A/N: Exams,
Exams, Exams...2 down, 3 to go. Lol. I came out with this one as soon as I
could, considering some things. This one has soooo many grammatical errors and
stuff like that, but I'll fix them later, I just wanted you to see that I am
STILL HERE! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: You know the drill.
Christmas was definetly in the air, besides it being so cold, you couldn't feel
your toes and Quidditch practices were on hols. Professor Flitwick was again in
charge of decorating the huge tree in the Great Hall, with his levitation
spells.
Most of the classes wound down in work. Except for Potions and History of
Magic, considering Ole Binns hadn't even let death stand in his way.
I didn't talk to Oliver much that week. He was too busy hounding Harry
about getting a new broomstick. It was just like him, of course.
The list to stay over at Hogwarts was almost scary. It consisted of Harry,
Ron, Hermione and a few other students who I didn't know.
Alicia was in the greatest of moods, it being Christmas and all. Joy to the
world, and all that merryment. And not the sarcastic kind, either. She was
smiling all the time and it was contagious.
"No school! Whoo-hoo! Sleeping late! No homework!...er, um, except for
the tosser duo Snape and Binns!" said Alicia happily in the common room.
Hermione gasped, "Watch you mouth!" Over a text book.
Alicia sighed and said, "Stop being a swot for once, and have
fun!"
Hermione frowned and went back to reading her book. It must be aggers to be
her, sometimes. She must have dreams of reading books. But, I shouldn't speak,
because last year I stayed up late reading books to crams for finals, and I had
a dream that the books began attacking me. I still get shudders from it.
Oliver and Harry walked into the room discussing brooms, so I decided not
to bother him. When he is on a Quidditch tyrany, it's better to stay out of the
way. Harry stalked off, and Oliver dropped his hands to his sides, exasperated.
Alicia jumped off the sofa she was standing on and said "Oi, Oliver.
What was that all about?"
Oliver rolled his eyes, "Potter doesn't want anything that Draco
Malfoy thinks is good."
"You mean his broom? The Nimbus Two Thousand and One?" Alicia
asked.
"That would be the one," said Oliver. "Brilliant Seeker, but
sometimes I wonder where his head is..."
I stood up from the sofa, "Cheer up, Oliver. It's the Christmas
season!"
He looked at me and his slight frown turned into a soft grin. "Yeah,
that's something to be happy about."
I grinned back. "Come on, now. When we leave tommorow, how are you
getting to your home?"
"Portkey", He said simply. "But I don't see why they don't
just let me apparate."
I shrugged. "I don't know Oliver, I don't think they want you making
an appearance in a ladies loo anytime soon."
He blushed slightly, "That was an accident. I suppose a portkey would
be just fine."
Alicia stepped between us, and I hadn't realized how close we had been
standing. "I suppose it would," she said. "But for now, how
about we have our last feast until the end of vacation?"
"Sounds good," said Oliver, stepping back from me.
At the feast, all the school's ghosts sang carols while Peeve haunted a
suit of armor and made it sing offensive words. I sat across from Oliver and in
between Percy and Alicia. Oliver was unusually quiet at dinner and glanced up
at me now and again. He had now taken after my habit of lip chewing.
I caught his eye and smiled to him, and he smiled weakly back. I frowned to
myself while cuttiing my turkey into small peices. There was something on
Oliver's mind. Something was obviously bothering him. I didn't know why I
cared, but I wanted him to feel better.
When the feast was over we starting walking back to the dorms with the rest
of the house. But I tugged on Olivers robes, and he turned around.
"Yeah?" he asked.
I started walking the other way, and looked over my shoulder at him
signaling him to follow me. "Is there something wrong, Oliver?" I
asked as we turned a corner.
Oliver looked at me sideways and gave me sly grin. "How did you
know?"
I shrugged. "I just knew...I guess. I just wanted to make
sure you were ok."
"Thanks," he nodded.
"So...do you want to tell me?" I asked him.
"No, maybe later. I'm tired, we should get some rest because we need to
leave early tommorow." He said.
