This is important: for all you who stuck it out with this story thank you so much! Im torn…I don't know what to do. I'm having massive writer's block with this story and yet I have so many dedicated reviewers and you guys really make me want to go on. I have random bits already written so I think I'm going to have to go back to my old format of doing an entire year in one chapter. The old format wasn't as good in terms of writing style but it's good for telling the story. So thanks to all you lovely reviewers out there I'm continuing on! Much thanks to Godrico Gryffindor, Arainrhod, JJ-000-JJ, and XxMichyBabyxX)

RECAP: Gryffindor is still in the running for Quidditch Cup because they clobbered Hufflepuff. James and Kaitlyn fought big time but then made up. Kaitlyn realized she likes James but he is head over heals for Lily. Evangeline told Kaitlyn to move on and eventually things would work themselves out. Previous words from last chapter…

The Gryffindor Quidditch Team thought that it had already faced its share of drama. How wrong the team was. Even after Benny declared that there would be no inter-team dating one month later he and Mia announced that they were dating. Also somehow word got around that Jake Sutherfield and Kaitlyn went to Hogsmeade together.

"You're dating the enemy!" James declared after practice one day.

"James you're being silly. Jake isn't the enemy. He's in Ravenclaw!" Kaitlyn laughed.

"Ravenclaw almost put us out of the running for the cup!" James retaliated. He was growing increasingly annoyed that Kaitlyn wasn't taking him seriously.

"Key word…almost," she replied still smiling mockingly.

"You're dating the enemy," James repeated stubbornly.

"For the last time no I'm not! Slytherin is the enemy not Ravenclaw. "Besides we are not really dating anyways," Kaitlyn clarified.

"Oh well you could have said that before!" James told her indignantly.

"No offense James but it really isn't your business who I date," Kaitlyn replied with a friendly smile.

Naturally, with the Gryffindor Quidditch Team flying better than ever they won the match against Slytherins. Overall it was a very good week for Gryffindor. They won the Quidditch Cup and therefore took the lead in the house championship. Now that Benny wasn't insisting they all wake up at the crack of dawn for practice the entire Quidditch team was ten times happier. Oh and Jake Sutherfield asked Kaitlyn out on a second date and she was absolutely ecstatic about it. It was her attempt at getting over James, and not only did it help her like him less…it made James angry.

"I thought you said you weren't really dating," he said to her during a free period.

"James it was a Hogsmeade trip what would you call it?" Kaitlyn asked him trying to sound annoyed but while being internally amused.

"I'd call it a date that's what I'd call it!" he responded with a glower.

"I'd call it going to Hogsmeade together," Kaitlyn responded with a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. "And just because we're going again doesn't mean we're dating."

"You're going with him again?" James asked sounding surprised.

"That's what I just said isn't it?" Kaitlyn replied sarcastically.

"And you still don't think you're dating," he said more than asked. Kaitlyn nodded. "I don't get that. You and Moony went to Hogsmeade together once and you called him your boyfriend. You go out with this guy twice and you don't even call it dating? I don't get that at all."

"Well it doesn't matter if you get it James. It doesn't really concern you does it?" Kaitlyn sighed. James looked puzzled for a moment.

"No," he said, "It doesn't but it does for some reason. I'm not sure why," James added thoughtfully. Kaitlyn was so frustrated with the bloke she didn't know what else to do but walk away.

"Well let me know when you figure it out then," she said to him as she turned and left for the girl's dormitory.

Kaitlyn's second "date" with Jake was rather enjoyable. He let her pick all the shops they visited and he paid for her butterbeer. Jake didn't force her to hang out with his friends when they passed a bunch of Ravenclaws. He was a true gentleman always holding the door open for Kaitlyn and allowing her to walk in first. It was honorable and wonderful. However, when they were on the way back up to the castle things started going downhill.

"This was a lot of fun," Jake said as they approached the castle.

"Yeah, I can't believe we actually met a vampire!" Kaitlyn added.

"That guy was pretty awesome," Jake agreed.

"You know all my mates keep giving me a hard time about me going out with you," Jake told her. Kaitlyn laughed.

"Yeah mine too," she said…one in particular.

"But I don't really care," Jake continued. "Kaitlyn I really like you." They were getting closer to the castle grounds now. Kaitlyn didn't really know what to say. He really liked her…that was definitely more than just plain old liking her. She didn't know if she really liked him. Granted they had a lot of fun together but there was the slight problem of a certain messy haired Gryffindor Chaser that occupied most of her thoughts.

"Thanks Jake that's," Kaitlyn paused still not really knowing what to say. Jake didn't seem to be giving her a choice though. Kaitlyn noticed he'd gotten awfully close. He leaned in and then Kaitlyn realized he was about to kiss her! This was not good. In her haste to escape what could turn into a catastrophic kiss Kaitlyn lurched backwards. She slipped on her shoelace, twisted her ankle, and fell to the ground. "Bloody hell!" she exclaimed clutching her ankle in pain.

