Yeah he was late and it was all William's fault. Oliver had been in a good mood when he had arrived at Hogwarts. His summer, while it hadn't been that great at the beginning, it had certainly been awesome the second half. All thanks to a few certain women. But back to his mood that had declined after he had decided to go down to his friend's hut so that they could walk to the feast together.

He hadn't seen William in the past few weeks which was weird because they both shared a house but ever since his friend started bringing all those animals home, Oliver had taken to staying elsewhere. Him and animals just did not get on.

Once again, he was getting off track. He had gone down to William's abode only to find that he had already left for the feast and for some reason, one Oliver didn't quite understand, he had gone around to the barn to make sure everything was going okay. He had helped his friend bring it back after all and while he wasn't a fan of it, he would hate to see all that effort be wasted.

So here he was striding his way up to the staff table, clenching and unclenching his left hand. When he finally reached the staff table, Oliver gave Hadley a curt nod. "Hello Josephina. Hope you had a good summer."

He didn't wait for her reply as his gaze went to the women sitting on the other side of the Arithmancy Professor and his jaw clenched slightly. "You lost or something Tillstrom? I do believe your seat is way up there." He said pointing to the opposite end of the table. "Or have you forgotten how the alphabet works?" His mood was was not a happy one and he couldn't even take the time to enjoy the little re-arranging he had done in her office.

And then his eyes rested on his friend. "Your little project is getting close to completion." While he was being cryptic, Oliver had utmost confidence that William knew what he was talking about. If he didn't then Olly was happy to smack him upside the head to help him remember. "I thought I'd check on it for you." Because that's how much of a good friend he was. "And I received another injury." Did Willy remember the first injury he had received? Hmm, did he? Hmmm?

Oliver was so fixated on his friend at the moment that he hadn't taken any notice of the new staff members. Oh well, there was a whole term to get to know them. If he wanted to, that is.