"Harry,
come on!"
I yelled at Harry. He was standing there cuddling
with Stacie while I stood there waiting for him to finish.
"Sorry"
he said and walked over to me.
He placed his arm around my
shoulder and waved to Stacie. She smiled and showed us her scarf with
the Gryffindor colors.
"We'll be cheering!" She called
as we walked out of the Great Hall.
"Break a leg!" Ron
said. I could almost see Hermione rolling her eyes at him.
"Are
you nervous?" I gave Harry a challenging look.
"Me?
Nervous? Not even close" He smiled and shook his head.
"Well
I am" He said and smiled.
"You're like the best player
on the team so just breathe and have fun"
I said trying to
sound all confident but the truth was I felt a bit nervous. A week
has passed since I last talked to Oliver. I limit our conversation to
a hello or goodbye and thats it but I cant lie to myself. I still
love him. I feel shaky and nervous around him and when he looks at me
my heart starts beating away.
"Good luck, Ally" Some
hot guys waved. I smiled at them.
"Looks like you have a fan
club" Harry said I laughed,
"Looks whos talking, you
have your own fan club too"
"Yeah and they are a
nightmare" I smiled.
"Oh come on guys love attention"
"Yeah, right!" He said and we continued making our way
to the Pitch.
"Okay,
now remember to play fair and square!" Oliver yelled as I
mounted my broom.
Draco was up with Harry and smirking. I rolled
my eyes. I was sort of curious to see just how good Draco was. Not
that I was in love with him or anything, In fact were sticking to
getting to know each other and hes ok with it. Sometimes I think that
hes planning something but I can tell hes got a good side. Hes not
bad, once you get to know him.
Oliver blew his whistle and gave
me one last look.
"And
theyre off. Alexia Snape blocks the first quaffle thrown to her by
the Slytherin chaser, Ranny Thomas. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are
head to head searching for the Snitch. Ranny takes the quaffle he
pushes one of the beaters and rushes to Alexia, god is she hot or
what?...sorry professor Mc Gonagall. Alexia blocks it with her arm
and shoots it at one of the Gryffindor chasers. Shes a good playerOh
no, Alexia is surrounded by the two chasers. She looks ready to block
but oh no, someone out of nowhere throws another quaffle.and..."
"Watch
out, Ally"
I looked down at Oliver and looked straight. 2
quaffles were coming at me. I didnt know which one to go for first I
knew there was going to be one first but I didnt see the other one
coming at me. It hit me right in the pit of my stomach with such
force I fell back from my broom. I closed my eyes knowing that I
would hit the grown any second now.The last thing I remember seeing,
besides feeling my whole body land harshly on the ground, was Olivers
beautiful brown eyes looking at me with concern.
"Ouch"
I opened my eyes slowly.
My head hurt so bad It was even painful
to think. I moved and tried to sit up on my elbows but that just hurt
too much.
"Shh...just lay down"
"I cant even
open my eyes" I said quietly.
"We know"I knew there
was Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Stacie in the room or wherever the hell
I was.
"Where am I?"
I always thought it was pretty
corny to watch people in hospitals mostly in movies ask, Where am I,
since it was pretty obvious that they were either in the hospital or
dead.
"You're in the hospital wing" I finally opened my
eyes to see a very blurry Stacie.
"Get out of my face" I
said jokingly and sat up. I was able to do it but god it hurt so
bad.
"God you're so mean" Stacie said and pretended to
be mad, "and Im not talking about you telling me to get out of
your face. Im talking about you scaring us all."
"Yeah
we thought you were dead" Ron said. Hermione smacked him and
rolled her eyes.
"We're glad you're ok, we were really
worried" She said sweetly.
"You shouldn't have I was
actually having the best sleep ever" I said. They all
laughed.
"What time is it?" I asked and ran a hand
through my knotted hair.
"You mean what day is it? Its
Tuesday" Harry asked jokingly.
"You've been here for
three days. Dumbledore was so worried and your father was too"
Stacie said.
"And Draco" Ron said uneasily.
"Oh,
well Im ok now" I said and rubbed my eyes.
