A/N: Thank you, guys and/or gals for your reviews. I feel better after knowing that people are reading my story. Normally, I don't post the next chapter so soon (mainly due to my speed of writing), but since you're kind to me, I'm posting Chapter 3 now. Yes, it's VERY short, but what more can you expect? I do this within 12 hours!

- CHAPTER THREE -

BUTTERFLIES

"I knew you would come," Oliver said, while steering a broom, with Hermione sitting in front of him.

"Hey, don't brag. I come by my own free will." Hermione tried to wriggle out of his arm encircling her waist as if to show her independence, but you know she couldn't be serious because they were high up above the English Channel. "So, who were you talking with when I arrived at Leaky Cauldron?"

"Mad-Eye," Oliver answered very briefly.

"Mad-Eye Moody?" Seeing his reluctance to elaborate on that, Hermione tried to poke for more information. "I know him. He came to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts in my fifth year and then quit the next term."

"He's back to work in the Ministry. He's in charge of our mission in Greece and I'll report to him directly."

"Wow, reporting directly to Mad-Eye, seems like you're pretty high in position and everything is very secretive," Hermione laughed while marvelling at the information she just heard. "So, what's the job about?"

"You'll know when we're in Greece. Now, if you keep on talking and distracting me, I'm afraid we'll both fall into the stormy waters below and never reach our destination."

Hermione wasn't happy to be put off. One of the reasons she had kept talking with Oliver was to distract herself from the butterflies in her stomach, caused by a warm, male body pressed against her back and strong arms protecting her from falling. Sure, she wasn't that inexperienced with men, but the problem was that Oliver had been a perfect gentleman and, truth be told, he was quite cool and sometimes sarcastic, so this means all fantasies were in her imagination.

She turned her head slightly to look at Oliver's profile. He was looking straight, completely immersed in the ride. She found his smell of grass mixed with the chilly night air very pleasant. His determined hazel eyes, hardened lips and freckles across his nose and cheekbones looked quite alluring, too. If she leaned a bit upwards, she could actually kiss his jaw...

Oh, stop that! Hermione shook herself out of her crazy thoughts and shuddered.

"Feeling cold?" Oliver inquired.

Hermione's head had turned mushy and she could only reply with a "uh-uh".

Immediately, Oliver stopped the broom and it hovered in mid-air. He flung the tail of his cloak around and wrapped both of them in it.

"Better?" he asked.

Hermione nodded, but the truth was that she was no better. Oliver seemed not to notice the rise in her body temperature and continued with the ride.

"Hold still," Oliver said. "This is not going to be an easy journey."

How right he is, Hermione groaned inwardly.

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A/N: Okay, it's a teaser for O/Hr fans. There's more to come. If you don't like the fluff, don't worry. The story will be back to its serious mode soon. Actually, I've already got the plot in mind, but do tell me what you want. I *may* ask Oliver and Hermione to do that for you. Haha!

G*Ness, I've read one-third of your story "All Things Fall Into Place". It's good! Not just fluff for the most part as you humbly claimed. Any O/Hr shippers should go and read it.

Sneakette 4Ever, I'll read your fic. "The Twisted Mind Of Lillian Evans Potter", right?

Min Hee Ha, perhaps I didn't make it clear due to my poor writing skills. Hermione lost Harry and Ron, her beloved friends. That's all. No more deaths and losses (yet). (I'm making it sound as if it's no big deal. Bad Mabel! *Smack herself against the wall*)

Ceria, yes, Hermione is out of character. In this story, she's refused to look back to the past by drowning herself in a wanton Muggle life for a year, so she's deemed to have become different from the bookish, innocent schoolgirl at Hogwarts. Let's see how she turns out to be now that Oliver is here.

kjsparkles, good questions. You'll find the answers as you keep on reading.