"You know, I got another of those Valentines through today." Katie mused, not looking up from picking at her nails.
"Oh really?" Oliver said, glancing at Katie.
"Yeah." Katie finally looked up from her nails. "It's gotta be the same person because every time I get one through, whoever sends them draws a little Gryffindor lion in the bottom right corner."
"Mmm." Oliver mumbled, just as the others came onto the pitch. They all lined up next to Katie. "Weasleys, I want you to practice hitting the Bludgers away from Katie and the girls. Bell, Spinnet, Johnson, practice your throwing and your scoring. Potter, you just chase the Snitch, concentrate on catching it, and then let it go. Girls, I'm gonna try and block your attempts at scoring." Oliver said, and opened the crate of balls. He released one of the Bludgers, freed the Snitch, which shot off, and Harry kicked off afterwards. Oliver tossed the Quaffle to Angelina, as Katie and Alicia had already taken off. Angelina and Oliver took flight straight away, and Angelina tossed the Quaffle to Alicia and Katie, who threw it and managed to get it through the hoop that Oliver had mysteriously been paying no attention to whatsoever.
"Oliver." Katie said, and she snapped her fingers in front of his eyes. He blinked and looked at her. "What's gotten into you? You've not been paying attention."
"No, I'm fine. I was just going th-through strategies for the game." Oliver stammered slightly. Katie looked at him, a bit suspicious, but she flew off anyway. Harry sped past her at a blinding speed on his Firebolt, and caught the snitch. He let it go again, gave it a head start and then chased after it again.
Practice dragged on for nearly three hours before Oliver called it quits for the evening. Oliver put the balls away, and carried the crate to the broom shed. Katie, Angelina and Alicia walked to the changing rooms, exhausted from practice. They took off their Quidditch gear and went up to the common room. Katie retired straight to bed for an early night, obviously tired. Angelina and Alicia stayed up for a while before retiring to bed. Harry walked straight over to his friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Ron was kicked back, relaxing, where as Hermione, as usual, had stuck her nose in a book.
When Angelina and Alicia went up the stairs to the girls dorm, they found Katie sat on her bed, staring at a white teddy bear, that was holding a red rose and a heart. It was sat on her pillow, and Katie just sat there at the foot of her bed, staring at it.
"Did you put this there, Ange? As a joke?" Katie finally spoke.
"Nope, I didn't. I don't think Leesh did, either."
"No, I didn't put it there…" Alicia told Angelina.
"So who did? It was either before practice, or during practice." Katie mumbled. She was genuinely perplexed by this. However, she put the bear on her nightstand, beside her wand, kicked off her shoes, changed her clothes, and got into bed. She shut the drapes, lay down, and went to sleep.