AN:
To speed things up, as it is hard for me to soley give my time doing this story as of the moment. Damn exams. Boo hoo!. we'll go 3 days after Oliver has been discharged. Alot of the previous chapter's little events will be explained eventually in preceeding chapters.
If anyone wants to edit this for me . pls. tell me. I need an editor right now i dont want to buy dolphinz87 as she has alot of work too. :)
anyways. I hope you enjoy this chapter. its a totla of 2500+ words. possibly more.
and for the spelling mistake in chapter 1, im sorry. :P i'll change that later.
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3 days later…..
It was a beautiful sunny day. All of Diagon Alley was full of people walking in and out of the stores. Children who weren't in the Hogwarts were running about to the Quiddtich supply shop gawking at the new Zeus broom as their parents tried to pry them away from the fingerprinted covered windows. Then you see a man limping down the street occasionally waving at random people who greeted him, this man was Oliver Wood. Like the past 2 consecutive days he was heading down Diagon Alley to meet up with the twins for lunch. Course people were already used to him by now, but sometimes there were those females who would just full out hit on him. He could've gotten a date, but he didn't have the appetite for a meaningless date and prolly snog afterwards. His mind was set on someone, someone who he just saw go into a restaurant with his friend. Though before he could go after them, or rather spy on them, two pairs of freckle covered hands grabbed him and pulled him into a store.
"Hello mate..." said one of the owners of those hands.
"Hello Wood!" said the other who was identical to the previous one.
Oliver stood there rubbing the spots where his shirt had snugged him quite well when he was violently snatched from doing his stalking, err... I mean normal walking. He looked at the two identical faces in front of him, both having the same devious smile on it. Oliver shook his head and looked out of the store window watching the restaurant across it and the people in it. He looked back at the two who was still smiling at him and smiled back.
"So, where are we eating lunch today?" he asked the twins as he ruffled his hair up and smiled at two female costumers of the WWW.
"Mum invited you over for today…" said the twin on the left as he scratched his own head with his right hand where a simple gold band set in the wedding finger. The other twin then piped in. "Mum wants to make sure you are feeding yourself well. She always says you're too thin whenever she saw you on the prophet…"
Oliver could careless where the twins wanted to eat; he just wanted to go to the restaurant across the WWW to spy on his other friend and the female that accompanied him.
"Oy Ollie-"
"What the hell mate, ever since you went to the muggle hospital you've been odd"
Oliver stifled a laugh and then said, "Oh no just distracted…to the Burrow then?"
The twins nodded.
"can we play some quidditch?" asked oliver looking hopeful.
The twins laughed and nodded. All three disapparated.
-At the Restaurante Carlo's-
Percy Weasley for the past few days has been meeting up with his friend. You would think that it was Oliver Wood as Percy always had lunch with him every month, but actually Percy has been having lunch with a female friend and that female friend was Hermione Granger.
He sat there waiting for Hermione. It' has been a total of four days since the incident at the Burrow and it was quite odd that both of them quickly got over that embarrassment. Percy checked his watch and sighed. He was always early, he never really came late. He hates me being late. While he took a gulp of his glass of cold water he looked out the veranda of the Italian Villa style restaurant and saw his younger twin brothers randomly testing their products in their store. Then again he just remembered Hermione again, not in the same way as Oliver does though. Percy secretly knew that Oliver had a thing for Hermione, at least from he had seen in the hospital just a few days ago. Percy shook his head remembering the Burrow incident.
After the dinner with his parents Percy Weasley had banged his head all night, though he did not actually bang his head in his room, he banged it at a tree just a few meters away from the new Burrow. He always knew his heart was still with Penny, or was it?
He didn't know but he knew that going after Hermione Granger, "the almost Weasley", was wrong and he still chose to dip his finger in a bowl that was once his brother's.
Even after almost a week, Percy was still shaking his head and laughing at himself for what he had done. The good thing was that Hermione hadn't been that offended about the situation either as she also had thought of Ron or was it Oliver? when she had allowed Percy to go after her. After bumping into each other the day after Oliver was released, as Hermione had suddenly picked up the habit of hanging round the W.W W store for Fred and George had lent her their lab, Percy and Hermione had gone back to being how they used to be.
They were friends back then at Hogwarts and now they are still friends. The previous flirting and the kiss were all behind them now. They had lunch a few times talking about the past, and how they could both help each other move on from their pasts. Percy was to accompany Hermione to Ron's grave, as she hadn't ever gone to it since he was buried there, and Hermione was to help Percy figure out how to either get Penelope back or at least get her out of his system.
The whole Weasley family was, of course, sad that the whole Percy + Hermione thing was just a fling, but they were very happy that at least Hermione was starting to heal her wounds and was re-immersing herself back into the world that she had become a legend in.
