"Thanks for leaving me all alone!" Stacie said as I entered. She immediately stopped and looked at me with curious eyes.
"What?" I asked and sat back in my bed.
"That look on your face, you did something, oh...I know" She came and sat next to me. "You little-"
"What are you talking about?" I asked pretending not to know but it was hard not to smile.
"How was it?"
"He's getting married" I said trying to change the subject.
"What?"
"Olivers going to marry Tracy real soon" I said quietly.
"After what happened between you, there is no way"
"I asked him to, sort of"
"What do you mean by you asked him to, are you crazy?"
"Shes sick, Stacie, there are a lot of things you dont know, just dont worry about it, Im okay with it" I said trying to convince myself that I was okay with it.
"You sound like youre trying to convince yourself but sooner or later when you realize you have actually lost him for real youre going to regret it"
This is why you should never let someone enter your life and learn everything about you! Trust me it sucks, they know everything you cant even lie to them.
"Shut up, Stacie" I said and shook my head.
"Fine, but tell me how was it?" She smiled mischeviously.
"Stacie!" I said and blushed, it was embarrassing to talk about it.
"Oh come on, please!" I smiled and laughed.
"Ok, but you cant tell anyone" I smiled and told her everything, well not everything but I told her, that it had been the most beautiful thing in the world. And sure it was a sin, since were both supposed to marry other people but it was the Sweetest Sin.
"Oh, wow, it truly sounds magical" She said and sighed.
"Come on, Im hungry" I said and got up from the bed.
"Fine, but now Ill never be able to look at Oliver the same way" She said.
"Oh trust me, I wont either"
As we entered the Great Hall I realized that Tracy was sitting next to Oliver at the teacher table. She waved and smiled. I waved back but I felt a pang of guiltness as I sat down.

I was half way done eating when Tracy approached me.
"Ally, how are you?" She said and smiled.
"Im good, how about you?"
"Im good. I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk with me after youre done eating of course" I nodded and stood.
"Im done" I said and looked at Stacie, "Ill see you back in the common room."
"Yeah, leave me alone why dont you" She murmured.
"Im glad youre ok with it" I replied sarcastically and followed Tracy.
"I wanted to tell you that Im thankful for your support for understanding me" She said as we sat down outside.
"Dont worry, Tracy, Im sure Oliver-"
"Oliver loves you and dont you forget that" She said quietly and I saw a small tear fall down her eyes. "I remember when we first started dating, it was really the best day of my life. I always pretended that Oliver loved me but I always knew he didnt, not the way I love him anyway. He never loved me like that, he was always a friend, and you know him, Oliver is the nicest most wonderful person Ive ever met. He deserves to be happy, Im thinking I shouldve never asked him to do such a thing"
"No, you dont understand, he does-"
"He doesnt, Ally, I should just-"
"Please dont, give him time, hell proof to you that he does want to marry you. Youre a great person, I havent known you for a long time but I know youre a great person and Oliver will love you, hell try, I know it"
"You really think that he can love me?" I nodded feeling that I wouldnt be able to take it much longer, my heart was broken, for sure, but my throat was aching even more, and yet I couldnt feel mad at Tracy or sorry for her, I just felt like I was doing the right thing, but damn did the right thing hurt!
"Im sure he will, Tracy, love grows more and more once you learn more about that certain person"
"Tell me, how did you and Oliver, you know"
"Im not sure if thats such-"
"Please"
She rested her head on her elbow and looked at me. In the dark of the night and everything she looked young and full of life, I wished I couldve given her life back.
"Tracy, I...ok...well, it was weird really. I had never been in love until I saw Oliver. The first time I saw him I couldnt take my mind off him. I never, not once, did I think that he even knew I was alive. It wasnt until we became friends that I realized I was falling for him. At the same time I found out that Im bethroed to Draco Malfoy, but that really doesnt matter. I didnt know that Oliver felt the same way until I got hurt during a quidditch game and he confessed how he felt, he thought I was still uncouncious, but I heard every word and from then on, our love kept growing. Weve had a lot of hard times."
"Im sorry, that I had to come and ruin everything" I wanted to say No you didnt but the truth was she had.
"Stacie, shes my cousin, and I would always stay up late and talk about things, like when we fell in love and stuff, and one tight we were talking and we both came up with a rule, sort of thing. Oliver is one rule, he truly is. We both said that if a love didnt work out then it wasnt meant to be and thats what I think about this, it just wasnt meant to be, but life goes on "I said and laid back down.
"You are very mature for your age, you know that?" I looked at her and nodded.
"Some times, not always" I replied and chuckled she chuckled too and smiled.
"Now I know why Oliver fell in love with you. Youre not only very pretty, nice, and very smart, and Im sure youre very other things"
"I think its time we head inside" I said and brushed off the grass that was sticking to my pants.
"Thank you, for talking to me without hesitating, Im glad you trusted me" She said and then she hugged me, real tight.
"Some day your sacrifice will be repaid, Ally "I sighed and nodded, sacrifice? She had the right idea, I was making the biggest sacrifice in my life by giving up my real love to someone else and marrying someone that I had no feelings for. That night as I slept I kept feeling the touch of Olivers hands on my body, the way he had made love to me, everything, It was hard for me to get over it because it would probably be the last time that I would feel his body so close to his.