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Chapter 1-On the Train for Another Year at Hogwarts

"So," Katie Bell grunted as she lugged her trunk into the compartment where the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, minus Harry Potter, were sitting, "were your summers good?"

"Here," Oliver stood up and walked over to his struggling friend, "let me help you."

"Thanks," Katie murmured as she watched him pick the trunk up without trouble and store it in the overhead compartment.

"I'm so glad to see you!" Angelina Johnson squealed as she jumped up to hug her friend.

"Me too!" Katie cried out while she squeezed her friend.

"What, no hello?" Fred Weasley asked while feigning hurt.

"The pain, it hurts!" George Weasley mimicked his twin brother's expression while placing a hand over his heart.

"Fred, George," she nodded at the twins.

"Leaving me out, Bell?" Alicia Spinnet asked her fellow Chaser with a twinkle in her eye while standing up and puffing her chest out.

"What are you going to do about it?" Katie asked while puffing her chest out before strutting over to where Alicia was standing.

Oliver sniggered when he saw Katie's strut. It looked so much like Marcus Flint, captain of the Slytherin team, when he was trying to impress ladies.

"What's so funny, Wood? Do you want some of this buff Katie-body?" she turned to him and began genuflecting.

"Oh my god, Kate!" Angelina burst into laughter. "You look like freaking Marcus Flint!" The Weasley twins burst into fits of unmerciful laughter at the thought of the Slytherin,

"That's why I was laughing!" Oliver cried out.

Katie turned back to Alicia. "Wanna take this outside?"

"Nah, I'm good," Alicia waved her hand and sat back down. "How was your summer, Bell?"

"The usual," Katie took her normal stance. "I went to Wood's for most of the break and we went to a few Quidditch matches."

"Lucky," George muttered.

Katie chose to ignore his comment and took this as a chance to survey the room.

Angelina was sporting a different hair color than last year. Instead of the normal dark brown curls, the curls were straightened and a much lighter brown color with red highlights. Alicia's hair was also different. Her usual medium brown long, flowing locks were now a dark blonde color and short.

"I like your hair," Katie said without really directing it towards either of the girls because she knew they'd both take the compliment.

"Why thank you," Oliver started in a high-pitched voice, "I was so sick of that boring brown color, so I tried a new brown. I am so glad you like it!" He gave a fake giggle.

"Yes, Ollie. Your new hair is wonderful!" Fred replied with a snigger.

Oliver rolled his eyes. "Anyone hear who the new Heads are? Personally, my money is on Percy and Penelope."

"Perfect Prefect Percy is the Head boy. Believe me, we'd," Fred wiggled his finger in-between him and his brother, "know."

"Would you like me to recite the rules to you?" George asked with a bored look. "Mr. Perfect Prefect Head Percy made us learn the damned things by heart! He said he didn't want to deal with us for our 'mishaps' that are bound to happen!"

"But now that we know them," Fred continued for his brother, "we figure we can get away with breaking them."

"I don't know about you Fred, but I'm ready to torture the new first years!" George gave a whoop before running out of the compartment.

"That's my cue!" Fred leapt out of his seat and also ran out of the compartment.

"I am going to go say hey to some of my other friends," Angelina announced.

Katie looked hurt and forced her lip to tremble. "You have other...friends?" she asked flabbergasted.

"I'm sorry, hun," Angelina replied with an amused look. "We never said this relationship was exclusive."

"Just go," Katie hid her face with one hand and pointed towards the door with the other,

Angelina chuckled silently and also left the compartment.

"Is she gone?" Katie whispered loudly to Oliver.

"Yeah," Oliver replied.

Katie removed her hand and looked around the compartment. "Wow. It really emptied fast. Do I smell bad or something?" she raised her arm and sniffed her arm pit. "Smells fresh."

"Katie," Alicia started with a disgusted look, "you smell like a sweaty beast!"

"Do I really smell like I just left one of Wood's practices?" Katie asked.

"Good one!" Alicia burst into laughter.

Oliver answered Katie's question with an annoyed look. "No, actually you smell like strawberries."

"Okay," Katie shrugged and sat down next to Oliver. She looked at his arm and saw a long cut. "Ouch," she murmured and gently traced it with her first two fingers. "What did you do?"

"Quidditch," he answered monotonously.

