Chapter 10
The next day Katie and Marcus slipped into the stands at the Gryffindor try-outs. McLaggen was strutting about shouting orders at the players.
"Bloody peacock." Marcus muttered. Katie merely nodded. They were hiding in one of the corners and Marcus had his body pressed tightly up against hers. She could feel his breath on her face and his muscles rippling under his robes. She could barely stop her body trembling.
"Well you're the Gryffindor expert. Whose McLaggen likely to chose?" Katie forcefully moved her attention to the try-outs.
"He'll most likely keep Fred and George on as beaters. Dean Thomas and Demelza Robins will probably get chasers. They're pretty good, as good as Cassius I'd say, from the try-outs we've been to together. Obviously Chang will get seeker now she's in Gryffindor to replace Harry. And that's Tamsin Applebee who was a chaser for Hufflepuff. She'll probably be the final chaser." Katie surveyed the arena again quickly then nodded, secure in her opinion.
"Thomas and Robins, what are their faults?" Marcus asked gruffly. Katie had made the mistake of turning to look at him as he spoke and their noses were actually touching. Katie's breath caught in her throat.
"Um, well Dean, he, his left arm isn't very strong. He can't do back passes…" Marcus's eyes were turning even darker if possible and Katie's heart was going a million miles an hour.
"And Robins?"
"She's good at scoring but she's slow to dodge bludgers when she…" Katie trailed off. He was watching her lips as they moved and she found herself licking them nervously.
"Katie." Marcus growled. Then he kissed her, a real kiss. Not some quick peck on the lips or a soft caress. A real, mind-blowing, lip-swelling kiss. Katie sighed parting her lips and Marcus raking his fingers through her long blonde hair. She couldn't help a quiet moan escaping her lips as his jagged teeth bit into her lip. She gripped his shirt in one hand and the other was lost in his thick, black hair.
"Katie." He rasped, pulling away harshly. Katie tried to focus her glazed eyes on him.
"Yes?" Marcus reached out and stroked her cheek.
"Katie are you sure you want this? I don't want to push you, or make you feel you have to because I'm your captain." Katie shook her head dizzily.
"I want you." She murmured. That's all she could manage to say.
That seemed to be fine by Marcus who resumed their snogging without further discussion.
"Right captain I've got the Ravenclaw team down for you." Adrian announced saluting Marcus mockingly that afternoon in the Slytherin common room. "I've had it from a very reliable source. It's Davies, Bradley and Chambers as chasers. Potter for seeker, Page for keeper and O'Flaherty and Inglebee for beaters." Marcus nodded at him somewhat distractedly.
"Good, good."
"And Zacharias Smith is captain for Hufflepuff. He's got Cadwallader and Burrow for chasers along with him and Summerby for seeker. Rickett and Samuels are the beaters."
Marcus looked at both of them blankly as though they'd announced their findings in Chinese.
"Marcus, are you alright?" Adrian asked, more amused than concerned.
"Yeah I'm fine. Adrian can I have a word for a minute?" Adrian looked confused but sat beside Marcus at the fire.
"Go ahead." He encouraged.
"Well I kissed Katie." Adrian whistled approvingly. "But now were do I stand with her? Are we together?"
Adrian laughed at his best friend.
"Depends what kind of a kiss it was." Marcus shifted uncomfortably.
"Well, you know, a kiss."
"With tongues?"
"Yes."
"And teeth?"
"Yes."
"Lasting for more than ten minutes?"
"Well I wasn't exactly timing but yeah I guess."
"Then yeah I'd say you're together."
"Bloody hell."
"Good for you Marcus. Who would've thought you'd bag yourself a girl like her?" Marcus glared at his friend.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh nothing it's just you haven't dated much Marcus. Not that you haven't had your fair share of admirers. But even Wood thought Bell was out of his league."
"She was out of his league." Marcus grumbled. "She's out of my league too. I don't know why she likes me."
"Well she clearly does."
"Well what do I do now?"
"Well I doubt she's expecting a grand gesture on your part but she's probably hoping you'll at least buy her a butter beer from the pub."
"Right. So I should just ask her out."
"That's the idea."
"Right." Adrian patted Marcus on the shoulder supportively before taking his leave. It seemed two of his friends had scored new girlfriends within less than a week of the Gryffindor's moving in. Never one to be left behind Adrian decided it was time to pick up his game.
"Hey Ginny have you seen Angelina?"
"Sure she's up in our room. Do you want me to get her?"
"Please." Ginny went up the stairs to her dormitory while Adrian waited patiently down the bottom. A moment later Angelina appeared at the door above.
"Adrian what is it?" She called leaning over the banister.
"I want to talk to you. Can you come down a minute?" Angelina shrugged daintily and skipped down the stairs.
"Lets go for a walk." Adrian more ordered than suggested taking her arm in his. Angelina almost had to jog keeping up with him.
"Why the sudden need for a stroll?"
"I have a piece of news for you?"
"Oh do tell?"
"Marcus and Katie are going out."
"What?"
"Either Gryffindor try-outs were exceptionally dull or Marcus exceptionally charming, I'm gathering it was the former, but the two had a little tryst in the stands."
"Well, well, well."
"First Blaise and Ginny, now Marcus and Katie. I wonder who will be next?" He trailed off looking at her.
"Adrian Montague I hope you didn't lure me out here under false pretences."
"I would never." They'd stopped walking and were facing each other.
"Then why did you ask me to take a walk with you?"
"Would you like to have lunch with me tomorrow?"
"Well we'll both be in the Great Hall so…"
"No, no. Why don't we sneak off somewhere? Just the two of us." Angelina smiled.
"Oh I don't know about that Adrian."
"What if I showed you how to get into the kitchens?"
"Well I have always wanted to see the kitchens."
"Meet me out the front of the hall at 12?"
"Well maybe. Perhaps." She winked at him over her shoulder as she sashayed back to the common room.
Adrian grinned. What a woman.