Chapter One: Wake up

If there was anything that Katie Bell couldn't stand more than Oliver Wood, it was being woken up by him at four in the morning. It wasn't that they weren't friends, because they were. They had been best mates ever since their parents arranged for Oliver to teach her how to ride her new cleansweep at the age of eight. Although they had considered each other best friends ever since that serendipitous July morning, Katie had also developed a crush on Oliver as soon as they met. It was beginning to get frustrating after so many years, to be honest. There was always that something, a sort of tiny spark hovering between them, but if he wouldn't acknowledge it there was no way she would. So really, she loved his company, but at the same time she couldn't stand to be around him so often. Why? You may ask. Well, considering that she had had a constantly escalating crush on him since eight years ago, it had a lot to do with the fact that while he was rambling on about Quidditch as she listened, she had to fight a rather overwhelming urge to forcibly drag him to a broom cupboard and snog him senseless.

So you see, being around him ended up being quite uncomfortable for Katie. Awkward was almost an understatement for her seemingly one sided attraction, whatever it was. And she hardly could expect him to notice her discomfort. He was completely oblivious to the degree that he never realized that whenever he threw an arm over her shoulders after a Quidditch game she always blushed violently. But he was Oliver after all, and they did spend a lot of time together. She couldn't try to avoid him, it was pointless. She was a terrible liar. If he were to ask why she was avoiding him, and he undeniably would, she would end up telling him the truth. And that would most likely ruin their life-long friendship.

This particular morning, Katie was in no mood to be woken at 4 am. She was having a nice dream in which she was walking on the beach with Oliver, hand in hand. He began to speak her name softly "Katie, Katie, wake up." What? No way was she going to wake up right now. No bloody way.

He seemed to have switched tactics and was now shaking her bare arm, which lay on top of the covers, unwittingly causing shivers to trickle down her spine.

"Katie, c'mon it's time to wake up mate." Ugh, he was calling her 'mate'...? Her dream bubble popped quickly and she opened her eyes for a moment, and squinted blearily at him.

"No way Oliver" she grumbled sleepily, and went back to sleep.

"Alright then, have it your way" his lilting brogue replied, in a tone too cheerily loud for this hour in the morning. He climbed onto her bed, which creaked under his muscular mass and began jumping up and down like a five year old. Katie covered her ears against the obnoxious creaking, but there was nothing she could do to stop from flying slightly into the air every time his feet hit the mattress, and then being thrown back onto it. Over. and. over. Katie tried to ignore it and keep sleeping, but after few minutes, enough was enough. Her eyes snapped open in a fury, as she took in the dim morning light. She leapt onto her feet in a flash.

I said, I don't want to wake up Oliver!" she snapped at him and promptly tackled him. He fell onto her bed with a startles "Oof!" as she landed heavily on top of him. She took a deep breath, about to begin a rant, when-

"Umm Katie.." Oliver groaned in an awkward voice, his face turning red.

"Yeah?" she asked in a squeaky voice, caught off guard by his tone. He only coughed uncomfortably, as if he expected her to read his mind or something. Katie was quite confused about the turn of events. What was wrong?

A perplexed look flitted across her face for a moment, before being replaced with one of concern. He looked more flushed than she'd ever seen him.

"Are you sick?" she asked in a soft disquieted voice. She placed her hand on his forehead. It certainly seemed like he had a fever. He shouldn't be heading to practice at this hour if that was the case. Her healing instincts kicked in and she grabbed his wrist to check his pulse. It raced under her touch. He hadn't even answered her question, something must really be wrong. Her previous anger towards him evaporated swiftly. He seemed unable to speak.

"Oliver what's wrong?" she demanded. She was becoming anxious, to a degree that she hardly even noticed their close proximity, or had a chance to react to it.

"Umm, Katie. You do realize that you're not wearing very many clothes, right?"

"Bludger!" she cursed, quickly moving off of the bed and grabbing for her robe, which wasn't there. Darn it! She was only wearing a rather baggy puddlemore united t-shirt that Oliver had given to her two Christmases ago and underwear, which were unfortunately and embarrassingly lacey . She tried to search for her robe and be invisible at the same time, which wasn't working out very well. Finally she realized that Oliver was unwittingly lying on top of it, still blushing.

"Sorry Oliver, I forgot about...my...my attire. Could you hand me my robe please, you seem to be lying on top of it." She spoke as if it was no big deal for him to see her in her knickers, trying to make things less awkward if possible. It could have been worse, but still... He sat up and handed it to her, still blushing. Only her equally flushed face gave away her embarrassment. She tried to remain composed, but was struggling.

"No matter, see you at practice, yeah?" he said quickly, looking at his feet. She tugged her robe tighter around herself.

"Sure!" she squeaked a little too loudly as he strode to the door. "Oh and Ollie?" she asked as he opened the door, "please forget that happened."

To be continued...

This is my first harry potter fanfiction, although I've read more than a few. I'm thrilled to finally be writing one. Katie and Oliver are just about my favorite pairing. The next chapter will be posted soon, especially if you review. So please review, if you like this story and you have a moment. Thank you!

Oh and if anybody happens to like Downton Abbey or Jane by Design, you can check out my other fanfics on my story list.