"Ah, Im glad
to see youre ok now, Ally, you gave us quite the scare" Madam
Promfrey said and came over to check on me.
"You seem to be
doing fine now, just another two days of rest and youll be fine"
I looked at her and sighed.
"2 days stuck in here? This
sucks" She gave me a warning look and smiled.
"It wont
be so bad" She said and patted my hand.
"You have 10
minutes and then youre out of here. It is way past your bedtime"
All of them nodded their heads.
"Were going to Hogsmade
tomorrow cause the dance in next Friday remember?" I nodded and
rubbed my temples my head was hurting again.
"We thought
maybe youd like to have us buy you your dress or costume"
Hermione cut in.
"Oh that'd be great. Stacie knows where my
money is. If you dont find it then you know what to do, Stacie, I was
thinking a clown costume"
Everyone looked at me with weird
eyes.
"Im kidding I want to be a Devil" I said and
looked at Stacie.
"Im counting on you to find me a good
costume" I said and smiled, "You too Hermione, if youre not
too busy fighting with Ron" She nodded her head.
"Well,
we have to go because Madam Promfrey might get angry". Harry and
Ron kissed my cheek and began walking out.
"Good night, Ally"
Hermione said, Stacie smiled and said the same thing.
"Oh,
and Stacie?"
"Yeah?" "While youre at it get
me some choco-balls" She laughed and nodded.
"Ill make
sure to bring some"
She then closed the door leaving me in
the dark, well not too dark since there were some candles, empty
Hospital Wing.
I read for a while. And then I dozed off but a few
hours later I was awoken by the opening of the door.
At
first I thought it was probably Draco, or my grandfather but when I
saw the form of the person I realized it was none other than Oliver.
I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. I could hear his footsteps
getting closer. He grabbed a chair and sat next to me. Then he took
my hand.
"Ally"
He said almost to himself and
caressed my cheek. I still pretended to be asleep.
"Im so
sorry that I had to tell you all those lies about you and me. If only
I could tell you how I really feel-"
Obviously he didnt know
that I had regained my consiousness and that I could hear him.
"I
had to lie to you because of all the things that can separate us.
Your father, my age, Draco, the fact that Im a teacher, so many
things. I dont even know if you feel the same way I do. I...I love
you, Ally"
Suddenly my heart seemed to be beating so fast I
could hear it. I wondered if he could hear it.
"Im so sorry.
Im doing it for you. I know that I cant ask you to accept me when you
have to marry Draco. Im sorry for having to tell you those lies.
They're killing me. Especially when I see you with Malfoy. I wish I
was the one holding you. I dont even know how it happened. But Im in
love with you, Ally." I heard him sigh and squeeze my hand.
He
loves me? He loves me! Oh my god, was all I could think. He had lied
to me so that I wouldnt even consider having a relationship with him.
Because he knows all the obstacles we would have in front of us. He
really loved me if he was willing to hide his feelings.
I wanted
to open my eyes and tell him that I was willing to go through those
obstacles with him but the words of my father were running through my
head, "It was your mothers wish that you marry a Malfoy, you
decided whether you want to go against her last wishes" so I
kept my eyes closed.
Thats when I felt him stand. He was leaving.
But then I felt his warmness, the warmness of his body and his breath
right on my face. I held my breath and squeezed my eyes. Then his
soft lips touched mine. Just like that, it wasnt a French kiss or
anything but it was the best most beautiful kiss ever. Not that I
could kiss him back but his lips pressed against mine made me feel
like I was kissing him back. Then he pulled away and kissed my
cheek.
"I love you, Ally"...and with that I heard his
footsteps fading and the door to the Hospital Wing closed.
I
opened my eyes then, still shaken by the moment I touched my lips. I
could still feel his soft lips on mine, his breath against mine. I
sighed and laid back down. I smiled sadly to myself. Why did this
have to happen? Once you find out the person you like actually likes
you, you cant have him,So Unfair. But still that kiss would be a
part of me and I rolled over and closed my eyes. I felt his warmness
as I dozed off into a deep dreamful sleep.
