Authors Notes: I'm sooo sorry it took me so long to update but this is a really long chapter and I had to cut some out and into the next chapter. Thank your for still reading my fic :D enjoy.
Chapter 3--Parity's and Kisses
Lilianna and Sam staggered in to the parlor under the wait of all the bags filled with stuff for the ball that night. Dropping the bags at the entrance they flung them selves onto the couches.
"I am so tiered. Who would have thought a town this size would have so many exciting places to go"
"That's because its one of the only muggle/wizarding towns in the UK. But that's mainly because of the hired help that aren't house elf's."
"Aaaa the privileged life nothing better." a deep male voce sounded from the hallway that Lilianna did not recognized but Sam obviously did.
"Marcus" she yelled as she ran up to give the man a hug. He was tall about 6'1" Lilianna guessed. He had shaggy black hair that fell into his eyes. His face looked like it had been chiseled out of stone. His fetchers could put fear in to any man with the slightest look from his stunning icy blue eyes, but looking at the younger girl in front of him his fetchers where softened, and his eyes where warm and filled with laughter and affection.
"Hey kid what's up?" he said ruffled her hair.
"I'm not a kid" she said pushed his hand off her head and pushing him away from her trying to get him to lose his balance and fall, but not succeeding very well seeing as he had a good 50 pounds and head or two on her. He glanced over to the couches where Lilianna was watching the interaction pulling her self into a sitting position with her feet dangling over the end of the couch.
"Well, well, well who is this exquisite beauty? Excuse my poor manners my lady. If I had seen you right a way I would have introduced my self earlier, before playing with the kid. I'm Marcus, Marcus Flint. Pudulmear's Fines Chaser. And you are?" He said taking her hand in his and laying a kiss on it.
Pulling her hand out of his, she stood up wiping her hand on her jeans, before answered him.
"I'm Lilianna May" she answered gathering her bags together.
"Well Lilianna, I can call you that can't I?" before she could answered he continued on.
"Where did you come from? Cuz haven's missing an angel."
She rolled her eyes but continued going through the bags.
"She's from Canada, and has come over hear to Marry Oliver. Poor girl has to marry my brother. The only thing ruining a good vacation" Sam said trying hard to not giggle
"You're the one that's suppose to marry Oliver?" he chuckled a bit shocked to find out she was the one Oliver had told him about. Deciding to play around with the situation a little he started teasing her.
"Well I'll tell you what you can do, marry me instead of Oliver, besides I'm the better looking one anyway." He said in a smug voce, chest puffed out.
Spinning around she glared at him. "Better catch yeah right! All I'll be doing is trading one jack ass for another." She glared.
"Hey what's going on in hear?" Oliver yelled walking into the room. Looking form one person to the other waiting for an answer.
"I'll tell you what's going on; your so called friend was hitting on me." Lilianna yelled pointing at Markus.
For a split second there was pure rage in Oliver's eyes before he covered it up with bewilderment. "He was, why?"
The other two in the room stared at him, there chins hanging about knee level. While Lilianna just glared daggers at him.
"I'll tell you why you pompous ASS. Unlike you he has taste, and some semblance of manners. And I would take him up on his offer to run away, but it also involves go with him."
"Well why don't you, at least you wont be my problem, and as much as I hate pawning off problems to friends, I think he can handle it."
"You know what I might just do that but not with him, maybe a different guy from your team, perhaps Patrick." She said off handedly walking by Oliver.
Oliver's hand shot out so fast Lilianna didn't have time to react till he had a hold of her arm in his tight grip.
"Like hell you will. You stay the hell away from that guy you hear me. How the hell do you know him anyway." He said his voce deathly quiet; he had this look in his eyes that scared Lilianna. But she was not going to show him how scared she really was.
"Let go of my arm" she gritted out through her teeth looking him strait in the eye.
"How do you know him?"
"I don't have to tell you anything-" he shock her cutting her off.
"Answer me dam it." He said his hold getting tighter around her arm.
"Sam told me the names of your other team mates alright I've never met him now will you let go of my arm."
"Hey Wood ease up ok" Marcus put his hand on the arm holding Lilianna trying to get him to let go.
