Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Harry Potter. And I don't own Krystal, seeing as she is my best friend. But I do own Marina, who is me! YAY! GO ME!

Summary: In this, Krystal and Marina are in the same grade as Wood. But Ron, Hermione, and Harry are only one year behind Wood. Confusing? Sorry! I just had to work the plot around me dream. He he, whoops!

Author's Note: I really hope that you like this. It is based on a dream that I had, and I just had to turn it into a fanfic! It's me first HP fanfic, though so when you review, be nice. Or you could bite me bloody head off, whatever floats your boat! But yeah, here's the chappy!

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"Hey, Krystal. Who do you wanna take to the Yule Ball this year?"

"I don't know. It would be cool if I could go with Ron. But I'll prolly just go alone like last year."

"You are going with someone this year!!! It's our sixth year!!! You are going to ask Ron to go with you if it kills you!"

"But he's a year behind us. People will think that I'm weird! Wait.what am I saying, people already think that I'm weird. But that's completely beyond the point. I know that he doesn't like me. He will say no, so I'm not asking him!"

" You don't know if he likes you or not. You're just stupid!"

"Well you're the one that has had a crush on Wood for six years. You're more pathetic than me, which is very sad."

" At least I've made some effort to flirt with him. You can barely talk to Ron."

Just then my step mum called from downstairs, " Marina, come here!"

I ran down the flight of stairs to where my mum was.

"What?"

" Here," She handed me a piece of paper. " I wrote down the name of the cat food that we get for Simon. He's all out again, so run down to the store and get about five cans, would you?"

I just smiled and said, " Fine!"

Then I stood at the foot of the stairs and yelled up to Krystal, " I'll be right back, savvy?!?!"

" Okay! But hurry the bloody hell up!"

" Sure, sure."

I walked out the door and started towards the pet store. I didn't expect to get back any time soon seeing as the store was about a half-an-hour walk. But at least I get to get out of the house. And just think.only two weeks left before me and Krystal would be back on the Hogwarts Express on our lovely way to Hogwarts. Just thinking about it made me as happy as a kid in a toy store. Eh. That's kinda scary. I hate toy stores! Well, you get the idea.

I turned a corner and passed by The Leaky Cauldron. I really wanted to go inside and get a couple of butterbeers for Krystal and I but my step mum would flip a bitch. I swear that woman can be so paranoid about the stupidest of things, it's just mind-boggling!

About twenty minutes later, I finally reached the bloody pet store. I walked inside and put the piece of paper down on the counter.

" I need five cans of this...stuff. Do you have any?" I silently prayed that they did. We usually had to go out of town to get it for him. Why must I get stuck with such a spoiled, fat cat?

The man behind the counter looked at the paper and then looked up at me.

" Yes we have some. It's in isle four." He smiled nicely and continued reading his paper.

I walked to the isle, got the food, and carried it very slowly to the counter. Then I dropped them in front of the man sitting there.

" Okay, how much will those be?"

He added some numbers up on the register and then I paid him. He put them into a plastic bag for me and I left the store.finally! After I was about five blocks away from the store I noticed that he didn't double bag them and for the next three blocks I kept telling meself that they were gonna brake through. It didn't help any that they were the huge types of cans that you'd only use 1/10 of for a normal sized cat. Well, the bloody things finally did break through the bag while I was crossing the street, but not until I was half way to me house and right in the middle of the street. A bunch of people just ran right into me, and two of the cans were rolling out into the intersection.

But as I was on the ground getting them all, I heard some one say something.

" Are you okay?"

I looked up, and it was Oliver Wood! The last person that I ever presumed to see here in London was helping me pick up cat food!

" Um, yeah. Oh! Bugger!" I ran over to the last can that someone had kicked towards a street drain. " Stupid bloody cans." I picked up the last one and walked back onto the sidewalk.

" Hey, do you need some help?" It was Wood again. Crap, I'd almost forgotten about him! He was standing in front of me holding two of the cat- food cans.

