THANKS SARAH!!!
~*~
Katie stormed down the corridor, tears streaming down her cheeks. She reached the top of the stairs and saw Cedric waiting at the bottom for her, with a group of his friends. She quickly raised a hand to her cheeks and tried to brush the tears away as she continued down the stairs to meet him.
"Ced? Isn't that Katie?" Cody Lawrence, a chaser for the Hufflepuff team, asked Cedric when he noticed her descending the stairs.
Cedric looked up and cracked a smile, "yeah, that's her. See you guys later." Cedric stepped through his friends and approached the bottom stair just as Katie reached it.
"Katie." He smiled at her. She smiled weakly back and he noticed the tear stains on her cheeks. "Is everything alright?" He asked, genuinely worried.
"Oh, it's nothing." She waved it off.
"Are you sure?" He asked. She placed a hand on his arm, "Yes, but thank you."
"No problem. Well, shall we Miss Bell?" He held out his arm to her and she wrapped hers through it.
The made their way across the grounds of Hogwarts towards the gates. As the entered the small town of Hogsmeade, they passed Angelina, Alicia, the twins, Lee and Wood. Katie smiled at her fellow chasers and at the red- headed menaces, and their best friend Lee. She didn't even look at Wood. She kept just walking with Cedric.
"Where to, milady?" Cedric glanced sideways at her with a playful grin.
"Hmm." Katie thought allowed. "I don't know. Why don't we pay a visit to the Shrieking Shack?"
"Brilliant idea Katie. To the Shrieking Shack." He pulled her onward towards the end of the street where the rundown building sat.
They approached the old house and Katie shivered, partially because of the brisk October air, and the other reason being that they were standing in what was said to be the most haunted building in all of England. (a/n: I think its all of England.. forgive me if I'm incorrect).
"Cold?" He asked gently. Katie nodded in response and Cedric wrapped a strong arm around her thin shoulders. Katie leaned into him, welcoming his warmth.
After wandering the streets of Hogsmeade, running into friends and stepping into stores, Cedric and Katie were cold and tired. They headed into the Three Broomsticks for some warm Butterbeers.
Katie walked back to the corner of the little pub and found an isolated table. She stat down in one of the two chairs at the table and glanced around the crowded room. She spotted Harry and his friends in the opposite corner, and some other Gryffindor sixth years scattered about at different tables.
"Here you are, Katie." Cedric had worked his way back to her and placed a foaming mug before her. She smiled up at him, "thank you."
"You're welcome." He grinned back. Katie had learned in the few short hours she had spent with him, why girls loved him so much. Not only was he tall and handsome, with his gray-blue eyes and tawny hair, but he was. charming. He was incredibly sweet. He'd held doors open for her and offered his cloak to her when she'd appeared to be cold and insisted on paying at Honeydukes.
Katie heaved a content sigh and looked up to find Cedric looking wistfully back at her. She couldn't help but blush and then proceeded to grin at him.
"Do you think I look bad in this?" Katie blurted out.
"What?"
"Be honest. Does this look. skanky?"
"Skanky?"
"Um, does it look like I'm starving for attention." Katie asked,
"No. Why would you say that? I think you look very nice. It's very tasteful. Especially compared to what some of the girls at school wear." Cedric finished.
"Well thank you." Katie smiled.
"Why?"
"Well, it's just that Wood said. nevermind. I was just curious." Katie shook her head and gulped down the remainder of her Butterbeer.
After the two had finished their Butterbeers, Katie and Cedric began to walk back up to the castle. Halfway back, a dull rain started to fall and intensified, pounding on their backs as they sprinted to the large Oak doors.
Inside the castle, they shook off the droplets of water and looked up at each other. Katie grinned at Cedric, whose hair was plastered to his forehead and his robes were stuck to his well-defined chest.
"Something funny, Katie?" He asked, grinning back at her.
"No, nothing."
"Well, you'd better go change before Wood comes back and starts badgering you about your attire, now that it's soaking." Cedric spoke softly.
Katie looked at him curiously. "How did you know-"
"Wood's a jerk. He'd be likely to say something like that to such a pretty girl." Cedric ended with one of his signature smiles. Katie felt herself bush.
"Well, Cedric. Thank you. I'm going to head back up to the common room now. Thank you for such a great afternoon." She smiled through the blush.
"You're welcome Katie. I'm glad I got to spend some time with you." Cedric stepped forward and wrapped Katie in a soggy hug. Katie laughed and wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back.
