Innocent Words
Author: Captain Cornflake
Chapter Six: First Date
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~*DISCLAIMER*~
I do NOT own Harry Potter, all credit goes J.K Rowling and thanks to PuddlemereChaser for letting me steal your ideas (j/k). PS I own Emilia.
I do not own any of the song titles mentioned in this chapter either. :p
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After meeting the rest of the team and signing her contract, Emilia barely had any time to herself anymore.
Cedric could see it was getting her frustrated, that she couldn't see him as often as she liked. So, after much consideration, the two split up.
After that, Emilia was very down for days, she wasn't trying very hard in lesson, she wasn't even truly happy in team practice.
Finally Oliver plucked up the courage to ask her what was up.
The team was in the canteen, after practice, where Em had asked to be left alone.
The other lads were sitting near the window that over-looked the field. Em could hear them whispering, conspiring about something, and to add to that, they were making sneaky looks in her direction.
Wood got up and walked gingerly over to her, then sat down, forcing her to look up into his face. He could see she'd been crying.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'I just split up with my boyfriend, how do you think I feel?'
'Ok, I'm sorry, I- we, I mean, we're worried about you'
'I'm fine, I'm just a little tired and down, that's all'
'Ok.well um, if you wanna talk, I'm here you know' he stood up.
To his surprise, Em just jumped up out of her seat, and wrapped her arms around his ribcage and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back and she cried into his chest.
The five players on the other table looked at Oliver with a suspicious look on their faces, and he just looked back at them and shrugged his shoulders.
'Ssh, Ssh, shh' he whispered into her hair.
One of his hands was wrapped around her waist, and the other one was entangled in her silky soft black hair.
He waved his hand and motioned for the other guys to leave.
Oliver pulled her out of the hug and sat her down in her seat. He sat opposite her and held her hand tightly.
She looked up at him with tear filled eyes and whispered.
'I'm sorry, I'm being stupid'
'No, no, no, you're upset, it's Ok.'
She sniffed and wiped her reddened eyes.
He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, as if he was contemplating something.
'I know this isn't the most appropriate time to say this, but..'
'What?' she sniffled.
'I um, I-uh' he stammered 'I really, really like you'
'Really?' Em blinked a few times in surprise
'Yeah, you're smart, funny, amazing on the field, and dare I say it, sexy'
She looked at him with an almost blank expression, mixed with a little surprise too.
A tiny smile worked its way on to her lips, which cheered Oliver up no end.
Just outside the door, the others were earwigging in, and constantly Ssh ing each other.
The two got up from their seats and outside, the others fell completely silent, apart from their shallow breathing, to see if they could hear anything going on.
When both Oliver and Emilia were standing, they were less then eight inched apart. Em could feel his minty breath fanning strands of hair away from her face.
'I meant it you know'
'What?'
'When I said I liked you, I meant it'
There was a look in his eyes that she had only seen once before, that first time Cedric kissed her.
He snaked one of his hands around her waist and she put her right hand behind his head, pulled his head into her face and kissed him, long and hard.
When they parted, both of them were breathing very fast, there was a silent moment where Oliver and Emilia just stared into each other's eyes, then the five lads outside the door broke into a round of whoops and cheers.
Emilia just looked at the floor and blushed a deep shade of crimson, Oliver looked annoyed that they'd been watching, but broke into a small grin and wrapped his arms around Em's shoulders and she rested her head on his chest.
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The following day when Emilia returned to school, she could tell something bad had happened.
She noticed that Professor McGonagall was walking around with her head bowed extremely low, so that gave the mood away.
At breakfast, Em noticed that Dumbledore's seat at the teacher's table was empty, which caused a bit of confusion among the students, but all the tables noticed that all the teachers were dressed in black.
McGonagall tapped on her goblet, causing the entire hall to fall silent.
She rose from her seat, he hands clasped tightly together at her waist, she inhaled deeply and announced:
'I regret to announce that Professor Dumbledore died yesterday afternoon'
There was a hushed shock echoing around the room, and McGonagall continued.
'As a mark of respect, classes are suspended for the rest of the week.'
Everyone in the room was shell-shocked, they knew he was old, but no one saw this coming, many people were silently crying, Hagrid wasn't holding anything back, he was crying like there was no tomorrow.
The Gryffindor table was the most subdued, with even Hermione crying on Ron's shoulder.
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The school spent the next three days in a more than sombre mood.