"Kaitlyn are you alright?" Jake asked his voice full of concern. He looked concerned too. It made Kaitlyn feel a little guilty for trying to escape his kiss.

"I'm fine except for this bloody ankle," she said glaring at said ankle.

"Here," Jake said extending his hand, "I'll help you up and we'll get you to the hospital wing." Kaitlyn allowed Jake to pull her to her feet. She tested it by slowly applying her weight to the foot.

"Ow, oh Merlin that hurts," she moaned. "Stupid bloody shoelaces." She cursed the day her shoelaces came untied.

"Can you walk?" Jake asked her. Oh yes Jake it hurts like hell to stand but I can walk…because that makes sense. Kaitlyn forced herself not to voice her rather sarcastic comment like she would have done had she been with her friends and not someone who fancied her.

"I don't think so. But I'm pretty good at hopping so I think I can make it up to Madame Pomfrey," Kaitlyn tried to stay optimistic.

"Here let me help you then," Jake offered. He put an arm around her waist and allowed Kaitlyn to put some of her weight on him. "Any better?" he asked.

"A bit yeah," Kaitlyn said gritting her teeth. She was going to hex all of her shoelaces off when she got back to her dormitory.

The walk up to the hospital wing was rather painful. Her ankle was throbbing with every step and Kaitlyn still felt guilty for trying to escape from Jake. It was rather rude of her after all. The only reason she has for not liking him is because he isn't James Potter. And that's not exactly a very good reason. Damn James Potter and damn shoelaces and ankles and damn Professor McGongall's essay on animal transfiguration because Kaitlyn still hadn't finished it and the essay was part of her final project after all. Once Jake and Kaitlyn had hobbled their way up to the hospital wing Madame Pomfrey instantly asked what was wrong.

"I hurt my ankle," Kaitlyn said even though to her that much was pretty obvious.

"What did you do exactly?" Madame Pomfrey wanted to know.

"I tripped on my shoelace," Kaitlyn confessed a blush rising to her cheeks. Kaitlyn regretted telling the truth instantly. Madame Pomfrey started scolding Kaitlyn for not having tied her shoes properly and then the healer launched into a five minute rant on kids these days being too lazy to tie their own shoes. It was a rather awful five minutes. Apparently Madame Pomfrey has a grudge against people who don't tie their own shoes. Go figure.

"I shouldn't even bother to fix this…tripping over shoelaces…" Madame Pomfrey muttered as she rolled up Kaitlyn's pants leg to see her now extremely swollen ankle. The healer poked Kaitlyn's ankle with her wand and Kaitlyn had to bite her lips to refrain from cursing at the woman. Kaitlyn had clearly said that her ankle hurt…why did Madame Pomfrey have to poke it!? "You broke your ankle." Madame Pomfrey announced after five minutes of poking.

"Well I could have told you that," Jake muttered under his breath. Kaitlyn was forced to try to pass her burst of laughter off as a coughing fit.

"Do you need a cough drop now too Miss Glade?" Madame Pomfrey asked.

"Nope I'm good," Kaitlyn replied.

"I'm going to heal your ankle but it's going to feel a little bit funny for a bit. It might be odd to walk on for the rest of today but you're going to be fine," Madame Pomfrey explained. The healer then performed a spell and the pain left Kaitlyn's ankle. Instead, there was a rather strange tingling sensation…but Kaitlyn would take tingling over pain any day. "You're free to go," Madame Pomfrey said when Kaitlyn didn't get up to leave.

"I don't have to stay here or anything?" Kaitlyn asked somewhat hoping that Madame Pomfrey would have a change of heart and force her to stay in the hospital wing so she could avoid Jake and his kissing.

"No. You can walk now. It will feel odd but you are still perfectly capable of it I'm sure," Madame Pomfrey told her. With a sigh Kaitlyn hopped off the bed. She took one step before falling down again.

"I'm ok!" she exclaimed hopping back up. "Just forgot to tie my shoe is all!" She bent down and hastily knotted her traitorous shoelaces. Kaitlyn started to walk…it felt kind of funny. She then noticed Jake was trying not to laugh.

"What?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing…it's just you look kind of like a penguin the way you're walking right now," Jake admitted letting out a snort of laughter.

"Oh haha very funny. I'd like to see you try to walk after being grievously injured as I was," Kaitlyn exclaimed indignantly.

"Oh come off it," Jake laughed at Kaitlyn's affronted expression. "Your waddle is endearing." He laughed again. Kaitlyn cracked a small smile.