He released her and Katie turned towards the stairs, dragging herself away from the handsome sixth year.
~*~
Katie walked into the common room to find that Angelina, Alicia, Fred, George, Lee and to her dismay, Wood were already back and sitting around the fire.
"Katie!" Angelina yelled as she walked into the room.
"Geez Kate. Did you and Cedric decide to go for a swim in the lake?" George asked.
"Oh, yes George! We jumped right in and swam with the squid." Katie chuckled.
"Katie! How was it!" The girls asked her impatiently.
"Awesome. Cedric is so sweet." Katie mused.
"And hot." Alicia added.
Katie grinned and nodded, "and hot." She confirmed.
"You'd better go change." A deep Scottish voice said from the corner of the room. "You'll get sick."
Katie glanced at Wood who sat off to the side. She nodded, "I'm gonna go change. I'll be right back down."
She jogged up the stairs and threw open the door to her dorm. She pealed off the cloak and her cloths and jumped into a warm shower to quickly warm herself up.
She got out and pulled on the same thing she'd been wearing earlier that day- sweatpants and a tee-shirt- and hopped back down the stairs only to collapse by the fire. She opened a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans and popped one into her mouth.
"Gross!" Katie sputtered as she spit it out into her hand. She heard the familiar chuckle of her friends laughing at her antics. She laughed at herself and then turned to Alicia who was staring lackadaisically at the ceiling of the common room.
"Leesh? You alright?" Katie asked, rolling over onto her stomach on the couch and looking down at her friend on the floor.
"I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Cedric."
Katie laughed, "Cedric? Why?"
"Imagine. If you went with him, then I'd get to see him everyday!"
Katie laughed heartily at this, "Come off it Leesh! He's not that wonderful."
"Katie! What are you talking about!" Angelina yelled from her spot on the floor between Fred and George. "You're talking about Cedric Diggory. He's like the hottest guy at Hogwarts!"
Katie laughed and sat up, "Is that all you guys see? That he's handsome and fit?"
"Well, um, I've never talked to the boy so I suppose that's all I can judge by." Alicia muttered.
"Not only is he hot, but he's incredibly sweet and very smart and really funny." Katie mused.
Angelina and Alicia both jumped of the floor and sat on either side of Katie as she explained why Cedric was so amazing.
Wood could take it no longer. He stood up and walked past his three giggling chasers and glanced at his beaters. They were both dumbstruck at the topic of conversation.
"When are you three going to grow up." Wood muttered.
The chasers looked up at their captain. "What's that supposed to mean?" Angelina asked.
"Diggory is an opposing captain, and as members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, you shouldn't be. fraternizing with him. It could be dangerous." Wood stated.
"Dangerous? Diggory?" Alicia asked.
"Yes." Wood stated.
"How?" Katie asked.
"You said not to talk to you outside of Quidditch." He muttered.
"Yes I did." Katie nodded, she got up and brushed past him, walking up to her dorm room.
"Wood, are you ever going to apologize to her?" Alicia asked.
"Why would I? She's the one who doesn't want to be friends with me!" Wood gasped.
"I know. But she's upset about what you said." Alicia offered.
"Why?"
"It was rude, Wood." Fred piped.
"Katie usually understands when I give her my opinion." Wood shrugged.
"She just wants you to be happy for her." Angelina explained.
"Well." Wood started but then stopped. He mounted the stairs, "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
A rumble of "G'Night Wood" rumbled through the common room as he walked up the stairs.
Wood crawled into his bed and pulled the hanging shut around him. He curled up on his side and tried to sleep. After twenty minutes he sat up and reached beside his bed and grabbed an old photo album.
Throwing it open on his lap, he flipped through old pictures of himself and his family before Hogwarts and then his eyes landed on a picture of he and Katie standing before the Hogwarts Express in Katie's first year.
Katie and Wood's parents had been friends long before their children were born. All four had been in Gryffindor when they were in school. Their fathers had been close friends on the Quidditch team while their mothers had been the best of friends.
Wood looked back at the picture and saw his second year self with an arm around Katie. They were both grinning and they waved at the camera. He smiled to himself.
Looking through the rest of the pictures he came across numerous pictures of himself and Katie. He smiled each time he saw her grinning face. Laughing occasionally at pictures. Eventually he place the album back where he kept it.
He laid back down but still couldn't sleep. Katie's face swam before him. He missed talking to her. He needed to know how to get her back by his side. He needed his best friend back. He needed his Katie back.
