Chapter 3 – Promises broken and hearts mended

By 11 pm everyone in my dorm, Angelina, Alicia, Michelle, Tegan and myself were all in bed. Tegan's quiet snores filled the room and I could tell that I was the only one still awake. Even if I wanted to fall asleep I couldn't and all I could think about was Oliver. I didn't know what to do. I had always liked him more than a friend but I had always denied myself the thought of us together, as I didn't want t ruin our friendship. I looked down at my watch. 11.30 pm. I couldn't wait another half an hour. I quietly sat up and pulled back the hangings from my bed. I slipped my feet into my slippers, grabbed my pyjama top and crept silently to the door. As I arrived in the common room I was greeted my Oliver sitting on the couch.

"You're a little early." I whispered sitting down beside him on the couch.

He looked up.

"I'm sorry this has to be so late, but we need to talk in private." He said turning to face me.

I nodded in agreement but held up a finger to silence him.

"Before we do anything else I have some questions Oliver." I said looking him in the eye.

He smiled.

"Ask away."

I took a deep breath.

"4 months ago, did you have feelings for me?"

Oliver looked stunned at my forwardness. He hesitated and then nodded.

"Yes, yes Katie I did."

I nodded as my heart gave a flutter. Damn Alicia. She could have actually told me before.

"Do you love Michelle?"

He shook his head.

"Honestly? Kat I don't know. I thought I did until tonight! It brought up old feelings again. Well ones that I thought were old."

He smiled at me.

"Katie I think I want to be with you."

I nodded stunned. I didn't think that it would turn out like this. What about Michelle?

"What about Michelle?" I asked as he leaned closer to kiss me.

He frowned.

"You certainly know how to ruin a moment don't you?" he said chuckling as he pulled back a bit.

I did a mental head slap! God sometimes I was so daft! Oliver frowned.

"I don't know. It'll break her heart Katie. I don't want to tell her."

I frowned but silently agreed.

"It could end our friendship. I don't want her to blame me for you two splitting up."

Oliver nodded.

"Well we don't tell her Katie. We wait and see what happens. If any luck she'll break up with me."

I laughed as Oliver leaned in closer and kissed me. I deepened the kiss and he pushed me back on to the couch and leant over kissing me.

"Is this going to work?" I asked moving my mouth away from his.

He nodded and smiled.

"We can only try Kat. We can only try."

I laughed.

"Oliver but we're only friends. And your well…my Quidditch captain and two years older than me. This won't work."

Oliver shook his head and smiled.

"Katie shut up and let me kiss you!" He said laughing. " And yes your right in one instance. Yes I am your Quidditch captain and yes I am two years older than you. But that doesn't mean that it won't work. We've been good friends ever since you joined the team 3 years ago and now the only difference is that I can do this…" he kissed me on the lips. "And not have to worry about your feelings."

I frowned.

"But we're having an affair behind Michelle's back. You'll have to still be with her. Still kiss her, hug her and be her tentative boyfriend.  When word gets out about us, she kill the pair of us."

Oliver chewed his lip for a bit then smiled.

"Katie, let's deal with that when it comes. I want to be with you, not Michelle after that kiss this afternoon. I realised tonight before this little gathering that that's what I've wanted. To be with you and that I have being feeling this way for a while now. Do you feel the same?"

Of course I did. I was still too worried about Michelle but what Oliver said erased that from my mind. He wanted to be with me before and it's her fault that it never happened. If I believed what Alicia said, which I did Michelle knew that Oliver liked me and made a move on Oliver just to spite me. It wasn't fair that I should feel guilty about this if I called her a friend, a best friend and that's what she did. I leaned forward and beckoned for Oliver to kiss me.

"Yes." I said on his lips as he smiled and kissed me again.

*

At 1 am, after a fair and uninterrupted snogging session with Oliver I snuck back into my 5th year dorm. I was relieved as such; I no longer had to pretend to myself that we were friends because we were more than that. I quickly closed the door behind me hoping that it didn't squeak and wake anyone up. I turned and came face to face with Michelle. She had a devilish smile on her face.

"Well, well. Be hold the day that Katie Bell sneaks out to see a guy!" she said eyebrows raised.

I smiled and put on an act.

"Yes well…" I stuttered trying to come up with a story.

Michelle smiled.

"So who your new beau then?"

I laughed and sat down on my bed.

"I have no idea what your talking about Shell." I said taking off my slippers.

Alicia and Angelina pulled back their hangings.

"Come on Kat you can tell us." Angelina pleaded joining the conversation.

Shit now I was screwed. I looked at Alicia who was smiling knowingly.

"Yeah come on Kat tell us." She added get out of bed and walking towards Shell. "Who have you been out snogging?" 

Ok now for a quick plan. Who was one guy that would lend his name to this conversation? Diggory. Cedric Diggory. I smiled at Angelina, Alicia and Michelle's pleading faces. I pretended to give in.

"Ok. You want to know?" They all nodded. "It was Cedric."

Angelina jumped out of bed.

"Diggory. Our Katie's been snogging Cedric Diggory, the Quidditch sex god of Hufflepuff!"

Michelle and her started to dance around the room happily. Michelle smiled excitedly while Alicia looked at me in disbelief. She smiled but the look in her eyes made me feel that I had betrayed Angelina's friendship too. I would talk to her tomorrow. Michelle ran towards me.

"Katie, I can't believe it!" She said so joyfully that it made me sick and guilty. "Why didn't you tell us?! Why did you tell me?!"

I smiled but my stomach sunk. Why didn't I tell you Michelle? Because it never happened and I made it up just then. I was really out snogging your boyfriend.

"I don't know." I said shrugging. "It only happened tonight."  

The girls started to settle down and make their way back to their beds. Michelle smiled at me sickly-sweet.

"Well I'm glad that you've finally snagged yourself a boyfriend Katie. Frankly you've been ruining our 5th year Gryffindor image!" she said happily trying to make it sound light hearted.

I grimaced and climbed back into bed. Michelle did too and drew her hangings back.

"Goodnight." She said happily.

I saw Alicia raise her eyebrows from the other side of the room. She shook her head at me smiling. I laughed silently and drew the hangings back on my bed too. I laid my head down on my pillow. If I bloody got away with this and the thing with Oliver it would be a miracle. I still couldn't help feel a little guilty though. Not over Michelle, over Angelina. Like Michelle she genuinely believed that I was dating Diggory, which was far from the truth. I guess the only people left to tell were Oliver and Cedric. I would deal with Oliver later, but right now I had to focus on a deal that Cedric would agree to…..

AN: Thanks for all the reviews! You guys rock. Please guys keep reviewing! If you have a friend on FF don't forget to tell then about this story as it is a little hard to find, having no characters on the listed categories. Thanks. What do you think? Do you think that Michelle's a bitch and deserve what is coming to her?