DISCLAIMER: J.K. Rowlings – all of it – except the absurd storyline if you hadn't noticed!
AN: Hey guys, thank you so much for the wonderful reviews!!! I'm so happy to know that people are enjoying the story. I just hope I can keep it interesting… I'm trying to work some stuff out in regards to my storyline, so I'm gonna have to see what happens there. Anyway, this chapter doesn't have much Oliver Wood in it sniff but I hope you guys like it anyway. Thanks again… I'm always happy to hear your comments and thanks for being so positive. Just hope I can keep the chapters coming… well here's the next one! P.S: hope the proof reading is up to scratch…!?!?!
CHAPTER 12: Old habits die hardI didn't sleep that night. I managed to avoid having to talk to anyone and got up early before the girls could ask me any questions. Big mistake!
I was in the Great Hall eating a little when Alicia, Katie, Fred, George and … Oliver came in. I expected them to come over but instead they all sat down at the other end of the table. What was going on? I looked over at them. They all looked pretty annoyed. I didn't feel like going anywhere near Wood at the moment so I decided not to go and talk to them. Instead I thought I would talk to the others in class.
We had Transfiguration first and I had forgotten my book. I had run back to the common room to get it and I still managed to get to class on time. When I got there I went to sit with my friends but they weren't in our usual seat. Alicia and Katie had moved to a four seater bench with Fred and George. There was no room for me.
I sat down sadly near the back. All through the lesson I tried to get the girls to look at me but they never turned around. Not once.
When the lesson was over they all left very quickly before I was even able to get up. I needed to find out what was happening. I got my chance at lunch.
Once again they had all sat away from me and they got up to leave before I was finished. After a few minutes Fred came back. He had apparently forgotten something. This was it, I needed to talk to him.
"Fred!" I called. He looked up and immediately turned away. "Fred!" I called and ran up to him so I was standing in front of him. "Fred, why are you ignoring me?" I said looking at him.
"Maybe because I don't want to talk to you," Fred said raising his eyebrows.
"But why?" I asked, "What have I done wrong?"
"Nothing, if you don't call cheating on someone wrong." He said.
"What I…" I stopped in mid sentence. I couldn't believe the nerve of that boy. He had told everyone that I was cheating on him! I was furious. "I haven't cheated on Wood!" I said strongly.
"Well that's not what he told us. Honestly Angelina I never thought of you as the type."
"Who was I cheating on him with?" I asked desperately. If Wood had told then I could kiss my Potions marks goodbye (so to speak.)
"Well, Wood was gracious enough not to tell us. Better off really otherwise Hogwarts would have one less student today" he said viciously. "You've really upset him you know."
Me upset him? I couldn't believe this. I did something against my will to save him from getting bad marks and he is completely ungrateful. And now he's the upset one.
"You know what Fred," I said fuming "I suggest that you get all the facts before you accuse people. The reason Wood is upset is between him and me."
"Well he told us about it so we are now, apparently, involved," he shot back at me. "We really thought that Wood had finally found someone good when you guys got together. We were obviously wrong. I just hope that you don't hurt this new guy as much as you hurt Wood, even though he probably deserves it."
"Yeah Fred, he does deserve it. Only you wouldn't understand because you only know one side of the story. Why don't you get you're precious friend to tell you the real story and then you can come and accuse me of hurting people. It's a two sided coin. He's not the only one in pain!" And with that I stormed out of the Great Hall.
This could not be happening. I had had the absolute worst experience with one of the people I most despised and I had done it to protect the person whom I cared about most only to have that person lash out at me and turn my friends against me.
I was storming down the corridor and my vision was blurry with tears. I turned a corner and walked straight into someone.
"Hey girlie, where are you going so fast?" a familiar voice asked. I looked up. Cedric. He saw the tears in my eyes. "Oh Angie, what's happened?" He wrapped his arms around me and held me close. I felt safe again.
"Come and talk to me," he said soothingly pulling me into an empty classroom. Cedric and I had been friends before we were together and I trusted him so I told him the story. However I didn't mention that the person was Snape or that he was a teacher because I didn't want to tell anyone else in case it got out in the open. I thought Cedric would be angry, because I must have sounded somewhat hypocritical to him, but he was really good about it. Obviously not one to hold a grudge. He just held me safely in his arms. I was so grateful that there was someone left who would talk to me. I was lucky too, after all I had sent him a Howler.
"I'm sorry Cedric," I whispered after a while.
"Why?" he asked looking down to make sure that I wasn't crying again.
"About the Howler." He smiled.
"It was a wake up call Ange" he replied. Then his expression changed. "I've missed you," he said.
"Me too" I whispered back. This might not have been entirely true but at the time I sure as hell missed someone to talk to and to hold me and to care about me. Wood sure wasn't doing any of those things. I still couldn't believe the way he had taken the whole thing.
"What do you say we give it another go Angie?" Cedric said running his fingers through my hair.
I nodded. At that moment I wanted nothing more. I was desperate to get Cedric back because, looking back on it now Oliver had been the one to tell me about Gennifer but how could I trust Wood now?
Cedric let out a sigh of relief before placing his hands on my face and kissing me gently.
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Ok fine, so Angie's a bit indecisive but hey…. I'm sure you Wood fans stopped reading a while back now, or not??? Anyway, please review. I was trying to keep it un-clichéd as possible but I may have been unsuccessful. Please tell me. The button is over there points and review button so click, click my friends click. Thanks guys L.A.