"Stay out of this Marcus. This doesn't concern you."
"Yeah this dose just let her go and will go practice." He tried to coax.
"Promise me you wont go near Patrick" wanting him to let go of her arm, Lilianna agreed.
"All right I promise not to go anywhere near him" staring into her eyes Oliver slowly let go. As if realizing for the first time what he had just done, he stepped back and ran the same hand that had held Lilianna, through his hair. He watched sickened by the sight of her rubbing her arm where a bruise was slowly colouring. Slowly he forced him self to look into her eyes. What he saw there he would never forget, and never wanted to see again, the fear and loathing that was directed at him was more than he could stand.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you I just want you to understand that you can't go near Patrick. I'm not telling you what to do I just want you to understand how serous this is."
"Yeah I get it." She said as she pushed past him. Sam took one last look at her brother before following Lilianna out of the room.
"What's gotten in to you, I know you don't like the guy but you've never gotten that concerned about someone going near him before."
"I don't know, I just don't know"
"I think you actually have feelings for her. That's why your so protective of her going near your back up. "
"WHAT! Are you out of your mind? You must have landed on your head the last time you feel off your broom."
"Hey I just call them as I see them. I seen the look you had in your eyes when she told you I was hitting on her, and that has never happened before."
"What never happened before?" asked the girl who had just walked into the room.
"A well Dj you see our keeper hear has feelings that he's not willing to admit, for his beautiful, sweet, kind, dear, betrothed." He carried on putting as much emphasis on each word possible, watching Oliver get madder and madder. Wile torturing his enemy turned best friend, he missed the expressions on the other occupant in the room.
Jessica or Dj to her team mates was actually a very nice looking girl, but not all the time could someone see the hidden beauty behind the quidditch player. Instead of letting her long shine black hair hang lose; she tied it back in a tight high pony tall. Her eyes where a deep green that turned emerald in the heat of the game. Her smile was bright and cheerful most of the time that is. Her height was something she was bugged about all the time. Being taller than most of her class mates and being a girl was hard for her self-esteem, that was one of the major reasons she had joined the quidditch team.
"Men never know what they won't when it comes to the opposite sex nor do they know how to express the feelings they do have. If this wasn't an arranged marriage I would tell her to run for the hills." She said crossing her arms over her chest. 'Stupid jerk hell never get a clue chasing women around even the unavailable ones' she fumed.
The two guys just stared at her, not really knowing what to say to her. After a few seconds Marcus decided to say something, but not the most intelligent sentence.
"Uuuu are we going to play before the ball?"
Glaring at Marcus both Dj and Oliver walked out passed the confused and sheepish Marcus" So we are going to practice right. Right!" he yelled running after them.
In a few short hours Lilianna would be shown off to all the high society of the UK (muggle and magic a like). Running from the bathroom to the main room like a chicken with its head cut off, warring her bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her head turban style she made quite a sight. Sam just sat on the big bed and watched for a while, just until Lilianna had gotten a good part of the nerves worked out.
"Oh god I can't do this I don't know the first thing about being a proper lady. I'm way to opinionated, I can't hold my tongue, I know I'm going to do something I'm going to regret and embarrass your whole family and mine. I don't know how to act at these things. I was razed on a ranch ask me anything about a horse I'll tell you no problem but ask me what fork to use or how to make polite conversation I have no clue." She ranted throwing her self across the bed covering her head with her arms and groaned.
"What do you mean? Didn't you have to go to dinner parties back home?"
"No we never had "diner parties" back home, where nothing like you guys are over hear. I mean we run a boarding ranch for orphaned witches and wizards. We ride horses, we go camping, we watch movies together, we cook for our selves."
"Really! Wow I've never cooked for my self before, mother would have a fit. You get to go camping like one of those western camp outs on the range like in those western movies, I wish I could do those things. But as for manners, now that's something I know about."
Pondering that thought for a minute Lilianna came up with a deal. "Well I'll tell you what, if you help me out tonight, I'll try and convince your mother to let you come with me for a visit at the ranch."
"Really you would do that."
