Sarah- Thank you again for being an awesome editor! You're the best!
A/N: I know that all the Katie/Wood stories seem to have a kiss in the locker room and then somebody running away and I'm sorry for making that last chapter so traditional! I'm trying to work on a twist so that this doesn't turn out to be the normal story. Don't get me wrong- I love Katie and Wood, best ship in my opinion. Anyway, enjoy and keep reviewing please! And thank you to the people who have already reviewed! I appreciate it a lot! Thank ya much!
Also, people seem kinda confused. I'm not really writing from the events from the book. There could be a couple of events that you recognize from the book, but I hate it when people write and don't tell you that they're not going from the book. I dunno why. Don't ask I'm weird like that. But anyhoo, ages are the other thing I don't know if I ever covered. Set in Oliver's 7th year. Since the book only tells that it's Oliver's 7th and Harry's 3rd I assumed other ages. Katie, Angelina and the twins are 6th year and Alicia is in 5th year. If you get confused just send me an email and I'll try to straighten you out! (terpsmedley22@hotmail.com)
Lata! ~Woody
~*~ "Katie!" Katie felt to arms on her shoulders as she was shaken awake. Groggily, she peaked through squinted eyes at the cause of the violent shaking.
"OLIVER!" Katie shot up when she saw his brown eyes peering at her. "What the hell are you doing in the girls dormitory?!" She yelled at him, not caring that it was 6:00 on a Saturday morning.
"Bell. Shut up, you're gonna wake up the others." Wood motioned towards the four other beds in the dormitory.
"Oh, I don't care. If I don't then Angie will when she sees you in here." Katie grumbled.
"Get your lazy arse out of that bed and get going. Be down in the pitch in 10 minutes." Wood commanded.
"Fine oh great captain." Katie muttered under her breath, pushing the covers off her legs and standing up. She stretched her arms high above her head and then collapsed on her bed again. Wood had turned to shake Alicia awake and when he turned back to see Katie curled up in a ball on her bed he growled and yanked the blanket off her.
"Get up." He commanded as he strode towards the door. Katie got up and looked over at Alicia. Alicia smiled sleepily and pulled herself out of bed.
The three chasers arrived on the pitch 15 minutes later.
"You're late." Wood barked.
"According to Weasley time we're early." Katie snapped, looking around and seeing that Wood and Harry were the only one on the pitch, but Harry appeared to be asleep on the moist grass.
"I don't appreciate your attitude Bell."
"Well, WOOD," she spat his name off her tongue in disgust, "I don't appreciate being awoken at 6 on Saturday morning for bloody Quidditch training- in the cold." She added.
"No one forced you to be on the team."
"Shut it, you prat. No one wants to listen to you."
"I'm not a prat. You are." Wood responded.
"Would you grow up?" Katie glared at him.
"I'm not the one with an attitude problem."
"I'm not the one who kissed his best friend in the locker room!" Katie yelled.
Wood's eyes widened and Katie continued to glare at him. Angelina and Alicia both gawked at them.
"YOU DID WHAT!" Katie's fellow chasers cried together.
"I didn't do anything." Wood snapped.
"Katie?" Angelina and Alicia turned to her with a pleading look, asking to be 'clued in' but Katie and Wood were glaring at each other intently.
Katie tore her eyes away from Wood and turned to face the girls. "You heard me."
"What'd you say?" Fred Weasley asked as he sauntered onto the pitch.
"None of you're business Fred." Wood called to them, "now that you and you're brother have decided to grace us with your honorable presence, can we get started before Diggory and his team show up?"
"Ohh! Hufflepuff trains after us!" Angelina squealed.
"Yes, Johnson. Hufflepuff's after us." Wood said impatiently.
"Good. Maybe I'll scoot off early for a little snog session with Diggory. Seems to be the trend, to snog in the locker room with the Quidditch Captains." Angelina suggested.
Katie felt herself blush. "What's that all about?" George asked his twin. Fred shrugged in response.
"Get in the air. Everyone. NOW!" Wood yelled. Katie mounted her broom and was set to kick off when Wood grabbed her. "Everyone except you, Bell."
"Oh, what do you want Oliver." Katie tapped her foot lightly on the soft grass below her feet.
"Why'd you say anything about that night?" Wood demanded, the grip on his arm not loosening.
