Ginny attended her classes as normal, but her thoughts were still on Oliver!. "Wow! He is hot. Why didn't I notice him before he left?" She asked herself one day while sitting in her dorm.

Emily, the girl in the bed beside her walked in and overheard Ginny talk to herself. They had always seemed to get on since Ginny arrived.

"Hi Gin!" Emily said happily. "Who's hot?" She asked curiously. "Hey Emily. Oh, do you know the new P.E coach? Mr Wood. Well you'll never believe me but, I went to school with him! I was in the same house in school. He was my brothers mate."

She said looking at Emily. Emily sat there looking at Ginny shocked.

"You know Mr Wood! OMG, you don't know how lucky you are. Half the girls here are in love with him and you know him personally!"

Emily said. She grinned like a silly school girl..

"Any chance you can introduce me and him." She asked raising her eyebrow.

"Emily!" Ginny squealed. "I am not setting you and Oliver up!" She shouted with smile on her face.

"Oliver? Ooh on first name basis are we?" Emily asked.

"What? I've always called him Oliver. We shared a common room along with all the other Gryffindor's. I was on his Quidd-Football team!" She said.

"Gryffindors?" Emily asked confused.

"Oh, err that was the name our house." She said biting her lip.

"Oh okay." Emily said quietly. She had heard that name before. "Oh and Gin.. Some bird was in here the other day. It had a letter attached to it's leg. It had your name on it." She said with a shrug.

Ginny jumped off her bed. "Really? Where is it?" She asked quickly, smiling brightly..

"It's over there." Emily said pointing to the small pile of paper on Ginny's nightstand. Ginny rushed over and saw the letter. The writing was very familiar. "Harry?" She whispered.

She opened the letter and her smile faltered. She sank to the floor. Tears poured down her cheeks. "Please, no. Not B-Bill." She whispered, her tears falling onto the parchment. A small sob escaped her lips.

Suddenly she got up and ran out of the room. Leaving a stunned Emily sitting there.

Ginny ran through the halls going the same route she had a few nights ago, when she stopped outside the office. His office. She knocked the door and walked in. Her eyes full of tears.

Oliver sat at his desk reading the paper when he saw Ginny walk in. He saw her tear stained face and the parchment in her hand. He got up and walked over to her.

"What's happened Gin?" He asked softly.

"I-it's Bill. H-he's gone." She cried, shoving the parchment into his hands. Oliver looked at the parchment. It read:

Dear Ginny,

I hope school is going well. I hope your studying hard as I know you have tests coming up. I'm sure you've made many new friends. We're all very sorry we haven't sent letters, or even called, but we've been busy.

Ginny, I'm sure no one has told you yet as we are all still shook up about it but their was an attack on Hogsmeade. Everyone was send out to help. But we were out numbered. Gin, Bill didn't make it.. They surrounded him.

I'm so sorry. Harry and Professor Lupin will be coming to collect you on Saturday night to bring you back to the Burrow for the funeral. It's all been arranged. I'm sorry you had to find out this way Gin.

We all miss you so much.

Yours,

Hermione.

X X X

Oliver looked at the letter and shook his head. He could see the tear drops drying on the parchment running the ink. He put the parchment on the table and pulled Ginny into a hug.

"Oh Ginny, I'm so sorry to hear about Bill. He was a great man. And he will always be remembered." Oliver whispered to her as he tightened his grip. They stayed like that for nearly an hour when their was a knock on the office door. Ginny looked up, Oliver told her to sit down on the chair. She nodded tearfully, her eyes all puffy.

Oliver opened the door to reveal the head cheerleader, Rose. "Hello sir." She said almost song like. She was a tall girl with long flowing blonde hair.

"Hello Ms Swan. What can I do for you?" He asked politely. Oliver looked at her and smiled slightly.

"Well I was wondering if I could have tryouts this Saturday. Jenna fell from the pyramid and shattered a bone in her hip. She'll be in and out of Physiotherapy for the next few months. She won' t be here for the competition." She finished with a sigh.

"I'm afraid you can't. I'll be attending a funeral on Saturday with Ms Weasley." He said moving to the side to show a teary eyed Ginny.

Rose nodded and turned on her heal. She looked back and smiled slightly. "I'm sorry to hear someone close to you died." She said to Oliver and was gone.

Oliver closed the door and walked back to Ginny. "You should go back to your dorm and get some sleep. I'll let the other teachers know you might be late or not showing up in the morning for classes." He said hugging her again.

"Everything will be okay, Gin." He smiled at her and she walked out of the office.