"Psssst!" Miles whispered, throwing a paper ball at the back of my head
We were in our first class of the day, potions, and we happened to share this class with the Gryffindors. And, I just so happened to be sitting at the table next to my least favorite now, Oliver Wood. How fortunate for me, right?
I quickly turned to slap the smirk from the culprits face, but Miles swiftly leaned back on his bench, pointing toward the floor
"Read it," he mouthed,
"What?" I whispered back,
"Read it," he mouthed again
"Huh?" I twisted my face in confusion, not having a clue what he was saying
He huffed, quickly reaching for the ball under the table, placing it in my hand
"Read. It." He demanded,
Laughing quietly at my inability to read lips for the life of me, I unscrunched the ball
- Hey, love. Fancy sitting with me at lunch this afternoon? :)
Rolling my eyes, I turned and gave him a quick nod in agreement
"Why does Wood keep looking you?" Cassius asked, nudging me in the side
My stomach lurched and my face heated up..
Why was he looking over here? Maybe he was looking at something behind us?
"He's doing it again!" Cassius hissed, scooting closer to me on the bench
I kept my face forward, attempting too ignore the pair of eyes that I now felt burning into me
"Should I say something?" Cassius pressed, placing a hand on my shoulder
"No." I quietly replied, copying the notes from the board
I sucked on my bottom lip, trying to concentrate on our topic, 'The Importance of Squid Eyes in Modern Day Health Potions"
But I couldn't help but think of my old best friend. Yes, I missed him. I wished he could have been with me to celebrate when I made it big. But, things would never be the same with us. I just had to open my big mouth!
The bell rang, signalling the end of class. I collected my belongings, gripped Cassius's hand and bolted for the door.
I couldn't bear staying in the same room with Oliver any longer.
"Whoa, princess! In a hurry, are we?" Cassius chuckled, pulling me back to swing an arm around my shoulders
"Can we just get to transfiguration? I don't wanna be near..forget it, can we just go?" My puppy dog face was on full display now,
Cassius frowned, eyeing me skeptically. "You don't want to be near who?"
Sighing, I pleaded, "Can we just drop it?"
"Listen, princess. I won't say anything to anyone about anything you don't want me to. Tell me who it is."
Allowing him to guide me up the moving stair cases, I inhaled a sharp breath and said, "Oliver Wood."
His face scrunched in disgust, "Do you know him?"
"Yes," I stated, staring up at Cassius, waiting for his reaction
"What happened?" He rolled his eyes,obviously not liking this conversation
"We were close. I caught feelings, he didn't feel the same. We stopped talking."
For the first time in a while, I felt the tears start to swell in my eyes.
My eyes were on my feet, but Cassius wasn't having any of it.
He made us stop in the middle of the busy hallway, gripping both of my shoulders and kneeling to my height
Not caring that he was making a scene, he scolded,
"Don't you dare cry! He's a tosser, really. He didn't deserve you,"
Not even waiting for a response, he pulled me into his chest, rubbing my back a few times before assuming his position with his arm around my shoulders
"You left us!" Miles bellowed as soon as we stepped foot in the bright room
"Sorry, love." I smiled, taking a seat in front of him, with Cassius on my side
"Alright, out with it!" My best mate, Rob Kendrick, said taking a seat next to me at the lunch table
"Out with what?" I asked, scribbling down a plays-to-do list for my team's try outs in two weeks
"I saw you staring at Jessica Cesari all through potions. I asked her sisters if they knew anything about it, and they said to ask you. So, out with it! What's going on?"
He snatched the parchment from my hands and stared me down
Biting into my sandwich, I said, "I don't want to talk about it."
"Look, Wood, I'll go to her if you don't tell me."
"Fine!" I gave in, "She was my best friend, but I ruined it because she told me she loved me but me, being the git that I am, I told her I didn't feel the same because I was with Katie."
Rob was wide-eyed, "You stupid bloody tosser! How thick are you! You chose Katie over Jessica fucking Cesari! You soddin-"
"I know!" I shouted back, cutting him off before the entire Great Hall heard us
He sighed, shaking his head, "How did I not know about this?"