"I didn't mean to. It just kinda slipped." Katie surrendered.
"Well, don't let anything slip again. You hear me? What if it were Quidditch you had been talking about? What if you were near Flint. or Davies, or Diggory?" Wood released her arm and looked down at her.
"Then I wouldn't be so stupid. Just get over it Oliver. It's not that big of a deal." Katie shrugged and kicked off the ground, soaring into the air with increasing speed.
"You have no idea how big a deal it is, Kates." Wood muttered as he joined his team in the air.
Katie touched back down between Fred and George at the end of training. She was sore from the intense exercise in the frigid October air. She jogged towards the changing rooms. Once she entered the much- appreciated warmth of the changing rooms, she headed straight for the showers and she heard Angelina and Alicia already in there own.
Katie could hear Alicia humming and Angelina full out singing some muggle song she didn't recognize. Katie laughed lightly and stepped into a steaming shower.
As she stepped out she grabbed a large towel and wrapped it around herself. She sauntered out to her locker and dragged out her 'Saturday cloths'. She pulled on a pair of sweatpants and long sleeve tee-shirt from a marathon she ran in muggle America the previous summer. Pushing her hair into a loose ponytail she followed Angelina and Alicia out of the changing room.
"So Katie, what happened in the locker room?" Angelina inquired.
"Oh gosh Ange. I don't really want to talk about it. It was stupid." Katie sighed.
"Why'd he kiss you?" Angelina pressed.
"I don't know Angie."
Angelina sighed and smiled, "okay."
As they walked back up to the castle, they passed Cedric Diggory and some of his teammates.
Katie smiled at Cedric, who flashed his trademark grin to her, "Morning Katie." He called across the lawn.
"Morning." She called back, still smiling at him. He stopped and waved his friends on.
"Go ahead, I'll catch up." Katie told her friends who both nodded in return.
Katie walked over to Cedric. "So Katie," he began, staring into her blue eyes. "Are you going to Hogsmeade today?" He inquired, a hint of a smile tugging at the edges of his lips.
"I was planing to, yes, why?" Katie asked.
"Well, were you going with anyone in particular?"
"Angie, Alicia, the twins and maybe. Wood." Katie added the last name quietly.
"Oh. Okay." Cedric's eyes dropped and Katie caught on.
"Why do you ask, Cedric?" She smiled sweetly.
"I was wondering if you'd care to go with me." Cedric whispered, a slight pink tint appearing in his cheeks.
"Mr. Diggory. Do I detect a blush?" Katie grinned.
He nodded, "That's possible."
"I'd love to go with you Cedric." Katie stated but the added, "that is, if the offer still stands."
"You would?"
"Of course!"
"Well in that case. Could you meet me in the Entrance Hall around, 11? I should be done training by then." Cedric suggested.
"Sure."
"Great. See you then." He smiled the trademark grin.
"Can't wait." Katie turned and waltzed back up to the stairs, through the Entrance Hall and into the Great Hall. She squeezed in between Angelina and Alicia.
"Did you talk to him?" Alicia asked.
"Who?" Fred asked from across the table.
"Cedric." Katie stated. "And yes, I did."
"And?" Angelina pressured.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ditch you guys in Hogsmeade today." Katie grimaced.
"HE DIDN'T!" Angelina and Alicia screamed.
"Shhh! Yes, he did." Katie urged, glancing around the Hall to see if anyone had heard their outburst.
"KATIE BELL! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Alicia grinned wildly.
"It's about bloody time." Angelina stated bluntly.
"What?" Katie stared blankly.
"Katie, he's liked you forever. Everyone knows." Angelina smiled.
Katie felt herself blush. "No he hasn't."
"Yes. He has." Alicia agreed.
"Oh my gosh!" Angelina flew out of her seat and grabbed Katie's arm. "Come on Leesh. We've got to fix her up."
"What time is he meeting you?" Alicia asked, getting up as well.
"11."
"That's nowhere near enough time! We've got to go now!" Angelina cried.
"Ange, it's 9." Katie explained.
"Bloody hell, let's go." Alicia grabbed her other arm.
Katie looked to the twins to help and the both stared dully back at her. Her fellow chasers dragged her up to the common room and pushed her into their dormitory.
