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Wood sat, looking into Katie's eyes. He let his gaze slip again and he found himself staring at the floor. He kept stuttering the same words over and over again. Wood stared at his hands and then ran an apprehensive hand through his hair. He glanced quickly at Katie who was staring at him curiously. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to think of how to best say this without the risk of losing her friendship.
"Oliver?" Katie asked softly. Wood's eyes flew open and he stared at her wildly, like she had just canceled the first Quidditch match. Katie was taken by surprise. She jumped a little and her eyes widened, wondering what was so difficult to tell her.
Wood calmed himself down and looked at Katie once more. He reached out and took Katie's soft hand in his own callused one. He rubbed his fingers gently over the back of her hand. He gathered every last nerve he had and took a deep breath. He was more nervous than he had ever been in his life. He looked up in to her blue eyes and exhaled deeply.
"Katie," he began once more, "Katie I -" At that moment he lost every thought in his brain. All he could think about was those eyes. The blue eyes that he'd looked into so many times.
Katie began to get very frustrated. She sighed and leaned her side against the window. He stuttered again. She raised a curious eyebrow and asked, "Oliver? What is it?"
"Oh God Katie. Katie I have to tell you something." Wood spit out.
"Yes," she began slowly, "we've established that, now what is it?" Katie asked, smiling at the worried look on his face.
"I- I- I wanted to tell you that, umm, that I'm going to give everyone a week off before we start practice." Wood sighed aloud but silently cursed himself for not being able to tell her.
"Oh. Alright, well that's wonderful." She sighed. 'I can't believe you thought he was gonna say I love you.' She thought to herself. 'You got your hopes up for nothing, Katie. You know he just thinks of you as Katie. You're his best friend, nothing more. Get used to it.' She pulled her hand out of his grasp and leaned back against the seat and sighed again.
Wood leapt from his seat and left the compartment in a hurry. He walked down the hall, going no place in particular. He was just walking to avoid Katie.
As he walked, he passed Fred and George. They gave him a curious look as they watched his tall form sulk down the hall.
Angelina and Alicia walked into the cabin to find Katie reading.
"Hey Katie- we just saw Wood. What'd you do to him?" Alicia joked.
"Nothing!" Katie cried, all to quickly.
"Nothing?" The other two exchanged looks of confusion, "are you sure?" Katie nodded her head and turned back to her book.
No more than twenty minutes later the train began to slow, announcing their arrival at Hogwarts. Fred and George came back to get their trunks and found the atmosphere was strange and almost sulky. The three normally cheery girls were all siting quietly to themselves.
Katie was the last to change into her robes and after doing so, she returned to her seat until they had stopped. She felt eyes bearing down on her and she glanced up to find Alicia and Angelina both staring at her. Reluctantly, she closed the book and looked up at them.
"What?" Katie asked, rather annoyed.
"We just wanna know what happened." Angelina volunteered.
"Nothing happened. He was just telling me that we are going to have a week off before practice begins." Katie explained.
"Oh, yeah. Right." Angelina said sarcastically.
"I'm serious. That's all he said."
"Okay Katie. Then go talk to him." Alicia urged.
"Fine." Katie stood up and threw her book onto her trunk and walked out of the cabin and was followed by Angelina and Alicia. Katie spotted Wood quickly and walked towards him. As she neared she called out down the hall to him. "Oi, Wood!"
Wood's head perked up but he didn't turn around. He tried to play it off like he didn't hear her. 'If I don't answer, then she won't press it.' He thought to himself. He was very wrong indeed. Katie grew angrier and stormed forward.
"WOOD!" She yelled again. This time he turned around slightly. When he saw the malicious look Katie had on her face he said quickly to her, "Can't talk, sorry. I've got a lot to do." And he hurried off.
Katie stared after him, totally confused. Fred approached her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Katie, you're gonna have to chase that one."
Katie turned and raised an eyebrow to Fred, "chase him? What's that supposed to mean? Katie didn't want to 'chase' Oliver Wood. They had always been friends. Katie had always been able to turn to him and talk about anything. That is, until today, when he flipped off the handle bars and started his mindless Quidditch prattle about giving everyone a week off before practice.
Katie stared in the direction in which Oliver had hustled off. She turned slowly and found Alicia and Angelina standing in the doorway to the cabin they had occupied.
"What's that all about?" Alicia asked.
"I have absolutely no idea." Katie shook her head slowly and pushed past her two friends, sitting back for the last ten minutes before they arrived at school.
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A/N: Sorry it took me forever to update. I know this chapter's a little slow going but things should pick up soon. THANKS FOR READING! PLEASSSSE REVIEW!
