Chapter 3

The day dragged on and on as Kelly awaited seeing Oliver again that night in the common room. It didn't help when Rachelle kept talking about Mike as if they were going out.

"You know, I talked to Mike this morning after breakfast." Rachelle announced as if Kelly hadn't heard enough. Kelly rolled her eyes and went back to her transfiguration assignment. She hoped she would never turn out like Rachelle, babbling on about some boy.

"Rachelle, can you please leave your love life out of your assignment please?" Professor McGonagall said as she walked up to the 3 girls who were crowded around a table. Kelly had been the only one that was doing the homework and had to laugh slightly when Rachelle and Amber had been yelled at.

"Yes, sorry Professor." Rachelle muttered and pretended to look down at her paper. She looked over a Amber once the professor had left, "Amber, as I was saying, Mike is just..."

Finally after dinner, Kelly got her chance to get away from Rachelle and Amber and talk to someone that didn't bored her to sleep. Oliver was waiting for her on a red velvet couch near the fireplace. He smiled sheepishly and gestured for her to sit next to him.

She walked slowly over and sat next to him, "Hey."

"How was your day?" Oliver asked and laughed when Kelly sighed, "Was it really that bad?"

"It could have been worse. Rachelle is obsessed with Mike," She said, resting her head on her shoulder and looking into the flames, "I've never saw her this way with any other guy she's been with."

"Mike seems to like her." Oliver looked down at Kelly who was still staring into the fireplace, "well, kinda."

Kelly jumped up quickly, "What do you mean by kinda?"

"Well Mike's one of those guys that just can't keep a serous relationship." Oliver said, "He's cheated on all of his other girlfriends in the past."

"As much as I can hate that bitch I'm still her friend and I don't want her to get hurt." Kelly sighed, "But she's never gonna listen to me, not if I told her that her love of her life is going to cheat on her."

"That's true." Oliver looked at the clock above the fireplace, "Man it's already 12."

Kelly looked up and noticed too, "There's no one here ether."

He glanced around. She was right, everyone had gone upstairs.

"You know, it was about this time when Rachelle came down and shoved you away." Oliver whispered, "I didn't like that."

"Why not?"

"Because ever since I saw you on the train, I've needed to get to know you. It was like love at first sight." Oliver laughed at himself, "I just sound pathetic."

"No you don't." Kelly whispered, "It's how you feel and it's how I feel too."

Oliver's face was dangerously close to Kelly's. She could feel his breath on her face and longed for his touch.

"Whoa, am I interrupting something?" Mike shouted as he walked down the stairs.

"Actually yeah, you were." Oliver said and blushed slightly, "Why are you coming down here?"

"Well, I just wanted to get my homework from that table over there." Mike said, "Sorry I burst in like that, I probably ruined the mood, didn't I."

"Oh just kinda." Kelly said, "Oliver I better go anyways."

"Well then I'll see you tomorrow morning, ok."

"Ok." Kelly answered and traveled back up the stairs. Oliver turned to face Mike.

"Who was that?" Mike asked, "I've never seen her."

"Her name is Kelly." Oliver noticed the grin on Mike's face, "Hey don't get any idea's man, she's mine. You got Rachelle anyways. Is she as big of a bitch as I've heard?"

"Man, shut up." Mike said and grabbed his books, "Just because you can't get any from your girl..." Oliver pushed him up the stairs and headed to bed.

"Mike finally asked me out!" Rachelle gushed the next morning at breakfast. Kelly rolled her eyes like she always does towards Rachelle. Now that she knew the whole scoop on Mike, didn't want Rachelle to make such a big deal about him. As Oliver had told her the day before, Mike wasn't the man that was good at keeping a commitment and Oliver has known Mike for a long time.

"Hey baby." Mike pulled up a chair and sat down next to Rachelle squeezing Kelly aside. Kelly moaned and held her head in her hand, hoping someone could save her from the torture.

"Kelly, you're coming with me." Oliver was standing behind her and practically lifted her out of her chair.

"Um, ok." Kelly said, getting a strange look from Mike and an even stranger look from Rachelle.

Once Oliver had gotten her out of her chair and away from her so called friends, he took her to another table filled with Quidditch player's for the Gryffindor team. She already knew Fred and George and had seen some of the other player's while walking around the school.

"Thank you." She whispered in his hear as she sat down.

"Mike, I'm glad you did that for me last night." Rachelle said, quietly to Mike.

"No problem. Why did you want me to do that anyways." He asked and this time Amber heard.

"What are you to talking about?" Amber asked, looking at Rachelle.

"Well, last night, Oliver and Kelly had been sitting on that little velvet couch for far to long so Mike went down there and broke thing's up." Rachelle laughed, "I don't think they suspect a thing."

"They didn't." Mike said quickly, "I know Oliver."