Hello! I'm back! I love to be back. When I am happy, I make other people happy. And right now, I'm very happy so everyone of you will be rewarded of happiness as well. Well, shall we?
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Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the plot and the title and maybe some of the OOCness of these people but besides that, I own nothing.
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Note: Sorry if there are teasers about Oliver's secret in this chapter. Some of you have already gotten close to his secret but not the exact secret. Alright? Alright.
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Only 17
Chapter XIV
One week more of tests and projects and Hermione was free for two months of vacation. She sighed as she ran her fingers through her brown hair. Since it was exam week, everyone was cramming in the library with their heads stooped down to their books. Hermione gave out another sigh and went back to her work when Ginny came over. "Hey, Hermione!"
"Hi, Ginny." Hermione said tiredly as she kept her head down. Ginny looked at her curiously. "Mione? You okay?" Hermione's head moved from side to side without saying anything. "What's wrong then?" Ginny asked with a concerned tone. Ginny moved to the seat near Hermione's and put her hand on Hermione's shoulder. Hermione just kept still with her forehead on the opened book.
Ginny tried to comfort Hermione, her friend just groaned in frustration and never look up. Fortunately for Ginny but unfortunately for Hermione, Oliver was passing by and saw Hermione's predicament. He went over to their table and sat across Hermione.
"Hey, Mia! What's up?" Oliver, despite the heavy week, was still as giddy as ever. He looked at Hermione with a smile then frowned when she didn't respond. "What's her problem?" Ginny just shrugged then Hermione's head looked up and straight at Oliver.
"What's my problem? Your asking, what's my problem?! You are my problem!"
"What did I do?" Oliver was unaffected by Hermione's outburst but Ginny was. "Calm down, Mione. What did he do wrong?"
"What he did wrong?!" Hermione's eyes were now blazing and was looking at Ginny. "He himself is wrong!"
"What do you mean? There's nothing wrong with him." Ginny said as she looked at Oliver who had little sweat drops on his forehead though the library was air conditioned.
"Well, Ginny," Hermione started as she stood up and pointed at Oliver. "Let me tell you the haunting story that he told me and I promise you could never ever sleep without thinking about it ever again."
Ginny looked at Hermione curiously as she opened her mouth to retell the horrifying story of Oliver Wood when he himself came up to them covered Hermione's mouth and pulled her into one corner. "Excuse us for a second."
"Hey! What was that for?"
"Have you forgotten?"
"Forgotten what?"
"The promise." Hermione tilted her head to one side innocently. Oliver rolled his eyes and sighed. "You know. To never tell my secret to anyone, especially Draco?" With that, Hermione perked up. "Draco?" Oliver nodded.
"Yeah. Dra-" Oliver's eyes widened. "N-No. Mia, please." Hermione suddenly grew a malicious smirk. Oliver started to sweat again. Hermione was giving Oliver a look that even Draco would be proud of. "Man, Mia. You have been around Draco too much." Oliver tried to joke but Hermione just turned around and looked for her dear Draco.
"Draco? Oh, Draco." Hermione pat her index finger on her chin. "Hmm. Where could my dear, handsome, cunning fiancé be?"
At the mention of the word, fiancé, Oliver snapped his head at Hermione direction with a frown. "Fiancé? What do you mean by fiancé?" Hermione gave off an exasperated sigh and explained.
"Fiancé. A noun that is used-"
"I know what the word means!"
"SSSSSHHHHHHH!!!" Shushed the studying students in the library. Oliver gave them a nervous smile and followed Hermione who started to look for Draco again.
"Mia. You haven't answered my question." Oliver said in a whisper this time. He couldn't afford being shushed for the second time around. Hermione just ignored him and kept on searching until she saw something platinum blond.
"Draco!" Hermione called out. But when he didn't respond, Hermione frowned and slowly went towards him.
Draco was seated at a table with a pencil perched on his right ear and a pen in his right hand. His handsome face was scrunched up in a cute frown as he tried to solve a certain math problem. All Hermione could do was stare at him dreamily without making a noise. Oliver looked confused. He looked back from Hermione to Draco then back again. I don't understand any of this.
"Hermione, answer my interrogation." Hermione faced him with a confused look. "Answer my question!" Oliver said very exasperated.
"What question?" Oliver sighed in frustration. "What do you mean by fiancé?" The look on Hermione's face told Oliver, 'What the hell are you talking about?' Oliver sighed yet again. "You know what I mean." Now, it was Hermione's turn to sigh. "It's a long story."
"I've got time."
"Well, I don't. I have to help Draco." Hermione turned back to Draco. "He needs me." Like on queue, Draco ruffled his hair, groaned in frustration and cried out, "Argh! Mia, help me!"