"Mum." He muttered to himself, sitting up again. He nabbed a bit of parchment and a quill and leaned up against the headboard of his bed. He began to compose a letter to his mother. In it, he explained to her what had happened in the locker room, before the match, in the common room before she left with Cedric.
He read over it and folded it up and placed it in an envelope. He quietly crept out of bed and tied the letter to his Eagle Owl's leg. "Take this to Mum." He muttered to the bird, opening the window and watching the bird fly into the distance.
He once more, pulled the hangings around his bed and laid down in his bed. This time, drifting to sleep.
~*~
Katie awoke the next morning to Alicia and Angelina quietly whispering. She sat up in bed and whipped open the hangings. "What's going on?"
"Seems Mr. Diggory needs some tutoring." Alicia snickered.
"What?" Katie asked, noticing a piece of parchment in Alicia's hand.
"Cedric sent to you." She held the paper out to a sleepy Katie who took it and began to read it
Katie,
Thanks again for an amazing day yesterday. I'm glad I went with you. I'm aware that you are a very good Potions student. I have a paper due for Snape in a week and I was curious if you wouldn't mind helping me write it. You can talk to me at breakfast. Thank you so much!
Cedric
"Ohhhhhh!" Angelina and Alicia cooed.
"What?" Katie asked.
"Katie's got a study buddy."
"I suppose so. What of it?" Katie inquired as she stood up and pulled out cloths for the day.
"Oh, nothing. Can we come? I'm mediocre at Potions and. well, Angelina's terrible at it but she's alright at Charms." Alicia offered.
"Angie, Leesh. You two are my best friends, but I just don't know." Katie hesitated.
"Fine. Go change so we can go to breakfast. I wanna go with you when you go talk to Mr. Handsome." Alicia barked.
The three girls walked into the Great Hall, as usual, it was very empty at 8:30 on a Sunday. Most people took today to have a lie-in. Katie saw Cedric sitting with his teammates at the Hufflepuff table.
"Good morning." Katie whispered in his ear. He whipped around and grinned when he saw her.
"Katie!" He smiled. She slipped into an empty seat beside him for a moment.
"Did you get my letter?" He asked.
"Yes I did. I'd love to help you." She smiled.
"Oh, Katie, you're a life savor! Snape would have my head if I failed this paper. If you ever need any help in ANYTHING, with the exception of Potions of course, I'll gladly help you." He mused.
"It's no trouble, glad to help. When?"
"Um, what are you doing today? Could we get started today?" He asked.
"Okay, after lunch? In the library?" She suggested.
"Perfect. And thanks again."
Katie rose with a smiled, "See you then."
"Bye Katie. Bye Angelina and Alicia." He called as the walked over to Gryffindor table.
The three girls sat down, all smiles. Katie looked up at Fred and George who merely stared back at the three grinning chasers.
"What's there to grin about?" Fred inquired curiously.
"Cedric knows my name." Alicia muttered.
"I know your name. Do you grin this much when I say bye to you?" George asked.
"Well of course not. You're not Cedric Diggory." Alicia sat flatly.
"What is so wonderful about Diggory?" Fred cried, confused.
Alicia sighed, "Everything. The eyes, the hair. the body." She said with a mystical grin. Katie and Angelina both laughed. The twins looked at each other, confusion plastered clearly between the freckles.
Katie shoveled her breakfast in and then left by herself to go back up to the common room. As she stepped through the portrait hole, she felt herself knock into another body. She stumbled backwards and felt herself fall onto the cold stone floor. She looked up to see what she had run into, but suddenly wished she hadn't.
She found herself looking into the deep chocolate eyes she had become so familiar with in the past 6 years.
"Sorry Katesie." She heard Wood's thick Scottish accent mutter as he stood up.
Katie looked up at him and couldn't help crack a smile. He was clad in his scarlet Quidditch robes. It was no surprise that Wood was headed to the pitch on a Sunday afternoon. She had to admit the uniform fit him well. He did look very handsome.
She pushed herself up, "It's alright Wood." She mumbled as she brushed off the dust.
She looked up at his tall frame and felt a piece of her caramel brown hair slide into her face, shielding one of her crystal blue eyes from his sight.
Carefully, Wood reached his hand to her face and brushed the strands away from her eyes and tucked it gently behind her ear, smiling softly at her. His hand lingered near her cheek a moment and then fell back to his side.
Katie felt a shy smile creep onto her face. She tore her eyes away from his and looked at the ground. "I'd better go." She muttered, glancing up at him from the corner of her eyes.
His face fell slightly and he walked away without another word to her.
