Oliver sat alone in his rooms a few days later waiting for Adrianna to return from a meeting with Professor McGonagall. While he waited, he reflected on the days that had passed since Christmas. They had been amazing. He had spent almost all of his time with Adrianna and though they didn't have sex, they slept in the same bed every night. She had made it very clear to him that she wouldn't have sex until she was married, but Oliver didn't care. It was enough for him just to fall asleep holding her in his arms. Oliver was brought back to reality with a loud knock on his door.

"That's strange, Adrianna doesn't usually knock," he thought as he got up off of the couch and opened the door. But it wasn't Adrianna. It was Alicia Spinnet.

"Hello Oliver!" she cried, throwing her arms around him in an excited hug.

"Alicia! It's great to see you again. What are you doing here?" he asked, unable to hide the surprise in his voice. "Well, I just got back from a Daily Prophet special assignment in Albania and I thought that it would be nice to stop in and see an old friend," she explained. "Well, are you going to invite me in or are we just going to stand here in the doorway all day?" she teased.

"Oh, please come in." He moved out of the doorway and motioned to the couch. Oliver sat at one end of the sofa, and Alicia sat right in the middle.

"Oliver, there's something that I want to tell you so I might as well just say it. I love you. I have ever since we were students here. I knew that you weren't ready for a relationship then, you were in love with quidditch. So I never said anything and after we graduated I thought I was over you. But then when I saw you again this summer, I knew that I wasn't over you. I know I told you that I like being single because of my job, but if I had you to come home to then it would be something to look forward to. And I think you've changed too, I mean, you asked to be put on the Scottish reserve team instead of starting for them and you took a job here. Maybe you would have time for a girlfriend too."

Oliver just sat there in disbelief while Alicia rambled on about her undying love for him. He had no idea what to do. She didn't know that he was seriously dating Adrianna, and even though he didn't care about her romantically she was his friend and he didn't want to hurt her.

"Alicia, I...." he began, but his sentence was cut short when she leaned in and kissed him hard on the lips. He was so shocked that he couldn't move. He finally realized what was happening and moved to push her away when he heard an icy voice behind him.

"You unimaginable bastard." Oliver pushed Alicia away a little harder than was necessary and stood up to find Adrianna glaring at him with lines of fury etched across her face.

"Adrianna, I can explain!" he said with what he hoped was a pleading look on his face.

"Your actions speak loudly enough for themselves. I can't believe that you're getting action on the side! I thought that you were different from every other guy I've ever met. I thought that you loved me. God, I even let you sleep in my bed! But obviously I was wrong about you."

While she said all of this, she reached behind her neck and undid the clasp that held the necklace around her neck that Oliver had given her a few short days ago. She now clenched the necklace in her fist.

"No, you've got it all wrong! Please just listen to me," he begged.

"I have been intoxicated with your lies for far too long. For the first time in a long time, I am finally seeing clearly again." She opened her fist and held the necklace out to him on her palm.

"Take it back. I don't want it."

"No, I won't. It's yours," he replied.

"I said take it back, dammit!" She threw the necklace at him. It hit him right between the eyes and made a small cut. A couple of drops of blood trickled down the side of his nose.

"We're through, Oliver. Goodbye." And with that, Adrianna stormed out of his rooms. Oliver sank into the nearest armchair and put a hand on his face to wipe the blood away. He felt hollow, like he had just lost everything that mattered to him. He looked over at Alicia, who was staring back at him with a look of disbelief at the scene that had just taken place. He felt very awkward around her now that he knew how she felt about him.

"Oliver I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you had a girlfriend. You were never interested in girls before.... I just assumed that you were still single."

"I tried to tell you right before you kissed me. If you had only listened, this would have never happened!" Oliver exclaimed with frustration and anger.

Alicia looked away. "She has good aim."

"She was a chaser for the American team," he replied shortly.

"Let me talk to her," said Alicia. "I can explain to her what happened. Perhaps she would listen to me."

"She won't. Look Alicia, maybe you ought to go before you cause any more damage."

Alicia looked very hurt by this statement. She got up slowly from the couch.

"I'm really sorry," she said again as she walked out the door and closed it behind her.

Oliver sighed with frustration. "How could this have happened?" he asked himself. In just a few short minutes he had lost the one person that mattered most to him. Oliver felt awful about what happened. He gave her the night to cool off and then went over to her rooms the next day. He knocked on the bookcase/door, but she wouldn't answer. It was so quiet in her rooms. He figured that she must have shut herself in her bedroom since she wasn't answering the door. He tried the password, but it wouldn't work. She must have changed it last night. Oliver went back to his rooms and decided to try the secret passage that went from his living room to her kitchen. But when he got to the other end, the wall wouldn't budge. Adrianna had somehow blocked it or sealed it so that it wouldn't open.