"Oh," Katie looked up into his Oliver's eyes and was lost in his brown pools for what seemed to her like an hour. She had never realized how deep his eyes were before; then again, she had never really paid attention to his eyes. He was just Oliver Wood, her best friend, or so she thought.

Alicia cleared her throat, causing Katie to tear her eyes from Oliver's.

"Yes?" Katie asked.

Alicia opened her mouth to say something when someone started screaming:

"FRED, GEORGE, WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"

"RUN FRED, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!" another voice, presumably George, screeched.

A couple of seconds later, running footsteps could be heard coming towards the compartment the three Gryffindors were seated in.

"Duck in here, mate!" one of the twins whispered and opened the door to the compartment.

"Shh!" Fred put his first two fingers on his lips.

"Katie, Oliver, go distract him!" George whispered frantically.

"Okay," Katie hopped up cheerfully. "We need to have a little chat with Perfect Prefect Percy about..."

"Effective birth control!" Oliver exclaimed.

"Well we know what's on your mind," Katie patted him on the shoulder and gave him a weird look.

"Well, that is on my mind," Oliver gave a guilty look, "BUT that's not why I suggested birth control. Triple P will probably launch into some funny speech about how 'abstinence is the key' or some other cheesy line like that."

"Good point," Katie grinned wildly.

Loud footsteps sounded in the hall outside the compartment.

"Come on, Ollie," Katie grabbed his hand and pulled him into the hallway just in time to see an exasperated Percy looking around for his brothers.

"Ah, Percy. Just the Head boy we were looking for," Katie said, causing him to look at her oddly.

"Not now, Bell," he continued with his search.

"But it's really important!" Katie whined.

"Really important," Oliver echoed with a nod.

Percy looked at the two and nodded for them to continue. He knew there was no way on Earth that they would stop bugging him until he listened to them.

Katie looked at Oliver and then started. "Well, it's like this. We," she motioned to Oliver than herself, "have a bit of a problem."

"And it is?" Percy questioned with a bored look.

"Well," Oliver started and then abrubtly stopped and began staring at the floor with a red face.

Katie nudged him in the ribs and he shook his head.

"Oh come on, Oliver! It's nothing to be embarrassed about!" she gave him a smug look and then turned to Percy. "What kind of birth control do you recommend? We can't choose between a condom and, er, the pill."

Percy gave a loud squeak and then launched into a long speech about abstinence, giving Fred and George enough time to safely escape from the compartment.

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"OH MY GOD!" Katie exclaimed as she walked into the compartment. "Abstinence is the key," she mimicked.

"Tell me about it! Fred and George owe us big time!" Oliver collapsed onto a seat by the window.

"Was it really that bad?" Alicia asked as she put her book, Important Muggle Persons, down.

"You have no idea!" Katie exclaimed as she sat down next to Oliver.

"Can we please talk about something not involving birth control or Triple P?" Oliver asked in a pleading voice.

"Fine by me," a new voice announced from the doorway.

"Andrea?" Katie asked, vaguely recognizing the girl standing in the door.

The girl nodded, causing Katie to give a squeal of excitement and throw herself at the girl in the doorway.

"Down girl!" Andrea Hoofers, the girl, commanded as if Katie was a dog.

"What did you do to your hair?!" Katie asked after squeezing the stuffing out of her best girl friend.

"You mean to say you can tell a difference?" Andrea asked in a sarcastic tone.

"No, I can't tell you got it cut. It was only like a foot longer last year," Katie replied as she rolled her eyes.

"Psh," Andrea snapped her fingers and laughed. "Do you like it though?"

"It looks fabulous!" Katie exclaimed and sat back down beside Oliver.

"Good!" Andrea exclaimed and plopped down beside Alicia. "So how were your summers?"

"Great," Oliver and Katie said at the same time while Alicia responded with "Okay, I guess."

"Very interesting," she said and began stroking a pretend goatee. "Well I must be leaving. I just wanted to pop in for a quick hello."

Katie stuck her tongue out at Andrea.

"Why isn't that attractive," Andrea gave a final wave and left the compartment.

"I hope you two don't mind, but I'm going to take a quick nap before we get to Hogwarts," Katie announced and eyed Oliver's shoulder. "Do you think you could make that a smidgeon softer?"

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Author's Note: Oliver Wood is only one year above everyone on the Quidditch team minus Harry Potter in this fanfic. Also, Oliver and Katie are really good friends---just in case you were wondering about her going to his house during the summer. I'll explain that in detail in a later chapter.

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