~*~
Katie stormed down the corridor, tears streaming down her cheeks. She reached the top of the stairs and saw Cedric waiting at the bottom for her, with a group of his friends. She quickly raised a hand to her cheeks and tried to brush the tears away as she continued down the stairs to meet him.
"Ced? Isn't that Katie?" Cody Lawrence, a chaser for the Hufflepuff team, asked Cedric when he noticed her descending the stairs.
Cedric looked up and cracked a smile, "yeah, that's her. See you guys later." Cedric stepped through his friends and approached the bottom stair just as Katie reached it.
"Katie." He smiled at her. She smiled weakly back and he noticed the tear stains on her cheeks. "Is everything alright?" He asked, genuinely worried.
"Oh, it's nothing." She waved it off.
"Are you sure?" He asked. She placed a hand on his arm, "Yes, but thank you."
"No problem. Well, shall we Miss Bell?" He held out his arm to her and she wrapped hers through it.
The made their way across the grounds of Hogwarts towards the gates. As the entered the small town of Hogsmeade, they passed Angelina, Alicia, the twins, Lee and Wood. Katie smiled at her fellow chasers and at the red- headed menaces, and their best friend Lee. She didn't even look at Wood. She kept just walking with Cedric.
"Where to, milady?" Cedric glanced sideways at her with a playful grin.
"Hmm." Katie thought allowed. "I don't know. Why don't we pay a visit to the Shrieking Shack?"
"Brilliant idea Katie. To the Shrieking Shack." He pulled her onward towards the end of the street where the rundown building sat.
They approached the old house and Katie shivered, partially because of the brisk October air, and the other reason being that they were standing in what was said to be the most haunted building in all of England. (a/n: I think its all of England.. forgive me if I'm incorrect).
"Cold?" He asked gently. Katie nodded in response and Cedric wrapped a strong arm around her thin shoulders. Katie leaned into him, welcoming his warmth.
After wandering the streets of Hogsmeade, running into friends and stepping into stores, Cedric and Katie were cold and tired. They headed into the Three Broomsticks for some warm Butterbeers.
Katie walked back to the corner of the little pub and found an isolated table. She stat down in one of the two chairs at the table and glanced around the crowded room. She spotted Harry and his friends in the opposite corner, and some other Gryffindor sixth years scattered about at different tables.
"Here you are, Katie." Cedric had worked his way back to her and placed a foaming mug before her. She smiled up at him, "thank you."
"You're welcome." He grinned back. Katie had learned in the few short hours she had spent with him, why girls loved him so much. Not only was he tall and handsome, with his gray-blue eyes and tawny hair, but he was. charming. He was incredibly sweet. He'd held doors open for her and offered his cloak to her when she'd appeared to be cold and insisted on paying at Honeydukes.
Katie heaved a content sigh and looked up to find Cedric looking wistfully back at her. She couldn't help but blush and then proceeded to grin at him.
"Do you think I look bad in this?" Katie blurted out.
"What?"
"Be honest. Does this look. skanky?"
"Skanky?"
"Um, does it look like I'm starving for attention." Katie asked,
"No. Why would you say that? I think you look very nice. It's very tasteful. Especially compared to what some of the girls at school wear." Cedric finished.
"Well thank you." Katie smiled.
"Why?"
"Well, it's just that Wood said. nevermind. I was just curious." Katie shook her head and gulped down the remainder of her Butterbeer.
After the two had finished their Butterbeers, Katie and Cedric began to walk back up to the castle. Halfway back, a dull rain started to fall and intensified, pounding on their backs as they sprinted to the large Oak doors.
Inside the castle, they shook off the droplets of water and looked up at each other. Katie grinned at Cedric, whose hair was plastered to his forehead and his robes were stuck to his well-defined chest.
"Something funny, Katie?" He asked, grinning back at her.
"No, nothing."
"Well, you'd better go change before Wood comes back and starts badgering you about your attire, now that it's soaking." Cedric spoke softly.
Katie looked at him curiously. "How did you know-"
"Wood's a jerk. He'd be likely to say something like that to such a pretty girl." Cedric ended with one of his signature smiles. Katie felt herself bush.
"Well, Cedric. Thank you. I'm going to head back up to the common room now. Thank you for such a great afternoon." She smiled through the blush.
"You're welcome Katie. I'm glad I got to spend some time with you." Cedric stepped forward and wrapped Katie in a soggy hug. Katie laughed and wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back.
He released her and Katie turned towards the stairs, dragging herself away from the handsome sixth year.
