Relinquished, Chapter Thirteen

By ArrA (aka Sara-Wackadoo)

"Oy, Fred," George said, looking at his twin, "where are Angie and Katie?"

Fred shrugged. "I'm not sure… to tell the truth I haven't seen either since supper when Katie left with Flint and Angie followed. I hope they both get back soon, otherwise we'll have to go and look for them."

"Boys," Alicia said, breaking into the conversation, "I'm sure that Angie pried poor Katie away from the despicable Flint. They're probably in her room talking."

"Ya," Lee put in, wrapping his arm around Alicia. "Loosen up mates. I mean, George, we've all known you've liked Katie for… just about forever actually, but come on, you're all paranoid she'll go for Flint! He kidnapped her for Merlin's sake! How could she feel anything but hate towards him?"

Fred nodded, his eyes resting on George, whose face had gone beat red, matching his hair, and everyone laughed.

Suddenly Angelina appeared through the portrait hole, out of breath. She put her hands on her knees, trying to get enough air into her lungs so she could speak. "I can't believe what I just saw!" she was finally able to say, her eyes looking frantic.

"What? What did you see, Angie?" George said, bursting to his feet. "Does it have anything to do with Katie?"

Angelina nodded, her face cooling from red to white. "She kissed him!"

"Who?" George asked in a dangerous tone.

"Flint!"

Everyone looked around with terrified expressions on their faces, saying nothing till George finally broke the silence, "You mean he kissed her, right? She's got to be upset right now! Why did you leave her, Angie?"

Angelina shook her head. "No, she was kissing him willingly! She might have even started the kiss, I didn't see that part."

"That's it!" George said, his face flushed with anger. "Flint does not impose himself on a Gryffindor. I'm going to find the bastard and tell just what I think of him."

"Don't be a git, George," Alicia said, "he'll just beat you and if Angie's right, and Katie did like him, then she'll be mad at you as well."

"She's right, you know, George."

"Really, Fred, and why is that?" George asked angrily.

"You could lose her forever and at the end of the day, you'd have no chance and she'd be running around with Flint. Just wait, in the end, she'll see what a snake Flint really is. Don't come on to strong; once she's back in the Tower everything will be right again."

George nodded, listening to his brother's advice. "That's Fred," he muttered, "I think you're probably right."

Fred grinned. "Dear George, I am always right."

* * *

Marcus stood in front of the large mirror, checking his reflection. He wore a dark gray, woolen jumper and a pair of lighter grey pants. "Looking good, sweetheart," the motherly voice of the mirror told him kindly. "I'm sure your girl will think the same thing."

Marcus looked at the mirror suspiciously but didn't reply, he never answered mirrors, especially since his father had always told him that it was demeaning.

Turning he walked out of the small room that served as his bedroom and down to where Ed was sitting, playing wizard's chess against an imaginary opponent. "I'm off, Gramps," Marcus told the old man who smiled up at him. "Don't wait up," he added with a wink.

"Hot date?" Ed asked.

"Katie," Marcus replied, not needing to say anything else. Ed could read him easily and Marcus was sure the old man was aware of the crush he had during his time at Hogwarts.

"Have a good time, boy," Ed said his back on the chess board.

Marcus grinned. "I wouldn't expect anything less," and with that he left the room and emerged in the halls of Hogwarts. He smiled to himself as he walked down the hall leading to Katie's chambers and was soon knocking on Katie's door.

As if Katie had been sitting patiently on the other side, the door flew open right away to reveal a happily, smiling girl. "Marcus," she smiled when she saw him. "Come in!"

Marcus smiled at her and stepped inside her chambers. Looking around he saw that her rooms were small but comfortable with two doors; one that was opened, leading to the bathroom and the other door leading to her bedroom, Marcus assumed. "Hey Katie, I'm glad you didn't change your mind."

Katie laughed softly and answered, "No way. I really wanted to talk to you, and thank you for sacrificing so much."

"It wasn't a problem, you know that."

Katie nodded before a playful glint flashed through her eyes.  "But then again, you did kidnap me and then leave me alone in your bedroom… in pain. I think you need to redeem yourself."

Marcus felt his face turn alarmingly hot and looked down at his feet. "Look, I'm really sorry ab-" the rest of what he was said was cut off as Katie grabbed his hair and pulled him towards her.

"The past is the past," she whispered right before her lips meet his in a deep kiss.

Marcus' arms slipped around her waist as Katie's swept around Marcus' neck. They clung to each other with astonishing strength, not knowing what might pull them apart in the spur of the moment. Marcus found it strange to be in such a position. In the past, all the girls who had been drawn to him had come because he was a Quidditch player, a captain no less or heir to the great Flint fortune. He knew Katie liked him for just being Marcus Flint.

Katie was thinking similar things as Marcus started to slowly trace his fingers up and down her back and play with her hair. She loved the feel of his hands running over her body. They were quidditch hands, so unlike most boys', calloused from throwing a quaffle and clutching at a broom. While he had been at school, Katie had seen him as animal. A cold, untouchable, violent man who wanted nothing but to win, but now she knew there was another part to Marcus. A sensitive, caring man, who had the power to make Katie unbelievably content.

Marcus slid his tongue against Katie's mouth, carefully opening her lips so that he could slide his tongue in. Katie sighed happily, opening her mouth at the slightest pressure, giving him access to plunder her mouth.

Her legs felt to feel weak and she leaned against Marcus' body for support. As if he could sense her weakness, he led her across the room to a plush couch, not breaking the kiss the entire time. His weight pressed Katie's body into the couch and she pulled him firmly on top of her body before Marcus' hands snaked under her shirt and started to stroke her stomach, firm from endless quidditch practice as well as other exercises. Katie encouraged him, slipping her own hands underneath his shirt and started to fondle his abs. Marcus removed his lips from hers and started to trail them up and down Katie's neck as she moaned in pleasure.

