I give you no excuse for not updating.
I suck.
Does that make you feel better?
Hey now. This is just getting a little too mushy for me.
"Oliver, OLIVER!" I yell pushing him away from me. "Hey, cut it out for a second, you wild thing."
He's looking down at me like a little hurt puppy. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, nothing, I swear. I just really don't want to be doing this at the moment. I mean, I did a second ago, but now I don't."
"Why?" He asks furrowing his eyebrows. Oh, he thinks it has something to do with him.
"Because I am standing in an empty classroom hiding from a stampede of teachers out for my blood." I reply. "And at any minute a teacher could waltz right in here and start yelling at us." I really don't want to have to face McGonagall after she catches me making out with a guy while I am already probably in trouble for Draco's makeover.
"Yea, I guess you are right." Oliver says running his hands through his hair. "Want to go up to my room?" Uh, oh. I know where this is leading.
"Um-well…" I pause thinking of a good way to get out of this.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind being up in his room again it's just I truly don't want people thinking that we were together, even though I think we are.
Just at that moment though right when I am about to spit out some project I have to finish, McGonagall herself walks into the classroom.
The funny part is, Oliver doesn't see her as she walks up right behind him.
"Well, do you want to?" He asks. I close my eyes and try to suppress a laugh as McGonagall's eyes widen.
"Ah-hem." She coughs lightly. Oliver's eyes go as wide as dinner plates and I can't contain my laughter.
Oliver spins around and says, "Oh, Professor. I-uh, I was- I found Kori!" He steps aside to show me off. Hey! I though you were supposed to be saving me you double crossing son of a bi-
"Well Miss Staff. It appears that we have a slight problem." She says with absolutely no facial expression. This is just kinda creepy.
"And what would that be?" I ask as innocently as possible.
"Apparently some one has defiled Mr. Malfoy." Yes, I can see your mouth twitching, go ahead and laugh you know it's funny. "And Madame Pomfrey says that the last person in the infirmary was you. Would you happen to have any idea about who could have done this to him?"
Of course I do Mrs. Mc-G! It was I! I did it! Ha ha ha! All credit goes to ME! And I would do it again if I had the chance!
"No, I really don't." I lie. "I went in there to get my nose fixed from when Malfoy punched me in the face from earlier." Don't forget what he did to me, DON'T! "When Madame Pomfrey left I felt better so I left too, well I did go past Malfoy, but he was already messed up."
Please buy it, wait. Why do I care?
"Then what are you doing in this empty class room with Mr. Wood?" She asks not taking her eyes off mine.
Uh, making out? Like what every other guy and girl do in an empty classroom when they are being chased by a mob of angry teachers. But I can't tell her that, so what can I tell her?!
"I asked her to come in here." Wood says saving my butt once again. "I just wanted to see if she was alright from this morning."
"Yea," I pipe up. "When you came in he was asking me if I wanted to sit next to him at dinner." Damn, now I have to go to dinner.
"Very well." She answers. "Come along. I shall escort you to dinner."
Yay!
We walk a bit and of course end up in the Great Hall. Unfortunately for us, dinner is already going and everyone stops and looks up at us.
I lower my head into my chest and mumble in what I thought was an inaudible voice, "So much for a quiet entrance."
Oliver snorts and McGonagall pokes us in the back to get a move on. I am going, I'm going, and you don't have to poke so hard!
I sit down at the table and Oliver sits next to me. McGonagall is looking down at me with a You Did Something Bad And I Know About It look. I turn back around and stare at my empty plate
"Hello Kori."
I look up from my plate and see Hermione's smiling face right in front of mine. I crack a small grin for some reason and reply, "Hey."
"Hey Kori! Is it true you told Snape off earlier?"
Crap.
I look down the table a bit to Seamus who is looking at me expectantly.
"So much for frog face not telling anyone." I mumble. Oliver looks at me quizzically and smiles.
"Did you tell him off Kor?" He says nudging my side. Hey! Since when have I allowed you to shorten my name? Don't you act like I am a cuddly bear!
What the hell am I thinking?!
"Yea I did." I whisper lowering my head, "I really didn't want anyone to find out though, stupid Weasley saw though and must've ratted me out."
"Which one? Who?"
"The red head sitting at the table down there." I motion towards Ron and realize that there are several red heads sitting down there. "Oh, um. Ron, it was Ron."
"What did Ron do?" Hermione asks sticking her head down so she can hear. For some reason I really didn't mind as much as I should have and I let her listen in.