When Em went to the final training session before the beginning of the season, Oliver pulled her into a strong hug, which they both savoured for a long time.
They only parted when Will shouted:
'Oi, break it up, we've got a game tomorrow we need to train for'
The team pulled on their protective pads over their clothes and headed out onto the field, where they practiced vigorously for a few hours, until everyone was practically falling off their brooms.
After showering, the group was brought together at a table in the canteen and Sam announced.
'Right, the first game is a big one, it's the Chudley Cannons.'
The entire team sighed nervously.
'But we can do it, we will win'
'Yeah!' everyone cheered, with high hopes for the next day's game.
After that encouraging speech from Sam, Em realised that technically, it was up to her to win the game.
When they had finished chattering, they all got ready to leave. Oliver pulled Emilia to one side and blurted out:
'Will you go out with me tomorrow night after the game?'
'Um, yeah sure' smiled Emilia
'Ok, I'll uh, see you tomorrow then' said Wood, winking and walking away.
He silently pinched himself to make sure he had just done that.
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The following hours between that moment and 10am the next morning flew by. The only thing Em actually remembered after leaving the ground was waking up in a cold sweat at 4am, which did her nerves no good whatsoever.
She arrived at the stadium early, at 9:30am for the 12:30pm kick off.
When the changing room doors swung open, the four other guys who had beaten her there broke into a cheer.
Em just put her bag on the bench, sat down and sighed heavily.
'What's up?' asked Will 'This is my first game in six months, it's my professional debut and we're playing last years league champions, I'm a little nervous'
'What've you got to be nervous about?' inquired Ian.
'What if I screw up, I'd be letting u guys down'
'You won't screw up, we've got faith in you, and plus, mr Griff wouldn't have signed you if you couldn't win us games' said Oliver, striding into the room.
'Hiya hun' smiled Emilia, cheering up instantly.
'Did you just call me hun?' he laughed, raising an eyebrow.
'Yes I did' replied Em, standing up and hugging him and giving him a peck on the lips too.
'Right team, let's get our game faces on, this is serious, it's the first game of the season, let's start as we mean to go on.' said Sam, pulling on his arm pads.
The rest of the players just nodded and returned to pulling on their robes.
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It was nearing 12:30pm now and everyone was getting really nervous, even Oliver.
The crowds could be heard, cheering and chanting outside in the stands.
The commentator was announcing the teams, and a cheer was going up after each name.
'.playing Keeper for Puddlemere, Oliver Wood!'
The crowd went nuts so they obviously liked him.
'..and playing Seeker for the home side, sixteen year old new signing, Emilia Stewart!'
The crowd went wild again, Em blushed and grinned broadly.
The team exited the changing rooms and made their way down the dimly lit tunnel that led to the field.
The seven players remained silent, until the door in front of them rose up and Ian shouted:
'Let's do this'
They mounted their brooms and flew out onto the field, where the orange- clad Cannons were already warming up.
The teams got into their starting positions and a short foreign looking referee brought the chest containing the balls onto the field.
He announced:
'Play hard, play clean'
And with that, he kicked the chest, sending the two Bludgers and the Snitch flying up into the air.
The referee took the Quaffle in his bony hands, threw it up into the air and the game began
Will immediately beat off Cannon's chaser Finch for possession, he went flying down the centre of the field, evading all attempts to have the Quaffle stolen from him. He scored easily. 10-0 to Puddlemere.
Ian was on the tail of the Cannon's Chaser Robert Green, aiming to hit a passing Bludger at his head, but unfortunately he missed, and Green scored, much to Oliver's dismay. 10-10 each.
Emilia hadn't seen them, but Ron, Hermione, Harry, Alicia, Katie, Angelina, Fred and George were in the stands, cheering her on.
The score was soaring at both ends, Oliver was making some good saves, but the Cannon's were still getting points.
By the time Em snapped back to reality, Puddlemere were winning, just. The score 80-60 Puddlemere's way.
Then, like a miracle, the blessed Snitch circled Emilia's head and she screamed away after it.
The opposition Seeker, Paul Rush caught on to her and pursued with a passion.
The two Seekers ended up flying towards each other, and it looked, for a moment, like they were going to collide, but at the last minute, Emilia reached out, snatched at the air, and dived underneath her oncoming foe. This movie gained a gasp of relief from the crowd.
The stands went crazy; Em slowed down and opened her hand.
'Ho- ho- holy shit!' There was the Snitch, glowing like the sun in her open palm.