"I don't like talking about it.."
I snatched my list back from his grasp and focused back on it, but he kept on
"Well, she's here, and you're here. Maybe you should try to work things out?"
My head snapped in his direction, "You have no idea what you're going on about."
"She's just a girl, mate." He smirked, polishing off my half eaten sandwich
"She will break my face. You have no idea."
"She can't even reach your face!" He laughed, but I wasn't phased
"She broke my arm with her bare hands when I was 10 from some move she learned from muggle wrestling because I wouldn't let her play keeper. Then, she hit bludgers at my head because I said the Armenian and Italian leagues were rubbish compared to the Scots. She also, filled my room with baby crocodiles every morning one summer all because I let her get her first shot past me in a game, I don't even know where she got the animals from.."
Rob's grin was from ear to ear, "I have to know this girl!"
"What girl?" The Weasley twins said in unison, hopping on the empty bench opposite from us
"Jessica Cesari, did you know she and Wood here used to be best mates?"
And here goes Rob throwing me under the bus..
"Oh, really?" Fred mused, taking a seat in the arm chair closest to me
I kept my eyes on the list, adding a new line every so often
"And why did we not know of this?" George wondered taking a spoonful of potato salad
"Nobody did, apparently!" Rob pointed out, "How long have you and Katie been broken up, Wood?"
"We broke up right after Jess and I stopped talking."
Rob glared in my direction, mumbling, "Idiot."
"Do you love her the way she loved you?" he pressed on,
"Rubbish!" The twins growled, "Merlin's gift to teenage boys, loved you?"
"How?" Fred asked, his face full of confusion
"I don't know.." I replied
To avoid further interrogation, stuffing my face was my best bet. The guys followed suit once they realized I wasn't answering anything else.
My gaze found itself lingering on Jess..
She ran a hand threw her hair, smiling and laughing at something stupid Bletchley was doing with his arms.
Our tables were next to one another, and I heard every beautiful sound that she made.
I missed her laugh more than anything, she sounded so innocent,
Her eyes met mine, but her face fell. After what felt like ages, she tore herself away
Just in those brief seconds, I managed to feel every emotion she felt the day she told me how she felt
After sixteen years of knowing her, did I really love her the whole time?
She couldn't possibly feel the same for me after all this time..
"So I put him in a head lock," Miles paused, acting out his words, " flung him in the air, over my head, then bam! He hit the floor and dislocated his arm!"
Miles arms were flying above him as he told a story about how he taught his younger brother how to wrestle,
Kara, Daphne and I were giggling uncontrollably at the scene,
Running a hand through my hair, a pair of chocolate eyes locked with mine..
Vulnerability washed over me and tears were brimming my eyes for the second time that day
I forced myself to pull away, resettling my attention on the empty plate under my nose,
Why can't he just leave me alone?
I snatched Cassius away as soon as lunch was over, I don't know how i'm going to get through this term with Oliver!
"Why are you in such a hurry now?" My friend asked, leading us to our Arithmacy lesson
"Oliver keeps staring me down and making me feel like a sour puss!" I confessed, following him behing a narrow stairway
His light chuckle was heard, but I was too busy admiring his bum to really pay attention..
Which made me miss the top step, making me trip over my own two feet..
"Did you see something you liked?" He joked, catching me by the arms
"Oh shove off.." I grumbled, finding my step and pushing past him
"Do you know where you're going?" He called after me,
"Nope!" I called back, throwing my hand up, motioning for him to follow me
"Get back here!" he said, soon trailing behind me, "Wrong way, princess,"
He steered me around by my shoulders into a door that was back a few feet,
"Do you need further assistance?" He smirked, motioning for me to go in first
Sticking my tounge out in his direction, I ran for the seat closest to a window
"We've got this with fourth and fifth years!" Graham complained, sliding into the seat before me
"And, with mixed houses!" Marcus sneered, slamming his messenger bag on the desk behind me
"You know, love, i'm beginning to get the idea that Warrington's your favorite," an over dramatic Miles whined, taking a place beside Marcus
"Oh, you know I like you best!" I teased, ruffling his incredibly soft hair
Watching the room fill in, I was searching for more familiar faces.
