Born to Make Mistakes, Not Fake Perfection ( Oliver Wood )

Chapter 2

"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.