Too Long In The Rain
Chapter 3
When Oliver woke the next morning, he was totally unaware that he had fallen asleep and looked at his wristwatch and his eyes widened," Oh no." He said to himself and jumped into the shower quickly hopping out and into an outfit under his robes. As he dashed down to the Great Hall he wondered how his first class would be. And as he walked into the Great Hall he remembered what he was there for and looked for 'Professor Granger'. Soon after entering he realized that she wasn't there and after breakfast he walked up to the headmaster asking if Hermione missed breakfast much.
"She's rarely here, the elves have told me, rather reluctantly I might add, that she sometimes comes down here and gets some food after hours. She was here last night because I told her that I would be making an announcement and she should be there, polite girl Hermione is, whenever I ask her to do something, she does it, and looks nice while doing it." Explained Dumbledore.
Oliver nodded, taking in this new information then remembered something," Yesterday she was writing in a book or journal of some kind-"
"Ah yes, her journal, she started it a few months back, right after the sudden change in her personality." Explained Dumbledore.
"Right…um, I'd better get to my first class, it might not be a good impression if I'm late eh?" Joked Oliver.
Dumbledore nodded with a twinkle in his eye," Probably not." Oliver said his goodbyes and went to his first class out in the pitch. As he walked out he passed by the Transfiguration classroom and saw Hermione bent over something furiously writing. She looked well kempt as usual," Dumbledore was right, she does look nice." He forgot he was staring until Hermione looked up. She stood up and started to say something but was cut off when some of her students walked in and said hello to her. She smiled back to them and started chatting. Oliver sighed and turned to go turning back to her once more, his eyes resting on her open journal, she looked up from who she was talking to and down at her journal closing it then looking back at Oliver. He nodded his head to her and she returned the gesture and turned back to her students smiling as more students walked in.
After all of Oliver's classes he was smiling like never before, well maybe less than when he got his very own broom but this was still a very blinding smile. All of his classes had gone over smoothly, yes he had to deduct some points, but that was from Slytherin so he was perfectly fine with that. He looked at his watch and saw that he still had time to talk to Hermione at her classroom if he hurried. He jumped onto his broom and flew to the entrance running down the halls occasionally waving to his students before arriving at Hermione's classroom only to knock down a girl with brown hair. He looked over her shoulder to see Hermione but it turned out she was gone. He then looked at the person he knocked over to apologize and saw that it was none other than the feisty Professor Granger herself picking up her scattered paper. Oliver cursed mentally and bent down to help her.
"Oh, thank you." She said after her papers had been returned.
"It's not problem, ah, sorry for running into you, are you alright?" He asked genuinely concerned, she seemed a bit shaky after their collision.
"I'm fine, really, thanks though." She said smiling a bit then as the awkward silence set in and Oliver was about to re-introduce himself, Hermione cut him off by saying," Well I should get going…dinner and all." She said and turned to leave but stopped when Oliver laid a hand on her arm.
"Speaking of which I haven't seen you there since I arrived yesterday, I'm Oliver Wood, if you don't remember." He held his hand out and she took it.
"I remember, you were captain of the Quidditch team when Harry was here." She said pulling her hand back.
"And you were at every game cheering him on, if I remember correctly you once lost your voice for a few days after the championship game." He teased a bit and saw her cheeks redden a bit.
"Yes, well, it was good to see you again, goodbye Professor Wood." She said and left him there staring after her with a slight grin on her face.