I waved to Fred and George who found their spot in the back of the room along with the exact person who I was dying to avoid.
But, let's not say any names.
A throat cleared, and the door slammed shut, "I am Professor Vector. This is Arithmacy, and we will start the year with the basics."
Professor Vector was a tall, lean woman. Long, dark hair cascaded down her back and her lips remained pursed.
She placed an equation on the chalkboard, and began explaining the most simple way to solve it.
Well into her fifth equation, she was explaining how 'i' stands for an imaginary number, but before she could finish the twins broke their silence, "That's rubbish-"
"How could there be imaginary numbers?"
"Will there be flying pigs in the next lesson, Professor?"
"Purple unicorns, possibly?"
I smiled at their sass, intently watching our Professor who's face was emotionless.
"I assure you, 's, there will not be flying pigs or any purple unicorns in my next lesson. Now that you have five examples, turn to page three and complete numbers 1-25."
Quietly opening my book to page three, I couldn't help but overhear a sugary sweet voice from the back of the room say, "Hey, Oliver"
I kept my attention on my equations, but was listening to the new conversation
"Hello." He replied, with no interest what so ever in his voice
"Mind if I take a seat?" The girl asked,
"I don't care." He said simply,
I don't know why, but I smirked in satisfaction at his disinterest in her,
"Have you heard, our first Hogsmeade trip is next friday?"
"Yeah," He gruffed back
Reaching into my bag, I pulled a Fizzing Whizzbee candy from it's box.
After sharing with the greedy pigs around me, I shoved it in my mouth savoring the strawberry flavor, but almost coughed it up when said sugary-sweet voice chimed,
"We should definately go together! You know, if you're not too busy with try-outs, or practice, or anything. But, if you do, you can count on me watching from the stands,"
He voice was sickening, completely sugar coated!
I quickly swallowed my candy, waiting for his answer..
"Sure, i'll go." he agreed,
My heart dropped into my ass, he really said yes, to her?
I did my best to remain calm for the remainder of my classes, making sure to stay close to Miles and Cassius.
I was mentally scolding myself the whole walk back to dungeons, I needed to hit some bludgers..
We haven't spoke in over two years, how could I even think for a second that he would care now if he didn't then?
When I got to my room, I changed into a pair of shorts, t-shirt and trainers.
Shrinking my chest of quidditch supplies, I carried that and my Nimbus 2001 down to the quidditch pitch, that I found staring out the window in transfiguration earlier that morning
It was a crisp September afternoon, but I figured that i'd warm up after a few blows
Reaching the pitch after a short walk, I resized the chest and let the two bludgers loose
Mounting my broom, I gripped a beater's bat, zooming toward the sky
The poor bludgers must have been smacked over a thousand times before I heard my name being called,
Cassius was standing by my quidditch chest, so I quickly caught my bludgers and flew down to put them away
"Why did you leave?" He inquired, concern seeping from his voice
"Needed some air." I lied, before shrinking the chest and grabbing my broom
"Don't you lie to me, princess." he reminded, falling in step with me toward the castle, "What happened? Me and the guys been searching all over for you!"
A small smile appeared on my face, but disappeared as soon as he raised a brow, "Was it Wood?"
"Isn't it always,"
Cassius slung his arm around my shoulder, squeezing it
"Well, we're just going to have to work on that, yeah?"
Rolling my eyes, I quickly spoke, "What do you think about me asking Dumbledore if I could play quidditch with you guys?"
"Really?" he asked breathlessly, stopping us at the castle's entrance way
"Yeah, my brother told me Gryffindor won the house cup last term. So, I figure with my help, I could make you everybody's worst nightmare,"
His smirk crept back onto his face, and I gave him one in return, "You'll be Wood's worst nightmare!", he laughed
"Let's go tell the guys," He insisted, guiding us down to the dungeons.
We scanned the common room, but the boys were no where in sight,
"Hold on, let me put this in my room!" Not waiting for an answer, I sprinted up the stairs and into my room
I placed my shrunken chest into my night stands drawer, and put my broom in my closet.
