Chapter 18

Tiannah woke up in the middle of the night. She glanced at Oliver. He was hugging the pillow, as he had done since he was little. Tiannah smiled at how young and innocent he looked in his sleep.

"Hey, Ollie," she whispered, running a finger along his cheekbone. He opened his eyes and smiled slightly at Tiannah, who returned the it.

"Hello, girlfriend."

Tiannah felt an elated feeling form in her chest at the sound of that word.

"Hm, I could get used to that," she whispered.

"Good. Because I will be sticking around for a long time," he whispered, hugging her and kissing her forehead. Tiannah smiled into his shoulder, enjoying the happy feeling of being in a relationship with Oliver, after so many years of denial.

"I love this, Oliver. Being with you," she murmured, kissing his cheek.

"I do to. But Tia, if we fight and break up, we'll always be friends, right?" he asked, looking uncertain.

"Of course. We'll be friends forever."

He pulled away from the hug and touched Tiannah's cheek. Smiling, he kissed her cheek. His lips stayed on her cheek for a while, maintaining their warmth. That is, until Tiannah spoke up.

"I have this strange urge to ride a broomstick."

Oliver's eyes widened. "Tia... erm, I don't think that we should... I, um, would like to, but-"

A blush spread across her cheeks. "No, not like that! I actually want to go and ride a broomstick."

"Oh, you meant it literally. Why?" Oliver asked, looking somewhat disappointed. She noticed this and smirked.

"Aw, worried that your dreams won't come true!"

"Shut up," he mumbled, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink.

"So what exactly do you dream about me doing?" she questioned, genuinely curious as to what he dreamed about.

"You'll just have to find out," he said softly, giving her a quick and soft kiss on the lips.

"Mm, but I want to know now!" she whined against his lips.

"Stick around with me, and you'll discover what."

"Bribery? Really? You know that you don't need to bribe me to be with you."

Oliver grinned. "Thanks, love."

"So, can we please go for a ride? I have a strange urge!"

"That strange urge is what we guys call being horny, Tia," he joked, enjoying the way her cheeks turned red. "And okay. Just get dressed into warm things, because I don't want a frozen girlfriend."

When they had dressed, Oliver held out his hand for Tiannah to take. She did so, grinning.

"Shh, my parents will hear and jinx us if we're not careful," Tiannah whispered. They reached the door and opened it slowly. They walked out of the door and Tiannah smiled.

"Yay! Let's go to the shed and get the broomsticks."

Oliver smiled at her, loving her rebellious spirit. She quietly took her broom from the shed, and she mounted it. Oliver followed suit. Tiannah felt her hair fly out behind her in the cold winter air, and she grinned. Flying was where she truly felt herself.

"Race you to the lake!" she said to Oliver, who was hovering next to her.

"You're on!"

Tiannah accelerated forwards and zoomed past Oliver, who quickly caught up to her. She spectacularly dived down and pulled out just in time, so she hovered above the ground. She quickly rocketed back up in the air, to find that she was ahead of Oliver. He accelerated forwards until he caught up, which Tiannah didn't like. She could see the lake ahead... Tiannah turned sharply in front of Oliver, so he stopped suddenly.

"That's not fair!" he cried. Tiannah rolled her eyes. Sometimes, Oliver could really be such a baby. As he was distracted, she willed her broom to go faster and faster, until she reached the lake. With a whoop, she landed her broom and grinned. Oliver landed a few moments later, glaring.

"You cheater!"

"You never said I couldn't!" Tiannah said defensively, raising her hands. Oliver sighed and shivered slightly. It wasn't snowing anymore, but there was snow on the ground, and he really didn't wear enough jumpers. He noticed Tiannah shivering madly too, so he wrapped his arms around her.

"That was a lot of fun Ollie," she mumbled into his arm. He nodded and held her closer, his head buried in her sweet scented hair.

"We should go back. I'm freezing!" she said after a while. Oliver nodded and let go of her, handing her the broom. They flew back, Oliver and Tiannah neck and neck the whole time. They tied as they reached Tiannah's yard, laughing. She pressed her lips against Oliver's to silence him.

"Don't want our parents hearing, now do we?" she giggled again. It was only the third time that she had kissed Oliver, and was still adjusting to the way his lips moved against her own, as well as the new feeling that spread across her body when they kissed. It was unlike anything that she experienced with her previous boyfriends. When she pulled away, Tiannah spoke.

"Well, that was fun!"

He noticed how Tiannah's voice was shaking and her teeth were chattering.

"Love, we better get you inside," he whispered. She shook her head furiously.

"No way! I want to keep flying!" she said indignantly. Oliver rolled his eyes at Tiannah's boldness but agreed.

"But you're flying with me!" he added sharply. She nodded and grinned. Oliver mounted the broomstick and Tiannah hopped on behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. They flew around the yard for a while, Tiannah snuggling into Oliver. After a while, Oliver landed as a sleepy Tiannah hugged him. They put the broom back and quietly walked through the door. There was a scuffle and Jane and Daniel appeared.

"And where have you two been?" Daniel asked sharply. Tiannah rolled her eyes, as sometimes, her parents could be overly protective.

"I just went for a ride on Oliver's broomstick."

"You did WHAT!"

Tiannah and Oliver started giggling hysterically at how wrong it sounded.

"We-we didn't mean it like that!" Oliver assured, through laughter.

"Yeah, we just went for a fly, because I woke up and had, er, urges."

"Whoa... are you two together?" Daniel asked in disbelief. Shyly, Tiannah nodded and squeezed Oliver's hand.

"Well, it's about bloody time!" Jane exclaimed, eyes darting between the two. Tiannah squirmed and gave her Mum a look, which clearly meant shut up.

"I finally realised that the only girl I want is Tiannah," Oliver said, looking down at her. Seriously, is he trying to smooth talk his way out of trouble? Tiannah thought incredulously.

"Yeah, Dad. Sorry for sneaking out, but-"

"That was very stupid, considering how cold it is. Go to bed," Daniel said sharply, but barely hiding a grin. Tiannah nodded and giggled some more, before Oliver lifted her up and carried her to bed.

"That was hilarious!" she said as they lay back down on her bed.

"Yeah, Mr I wanna smooth talk my way out of everything."

"Who said I was smooth talking?" Oliver questioned, raising an eyebrow. Tiannah rolled her eyes and snuggled into Oliver's chest.

"Morning Wood!" Tiannah smirked.

"Morning Summers."

"Not what I meant, Ollie," she smirked again, looking at his boxer shorts. Oliver groaned and went red.

"Sorry Tia," he mumbled, still bright red in the face.

"What were you dreaming about?" Tiannah asked.

"You."

Disclaimer: Nope.