oliver. They had to come up with one fast because the game was soon approaching. On the Tuesday before the game, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all settled on the perfect letter to mail to each of the stubborn teenagers.
"Ok, we'll read it once more just to be sure we didn't mess up anywhere." Hermione's voice echoed through the owlrey.
Dear Oliver,
Hey, this is Kelly. I know it's been long since we have talked since that day, but I don't want things to be weird between us. So, having said that, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to come watch me play on Friday. It's the first game of the season, were playing against Hufflepuff. If you do decide to come maybe we can meet in the Great Hall afterwards and get a quick something to eat. If not that's fine too. I'll talk to you later,
Kelly
They had written one to Kelly from Oliver that had said almost the exact thing. It just invited her to eat something with him, almost like a date.
"It's perfect, if she doesn't fall for it; she's just plain dumb." Hermione said, looking over her work in pure admiration. She tied the parchment to a brown owl and told it to find Oliver as soon as possible.
A owl swooped down and almost hit Kelly in the head, "What the...". Kelly looked at the letter and saw the name as the return address. She couldn't believe her eyes. Harry saw she was handling the letter and have Ron and Hermione a swift kick under the table and gestured toward Kelly. They all instantly tried to contain the smiles on their faces.
"Who's that from, Kelly?" Rachelle asked, looking curious as ever.
"It's from Oliver." Kelly hoped that Rachelle didn't make a huge deal out of it. Yeah, it was a huge deal to Kelly; her heart was pounding out of her chest. Yet, knowing Rachelle, she would start lecturing Kelly on she needed to get over him, and reading that letter would just make her want him more badly.
"Huh?" Rachelle started laughing, "You're kidding right? Why would Oliver send you anything?"
Kelly cringed.
"Rachelle, I don't believe you." Kelly stood up for herself. It seemed like every time that she did say something back to Rachelle, Rachelle always had the better line, that she took control of the situation. It always made Kelly think of what if Rachelle was right. What if she should just forget about Oliver, "It's none of your business if Oliver did in fact send me something. I don't want you getting into my problems with him. If he wants to send me something then he will, and there's not much you can do about it."
Kelly got up, and walked away with the letter in hand. Harry, Ron, and Hermione quickly got up from their seats and followed her, trying as hard as they could to avoid the stares that were aimed toward them from Rachelle and Amber.
"Oh but there is something I can do about it." Rachelle smirked.
Kelly ran to the common room, and sat down at a table and massaged her temples. She looked up and saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione standing in front of her. Each one took a seat at the table.
"What was that all about?" Harry asked, playing dumb to the scene. Of course he knew what had happened but if they didn't play dumb, Kelly would know something was going on.
Kelly handed Harry the letter. Harry didn't mean for this to happen. He thought that letter would make Kelly have some hope in Oliver, that they could somehow fix their relationship. Now it seemed as if Kelly was losing hope.
"I got this today. It's a letter from Oliver." Kelly cried, "Rachelle saw it and started her shit again. Saying how I should just forget about him. I stood up to her, but it seems every single thing I say to her just goes right past her head, like she doesn't care at all. I'm starting to think that maybe I should just forget about him, I mean this letter could just say bye again. How he never wants to see me again."
"Kelly, I know Oliver. He's not that harsh and I'm pretty sure that what ever is in that letter is great. Forget about Rachelle and Amber and don't forget about Oliver, just don't. You never know what's going to happen with him. Rachelle can't get in the middle of you two." Hermione said. Kelly opened the letter and read it to herself.
"He wants to see me after the next Quidditch game." Kelly said, her voice not as excited as they expected it to be but she wasn't crying anymore.
"See, maybe he wants you back too." Ron said, trying to comfort her.
"Yeah, maybe."