"He told everyone apparently that I told Snape off." I reply
"I heard that you did that but I didn't believe it! I can't believe you actually did that!" Hermione hisses. Ah yes I forgot, you are the child who respects teachers even if they are spitting in your face. Oh Hermione, I have so much to teach you.
"Well Kori, did you actually do it?" Everyone within the ten-kid radius is now looking at me expectantly. Damn I hate being in the spot light.
"Yea, I guess I did. He just yelled at me and I yelled back."
The ten-kid radius thing just exploded with excited chatter. I shall never be left alone again.
"Hey Kori, you're kind of popular now!" Oliver says downing a forkful of mashed potatoes.
"You know, this really isn't what I need right now." I say looking back at him. It's true. I don't need it. I want to be left alone to think and giggle evilly about what I did to Malfoy. Damn that was funny.
"Can I eat now?" I ask him. I just realized that I hadn't eaten a bite and my tummy is grumbling. "I mean, you guys keep bugging me about yelling at Snape and I still haven't had a bite to eat."
"You have to tell us exactly what you said!" I hear a voice yell from down the table.
Oliver giggles a bit and starts scooping food onto my plate. Hey! Am I incapable of doing so myself?
Hmm. Evidently so.
"Thanks." I mumble picking up my fork.
"Kori, did you finish the Transfiguration homework yet?" Hermione asks me as I dig in.
"Uh…" Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. The most likely answer is the last.
"Oh yea, and you still have a bit of studying to do." Oliver said pointing his fork at me. What is this? Gang up on Kori day?
"What are you saying?" I ask looking at them rather frightened. "Are you trying to tell me that I have to stay up with you all night working on Trans?" This is something I don't want to do.
"Well, yea."
I close my eyes and take a breath. Oh well. I guess if Oliver's there I won't mind so much. Hey! I am communicating with Hermione again! Jeeze, sometimes it just takes me forever to realize these things.
"Fun." I reply going back to my food.
I have been clapped on the back by no less than forty three people. Maybe forty-two on account of I still cannot tell those damn twins apart and it might have been the same person doing it twice.
They must not have realized yet that I lost a whole bunch of points for Gryffindor. They will find out soon, and then everything should be back to normal.
"Here, take this book and read it." Hermione says handing me a four-inch thick Trans book she picked up from the library earlier.
"What else would I do with it?" I ask arching my eyebrow. "Do you know where Oliver is?"
"Quiddich practice." she replies not looking up.
Ahh, well there goes my incentive. I mean I don't want to study, and the only reason I agreed to meet Hermione was because I thought Oliver was going to be here and it is just more fun to study with him.
"Hmm." I say leaning back into my chair.
"Come on Kori, we have to get you studying. Oliver's right, your grades have been going down." What is this?! Are my grades posted somewhere that I am not aware of?
"FIIIIINUH!" I whoosh sitting up. "Here, hand me the book."
We spend the next three hours doing homework, studying for the stupid test, and talking about…Transfiguration.
Sounds fun doesn't it?
Yea well it wasn't, at least not until Oliver walked in all sweaty and stuff from practice followed by the rest of the Gryffindor team.
"Hi Harry, did you have a nice practice?" Hermy asks looking up from her book.
Hermy?!
"Uh huh." He replies. "I'm going to go change then come back down here OK?" He replies walking towards the boys' dormitory with the rest of the team.
I twist around in my chair to face Oliver who hasn't said a word to me. "Oi! Oliver! Didn't you say something about helping me study? Because I think I remember you did. And you never said you wouldn't."
Oliver stops and turns around looking I notice, very good. "Didn't I tell you we had practice tonight?"
"Ah, no. You seem to have left that part out." I reply narrowing my eyes.
"Uh oh, getting in trouble with the missus eh Oliver?" On of the twins say smirking and jabbing Oliver in the side.
"Hey! Don't make me start in on you." I reply pointing my finger at him. Everyone is now making the 'Ooooh aaaahh! We are soooo scared!" noises at me.
Don't think I'm threatening do you? Just give me five minutes and a bit of makeup, THEN we'll see who's laughing.
"Hey-go change guys." Oliver says narrowing his eyes at the team.
"Yea guys, we better go. Oliver needs time with his girl" The other twin says sporting that same stupid grin.
"I'm not his girl!"
Uh, oh. That might not have been such a good reply.
