Oliver walked down the hallway of the school, smiling as usual, as if
everything was normal. There were about a million things going on in his
head. He knew he hadn't always been the perfect child his parents thought
he was, but robbing a broom shop? Even that was out of his league. He saw
Katie walking up ahead of him. He looked around the hallway to make sure
no one else was around and then stopped when they were about to pass each
other.
"Did you get it?" he asked her. Katie looked around the hallway as well and then pulled a small bottle out of her pocket. Oliver grinned widely and took it as she handed it over.
"You're the best." He said.
"I'm doing this for the team, Oliver." She reminded him. Oliver nodded, not really meaning anything else.
"We have a problem." Katie continued.
"What's that?" Oliver asked.
"I…kind of ran into Harry on my way down from the third floor." She said, ashamed as her voice lowered to a whisper.
"What?" Oliver's eyes widened. "Well, what happened?"
"I sort of told him what the bottle was for." Katie continued on about what just happened.
"What!?" Oliver was shocked.
"You never told me who was in on this!" she exclaimed.
"I certainly wouldn't have told Harry!" Oliver shouted as much as he could in a whisper.
"Hey, I got you the potion, that was my part. I never said anything about keeping secrets." Katie said. She didn't really mean it; she was just trying to cover for herself.
"It comes without saying, Katie!" Oliver said "When I say 'Don't tell anyone' I mean it!"
"You should have thought twice about what we're dealing with here, Oliver." Katie said. There was a moment of silence between them. Katie watched Oliver, as he seemed to be deep in thought.
"Well," she began "What are you going to do about Harry?"
"I guess I'll have to let him in on it." Oliver said.
"Oliver, no!" Katie yelled, coming out of the whisper.
"There's no choice now. You're the one who screwed the whole procedure up." He said, going back to a whisper, hoping she'd catch on.
"Well, it all goes downhill from here." Katie said.
"Looks like it…" Oliver went back into one of his thoughtful looks.
"Well, I'll see you at practise tonight." Katie said.
"Yeah." Oliver responded, still in thought. Katie started down the hall and turned.
"And Oliver?" she said. Oliver looked up at her. "Sorry. I know how much this meant to you." She smiled lightly and then walked off down the hall she had just come from. Oliver looked at the floor and then sat down, his back against the wall and thought about what he was going to say to Harry.
When Oliver walked into the Great Hall at dinnertime, he saw Hermione looking at Harry as if she were explaining something. Harry looked serious, like he was demanding. Harry's back was turned, so when Hermione saw Oliver, her eyes widened a little bit and then started talking quickly to Harry as he began to walk over. When Oliver sat down one or two seats away from them, she started talking about Divination and such. Harry nodded and then continued to eat his dinner. Hermione glanced at Oliver quickly, and then began to eat as well. Oliver grabbed a bacon omelette from one of the trays and began to eat it when he saw Colin and Lindsay at the end of the table. He picked up his plate and goblet, which was empty, and walked over to them and sat across from the two.
"Have you heard what those two are talking about?" he asked immediately.
"Heard who talking about what?" Lindsay asked, and then took a sip of her water.
"Harry and Hermione." Oliver replied. The three of them looked over at Hermione and Harry, who immediately looked at their plates, which showed they had been watching them.
"Hm. Looks like they're up to something." Colin said sarcastically.
"Way to state the obvious." Lindsay said as she popped a piece of bacon into her mouth. Colin mumbled something as a spark came from under the table and the rest of Lindsay's cheese omelette popped legs and a head and took the shape of a frog, which jumped on her lap. Lindsay automatically took her wand and started zapping Colin's food into mice and rats.
Oliver, getting frustrated pulled out his wand and waved it and said "Shirilious Marcosis." And the two's wands disappeared from sight.
"Hey! Give us our wands back!" Lindsay yelled.
"Stop being fools and I'll think about it." Oliver said as the two glared at him. "Now did you hear them talking about anything?"
"Oliver, if we didn't know who you were talking about, its obvious we weren't listening." Lindsay said.
"Or caring, for that matter." Colin added on. Oliver glared at the two and waved his wand again and said "Shirilious Farcosis." And their wands appeared again.
"Harry knows." Oliver said.
"What!?" Lindsay yelled. Oliver motioned for her to keep it down and they leaned in together.
"Its Katie's fault. She thought he was in on it, so she started telling him about the potion." Oliver said.
"That bloody…" Lindsay started, but Colin smacked her in the back of the head lightly to get her to stop.
"Better watch what you're saying about Oliver's girlfriend." Colin said.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Oliver exclaimed.
