Insecurities

Hazel had heard that they got a new beater, she saw her at last practice talking with Dim, but never got the chance to talk to her. So now it was her mission to find her and become friends~ She managed to get a name from one of her teammates and was now using her intuition on trying to find her. She had a feeling that maybe she should try searching by the lake.



Dolly was indeed by the lake, trying to cool off after her first practice as Ravenclaw's newest (and best) beater. That beginning argument with Dim had been simply wonderful- not. She was excited to be on the team finally; Dim beating her two years previous hadn't been fun. Why she'd let him rope her into a relationship after that was a mystery to her, but too late to change the past. She sat on the grass by the lake, staring across the dark waters.



Hazel spotted a familiar blonde sitting by the lake. Yes her intuition was never wrong! She bounded over out of nowhere sitting down next to Dolly with a big smile. "Hi Team mate~" She said happily.



Dolly looked up, surprised to see this red head suddenly appear. But, by being called team mate she assumed it was another Ravenclaw player. She did recall catching a glimpse of her during practice- keeper? "Hello." She replied simply.



"I'm so glad the Quidditch team finally has another beater. Thank you so much for joining Dolly~" She thought it was a cute name. "Oh I'm Hazel."



Dolly gave a small chuckle, smiling. "I'm glad to finally be on the team. It seems to be suffering for players this year."



"Ya especially with Gabe trying so hard to get players on the team. And we're one step closer to finally being a whole team~" She said clapping happily.



She raised an eyebrow at her reference to Dim. "You call the dimwit Gabe? Hmm, he doesn't even tell people his real name anymore." That was strange... Why would he let this girl call him that?



"Dimwit? Oh that silly nickname." She said with a laugh. "And ya I kinda found out his name by accident, it's cute though I don't know why he doesn't use it more." Bu she did like being the only on who called him that too...her little thing for him~



Dolly shrugged. "Some stupid seventh year was trying to be clever our first year and it just stuck. Guess he just got used to it." Not like she really cared. "Why does he let you call him that, though?"




"Wow sounds like you've known Gabe awhile. I just met him this year." She said thinking about the first time they met. "Oh I call him that because I think it's cute. He calls me his Irish Rose. Isn't that cute? I never knew that cute nicknames with couples were this fun~" She was blabbing a bit. Ha she did that when talking about Dim.




Couple... She should have assumed. This was Dim's new girlfriend. "Oh, so you're his new girlfriend...?" Interesting. She didn't think she'd meet the girl this soon- or at all, really.




Hazel nodded with a grin. "He's so sweet too~ I was so glad destiny brought us together." She was referring to her visions she saw, though not that Dolly would know. "How did you meet Dim?"




Dolly pursed her lips momentarily before speaking. "We met officially two years ago when he beat me for the open beater position. He came to me to tell me I was still a really good player and we became friends." She paused. "Then we dated for half of last year."




"Oh really?" She didn't think her and Dim were acquainted like that. She didn't know the protocol for dealing with Exs...but um maybe she shouldn't ask about 'them'. "I didn't know that."




"You mean he never mentioned me? Strange, we were pretty serious." She shrugged softly. "But,oh well, I wasn't just his first or anything. That's fine."




"Ah well...I don't think it's customary to talk about past relationships with your partner..." She felt a bit awkward, but still wanted Dolly to be her friend...Though now she was kinda caught by her words about her and his other girlfriends...




"Oh!" Dolly put a hand over her mouth in an 'oops' sort of way- truly trying to hide the smirk starting to form. "I'm so sorry, I got carried away. You must understand how he does that to you." She put her hand down, giving her sweetest smile of assurance. "Dont worry, honey, we're long over..."




"Heh ya." She said smiling back. Was this how they were supposed to act? She hope she wasn't doing anything wrong. "Well I hope we all can still be teammates together." She said giving a small grin.




Dolly nodded. "It'll be great working with Dim again. It's been much too long since we've been close..." She emphasized 'great' and 'close' a little strangely. Maybe she'd believe this little act, she seemed not to have seen them fighting earlier.




"Oh...well...uh that's good then..." What was she thinking?...Gabe would never do what she was thinking...but well Dolly was an old girlfriend and apparently they had been in touch with each other and now she suddenly came into his life...no what was she thinking...ugh.




Dolly just kept grinning, seeming over joyous to work with her ex that she had lost. "Thisllbe a great way for us to stay connected~ We haven't had many classes together this year." She threw in a false pout, as if upset she didn't get to see him more. Damn, she was having fun messing with this girl.




"Oh uh what classes do you have with him?" She only had Transfiguration with him on Monday and Tuesday...other than that it was Quidditch practice. She looked around trying to focus on something.



"We've got astronomy together every day." Dolly answered with a flip of her hair.




"Oh so you see him everyday?" She wasn't good at hiding what she was thinking as she was worried. She didn't see Dim everyday...she wished she did...She twirled some of her hair with her finger nervously.





Dolly nodded softly. They didn't talk, but they had class. Sitting on opposite sides of the classroom. "I do. Dont you?" She raised her eyebrows at Hazel curiously.




"Ah no..we have very different schedules...and sometimes we don't see each other for a few days..." She said getting quieter as she said the sentence Did Gabe not see enough of her? Did he want someone he could see more often?




"Oh, I'm sure that isn't a problem..." She stopped for a thoughtful pause. "Though, come to think of it.... Our schedules were a lot different when we dated last year... That seventh year's was much more similar..." She said the last sentence quieter, just barely loud enough for Hazel to hear.




"...Seventh year?" She asked a bit confused...Come to think of it she didn't know much about Dim or his past...He said that she wasn't his first girlfriend...She thought that it was normal...She had this heavy feeling in her chest...




"The girl he dated after me. Dont know much about her. Just that she's graduated now." She pat Hazel's shoulder with a sickly sweet smile. "Well, I guess I'll see you around, Hazel~" and then she left.




"Alright...bye..." She said giving a limp wave to Dolly as she left...She found Dolly wanting to be friends with her and talking about fun stuff...it didn't end that way though. Was she not good enough for Gabe? I mean...she was different from Dolly, a lot different...she was probably really different from all his past girlfriends...What if he wanted to get back together with Dolly or something? She sat there thinking of all the outrageous ideas just swimming in her insecurities before getting up to go to her dorm...she needed to go lay down or something...