"Yeah every girl should experience the wilderness at least once in her life."
"You got a deal." Sam said excitedly shaking Lilianna's hand to seal the deal.
"Now lets do something about getting you ready." Getting off the bed Sam started going through all the stuff that had been laid out all over the room.
Her room was packed with dresses, shoes, gloves and other trinkets. They where scattered everywhere on the bed, on the canopy, on the dresser, on the floor, and even some out the window.
The door swung open hitting the wall, scaring both Lilianna and Sam. There standing in the doorway was a women of about 5.7" with long black hair pulled back in a pony tail. She couldn't have been much older than Lilianna her self by the youthfulness of her face. She had green eyes that held a lot of humor behind them.
"Come on ladies we don't have all day to get ready for this coming out party." The young women said marching in to the room.
"Ummm may I ask who you are" Lilianna asked pulling her robe tighter around her.
"Oh that's Jessica she plays on Pudulmear too, the only girl come to think of it." Sam finished finger pressed to her lips in thought. (like dorie dose form finding nemo)
"Yeah I'm the only girl but its not like he notices." Jessica said bitterly.
"If he notices. And who would he be?" Sam asked inching closer.
"Well look at the time, we don't have much time to get ready do we. So what are we all warring." She said distracting the other two girls from her slip of the tong.
"Well your mom stopped by earlier with your gown so you don't have to worry about what your going to ware." Sam said getting Jessica's dress.
"She what?" DJ said dreading what her mother had picked out for her.
Sam revealed a simple, but elegant, pearl white gown. The strapless, angle wrap was design to accentuate Jessica's ample bosom, and full hips. Something her mother obviously wanted to capitalize on tonight.
"How the hell dose she think I'm going to ware that." Jess Yelled. Not happy at all with the dress.
"Why are you complaining that's a gorgeous gown." Sam commented amazed at the gown.
"Because I'll fall out as soon as I move down those dame stares." Jess said holding her dress out at arms length.
"Oh come on with the right spells you'll stay in there just fine. Now come on and get changed we still need to do both of your hair and make up too."
"Make up!" both girls groaned.
Sam rolled her eyes. "I have never seen anyone so against dressing up."
Its not just dressing up it's the damn ball too. Everyone knows its not just to introduce her to all the uppity ups in the UK, it's a damn auction for men who want to see what eligible women they want. Jess said over her shoulder walking into the changing room examining her dress.
"Woe hold on what are you talking about, it's just some party right." Lilianna said looking confused form one girl to the other.
"No its what I said it was. Wow you really don't know much about the life your about to dive head first into do you. Well at least you don't have to ware this" Jess said brows frowning holding out her gown.
"Oh god what have my parents thrown me into." Pacing more franticly now then she had before Jess had come in. Dislodging the towel around her head she through it out the window after it had fallen onto her face.
Sam looked at Lilianna sympathetically, while Jessica just looked confused. "Are you telling me you know nothing about what's to come. Oh this is rich. So the Woods just picked you out of no were to marry there son. Granted he's not the one inheriting the title, but they are very picky about who they let there precious little boy near. So why did they choose you for Wood to marry?"
"I'm not his dam fiancé, where only going to see if it works and it wont I'll see to that. And to answer you question about why me it's because of some prophecy made years ago. I don't even know who made the cursed prophecy."
"Prophecy? What are you talking about? You mean to tell me that all this hubbub is about some prophecy?"
"I'm afraid so but I don't care I'm not getting married to that, that man."
" I see, so what did you do before I got hear this afternoon to get him talking about you."
"huh? Who was talking about me."
"Marcus and Oliver who else." Jess said scowling at mentioning Marcus's name.
"Oh well I think Marcus wanted to mess a little with Oliver is all." She said as if it was something that happened everyday. And being much more interested in the reaction she got out of Jess ever time Marcus's name was mentioned.
"You like him don't you?"
"WHAT! What are you talking about I do not"
"Huh? Like who? What's going on" Sam said a little out of the lop.
Staring at Jessica trying to denying this so adamantly confirmed her suspicion. Looking at her she just smiled.
