Disclaimer: You know the basic; the girls belong to themselves, and Selene
is myself, Singapore and its places belong to themselves, of course.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Chapter 9: Oliver and Katie
The next day, the weather was fine but Selene called Sue in the morning and said that the group would not be going out until night falls.
"Oh great, we are going to be bored again until night." said Carly when Sue passed Selene's message.
"Well, come on, let's get Mandy and we'll go for breakfast." suggested Inca and the girls got up.
***
"Looking good today, Oliver." said Katie Bell cheerfully as Oliver Wood, the famous Puddlemere United Keeper, sat down across her at their table in the restaurant of Raffles the Plaza hotel.
Oliver was wearing an ordinary T-shirt and Bermuda shorts.
He grinned, "So do you." he said, looking at Katie's black shirt and blue miniskirt.
After he said that, he leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm going to order something to eat at the counter, what do you want?" he asked.
"Pancakes." said Katie simply.
"One plate of pancakes, coming right up," sang Oliver. "Man, that's what I like about having a vacation in the Muggle world, nobody knows that I'm a famous Quidditch player."
***
Meanwhile, Madam Hooch and the group of girls (Snape, Albus and Minerva were still upstairs) came out of the lift to the first floor, where the hotel's restaurant was.
"What are you girls eating today?" asked Madam Hooch.
"We haven't decided yet." said Lindsey as they sat down at a table.
"Oh well, I'm planning to...." started Madam Hooch when she saw a familiar young man with T-shirt and Bermuda shorts, standing at the counter.
"Wood?" she muttered.
"What? You want to eat wood?" asked Maria in bewilderment.
"No, I mean......." said Madam Hooch and she watched the man holding two plates of food and went to the other end of the restaurant and to a table where a young woman was sitting. Her back was facing them so Madam Hooch couldn't see who it was.
"Mandy? Mandy?" asked Sue.
Madam Hooch looked back at them. "What?"
"What are you planning to have?" asked Sue.
"I think I will just get some toast." said Mandy absentmindedly.
"Oh well, I will just go and check whether that young man is Wood later when I'm finished." she thought.
***
"Are the pancakes good?" asked Oliver as he watched Katie eating her pancakes.
His bacon and eggs remained untouched.
Katie smiled sweetly and picked a piece of pancake with her fork. "Open your mouth and you will know. Oliver, say ah......"
"Ah...." said Oliver, showing his beautiful white teeth.
Katie popped the pancake into his mouth and giggled. "You look so adorable!"
Oliver chewed his food and swallowed. "Hm, it's a bit......" he began when he caught sight of someone at a table far away.
He blinked.
"Oliver? Oliver?" asked Katie.
"Katie, do you think that is Madam Hooch over there?" asked Oliver and he pointed.
Katie turned around. "Hm...... well, she does look like Madam Hooch..... Could it be....."
Katie and Oliver looked at each other. "Nah."
They returned to their breakfast.
***
Madam Hooch was drinking her coffee when the young couple at the table got up.
"Oh shit," she thought. "And I thought I will finish my breakfast sooner than they do."
She looked as the young man put his arm over his girlfriend's shoulders and they walked out of the restaurant together.
"Nah, Oliver Wood couldn't have come here. Isn't he busy with his Puddlemere United practices?"
***
At the afternoon, the whole group went to the hotel's outdoor swimming pool. Madam Hooch rented a swimming suit and she jumped immediately into warm waters of the pool.
"Severus, why don't you stay here and have a suntan? Minerva and I decide to have a massage near here." said Albus.
"Suntan?" said Snape slowly.
Maria was starting to listen to the conversation.
"Doing a suntan is not my style." lied Snape simply.
"Yeah right, you are the one who always do a suntan when you have a chance to. Funny that your skin colour doesn't change despite the amount of time you have spent under the sun." said Minerva.
Snape threw up his arms. "Fine."
"Great, see you later." said Albus then he and his wife left.
"Hey, remember Selene's "The Hogwarts Sisters Strike Back"? Isn't there a part where Mandy doing a famous dive?" asked Sue to Maria.
"Err......" said Maria absentmindedly as she watched Snape removing his shirt, preparing to have a good suntan.
