Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me, none of the charactors in this story belong to me. You can thank JKR for them.
CHAPTER 1: Train Rides and Parties
I stepped out of the barrier that concealed Platform 9 3/4 and shoved my trolley forward. After a long summer spent in London with my smelly relatives, I was ready to get back to Hogwarts for my sixth year and spend time with my friends. When my luggage had been loaded onto the sleek and colorful Hogwarts Express, I jumped on the train and ran down the passageway looking for Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet, my two best friends.
"Hey Bell!" yelled a familiar voice.
I spun around and saw Angelina's head pop out of a compartment behind me. I was so giddy from being free of cousins, uncles, and aunts that my smile exploded into laughter as I ran back to Ang's compartment. Several other heads leaned out in the hallway to see who the hyper laughing girl was, but I ignored them and jumped into my friends' cozy compartment and crashed the door shut behind me.
"Hey guys! I haven't seen you all in so long! I am so happy to see you guys!" I said.
My smile was ridiculously wide and it was starting to hurt my cheeks. I stopped and took a breath and then looked around at my grinning friends. Alicia, Angelina, Fred, George, and Oliver were crammed into the seats.
"Well take a seat Bell -if you can." said Alicia. She was squished between Fred and George.
"I love you guys." I sighed and plopped down on Angelina's lap. She pushed me off and forced me between her and Oliver, who was reading a Puddlemere United Quidditch magazine.
"Hey, no declarations of love allowed Juliette. Unless you've decided to buy some of our new Love Licorice, which is fresh of the line." exclaimed Fred. The train jerked forward and we were moving.
"Of course, there are still a few minor side affects- " George added.
"-levitation-" Fred listed.
"-puking for several hours-" George nodded.
"-temporary memory loss-"
"-nothing we can't iron out." George smiled and pulled out a few multi-colored strands of the Licorice.
I smiled at my two red-headed and freckled friends who were offering me their latest experiment.
"I'd rather you test your joke matters on the first years." I grinned and turned m attention to Alicia who was talking to Angelina about classes. She asked me what I had.
"Oh I have Arithmecy, Divination, Advanced Transfiguration, and some others. No potions for me! HaHAA!" I did a little dance which shoved Angelina off the seat onto the floor.
"HEY!" She leaped up and tackled me and I toppled over onto Oliver, whose magazine went flying and smacked Fred's face. Angelina sat on top of me. My head ended up in Oliver's lap.
"Welcome back chaser." Oliver looked down at me and smiled. I was temporarily stunned by his appearance. I hadn't really looked at him yet. His rich brown hair was a bit ruffled and I wanted to touch it because it looked incredibly soft. Oliver's gorgeous brown eyes were laughing, if that's possible. I blinked and smiled back.
"Hi…sorry about that." I said it a second later than I should have. Alicia noticed. I shoved Angelina back to her side of the seat and sat up.
Fred and George's eyes suddenly got really big and they looked out the compartment door. They both scrambled up and wrenched the door open. The food trolley lady was passing and the twins had seen chocolate frogs and exploding snap. We all knew what we'd be doing for the remainder of the train ride.
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After we had all arrived at Hogwarts and had eaten dinner in the Great Hall, all the Gryffindors went to the common room and started to head towards their dorms. Fred and George looked at each other and then looked around at everyone like they were confused. I immediately knew what was going on. Sure enough, as I looked around, I saw butterbeers and more exploding snap crackers hidden around the room.
"George, why is everybody going to bed at a decent hour?" Fred said loudly, and looked at his brother.
Everyone stopped and turned around, realizing what the twins had planned (except for the first years, who were really confused).
"Right, Fred, I think we deserve a little welcome party!" George said loudly.
They each pulled out a few bottles of butterbeer and yelled, "well…what are you all standing there for?" Everyone whooped and rushed to find the butterbeer and exploding snap. Fred and George clinked their bottles and took a swig. I watched this all from in front of the windows that overlooked the Forbidden Forest and part of the Quidditch pitch. I smiled as a random person put a butterbeer in my hand. Butterbeer was my weakness. I would do almost anything to get my hands on a bottle. I took the cap off and took a nice long drink. The liquid tasted like heaven and it topped off my first day back at Hogwarts. Alicia and Angelina were on the couch and were beckoning me over. I happily sauntered over to them and dropped down of the couch. I knew what was coming. Every year, Angelina, Alicia and I stayed up the entire first night and talked about boys. I personally thought we were a little old to be doing this, but it was good bonding time between us girls, so I took part in it anyway.
"SOOoooo…who's lookin' fine Ang?" Alicia wiggled her eyebrows at Angelina.
"Oh, well, you know, I heard Collin Creevey is quite the looker." She grinned and we all burst out laughing.
"Let's start with our friends." Alicia swung her head in my direction and slyly smiled.
"Oh no…here it comes…" I thought. I took a reassuring gulp of my butterbeer which was gripped tightly in my hand.
"We've never actually found out who Katie likes, have we Angelina?"
Angelina brightened up and said, "No, I don't believe we have, Alicia. What do you think about the twins, Katie?"
I smirked and answered, "Whenever I see George I just want to rip all his clothes off." I fanned myself and pretended to swoon. Then I licked my lips and they laughed with me.
"What about Oliver?" Angelina suggested.
"Well, I think we can all agree he's terribly good looking and all, but he's one of our best friends!! That would just not work out right at all."
Angelina and Alicia looked at each other.
"LAAAAAME excuse Kates." Alicia said. I didn't know what to say so it was silent for a moment.
"Oh my gosh! We should get him to take you to Hogsmead this weekend!" Angelina laughed and I gaped at her.
"yeah! You're right Ang! They would make such a cute couple! I can see it now. Their name would be Katliver, no, Olivater, or something!"
They were taking this too far. I lunged at Alicia and we tumbled down to the floor and sat on her. She laughed but kept smiling at Angelina nodding her head.
"How's the party ladies? Bell's already tackled somebody! Well that didn't take long." Fred jumped over the couch and sat in my favorite corner of it.
Fred had a firewhiskey in his hand and Alicia squirmed her way out from under me and snatched the bottle, much to Fred's surprise. Fred's eyebrows shot up when Alicia surprised us all by taking a long drink of it and shuddered.
"Impressive Spinnet." Fred said. She grinned and sat next to him.
I was still on the floor with my butterbeer in hand when a body crashed into me from my right and knocked me over. Their body felt tense and I could practically feel their muscles through their sweater.
My butter beer almost fell out of my hand, but the person who was now on top of me caught it before it spilled.
"Fast reflexes…" I thought.
I turned my head and found myself looking directly at Oliver Wood's mouth, which was centimeters away from my face.
"Merlins beard." I thought.
He softly bit his lower lip which I found extremely alluring and he slowly put the drink back in my hand. Oliver carefully lifted himself off of me. I must have looked shocked because he laughed after seeing my face.
"Need a hand?" Oliver stuck out his hand.
"His hand isn't all she wants." whispered Angelina in Alicia's ear. Alicia tried to suppress her laughter.
I recovered quickly and took his hand. I was surprised at how soft it was. I would've thought it would be like an extremely calloused rock from the amount of time he spent flying on his broom.
"Thanks Oliver. Especially for catching my butterbeer. Probably would've died if it spilled." I smiled as he pulled me up and explained how he was knocked into me.
Later after all the partying was over, and I was sitting at the end of my bed talking with Ang and Alicia, I surprised myself when my thoughts centered around Oliver Wood.
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