Their kisses got more and more aggressive until the point where Marcus raised Katie to her feet and slid a hand in to the top of her pants, questionably. Katie nodded at him almost frantically and they stumbled quickly towards the bedroom, pulling off their opposing garments until they fell together, tangled, onto the bed.

* * *

The following morning, Marcus woke to the sensation of something… or someone, pressed against his stomach. Their body felt warm and comfortable against his body and as he opened one eye he was greeted by the sight of light brown hair. Suddenly, the person sighed and shifted in their sleep and the hair slide down the girl's face to reveal Katie. Marcus smiled as all the memories of the night before flooded back. Happily he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her as close as possible.

Looking at the bedside table, he read Katie's clock, Get up soon or you'll be late! Gently he stroked Katie's shoulder and whispered, "Katie, wake up."

Her eye blinked open at his gentle words and she rolled on to her back, clutching the blanket to her chest and looking up at him. "Hey," she said quietly, looking a bit shy. "Happy?"

Marcus just nodded his head and bent down slowly to kiss her. Katie pulled her arms around his neck, dragging him against her body and for several minutes the two were lost in the kiss. Finally Marcus pulled away and glanced at the time. Why are you still in bed!?! You're going to be insane late!

"Time to get up, love," Marcus murmured into Katie's ear, gesturing to the clock.

Pouting she asked, "Can't we be late?"

He shook his head, "Sadly, not on the first day."

Again Katie pouted and Marcus had to resist from laughing. She looked so cute with that expression on her face he thought as he pulled himself out of the bed and gathered his clothes from around the room. Quickly he preformed at cleaning spell and then spelled his robes a dark navy blue. Soon he was dressed and ready to go, while Katie was rooting through her closet, looking for something to wear.

He came up silently behind her and snaked his arms around her waist. "Pick something and hurry, love," he told her.

"I don't know what, though!"

Looking into her closet he selected a black and white pleated skirt as well as a fury, red jumper and handed them to her, along with her Gryffindor robes. "There you go."

Katie looked at the clothing suspiciously before standing on her tiptoes and pecking a quick kiss on his lips. "Perfect."

Two minutes later Katie's hair was up in a ponytail and she was dressed and ready to go. The left her rooms and headed towards the great hall as Marcus hesitantly reached out and took her hand. "May I?" he asked, her hand gently in her grasp.

For a moment Katie hesitated, thinking of what her house would think but then she decided that most likely Angelina would have told everyone about what she had seen, so she squeezed Marcus' hand with her own as they walked on.

They reached the Great Hall without seeing any a soul, and were content to float in happy bliss. They could be seen by anyone who happened to walk past them, but there had yet to be any comment, most likely because the only greetings they had gotten were those from the pictures that lined the halls of Hogwarts.

Finally it was time to enter the Great Hall and Marcus regarded Katie questionably. "Do you want to do this? Or should it be our little secret?" he asked.

"I'm much too tired for secrets at the moment," Katie said, smiling weakly up at Marcus. "I guess we'll make it public.

Marcus smiled down at her ecstatically and she returned the same smile. Slowly they walked into the hall, hand in hand, and much like the night before, all conversations stopped, dead.

Author's Notes

Okay, I forgot to say this in my last notes but this set in Harry's fifth year, in a world where OotP never happened. So if you're wondering when exactly this takes place, there you go.
I must say that I'm… so happy about the amount of reviews for my last chapter! I believe I received 12 for the chapter!!! That's absolutely amazing! Thank you to everyone! They mean so much!

Anyways, I think this'll be the closest I'll ever get to smut! Lol.

Zee Zee- The M/K shipper group is pretty much a group of us who chat in a thread at fictionalleypark. The addy is…   I'm really glad you like my fic so much! Thanks for the review!

Kbwitch- Thanks! I don't plan to for a while!

Copperstring- Thanks for adding my fic to your favourites! I updated quite quickly for me! I tend to update once a week, or a bit sooner.

Jorrn716- I'm glad you like Marcus' relationship with Ed! I'm trying to make out that Marcus and most of his relatives are good people, put in a bad situation… his father, who I'll probably introduce in later chapters.

Stompy-Sanji- Well I'm really glad you're aware now! It's a wonderful ship and there aren't enough stories!

Neveada- Aw!! My wonderful regular! ;)  Mrs. Flint helped Marcus escape with Katie at one point in time. We might see more of her, possibly with her bastard of a husband. Anyways, I'm glad you liked it and dude, you're such an awesome M/K writer too! Update, god damnit!!

Bess3- I'm glad you liked it and I have updated it! Yay!

Darcel- I can't tell you… sorry. L Glad you liked the chapter though!

Little Nothing- I believe that I'm going to keep Marcus and Katie together for a while, so I hope you're happy! I'm glad that you like my writing style!

Sugar-coated Sushi- Ya, they kissed!! Yay!! Happy days! As for Gryffindors being high and mighty, they do tend to be, don't they! I think that I actually portrayed them quite well because when it comes to Slytherin, Gryffindors are very closed minded and vica versa. I hope you liked the M/K scene in this chapter! It was difficult to write! Nothing compared to your D/Hr I found at you know where. ;) You really need to be writing some M/K you know! That would make me insanely happy. Lol.

Scarlett Darling- I didn't let him into the common room. L I'll save that for later chapters though!! Mwahahahaha!!

kat6528- In away I can see the way Angelina reacted, since he did kidnap Katie, but still, I would have been disappointed if she ruined everything. But I can say with confidence that she won't! ;)

Again, thanks for the reviews and don't forget to comment on this chapter! I'd love to hear from you!