Rivals (Oliver Wood & OC)

*Chapter 30*

Oliver's POV

I thought about what Katie had said nonstop since she had said it. The answer was so simple, yet so hard to follow through. I knew that if I did it Ingrid would be upset but I'd rather that she had Katie than me. I just think that she'll thank me later when she's happy without me.

You may think that it is bad for a boy wanting to break up with his girlfriend, but I destroyed everything that she had when I admitted my feelings. I'm sure that she hates me for that. If anything, I was doing her a favour. Like I said before, Ingrid will thank me later.

Obviously, it was going to be hard for me but I was doing what was best for her, friends are way more important than relationships. Friendships last forever, relationships don't. It wasn't like that we would stay together after Hogwarts if anything it's more and more likely every time I think about it. I like Ingrid but statistically, there is a chance we won't work out, I was just finishing it sooner.

I had to find Ingrid and I hoped to God that she wasn't in the Ravenclaw common room. That must be really frustrating to have to answer a riddle three times a day. I would probably bang my head against a wall, this is why I'm a Gryffindor and not a Ravenclaw. I think that I'll start in the library and I clomp inside. Madam Pince gives me a disapproving look and then starts to read again. That woman never liked me.

I looked around for Ingrid, I even checked the History of Magic section, and those books put me to sleep. I checked again for another five minutes, this was before Madam Pince told me she wasn't here. I swear that Madam. Pince just likes to see me struggle, she was a demon librarian.

I exit the library and decide to check the black lake and I was right. Ingrid was there. I walked over to her and she could tell that I was also in a sombre mood.

"What's wrong?" She asks concerned.

I take a deep breath, "I think that we should break up!"

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Ingrid's POV

"What?" I exclaim, my bad mood turning shocked. What had I done to hurt him or annoy him?

Before I could ask, Oliver jogs away not listening to my answer. I was heartbroken. Sure, we hadn't been dating for that long, but when we were dating it was good.

When Katie found out, and that took a few days, she was over the moon. She was happy and she smiled often. I didn't, I was sad again. I need both of them in my life to make me happy, they are like my bricks and cement. Without them, I would be a broken wall.

Katie soon noticed my sad mood and quickly admitted her mistakes. She said that it was wrong to not talk to me, that she should have been more mature. She was jealous.

Ever since then Katie has been trying to get me and Oliver to talk, I didn't want to. Yes, I was sad because of him but seeing him makes me depressed. He dumped me for a reason, and that's what I keep telling Katie. She disagrees. You probably hate Katie now, I don't. I need her. If I didn't have either of them I wouldn't know what to do.

Katie keeps talking to Oliver. I can tell because Oliver looks extremely pissed every time he sees me. I thought he hated me until Katie told me what he had done.

We were sat in the Gryffindor common room, completing homework, when the topic of Oliver and our breakup was rekindled.

"Do you know why he broke up with you, Ingrid?" Katie asked. She kept asking me this question. I don't but I have plenty of theories why. They aren't pleasant theories though.

"I know." She muttered "I said to him that I would never talk to you again if Oliver and you were dating. So he dumped you so you can have me!"

I look at her with despair in my eyes. I had to make a choice, Oliver or Katie?