Oliver Wood & the Reluctant Contestant

Such a Harry Potter move

So far it was 30-20. Hermione's was team currently winning. Alicia and the Doyle twins worked like as if they'd played together forever and even Oliver was having a hard time blocking goals.

"Palay you are looking pretty bad right about now." Cody said laughing.

"Oh shut up Cormac." James yelled back.

Gerry was sitting on her broom a few feet away from Hermione. "Oh gosh I forgot how cute quidditch players were period."

"Gerry." Hermione said laughing at her friend.

"What I can check out boys like they check us out."

Hermione just shook her head.

"Gerry are you going to actually do anything or just chat up with our opponents." Nina sneered as she flew to them.

"Yeah like as if Taty was here you wouldn't be doing the same thing." Gerry rolled her eyes.

Nina glared at the two then flew away again. Gerry made a face at her as she went.

"ugh she's got a mighty long broom stuck up her a-"

"Ger- ry" Hermione said emphasizing the syllables.

"Her-mione." Gerry mimicked sticking out her tongue at her friend.

"Hey girls." Alicia said as she neared.

"Hi Alicia. You look like a pro out there with those twins." Hermione said.

"Definitely you look like you belong there. Me on the other hand. I keep dropping the darn quaffle. Thank goodness James Palay is on my team."

"I don't know Ger, I bet if he wasn't on your team you wouldn't drop it every time he gets near." Alicia teased.

Gerry turned bright red.

Hermione gave a little giggle.

"I should probably go help my team now though I'd say I'll probably do more damage than good." Gerry resigned at last.

Just as Gerry flew to where Trista and James were, a high pitched scream came from Daisy as she ducked the incoming bludger.

Alicia slapped her forehead at the girl. "Dear merlin, that girl needs to get some wit or something." She muttered before going.

Hermione grimaced as she felt bad for Daisy. The girl was as sweet as pie just a little on the ditzy side. And cared more about fashion than school.

"Hey you okay?" Hermione asked as she flew near the rings to where Rianne was.

"No." Rianne said. Her eyes were as wide as saucers. "You do not know how terrifying it is to have a quaffle come at you at more than 10mph." She said gripping her broom tight.

"But you've done well."

"I only blocked one Hermione. Alicia and the Doyle twins are like saving graces. If the quaffle came at me more than three times I might've just died of heart attack at twenty-one."

"That would definitely be on the front page wouldn't it?" Hermione joked.

Rianne cracked a smile. "Yeah I can see the headline now. Tragedy: Bachelor Contestant dies of heart attack at the tender age of twenty."

"I'll try to catch the snitch as soon as I can Rianne."

"Thanks." She said weakly. "I can't imagine what a real quidditch game is. I mean I'm terrified now and the game has really been mellowed down for us. I mean we're talking like as if we aren't miles up in the air only being held up by a long stick."

Hermione smiled apologetically at her friend.

Hermione flew up high so that she could look at the surroundings and look for the snitch better as Harry had taught her. Scanning the areas thoroughly she didn't see it anywhere. Hermione took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Almost jumped in surprise as she heard a strange buzzing near her ear. She opened her eyes just in time to see the snitch go flying past her.

"Just swing like this." Jeremy demonstrated. Pru nodded her head. "Okay the bludger's coming just swing with all your might."

Nina noticed Hermione chasing what looked like a snitch high into the air. She quickly started to chase her.

Pru hit the bludger but had unfortunately closed her eyes as she did so. The bludger went flying towards the two seekers!

"Cody get that bludger!" Jeremy yelled but it was too late. The bludger hit both girls' brooms spot on.

Hermione could feel the impact that the bludger made as it slammed into her broom. Without thinking she tried to catapult herself to where the snitch was, slipping off her broom in the process.

Nina was falling down fast as the bludger had hit her broom the hardest, considering she was the first to be hit.

"Ohmigod!" Pru shrieked.

"Someone do something!" Gerry yelled. "What's that spell?"

"Aresto momentum!" Jeremy yelled as he pointed it at Nina. She stopped falling at such a fast rate. He was about to point it at Hermione too but Oliver had caught the girl in his arms.

Oliver gripped Hermione in his arms. "Lass?" He asked slightly patting her cheeks to get her conscious.

"Hey." Hermione said a bit hazy not sounding unlike Luna.

"Hey to you too." Oliver said relief evident in his voice.

"I caught the snitch see." Hermione said smiling as she opened her hand to show the snitch.

Oliver stared at the girl opened mouthed. "Who taught you how to play quidditch?"

"Harry and the Weasleys of course."

Oliver groaned. "Should've known, that was such a Harry Potter move."

Hermione just laughed.

"Hermione! You okay?" Gerry yelled running to them just as Oliver landed. "You scared me to death!" She wailed.

"Ger, I'm okay really."

"Oh my god Hermione, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hit you with the bludger." Pru said looking shell shocked.

"It's fine girls. How's Nina?"

"Sounds like Malfoy that day he disrespected the hippogriff." Alicia said dryly.

"That bad?" Hermione winced.

"Her whining yes, her injury, she'll survive. It only hit her broom." Alicia said rolling her eyes. "Though she is complaining majorly about a certain person not catching her when she was falling. I think she might hate you even more now Mione."

"Oh brother." Hermione sighed.

"Oh and it might help Wood if you put her down, just saying." Alicia said raising her hands.

It was then that the both noticed that Hermione was indeed in Oliver's arms still. Both blushed as he let her down gently.

"We won thanks to you." Rianne said as she hugged Hermione. "But do not ever do that again. I might just die of a heart attack and you would feel guilty for the rest of your life."

Hermione laughed as she hugged her friend right back.