Sue frowned and folded her arms. "Ah, forget it."
Maria didn't respond. Snape was already down on his deck chair, his sunglasses on.
Sue rolled her eyes and grabbed Maria's hand. "Come on, love-sick girl, you won't get a word out of him if he is in that state."
"Hey, wait a minute!" protested Maria.
Sue ignored Maria's protest and practically had to drag her to the swimming pool to join the others.
After Sue and Maria left, Snape was left alone in the sun. He grumbled Sue for taking Maria away silently for a while before he went quiet.
Snape closed his eyes, unbelievably enjoying the sun, he heard familiar voices.
"Oliver, do you think this guy is Professor Snape?" said a female voice. "I mean, he looks kind of like him. Even his skin colour is the same.
"No way, look at his hair, there is a streak of sliver and green in it. Snape couldn't have dyed his hair even if you give him a thousand of Galleons." said a male voice.
".....Yeah, I guess you are right. Snape couldn't be here doing a suntan, it's not like him to do that."
"Snape is probably in Hogwarts, cursing Granger for getting full marks in her essay again." said the male voice and laughed.
"Or he is accusing Harry and Ron for cheating in their Potion tests because they are doing well in them." giggled the female voice.
"Come on, Katie, let's go back to our room." said the male voice.
Snape figured out who the voices belonged to. They were Oliver Wood's and Katie Bell's. He yanked off the sunglasses and sat up. Oliver and Katie were already quite far away from him.
"DAMN YOU GRYFFINDORS!" yelled Snape and he fell back on his chair, fuming.
Oliver and Katie spun around.
"Did you hear that?" asked Oliver in horror.
***
Night finally came and Selene arrived, wearing a long black jeans and long sleeve black shirt with a grey rose printed on it.
"Whoa, Selene, what's the occasion?" asked Sandie.
"Nothing. Um, Maria, I don't think you should wear a skirt today," said Selene, looking at Maria's short skirt. "Don't you have any pants?"
"No, you said that this is a hot country, so I didn't bring any." said Maria.
"Shit." Selene muttered.
"What?"
Selene didn't respond.
***
Selene brought the group out and to a restaurant called "Hot Stones". Although the dishes the people served there were delicious, they were very hot as well. There were square black boards with burning stones under them and raw meat was put on them and gave directly to the customers. In the end the customers had to eat their food out of hot, burning plates.
Maria's beef arrived, sizzling on its black plate. Now Maria knew why Selene didn't want her to wear short skirt. She could see oil flying out of the dish as the meat was being cooked.
"Maria, you can put the napkin on your lap if you want to." said Selene when her salmon arrived.
"Here, take mine." said Sue quickly; she was wearing her dark white leather shirt and a long skirt, so she didn't need her paper napkin. She ignored the oil from her chicken landing on her sleeve, took her napkin and handed it to Maria.
"Thanks." said Maria and she put it on her lap.
"Very creative." said Albus simply as he watched his meat sizzling on his plate.
"But very painful to some." said Lindsey as she ate her roast beef, giving a glance at Maria. She herself was wearing a black velvet jacket.
"Yeah, the oil just keeps on flying out." said Carly, and she winced a little when another pin like drop of oil from her fish touched her hand.
Snape watched as Maria ate her dinner, then at her meal. He himself was wearing a black jacket. He looked at his jacket, then at Maria.
"Ouch!" said Maria when the drop of oil splat on her lap. "Looks like the napkin is useless, the oil still could sink through it." she said to Selene.
Snape removed his jacket and presented it to Maria. "Here."
"Huh?"
"Use my jacket to cover your legs."
Madam Hooch whistled.
Maria blinked.
The rest of the girls stared with their mouths open.
"Come on, do you want it or not?" asked Snape impatiently.
"Um, yes!" said Maria immediately and took the jacket. "Thank you."
She took away the napkin and put the jacket on her legs.
"But Severus, what about you?" asked Minerva.
"This pain can't compare to the pain I have when the Dark Mark burns on my skin." said Snape and he went back to his dinner.
Maria blushed and looked down at the jacket, couldn't believe that it was Severus Snape's jacket that was covering her legs, protecting them from the burning oil.