"Fine," I said simply, and we walked back to the common room.
It was crazy in the common room. Alicia, Fred and George were throwing
exploding snap cards at Percy, hoping they would explode when they hit him.
Everyone was obviously excited about school being on hols, that it took quite a
long time for the common room to clear out.
Oliver went up to his room early. Soon after he left, I got bored and went up
to my room, too.
I was lying in my bed, staring at the cieling when Alicia came in. "Oi,
kitty. Are you OK?" she asked taking her shoes off.
I sat up and frowned slightly. "Yeah, why?"
"Because you weren't hanging around in the common room with me." She
said now taking her socks off.
I lay down again and said, "I dunno, I was bored."
Alicia practically gasped. "Fred and George boring? ME? Me boring? Are you
sure your OK?"
"I'm fine!" I grunted. Why was she prying for?
Sighed "uh-oh..."
I grunted again.
"You got it bad, Kate. Watch out."
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"When you start loosing interest in your friends, because of a boy, it
means you got it bad!" she explained.
OK, now totally confused I whined, "What in Merlin's name are you talking
about?"
She whined right back at me, "Don't be so dim..."
This was a stupid conversation. "Right. I'm going to sleep." I said
curtly.
"Fine." She said.
Then five minutes or so passed and Alicia said "My mum told me never to
got o bed angry. Are you angry?"
"No," I said. "Just tired."
"K, g'night."
I lay in bed for a while. What did she mean I have it bad? For Oliver? It was
too late in the night to think about any of that, so I dozed off.
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It was crazy hectic the next morning, with all the Gryffindors doing last
minute packing and such. The only people who looked calm were Hermione, Ron and
Harry, since they would be spending the holiday.
Alicia and I dragged our trunks to the Entrance Hall and took one last look
around at the decorations. We stepped outside into the bitter cold of winter
and waited for the horseless carriages to come up and almost the entire school
filed themselves into them.
When we got into the train and I took a compartment with Penelope, Percy and
Alicia. Oops. Alicia and I got seriously bored after about an hour of Penelope
and Percy telling us about the 'interesting' responsibilities of being Head
Girl and Boy. My neck started hurting from nodding my head like I was
interested and Alicia leaned her head against the wall and dozed off.
When Percy was about to on about the issue of house elves and personal privacy,
Penelope put her hand over Percy's mouth and whispered, "I think that's
enough, Perce." Then Percy finally realized that Alicia had nodded off.
Penelope was now crawling on to Percy's lap and he perked up. She kissed him
lightly, and Percy cleared his throat and said, "Do you mind?" to me.
I was more than happy to leave. Watching them would be sick making.
I walked down the isle and knocked on a random compartment door, hoping it was
a first or second years. I love how the younger kids worship you. "Oh
Merlin, A seventh year is talking to US!" Yeah, I wish but not quite.
I heard some obviously male laughter and I opened the door. Thomas Van Haulsten
opened the door to reveal himself, Brian MacMillan and Oliver. "Hey what's
up?" he asked.
"Percy having fun with Penelope!" I said. All the guys shuddered.
"That's sick making!" said Brian, pretending to choke.
"Ugh, I know. I hadda get away can I take refuge in here with you
guys?" I asked, hopefully?
Brian and Thomas turned and looked back at Oliver, as if asking him permission.
His eyes got wide and he blushed slightly. "Of..Of...Of course you
can!" he stuttered.
I smiled. "Thank you, thank you THANK YOU!" I said and took the seat
next to him.
"Where's Alicia?" Oliver asked.
"Still in there with them," I said.
Brian pretended to choke again, "You left Alicia with them?!?"
I laughed. "No! Not really. I'm not that loony..."
Thomas laughed, too. "Then wait, what are you talking about?"
"She's sleeping," I said.
"Oh," the boys chorused.
"That's going to be a bit of a nasty shock when she founds out where you left
her!" said Oliver.
He was right. "I'm hoping they give it a rest before she wakes up!"