"Why are you smiling for, answer me before I wipe that smile off your face." That just made her smile even wider.
"You know we could come up with a plan to knock his socks off."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Well for starters that dress is the perfect start, than we could leave your hair down because I'm sure you ware it up all the time. And just the tiniest hint of make up."
"Your talking crazy why would I want that dumb ass git to notice me for."
"Exactly the point."
"Huh?"
"Your not trying to get him to notice you, he just will along with all the other guys in the room. Now this is something that my sister did to get Kevin to notice her. This will work believe me." Looking a little reluctant she decided it couldn't hut to go along with it.
"Fine what do I got to do." She sighed.
Grinning at the girl she told the plan for what would happen tonight. Ushering Jess into the adjoining dressing room she gave a brief description of the plan.
Oliver had been shoved into his room as soon as he had landed on the pitch, by an overly eager Kevin.
"Hey what the hell are you doing!" Oliver yelled falling over the bed.
"What? You haven't forgotten what going on tonight have you."
"How can I, no one will let me even stupid Marcus. But I still don't see why you felt the need to through me into the room."
"Ah a big brothers prerogative." Kevin said winking "Now hurry up we have some stuff to go over before all this hoopla starts." Kevin walked out of the room before Oliver had a chance to ask what stuff they had to go over. 'What the hell is he talking about, this is pretty strait forward nothing difficult to master. God all I have to do is stand with her when were being presented and spend a dance or two with her. what's so bleeding difficult about that.'
Grumbling the whole time he was getting ready did nothing to better his mood. By the time Kevin returned dressed and with a box Oliver had managed to work himself in to a snit.
"Good your ready I thought I was going to have to stuff you in to that kilt. Well never mind that now we have more cereus business to attend to." Kevin said he's face unusually cereus. He put the wood box he was carrying down on the bed, and summoned Oliver over.
Taking a deep breath Kevin opened the box reviling a ruby and diamond incrusted tiara. "I'm sure you remember how things went when I was engaged. And that tonight isn't just a coming out party. Tonight mom and dad will get you to introduce Lil as your future wife."
"WHAT! You have got to be kidding me no one told me this. You didn't have to do this the first DAY you met her." Oliver yelled throwing his hands wide.
Kevin knew just how Oliver was feeling about this howl situation just a few years ago Kevin had been in the same situation him self. But one thing he knew and Oliver didn't was that Oliver would soon want this arrangement as much as he hated it right now.
Closing his eyes he tried to block out the overpowering emotions he felt, he still felt when ever his fiancé was brought up, before continuing on. "You know what this tiara means and what you have to do right."
Knowing how much it still hurt his older brother to remember his fiancé, Oliver just nodded his head in agreement deciding it beast not to start an argument over this.
"I know this can't be that easy on Lil so when you get the chance alone with her tonight tell her that this was her sisters. I know it will make her feel better about being rushed into all this."
Nodding in agreement he bent to pick the box up making sure he handled it with care when a thought acquired to him. "I'll tell her but don't you want to keep it. I mean I'm sure mom has a different one that would be just as good."
shaking his head before Oliver was even dun his sentence. "No it has to be this one. Besides it'll mean a lot to Lil to have something of her sisters going though all this." Kevin said giving Oliver a small smile.
"All right if your sure its all right with you."
exhaling deeply, Kevin squared he's shoulders and nodded.
After Jess had come out of the bathroom Lilianna had Sam cast a hair and make up charm her sister had taught her a few years back.
"There now your ready to turn some heads." Lilianna laughed.
"You look amazing Jess you'll defiantly catch Marcus's attention tonight. Now its your turn Lilianna."
Sighing Lilianna took a deep breath before the plunge "Ok where's my dress."
"Well mom had picked your dress out. For some reason she was going on about having it look just right for the big moment. At fist I thought that she was just talking about the first introduction, but now I don't think it was just that." Sam said thinking back to when she had gone with her mother to pick out a dress.
"What wait if your mother had my dress already then why did we go and buy all these other ones for!"
"There for all the other parties and appearances your going to have to do before and after your married. The once that aren't as fancy are the ones your going to have to use around Edinburgh and London when you go. And the once a little more fancy but not ball fancy are the once you are going to were when you attend Oliver's games."
