…they were met by more faces. Seamus was happy he had another gay friend. Dean was embarrassed about his best friend's actions and was silent. Neville congratulates Harry. Harry heard Pavarti mutter to Lavender:
"All the cute guys and good guys are gay. I bet they are pretending to be gay. What do they see in each other? I bet that's how Harry got on the team. Sleeping with the captain."
Lavender replied, "You should be happy for them. They are gay, but that means we don't have to worry about them groping us! Never saw those two getting together."
Lee was speechless. Percy collapsed.
Katie's friend Leanne was all smiles, as were many of the older Gryffindor girls. The wrath of the crazed Quidditch Captain would come to an end.
Leanne slyly included, "Congrats Oliver. Guess we won't have to worry about being bored to death with quidditch facts. Especially since you'll be snogging the Boy Who Lived in every broom closet in the school."
Oliver was red. But he stood his ground and gave Leanne a big hug. She was one of the few people in the house that was happy for him. The male population of Gryffindor basically shunned the two. They were too scared that they were being watched in the showers. (FYI Oliver always takes his showers alone. He is self-conscious. And Oliver was "not gay" until he saw Harry).
They were so not ready to enter the Great Hall, but down the stairs they went. Holding hands they had a hard time down the stairs. Oliver had to walk fairly slowly to stay in pace with Harry's much shorter legs.
They passed a few people who either smiled or gave an angry look. And surprisingly most of the smiles weren't from Gryffindor. The majority of the angry looks weren't from Slytherin.
The two took a deep breath before opening the doors. As they opened the door, Harry tried to escape Oliver's grip, but was unable to. So they walked past the Slytherins, the Ravenclaws, and the Hufflepuffs, and sat down with the rest of the Gryffindors at the far side of the Hall.
The response in the Great Hall was a lot different from what he expected.
The Slytherins made a few snide remarks, but Flint, Pucey, and Higgs kept them in check. Flint came over and shook Oliver's hand. Malfoy look disgusted.
The Ravenclaws were worse. They kept chanting fag, queer, homo, cradle robber, and slut over and over. And none of the teachers were stopping them. Roger Davies and Padma Patil were leading them. And the funniest part of this is that statistics show that Ravenclaw has had the largest amount of closet-cases in the history of the school.
The Hufflepuffs were a little scary. Cedric Diggory came over, shook Oliver's hands, ruffled Harry's hair, and gave Oliver a note, which he told Oliver to read in private. Cedric was acting strange, but they didn't pay much attention. A lot of the Hufflepuffs actually came to them and congratulated them. It was weird. Did people always think Oliver was gay?
"Am I so obsessed with quidditch that you all thought I was gay?" Oliver accidentally asked out loud.
"Yes!" came from the Great Hall.
Oliver turned beet red.
And then they came to Gryffindor's table. Katie, Alicia, Fred, and George were at the tope end, as were many members of the house. Oliver and Harry took seats at the other end away from the others, but near Leanne, Neville, Angelina, Ron, and Hermione. And out of nowhere came an owl with an envelope…
The owl stopped in front of Oliver. Oliver looked scared. In front of him was a red envelope. He hesitated before opening. 'What if it is a Howler?' Oliver thought. 'Wait a second, how would have my parents found out so soon unless… Diggory did something. I doubt Flint would, we may not like each other, but we respect each other.'
'Why is Oliver so frightened. He looks sexy though' Harry thought.
Then Oliver proceeded to explain to Harry what a Howler was. Harry looked frightened, but hugged Oliver harder. The girls gave a chorus of "awwwws" while Ron felt uncomfortable but not disgusted.
The owl began to get impatient. And upon closer inspection…