Around 10:50, the girls had decided that Katie looked amazing. She had been forced into a knee length khaki skirt and a tight maroon sweater. The had brushed her hair out so the natural curls were softly formed around her shoulders. Katie had refused a profound amount of make-up so the had settled for eye liner and mascara and a soft pink shadow with a light pink gloss over her full lips. Katie was extremely tired of the amount of 'fuss' that was going into such a simple thing.
"Am I free yet?" Katie asked.
"Yes ma'am." Angelina and Alicia smiled at their handiwork.
Katie walked slowly down to the common room and spotted all 4 Weasley males, the twins friend, Lee Jordan, Harry and Wood. Angelina and Alicia walked with Katie down the stairs.
Katie saunter over to the corner where the males were gathered with her two friends.
"Like?" Alicia asked, indicating Katie's attire.
The Weasley twins looked up to see Katie and both gave approving grins, Harry and Ron both blushed, Percy smiled and gave a quick, "you look nice, Katie", Lee nodded in agreement and Wood just stared, jaw nearly scraping the floor.
He soon came to his sense.
"You're not going out in public like that are you?" He inquired.
Katie glared, "yes I am, thank you very much."
"That's an embarrassment to Gryffindor."
"And you're not? With out maniac obsessions and mindless muttering?" Katie snapped.
Wood thought nothing of it. "At least I don't go out in skin-tight cloths to attract the attention of APPOSING CAPTAINS."
"Don't be rude Oliver, Katie looks very nice." Percy interjected.
"She does not. She's wearing more make-up then I've ever seen on her in 6 years, she's got on cloths that aren't hers and her hair is down." Wood stated.
"Forget it." Katie yelled.
"Forget what?" Wood asked.
"Our friendship."
"What?"
"You have been such a prat the last few weeks. I have trouble believing that I called you my best friend for six bloody years. I was Oliver Wood's best friend. Girls would have killed to have been where I was. Spending everyday with you. Well frankly, at the moment, I wish they had. I spent to long hoping that you'd notice me and that you'd finally fall for me."
Wood stared at her.
"Don't talk to me outside of Quidditch." Katie stated firmly. With that she walked out, her make-up already ruined because she was now crying. She left a very dazed Quidditch captain behind her.
A/N: I know that all the Katie/Wood stories seem to have a kiss in the locker room and then somebody running away and I'm sorry for making that last chapter so traditional! I'm trying to work on a twist so that this doesn't turn out to be the normal story. Don't get me wrong- I love Katie and Wood, best ship in my opinion. Anyway, enjoy and keep reviewing please! And thank you to the people who have already reviewed! I appreciate it a lot! Thank ya much!
Also, people seem kinda confused. I'm not really writing from the events from the book. There could be a couple of events that you recognize from the book, but I hate it when people write and don't tell you that they're not going from the book. I dunno why. Don't ask I'm weird like that. But anyhoo, ages are the other thing I don't know if I ever covered. Set in Oliver's 7th year. Since the book only tells that it's Oliver's 7th and Harry's 3rd I assumed other ages. Katie, Angelina and the twins are 6th year and Alicia is in 5th year. If you get confused just send me an email and I'll try to straighten you out! (terpsmedley22@hotmail.com)
Lata! ~Woody
~*~ "Katie!" Katie felt to arms on her shoulders as she was shaken awake. Groggily, she peaked through squinted eyes at the cause of the violent shaking.
"OLIVER!" Katie shot up when she saw his brown eyes peering at her. "What the hell are you doing in the girls dormitory?!" She yelled at him, not caring that it was 6:00 on a Saturday morning.
"Bell. Shut up, you're gonna wake up the others." Wood motioned towards the four other beds in the dormitory.
"Oh, I don't care. If I don't then Angie will when she sees you in here." Katie grumbled.
"Get your lazy arse out of that bed and get going. Be down in the pitch in 10 minutes." Wood commanded.
"Fine oh great captain." Katie muttered under her breath, pushing the covers off her legs and standing up. She stretched her arms high above her head and then collapsed on her bed again. Wood had turned to shake Alicia awake and when he turned back to see Katie curled up in a ball on her bed he growled and yanked the blanket off her.
"Get up." He commanded as he strode towards the door. Katie got up and looked over at Alicia. Alicia smiled sleepily and pulled herself out of bed.