Hermione gave Oliver with a knowing look and started to go towards Draco who was in the same position that she was minutes ago until Oliver pulled her back.
"Wait. But I thought you were looking for Draco to tell him my se-" Oliver, realizing what he said, shut his mouth quickly. Hermione looked back at Oliver with a smile.
"Oh, yeah. Almost forgot. Thanks for the reminder, Oliver." Oliver slapped his forehead and mumbled, "Me and my big mouth."
Hermione slowly walked towards Draco then sat beside him. She draped her arm around Draco and whispered in his ear,
"Draco?"
A groan.
"Draco, it's me, Mia." Draco stopped groaning and looked up at her. Then, without warning, he cupped her face and gave her a long passionate kiss.
Draco's hands went down to Hermione's waist and under her shirt while her hands went down to his chest and was trying to find the buttons but only felt a field of cloth. She broke the kiss and looked at Draco with a confused frown.
"Where are your buttons?"
"What buttons?" Draco said with frown as well.
"The buttons on your..." Hermione looked down at Draco's torso and found a black sweater with no buttons. She looked back up at Draco's smirking face with an innocent smile. "Oh."
Draco leaned in for another kiss when a sneeze was heard. Both Hermione and Draco looked at Oliver who just shrugged. "Hey. Don't look at me. I didn't do it." They looked back at each other then leaned in for another kiss when another sneeze was heard. Now, Draco was pissed.
He got up from his seat and went towards the bookshelf in front of the table where he was seated. He heard faint voices behind it.
"Keep quiet, Parvati. They might see us."
"Well, it's not my fault that I'm allergic to dust."
Draco looked back at Hermione and Oliver with a smirk. Oliver raised his eye brow while Hermione giggled silently. Draco offered his arm and whispered, "Shall we?" The couple went around the bookshelf and found Lavender and Parvati crouched down whispering at each other. They saw Lavender look through the hole through the books.
"Look what you did, Parvati. They got away." Lavender looked at Parvati angrily. "This is all your fault!"
"My fault? My Fault?! Whose crazy idea was this? Yours! Who dragged me here? You!"
"Um, Parvati..."
"I'm not finished yet! You ought to listen to me cause I have a lot to say. Actually, make yourself comfortable, Lavender, this will be a long talk."
"Um, Parvati..."
"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!!!"
"Oh, yes you are!" Three voices said together. Parvati looked at Lavender with fear while Lavender only nodded. Parvati turned around and saw Draco, Hermione and Oliver who were staring at her angrily. Parvati smiled a nervous smile.
"Hello, Draco, Hermione and, um, Oliver. Why are you here?"
"Well," Hermione started. "Draco and I wanted some quality time together when we heard sneezing sounds that interrupted us."
Parvati gave a nervous laugh and looked at Lavender who looked at Oliver. "You." Oliver looked at her and pointed at him. Lavender sighed, "Yes, you. What's your reason for coming here?"
"Oh, nothing." Oliver said with a wave of the hand. "I was just going with the flow. But actually, I am also a bit frustrated with your interference."
"And why is that?" Lavender stood up to look at Oliver better.
"Because you stopped Hermione's only distraction."
"Distraction?" Parvati said, standing up as well. "Distraction from what?"
"From telling Draco my se-...Oops." Oliver covered his mouth once again.
Draco looked at Oliver when he heard his name. "From telling me what?"
"Distraction from telling you about his se...se...zero." Hermione said in salvation.
"Zero?" Draco asked with a confused look. "What zero?"
"Um..." Hermione looked at Oliver for help who said, "Zero in...um...ah! Zero in trigonometry?"
Draco looked from Oliver, who had a hopeful face saying, 'I hope he buys it.', to Hermione, who had a puppy dog look that said, 'We'll make love tonight if you buy it.', then back to Oliver. He stared at him in silence then finally shrugged and mumbled a soft, "Hmm." before the bell rang.
Once the bell rang, everyone in the library scrambled to get their things and out the library hoping they won't be late for class. Draco did the same and Hermione as she started to go to her table to gather her things when Draco pulled her back.
"Draco, I have to get to class."
"Are you doing anything this Saturday?"
"No. Why?"
"I'll pick you up at ten."
"Sure, Draco but what-..."
Before Hermione could finish her sentence, Draco disappeared in the crowd of rushing students. Hermione frowned a little and scratched the back of her head. She then turned, got her things and got her things before mumbling, "I never understood that guy."
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Later that night, Hermione was sprawled on her couch with Leo, her brown husky, was lying down on the floor near the couch. She was reading a novel when the phone rang. Hermione was too engrossed in her reading that she didn't even bother to answer the phone and let the answering machine answer.