Percy's train of thought was broken when a lively brunette sat down across him. He looked at her smiling face and smiled back.
"Hello"
"Hello…"
"And you on…Some kind of wizard crack?"
"No, how dare you Percival!"
"What? You look very high off of something…" Percy said teasing Hermione who huffed as he took a huge sip from glass. Percy quickly grabbed the glass back and stuck his tongue out at the woman across him. Hermione merely smiled and started looking at the "today's special" menu. Percy pried again.
"So…why are you so? And you are late...by…3 minutes! Tsk Dr. Granger"
"What? I had to pick up one of my friends from the airport"
"Really now"
"Yup Dr. Callista Silverio"
"Is she a doctor like you too?"
"Oh no, she's more like a University Professor but with a doctorate"
"On?"
"Classical Archaeology"
"Oh…how come that name sounds very familiar?"
"You prolly read about her"
"Yea I know but where!"
"Err…Archaeology Journals? She found Atlantis and Troy"
"Wait I knew that…I read her from somewhere too"
"Oh…I knew you were going to bring that up. She's one of the youngest people to take NEWTs."
"That's who she is! HA! Wait but isn't she a muggle Professor?"
"Yuppss...Waiter!"
Percy didn't even look at the waiter and just continued on asking Hermione questions.
"So…why did you pick her up?"
"She's moving back here for bout a year or so, her latest dig was done and now she has to write her doctorate."
"Oh…anndd?"
Hermione was looking at the waiter ordering food while Percy kept on poking her arm. When the waiter asked Percy what he was going to order Percy merely said "The usual" and proceeded bugging his friend who was drinking more water.
"Why are you so…stop poking me!"
"Sorry…soooo?"
"Huh?"
"Prof. Silverio!"
"Oh, yea she's renting a room at my house for the year or so, she always does…."
"Can I meet her?"
"Serious?"
"No Sirius is now a ghost at Hogwarts, he sits in the potions lab to annoy Snape during his lecture…course I'm serious"
"Percy…can you stop bugging me I still have to deal with the twins and Oliver this afternoon."
"True, they are a handful and for you to deal with them for a whole week. I pity you. But I bet if you say 'sit' at Oliver he'd actually sit you know" Percy added a wink at the end which earned him a good smack on the head. Hermione pouted and Percy merely laughed it up.
-After lunch-
Percy and Hermione went their separate ways. Percy had headed up to the ministry building while Hermione went to the WWW to find it empty of Oliver or the twins.
"Fred! George?" Shouted Hermione as she entered the store as she surveyed the store, and found their assistant sitting at the cash register toying with the pompom attached to her knitted hat. Hermione headed for her and waved at the assistant.
"good afternoon Livy…"
"Madam Hemy!" said the young house elf.
"Do you know where Fred and George are?"
"Masters Gred and Forge went with mister Oliver …err…tree…to the Burrow ma'am for lunch with Madam Molly and some Quiddtich they says they be back before noon."
"Quiddtich eh…."
"Yes Madam! Me thinks they said not to tell Madam this. But Livy do not remember which Madam. Was it Madam Ginny, Madam Jackie…or was it Mistress?""Its ok Livy…"
"Oh Oh a message from Masters…Masters says that Madam Hemy should go on ahead and start with her armor and to not tell her they…Oh…dear…" The elf started banging it's head on the table. Hermione stunned at the employed houself and tried to convince her to stop hitting herself. After all old habits die hard.
"No Livy stop…"
"No –hit- must hits –hit- self!"
"Livy stop…"
After a few minutes trying to stop the elf from banging its head the 3 former Gryffindor Quiddtich players came through the door, with windswept hairs laughing.
"Oliver that was great, and to think yer still injure!" said George.
"But didn't your doctor say you cant be on a broom for at least 2 weeks.." asked Fred as they stepped nearer to the main desk, none noticed the glaring woman standing by the table with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
"Aye, but what she doesn't know cant hurt he…err…" Said Wood as he un ruffled his hair, when his eyes laid upon a woman's foot tapping quite ominously in front of him. "Oh...shit…"
"That's the right word Wood…What –steps forward- THE –pokes nose pointer- HELL – flicks ear –WERE – prods chest – YOU – hits head with a random WWW merchandise- DOING!"
"Geeze Woman….we were eating lunch"
"Lunch huh! That mop of your hair looks like you've been flying"
"You accuse me Dr. Granger!"
"Continue on and you wont be on a broom for another 2 weeks…"
"You cant do that" Oliver said with disbelief. Hermione merely smiled evilly and said.
"HA...guilty…"
"…" Oliver gave Hermione a yeah right face.
"Try me…Your coach thinks you should heal…"
"You…cant…only the coach can…"
"And I can talk to him. He won't be happy that his star keeper isn't following good advice from his doctor…."