"Well we can't worry about that now. Your dress is hanging on the bathroom door"
Walking into the bathroom she hesitated a step going over the thresh hold, but continued walking after a second. Once in the bathroom she took a couple deep breaths to calm her nerves before unzipping the dress bag.
'What was I thinking believing they where just going to null and void this arrangement. I'm a complete idiot.' She chided her self.
'oh my god!' A reveling a off the shoulder cream silk gown, that parted on the side to reveal lace that made the simplicity of the off shoulder beaded peaces gave the elegance befitting an old time movie star.
'This can't be right it's a wedding dress not a ball gown. There not thinking of pulling something and marry us off tonight are they.' She thought suspiciously. 'Well if they do try that they have another thing coming.' she thought giving in. After she put the dress on she fixed her hair so that the top part of her hair was pulled back in groups to formed a curly bun at the back of her head. While the rest of her hair fell in loose ringlets down her back. Framing her face where two little loose curls.
Walking out of the bathroom she noticed that Sam had put on a dress as well although it wasn't as elaborate as Jess's or her self's was, and looked ready to head out.
"Wow you look good"
"Really"
"Yeah I mean Oliver will be all over you" Sam said giving Lilianna a cheeky grin
"Oh shut up. Is it time already."
"Yes now where is that brother of mine? Can't he be on time for anything." Sam exclaimed looking both ways down the hall.
"who's supposed to be escorting me tonight all knowing Sam."
"Why Marcus of coarse. His mother and mine are good friends you know. I still think there trying to marry you off to him. I'm going to go look for them I'll be right back.
"Why is Mrs. Wood and your mother trying to marry you off to Marcus although I doubt you would mind one bit."
"Because my father was the Duke of Norfolk and I'm the oldest and don't have any brothers the title falls to me once I'm of 'age'. If I had it my way someone else would get the title but its not. And when I'm married -which no doubt my mother's working on right this second- I'll have to quit quidditch." She finished looking said at the thought.
"But why if you marry Marcus would you have to quit quidditch? Your both on the same team, and from what Sam told me earlier a really good player an asset to the team. He would be stupid to make you quit."
"It wouldn't be him, it would be mother." She said Quietly turning towards the window.
"Oh but if you marry sometime in the near future then you can still play and still have time for everything else newly married couples do before you inherit the title. Right?"
"My father is dead."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"No biggie really it wasn't like he was ever around or anything. Although he seams to be a bigger pain in the ass dead than he ever was alive. I turn 19 in less then a year and my mother is determined to have me married before that. There is a grate deal of money I will inherit as well and she's very eager to get her hands on it. Not that she's going to get any of it."
"Hhhhmmm well your situation isn't very much different from mine is it. I just have one question for you."
Turning around to face Lilianna she waited for the question. "Well what is it."
"Do you love him."
"What! What a preposterous thing to ask I do not, he's far to pompous of an ass, I would never, there is no way.. no…yes" bowing her head she turned away again.
"Great this will be so much easer now." Rubbing her hands together she had a gleam in her eye.
"What do you mean 'so much easer now"
"Well if you love him and are not just attracted to him then it will be a lot easer to get him to fall madly in love with you." smiling sweetly but with a devilish gleam in her eye she approached Jess.
"Now this is what we are going to do. But after that it's completely up to you."
Oliver and Marcus were walking down the hall towards Lilianna's room. Under one arm Oliver was packing the box with the tiara in it.
"The girls should be ready by now right. I mean we gave them plenty of time."
"Hey you're the one who said give them more time because there girls." Oliver said shifting the box to the other arm.
"Well girls do tend to take hours to get ready. However Dj should have been ready right away."
"Oh and why is that"
"Well because she's more like one of the guys then a girl really."
"Right." Oliver said raising his eyebrow.
"What's that supposed to mean"
Before Oliver could answer Sam came brailing down the hall towards them. "There you guys are come on, stop staling before mom shows to see what's taking so long."
