to put it plainly, ollie was exhausted. funny how saving someone’s life did that to a girl. that’s what madame pomfrey had told her, at least, in a hushed tone once adie was properly and healthily asleep, courtesy of a sleeping draught — that the boy was lucky she’d come along when she had. ollie didn’t buy it. saving lives was something gryffindors did on their weekends off, in between saving kittens from rabid hippogriffs, or some shit. saving lives was not something an underachieving stoner did while skipping class. she didn’t quite know why she stayed by his bedside. if you believed madame pomfrey ( which, again, she did not ) she was in shock. ollie figured it was just a reason to miss potions. even slughorn couldn’t argue with the hogwarts matron.
she was just drifting off, her neck crooked at an uncomfortable angle, elbow propped up on a table and her cheek crushed against the heel of her hand, when the boy spoke, effectively nearly startling her out of her skin. “ — mary mother of jesus fucking christ god shitfuck, ” ollie said eloquently, too rattled to really care about the reprimanding look she received from madame pomfrey. if she hadn’t been in shock before, she sure was now. she ran a hand through her hair, giving him a wide-eyed look. “ — well, about damn TIME. thought i was gonna have to go tell your girlfriend you’d gone and kicked the bucket, and she was gonna murder me outta grief or something. ” she stretched her legs out in front of her, itching for a smoke. “ — so, much obliged you’re, y’know, still alive and all that shit. ”
Ollie had a mouth on her , spewing curse words like currency . He leaned sideways , against his pillow for a comfier position , and refrained from fully sneering . She was crass , this one . Practically biting with it . The mention of Rita alone was enough to plunge the venom back in . It was , after all , a little difficult to hide such a big secret from the girl who seemed to know everything . ❛ Why are ye here ? ❜ He was willing to guess that she had been the one who got him there , a thank you absent from his lips as he waited for an answer . He wouldn’t have stayed . Adie would’ve dropped the person off and left , nobody the wiser that he’d actually helped someone . So why was she still there ? Did he owe her money ?
❛ Thought Pomfrey might’a kicked ye out by now , ❜ he clarified , trying to seem kinder than he actually was . If anyone deserved a little NICE , it was the girl who saved his ass . ❛ You are the one who brought me here , aren’t ya ? ❜ His eyes narrowed just a little , chin raising slightly as he studied the girl . She had that thing . Same thing he often heard people saying about Rita . That eh , Resting Bitch Face . ❛ What ? No chocolates ? I’m in the damn hospital wing . ❜