Judging by Oliver's face, I think he might think the same.
"Will you guys just leave her alone?!" one of the girls on the team, whose name I know not, says looking like she is about to murder the twins. "You two can be such idiots sometimes."
Yea, stupid twins. I swear, do they have to ruin EVERYONE'S lives?
"You guys are just jealous!" The first one says.
"And why would we have any reason to be jealous of the two of you?" Katie, another Quiddich girl (who's name I obviously know) asks as she crosses her arms defensively.
The twins grin and reply together, "Our charm of course."
This could turn into an all out brawl if I am not careful.
Which is exactly what it has just done.
I can't stay to watch though, seeing as my dear Oliver has just started up the stairs of his dormitory with a very nasty look on his face.
"While I would love to see you guys fight it out, I have something to attend to." I say jumping up and leaping over my chair so as to avoid the mass of angry Quiddich players and fellow common room spectators.
"Kori! Wait! What about Transfiguration?!" Hermione's voice yells above the brawl.
"Screw it for now!" I yell back as I start to climb the stairs in pursuit of Ollie.
I barrel into his room without knocking ready for a bit of our own brawl. "Hey! What's up with you? I mean-"
Oh. My. God.
OHmyGOD!
He's changing-or rather…
Jesus CHRIST! look at that chest.
No shirt. Oliver hasnoshirton! Kori, play it cool-Kori PLAY IT COOL!
"Uuuuuuhhhhhhh..huh..huh…" Oh yea, REAL cool. "W-w-w-what's wrong with you?"
"Do you mind? I'm changing." Good LORD do I so not mind. Oliver glares at me and throws his shirt down on the bed.
"I can see that." I reply…chest chest ohmygod CHEST! Now, if we could just get you out of those pesky pants…
"Well I'd appreciate it if you left." God, he's really glaring at me now. Maybe my words cut a bit deeper than I had intended.
I can feel a bit of a tear prick at my eye. "Oliver-I was just-"
"Get out." He says cutting me off and pushing me out the door.
I turn around to face him, "Oli-" but he slams the door in my face. "-ver."
He hates me.
God, I shouldn't have said that. But it was just a joke! I mean, I didn't really mean it! I guess I am his girl, but…hell.
Now I'm crying, here I am standing outside of the boys' dormitories crying my eyes out.
I feel like such an asshole.
And great, here comes more trouble. Harry and the twins have decided to take this exact moment to finally change.
"You sure you're alright there Harry? From what I saw Angelina hit you pretty hard." One of the twins says laughing a bit.
"Yea I'm fine-" Harry looks up and sees me. Hi buddy, you're going to have a black eye! "Kori, what's wrong?"
"I-" Think fast, really fast. Can't tell him, CAN'T! "Stubbed my toe is all, those stone corners can be a real bitch sometimes, eh?" I force a tiny laugh that comes out as more a choke. "Night then."
I push past them and make my way down the stairs completely forgetting to limp.
"You don't seem hurt."
Damn it.
Without turning around I say, "I am sucking it up." Then continue down the stairs.
I walk past Hermione (who yells at me again, I ignore her) out the portrait, down the hall, up some more stairs all the way to the astronomy tower.
It's still early so I don't think there are any classes in there, and upon looking in, there's not.
I crawl out the window and take my usual seat on top of the tower.
Looking around I can see that every stupid spot up here has a memory. "Awww," I say out loud. "That's where Oliver scared the shit out of me, that's where he asked me if I was on my period, and that's-"
I stop as I realize this is the spot where I had jumped.
A familiar feeling is spreading over me.
No, I am past that. I am not doing it-there is no way. NO.
Why not?
Because. I can't. I wont.
Yes you can. Your life sucks. What's the point?
Oliver.
Oliver?! Ha! Right, he hates you. Besides, he was nothing to you remember?
Well he was obviously something or else I wouldn't be out here crying would I?
Just do it.
No.
You wanted to once.
I don't any more.
Yes you do.
I don't.
DO IT!
"NO!" I scream clapping my hands to my ears in an effort to shut that goddamned voice up. "NO NO NONONONONO! I FUCKING WONT!"
I can't stay up here-not now, not when I am feeling like this.
I slink back inside the astronomy tower and hug myself under the window.
Life is such a bitch.
One minute everything is perfect and the next you're back to where you started, teetering off the edge of the world contemplating whether any of it is worth the trouble.
Well, I thought it was about time this story got back to being angsty.