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Oliver couldn't have been more excited to have a new friend to run with. After Brian got sick, he'd been running alone, and while it was good for thinking sometimes, other times he managed to overthink and that was never any good."Perfect! Just let me know when you want to do that, and I'll be at your side. And who knows, maybe I can catch you before you hit the ground!" The likelihood of that working out was small, but it never hurt to be hopeful.
Nodding at her next statement, Ollie was in completely agreement with Olivia. Sure, lots of people managed to get away with things, but with his luck, he'd be the first person to get caught while trying to sneak into the forest, or anywhere else for that matter. It was a miracle he hadn't gotten caught the few times he'd sneaked out after curfew, but he was sure those were just flukes. "Good idea. If you can figure out a way to do it without getting caught, I wish you all the best." And it would take a lot of convincing to get him to join her in that adventure.
And there was the most dreaded question of all. DID Ollie know what he wanted to do with his future? Yes and no...he had an idea, but he had loads of ideas, all of which could fail miserably if he made the wrong choice. "It's kind of complicated, but I guess I'm thinking of becoming a Charms professor." Did he have a good reason for looking into that? Other than being good at Charms, not really. He could also be a personal trainer, but he just felt like he'd have no money if he did that. And then there was that modeling idea Cordy had...but that seemed really unlikely since he was nowhere as good looking at 90% of the male models he had ever seen in ads.
Ollie couldn't help but laugh at that. "I appreciate you so much for that. I'm fit enough, but I've never been able to get used to those terrible stairs." Especially after he had fallen down them that one time. While the talking portraits had been very nice to him about it (mostly), he definitely did not want to experience that again.
"The colors should be changing soon enough, really. I think I have a camera you can use to take pictures of it too, if you want." He would just have to find that camera...
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Of course! Maybe tomorrow morning?” She’d have to start this running thing soon and stick to a plan. It was important. She couldn’t just make up fitness. That didn’t seem easy to improvise. Fitness came with hard work. Yes, that’s what she thought. Catch her before she fell? That would be impressive. She was certain that he probably wouldn’t be able to do that but who knew? Was he secretly Superman? Clark Kent was hiding here at Hogwarts? Who know. She smiled at his offer. “
Well then thank you, Superman,” she teased. He was a nice superman.
Figure out the way to do it without getting caught? Don’t worry, Oliver. This girl had managed to slip out of rooms before without anyone noticing. “
I’m a professional, remember?” She’d have to find a way. “
You’ll be the first to know if I do manage it.” And with that, she gave him a wicked wink. Perhaps he would even join her on the wild adventure? Hmm.. That’d take work.
Olivia understood what Oliver meant about trying to figure out what he wanted to do. “
I get that. Healer Reed asked me what career path I wanted to go on my first day here. I love helping people so he suggested I look into becoming a Healer ,” she chuckled. She had been completely taken back by that question. She was only a fourth year and barely knew what direction to take. Though she loved helping people. Being a Healer sounded interesting for sure. A charms professor would be awesome! He was certainly charming, if that helped at all. Hehe. Charming. See what she did there? “
Well a Charms professor would be awesome.” She bit her tongue to avoid adding what she had thought. In fact, her brother had set off to become an Ancient Runes professor himself.
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Yeah, you’re lucky that your common room is near the dunegons. Less stairs!” But perhaps a little gloomy as they were in the dungeons? Maybe only slightly gloomy. Having a common room in the dungeons did seem pretty cool. As she glanced out the window, she listened to him talk about the leaves changing colors soon. And then Oliver offered her to use his camera to take photos. That was so kind. “
That’s really nice of you but I do have my camera with me. Perhaps we can take photos together?”