"Darn, she thought of everything to keep me out," he thought as he walked back through the dark tunnel to his own rooms. He decided to just wait until dinner to try to talk to her, but she never showed up for dinner that night. She hadn't been at breakfast or lunch that day, either. Oliver decided to say something to Professor McGonagall. Adrianna was going to get really sick if she didn't start eating soon. He approached Professor McGonagall after dinner.

"Do you know if Adrianna's alright? She isn't answering her door and she hasn't been at any meals today."

"Well naturally she wouldn't be. She went home for the remainder of Christmas break. She told me this morning as she was leaving. I'm surprised she didn't say something to you."

"No, she didn't mention it to me," replied Oliver.

Adrianna's absence came as a surprise to him. "Great," he thought, "now I won't even be able to talk to her until after the New Year."

A few days later, it was already New Year's Eve. Oliver was just planning to go down to the Three Broomsticks to ring in the New Year with several glasses of red currant rum, but a knock at his door changed those plans as a set of red-headed twins burst into the room. They were wearing muggle clothes.

"Oliver, it's New Year's Eve! What are you doing sitting here all alone!?" exclaimed Fred.

"We heard what happened with you and your girlfriend. You're better off without her anyhow. Best just to forget about her," George said matter-of- factly.

Fred gave George a nasty look. "Have some sympathy George. His girl just left him."

"Can we please talk about something else?" asked Oliver. "Wait... how did you find out about that anyhow?"

"Well, Angelina is best friends with Alicia, so naturally Alicia told her what happened, and then Angelina told Fred, and Fred told me," explained George.

"Great, I wonder how many other people know," thought Oliver.

"Go change into some muggle clothes. We're going to celebrate the New Year out on the town," said Fred.

Oliver went into his bedroom and changed into his faded loose jeans and a polo shirt, then returned to the living room where Fred and George were waiting. George pulled a map out of his pocket. Both the muggle and wizarding streets were marked on it.

"This is London," explained George. "We're all going to apparate. Now here's Diagon Alley as a point of reference. If you get lost just to go our joke shop and we'll meet up with you. And this," he said, pointing to another spot on the map, "is where we're going. It's a muggle night club called The Borderline."

George handed the map to Oliver, and all three of them disapparated from Oliver's rooms. Oliver, Fred and George arrived at The Borderline and went inside after Fred paid their cover charge with a few British muggle bills. The DJ that night was playing a mix of techno, hip-hop and rap. George got them each a beer and they stood in a small group near the bar while they drank.

"So what are you guys planning to do tonight?" asked Oliver. "After all, you're both already taken. And Fred, you're going to be a married man in a few months."

"Yea, but I'm not married yet," Fred replied with a wink.

"Besides, the ladies here are beautiful! And what our girls don't know won't hurt them," added George.

"Anyway, you're single now Oliver. What are you so worried about? Just have fun and dance with some of the girls here."

"I don't want to dance with just any girl. I want Adrianna back," he replied.

"You'll change your mind after you've had some more to drink," said Fred. "Want to throw back a few shots?" he asked George.

"Sure, if you're paying."

Fred laughed and signaled for the bartender. A few minutes later there was a shot of vodka in front of all three of them. Fred picked his up. "Cheers," he said as they all threw back their shots.

"Let's have another," said George.

"No thanks, I'm good," Oliver replied.

"Oh, come on, it'll loosen you up," coaxed Fred.

"I want to be able to remember ringing in the New Year, thanks," replied Oliver.

He sat at the bar and watched as his friends threw back 2 more shots apiece before finally deciding to hit the dance floor. They made their way around the dance floor until they found a beautiful group of girls to dance with. Oliver was only mildly surprised when Fred and George began grinding with the girls that they had chosen to dance with. He was fairly certain that Angelina and Steph wouldn't approve if they had been there, but like George had said, what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them. Just before midnight, the DJ stopped the dance music so that they could count down the seconds to the New Year and celebrate with a champagne toast to the sound of Auld Lang Syne.

After a few minutes the dance music started again, and Oliver, Fred and George moved to and area closer to the bar and began dancing with some different girls. Oliver had his back to the bar and was talking to the girl that he was dancing with when he noticed Fred and George staring intently at something behind him. He heard guys whistling all around the room and saw them pointing at the bar.