"Hey babe!" Kara smiled, then adverted her attention back to painting the girls finger nails in front of her
"This is Daph, our other roommate!"
"How you doing?" I asked taking off my trainers, sliding them back in their proper box
"Fine. I've heard the boys haven't spoke too highly of Kara and I," She said, watching my every move
"Yeah. We'll talk later, I got to go."
Not bothering to put anything else on my feet, I hustled down the stairs in my socks
Cassius was lying on the couch, hands behind his head with his eyes closed,
So, me being the opportune person that I am, decided the best course of action would be to run and jump right on his belly
"Wake up!" I shouted in his ear as he let out an 'oomph'
"I've always knew you'd end up on top of me," He smirked, raising his eyebrows suggestively
I slapped his forehead, peeling myself from his body onto my feet
"Behave." I warned, "Where are my boys?"
"In our room." He said simply, closing his eyes once again
"Oh no you don't!" I used both of my hands to wrap around his right ankle, pulling his body off of the sofa. "Let's go get them!"
"Oi! Alright!" He grumbled, ripping his leg free
"Come on." He muttered, making his way for the stairs
The boys doors were silver, unlike the girls being black
Cassius slid open the sixth year entrance, and it had around the same amount of doors as the girls dorms, but they had more names on theirs
"Here we are," Cassius smirked,
He opened the door, holding out his arm, "Lady's first."
"What a sweetheart. Mama must have taught you well," I teased, earning a small chuckle to escape his lips
I turned my attention to the boys, "We've been here for a day and you've already managed to ruin your room."
Their dorm was slightly bigger than mine, because they had four room mates. There were all types of clothes and objects strewn about the room, almost covering their entire floor
I smirked when I noticed posters of myself plastering their walls,
"Jess!" Miles shrieked in horror, throwing a copy of Witch Weekly with me on the cover quickly under his bed
"What are you doing up here!" Marcus screamed, pulling on a shirt he found on the floor
I smiled, clearing a space on one of their trunks, I took a seat
"Glad to know you boys like me," I teased taking in each boys part of the room
"She has an idea," Cassius stated, then took off his shirt while walking over and flopping onto his bed
"And that is?" Graham smiled, looking up from his herbology book
"I was thinking of asking Dumbledore if I could maybe play or help with you guys with quidditch,"
Each boy had the same smug smirk on their faces,
"Brilliant." Marcus finally said, "I think instead of you asking for permission, we should have Professor Snape do it."
"I don't care who does it, as long as it's done soon. I'm going threw withdrawl and my workouts aren't satisfying enough anymore! I need a team! I can't ta-"
"Whining will get you no where, honey." Graham tutted, staring back at his herbology book
Reaching back, I grabbed the closest thing I could reach and chucked it at him
"Ow!" He howled rubbing his shoulder, "You hit me with you're own bobblehead!"
"Whining will get you no where, honey." I mocked, heading for the door. "See you at dinner, boys,"
I felt bad that I gave Daphne the cold shoulder because I was in a rush, so I headed back for my dorm.
They were in the exact same positions I had left them in,
"Hey," I said, sprawling out on my bed, "Whatcha up to?"
"Just painting eachother's toes, want yours done?"
I hated nail polish. It always chips so fast. The only colors my nails have ever been were clear or had that little white line at the tip.
"Nooo," I dragged, scrunching my nose, "I don't do that."
The girls rolled their eyes, "What do you do that is remotely girly?"
Well, I wear make up, high heels, can do my hair.. that's enough right?
I shrugged, hopping to my feet, "When's dinner?"
"Six." They replied, "Are you going to sit with us?"
Reaching for the door knob, I said, "I'm going down now, I'll save you a seat."
I'm usually not a very clumsy person, (who am I kidding. I trip over myself.) but as soon as I left the Slytherin common room, and turned a corner - I smashed into a wall!
A very warm and talking wall..
"Are you alright?" The masculine voice asked, "I'm sorry, I wasn't payi-"
That's the second time today somebody had to catch me before I fell on my face!
"I'm fine," I grunted, pulling myself free of the toned arms surrounding me
His magnificent bright grey eyes bore into mine before he spoke, "I'm Cedric,"