4.Jealousy from a brother or else?
Days gone by, Jessica got a lot of new friends now. She became known as a friendly girl, funny and she's smart also, so she's not only loved by the her friends but also by the teacher. But the only subject that she can't work with is Arithmancy. She had her head spin because Arithmancy. She hated it very much. Her best friend now was Sean Rivers, Alicia Spinnet, Garry Fenton and Stacey O'Neil. The four of them were always seeing together. But Jessica hang out more often with Sean because they had the same favorite band and they so click together as a friend. On the other hand, Oliver seemed not really happy with all that. He might not that outgoing like Jessica and Oliver might be not so comfortable with a lot of people hang out around him but he's so famous around the School. Well, everybody knew him as a great keeper and a good captain too. Most of the girls like him, but unfortunately there's no way for the girls to hang out around him, accept for the girls in the quidditch team. He just thought that he have to be more close to Jessica because he is her brother.
The great hall, lunch time.
"Hey, Oliver!" Jessica came across him. Oliver just looked at her and nodded. Jessica wasn't really aware what happen with her step brother. She took a seat right next to him.
"Where's you friends?" said Oliver, more heard like a grumble.
"Beg you pardon?" Jessica looked at him, like always she really concentrated at her plate.
"Why you are not with your friends?" Oliver asked her again. He looked at her with a sharp look. Jessica thought something was not right.
"Are you don't want me to be here?" she asked him back. Oliver just shut his mouth. He acted as if he didn't listen to her.
"What happen with you Oliver?" "Is it something I did?" Jessica left her plate. She looked very confused. She tried too read what is in his mind but she couldn't.
"Nothing." said Oliver coldly then he left the Great hall. He left Jessica with a big question that she couldn't answer.
what happen with him?? Did I do something wrong? Jessica felt both confused and sad.
Why he act like that to me? And a lot more questions that she couldn't get the answer.
Transfiguration class,
Jessica entered the room, she was looking for Oliver. She saw the whole class. That's him! Her eyes pointed at the front row right corner. Then Oliver turned around, and he saw Jessica was standing at the door.
"Hey Irving! over here!" Oliver waved at Daniel Irving, his best friend, who just appeared at the door. Oliver gave Jessica a cold glance.
"Excuse me." Jessica felt her shoulder was being pat. It's must be Daniel Irving. She turned around and gave him a way. She just looked at Oliver's shoulder hoping that he will turned around again. But her hope was not going to come true.
"Ms. Wood, could you take a seat? the lesson will begin." Prof. McGonagall already behind her.
"Oh, yes, Professor." She took the last seated at the back. Then the lesson was begin. Prof McGonagall started the lesson with explaining about how to change the silver cup into a transfiguration book. But Jessica's attention was up there thinking about why Oliver's mad at her.
"Ms. Wood, can you help us?" Prof. McGonagall's voice wasn't make Jessica's mind back into real life.
"Jess, I think she's pointing at you..." a Ravenclaw boy beside her, whispered to her.
"Oh...excuse me?" She was back. Now everybody were look at her.
"I said can you helped us?" Prof. McGonagall repeated her question. She came near her.
"It's 'carcapus honorus puctus' " She said again. Then Jessica knew that she wanted her to try the new transfiguration spell.
"Oh, sure..." But Jessica heard not pretty sure she can do it or not. She begun to swing her wand.
"Carpus honorus puctus." She mentioned the spell. In a few second her sliver cup turned in to a green cover transfiguration book but there's nothing inside it. No letters. Jessica looked at Prof. McGonagall with 'I blew it up, didn't I?' look. Jessica caught Oliver's eyes, but Oliver turned around.
"Well, good job Ms. Wood..." Prof. McGonagall's face looked a bit disappointed. "Now class, try yours." She walked back to her desk.
At the end of the lesson, Jessica tried to talk to Oliver. She waited until everyone was out of the class.
"Oliver, I think we need to talk..." Oliver just looked at her and he said, "But I don't think we need." "And anyway, I have some important thing to do." He continued with the same sharp look.
"But Oliver, I need an explanation?" Jessica held his wrist. Oliver stared at her with 'don't hold my hand' look.
"Sorry." Jessica felt a bit uncomfortable. Oliver looked a bit uncomfortable too.
"I have to go." said Oliver. And it's the end of conversation.
The Gryffindor Common room, after dinner.
The common room was so noisy with the students. They felt really excited about going to Hogsmead at the end of the week. It's on the last of October. But not everybody looked very happy with all the joy. Oliver sat alone at the corner with his 'How to be a great keeper' book open, but he obviously didn't read that. Instead of reading, he was thinking about Jessica.
Honestly I don't mad at her, but I just don't like she hang out more often with that Rivers than with me...I make sense did I? I mean I'm his brother, I was suppose to hang out with her more often than anybody else... He stared at his book, but didn't read.
Wait... I didn't make sense! of course I'm not. Well, she can hang out with everybody she likes...It's not my business, isn't it? He was thinking again.
Sooner or later, she will come to me and asking for my explanation of my stupid behavior...dammit! what should I say to her... He scratched his un itchy head.
Mean while at the girls' dorm, Jessica's room.
There're only two person in the room, Jessica and Alicia Spinnet. Jessica was asking Alicia's opinion about her problem with Oliver earlier that day.
"So what do you think?" Jessica sounded really desperate. She never like if there's someone mad at her, especially without any reason.
