Oliver held true to his word. He was making a valiant effort to undo what he so royally screwed up. But the one thing she wanted from Oliver, Katie wasn't hearing it. It was nearing Halloween and Oliver spent every free minute that he had not only with Katie, but the group in general as well. He would sit with them at their table to eat, making sure he was sitting next to Katie the whole time. If he weren't busy with flying lessons or meetings then he would be up in the common room chatting with the twins or helping Katie with her homework. She was beginning to understand what he meant by his little statement. Katie would go insane whenever Oliver sat really close to her, such as when he studied with her or even when they just talked. All she wanted was for him to admit what she knew. That way she could find a way to tell him as well. She was debating at this time weather or not to mess with him a little bit first and had trouble deciding if she should or should not. She felt that it was more than likely to happen, at least for a few days. It was about a week before Halloween and all the students were in the Great Hall for dinner that Friday night cause Dumbledore had a few announcements he needed to say. Katie slumped into her seat next to Wood exhausted. Care of Magical Creatures was her last class that day and it really wasn't fun at all. Oliver gave her an amused look but still showed that he was worried at the same time,
"You ok Kat?" he asked taking a bite of a jam tart.
"I am really sore!" she moaned, "We've been looking after Kneazles," she moaned. Oliver just gave her a puzzled look.
"I learned about those. As far as I know they aren't that bad," Katie just gave a snort.
"You try chasing after the bloody things for an hour. They decided they wanted to play so we ended up chasing after them the whole time," Oliver chuckled and picked some grass out of her hair, "How was your day?" she asked with her face down planted in her arms.
"The usual. Get on a broom and chase a bunch of first years around that can't fly well. I'm starting to wonder if my private lessons with those rascals are any help at all." It was Katie's turn to laugh as she looked up to see a frustrated look on Oliver's face. Reaching over the table to also grab a jam tart, she mentally thought out loud,
"Wonder what Dumbledore wants to tell us after Dinner? I really just wanted to nap before practice tonight,"
"Obviously it must be important and a nap sounds good to me too," Angelina said sitting across from Katie. The twins weren't far behind and all three of them were just as knackered as Katie. There was one more jam tart left before the main meal showed up and both Oliver and Katie made a reach for it. Katie's hand got to it first but Oliver's just landed on top of hers. They both looked at each other,
"Move away from the tart," he said in a warning voice that was clearly playful.
"If I don't?" She asked cocking her head to the side.
"Let's just say it wont be pretty," he said giving her a sly grin.
"Just you try and stop me!" Oliver's sly grin turned evil as his hand let hers go free only so he could wrap that arm around her and have the other reach for the tart. Katie laughed as Oliver tried to tickle her waist.
"Oliver knock it off!" she screamed. As much as she loved having all his attention on her, not to mention his arms wrapped around her, he was tempting her every second to just kiss him.
"Give me the jam tart then."
"No!" She quickly blurted and before he got the chance to torment her anymore, she shoved the whole jam tart in her mouth.
"Huah!" she gloated through her mouth full of jam. Oliver pouted and let go of her.
"You're no fun." Just as he said that, dinner appeared. It seemed like the twins weren't even tired from class as they dove into their meal.
"I thought you two were tired?" Oliver asked.
"We are but we're always more hungry!" George said shoving mash potatoes in his mouth. Dinner was it's usual until Dumbledore stood up to address the school.
"Good evening students. Hope your day was well. Next Saturday as you all know is a Hogsmeade weekend and Halloween but this year we have decided to hold a costume party for the whole school. So sense this is a last of a minuet idea, tomorrow will be a Hogsmeade weekend for all years. First and second years are required to go in groups chaperoned by a prefect. Other than that I hope everyone has a good time." A lot of bustle ensued the Great Hall, as everyone was excited for the special Hogsmeade weekend. Katie was ecstatic. Halloween was her favorite holiday and having a costume party was even better. She quickly rounded on Wood.
"So are you going to be a stuck up teacher next week or are you planning on having normal fun like you should be?" She asked way too excited. Oliver gave her a grin.
"I'm going to have fun of course and Dumbledore didn't want it any other way." Katie was going to make a comment but Harry interrupted her.
"Team! It's time for practice," then he said something that almost made Katie faint, "Oliver if it isn't much trouble, Dean is sick today and we need a temp keeper. I don't really want to,"
"Sure Harry, no problem!" Oliver interrupted knowing what Harry was going to say.
"Thanks!" Harry said as he headed off. The rest of the team, with the exception of Ron, sorely got up from the table. They made there way down to the changing rooms with Oliver.
He walked besides Katie trying to pump her up for practice. It wasn't working and it never worked when he did the same thing years ago. The only thing it did was make her smile inside. He hasn't changed. I beg to differ. The boy has filled out nicely sense he's been gone. Yes he has but he will always be Wood. The team got changed and did there normal warm ups then they began to do drills. Katie hated drills but on the contrary the twins loved them. They didn't have to do much except extra laps at the end of practice. Harry explained the drills to Oliver. He looked impressed.
"Shame I never thought of them," he said as Harry, Ron, Angelina and Katie got in a line at the end of the pitch while the twins were near the middle. On Harry's cue Oliver let a bludger out. Harry started the drill. He did some dive tactics before the bludger started after him. Fred swooped down and hit the ball over to George who took aim at Harry. Harry ducked and dodged as the twins did this till they got to the end of pitch. Then Fed hit the bludger back towards the other end where Ron started his dive tactics and did what Harry had done. Once the drills were over with (everyone ran through them three times) they each did they're own basic training. Angelina, Ron and Katie practicing maneuvers against Wood, the twins working on the bludger tactics and Harry do his usual chasing of the snitch. Two hours later the team trudged off the pitch extremely tired and before he lost Katie to her ritual long after practice shower he pulled her aside.
"Kats, can I ask you something?"
"Sure," she said waving off Angelina, "I'll be there in a moment Ange!" She turned to look at Oliver.
"So what's up?"
Well, I was wondering, sense I don't have to do anything tomorrow, if you wanted to hang out at Hogsmeade?"
"Oliver! You're always welcome to hang with us!" Katie laughed not getting his point.
"Um well no I mean," Oliver stuttered, "I meant just you and me," Katie couldn't believe it. It took her a few moments for her to let what he said sink in, then another few moments to answer.
"U-Uh sure. Of course we can do that!" She said hoping not to sound too excited, "You know I have to go shopping for my costume, right?"
"As do I. So I'll meet you at the doors around eleven?"
"Yeah!" she said wanting to bounce around like a silly school girl. Oliver smiled and waved as he headed off while Katie headed off to the girls locker room with a wide grin on her face.
Authors Note~ *sigh* I really didn't want to take this long to update. Sorry!!! I've been really busy. I was going to tell you what Kneazles were in my A/N's but I left my info Book at my place (I'm on the school computers) so I'll just explain them in the next chapter. If you wondered what knackered meant above (a British term) it means tired. What else??? A promise is a Promise Allie!!!!! I got it up by tonight. Feel honored you got that little sneak peak last night. On to my thank-you to all my readers. Old and New J !!! Allie of course and Tav as always and the almighty pokE (lol "forgive me Father for I have poked a badger with a spoon"). Princess, nice to hear from you again. To saiyangirl16, riposte, and angelfly…Thanks!!!! The next chapter will be the "Special" trip to Hogsmeade. I'm not going to make any dates but I hope to have it up soon. No latter then in 2 weeks. