Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, favourited and followed this story :) It makes me so happy :) So here I am, in the tropical Cairns on a holiday with the fam and I thought... why keep my readers in the dark. So here is another chapter :) Enjoy xx

Chapter Two

She was gone. The sunlight crept through the slightly parted curtains and woke Dean from his sleep. With a comfortable sigh, he stretched his long limbs and opened his eyes, excepting to see Katie's long-lashed ones staring back at him. But she was gone. Dean blinked a few times and sat up. Her side of the bed had been neatly made up. Her clothes were suspiciously absent from the floor, whereas Dean's were still strewn haphazardly around the place. Dean frowned and rose from his bed, creeping into the bathroom, then the kitchen, but there was no sign on her. She had gone.

"Shit," Dean cursed and he raced outside onto the landing. A few of his neighbours sniggered at him on their way downstairs and it was then that Dean realised he was naked. Cursing more violently, he slipped back inside his apartment and slammed the door. He slumped to the floor. How could she leave? That was usually Dean's job. Normally he was the one running out, leaving beautiful, helpless girls crying in their beds. Now it was his turn. Dean snorted.

"Figures," he muttered darkly. "When I finally decide to change my actions, karma comes back and bites me on the arse."

Dean felt gutted. He had really wanted to change. Katie was his dream girl; the girl he had fantasised about for years. Why else was he always the first to assign himself to the Puddlemere games. It certainly wasn't for Oliver. He had been so close and now, he was even further behind. Katie probably hated him. He had taken her virginity; something precious and pure, and left her with... nothing. Just a mistake. Dean cursed and put his head in his hands, his fists clenching into balls.

"Karma's a bitch."

Slamming his fists on the ground, Dean stood up and yanked on a pair of jeans. He needed to find her. She couldn't have left that long ago. He glanced at his clock and swore. It was already ten o'clock. What time had she left him? Grabbing his wand and a shirt, Dean stormed outside and onto the street. It was bustling with people as they left house parties. The celebration of the new millennium had been a large one, even in the Muggle world. Dean began to walk south, even though he didn't know what he was looking for. He had no idea where Katie lived or where she was now, but he needed to get outside. Her perfume still lingered on his skin and if he ran a finger over his lips, he swore he felt her lipstick. More and more people pile out of houses, some still holding drinks and staggering as they walked. He attempted to be optimistic; he had just shagged Katie Bell, nationally renowned Quidditch bombshell. Any warm blooded male would have been ecstatic at the prospect. But Dean still felt miserable. He had wanted more than just a one-night-stand. He wanted a relationship. Merlin, the word was foreign to Dean, but that was what he had wanted.

"Maybe if I just told her how I felt," Dean mumbled, kicking at some pigeons that were pecking at a trash can.

"Why the long face, Thomas?"

Dean looked up immediately, hoping it was Katie. He frowned when he saw who it was. The woman was blonde, with a horrible fake tan and bright pink lipstick. She looked like a carrot. Dean cringed as she approached him and trailed a finger along his arm.

"What do you want, Clarissa?" asked Dean irritably.

"Aww, don't be so grouchy," she simpered, pouting her ridiculously bright lips. "I could always cheer you up, you know." She winked at him and her long, pink fingernails scratched his skin lightly. He kept his face blank.

"I'm not in the mood," he said brusquely, withdrawing his arm.

Clarissa scowled. "You were in the mood last time!" she cried, putting her hands on her hips. When Dean didn't respond, she threw her arms in the arm and stormed away.

"You don't know what you're missing, Dean Thomas!"

Dean merely rolled his eyes. He's had enough with silly, fake girls. He wanted someone real. He wanted Katie Bell.

After a few hours of wandering the streets aimlessly, Dean decided to head home and have a shower. Katie's sweet perfume still hung around him and it was driving him mad with longing. He needed to rid the scent of her. She wasn't coming back. The cool water cleared his mind a little. He mulled over his feelings for Katie. He certainly had something strong for her. Maybe it was just post-shag lust, but he had never felt that way about anyone. He knew Katie was special. When they kissed, he felt something ignite inside him; a strange electric sensation. If he was a girl, he probably would have called it fireworks, but he wasn't a pansy. Only pansies believed in love and all that rubbish. But as he thought more about it, he realised just how wrong he was. Out of all his friends, Dean was on the only one who hadn't been able to sustain a long term relationship. Harry was planning to propose to Ginny any day now; Ron and Hermione were as smitten as ever and Seamus and Parvati were planning on moving in together. Even Neville was with Hannah Abbott, a relationship that had only recently happened after Hannah began her internship as Charms Professor at Hogwarts. Still, they had been together for three months, which was longer than any of Dean's relationships bar Ginny. The thought made Dean jealous. What was wrong with him? He was a fairly attractive guy and never had any problems with girls. They usually fawned over him. And he was sure that Katie would be the same. Usually it was the girls who clung on, but Dean found the situation was reversed. Katie obviously didn't want anything to do with him, but he still hung on.

Sighing deeply, he stepped out of the shower, pulled on his boxers and lay on his bed. His appetite had completely disappeared, replaced only with memories of Katie. She was so beautiful, so pure and innocent. How could he let someone so amazing slip through his fingers? It would forever be his lifelong regret.

Hmm... Katie... I'm sure how people will react to this but please let me know :) Read and Review pretty please :) xx