"Well then I'm off to meet with my fellow penguins. We're having a convention you see…we're going to give each other tips on how to waddle walk. I'm really looking forward to it. So I'll have to catch you later," Kaitlyn joked. Hopefully he would get the hint and leave her to waddle walk back to Gryffindor tower on her own. He'd been perfectly nice and great but Kaitlyn didn't want to have to have another almost kissing incident so she thought it best if they parted ways.

"Alright then. You'll have to give me some tips on my waddle walk later then," Jake told her with a grin.

"Oh please, you can't honestly expect me to reveal the top secret technique of the waddle walk now can you?" Kaitlyn laughed.

"I guess you're right. We'll just have to find something else to do on our next date," he said still smiling as he disappeared down the hallway towards the Ravenclaw common room. Kaitlyn waddle walked her way back to the Gryffindor common room. Kaitlyn was about to congratulate herself on making it back to the common room without causing bodily harm to herself or anybody else when she hopped through the portrait hole and crashed into Peter.

"Bloody hell. Crap crap crap stupid shoelaces!" Kaitlyn cursed as she picked herself off the floor.

"Trying to kill me?" Peter asked as he struggled back to his feet.

"No I was waddle walking and you merely got in my way," Kaitlyn declared.

"What in Merlin's name is waddle walking?" Sirius asked coming up to them.

"Waddle walking is what you have to do when you break your ankle," Kaitlyn informed the two boys.

"You broke your ankle?" Peter asked curiously.

"Who broke their ankle?" James asked joining the group.

"That would be me," Kaitlyn clarified. She hobbled over to the nearest couch and collapsed. Sirius let out a roar of laughter.

"You look like a penguin!" he exclaimed.

"Hence the name waddle walking," Kaitlyn said with a grin.

"What is waddle walking?" Remus asked. He was sitting on the chair next to Kaitlyn's new permanent home, the couch.

"It's what you have to do when you break your ankle," Kaitlyn explained.

"You broke your ankle?" Remus asked looking concerned.

"Why do I feel like I've already had this conversation?" Kaitlyn sighed exasperatedly.

"Because you have," Peter suggested.

"Are you ok?" Remus asked her. Kaitlyn opened her mouth to answer but Sirius cut her off.

"Never mind that how'd you do it?" he pressed eagerly.

"Did it happen when you were on your not date?" James asked sarcastically. Kaitlyn chose to ignore James's comment.

"I fell down," Kaitlyn said not really wanting to tell the entire embarrassing story.

"Well that sucks," Peter said frowning. "That hardly makes for a good story." Kaitlyn rolled her eyes at him.

"Well I hardly expect my injury to be entertaining," she said. However, Peter had already lost interest in the conversation and had left to go find someone who had a more interesting story.

"So how'd you fall?" Sirius wanted to know.

"I tripped," Kaitlyn supplied. She really really didn't want to have to tell the story. It was embarrassing enough that she had tripped over her own shoelaces but it was just downright mortifying that she had done so trying to escape a kiss.

"Over what?" James prodded.

"My shoelaces," Kaitlyn mumbled looking down at the floor.

"Sorry I didn't catch that?" Sirius asked although by the look on his face Kaitlyn knew he had heard her.

"I tripped over my bloody shoelaces alright?!" she exclaimed now completely red in the face. Sirius laughed and Remus and James smiled.

"I'm going to go find Peter and tell him!" Sirius announced gleefully.

"So you were walking and you tripped on your shoelaces and then you broke your ankle?" James wondered shaking his head.

"Not exactly running…more like walking backwards really fast," Kaitlyn said.

"Why were you walking backwards? You're really odd you know that?" Remus couldn't help but wonder at her level of sanity.

"I was trying to escape," Kaitlyn defended her sanity.

"Escape?" James laughed. "What could you possibly have to escape from?"

"Plenty of things," Kaitlyn really did not want to tell him that she was trying to escape from Jake. That wouldn't really go so well with the whole
making James jealous thing. If James knew Kaitlyn had tried to escape from Jake he would hardly be jealous.

"Like?" James wanted to know.

"Rampaging hippogriffs," Kaitlyn said flatly. Remus raised and eyebrow and James rolled his eyes.

"Right and my dad is the minister of magic," James replied sarcastically. He obviously didn't believe her.

"It's a crazy world we live in," Kaitlyn said no longer wanting to make the couch her permanent home. She felt it was essential she left the area before James made her confess who she'd really been trying to escape from. "Now if you two don't mind I'm late for a rather important convention." Kaitlyn said getting up from the couch.

"A convention?" Remus asked.

"Yes a convention with my fellow penguins. We are going to trade tips on waddle walking. When I get back I'll be an expert," and with a smile Kaitlyn waddle walked her way up to the girl's dormitory.

---end of 4th year---

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