The three chasers arrived on the pitch 15 minutes later.
"You're late." Wood barked.
"According to Weasley time we're early." Katie snapped, looking around and seeing that Wood and Harry were the only one on the pitch, but Harry appeared to be asleep on the moist grass.
"I don't appreciate your attitude Bell."
"Well, WOOD," she spat his name off her tongue in disgust, "I don't appreciate being awoken at 6 on Saturday morning for bloody Quidditch training- in the cold." She added.
"No one forced you to be on the team."
"Shut it, you prat. No one wants to listen to you."
"I'm not a prat. You are." Wood responded.
"Would you grow up?" Katie glared at him.
"I'm not the one with an attitude problem."
"I'm not the one who kissed his best friend in the locker room!" Katie yelled.
Wood's eyes widened and Katie continued to glare at him. Angelina and Alicia both gawked at them.
"YOU DID WHAT!" Katie's fellow chasers cried together.
"I didn't do anything." Wood snapped.
"Katie?" Angelina and Alicia turned to her with a pleading look, asking to be 'clued in' but Katie and Wood were glaring at each other intently.
Katie tore her eyes away from Wood and turned to face the girls. "You heard me."
"What'd you say?" Fred Weasley asked as he sauntered onto the pitch.
"None of you're business Fred." Wood called to them, "now that you and you're brother have decided to grace us with your honorable presence, can we get started before Diggory and his team show up?"
"Ohh! Hufflepuff trains after us!" Angelina squealed.
"Yes, Johnson. Hufflepuff's after us." Wood said impatiently.
"Good. Maybe I'll scoot off early for a little snog session with Diggory. Seems to be the trend, to snog in the locker room with the Quidditch Captains." Angelina suggested.
Katie felt herself blush. "What's that all about?" George asked his twin. Fred shrugged in response.
"Get in the air. Everyone. NOW!" Wood yelled. Katie mounted her broom and was set to kick off when Wood grabbed her. "Everyone except you, Bell."
"Oh, what do you want Oliver." Katie tapped her foot lightly on the soft grass below her feet.
"Why'd you say anything about that night?" Wood demanded, the grip on his arm not loosening.
"I didn't mean to. It just kinda slipped." Katie surrendered.
"Well, don't let anything slip again. You hear me? What if it were Quidditch you had been talking about? What if you were near Flint. or Davies, or Diggory?" Wood released her arm and looked down at her.
"Then I wouldn't be so stupid. Just get over it Oliver. It's not that big of a deal." Katie shrugged and kicked off the ground, soaring into the air with increasing speed.
"You have no idea how big a deal it is, Kates." Wood muttered as he joined his team in the air.
Katie touched back down between Fred and George at the end of training. She was sore from the intense exercise in the frigid October air. She jogged towards the changing rooms. Once she entered the much- appreciated warmth of the changing rooms, she headed straight for the showers and she heard Angelina and Alicia already in there own.
Katie could hear Alicia humming and Angelina full out singing some muggle song she didn't recognize. Katie laughed lightly and stepped into a steaming shower.
As she stepped out she grabbed a large towel and wrapped it around herself. She sauntered out to her locker and dragged out her 'Saturday cloths'. She pulled on a pair of sweatpants and long sleeve tee-shirt from a marathon she ran in muggle America the previous summer. Pushing her hair into a loose ponytail she followed Angelina and Alicia out of the changing room.
"So Katie, what happened in the locker room?" Angelina inquired.
"Oh gosh Ange. I don't really want to talk about it. It was stupid." Katie sighed.
"Why'd he kiss you?" Angelina pressed.
"I don't know Angie."
Angelina sighed and smiled, "okay."
As they walked back up to the castle, they passed Cedric Diggory and some of his teammates.
Katie smiled at Cedric, who flashed his trademark grin to her, "Morning Katie." He called across the lawn.
"Morning." She called back, still smiling at him. He stopped and waved his friends on.
"Go ahead, I'll catch up." Katie told her friends who both nodded in return.
Katie walked over to Cedric. "So Katie," he began, staring into her blue eyes. "Are you going to Hogsmeade today?" He inquired, a hint of a smile tugging at the edges of his lips.
"I was planing to, yes, why?" Katie asked.
"Well, were you going with anyone in particular?"
"Angie, Alicia, the twins and maybe. Wood." Katie added the last name quietly.