"Oliver turn around, you got to see this! Work it baby!" yelled George.

Oliver turned around and saw a girl up on the bar with her back to him, dancing to Sean Paul's "Get Busy". The girl had long blonde hair and was holding a bottle of Smirnoff Ice in one hand. She was an amazing dancer. Her friends were standing around her on the floor trying to convince her to get down, but she had obviously had too much to drink and was ignoring them. Guys began to move closer to the area of the bar where the girl was dancing, pushing her friends out of the way. Oliver looked at the girl's friends for a moment. For some reason, they looked familiar. Oliver suddenly realized that they were Flynnie, Sonia and Kilch from the party that he had thrown for Adrianna. He broke into a cold sweat and sincerely hoped that the girl on the bar wasn't who he thought she was, but his fears were confirmed a moment later when the girl turned in his direction.

"Hey, wait a minute. Oliver, isn't that your girlfriend?" asked Fred.

But Oliver didn't answer Fred. He began to push his way through the crowd. The men were now packed so tightly around the bar that Oliver had to fight to make his way through. Just as he finally made it to the bar, Adrianna put a hand to her forehead and sank to her knees.

"Adrianna are you all right?" he shouted over the music and the noise from the crowd.

Adrianna looked at him and her eyes flashed dangerously. "What are you doing here, stalking me? Get away from me you jerk!"

"Come on Adrianna, get off of the bar. You're in no condition to be dancing up there."

"I'm not drunk!" she protested as he lifted her off of the bar.

He helped her make her way back through the crowd, which was starting to disperse now that she was no longer dancing on the bar. He found a less crowded area of the room and was suddenly surrounded by Fred, George, Sonia, Flynnie and Kilch. A bouncer was hurriedly making his way over to the group.

"I'm going to have to ask you lot to leave now. We don't allow that kind of behavior in our club," the bouncer said sternly. Oliver and Flynnie supported Adrianna so that she wouldn't fall over as the bouncer escorted the group to the door. They stepped out into the cold January night air.

"What are you all doing here anyway?" Oliver asked Flynnie. "Last time I checked, Adrianna had gone home for the remainder of break."

"She was home for the last couple of days, but we wanted to take her somewhere fun and out of the ordinary for New Year's Eve. We found this club on the internet and decided to check it out," Flynnie replied.

"What's the internet?" asked Oliver.

"Never mind. How did you end up here?" she replied.

"We brought him," said Fred.

"Yea, we wanted him to get drunk and forget about the fact that Adrianna left him but we ended up drinking more than he did," added George.

"Well she wouldn't have broken up with him if he hadn't cheated on her," Sonia said defensively.

"He wasn't cheating on her! Alicia confessed her love for him and then just happened to kiss him at the same time that Adrianna walked in. Alicia didn't know that he was dating anyone," Fred replied, raising his voice.

"Doesn't seem like he made much of an effort to stop her though," retorted Kilch.

"I was in shock. Here was this girl that I've been friends with since I was twelve years old telling me that she's in love with me! I didn't know how to react," Oliver explained.

"Oh right, a likely story. If I'd walked in two minutes later you two probably would have been partaking in sexual intercourse!" Adrianna said angrily.

"Leave it up to you to use big words when you're smashed. You probably won't even remember this conversation in the morning," Oliver replied.

"Can we please shut up and walk? It's a little bit cold to just stand here all night," said Sonia.

"Why bother? We don't have anywhere to go anyhow. I thought we would just take a portkey back to my place, but Adrianna can't travel like this," Flynnie replied.

"Why don't you come back to our place?" offered Fred. "It's kind of small, but it's not too far from here and it beats standing in the cold."

The girls grudgingly agreed. George hailed a taxi for them, and they rode to the Leaky Cauldron which would enable them to enter Diagon Alley. They walked down Diagon Alley until they reached Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Fred and George led the group through the joke shop and up a flight of stairs in the back of the store that led to the second story, which Fred and George had converted into a two bedroom apartment.

"You girls can sleep in my room," said Fred. "Oliver and I are gonna camp in George's room for the night. There's a couple of extra blankets in the closet."

"Thank you," said Flynnie as the girls entered Fred's room and shut the door behind them.

Oliver wasn't ready to go to bed yet and neither were Fred or George, so they stayed up and played a few games of exploding snap before deciding to turn in for the night. Oliver and Fred slept on the floor and George slept in his bed.

"Some night that was, eh?" asked George after they had blown out the lamps and were lying in the dark.