~*~
Katie walked into the common room to find that Angelina, Alicia, Fred, George, Lee and to her dismay, Wood were already back and sitting around the fire.
"Katie!" Angelina yelled as she walked into the room.
"Geez Kate. Did you and Cedric decide to go for a swim in the lake?" George asked.
"Oh, yes George! We jumped right in and swam with the squid." Katie chuckled.
"Katie! How was it!" The girls asked her impatiently.
"Awesome. Cedric is so sweet." Katie mused.
"And hot." Alicia added.
Katie grinned and nodded, "and hot." She confirmed.
"You'd better go change." A deep Scottish voice said from the corner of the room. "You'll get sick."
Katie glanced at Wood who sat off to the side. She nodded, "I'm gonna go change. I'll be right back down."
She jogged up the stairs and threw open the door to her dorm. She pealed off the cloak and her cloths and jumped into a warm shower to quickly warm herself up.
She got out and pulled on the same thing she'd been wearing earlier that day- sweatpants and a tee-shirt- and hopped back down the stairs only to collapse by the fire. She opened a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans and popped one into her mouth.
"Gross!" Katie sputtered as she spit it out into her hand. She heard the familiar chuckle of her friends laughing at her antics. She laughed at herself and then turned to Alicia who was staring lackadaisically at the ceiling of the common room.
"Leesh? You alright?" Katie asked, rolling over onto her stomach on the couch and looking down at her friend on the floor.
"I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Cedric."
Katie laughed, "Cedric? Why?"
"Imagine. If you went with him, then I'd get to see him everyday!"
Katie laughed heartily at this, "Come off it Leesh! He's not that wonderful."
"Katie! What are you talking about!" Angelina yelled from her spot on the floor between Fred and George. "You're talking about Cedric Diggory. He's like the hottest guy at Hogwarts!"
Katie laughed and sat up, "Is that all you guys see? That he's handsome and fit?"
"Well, um, I've never talked to the boy so I suppose that's all I can judge by." Alicia muttered.
"Not only is he hot, but he's incredibly sweet and very smart and really funny." Katie mused.
Angelina and Alicia both jumped of the floor and sat on either side of Katie as she explained why Cedric was so amazing.
Wood could take it no longer. He stood up and walked past his three giggling chasers and glanced at his beaters. They were both dumbstruck at the topic of conversation.
"When are you three going to grow up." Wood muttered.
The chasers looked up at their captain. "What's that supposed to mean?" Angelina asked.
"Diggory is an opposing captain, and as members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, you shouldn't be. fraternizing with him. It could be dangerous." Wood stated.
"Dangerous? Diggory?" Alicia asked.
"Yes." Wood stated.
"How?" Katie asked.
"You said not to talk to you outside of Quidditch." He muttered.
"Yes I did." Katie nodded, she got up and brushed past him, walking up to her dorm room.
"Wood, are you ever going to apologize to her?" Alicia asked.
"Why would I? She's the one who doesn't want to be friends with me!" Wood gasped.
"I know. But she's upset about what you said." Alicia offered.
"Why?"
"It was rude, Wood." Fred piped.
"Katie usually understands when I give her my opinion." Wood shrugged.
"She just wants you to be happy for her." Angelina explained.
"Well." Wood started but then stopped. He mounted the stairs, "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
A rumble of "G'Night Wood" rumbled through the common room as he walked up the stairs.
Wood crawled into his bed and pulled the hanging shut around him. He curled up on his side and tried to sleep. After twenty minutes he sat up and reached beside his bed and grabbed an old photo album.
Throwing it open on his lap, he flipped through old pictures of himself and his family before Hogwarts and then his eyes landed on a picture of he and Katie standing before the Hogwarts Express in Katie's first year.
Katie and Wood's parents had been friends long before their children were born. All four had been in Gryffindor when they were in school. Their fathers had been close friends on the Quidditch team while their mothers had been the best of friends.
Wood looked back at the picture and saw his second year self with an arm around Katie. They were both grinning and they waved at the camera. He smiled to himself.
Looking through the rest of the pictures he came across numerous pictures of himself and Katie. He smiled each time he saw her grinning face. Laughing occasionally at pictures. Eventually he place the album back where he kept it.
He laid back down but still couldn't sleep. Katie's face swam before him. He missed talking to her. He needed to know how to get her back by his side. He needed his best friend back. He needed his Katie back.