"Oh. Okay." Cedric's eyes dropped and Katie caught on.
"Why do you ask, Cedric?" She smiled sweetly.
"I was wondering if you'd care to go with me." Cedric whispered, a slight pink tint appearing in his cheeks.
"Mr. Diggory. Do I detect a blush?" Katie grinned.
He nodded, "That's possible."
"I'd love to go with you Cedric." Katie stated but the added, "that is, if the offer still stands."
"You would?"
"Of course!"
"Well in that case. Could you meet me in the Entrance Hall around, 11? I should be done training by then." Cedric suggested.
"Sure."
"Great. See you then." He smiled the trademark grin.
"Can't wait." Katie turned and waltzed back up to the stairs, through the Entrance Hall and into the Great Hall. She squeezed in between Angelina and Alicia.
"Did you talk to him?" Alicia asked.
"Who?" Fred asked from across the table.
"Cedric." Katie stated. "And yes, I did."
"And?" Angelina pressured.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ditch you guys in Hogsmeade today." Katie grimaced.
"HE DIDN'T!" Angelina and Alicia screamed.
"Shhh! Yes, he did." Katie urged, glancing around the Hall to see if anyone had heard their outburst.
"KATIE BELL! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" Alicia grinned wildly.
"It's about bloody time." Angelina stated bluntly.
"What?" Katie stared blankly.
"Katie, he's liked you forever. Everyone knows." Angelina smiled.
Katie felt herself blush. "No he hasn't."
"Yes. He has." Alicia agreed.
"Oh my gosh!" Angelina flew out of her seat and grabbed Katie's arm. "Come on Leesh. We've got to fix her up."
"What time is he meeting you?" Alicia asked, getting up as well.
"11."
"That's nowhere near enough time! We've got to go now!" Angelina cried.
"Ange, it's 9." Katie explained.
"Bloody hell, let's go." Alicia grabbed her other arm.
Katie looked to the twins to help and the both stared dully back at her. Her fellow chasers dragged her up to the common room and pushed her into their dormitory.
Around 10:50, the girls had decided that Katie looked amazing. She had been forced into a knee length khaki skirt and a tight maroon sweater. The had brushed her hair out so the natural curls were softly formed around her shoulders. Katie had refused a profound amount of make-up so the had settled for eye liner and mascara and a soft pink shadow with a light pink gloss over her full lips. Katie was extremely tired of the amount of 'fuss' that was going into such a simple thing.
"Am I free yet?" Katie asked.
"Yes ma'am." Angelina and Alicia smiled at their handiwork.
Katie walked slowly down to the common room and spotted all 4 Weasley males, the twins friend, Lee Jordan, Harry and Wood. Angelina and Alicia walked with Katie down the stairs.
Katie saunter over to the corner where the males were gathered with her two friends.
"Like?" Alicia asked, indicating Katie's attire.
The Weasley twins looked up to see Katie and both gave approving grins, Harry and Ron both blushed, Percy smiled and gave a quick, "you look nice, Katie", Lee nodded in agreement and Wood just stared, jaw nearly scraping the floor.
He soon came to his sense.
"You're not going out in public like that are you?" He inquired.
Katie glared, "yes I am, thank you very much."
"That's an embarrassment to Gryffindor."
"And you're not? With out maniac obsessions and mindless muttering?" Katie snapped.
Wood thought nothing of it. "At least I don't go out in skin-tight cloths to attract the attention of APPOSING CAPTAINS."
"Don't be rude Oliver, Katie looks very nice." Percy interjected.
"She does not. She's wearing more make-up then I've ever seen on her in 6 years, she's got on cloths that aren't hers and her hair is down." Wood stated.
"Forget it." Katie yelled.
"Forget what?" Wood asked.
"Our friendship."
"What?"
"You have been such a prat the last few weeks. I have trouble believing that I called you my best friend for six bloody years. I was Oliver Wood's best friend. Girls would have killed to have been where I was. Spending everyday with you. Well frankly, at the moment, I wish they had. I spent to long hoping that you'd notice me and that you'd finally fall for me."
Wood stared at her.
"Don't talk to me outside of Quidditch." Katie stated firmly. With that she walked out, her make-up already ruined because she was now crying. She left a very dazed Quidditch captain behind her.