COMH 6
A/N: I haven't updated lately because I was having problems with my computer. The darned thing wouldn't connect, but now my computer's fine. So in the last chapter, Oliver and Mae had a bit of a fight, but in the end they called a truce. So far, I have no idea as to what is going to happen next, but I promise you this chapter is going to have a bit of a surprise in it. Now, if you recall, I said a little something about Harry and Cho in the first chapter. Now, I'm going to….hehe, why don't you just read it instead? Enjoy!
CHAPTER SIXWhen Oliver woke up the next morning, he opened his eyes and found that he couldn't open one. "Geez man, what kind of detention did they give you?" he heard a voice ask. Oliver touched a finger to his eye, and remembered that Mae had punched him. "Something happened last night." He groaned before heaving himself out of bed. "We can tell. It's kind of purple in the middle and slightly green around the edges." Lee Jordan smiled when he had opened his good eye. "That'll be there for at least two months. But then again, the story behind it IS rather interesting." Oliver grinned, remembering last night's fight with Mae. "You've cracked it…honestly. You're the only person I know who can smile after getting the sense knocked out of you." Lee said, as the bathroom door closed.
Oliver took a look at the mirror and saw that it WAS an appalling wound. People would be asking about that for sure. But at least it would serve to him as a reminder to keep his mouth shut. "Oi, hurry up in there! You're not the only one who needs to use the john!" a voice said, knocking on the door. Oliver quickly brushed his teeth and combed his hair, and after a quick go on the john, he opened the door and started walking out. He heard whispers going around him, and people pointing at his eye.
He went down to the common room and saw Fred and George sitting by the armchairs looking at something. "Good morning you two. What've you got there?" Oliver asked. "Nothing. We…whoa! Where did you get that beauty?" Fred incredulously asked. George stood up right away and gaped at him. "What HAVE you been doing last night?" he asked. "Aww mates, it was nothing much. But I can tell you that I'll be telling this story for a long time." He grinned. "You've got your head in the clouds. Spit it out, what happened?" Fred said, pushing him into a chair. "Well, do you promise not to tell? " he asked. "Of course mate. Now tell us." George said.
"Or we can add another purple spot to your face before you know it." Fred said. Oliver gave a dramatic sigh. "I got it in detention last night. Mae and I were having this sort of lairy argument and to make a long story short, she punched me and you're looking at the end product." He said. The twins studied him awhile. "And what happened after that?" Fred asked. "Well, we sort of made up and we cleaned up the Astronomy classroom. And we have to go back tonight." Oliver shrugged. The twins looked at him and said, "Mate, you've got it bad for her." Oliver immediately blushed red. "We did sort of notice. You can't deny it, since more or less the whole team has noticed." George winked. "Now, don't look so shocked. You actually think that your own team mates can't spot out that our team captain is in love?" Fred smiled.
"Out with it. You like her." George said. Oliver nodded, feeling foolish. "Well now, this calls for a celebration of sorts. What'll it be mate, butterbeer or the like? We can sneak in a bottle of Firewhisky…" Fred began. Oliver leapt out of his seat. "You can NOT do any of that. Once you start blabbing to everyone you see, I'll never hear the end of it and I'll never get to look at Mae without blushing again!" he said. The twins looked at each other, then at him. "And why not? She deserves to know. After all, she IS involved." George winked. "Because….I want to tell her myself. And to make sure no twisted version of it reaches her." Oliver said. "Well, what's there to twist? Go tell her, and make sure you tell us when you do." Fred said. Oliver began to feel the slightest bit better. These two might be the nosiest pair of twins in the world, but he knew that they meant well and they would stick by you given any circumstance. "Thanks you two. I'll make sure that she knows before the rest of the school does." He managed.
"Well you have to make it quick then. The Ravenclaws have started to pick up on the trend and they can pretty much guess what's up between you two." George said, grinning. Oliver's ears began to turn red. "Uh, great. I'll best be off now, make sure that I'll be telling her and all…" he said, racing out the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall. He raced past all the students who were going to their lessons and made for the Gryffindor table. There weren't a lot of students now, but he saw an empty spot near the Ravenclaw side of the table. He took a seat, and then noticed that he was seated right beside Harry. "Hey Harry, what's up?" he asked, pulling a platter of bacon strips towards him. "Nothing." He quietly said. "Oh come on, you're looking unusually sour today. And we have Quidditch practice today. What's there to be feeling low about?" he asked. Harry didn't answer, and that stumped Oliver. From the way Harry drooped over his plate, he seemed to be looking at something…or rather, at SOMEONE…
Oliver followed Harry's gaze and saw that he was looking at a girl seated at the Ravenclaw table. He recognized her immediately. She was one of the Quidditch players on the Ravenclaw team. "Girl problems mate?" Oliver asked. Harry gave a start. "H-how did you know?" he asked. "Well, I know a lovesick look when I see one. Come on, why don't you ask her out or something?" he suggested. "That's just it. She's a year older than me, and it would kill me to ask her out." Harry sighed. "What's her name?" Oliver asked. "Cho Chang. Just promise me you won't tell anybody." Harry said. "Scout's honor. You know, I have a thing for her teammate, Mae Hargrove." He said. "Really?" Harry asked. "Yeah, that's her alright. And not to mention that she and I have detention for the rest of the week, and I'm having difficulty saying two straight words around her." Oliver grinned. Harry looked at him fully, and nearly squeaked when he saw the bruise on Oliver's eye. "What happened? Were you dueling with a troll or something?" Harry asked, incredulous. "Well, Mae's quite a fighter. We got into a sort of tussle last night, and this is the result." Oliver shrugged. Harry gave a low whistle. "You know mate, since we're having trouble with girls from the same team, why don't we do something about it? You know, I could talk to Cho about you, and you could talk to Mae about me…sort of a trade thing, right?" Oliver said.
Harry seemed to like the idea, then stuck out his hand. "You've got a deal mate. Now, when do you want me to talk to her?" Harry asked. "Well, as soon you could. Because I'd really like to Hogsmeade this February." Oliver grinned. "D'you think you could get Cho around the same time? " Harry asked. "No problem. Look, it's almost the first bell, and we have to go. I'll see you around?" he said, munching down a bite of toast with a strip of bacon on it, and leaving the rest of the food on his plate for Harry's owl to eat.
Harry followed Mae out of the breakfast room and tried to catch up with her. "Hey!" he called. Mae turned around. "Can I help you?" she asked, looking a little puzzled. "Um, yeah. Hi, I'm Harry…you must be Mae." He brightly said, although slightly out of breath. "Nice to meet you Harry…yes, I'm Mae, and how did you know my name?" she asked, politely, although a tad confused. "Oh, one of my mates fancies you. Can't say who though; but anyway, I'd like to be friends, if that's Ok with you." He said. Mae shrugged, but didn't really seem to mind that a complete stranger was asking to be friends with her. "Sure Harry, that would be great. Um, I have to get to class now. I'll see you around, alright?" she said, smiling at him before walking away. Harry mentally wrote a note to himself: The plan is going to work out just wonderfully.
A/N: Sorry for taking so long. School just started here, and I had my tests just a week ago. But I definitely will be able to post up my chapters more frequently, and I hope you're all having a wonderful time, wherever you are. Oh, and for those of you who are wondering where my LOTR fic went, they deleted it. Why? Well, I read that if I wasn't sure how to rate it, I would have to rate it NC-17. I did just that, and POOF! My fic gets deleted, and now I have a criminal record (so to speak) with But my fic wasn't exactly NC-17. It was more on R or PG-13…but I learned my lesson. Take care all!