Brian said, "We all do, trust me, we all do."
We played "Never Have I Ever" and as far as innocence goes I was
pretty angelic.
"Never have I ever snogged a good friend, of the opposite sex mind
you." said Brian when it was his turn.
I caught Oliver's eye and we both blushed and put a finger down. Other than
that, I had a blast with the boys. Hours passed and we were still laughing
about perverted things that come from the minds of Brian and Thomas.
Then we heard a shrill scream and we all went silent. The scream was followed
by "Ew! Ew! Ew! My eyes!" then a door slammed.
I looked from one boy to the next and the all started smiking. Then Brian
started laughing, because he knew that Alicia had woken up to see Percy and
Penelope going at it.
I got up from my seat next to Oliver and opened the door and found Alicia
keeled over in the hallway sqeaking, "ew, ew, ew, ew..."
I tapped her on the shoulder and squealed , "Ew, Katie. I'm scarred!"
I hugged her sympathetically and said, "Aww, I'm sorry. That's why I
left."
She nodded and I pulled her into the compartment with the boys. She wasn't her
loud boisterous self. I hope against hope that she wasn't replaying the
scarring images in her mind.
When the train slowed down and we arrived at Platform 9 3/4 I guided Alicia to
her family who happened to be waiting with my family. I gave everyone a great
big hug and we talked to the Spinnets for a while. Then my 4 1/2 year old
sister, Lynnea (Lynn-AY-uh) tugged on my robes and I picked her up and sat her
on my hip.
I really missed her. She was so cute. Her hair was light brown and still had so
many curls from when she was younger. She was missing on of her front bottom teeth.
Then she pulled on my ponytail and said, "Kitty, someone's looking at
you."
I turned around to see Oliver grinning at my and my sister. I walked over to
him, still holding Lynnea.
"Oliver, meet Lynnea, my little sister," I said.
Oliver took her hand and kissed it, "How do you do, fair miss?"
Lynnea was just like me around charming older men, she blushed furiously and
buried her face in my shoulder giggling madly.
"You know Oliver, don't you?" I asked into her ear. She picked her
head up and smiled adorably at Oliver and shook her head fervently.
"He's the Keeper man!" she said brightly.
"That's me!" said Oliver, obviously playing into the whole charm the
little sister thing.
I looked at Lynnea and said sweetly, "Lynnie, do you mind giving Katie and
Keeper man a moment?"
She nodded and waved to Oliver before running off back to the the Spinnet and
the rest of my family.
I turned to Oliver. "She's cute isn't she?"
He nodded. "She's alot like you," he said. "Do you think Alicia
is going to be OK from her brush with death?"
I shrugged. "I wonder how you'd feel if you woke up and saw anything...at
all. Ugh. I don't even want to think about that."
Oliver shook his head and grimaced. "Neither do I."
"Katie, we're leaving now!" called my mother.
I looked at Oliver apologetically and said, "I gotta leave now. I'll see
you later?"
"Yeah," he nodded.
I opened my arms for a hug and before pulling out of his embrace he kissed my
cheek. Then I thought, what the heck why not? And I kissed him shortly on the
lips.
"Happy Christmas!" I said quickly to a seemingly shocked Oliver.
Blushing slightly I started off to the pack of people waiting for me.
"Happy Christmas!" I heard him call after me. I turned around and
gave him a smile and wave.
When I met up with the group, my mother said, "How's Oliver, dear?"
"Fine, Mom," I said curtly.
"Are you an item now?" she asked as Alicia snickered.
"No, we're just friends," I said simply. I just couldn't figure out
why I had an unpleasant pang whenever he or I said we were just friends.
"OK..." said my mom.
We said goodbye to the Spinnets and got into a taxi, and the driver looked at
me like I was crazy. I forgot to change out of my school robes. Ooops.
We got home, and I threw myself onto my astronomy inspired bedspread. It was
good to be home.
Lynnea came in and sat on my back. "When can I see Keeper man again?"
"I don't know..." I told her. But I wished he was here now.
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