Oliver Wood & the Reluctant Contestant

China Doll

Oliver paced back and forth in Gerry and Hermione's room.

"Oliver Wood please stop pacing it won't help Hermione a bit but it is driving me to throw something at you." Alicia said.

"Sorry." He muttered. "But..."

"The Healer says she's fine. She had put a protection spell on herself to help the fall. She's just sustained some bruises and minor injuries. Nothing horrible that she has to even sent to St. Mungo's." Gerry said softly.

Oliver sighed then conjured a chair to place it beside Hermione's. "Yeah I know but I don't know how that happened. Just a little over a week ago she stepped on the railing and it never budged at all." Oliver said taking Hermione's limp hand.

"Wait what?" Alicia asked trying to process what Oliver said. "What do you mean by that she stepped on the rail before?"

Oliver paled. "Uh nothing, I just saw it from the windows one day."

"Oliver the windows face the opposite ways. What are you hiding?"

"That's so romantic!" Gerry gushed after hearing the story.

"You've been in love with her that long," Alicia said smirking. "My goodness we should just shove you two into a broom closet and just lock it, see what happens. Maybe we'll see little Quidditch obsessed bookworms pop out in nine months." Alicia teased.

"Ohh Hermione can name one of the girls after me!" Gerry chirped. "No on second thought, I wouldn't wish that on my enemy." She said deflated. "I mean Geranium, do you know how many jokes I've heard because of it. I mean one no one takes you seriously when you're named after a flower unless it's Rose because there are already so many people named after that. But seriously guys when I was still in school asked if I would open my petals for them. Or ask if it was my pollination time yet. It was so annoying and disgusting."

"I bet. Guys can be so perverted and stupid." Alicia said. "Remind me never to name my daughter after a flower please."

"Hey Oliver what would you name your daughter?" Gerry asked.

Oliver hadn't been listening at all to the girl's conversation.

"Ollie, Ollie?" Alicia said poking him.

"Alicia Spinnet, stop poking me please."

"Sorry but you looked dead for a second."

"Thanks." He said dryly.

"No problem."

Oliver rolled his eyes but smiled at his old classmate before placing a chaste kiss on her hand.

"Let's leave Romeo to tend to Juliet." Alicia whispered to Gerry.

"Yeah." Then the two left.

"I'm so sorry Hermione." Oliver said placing the cold hand on his cheek.

"Please be okay lass. I think I love you, no I'm sure I love you." Oliver whispered. He almost jolted as he felt Hermione's hand twitch.

He ran to the door to tell both the girls.

"I think we should tell Oliver about all of Hermione's accidents." Gerry said after a few minutes of standing outside.

"What accidents?" A burly Scottish voice echoed causing the two girls to jump.

"He hey there Ollie." Alicia said recovering the fastest.

Oliver didn't even react to the despised nickname. He just narrowed his hazel eyes at the two girls. "What accidents ladies." He repeated louder and more pronounced.

"I can't believe you two didn't tell me earlier." Oliver said frustrated as they entered Hermione and Gerry's room.

"Sorry." Gerry said sheepishly.

"We know we should've told you earlier but... we didn't want you to freak." Alicia said.

"You girls..." Oliver trailed off. "How could you all be so stuuuuuuuuuuuuupid." Oliver said yawning at the end.

"Oliver you should go to bed." Alicia said.

"Not til Mione wakes."

Both girls rolled their eyes. "Just go to sleep in my room. I'll stay here with Gerry and Mione. We'll wake you up if she wakes up. It's not like you can help or anything anyway."

"But."

"No buts Oliver Wood. Go to sleep before you collapse." Gerry said pushing him out the door. "You'll only be right across the hall."

The next morning:

Hermione finally woke up with a pounding headache and a few sore limbs. She sat straight up but then fell back down when her head felt even worse than ever.

"Hermione!" Gerry and Alicia screamed at same time then scrambled out of bed to get some people. "Oliver Hermione's awake!" Gerry said screaming into the hallway.

"Oh god what happened."' She mumbled under her breath. "The balcony. But it was stable when..." She blushed remembering that night with Oliver. "Oh my god, my wand!" She shrieked as she flew out of the bed.

"Your wand's okay lass." Oliver said softly coming in behind the two. Hermione gave a sigh of relief. "But I wish you took care of yourself like you do to your wand." Oliver said looking at her pointedly.

Hermione's face flushed before she was tackled by her two friends.

"Ohmigod. You can never do that ever again to us." Gerry said nearly in tears.

"Sorry girls." Hermione said just as Pru and Daisy ran in. Of course Nina wasn't there.

Two days past and Hermione was finally able to get off bed rest after much persuasion on her part. But by that time, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley had watched the show and saw what happened to their friend. Hermione had managed to get rid of one worried male protector just to gain two more.

"Oh honestly I'm not some damsel in need of knights." Hermione muttered as she tried to get up to go to the bathroom but was stopped so that both Harry and Ron could survey the room for anything.

"You two are going to have to leave soon you do know that right." Hermione said sitting down on the bed beside harry. "I mean one, you buddy have a wedding in less than two months. And you have a job to do."

"Yes but we still have the next two days here with you. Oliver already allowed us to stay so you can't kick us out anytime you want." Harry said smugly.

Hermione scowled at him. "You guys I'm not some china doll." She sighed.

"What's a china doll?" Ron asked.