A.N.) Sorry if the last chapter wasn't all that great, I'm kinda suffering from a writer's mountain. Yes, my 'block' has turned into a mountain. I have almost gotten rid of it though: if you watch every scene that features Oliver Wood and listen to that sexy Scottish accent of his as well as just look at him.............. "Goodbye writer's mountain! Hello hot Oliver Wood!"
Ok, sorry bout that, just got a little carried away.........
And please.........a moment of silence for the recent loss (HP5).................
************************************************************************
Chapter 10
Finally, Potions ended. We escaped from that class as quickly as we could.
"I can't believe it! We lose ten points just because most of the girls in the class couldn't keep their eyes off of Oliver. What a load of shit!" Andrew yelled as soon we were out of earshot of the dungeons.
"There's nothing we can do about that. You know he was just trying to find a way to take points from us anyway," I said as we all kept walking.
Nick had already taken off. After the potion we had to make in class, he said that he had to get some fresh air. You can't blame him though, that potion smelled awful!
Bethany and Robin took off for Arithmancy while Andrew went off to find an empty room.
Oliver and I walked to the entrance hall.
"Come on! Let's go Oliver!" I said as we reached the front doors.
He just looked down at me and smiled.
"You have a very sick mind," I said as we walked out onto the grounds.
We finally got to the Greenhouse and went in. I sat next to Ashlyn who was sitting, no surprise at all, next to George.
But, for a change, Oliver sat next to me.
George and Ashlyn turned to look at us. I simply blushed and looked behind me, pretending to get something out of my bag.
Turning back around, I leaned over to Ashlyn: "After dinner this evening, meet me in the Library. Don't ask why, just meet me there."
"Whatever you say," she replied as Professor Sprout began handing out dragon-hide gloves for us to wear.
************************************************************************
After class, everyone ran off to lunch, not bothering to take their time even though it was a wonderful day to be outside.
But Oliver and I decided to skip lunch. Instead, we went over to the large tree in front of the lake and sat in the shade against its trunk.
There was a nice, constant breeze; so I let my hair down to let it flow in the breeze. I then stretched my legs out in front of me and put my head on Oliver's shoulder.
I felt Oliver take a deep breath, breathing in the warm air. I just closed my eyes as I moved my head down onto his lap.
We were enjoying the silence. I was mostly enjoying the fact that I was there with Oliver, alone.
I opened my eyes, looking up to see Oliver's deep brown eyes looking down into mine. We just smiled at each other.
"Oliver, I love spending time with you. I don't feel like just another girl when you're with me. I've never felt so happy before. I feel important for once," I said to him quietly, not wanting to disrupt the silence.
"You've always been important to me. Since the day I met you I've felt that you are important. And I don't just mean as the best Chaser on the team. You're important because you're YOU. And that's why I love you so much," he replied, his smile beaming down on me.
He then reached into his shirt and pulled out something that was around his neck. I recognized it as my whale's tail necklace; I had slipped it around his neck while he was still in the hospital.
"I believe this is yours," he said to me, holding it over my face, pulling it away each time I reached for it.
He finally slipped it back around his neck and put it back down inside his shirt.
"You can be so mean sometimes," I said, laughing.
"Oh really? And what might you do about that?" he replied, grinning.
"I'll just have to make you pay for that," I said, sitting up again.
Before he knew what I was doing, I had him pinned on his back on the cool grass, laughing.
"Better watch it Wood; I might have to get rough with you," I said as he flipped me over onto my back and pinned me to the ground.
"Is that a threat?" he asked as I pinned him again.
"Nope. It's a promise," I replied as I got pinned again.
But I wasn't going to play nice anymore. I wanted to have a little fun. So I wrapped my legs around Oliver's and pulled him down onto the ground as I got up. But before I could go anywhere, he grabbed my ankles and brought me down. Then he pulled me to him, both of us laughing.
We were then lying down next to each other on the grass, just watching the few clouds in the sky as they passed by.
I yawned. Nice weather and being outside in it can make me tired because I'm enjoying it.
Before I knew it, I had my head on Oliver's chest, feeling it rise and fall while he breathed. Feeling him put his arms around me, I soon fell asleep.
************************************************************************
"Cristina, wake up. We have to go back to class now," someone said to me.
Oliver. He was speaking to me.
Getting up, I realized how well I had slept during my nap. But, we couldn't stay there forever; we had classes to go to.
"What class do we have now?" I asked, the thought slipping from my mind.
"Did something invisible hit you while you were sleeping? We have Defense Against the Dark Arts now, remember?" Oliver replied, laughing.
"Lo siento, I forgot," I said as I too laughed.
Reaching the entrance hall, we went up the main staircase. Reaching the top, we ran into Rebecca and Brian.
"Where we you at lunch Cristina?" Rebecca asked me.
"We......er.....I was sitting under the large tree in front of the lake, just enjoying the nice weather. Oliver was at the Quidditch pitch, just flying around again, since he hasn't for over a week now," I replied quickly.
"It is a nice day. I don't blame you for being out there," Rebecca said, as she turned to walk to class.
"Rebecca, after dinner this evening, meet me in the Library," I whispered to her.
I saw her nod her head in reply as they walked away.