"Yeah, let's just hope this year gets better and not worse," Oliver replied before falling into a restless sleep.

Oliver awoke with a stiff neck the next day, and it took him a couple of seconds to remember where he was. George was still in his bed snoring softly, but Fred was nowhere to be seen. Oliver got up from the hardwood floor and opened the door that led into the small living room. To his surprise, there was a large crowd in the living room. Ron Weasley and Harry Potter had stopped by to wish Fred and George a happy New Year, and Angelina, Steph, Alicia, and Katie Bell had dropped in on their way back from partying all night long. Sonia, Flynnie and Kilch must have woken up earlier because they were all in the living room as well. A quick glance at the clock on the wall told Oliver that it was almost noon. Fred was in the kitchen making pancakes for everyone, and Oliver had to duck as Fred sent a couple of plates flying through the air to the people in the living room. Oliver sat on a pillow on the floor a few feet away from where Alicia was and listened to Angelina recounting what she, Alicia, Katie and Steph had done the night before. A few minutes later George emerged from his bedroom and walked over to Steph and gave her a peck on the lips. Not long after that, the door to Fred's room opened and the living room fell quiet as Adrianna entered it. She looked from Alicia to Oliver, and then sat on the floor as far away from both of them as she could in the small, crowded room. Oliver could feel the tension in the room that came with her presence. "Did you sleep well last night Adrianna?" asked Fred, breaking the silence.

"Like a rock."

"How are you feeling today? Do you need a dose of hangover potion with your pancakes?"

"That would be great, thanks."

Fred pulled a large bottle of blue liquid down from the cabinet and poured some into a glass, then sent it zooming across the room along with a stack of pancakes.

"Take the potion first, it tastes awful," Fred instructed.

Oliver watched as Adrianna downed the liquid and made a face before taking a bite of the pancakes. "Oi, Fred, I didn't know you could cook," he said.

"It sucks to be left in the dark, doesn't it?" Adrianna retorted sarcastically before Fred had a chance to answer.

Oliver said nothing but he felt frustration rising within him. He wanted so badly for Adrianna to believe the truth of what had happened, but she didn't seem interested in even hearing it. He wanted to yell at her for being so blind and so stupid for thinking that he would ever purposely cheat on her, but he knew that he had to stay calm and rational if he ever wanted to get through to her.

"Adrianna, it's not what you think it was," Alicia said softly.

"I walked in on you and Oliver making out on the couch when I was his girlfriend. He cheated on me, plain and simple."

"It's not that simple! Just give me a chance to tell you what happened. Please," said Alicia with a pleading look on her face.

Adrianna seemed to be considering it for a moment. "Fine. But not in front of everyone."

Alicia got up from her seat, walked over to Fred's room and held the door open for Adrianna. A moment later it closed behind them.

It was only after the door closed and Oliver exhaled that he realized that he'd been holding his breath the whole time. He hoped that Adrianna would believe what Alicia told her. He looked around and realized the roomful of people that had just watched the scene between Alicia and Adrianna were now staring at him. Harry was the first person to speak.

"Errr... Did I just hear what I thought I heard? Oliver Wood has a girlfriend? I thought you'd end up marrying your broomstick before you'd fall for a girl."

"HAD a girlfriend," Oliver corrected miserably. "She's amazing, but due to an unfortunate turn of events, I've been added to her list of evil men."

"An unfortunate turn of events, my butt!" exclaimed Kilch. "You could have informed Alicia that you had a girlfriend before you started making out with her."

"I wasn't making out with her! She kissed me, and I was so surprised that I didn't have time to react!" Oliver yelled in frustration.

"Well, I hate to break up the party but I need to be going," said Flynnie. "I promised Alex I'd spend the day with him today. Do you have any floo powder?" she asked Fred, who had just put a spell on the dishes so that they would wash themselves.

Fred took a ceramic pot from a shelf above the fireplace. Flynnie grabbed a handful and threw it into the fireplace, said "Salem Witches' Institute" in a clear voice, and was gone a moment later.

A few minutes after that, the door to George's bedroom opened and Adrianna stormed out.

"Adrianna, wait!" cried Alicia.

"He could have told you at any time that he was dating me! It didn't have to go that far but he let it happen! He cheated on me, and once a cheater, always a cheater!" A tear rolled down Adrianna's face as she ran down the stairs, through the joke shop, and into the street below.

"I think we'd better be going now," said Kilch.

"Thanks for giving us a place to crash for the night, and for breakfast," Sonia said to Fred as she and Kilch hurried out after Adrianna.