(10th September 1991)
"So, you and Wood have nothing going on, right?" George asks me for the tenth time today. We've just finished another bad Positions Class with Professor Snape and the only thing he is asking me is if Oliver and I are dating. Fred sidestepped past George and walks to me and wraps his arm around my shoulder
" George?!" I say cry out with frustration.
"What? It's just a simple question. Are you and Wood dating?" George says as he quickens up his pace so he can catch up to Fred and I. Once he is by my side he leans down to my ear.
" But are you?" He whispers. I spin around and look at him. "What do you think?" I ask him.
" I don't know, Iris. When you walked into the Great Hall yesterday, all eyes were on you." He states with a sigh.
" He's not wrong," Fred chips in. He removes his arm from my shoulders and pats my shoulder before walking off near the Great Hall. Why didn't I just agree to go to the bathroom with the girls? Being with them would've been way better than dealing with twins bickering about Oliver.
"IRIS!" George shouts as he snaps his fingers in front of my face. This causes me to jump and take a step back. "What?!" I say, clearly shocked by his actions.
"You were staring out into space. Was you thinking about Wood?!" He grows impatient , causing a few students that were walking past to stop and look at the two of us.
"No, I was not thinking about him," I say shyly due to everyone's attention being on the two of us. "You sure about that, Iris? I swear I saw a bit of drool right there," he says as he points a finger at my lips.
"Oh, right here?" I said, pointing to my lips and giving him a death glare. George looks at something behind me and his eyes go wide. I try to turn around to see what he is looking at but before I get the chance, he grabs my arm and drags me towards the Great Hall and then opened the doors quickly before closing them.
"What on earth is wrong with you?" I ask him.
" Wood, he was coming towards you." He says not taking his hands off the doors.
"And you dragged me all the way in here because?"
" Because you need to eat..." he made it sound more like a question.
" What in the name of holy happened to you two?" A voice says from behind us. "Nothing, Fred. Nothing." George says. I take a step towards George and remove his hands from the door. I then move him to aside before opening the doors and allowing the other students to come inside. After mouthing a few 'Sorry' to nearly every student that entered, I turned to George and grabbed his arm and dragged him over to the Gryffindor table. I then pushed George onto the bench and sat down beside him. Reaching forward, I grabbed a cheese sandwich from the plate in front of me. Slowly, I brought the item up to my mouth and took a small bite, making sure that I can savour all the luxurious food because I know back at home, we won't be able to have this type of food.
" Look I'm sorry," George whispers from beside me. Lowering the sandwich from my mouth, I turn and look at him. Giving him a questioning look I respond, " Sorry for what?"
" I think you know what, Iris." He says as he puts his head in his hands.
" Georgie here is catching feelings!" Fred shouts.
" Shut up, Fredo!" George shout back at his twin in annoyance. This caused George to get a slap across the head from Fred.
" You know I hate it when you call me that!" They both said at the same time.
" FREDO"
" GEORGIE"
The both of them continued to shout back and forth and one another, and their voices grew louder.
" What's happening?" A familiar voice said from behind me. I turned around and my eyes met with a pair of icy blue ones.
" The twins just being twins, you know?"
Cherry chuckles then sits down next to me. I look behind her to see if the others are with her, but nobody else was there.
" Where are the girls?" I ask her.
" Well Lillian is sat with Avery further on down the table and Tesha managed to sneak to the Slytherin table."
"She did?" I say in a whisper so nobody else would hear me.
"Oh yeah, she was able to bribe another Slytherin into to giving her their tie. You know Tesha, she can be very persuasive." Cherry says with her eyes still on the twins.
" You heard about the news?" She asks.
" What news?" I question.
" Harry, he's Gryffindor's new seeker! Oliver Wood is helping him train. It's possible that Harry could be playing in the next Quidditch game."
"Harry's a seeker!" The twins shout in amazement.
" Yeah, he's currently with Oliver." Cherry tells them.
" Wood," the both of them say in disappointment. It was clear that the both of them hated Oliver.
" Oh, stop it the both of you," I tell them. I turn back and look at Cherry. "Would Harry be coming here soon?"
" Probably not, Oliver is giving him the 'Quidditch Lecture'. He does it to everyone that joins, he always likes to make sure that everyone knows the rules. I recommend waiting until dinner, him and Oliver will be here then."
I nod, letting Cherry know that I've taken everything in. It was so surreal; Harry is probably the youngest Quidditch Seeker in history. And that's when I knew, Mum and Dad would be proud.