If you've got ideas for me email me: terpsmedley22@hotmail.com Or IM me on AIM: jeterhoney02, woodyroxmahsox
-Woody
Wood sat, looking into Katie's eyes. He let his gaze slip again and he found himself staring at the floor. He kept stuttering the same words over and over again. Wood stared at his hands and then ran an apprehensive hand through his hair. He glanced quickly at Katie who was staring at him curiously. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to think of how to best say this without the risk of losing her friendship.
"Oliver?" Katie asked softly. Wood's eyes flew open and he stared at her wildly, like she had just canceled the first Quidditch match. Katie was taken by surprise. She jumped a little and her eyes widened, wondering what was so difficult to tell her.
Wood calmed himself down and looked at Katie once more. He reached out and took Katie's soft hand in his own callused one. He rubbed his fingers gently over the back of her hand. He gathered every last nerve he had and took a deep breath. He was more nervous than he had ever been in his life. He looked up in to her blue eyes and exhaled deeply.
"Katie," he began once more, "Katie I -" At that moment he lost every thought in his brain. All he could think about was those eyes. The blue eyes that he'd looked into so many times.
Katie began to get very frustrated. She sighed and leaned her side against the window. He stuttered again. She raised a curious eyebrow and asked, "Oliver? What is it?"
"Oh God Katie. Katie I have to tell you something." Wood spit out.
"Yes," she began slowly, "we've established that, now what is it?" Katie asked, smiling at the worried look on his face.
"I- I- I wanted to tell you that, umm, that I'm going to give everyone a week off before we start practice." Wood sighed aloud but silently cursed himself for not being able to tell her.
"Oh. Alright, well that's wonderful." She sighed. 'I can't believe you thought he was gonna say I love you.' She thought to herself. 'You got your hopes up for nothing, Katie. You know he just thinks of you as Katie. You're his best friend, nothing more. Get used to it.' She pulled her hand out of his grasp and leaned back against the seat and sighed again.
Wood leapt from his seat and left the compartment in a hurry. He walked down the hall, going no place in particular. He was just walking to avoid Katie.
As he walked, he passed Fred and George. They gave him a curious look as they watched his tall form sulk down the hall.
Angelina and Alicia walked into the cabin to find Katie reading.
"Hey Katie- we just saw Wood. What'd you do to him?" Alicia joked.
"Nothing!" Katie cried, all to quickly.
"Nothing?" The other two exchanged looks of confusion, "are you sure?" Katie nodded her head and turned back to her book.
No more than twenty minutes later the train began to slow, announcing their arrival at Hogwarts. Fred and George came back to get their trunks and found the atmosphere was strange and almost sulky. The three normally cheery girls were all siting quietly to themselves.
Katie was the last to change into her robes and after doing so, she returned to her seat until they had stopped. She felt eyes bearing down on her and she glanced up to find Alicia and Angelina both staring at her. Reluctantly, she closed the book and looked up at them.
"What?" Katie asked, rather annoyed.
"We just wanna know what happened." Angelina volunteered.
"Nothing happened. He was just telling me that we are going to have a week off before practice begins." Katie explained.
"Oh, yeah. Right." Angelina said sarcastically.
"I'm serious. That's all he said."
"Okay Katie. Then go talk to him." Alicia urged.
"Fine." Katie stood up and threw her book onto her trunk and walked out of the cabin and was followed by Angelina and Alicia. Katie spotted Wood quickly and walked towards him. As she neared she called out down the hall to him. "Oi, Wood!"
Wood's head perked up but he didn't turn around. He tried to play it off like he didn't hear her. 'If I don't answer, then she won't press it.' He thought to himself. He was very wrong indeed. Katie grew angrier and stormed forward.
"WOOD!" She yelled again. This time he turned around slightly. When he saw the malicious look Katie had on her face he said quickly to her, "Can't talk, sorry. I've got a lot to do." And he hurried off.
Katie stared after him, totally confused. Fred approached her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Katie, you're gonna have to chase that one."
Katie turned and raised an eyebrow to Fred, "chase him? What's that supposed to mean? Katie didn't want to 'chase' Oliver Wood. They had always been friends. Katie had always been able to turn to him and talk about anything. That is, until today, when he flipped off the handle bars and started his mindless Quidditch prattle about giving everyone a week off before practice.
Katie stared in the direction in which Oliver had hustled off. She turned slowly and found Alicia and Angelina standing in the doorway to the cabin they had occupied.
"What's that all about?" Alicia asked.
"I have absolutely no idea." Katie shook her head slowly and pushed past her two friends, sitting back for the last ten minutes before they arrived at school.
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A/N: Sorry it took me forever to update. I know this chapter's a little slow going but things should pick up soon. THANKS FOR READING! PLEASSSSE REVIEW!
If you've got ideas for me email me: terpsmedley22@hotmail.com Or IM me on AIM: jeterhoney02, woodyroxmahsox
-Woody