"Err...I really don't know what to say..." Alicia felt pretty unsure. "I think you have to speak to him first and ask his reason..." She continued her opinion.
"I already tried! He simply ignored me! can you believe that..." Jessica's voice sounded like a mix between sad and angry.
"Why he do this to me...He mad at me...my one and only stepbrother mad at me..." Alicia just listened with concern.
"I knew I'll be a bad stepsister...I screwed up everything, didn't I?" Jessica held her pillow to her chest.
"No! you're not! why you said that!" Alicia interrupted. Alicia held her. "You're just not really have an experience on this kinda thing...that's all.."
"You'll get trough this." Jessica nodded.
Back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Hey, Oliver!" Daniel Irving waved at him. Daniel just get back from his room to take his Muggles' Study book. "Good book?" He continued asking.
"Hah? what?" Oliver's mind wasn't really on the book obviously.
Daniel smiled, "I said, good book?" Then Daniel sat beside him.
"Oh, yeah. Yeah, it is." Oliver acted like he was read the book. But his acting was not really good, Daniel caught something wasn't right in Oliver's brown eyes.
"Is there something wrong?" Daniel, His best friend, was know Oliver very well. He knew that there's something wrong with him.
"Uh...no..." "No, there's not." Again, Oliver made himself a really bad actor. Oliver opened his book pages over and over again.
"Oliver, I know you very well, c'mon spill!" Daniel took Oliver's 'How to be a great keeper' book from his hand.
"Hey! give it that to me!" said Oliver almost yelled. Everyone turned their head to see them both. But then, they got busy with their own business again.
"I will, if you spill it first." Daniel insisted.
"Argh! dammit!" "Okay...but not in here, let's go out side..." Oliver gave up. He thought there's no harm just to spill the problem to his best friend.
Maybe he could help me out...He thought.
The two of them went out side together. They sat on the floor at the hallway.
"So?" "What do you waiting for?" Daniel seemed very curious with Oliver's problem. He never saw Oliver like this before, at least if the Quidditch match is getting near.
"Wait a second will you!" Oliver was preparing himself. He was afraid what if Daniel laugh at him, what if Daniel make a joke on him, and many what if...
"Okay...I don't know where to start..." Oliver started to speak up.
"Well, you can start with the person?" Daniel look like he could read Oliver's mind.
"The person? what person?" Oliver surprised and he begun to hide it. But I think it's not going to work.
"Person that your mind been thinking of...and covered your mind from reading that favorite book of yours!" "you silly git!" Daniel attacked him right in the middle.
"Hey, watch out your mouth pal!" Oliver punched Daniel at his arm. Daniel acted like he hurt.
"I was not thinking about someone!-I read the damn book!" Oliver still insisted.
"Oh, really? Tell me about it!" Daniel didn't buy that obviously.
"Fine!" "it's Jessica" he said it with a low voice.
"It's Jessica!" Daniel shocked. His eyes almost jump out and he screamed.
"Shh.." "Keep it low, you ding head!" Oliver put his hand on Daniel's mouth.
"Ge' yo' hen o' me!" (get your hand off me!) said Daniel. Oliver got his hand off. "What are you doing?? there's nobody here!" Daniel gasped his breath.
"Incase there is!" Oliver carefully took a look around.
"What about her?" Daniel asked. He started to listen.
"Nothing...err...It's just..." Oliver stared at him. Daniel gave him a 'what?' look. "Promise me! you are not going to laugh at me!" said Oliver again.
"Oh, gosh, Oliver! just spill! or I rip off your book immediately!" Daniel almost lost his patience.
"Alright! fine!" "It's just, I don't really like the fact that she hang out more often with a stranger than with me...I mean I'm his brother."
"I see, you don't like your sister hang out more often with Rivers than with you..." Daniel smiled like he knew something that Oliver didn't.
"I don't say Rivers!" said Oliver. But Daniel ignored him. He was thinking about something else.
"I think you have to talk to her..." Daniel spoke again.
"What?? are you kidding me?" "NO!" "What will she think if I say the reason!!" Oliver freaked out. His face looked very pale, Daniel suggestion scared him almost to death.
"Well, it's the only thing you have to do." Daniel face looked very happy.
"Why are you smiling? you think this is funny?" Oliver got a little confused. "what??" Oliver felt curious.
"Nothing!" " Okay...this is the plan, I know you will look so embarrassing if you say the truth...how about this..." Daniel was whispering something to Oliver.
"I like that...that's better..." Oliver smiled. But then his face changed again, He felt unsure about this. "But what if.." but Daniel crossed him first.
"No buts! just do it!" "It'll work, trust me!" Daniel patted Oliver's shoulder. "Now let's go back inside...I'm freezing!" Daniel stood back. And he walked with humbling a song...a Beatles song...'She loves you' but instead of 'She' , he replaced it with 'He'...
"Why I felt like you will blow up everything..." said Oliver seriously.
"Oh, c'mon, my friend...chill out a little!" Daniel tried to cheer Oliver up.
Oh, God...I am in a big trouble...I really am! I know it all the way... Oliver wasn't pretty sure with Daniel's plan. Oliver shivered. (I wasn't pretty sure is it because the cold wind or is it because he scared to face his problem.)
Daniel was always been a great friend to Oliver. He knows everything about Oliver, from A to Z. But this time, He never saw his best friend - Oliver, act like this before. Oliver never bother himself to think about girls, Daniel knew it already...but not this time. Something was change, Daniel knew it...but Oliver didn't.