The referee blew his whistle and shouted:
'Puddlemere Wins!'
230-60 (What a score on your debut game!) The stands erupted into an endless scream, and the rest of the team dived towards Emilia, dismounted their brooms and twelve strong arms were flung around her.
She was then hoisted onto Jason's shoulders and carried off the field.
'See, I told you you wouldn't screw up!'
'I know, I know'
After much congratulating and cheering, they changed and headed out.
Emilia got herself really dressed up, because she had something to celebrate.
She met the rest of the team in the ground's reception area, and when she appeared in front of them, they had to do a double take to make sure it was the same girl they saw on the field.
She was wearing a tight, mid-thigh length, blue denim skirt, a black halter neck top, black knee-high boots and an ankle length black leather jacket. Her hair was up in a claw clip, with a few strands hanging in loose curls around her face.
The only word the guys could utter was 'Whoa!'. They could believe someone could go from looking an innocent little girl to a sexy young woman in a few hours.
The group decided to go to a new club that had opened up in a nearby town.
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When they had got into 'Twisters', as it had been called, they ordered a round of Butterbeers and sat at a large round table near the dance floor where they were playing many muggle love, rock and pop songs, including: 'When a man loves a woman', 'I got you babe', 'Can't help falling in love', 'Love is all around', 'I'm a believer', 'Lay all your love on me', 'A million love songs' by Take That, a muggle band that Emilia was particularly fond of, a few of Queen's hits: 'Don't stop me now', 'Crazy little thing called love' and 'We are the champions'.
Oliver had never heard of these songs or their singers before, but her didn't care because the lyrics seemed to be trying to tell him something.
Then it came to him, Emilia may be his only chance for true love.
He looked at her, dancing away with Will and Ian on the dance floor, wondering whether he should go with his gut instinct or not.
He swallowed his fears and filtered through the crowd.
'Hey, you decided to join us' she shouted over the music
'Yeah, hey can I have this next dance?'
Emilia looked a little puzzled, but let him lead her to the middle of the dance floor as a nice, slow ballad started playing.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, she rested her head on chest and sighed in contentment. Oliver kissed the top of her head and closed his eyes and just lost himself in the moment.
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Author: Captain Cornflake
Chapter Six: First Date
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~*DISCLAIMER*~
I do NOT own Harry Potter, all credit goes J.K Rowling and thanks to PuddlemereChaser for letting me steal your ideas (j/k). PS I own Emilia.
I do not own any of the song titles mentioned in this chapter either. :p
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After meeting the rest of the team and signing her contract, Emilia barely had any time to herself anymore.
Cedric could see it was getting her frustrated, that she couldn't see him as often as she liked. So, after much consideration, the two split up.
After that, Emilia was very down for days, she wasn't trying very hard in lesson, she wasn't even truly happy in team practice.
Finally Oliver plucked up the courage to ask her what was up.
The team was in the canteen, after practice, where Em had asked to be left alone.
The other lads were sitting near the window that over-looked the field. Em could hear them whispering, conspiring about something, and to add to that, they were making sneaky looks in her direction.
Wood got up and walked gingerly over to her, then sat down, forcing her to look up into his face. He could see she'd been crying.
'What's wrong?' he asked.
'I just split up with my boyfriend, how do you think I feel?'
'Ok, I'm sorry, I- we, I mean, we're worried about you'
'I'm fine, I'm just a little tired and down, that's all'
'Ok.well um, if you wanna talk, I'm here you know' he stood up.
To his surprise, Em just jumped up out of her seat, and wrapped her arms around his ribcage and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back and she cried into his chest.
The five players on the other table looked at Oliver with a suspicious look on their faces, and he just looked back at them and shrugged his shoulders.
'Ssh, Ssh, shh' he whispered into her hair.
One of his hands was wrapped around her waist, and the other one was entangled in her silky soft black hair.
He waved his hand and motioned for the other guys to leave.
Oliver pulled her out of the hug and sat her down in her seat. He sat opposite her and held her hand tightly.
She looked up at him with tear filled eyes and whispered.
'I'm sorry, I'm being stupid'
'No, no, no, you're upset, it's Ok.'
She sniffed and wiped her reddened eyes.
He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, as if he was contemplating something.
'I know this isn't the most appropriate time to say this, but..'
'What?' she sniffled.