" Oh, no. You don't have to help me. I'm fine. Thank you, though." He looked at the three cans that I was carrying and the two more he had, then at the broken bag that was still in my hand.

" Here," he put the two cans he had into his back pack, " where do you have to take these?"

" All the way to my house. But it's only a couple more blocks, though." That was a huge lie. The Leaky Cauldron was five blocks away from my house and it would be at least fifteen minutes before I would pass by there.

Wood just smiled and said, " Well, one person can't carry all these huge cans. I'll carry some in me bag for you. How about I take three and you take two?"

Oh my god, how could anyone say no to that smile? " Okay. Thank you so much." I handed him a can and he put it inside his bag with the other ones. Then we started walking towards my house.

He obviously didn't know that I wasn't a muggle because all that he would talk about was stuff that had been in the muggle papers that day. I figured that the conversation was getting a wee bit too boring for me, so I changed the subject.

" So, I saw you at last year's Quidditch matches. You were great. That was a pretty good year for Gryffindor." Wood looked at me with wide eyes and I couldn't help but laugh.

" You go to Hogwarts? How come I haven't seen you?"

" I'm in Ravenclaw. But I did have one class with you last year. Potions, I think it was?" I was pretty sure it was that class, cause I would always get into trouble for not paying attention.

" Oh, I remember you now! You were the one that Snape would always give a hard time, even though you always did the potions right." He remembered!

" That was me! Just because I wouldn't be paying attention, too! He'd act as if I'd done something wrong." Wood laughed. He's so damned cute!

" So, have you heard about the Yule Ball this year?" Oh, sweet moon, if he only knew! I tried to avoid his eyes, so I just stared at the ground.

" Yeah. Hopefully it will be more fun than last year." He laughed slightly.

" And I thought that I was the only one who had a horrible time. So, how bad was it for you?" I looked up at him with an amused look on my face. He wasn't kidding. He actually wanted to know just how bad it was. This was gonna take a while.

" Where to start? I had no date. I didn't dance with anyone the whole night except for my friend. Some Slytherin girl spilled her pumpkin juice all over my dress. I twisted my ankle while dancing to my favorite song. Oh and when I finally went outside to get away from everyone, a group of annoying, giggling girls ran into me and I hit my head on a statue. I ended up waking up in the hospital wing with a concussion. But all in all, I'd have to say it was a winning night, wouldn't you?" Wood laughed again. He really did have the cutest smile in the world.

" Well, it was certainly worse than my night, I'll give you that much." He smiled at me again.

" How bad could it have been for you? At least you had a date." I suddenly realized what I'd just said and quickly started looking at the ground as we walked. Could there be a few more cigarette buts on the ground?

" Yeah, I had a date, but it was a blind date. I can't say that she wasn't pretty, but she was nothing like me. We had absolutely nothing in common. She was just.really snooty. You know, always acting like she was a hundred times better than everyone else was. It was horrible. But I took it that she didn't get the hint that I didn't exactly enjoy her company, because she started telling everyone that we were going out." Wood shuddered at the thought. I remembered all of this of course. I remember crying myself to sleep the night after the Ball. I wanted to die, because I had always thought that he really did like her.

" But I told her the next day that I never asked her out and that I didn't like her that way. I tried to be really nice about it cause, let's face it, I'm not exactly used to having to break things off with someone that I was never doing anything with in the first place. You know what I mean?"

" Yeah, but then again, that has never happened to me. But I have been in a relationship like that. Where I didn't really like them very much, but they really like me. When I broke up with him, everyone hated me. So now it's basically my friend Krystal and I. She was the only one that didn't hate me for not liking someone."

" Well that's stupid. Why would it matter to anyone else who you did or didn't like? It's not like they were the ones goin' out with him. But it sounds like they weren't worth keepin' if that's how easily they leave you behind." That was exactly what Krystal had said to me.

The rest of the way to my house, Wood and I talked about ourselves and what we were hoping for this upcoming school year. He actually had a lot in common with me. And each time he flashed his ever-so-cute smile at me, I'd have to look at the ground to keep him from seeing me blush.