To flamers: I don't take kindly to flames so get out of here, if you know what's good for you.
Note: My fic, my rules.
Pairings: Albus/Minerva, Snape/Maria
Chapter 9: Oliver and Katie
The next day, the weather was fine but Selene called Sue in the morning and said that the group would not be going out until night falls.
"Oh great, we are going to be bored again until night." said Carly when Sue passed Selene's message.
"Well, come on, let's get Mandy and we'll go for breakfast." suggested Inca and the girls got up.
***
"Looking good today, Oliver." said Katie Bell cheerfully as Oliver Wood, the famous Puddlemere United Keeper, sat down across her at their table in the restaurant of Raffles the Plaza hotel.
Oliver was wearing an ordinary T-shirt and Bermuda shorts.
He grinned, "So do you." he said, looking at Katie's black shirt and blue miniskirt.
After he said that, he leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'm going to order something to eat at the counter, what do you want?" he asked.
"Pancakes." said Katie simply.
"One plate of pancakes, coming right up," sang Oliver. "Man, that's what I like about having a vacation in the Muggle world, nobody knows that I'm a famous Quidditch player."
***
Meanwhile, Madam Hooch and the group of girls (Snape, Albus and Minerva were still upstairs) came out of the lift to the first floor, where the hotel's restaurant was.
"What are you girls eating today?" asked Madam Hooch.
"We haven't decided yet." said Lindsey as they sat down at a table.
"Oh well, I'm planning to...." started Madam Hooch when she saw a familiar young man with T-shirt and Bermuda shorts, standing at the counter.
"Wood?" she muttered.
"What? You want to eat wood?" asked Maria in bewilderment.
"No, I mean......." said Madam Hooch and she watched the man holding two plates of food and went to the other end of the restaurant and to a table where a young woman was sitting. Her back was facing them so Madam Hooch couldn't see who it was.
"Mandy? Mandy?" asked Sue.
Madam Hooch looked back at them. "What?"
"What are you planning to have?" asked Sue.
"I think I will just get some toast." said Mandy absentmindedly.
"Oh well, I will just go and check whether that young man is Wood later when I'm finished." she thought.
***
"Are the pancakes good?" asked Oliver as he watched Katie eating her pancakes.
His bacon and eggs remained untouched.
Katie smiled sweetly and picked a piece of pancake with her fork. "Open your mouth and you will know. Oliver, say ah......"
"Ah...." said Oliver, showing his beautiful white teeth.
Katie popped the pancake into his mouth and giggled. "You look so adorable!"
Oliver chewed his food and swallowed. "Hm, it's a bit......" he began when he caught sight of someone at a table far away.
He blinked.
"Oliver? Oliver?" asked Katie.
"Katie, do you think that is Madam Hooch over there?" asked Oliver and he pointed.
Katie turned around. "Hm...... well, she does look like Madam Hooch..... Could it be....."
Katie and Oliver looked at each other. "Nah."
They returned to their breakfast.
***
Madam Hooch was drinking her coffee when the young couple at the table got up.
"Oh shit," she thought. "And I thought I will finish my breakfast sooner than they do."
She looked as the young man put his arm over his girlfriend's shoulders and they walked out of the restaurant together.
"Nah, Oliver Wood couldn't have come here. Isn't he busy with his Puddlemere United practices?"
***
At the afternoon, the whole group went to the hotel's outdoor swimming pool. Madam Hooch rented a swimming suit and she jumped immediately into warm waters of the pool.
"Severus, why don't you stay here and have a suntan? Minerva and I decide to have a massage near here." said Albus.
"Suntan?" said Snape slowly.
Maria was starting to listen to the conversation.
"Doing a suntan is not my style." lied Snape simply.
"Yeah right, you are the one who always do a suntan when you have a chance to. Funny that your skin colour doesn't change despite the amount of time you have spent under the sun." said Minerva.
Snape threw up his arms. "Fine."
"Great, see you later." said Albus then he and his wife left.
"Hey, remember Selene's "The Hogwarts Sisters Strike Back"? Isn't there a part where Mandy doing a famous dive?" asked Sue to Maria.
"Err......" said Maria absentmindedly as she watched Snape removing his shirt, preparing to have a good suntan.