'I um, I-uh' he stammered 'I really, really like you'
'Really?' Em blinked a few times in surprise
'Yeah, you're smart, funny, amazing on the field, and dare I say it, sexy'
She looked at him with an almost blank expression, mixed with a little surprise too.
A tiny smile worked its way on to her lips, which cheered Oliver up no end.
Just outside the door, the others were earwigging in, and constantly Ssh ing each other.
The two got up from their seats and outside, the others fell completely silent, apart from their shallow breathing, to see if they could hear anything going on.
When both Oliver and Emilia were standing, they were less then eight inched apart. Em could feel his minty breath fanning strands of hair away from her face.
'I meant it you know'
'What?'
'When I said I liked you, I meant it'
There was a look in his eyes that she had only seen once before, that first time Cedric kissed her.
He snaked one of his hands around her waist and she put her right hand behind his head, pulled his head into her face and kissed him, long and hard.
When they parted, both of them were breathing very fast, there was a silent moment where Oliver and Emilia just stared into each other's eyes, then the five lads outside the door broke into a round of whoops and cheers.
Emilia just looked at the floor and blushed a deep shade of crimson, Oliver looked annoyed that they'd been watching, but broke into a small grin and wrapped his arms around Em's shoulders and she rested her head on his chest.
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The following day when Emilia returned to school, she could tell something bad had happened.
She noticed that Professor McGonagall was walking around with her head bowed extremely low, so that gave the mood away.
At breakfast, Em noticed that Dumbledore's seat at the teacher's table was empty, which caused a bit of confusion among the students, but all the tables noticed that all the teachers were dressed in black.
McGonagall tapped on her goblet, causing the entire hall to fall silent.
She rose from her seat, he hands clasped tightly together at her waist, she inhaled deeply and announced:
'I regret to announce that Professor Dumbledore died yesterday afternoon'
There was a hushed shock echoing around the room, and McGonagall continued.
'As a mark of respect, classes are suspended for the rest of the week.'
Everyone in the room was shell-shocked, they knew he was old, but no one saw this coming, many people were silently crying, Hagrid wasn't holding anything back, he was crying like there was no tomorrow.
The Gryffindor table was the most subdued, with even Hermione crying on Ron's shoulder.
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The school spent the next three days in a more than sombre mood.
When Em went to the final training session before the beginning of the season, Oliver pulled her into a strong hug, which they both savoured for a long time.
They only parted when Will shouted:
'Oi, break it up, we've got a game tomorrow we need to train for'
The team pulled on their protective pads over their clothes and headed out onto the field, where they practiced vigorously for a few hours, until everyone was practically falling off their brooms.
After showering, the group was brought together at a table in the canteen and Sam announced.
'Right, the first game is a big one, it's the Chudley Cannons.'
The entire team sighed nervously.
'But we can do it, we will win'
'Yeah!' everyone cheered, with high hopes for the next day's game.
After that encouraging speech from Sam, Em realised that technically, it was up to her to win the game.
When they had finished chattering, they all got ready to leave. Oliver pulled Emilia to one side and blurted out:
'Will you go out with me tomorrow night after the game?'
'Um, yeah sure' smiled Emilia
'Ok, I'll uh, see you tomorrow then' said Wood, winking and walking away.
He silently pinched himself to make sure he had just done that.
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The following hours between that moment and 10am the next morning flew by. The only thing Em actually remembered after leaving the ground was waking up in a cold sweat at 4am, which did her nerves no good whatsoever.
She arrived at the stadium early, at 9:30am for the 12:30pm kick off.
When the changing room doors swung open, the four other guys who had beaten her there broke into a cheer.
Em just put her bag on the bench, sat down and sighed heavily.
'What's up?' asked Will 'This is my first game in six months, it's my professional debut and we're playing last years league champions, I'm a little nervous'
'What've you got to be nervous about?' inquired Ian.
'What if I screw up, I'd be letting u guys down'
'You won't screw up, we've got faith in you, and plus, mr Griff wouldn't have signed you if you couldn't win us games' said Oliver, striding into the room.
'Hiya hun' smiled Emilia, cheering up instantly.
'Did you just call me hun?' he laughed, raising an eyebrow.
'Yes I did' replied Em, standing up and hugging him and giving him a peck on the lips too.
'Right team, let's get our game faces on, this is serious, it's the first game of the season, let's start as we mean to go on.' said Sam, pulling on his arm pads.
The rest of the players just nodded and returned to pulling on their robes.