By the time we reached my house we were in a deep conversation about Quidditch. I told him that I was trying out for the Ravenclaw team this year since there would finally be an open spot.

" That's great! What position are you going for?"

" Well, there are two open positions. I could try for either Chaser or Beater. I'm prolly going to go out for Chaser, cause I've tried Beating before, and it is definitely not easy."

" Being a Chaser isn't very easy either. There are so many different things that you have to focus on and be aware of as your flying. It will take a lot of practice." Wood smiled again.

" I'll keep that in mind."

We reached my front door and I opened it, inviting him in. I led him to the kitchen where we put the food cans on the counter. Then I walked with him back to the front door.

" Thank you again for helping me. It was really nice of you." Stay calm, Marina. Keep breathing. You can scream and about this all you want after he leaves, I reminded myself.

" It was no problem, honest. But, I'd better be off soon. Um, would you and your friend want to come down to the Leaky Cauldron tomorrow? I mean, cause then we could just hang out a bit, and maybe go to Diagon Alley?" Was he.did he.Oh, sweet moon, I think he was kind of asking me on a date!!!

" Sure. That would be great, Wood. So, I guess I'll see you then. Oh, what time?"

" Oh, around noon, if it's good for you."

" That's great. Bye, Wood."

" Bye, Marina."

I closed the door and sprinted up the steps, yelling Krystal's name the whole time. Then I burst into my room and found her sprawled out on my bed.

" Krystal!" I walked towards her, and her head popped up.

" It's about bloody time! Do you know how long I've been sitting here? I had to pet Bunny forever! And then, who should come in, but Simon! I was petting the both of them almost the entire time that you were gone!!! And if I stopped, they would start attacking me!"

" Sorry. But, oh my god! You'll never guess who I ran into!"

Krystal sat up on my bed and carelessly pulled at her wrinkled shirt. " Michael Jackson?"

My mouth dropped. " Bloody hell, no! If I saw him I might have thrown a brick at him! But that's besides the point. I saw Oliver Wood!!! And he walked with me the whole way here, cause the bloody bag that had the food in it broke! And guess what else?"

" What?" Krystal looked slightly interested now, though she kept turning her attention the now non-existent wrinkles in her pants.

" Before he left he asked if me and you could meet him at the Leaky Cauldron tomorrow! And maybe hang out in Diagon Alley for a while! Can you believe it?" Krystal stopped messing with her clothes, and looked up at me.

" So you and I are going to hang out with the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team? How often does that happen?" And now she's actually interested a bit more.

" I know! And when I told him that I was going to try out for the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, he thought it was a great idea! And on top of all of that, you know how that one girl was telling everyone that her and Wood were going out last year?" Krystal nodded. " Well, it turns out that that was a lie, and that he never even liked her in the first place! He told me that she was a blind date for the Yule Ball that year, and that it was horrible."

Krystal raised her eyebrows. " So. Did you get his number or anything?"

I rolled my eyes at her. " No. But I've actually talked to Wood. That's more than I can ever say for you and Ron, so don't even start!"

" Look, just because that's true doesn't mean anything! I just don't see Ron much, so it's kinda hard to talk to him."

" Well, you can't use that excuse for long, cause as soon as we're back at school, you'll have all the time in the world to talk to him."

We argued about the subject for a bit more, then we ate dinner with my step mum. Finally, Krystal went to her room, got ready for bed, and fell asleep. I lay in my bed for hours thinking about Wood. How was it that all these years I had been afraid to talk to him, and yet it ended up being so easy? After a while, my eyes became too heavy to keep open, and I fell into a deep sleep.

Author's Note: Well, you like? It will get a bit more fluffy between Wood and Marina. Oh, and the next chappy is where Hermione, Ron, and Harry come in. Some slight fluff between Ron and Krystal, but I'm not making any promises. *hehe* any ways, REVIEW! Or no more chapters!!! (or I will start making them freakishly short! Mwua-mwuaha-mwuahahahaha!)
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