Sue frowned and folded her arms. "Ah, forget it."
Maria didn't respond. Snape was already down on his deck chair, his sunglasses on.
Sue rolled her eyes and grabbed Maria's hand. "Come on, love-sick girl, you won't get a word out of him if he is in that state."
"Hey, wait a minute!" protested Maria.
Sue ignored Maria's protest and practically had to drag her to the swimming pool to join the others.
After Sue and Maria left, Snape was left alone in the sun. He grumbled Sue for taking Maria away silently for a while before he went quiet.
Snape closed his eyes, unbelievably enjoying the sun, he heard familiar voices.
"Oliver, do you think this guy is Professor Snape?" said a female voice. "I mean, he looks kind of like him. Even his skin colour is the same.
"No way, look at his hair, there is a streak of sliver and green in it. Snape couldn't have dyed his hair even if you give him a thousand of Galleons." said a male voice.
".....Yeah, I guess you are right. Snape couldn't be here doing a suntan, it's not like him to do that."
"Snape is probably in Hogwarts, cursing Granger for getting full marks in her essay again." said the male voice and laughed.
"Or he is accusing Harry and Ron for cheating in their Potion tests because they are doing well in them." giggled the female voice.
"Come on, Katie, let's go back to our room." said the male voice.
Snape figured out who the voices belonged to. They were Oliver Wood's and Katie Bell's. He yanked off the sunglasses and sat up. Oliver and Katie were already quite far away from him.
"DAMN YOU GRYFFINDORS!" yelled Snape and he fell back on his chair, fuming.
Oliver and Katie spun around.
"Did you hear that?" asked Oliver in horror.
***
Night finally came and Selene arrived, wearing a long black jeans and long sleeve black shirt with a grey rose printed on it.
"Whoa, Selene, what's the occasion?" asked Sandie.
"Nothing. Um, Maria, I don't think you should wear a skirt today," said Selene, looking at Maria's short skirt. "Don't you have any pants?"
"No, you said that this is a hot country, so I didn't bring any." said Maria.
"Shit." Selene muttered.
"What?"
Selene didn't respond.
***
Selene brought the group out and to a restaurant called "Hot Stones". Although the dishes the people served there were delicious, they were very hot as well. There were square black boards with burning stones under them and raw meat was put on them and gave directly to the customers. In the end the customers had to eat their food out of hot, burning plates.
Maria's beef arrived, sizzling on its black plate. Now Maria knew why Selene didn't want her to wear short skirt. She could see oil flying out of the dish as the meat was being cooked.
"Maria, you can put the napkin on your lap if you want to." said Selene when her salmon arrived.
"Here, take mine." said Sue quickly; she was wearing her dark white leather shirt and a long skirt, so she didn't need her paper napkin. She ignored the oil from her chicken landing on her sleeve, took her napkin and handed it to Maria.
"Thanks." said Maria and she put it on her lap.
"Very creative." said Albus simply as he watched his meat sizzling on his plate.
"But very painful to some." said Lindsey as she ate her roast beef, giving a glance at Maria. She herself was wearing a black velvet jacket.
"Yeah, the oil just keeps on flying out." said Carly, and she winced a little when another pin like drop of oil from her fish touched her hand.
Snape watched as Maria ate her dinner, then at her meal. He himself was wearing a black jacket. He looked at his jacket, then at Maria.
"Ouch!" said Maria when the drop of oil splat on her lap. "Looks like the napkin is useless, the oil still could sink through it." she said to Selene.
Snape removed his jacket and presented it to Maria. "Here."
"Huh?"
"Use my jacket to cover your legs."
Madam Hooch whistled.
Maria blinked.
The rest of the girls stared with their mouths open.
"Come on, do you want it or not?" asked Snape impatiently.
"Um, yes!" said Maria immediately and took the jacket. "Thank you."
She took away the napkin and put the jacket on her legs.
"But Severus, what about you?" asked Minerva.
"This pain can't compare to the pain I have when the Dark Mark burns on my skin." said Snape and he went back to his dinner.
Maria blushed and looked down at the jacket, couldn't believe that it was Severus Snape's jacket that was covering her legs, protecting them from the burning oil.