"Mum." He muttered to himself, sitting up again. He nabbed a bit of parchment and a quill and leaned up against the headboard of his bed. He began to compose a letter to his mother. In it, he explained to her what had happened in the locker room, before the match, in the common room before she left with Cedric.
He read over it and folded it up and placed it in an envelope. He quietly crept out of bed and tied the letter to his Eagle Owl's leg. "Take this to Mum." He muttered to the bird, opening the window and watching the bird fly into the distance.
He once more, pulled the hangings around his bed and laid down in his bed. This time, drifting to sleep.
~*~
Katie awoke the next morning to Alicia and Angelina quietly whispering. She sat up in bed and whipped open the hangings. "What's going on?"
"Seems Mr. Diggory needs some tutoring." Alicia snickered.
"What?" Katie asked, noticing a piece of parchment in Alicia's hand.
"Cedric sent to you." She held the paper out to a sleepy Katie who took it and began to read it
Katie,
Thanks again for an amazing day yesterday. I'm glad I went with you. I'm aware that you are a very good Potions student. I have a paper due for Snape in a week and I was curious if you wouldn't mind helping me write it. You can talk to me at breakfast. Thank you so much!
Cedric
"Ohhhhhh!" Angelina and Alicia cooed.
"What?" Katie asked.
"Katie's got a study buddy."
"I suppose so. What of it?" Katie inquired as she stood up and pulled out cloths for the day.
"Oh, nothing. Can we come? I'm mediocre at Potions and. well, Angelina's terrible at it but she's alright at Charms." Alicia offered.
"Angie, Leesh. You two are my best friends, but I just don't know." Katie hesitated.
"Fine. Go change so we can go to breakfast. I wanna go with you when you go talk to Mr. Handsome." Alicia barked.
The three girls walked into the Great Hall, as usual, it was very empty at 8:30 on a Sunday. Most people took today to have a lie-in. Katie saw Cedric sitting with his teammates at the Hufflepuff table.
"Good morning." Katie whispered in his ear. He whipped around and grinned when he saw her.
"Katie!" He smiled. She slipped into an empty seat beside him for a moment.
"Did you get my letter?" He asked.
"Yes I did. I'd love to help you." She smiled.
"Oh, Katie, you're a life savor! Snape would have my head if I failed this paper. If you ever need any help in ANYTHING, with the exception of Potions of course, I'll gladly help you." He mused.
"It's no trouble, glad to help. When?"
"Um, what are you doing today? Could we get started today?" He asked.
"Okay, after lunch? In the library?" She suggested.
"Perfect. And thanks again."
Katie rose with a smiled, "See you then."
"Bye Katie. Bye Angelina and Alicia." He called as the walked over to Gryffindor table.
The three girls sat down, all smiles. Katie looked up at Fred and George who merely stared back at the three grinning chasers.
"What's there to grin about?" Fred inquired curiously.
"Cedric knows my name." Alicia muttered.
"I know your name. Do you grin this much when I say bye to you?" George asked.
"Well of course not. You're not Cedric Diggory." Alicia sat flatly.
"What is so wonderful about Diggory?" Fred cried, confused.
Alicia sighed, "Everything. The eyes, the hair. the body." She said with a mystical grin. Katie and Angelina both laughed. The twins looked at each other, confusion plastered clearly between the freckles.
Katie shoveled her breakfast in and then left by herself to go back up to the common room. As she stepped through the portrait hole, she felt herself knock into another body. She stumbled backwards and felt herself fall onto the cold stone floor. She looked up to see what she had run into, but suddenly wished she hadn't.
She found herself looking into the deep chocolate eyes she had become so familiar with in the past 6 years.
"Sorry Katesie." She heard Wood's thick Scottish accent mutter as he stood up.
Katie looked up at him and couldn't help crack a smile. He was clad in his scarlet Quidditch robes. It was no surprise that Wood was headed to the pitch on a Sunday afternoon. She had to admit the uniform fit him well. He did look very handsome.
She pushed herself up, "It's alright Wood." She mumbled as she brushed off the dust.
She looked up at his tall frame and felt a piece of her caramel brown hair slide into her face, shielding one of her crystal blue eyes from his sight.
Carefully, Wood reached his hand to her face and brushed the strands away from her eyes and tucked it gently behind her ear, smiling softly at her. His hand lingered near her cheek a moment and then fell back to his side.
Katie felt a shy smile creep onto her face. She tore her eyes away from his and looked at the ground. "I'd better go." She muttered, glancing up at him from the corner of her eyes.
His face fell slightly and he walked away without another word to her.