"Hi! Sorry. I'm not around at the moment maybe you could leave a message after the beep. *BEEP!*"
The answering machine answered the call but no sound was heard from the other line. Though Hermione could hear that the phone in the other line was up, not a single voice was heard. There was then another beep heard and the message was up. Hermione frowned a little but just shrugged it off and went back to her book.
There was a few minutes of silence when the phone rang yet again but this time, Hermione answered the phone. "Hello?"
No answer.
"Hello...?"
No answer.
"Answer damn it!"
Still no answer.
"Stop fucking with me and answer the phone!"
There was still no answer.
Hermione was now very agitated. She then slammed the phone in frustration and crossed her arms over her chest. Leo looked at her with a curious puppy dog look. Hermione looked back at him and stared at him for a long time. Leo tilted his head when the phone rang the third time. Hermione mumbled, "This better be good." before answering. She slowly picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, Mia."
"Um..."
"It's Oliver. I've been trying to call you but the phone's busy."
"Oh."
"Did Draco call you?" Oliver suddenly said with a hint of distress in his voice. Hermione was alarmed at this and frowned.
"No. Why? Should he have?"
"No...but, um..."
"What is it?"
"Mm, nothing." Oliver said while shaking his head in the the other line.
"You sure?"
"Yeah." Then silence.
No one spoke up for a while then Oliver sighed. "Mia?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks."
"For what?" Hermione said curiously. Oliver sighed again. "For not telling Draco my secret."
"You didn't really think I would tell Draco that, did you?"
"Well..."
"And besides, I wouldn't be a very good friend if I did that."
Oliver smiled through the phone. Hermione did as well, just sensing Oliver's smile. "Thanks again, Mia."
"Anytime, Wood." And with that, Hermione hung up and so did Oliver in the other line with a dreamy smile.
Dreamaker: There's another chapter. Sorry for keeping the cliffhanger in the other chapter hanging. I'll be getting to that.
Additional Notes:
1. If your confused about the time traveling, lets just say that, during the time span that I didn't mention, nothing very interesting happened.
2. Oliver's secret is still unrevealed.
And now, to answer my lovely and inspiring reviews. I love you guys!
Slim-Shady's-Modeling-Baby: Nope. Can't tell you. It'll ruin my fun. And yeah, I agree with you that Oliver and Draco are cute. I don't mind you saying it a million times coz IT'S TRUE!!! Keep reading!
princessangel14: I made Oliver that way to make his character a little more fun than the original. And anticipate unpredictable things happening in this story. I have a crazy mind sometimes.
darkvader69: Yeah, it is my screw that's loose. I think I gave him my loonyness. And not am I only crazy but unpredictable. Side effects of the loonyness sickness. And about Ms. Cora, TO HELL WITH HER!
Tom*Felton's*Babe: Cool. I always wanted to go abroad but is still stuck here in the Philippines. What do you call people from Peru? and what language do you use? I'm just really interested. Draco and Oliver's relationship will be given when the time comes.
Fiery Slut: Oh. So that's what voyeur means. Thanks. Peeping tom? You mean peeping tom felton? Maybe not. And yes, I am only twelve as of now. And thanks for the greeting. I promise to make an extra special chapter on my birthday. How bout a very long chapter solely dedicated to making love? Maybe not. I don't know. Just wait for it. Thanks for the praise. Actually, I won first place in the story writing contest when I was in fourth grade and darkvader69 won third place, right? Yeah. We're partners in crime.
She-who-must-not-be-named: Actually, to tell you the truth, I didn't expect that coming either. I was just typing on my computer when I suddenly wrote the words My fiancée. I couldn't believe even myself.
Nuriko: Your addicted reading it. I'm addicted writing it! I couldn't go on a day without writing this fic. After I finish this chapter, I start on the next. I couldn't stop. I'll sure be continuing cause I ain't going nowhere (not until classes start at least.) So I'm updating as fast as I can for you guys since summer vacation is almost over.
Cassie: Yeah, I made them engaged and they almost slit my throat because of it. Actually, I was possessed by a spirit that just wrote that phrase. And I will keep my fingers to myself (since I'm typing. I was about to say keep my mouth closed.) and won't type anything beyond Oliver. Let him tell you his secret.
LadyLoca231 (chap.1 reviewer): I would like to explain to you that this is an A/U fic. I got that a lot when I was starting my fic. I understand your confusion. Hope you keep on reading. (even if you are confused.)
CindyLea: Sorry but can't tell you. Yeah. OOCness is fun. Especially with innocent minds. *laughs evilly*
cuttie-blossom: what accent? you mean the French accent or the Italian accent? Anyway. If you killed Wood, no more secret to be told. But don't worry, maybe I'll let him die. Maybe...
Voltor: My lips and fingers are sealed.
belle-stevenson: Thanks! Keep reading!
That's all for now. Stay tuned for another chapter. I might be making another fic. I don't know just stay updated, K?
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