"Suuure, she isn't." Lindsay said.
"She's not!" Oliver repeated.
"Then why are you constantly spending so much time together?" Lindsay argued.
"We're both on the bloody team together, we have to spend time together." Oliver argued back.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Colin said, putting a hand between their faces. "I didn't mean to get in to this, we're way off topic."
"Right," Oliver said, "Well, do you think we should get him to help?"
"Absolutely not!" Colin said strongly.
"Yeah, that completely defeats the purpose of a secret." Lindsay said.
"Well, what do you want me to about it? He knows, and I think Granger is telling him all about it." Oliver said. Once again they all looked over. This time the fact that Harry and Hermione were watching wasn't as apparent, but still visible.
"Wow, great job hiding that they weren't watching." Colin said sarcastically.
"You know, they'd make a cute couple." Lindsay said.
"Is that all you think about?" Colin asked challengingly.
"Hey hey, off topic again." Oliver said.
"Sorry, we change the subject if it's too boring." Lindsay said.
"Yeah, same here." Oliver said.
"Must be genetic." Colin added. They all grinned a bit and then went right back to where they were.
"Well, I personally don't think we should let Harry help. I mean…look at him. He's got nark written all over him!" Lindsay said.
"Agreed." Colin said.
"Well, you two come up with some idea to get it out of his head because I'm fresh out of brilliance." Oliver said. It wasn't long before Colin said the first thing that came to mind.
"A spell?"
"Magic?" Lindsay asked, then thought about it for a moment. "Do you know any spells for that kind of thing?"
"No magic!" Oliver exclaimed.
"Why the hell not?" Colin demanded an answer.
"Because we're not good enough at magic for that!" Oliver responded.
"Well, it's our idea, so we're sticking to it or else we're 'Out of brilliance' too." Lindsay said, mimicking Oliver.
"We'll see. It might actually turn out that that's what we'll need to do." Oliver said. He gulped down the rest of his bacon omelette, a piece of bacon sticking out of his mouth.
"Oh, wow. Now that's attractive." Lindsay said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Yeah, at first I was jealous, but now I see the light. This is why you're such the ladies man." Colin sarcastically said.
Oliver gave them a sarcastic smile and stuck his tongue out with chewed up bacon omelette on it.
"Looks absolutely delicious. Really it does." Colin said, again, sarcastically. Oliver grinned, grabbed Lindsay's goblet, chugged it to wash down the rest of the omelette and walked off, Colin and Lindsay laughing behind him.
"Did you get it?" he asked her. Katie looked around the hallway as well and then pulled a small bottle out of her pocket. Oliver grinned widely and took it as she handed it over.
"You're the best." He said.
"I'm doing this for the team, Oliver." She reminded him. Oliver nodded, not really meaning anything else.
"We have a problem." Katie continued.
"What's that?" Oliver asked.
"I…kind of ran into Harry on my way down from the third floor." She said, ashamed as her voice lowered to a whisper.
"What?" Oliver's eyes widened. "Well, what happened?"
"I sort of told him what the bottle was for." Katie continued on about what just happened.
"What!?" Oliver was shocked.
"You never told me who was in on this!" she exclaimed.
"I certainly wouldn't have told Harry!" Oliver shouted as much as he could in a whisper.
"Hey, I got you the potion, that was my part. I never said anything about keeping secrets." Katie said. She didn't really mean it; she was just trying to cover for herself.
"It comes without saying, Katie!" Oliver said "When I say 'Don't tell anyone' I mean it!"
"You should have thought twice about what we're dealing with here, Oliver." Katie said. There was a moment of silence between them. Katie watched Oliver, as he seemed to be deep in thought.
"Well," she began "What are you going to do about Harry?"
"I guess I'll have to let him in on it." Oliver said.
"Oliver, no!" Katie yelled, coming out of the whisper.
"There's no choice now. You're the one who screwed the whole procedure up." He said, going back to a whisper, hoping she'd catch on.
"Well, it all goes downhill from here." Katie said.
"Looks like it…" Oliver went back into one of his thoughtful looks.
"Well, I'll see you at practise tonight." Katie said.
"Yeah." Oliver responded, still in thought. Katie started down the hall and turned.
"And Oliver?" she said. Oliver looked up at her. "Sorry. I know how much this meant to you." She smiled lightly and then walked off down the hall she had just come from. Oliver looked at the floor and then sat down, his back against the wall and thought about what he was going to say to Harry.
