The Professor
Chapter Three: A Short Talk with the Professor
Disclaimer: All characters belong to J. K. Rowling and her publishers.
After dinner, Ginny waited outside the Great Hall for Oliver. After a few minutes, Oliver emerged from the Great Hall and walked towards Ginny. They smiled warmly at each other and started to talk.
"So, how does it feel to be a professor, Professor Wood?" Ginny put emphasis on the last two words. Oliver grinned and shook his head. Ginny just giggled.
"Ah, you don't have to call me that unless we're in class, its gunna take some time to get used to that! Oh, and it isn't that weird. So, Mrs. Weasley, how does it feel to be head girl?" Ginny blushed and turned away, trying to hide her blush. It didn't work this time. Oliver laughed loudly and smiled.
"Oh, gosh! I was supposed to see Dumbledore after the feast to get my housing arrangements; I get to share a common room with the head boy!" Oliver smile faltered a bit, but he spoke up.
"Oh, of course, I'll walk you to his office, come on Gin!" Ginny smiled and thanked him. They trotted along, talking till they came to a stone gargoyle. Oliver murmured, "Chocolate Frogs," and a flight of stairs appeared. Oliver turned around and hugged her tightly. After a few seconds, they pulled apart and Ginny bid him goodnight. She climbed the stairs to Dumbledore's office.
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"Ah, Ms. Weasley, I knew you would be joining us," Dumbledore said as Ginny entered his office. Ginny looked down and blushed.
"I'm sorry I was late, I was just having a talk with Oli- Professor Wood." She quickly corrected herself. Dumbledore smiled knowingly.
"It's quite alright; you and Oliver have a lot of catching up with to do, now, to the Head quarters!" Dumbledore motioned to a portrait behind him that had a picture of a young girl about the age of eight playing with a dog. "Now, this is one of the entrances to your living quarters, you may use this if you need to speak with me, just knock on it and I will open it." Ginny and Tyler nodded as Dumbledore opened it. Ginny gasped at the common room.
It had cream colored walls that had speckled red and gold, Gryffindor colors. The carpet was a deep red that was very soft. Tyler was as surprised as Ginny. Dumbledore showed them where the bedrooms and bathrooms were and led them to the other portrait. He pushed it open and led them out. They emerged in the Charms Corridor and looked back at the portrait they came out from. Ginny grinned. IT was a portrait of a quidditch chaser, clutching a quaffle. Ginny immediately recognized the man as Oliver.
"Ollie!" Ginny looked at the portrait happily. Dumbledore smiled and nodded.
"The password is Quidditch Cup! Goodnight!" Dumbledore walked briskly down the hallway and headed down the great staircase. Tyler mumbled something about sleep and entered the portrait, but Ginny waited. She wanted to speak to the portrait of Oliver.
"Oliver!" She said, smiling at the portrait. The picture looked at her and smiled warmly. Ginny giggled and waved.
"Ginny! Hullo! Having a nice day?!' Ginny looked at the portrait. Well, she wished it really was Oliver; she wanted to talk to him. But she had to get to bed. She found the portrait boring, nothing like the real man.
"Well, yes, now I have to get to bed, so, Quidditch Cup!" She hopped though the portrait and headed up to bed.
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Ginny woke the next morning and smiled. Her first class was Potions. She would get to see Oliver first thing. She quickly put on her uniform and marched out of her room. Tyler was already up and was reading something. Ginny sat down on the couch next to him and looked at what he was reading, but got uninteresting quickly and got up.
"I'm going to go off to breakfast, see you later Tyler!" Tyler waved goodbye to her and she exited the portrait. She bid goodbye to the painting of Oliver and started walking away. She felt someone come up behind her and swing her around by her waist. She giggled and turned around. There was Oliver.
"Hey Gin! Good morning!" Oliver smiled warmly and took her hand. Ginny reluctantly shook it off and when she saw his face, she started to explain.
"We can't be acting like friends a lot anymore. You're my professor and I'm your student, no more!" Oliver looked hurt but nodded.
"You're right, we can't act like friends anymore, we can still be friends, but we have to act like I'm your professor!" Ginny nodded and they started on a different subject. When they arrived at the Great Hall, they separated, Oliver headed to the teacher's table, and Ginny walked over to the Gryffindor table.
"So, Ginny, how are your dormitories?!" Faye said with a grin.
"Great! It's big and beautiful. The Common room is great! And the bedrooms!" Ginny and Faye talked for what seemed like hours about her room. Finally, breakfast was over, and they headed down to the dungeons for Potions.
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"Now, as you know, I am Professor Wood, your new Potion's teacher, I hope we get along. Now. . . Today, we will be starting the Polyjuice potion. It is very difficult, so concentrate. It will take a month to make, so don't rush! The ingredients are on the board. . ." Oliver tapped the board and Swirly writing appeared on the board. "Begin!" Ginny and Faye pulled out the ingredients that they had in their potion sets but found that they were missing a few. Ginny approached the Professor and tapped his shoulder.
"Hello Gin-Ms. Weasley, what do you need?" Oliver smiled down at Ginny. Ginny went over the list of the items that she needed for the potion. Oliver nodded and went on. "Well, you can find all of that in the cupboard there," he pointed towards the cupboard on the wall, "Help yourself!" Ginny smiled and thanked him. She pulled out the ingredients she needed and carried them back to her table, humming.