Letting Sam drag them both down the hall they ended up at Lilianna's bedroom door a lot sooner then Oliver would have liked. Not letting go of their jacket sleeves until they were completely in the room Sam called out for the two girls.
"Were coming Sam just had a few touch ups before we were ready" Lilianna giggled pushing Jess out the bathroom door first.
"Hello Oliver, Marcus its about time you two showed up." Sam said straitening her dress out before looking up. what she saw was to jaws on the floor.
"Argh you guys are pathetic. That's it I'm not warring this dress. Lilianna I'm taking one of your other dresses. Where are they."
"What! No you can't do that. Their stupid if they can't appreciate how you look. There will be tones of other guys who will." She finished glaring at the two stupefied men.
"And you know what else, we don't need then as our escorts. I'll be yours and you'll be mine." Locking elbows they started to make there way past the two men in a huff, until Oliver grabbed on to Lil's elbow.
"And were do you think your going?"
"Down to the party now let go of my arm."
"I don't think so your not going to make a fool of me in front of all those people. Come on were late as it is. Marcus would u snap out of it and escort DJ." Clearing his head, he offered his arm before heading out after Oliver and Lilianna.
"Oh and before I forget, this is for you." handing the box under his arm over to her and waited for her to open it.
Looking at it skeptically, she slowly opened it, and almost dropt it when she saw what was in the box.
"Hey clumsy watch what your doing you don't want to brake it." Glaring at him she pulled the diamond and ruby incrusted tiara out of the box carefully.
Staring at it she asked with just a little awe in her voice "Why did you give me this?"
Straitening his suet jacket to get the non existent wrinkles out he cleared the frog out of his thought, "It was your sisters when she first got engaged to Kevin."
"Oh Oliver" tears in her eyes she looked up.
"Meh it was Kevin's idea don't get all mushy on me."
"aarrrgggg your such a jack ass you know that"
"Yeah well you're a spoiled little brat."
"Well you're a pompous-"
"Ok were really late now so why don't you help Lilianna put the tiara on and we can get finally get down there and get all this hubbub over with." Marcus said steering Jess around the two before heading down the hall.
Grudgingly he took to the tiara from her, leaning in he gently he nestled the crown in her intricate hair duo making sure it wouldn't come out during the dances.
"That should do it." Lilianna looked up to quickly, and Oliver didn't pull away fast enough, resulting in there first kiss.
Stating into each others eyes shocked that that had happened and blushing madly but they didn't pull away. That is until someone cleared their throat.
Well now I'm not complaining about why you two are late, but your mother is become very anxious and we do need you two to make an appearance at some point tonight. And then you can get back to your privet time." Mr. Wood said smiling at the two.
"NO ITS NOT LIKE THAT! Youseeiwasputtingonhercrownandhewasjsut tryingotgetthecrownrightandwedidn'tmovefastenough IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" They both tried explaining at the same time.
Giving them a big kind smile he just held out his arm indicating they should accompany him.
Coming to a stop at the top of the grand stare case Oliver waited for the door man to introduce them before making his own speech. Clearing his voce he began. "Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to thank you for coming to our home tonight to welcome Lilianna May to our grate country." A round of applause sounded before he continued. "There is another reason why this night is big for our family as well." Clearing the lump in his throat he turned towards Lilianna grabbing one of her hands.
"I Oliver James Wood would like to present to you my betrothed Lilianna May."
On the dance floor the couple's dances to a slow waltz gliding over the polished hard wood floor. In the center of all the other couples were Oliver and Lilianna.
Most of the night they hadn't said two words to each other although they had danced almost every dance together, but both had a lot on there minds. Finally Lilianna had, had enough of the silence and wanted some answers.
"What we did in the hallway it didn't mean anything right it was an honest mistake right." Razing her head a little higher and stiffening her spine she took on an air of indifferent.
"That's exactly what it was. Why exactly would I want to kiss a spoiled tom boy when I could get any number of beautiful women to kiss me."
Glaring daggers at him "Well then why don't you go get one of your quidditch trollops. I could care less who you kiss. I just wanted to make perfectly clear that what happened didn't mean anything.
"Are you up set?"
"Why you!" Emphasizing how mad she was she stepped on his foot HARD.
