Chapter 11:

Oliver walked back into his apartment, actually shaking after the kiss with Hermione. It was true, he loved her, but as he thought about it, it wasn't in that way. Quite frankly, Hermione was probably the only person who ever loved him, his mother never did, his father never did, his numerous lovers never did, but Hermione did. Its only natural for him to develop feelings for her.

He only hoped that were true.

He closed the door behind him and leaned against it. He slowly slid to the floor. He kept his eyes on the floor, he wasn't really keen on the idea of facing Eric and answering all of his questions he was bound to ask.

"Who was she?" was all he asked. Oliver sighed heavily before answering.

"An girl I met at school."

"You date her?"

"For a while," he answered honestly.

"You fuck her?" Oliver looked up for a split second to see Eric watching his hands in his lap while he sat on the couch. Oliver looked back down at the floor.

"Once." he said truthfully.

"She's in love with you."

"No shit." he instantly regretted it. He should really learn to stop being such a dick during serious conversations. It just gets him in trouble.

"Well I never met her before today, but I could tell, since she took a Polyjuice to make herself look like me."

"Right," wait, "What?" Oliver looked back up at Eric, a look of utter confusion spread across his handsome face. Eric looked up smiling.

"You never would have thought it would you?" Oliver still didn't understand. "What you think I don't know who you are? Your every gay man's fantasy. At least where I'm from."

"You're a wizard." He guessed. Still confused. He was sure he was a muggle. "Then why didn't I ever see you at school?"

"I went to Durmstrang."

"Fuck." Oliver let his head fall into his lap. Eric rushed over and put his arms around his lover's body.

"What? What is it?" Oliver looked back up at him with tears in his eyes.

"Why didn't you tell me? What, you wanted to tell all your Durmstrang buddies that you shagged a Quidditch player!"

"Oliver I love you." Oliver felt a tang of pain in his chest. He knew he couldn't say it back to him. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't. "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to know that I knew I didn't want you to think that I was with you just to date a Quidditch player. And I told you know, because, your ex-girlfriend just fucked that up when she showed up with the Polyjuice potion."

"She's not my ex-girlfriend!" Oliver yelled. "I went out with her because she was obsessed with me, I pitied her. I fucked her because I never fuck a woman before and I could. That doesn't make her my ex-girlfriend, that makes her my stalker!"

"Do you normally make-out with your stalker?" That stunned him. Eric saw them. He felt guilty, he hadn't even thought about Eric when he was with Hermione. "Didn't think I saw you did you?"

"I'm sorry." he meant it.

"Fuck you." Eric hesitated a moment. "You're not perfect Wood. Despite what you might want to think. But I still love you. I don't give a shit if you kissed her. I just love you." Oliver's eyes burned from the tears. He grabbed Eric and hugged him tightly. Eric hesitated only a second before he hugged him back. After another moment or two they let go. Oliver grabbed Eric's face and kissed him passionately.

"I can't do this." he said when he let go. Then he stood up, leaving Eric still on the floor dumbfounded. He looked away as he opened the door. "I need some time." which was code for "Get the fuck out," at least to Eric. Now it was his turn to cry. He ran out of the apartment and out of sight. Oliver cursed himself loudly for doing that. But he couldn't hurt Eric. He was too sweet a guy. And Oliver was too fucked up right now. He was just way too confused.

Right now he needed something to take his mind off things. Or should he say someone. A good rebound guy. Someone he knew he would never fall for, and someone who couldn't hurt him, or who he couldn't hurt.

And he knew just the person...

Tell me who you think Oliver should end up with. Its your decision, I'll be taking a poll, the person with the most votes will be the winner and hook up with Oliver at the end. If you don't vote, I'll pick and you might not like it. Here are your choices:

A.) Harry

B.) Eric

C.) Hermione

D.) Draco

E.) Other.

So far the scores are as follows:

A.) Harry-7

B.) Eric-2

C.) Hermione-1

D.) Draco-0

E.) Other-0