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Originally Posted by
Gissel 
Oliver couldn't help but laugh when the girl said she was a professional gravity tester. It was something he had never heard before and he thought it was really clever. "Well, let me just say that you're exceeding expectations at your job."
He then offered his hand to help her up from the ground. He was happy to see there wasn't any blood because he just could never really deal with blood well, it made him nervous. Hearing what she said next kind of made Ollie feel bad for being a little bothered when he'd first heard her come up. "No no no, don't worry about it! I was enjoying the quiet, but you weren't loud or anything." Honestly, he was surprised she didn't squeal on her way down or something. Not that he had ever heard that girls squealed when they fell...but it was something he could imagine a girl doing. "I mean, we could have this place to ourselves...together?" He felt like that sounded weird...and intimate...but that's not how he meant it at all. The more he thought about it, the more he felt his ears and cheeks turning pink. "What I meant was...I don't mind the company. Sorry if that sounded...weird..." Cue awkward silence...
Before things got too weird, he did his best to remember what he knew about the treehouse. "Ummm....." Think, Oliver. "I think....well...I don't actually know....I've heard it's been here for years, old enough that other students' parents remember hanging out in it....so at least thirty or forty years?" Maybe that was too many? All he knew was it always looked the same and it was amazing. "Are you new to Hogwarts?"
Nice alliteration! She held her tongue from saying that. Perhaps that was a little too nerdy of her. Hehe. Whoops! At his comment about her exceeding expectations, she gasped a little. “
I only exceed expectations. So an E on my exam! Oh no whatever shall I do?” she replied, tossing her unruly hair behind her shoulder. She smiled momentarily. An "E" on an exam was a pretty good grade or so she thought it was. “
I’ll take exceeding expectations any day. It's alright not always to get an outstanding ovation on everything you do.” Look at that fancy alliteration
Oh shush. She scolded herself.
She took his help and his hand and stood up. “
Thank you,” she smiled. Olivia raised both eyebrows when he said his next sentence and turned pink.
I mean, we could have this place to ourselves…together?. Wait. Was he… Was he… Umm.. She wasn’t sure if that was flirting or what that was. She blinked quickly. Twice. What did he mean by that? She was about to ask when she saw the older boy’s ears and cheeks turn pink. Poor thing! He was probably embarrassed by it. Ohh… He meant like they could share this place just the two of them. There was enough room in this treehouse for the two of them.. or potentially more. She chuckled at his phrasing. “
Yeah, it does sound a little weird.” Olivia glanced down at her feet and then back up at him with a smile. “
But don’t worry. I understand what you mean. We can totally share this place. Nothing weird about it.” She tried to reassure him as best as she could in her own true Olivia Holden fashion. Don't make it awkward. Don't make it awkward.
Aaaand now to the answer about the treehouse. She nodded, listening to him.
Thirty or fourty years and it was in this good of a condition? That was fantastic. “
Wow. So much must have happened here. It looks amazing for its age.” The Groundskeepr seemed to keep it in great shape which was fantastic. At his next question, she nodded and blushed at his question. Was it that obvious that she was new? Probably. “
Yes, I’m new. I’m transferring into the fourth year from Beauxbatons though I’m not French. I’m Olivia. Are you also new or are you a Hogwarts veteran?”