Oliver lay in his bed that night thinking about the conversation he had
with Haylie. He stared at a picture of himself and Gaia, looking extremely
happy at a fair in Diagon Alley. Then he looked at a muggle-developed
picture of Haylie. She called it a head shot, as it took a picture of,
mainly, your face.
'I wonder why I didn't tell her.' Oliver thought.
'If you weren't so involved with Quidditch and that girlfriend of yours, you probably would've' A voice from his head said.
'For once, brain, I agree.' A voice from his chest said.
"I must be going mad." He thought, shaking his head before going to sleep.
~*~
Haylie and Oliver were taken to King's Cross on September 1st, by Mrs. West. Haylie was still a bit miffed about the Oliver-Gaia incident and responded to Oliver with monosyllabic words.
"So, you excited about the new term?" Oliver asked, heaving her trunk into the luggage compartments.
"Yup." She replied, cradling her black cat that was named, Ringo, after her favorite wizard in the popular group The Beatles.
"You plan to talk to me that way all the time?" Oliver asked, letting her into the train first.
"Yes." Haylie answered.
Oliver shrugged. "You're doing it again. You know I hate when you do that."
"What?" Haylie asked innocently.
"That. That whole monotone, monosyllabic, monoexpressive gig." Oliver said.
"That?" Haylie asked, suppressing a grin.
"You're incorrigible, you are, West." Oliver groaned.
"Oh, so we're on last name basis now Wood? Fine then, I'm good." Haylie replied. "I'm game."
"And you just lost." Oliver said, grinning. "I was TRYING to get you out of that stick up the ass routine you put up so often and guess what, I got you to stop!"
"Damn you." Haylie said. "I was going for a record of four weeks."
"Can I join you two?" A bright bubbly voice asked. It was Gaia.
Oliver noticed a spasm come over Haylie, but when he blinked he went to the conclusion that he imagined it. "Hey Gaia."
"Hi." Haylie smiled back. "Meet Ringo, he's my kitty."
"Hey there." Gaia said, reaching to pet Ringo, who scratched her hand.
"Sorry about that, he's usually very friendly. Even to those he meets the first time." Haylie said, taking her wand from her robes. "I Medeo!" /I And her cut was healed.
"How'd you do that?" Gaia asked, rubbing her hand.
"Well, we learned it in Charms last year." Haylie said. "I do pay attention in class, you know. It helps a lot." Oliver looked at her condescendingly. 'What?' She mouthed. Fred and George Weasley ran in, grinning.
"Hey, is that your cat?" George asked.
"Yeah, go ahead and pet him. He's really nice." Haylie said.
"Hey there kit!" Fred grinned, touching the cat, who immediately went to his touch and then George's.
"How come your cat likes them and not me?" Gaia asked. "Animals usually love me."
Fred gave a snort, and from the look on Oliver's face, he immediately blamed it on a cold he was recovering from. "Well, I heard that animals are a huge judge of character. Although I think yours might be broken. It likes us."
"Ah, Gred and Forge…yes you are." Haylie grinned, winking at the twins.
"So Gred! Let's go! To the snack cart!" George said *think batman*
"To the SNACK CART FORGE!" Fred answered, and they whooshed off.
"Now that, I will miss." Haylie said, going back to petting her cat.
"Will you miss me?" Oliver asked.
"Eh." Haylie replied.
"You think we'll still be neighbors?" Oliver asked. Haylie shrugged.
"Are you going to stop that soon?" Oliver asked.
"Moot point Wood. Moot point." Haylie said, stretching out. "Wake me when we get there."
Oliver had a feeling that school this year was not going to go as smooth as he would like.
'I wonder why I didn't tell her.' Oliver thought.
'If you weren't so involved with Quidditch and that girlfriend of yours, you probably would've' A voice from his head said.
'For once, brain, I agree.' A voice from his chest said.
"I must be going mad." He thought, shaking his head before going to sleep.
~*~
Haylie and Oliver were taken to King's Cross on September 1st, by Mrs. West. Haylie was still a bit miffed about the Oliver-Gaia incident and responded to Oliver with monosyllabic words.
"So, you excited about the new term?" Oliver asked, heaving her trunk into the luggage compartments.
"Yup." She replied, cradling her black cat that was named, Ringo, after her favorite wizard in the popular group The Beatles.
"You plan to talk to me that way all the time?" Oliver asked, letting her into the train first.
"Yes." Haylie answered.
Oliver shrugged. "You're doing it again. You know I hate when you do that."
"What?" Haylie asked innocently.
"That. That whole monotone, monosyllabic, monoexpressive gig." Oliver said.
"That?" Haylie asked, suppressing a grin.
"You're incorrigible, you are, West." Oliver groaned.
"Oh, so we're on last name basis now Wood? Fine then, I'm good." Haylie replied. "I'm game."
"And you just lost." Oliver said, grinning. "I was TRYING to get you out of that stick up the ass routine you put up so often and guess what, I got you to stop!"
"Damn you." Haylie said. "I was going for a record of four weeks."
"Can I join you two?" A bright bubbly voice asked. It was Gaia.
Oliver noticed a spasm come over Haylie, but when he blinked he went to the conclusion that he imagined it. "Hey Gaia."
"Hi." Haylie smiled back. "Meet Ringo, he's my kitty."
"Hey there." Gaia said, reaching to pet Ringo, who scratched her hand.
"Sorry about that, he's usually very friendly. Even to those he meets the first time." Haylie said, taking her wand from her robes. "I Medeo!" /I And her cut was healed.
"How'd you do that?" Gaia asked, rubbing her hand.
"Well, we learned it in Charms last year." Haylie said. "I do pay attention in class, you know. It helps a lot." Oliver looked at her condescendingly. 'What?' She mouthed. Fred and George Weasley ran in, grinning.
"Hey, is that your cat?" George asked.
"Yeah, go ahead and pet him. He's really nice." Haylie said.
"Hey there kit!" Fred grinned, touching the cat, who immediately went to his touch and then George's.
"How come your cat likes them and not me?" Gaia asked. "Animals usually love me."
Fred gave a snort, and from the look on Oliver's face, he immediately blamed it on a cold he was recovering from. "Well, I heard that animals are a huge judge of character. Although I think yours might be broken. It likes us."
"Ah, Gred and Forge…yes you are." Haylie grinned, winking at the twins.
"So Gred! Let's go! To the snack cart!" George said *think batman*
"To the SNACK CART FORGE!" Fred answered, and they whooshed off.
"Now that, I will miss." Haylie said, going back to petting her cat.
"Will you miss me?" Oliver asked.
"Eh." Haylie replied.
"You think we'll still be neighbors?" Oliver asked. Haylie shrugged.
"Are you going to stop that soon?" Oliver asked.
"Moot point Wood. Moot point." Haylie said, stretching out. "Wake me when we get there."
Oliver had a feeling that school this year was not going to go as smooth as he would like.