"…..fine…FINE…"
Hermione smirked and turned around to glare at the twins who coward behind their table.
"Fred, George….I hope you take heed of what I say. If I hear that you are conspiring with this Idiot behind me to go play on those silly brooms of yours, when he cant…you best hide yourselves somewhere I cant reach you. But there isn't anywhere you can hide…Anyway"
Hermione's voice suddenly turned cheery, scarily cheery. "I think I'll go start on those potions for the padding." Hermione smirked and almost skipped to the back of the store leaving 3 very scared fully grown men.
-1 hr later-
"OY! Away from the Little General!"
"…mate…If I don't do this, Herms is going to hex us 10 different ways in a minute she can go…'hypersonic' sometimes"
"Bloody woman!" cursed Oliver loudly and a distant "I HEARD THAT" was said. Oliver and George was bracing for something bad to come, but found nothing came.
"Bet you did!" Oliver said as a smirking Hermione walked in the back room where she had sent Oliver and George to. She needed body measurements for Oliver and had asked George to do it as she thought it would be better. Well that was a mistake. Oliver groaned as he swatted George's hands which were holding tape measurement and said.
"Now...Dr. Granger, are you this spiteful? What happened to my concerned and caring doctor?"
"She got replaced by the wench of an armor maker of yours"
George snickered at the back which caused Oliver to throw random merchandise at him. Hermione looked at George and said "George! Haven't you measured his crotch yet?"
"I…blinks what? I thought you said his limbs!"
"…I said crotch…limbs...also good, but I also need the croch please…"
"What the..fu..h..k…"
"Oh Ollie…" George said acting all daisy.
Oliver's eyes grew large and was backed up to a corner by George who was batting his eyes at him.
"GET AWAY WEASLEY!"
"Think about all those fan girls who would die to be near the 'little general' Oh I feel like a daaiiiissy all of the sudden…Jackie just might loose her boyfriend over Wood…" George said sarcastically.
Oliver looked over to his side and found Hermione smiling with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Herrmmss! Help me!" he pleaded.
"Oh so its Herms now eh!
"Help!"
"And help now too! I feel soo…"
"I don't want to do this"
"Weasley…away from…OUCH dude I'm still healing there!"
"Sorry mate...C'mon Herms!"
"Ugh...enough for crying out loud"
"…..uh…Oliver spread your legs"
"WHAT!"
"I'll just have to do this...would you feel more comfortable if I transformed myself into a woman?"
"NO…EW..
"…Stop it…measure up guys"
"but herms..!"
"Oh Merlin" Hermione waved her hand and the tape started to come alive.
"Oh! I didn't think of that"
"Seriously you two…haven't you ever done your 7th year charms homework?"
"Err…..No I copied off a friend from Ravenclaw"
"Never took Charms...Fred took 4 courses, I took 4, I didn't have charms"
"Bloody Quiddtich nutters" Hermione said as she exited the room shaking her head. Oliver and George were left in the room stunned.
"She always like that?"
"She used to be with Ron, then the war started then…well she diminished"
"Oh.."
"To be honest she hasn't been this lively since before the war…."
"Didn't Ron d.."
"Yea he did in her arms too"
"I see…"
"So why are asking so much question about our little old Hermy?"
"Uh...nothing."
"Does Ollie have a thing for his doctor?"
"Shut up mate"
"What? Its true then?"
"Yea well I have no chance, she more like Percy I think…"
"Oh but Percy and Hermy might never occur"
"Is that so?... I mean…Why?"
"Because as Percy told m e when he came home one night banging his head on the wall 'not the right reason!' apparently Percy reminds of her Penny, and I think Percy reminds her of Ron…"
"Oh…"
"Yea.."
"But they eat out together!"
"Yea as friends!...sheesh...they already settled this...hey…why do you look so ruffled up…seriously like her?"
"…"
"Well I guess it a good thing, you bring out her old self…you know, we tried to do that for like 6 months after the war…but it never worked. The next thing we know it. She left the wizarding world"
"Do I really bring it out of her?"
"Yea the spitefulness? Ron gets the rise out of her so easily much like you…oy mate, spread yer legs a bit the tape is getting impatient..."
"Oh…sorry…" Oliver spread his legs and peered out the door and saw Hermione carrying a huge box towering over her head bumping into random walls and every time she bumped into a wall she squeaked. Oliver smirked at this. The tape had done its job quite quickly and had wound itself up beside a quill and started to take down notes.
George smirked at his friend. It was rare that Oliver would be taken so much by a woman, since he knew Oliver had become cynical after Katie running off with Flint. He was at least happy that Oliver finally found another girl to like, he was getting worried his friend would forever speed date.
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