When Oliver walked into the Great Hall at dinnertime, he saw Hermione looking at Harry as if she were explaining something. Harry looked serious, like he was demanding. Harry's back was turned, so when Hermione saw Oliver, her eyes widened a little bit and then started talking quickly to Harry as he began to walk over. When Oliver sat down one or two seats away from them, she started talking about Divination and such. Harry nodded and then continued to eat his dinner. Hermione glanced at Oliver quickly, and then began to eat as well. Oliver grabbed a bacon omelette from one of the trays and began to eat it when he saw Colin and Lindsay at the end of the table. He picked up his plate and goblet, which was empty, and walked over to them and sat across from the two.
"Have you heard what those two are talking about?" he asked immediately.
"Heard who talking about what?" Lindsay asked, and then took a sip of her water.
"Harry and Hermione." Oliver replied. The three of them looked over at Hermione and Harry, who immediately looked at their plates, which showed they had been watching them.
"Hm. Looks like they're up to something." Colin said sarcastically.
"Way to state the obvious." Lindsay said as she popped a piece of bacon into her mouth. Colin mumbled something as a spark came from under the table and the rest of Lindsay's cheese omelette popped legs and a head and took the shape of a frog, which jumped on her lap. Lindsay automatically took her wand and started zapping Colin's food into mice and rats.
Oliver, getting frustrated pulled out his wand and waved it and said "Shirilious Marcosis." And the two's wands disappeared from sight.
"Hey! Give us our wands back!" Lindsay yelled.
"Stop being fools and I'll think about it." Oliver said as the two glared at him. "Now did you hear them talking about anything?"
"Oliver, if we didn't know who you were talking about, its obvious we weren't listening." Lindsay said.
"Or caring, for that matter." Colin added on. Oliver glared at the two and waved his wand again and said "Shirilious Farcosis." And their wands appeared again.
"Harry knows." Oliver said.
"What!?" Lindsay yelled. Oliver motioned for her to keep it down and they leaned in together.
"Its Katie's fault. She thought he was in on it, so she started telling him about the potion." Oliver said.
"That bloody…" Lindsay started, but Colin smacked her in the back of the head lightly to get her to stop.
"Better watch what you're saying about Oliver's girlfriend." Colin said.
"She's not my girlfriend!" Oliver exclaimed.
"Suuure, she isn't." Lindsay said.
"She's not!" Oliver repeated.
"Then why are you constantly spending so much time together?" Lindsay argued.
"We're both on the bloody team together, we have to spend time together." Oliver argued back.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Colin said, putting a hand between their faces. "I didn't mean to get in to this, we're way off topic."
"Right," Oliver said, "Well, do you think we should get him to help?"
"Absolutely not!" Colin said strongly.
"Yeah, that completely defeats the purpose of a secret." Lindsay said.
"Well, what do you want me to about it? He knows, and I think Granger is telling him all about it." Oliver said. Once again they all looked over. This time the fact that Harry and Hermione were watching wasn't as apparent, but still visible.
"Wow, great job hiding that they weren't watching." Colin said sarcastically.
"You know, they'd make a cute couple." Lindsay said.
"Is that all you think about?" Colin asked challengingly.
"Hey hey, off topic again." Oliver said.
"Sorry, we change the subject if it's too boring." Lindsay said.
"Yeah, same here." Oliver said.
"Must be genetic." Colin added. They all grinned a bit and then went right back to where they were.
"Well, I personally don't think we should let Harry help. I mean…look at him. He's got nark written all over him!" Lindsay said.
"Agreed." Colin said.
"Well, you two come up with some idea to get it out of his head because I'm fresh out of brilliance." Oliver said. It wasn't long before Colin said the first thing that came to mind.
"A spell?"
"Magic?" Lindsay asked, then thought about it for a moment. "Do you know any spells for that kind of thing?"
"No magic!" Oliver exclaimed.
"Why the hell not?" Colin demanded an answer.
"Because we're not good enough at magic for that!" Oliver responded.
"Well, it's our idea, so we're sticking to it or else we're 'Out of brilliance' too." Lindsay said, mimicking Oliver.
"We'll see. It might actually turn out that that's what we'll need to do." Oliver said. He gulped down the rest of his bacon omelette, a piece of bacon sticking out of his mouth.
"Oh, wow. Now that's attractive." Lindsay said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice.
"Yeah, at first I was jealous, but now I see the light. This is why you're such the ladies man." Colin sarcastically said.
Oliver gave them a sarcastic smile and stuck his tongue out with chewed up bacon omelette on it.
"Looks absolutely delicious. Really it does." Colin said, again, sarcastically. Oliver grinned, grabbed Lindsay's goblet, chugged it to wash down the rest of the omelette and walked off, Colin and Lindsay laughing behind him.