Title: Confessions

Author: Sweet Canadian

Email: sweet_canadian@pigpig.net

Category: Romance

Rating: PG for kissing, mushiness and things younger readers may not understand

Summary: *inspired by WeasleySweetie's fic 'Goodbye'* As Captain of Gryffindor's Quidditch Team and Hogwarts' top scoring Chaser, Katie Bell seems to have it all...except the man of her dreams. When he catches her outside one Friday afternoon, they connect in a way she never expected...

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Basically, I don't claim to own anything in this story!

Author's Note: Italics demote flashbacks. You might wanna read the first eight chapters of 'Goodbye' by WeasleySweetie before you read this to understand everything that's going on. It's in Katie's POV, by the way.

*Cait, if you think this sucks, you will tell me, right???*

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Chapter 1: George's Great Gift

As I walked down to the Gryffindor Tower, everything I thought that was wrong with everything flsahed through my mind. My team wasn't ready...George and Jayme were not getting along...there goes the defense! That wouldn't be a problem, though, if Fred hadn't quit the team! Fred...the fact that I miss him is wrong! I mean...for as long as I remember, the Weasley twins didn't like girls...not romantically anyway! We had this thing, you know? Inside jokes...they were our special thing! It was a nice friendship. It wasn't like my friendship with Alicia and Angelina...they were my best friends. It was different...and special to me...and it seemed like something was missing.

All of a sudden, by the portrait hole, I bounced off of someone. I didn't even realize I walked into someone. I looked up and found a familiar face. I looked into the guy's eyes. He had the red hair and the eyes with that familiar sparkle...

"I'm sorry..." I said, unsure of whether it was Fred or George that I walked into.

"George," he said to me with a light smile, "Are you okay, Katie?"

Flustered, I shook my head and replied, "No...I've been way too stressed out lately..."

We entered Gryffindor Tower.

"Yeah, I noticed...I know I haven't been helping..." he told me.

"You just need to get used to Jayme..."

"Easier said than done...you look real tired," he went on worriedly, "I'll take you up to your room."

He walked me to my room and helped me get to my bed. There, I debated whether or not I should tell him about how I felt...

Sitting at the foot of my bed, he asked, "Is there anything I can get? Anything I can do?"

"No, I'm okay, George..." I told him.

"You up for talking?" he asked me slightly timidly.

I raised an eyebrow.

"Is that a yes?"

"I suppose, George...what about?"

"Jayme Wood."

"What about her???"

"I think I've fixed everything with her...you won't have to worry about your team anymore. We'll be ready for ya..."

I smiled...was that for real? Did George just say that he and Jayme were getting along??? Goodness...one problem down, one more to go!

"That's great," I told him, "That's great..."

He stopped smiling and asked, "What's on your mind???"

I turned away from him.

"Kathryn Ann Bell...you can't hide this from me...you miss Fred too."

I rolled over to lie on my stomach and replied, "So what if I do?"

"I'm not gonna push this matter...but if you fancy my twin brother, go to him. Trust me, if you go to the person you fancy, you might be pleasantly surprised..."

What did he mean by that? Did he know something that I don't? Had he been talking to Fred recently? What??? Or maybe he was speaking from experience...with Jayme. I rolled over and stretched out on my back.

"What's that supposed to mean, George???"

"Nothing, Katie...but talk to Fred. Maybe you'll get to him in a way I haven't. I'm just too angry at him right now..."

George left my dorm and I decided that a good long nap would be to my advantage. It might just help me to relax.

~*~

I woke up from my nap hours later...and headed outside in my black school robes and my red cloak. I went out to the lake and sat by the big oak tree.

"Hey, Katie-cakes!!!"

That could only be one person...Fred. I didn't answer. I watched as he sat next to me.

"Hey...why don't we talk anymore?" he asked me.

"You know the answer to that," I snapped back.

There was an awkward silence between the two of us and we stared out at the lake for a while.