The week couldn't go by quick enough. Harry was getting quite excited about seeing his old Quiditch captain and mate. But he didn't much want to talk about Quiditch with him; he actually wanted to ask him about his relationship with Sydney. He wanted to know when Wood had started to like his cousin. He wanted to know that Wood was actually in love with her. Which was really strange. Wood would probably think Harry was acting weird. Hah, Wood would. Harry laughed at his own stupidity.
Sydney had let Uncle Vernon know that they would be going to a friend's house and that they had a way of getting there. Uncle Vernon seemed relieved that they would be leaving, which was odd, because they spent all of their time in Harry's room. Well actually it was Harry and Sydney's room, now that he thought about it. Harry grabbed some flew powder from the pouch that Sydney had and said, "18 Griffin Way." Sydney watched as Harry disappeared into a puff of green smoke. She took a handful of flew powder for herself and yelled the same thing. She watched as different fireplaces spun past her and then her feet hit solid ground.
Oliver was standing there, a warm smile on his face. He pulled her out of the fireplace and wrapped her in his arms. He kissed her softly on the lips and pulled back, "I missed you." She smiled, "I missed you too." Harry watched in awe. He had never in his life seen his cousin like that before. A man came out from behind the kitchen door. He was a good-looking man in his mid-forties. He looked just like Wood. "This must be Harry Potter?" he said sticking out his hand. Harry took his hand and shook it firmly. "Nice to meet you Mr. Wood." "Call me Stan." Harry nodded.
"Come, sit down. Would you like lunch?" They all nodded. "So Wood how've you been?" Harry asked. "Good, how was Quiditch this year?" "It was okay until, Fred, George, Sydney and I got kicked off the team for beating the crap out of Malfoy." "Yeah, I heard about that. But they'll let you back on this year won't they?" Harry nodded. Wood nodded. "So, when did you start liking my cousin?" Harry said bluntly, no longer afraid of receiving a strange look. "Actually you'll be surprised at my answer, Sydney was when I told her, but er, since you were in your second year." Harry's eyes widened. Wow.