Wincing Oliver started maneuvering towards the open door that led to the veranda leading down the enormous garden wanting to avoided a huge seen he know wasn't far off.
"Where are we going? Oliver don't you dare think of pulling anything ells tonight."
"Would you shut up for just one minuet."
Glaring at Oliver she didn't knottiest they had entered the garden until the sweet sent of Moonflowers surrounded them. Taking a couple of steps back she put her hands on her hips trying to emphasize her displeasure with the situation, and unknowingly brining his attention to her hips.
"What do you think your doing taking me out hear you have no right-"
"Trying to avoid making a seen." He said trying to act bored with the entire conversation.
"What are you talking about I wasn't going to make a seen."
"Oh really? Than what do you call what your doing now?"
"I'm not- I would never- your parents- I- was not" she stammered madder than ever she stomped her foot, he was right!
All he did was raze his eyebrow which infuriated her even more.
"Now you listen to me you, you, you stupid jock, if I make a seen, I have a right to. I never wanted this stupid arrangement in the first place. In fact I would be very happy if I could just go back home finish high school start college and live the rest of my life with out having to see you anymore." She said jabbing his rock hard chest with her index finger ignoring the pain shooting up her wrist.
Looking down at the finger pressed to his chest than back up at her, his eye's narrowed. "Well princesses I didn't want this ether, but I had to. It's my duty to marry and produce a hair and a spare. You think I'm happy with having to do all this when I'm only 18. I should be concentrating on my quidditch and getting to the world cup. Not having to baby sit a brat like you."
"What do you mean a hair and a spare at 18!" she squeaked eyes as big as dinner plates.
"Why do you think there making us marry you nitwit. Did you think that they would be happy with just you marrying me? What did you think you could get around sleeping with me? As much as I'm not looking forward to that part of this arrangement it could be enjoyable, as long as your compliable." Looking her up and down in a leer.
"You JERK!" throwing the closest thing she could reach, at him which happened to be a stone bunny ornament. Ducking he narrowly missed being hit in the head by the bunny, he charged toward her before she could find something ells to throw at him. Grabbing her upper arms he pulled her against him.
"What the hell did you do that for you crazy women, are you trying to kill me!"
"All my problems would be solved if I did!"
"What you need is a good spanking."
"You wouldn't dare." she hissed
"Wouldn't I?"
"Why you pompous, stupid, insufferable, Jer-" taking her lips he effectively shut her up. The kiss started out rough, Oliver taking his frustrations with the entire situation out on her. What surprised him was that she started kissing him back just as roughly. Slowly the kiss turned softer, more sensual. Coming up for air they stared at each other Whisky brown meeting emerald green.
'giggle'
"Shhh your going to get us caught. But I do enjoy hearing you giggle."
Whispering coming from the bushes behind them brought them out of their dazed little world.
"What was that?"
"I don't know but it sounds like its come from over there." Taking her hand they went to go investigate the mysteries voices coming from the garden.
Coming around one of the hedges that hid the gazebo they found two occupants in a slightly embarrassing position.
"Aahheemm excuse me but I don't think that my family's gazebo is the proper place to be doing this sort of thing."
"Oliver? Is that you mate."
"Marcus! What are you doing out hear and who are you with." Helping straiten out his companions dress they walked into the dimly lit garden to reveal them selves.
"JESS!" staring wide eyed at her new friend, she didn't know what to say."
"Well Marcus so much for Dj just 'being one of the guys' huh." A sly smile appearing on his face.
"Yeah well I see your doing the exact same thing with your fiancé. Getting a little practice in before the wedding night are we."
"Yeah I still got it." Getting smug with them selves they forgot about the two women standing with them.
Two very loud smacks rang through the air. Promptly turning on their heels and stomped off together, leaving a perfect hand mark on each of the stunned men's cheeks.
"Why do I keep letting her HIT me." Oliver thought out loud holding his stinging cheek.
"Aaaa a women in love has so much passion." Marcus said watching Jess leave. Smacking Marcus up side the head he glared at the back of his retreating fiancé.
"What? What did I say?"
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