Summary: Oliver Wood has graduated from Hogwarts and plays for Puddlemere United. Meanwhile, Katie is left behind to finish her schooling. Will the two manage to stay together through the good times . . . and the bad? Please R/R!
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to the wonderful, awesome, JK Rowling.
A/N: the first posting of this story was removed by because I had song lyrics here. Apparently I'm not allowed to post them. Well, think of the song "Graduation" by Vitamin C and then you'll have the song.
Chapter 1: The Night Before GraduationThe entire Gryffindor quidditch team sat together on the couches in the common room, one last time. By this time tomorrow, they would be home again, back to their home away from Hogwarts. It was nearing midnight, and Katie Bell stared off into the dancing flames of the fire. Fred and George Weasley had snuck into Hogsmeade earlier, bringing back loads of chocolate and butterbeer.
"Katie? Are you there?" asked Oliver Wood, bending his head and peering anxiously at her face.
"Wha--? Oh, I was just thinking about the previous year," murmured Katie, snuggling herself deeper into Oliver's arms.
Oliver's face lit up. "Winning you and the quidditch cup. Everything I ever dreamed of."
Just then, Fred and George lit off fireworks and began catcalling to the two. "Hey what about us? Don't we get mentioned at all? Being your wonderful beaters and all."
"Oh, sod off, you two," laughed Katie. "You've got girlfriends too!" She looked slyly at her two best girl friends, Angelina and Alicia.
Alicia retorted, "Hey, watch it, young lady."
"And don't forget little Harry! Our wonderful seeker who has never failed to win us a match," laughed Angelina.
"Hey, that's my line," exclaimed Fred.
Watching her friends chat, Katie knew that things would never be the same. Oliver, her boyfriend and captain, was going far away to play professional quidditch. She was so happy for him, but she could not help feeling numb whenever she thought of the next few years at Hogwarts without him. She did not know what she wanted to do after she graduated, but the future seemed so far away to her that she did not care yet.
Harry laughed and said, "Man, it won't be the same next year without Oliver's cruel training practices."
The whole team laughed at this. Alicia said, "Remember when Oliver and Katie finally got together? It was the day before we left school last year, in June."
Oliver and Katie both blushed. Katie said, "Yeah, the girls forced me to tell Oliver how I felt, while the guys did the same to Oliver. When we came back to school in September, Ol's fan club was ready to murder me."
"But it was worth it, right Kates?" asked Oliver.
"Yes."
Harry said, "Oh man, I want to see what the Weasleys are going to end up doing. Wouldn't it be funny if they came back to Hogwarts, as professors?"
"As if!" exclaimed Gred and Forge, looking extremely insulted. Fred said, "Nah, we're going-" to get some laughs out of the entire wizarding world," finished George. The rest of the group just laughed at how the Weasley twins continuously finished each other's sentences.
Alicia looked at George and said, "Thank Merlin you aren't changing. You had me worried there!" George smiled, and kissed her on the lips.
Seeing his twin kiss his girl, Fred turned to Angelina and said, "You don't want me to change either right?"
Angelina merely looked at her boyfriend. Fred gasped. "Oh sweet lady, I'm dying," he exclaimed dramatically, as he collapsed on the floor.
Katie laughed. She knew that she was not saying goodbye to Oliver forever, but it certainly seemed that way
"Katie, I want you to know that I will always love you, no matter what happens," whispered Oliver into Katie's ear.
One by one, the team said their goodnights and went up to their respective dormitories. Katie and Oliver stayed in the common room for the rest of the night, even after everyone else went up to bed. Katie thought sleepily, I never want to let him go. Heaven is where Oliver is. She knew that their time at Hogwarts together was about to end. She knew she had to let him fly on his own wings. She only prayed that he wouldn't forget.