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It was nearing 12:30pm now and everyone was getting really nervous, even Oliver.
The crowds could be heard, cheering and chanting outside in the stands.
The commentator was announcing the teams, and a cheer was going up after each name.
'.playing Keeper for Puddlemere, Oliver Wood!'
The crowd went nuts so they obviously liked him.
'..and playing Seeker for the home side, sixteen year old new signing, Emilia Stewart!'
The crowd went wild again, Em blushed and grinned broadly.
The team exited the changing rooms and made their way down the dimly lit tunnel that led to the field.
The seven players remained silent, until the door in front of them rose up and Ian shouted:
'Let's do this'
They mounted their brooms and flew out onto the field, where the orange- clad Cannons were already warming up.
The teams got into their starting positions and a short foreign looking referee brought the chest containing the balls onto the field.
He announced:
'Play hard, play clean'
And with that, he kicked the chest, sending the two Bludgers and the Snitch flying up into the air.
The referee took the Quaffle in his bony hands, threw it up into the air and the game began
Will immediately beat off Cannon's chaser Finch for possession, he went flying down the centre of the field, evading all attempts to have the Quaffle stolen from him. He scored easily. 10-0 to Puddlemere.
Ian was on the tail of the Cannon's Chaser Robert Green, aiming to hit a passing Bludger at his head, but unfortunately he missed, and Green scored, much to Oliver's dismay. 10-10 each.
Emilia hadn't seen them, but Ron, Hermione, Harry, Alicia, Katie, Angelina, Fred and George were in the stands, cheering her on.
The score was soaring at both ends, Oliver was making some good saves, but the Cannon's were still getting points.
By the time Em snapped back to reality, Puddlemere were winning, just. The score 80-60 Puddlemere's way.
Then, like a miracle, the blessed Snitch circled Emilia's head and she screamed away after it.
The opposition Seeker, Paul Rush caught on to her and pursued with a passion.
The two Seekers ended up flying towards each other, and it looked, for a moment, like they were going to collide, but at the last minute, Emilia reached out, snatched at the air, and dived underneath her oncoming foe. This movie gained a gasp of relief from the crowd.
The stands went crazy; Em slowed down and opened her hand.
'Ho- ho- holy shit!' There was the Snitch, glowing like the sun in her open palm.
The referee blew his whistle and shouted:
'Puddlemere Wins!'
230-60 (What a score on your debut game!) The stands erupted into an endless scream, and the rest of the team dived towards Emilia, dismounted their brooms and twelve strong arms were flung around her.
She was then hoisted onto Jason's shoulders and carried off the field.
'See, I told you you wouldn't screw up!'
'I know, I know'
After much congratulating and cheering, they changed and headed out.
Emilia got herself really dressed up, because she had something to celebrate.
She met the rest of the team in the ground's reception area, and when she appeared in front of them, they had to do a double take to make sure it was the same girl they saw on the field.
She was wearing a tight, mid-thigh length, blue denim skirt, a black halter neck top, black knee-high boots and an ankle length black leather jacket. Her hair was up in a claw clip, with a few strands hanging in loose curls around her face.
The only word the guys could utter was 'Whoa!'. They could believe someone could go from looking an innocent little girl to a sexy young woman in a few hours.
The group decided to go to a new club that had opened up in a nearby town.
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When they had got into 'Twisters', as it had been called, they ordered a round of Butterbeers and sat at a large round table near the dance floor where they were playing many muggle love, rock and pop songs, including: 'When a man loves a woman', 'I got you babe', 'Can't help falling in love', 'Love is all around', 'I'm a believer', 'Lay all your love on me', 'A million love songs' by Take That, a muggle band that Emilia was particularly fond of, a few of Queen's hits: 'Don't stop me now', 'Crazy little thing called love' and 'We are the champions'.
Oliver had never heard of these songs or their singers before, but her didn't care because the lyrics seemed to be trying to tell him something.
Then it came to him, Emilia may be his only chance for true love.
He looked at her, dancing away with Will and Ian on the dance floor, wondering whether he should go with his gut instinct or not.
He swallowed his fears and filtered through the crowd.
'Hey, you decided to join us' she shouted over the music
'Yeah, hey can I have this next dance?'
Emilia looked a little puzzled, but let him lead her to the middle of the dance floor as a nice, slow ballad started playing.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, she rested her head on chest and sighed in contentment. Oliver kissed the top of her head and closed his eyes and just lost himself in the moment.
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