A few minutes later, I passed on the same message to Becca and Robin as they too walked past us.
"Is there something I'm missing?" Oliver asked me, giving me that irresistible look of his.
"No, it's just so we can talk about some girl stuff," I replied, causing him to drop the subject as Andrew caught up to us.
"Where we both of you at lunch?" Andrew asked us as we continued to class.
"I was flying around my pitch while Cristina was studying in front of the large tree by the lake," Oliver replied, since I had completely forgotten what the excuse was that I had used earlier.
"Wish I could have joined you, but I wanted to get that Charms essay done before midnight," Andrew said.
"Now do you understand why I do mine in class?" I said to them as they both rolled their eyes at me.
Walking into our classroom, I went and sat between Alicia and Deanna as Professor Travis walked in.
************************************************************************
"That new spell was pretty cool, don't you think?" I said as we walked out of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"Yeah. Watch this: Flagrate!" Andrew said, causing a fiery X to appear on Alicia's bag.
She never even noticed it. She's very much on the ditz side of things.
Saying goodbye, Oliver, Andrew, and I made our way to Transfiguration, meeting up with Kevin and Ken on the way there.
As soon as we walked in, Oliver was called up to Professor McGonagall's desk. The rest of us took our seats; I saved Oliver his.
Moments later, he came to join me.
"So I'm guessing that was about last week?" I asked, knowing that I was right.
"Yeah. She wants me to stay after today so I can tell her what happened AND so I can make up last week's lessons. It's like detention, but it's not." Oliver replied, taking out his wand as we tried to transfigure a guinea pig into a roll of parchment.
I transfigured my guinea pig into ten rolls of parchment.
"Ten points for Gryffindor for Cristina's excellent work," Professor McGonagall said after admiring my work.
"Showoff," I heard Ken mumble from behind me.
I just smiled.
************************************************************************
At the end of class, I reminded Oliver that he had to stay behind.
"But I'd rather be with you," he replied in a whisper into my ear.
"I too would rather be with you. Unfortunately though, you don't always get what you want Oliver," I said, making him frown. "But I will see you in the Common Room later, right?"
"Yeah.......I'll see you then," he replied as I left for dinner with the others.
I ate dinner rather quickly, wanting to be in the Library before my friends came to join me there. That and the fact I didn't enjoy being away from Oliver, even though Andrew was making me feel a little better.
But I left soon, finding and empty table for us to sit at. Not long after, Rebecca, Bethany, Becca, Robin, and Ashlyn walked into the Library together, heading for where I was sitting.
As they sat down, I put a Silencing Charm around where we were sitting, so that no one could hear us.
"So what's so important that you have to tell us Cristina?" Becca asked me.
"Well.......it all started the day of our first Quidditch practise of this year........" I began.
************************************************************************
"And that's what I wanted to tell the five of you. Bethany already knew about when Oliver woke up, as you found out. But there was more that she too needed to know," I said, looking around at them.
"Andrew was in our dorm room last night?! Why didn't you tell me last night?!" Bethany asked me.
"So what are you going to do?" Ashlyn asked me, ignoring Bethany's comment.
I already knew that Ashlyn hated the fact that Andrew made out with me; she can't stand him; but then again, a lot of girls can't stand him.
"That's the thing; I don't know what I'm going to do yet. That's the reason I'm telling this to all of you. I thought maybe you could help me," I replied.
Everyone was silent for a few awkward moments until Becca spoke up: "The thing is, we really can't help you. We don't share your feelings, so really, for the most part, you're on your own. We can offer you some advice, but other than that, it's up to you."
Everyone else just nodded in agreement.
"Only you know which guy's meant for you," Rebecca said to me, smiling.
"Yeah, but we're always here for you," Robin added.
"Thanks, to all of you. I feel a lot better now," I said, almost crying because of how wonderful my friends are.
"I suppose we better get back now; I told you that I still have that Charms essay to do," Rebecca said as we all rose to leave.
"Sí, and I promised Oliver I'd meet him in the Common Room after we were done in here," I said, getting looks from my friends.
"I do believe that Cristina has already chosen her boyfriend," I heard Becca whisper to Bethany.
But have I really?
************************************************************************
Reaching the Common Room, I didn't see Oliver anywhere, so I just sat down on the couch and waited.
I waited for over an hour; he still wasn't there.
After waiting another hour, I finally went up into my dorm room and got myself ready for bed.
"Guess I'll have to talk to Oliver tomorrow then," I said to myself as I got into bed and stared at the night sky before drifting off.
************************************************************************
A.N.) Sorry this took so long, but I'm suffering from my writer's block (mountain) still. I mean, I've got ideas for future chapters, but it's just everything in between that I don't have ideas for. So, I hope this wasn't too disappointing for you. I really did work hard on it.
Oh yeah, I also have a CSI fic out now. I'm working on Chapter 6 right now. If you are interested, just ask me sometime.
My cousin is still working on her fic, the X-Men Evolution one. It's really great for her first fic. Ask me about it sometime.
And the Animorphs fic Twilight Starz and I are writing, please read it and tell us what you think. Our other readers (3 people, that's sad) don't really like it, but I think it's a great fic (but that's just me). Yet again, ask me bout it sometime.
