Forgotten

Book 1 Ch 10

"That much gold," Ron said in an amazed voice. "I can't imagine what I would do with it all. And to live forever on top of that!"

"What are the two of you up to now?" Ali asked as we approached them.

Ron and Harry jumped to their feet at our appearance around the corner. My heart twisted in my chest when I noticed that Harry wouldn't meet my eye. He wasn't even looking in my direction. Instead, he stared at the floor behind me.

"Your game is tonight, isn't it?" I asked. Everyone knew the answer to such a stupid question, but I was just trying to spark a response from Harry. Even a simple 'yes' would suffice.

"I'm sure you know when your own boyfriend is playing." Ali said. She liked to bring up how official Oliver and I were now at every chance that she got.

"I didn't ask Oliver, now did I?"

"We have a game tonight. It will put us through to play against Slytherin if we win." Harry said.

I smiled at the sound of Harry's voice. There had been plenty of times that I had heard it, but it was the first time that it had been directed towards me since Christmas.

"Then I will have to cheer harder than ever."

"As if you wouldn't have done so anyways." Ali teased.

"Snape is refereeing tonight though." Ron hissed.

"It will be fine." I said.

"You already know that he doesn't like Harry."

"He will be in front of the entire school. Can't do much then, now can he?"

"I guess not."

"Good luck tonight, Harry. We'll be cheering you on." Ali said. She started moving down the corridor before I was ready to say goodbye.

"I will watch after Snape during the match, so don't worry about him. Just play your best." I said.

"I can't afford not to. All of Gryffindor will come after me if I don't."

"All the more reason to try your best."

"Em, are you coming?" Ali called back to me.

"I'll see you two later then."

Fred and George were nearly bouncing around when we found them in the Gryffindor Tower. The excitement of the match had played to their pride. It was nearly unbearable hearing them boast each other up. All of the energy that Fred had been building up seemed to be torn down once Oliver showed up. He pressed his lips to my temple before sinking down into the chair beside me.

"I thought the idea of you two being together would be good, but now it is just disgusting." George commented.

"If you don't like it, then you can turn away." Oliver said.

"That is my sister that you are snogging, Wood. Remember that." George said.

"Shouldn't we be getting to the pitch?" Fred said, standing up and leaving the Common Room.

Oliver looked at me, "You'll be coming to watch tonight, won't you?"

"I have no better place to be. Besides, someone needs to be there to cheer you on."

Oliver smiled and planted another kiss on my lips. After a few weeks of being together, I still hadn't grown used to his touch. Alison smiled happily at me when Oliver pulled away.

"Let's go, Weasley." Oliver said and started towards the Portrait Hole. "I'll see you at the game, Em."

"I love the two of you." Ali told me when George and Oliver had left.

I laughed, "I think that you enjoy this more than I do sometimes."

When the time came, all of the houses marched down to the Quidditch Pitch. I stood with Lee and Ali amongst a sea of Gryffindors. Our cheers overpowered all of the houses, including Hufflepuff. My eyes occasionally wandered from the others to where the team would soon be coming from. The games always held an excitement to them, but it was very rarely like this. Everyone seemed excited, except for Snape. Then again, it was normal for him to look angry.

The whistle blew, calling out the teams. My cheers seemed louder than everyone else's' around me. Ali wiggles and eyebrow at me, causing me to turn bright red. I hadn't meant to cheer so loudly. What was I supposed to do when my brother, boyfriend, and two of my best friends were all on the field?

Nothing seemed to be happening as the two teams passed the ball back and forth. It wasn't until Harry picked up speed in a nosedive that everyone's interest was peaked. I hopped forward so that I was leaning on the railing surrounding the edge of the stands.

Harry lifted the front of his broomstick up so that he was steering straight towards Snape. He must have saw something if he was going so fast towards Snape. At least I hoped that he saw something.

My breath caught in my chest as Harry missed Snape by what seemed like inches. He punched his fist into the air above him. Sunlight hit something gold between his fingers. Everyone that stood with the Gryffindors cheered loud and hard. People could say whatever they wanted about Harry, but I had never seen any Seeker, professional or not, catch a snitch as fast as Harry just did.

I hurried past everyone and onto the field where the players were starting to land. My arms flung around Harry, almost knocking him off of his feet. When Oliver landed a few feet away, I jumped from Harry to him. Oliver's arms wrapped around my waist as he pulled me close to him. My cheeks burned brightly at the sound of the Gryffindors cheering loudly when Oliver pressed his lips to mine.

"We did it! We won!" Oliver said.

I smirked back up at him. "You guys did everything. I just watched."

George's POV

I watched Fred's face twist from cheer to anger as Emily jumped from Harry to Oliver. She didn't even seem to notice that we were there too. It was frustrating being ignored by her. Emily had been one of the few people to never truly ignore us no matter what we did.

"Let's go to the kitchens to get food for the celebration." I said, nudging Fred along.

His broom shook under the crushing weight of his fist when he saw Oliver kiss Emily. I pushed Fred harder to get him moving. He stormed past everyone who had been congratulating us as he marched to the locker room. No one seemed to know the cause of his anger, and no one had ever seen Fred this angry. Not even I had. Emily had that kind of effect on people though.

Fred's locker slammed shut forcing me to change into my school robes as fast as I could manage. By the time I had everything on, he was already out of the locker room.

"Could you slow down? It's not like we have anywhere to be."

Fred didn't answer me as he pushed on towards the castle. I had to run in order to keep up with him.

"Look, if you feel so strongly about it, tell Emily how you feel."

"Shut up."

Fred had never told me to shut up before. His face had grown red.

"Well, if she causes you to act like this – and it hurts her too, you know? The way that you avoid her eye and barely talk to her hurts her. I know that you've noticed it too."

"I'm going back to the dorm. Go get the food for everyone."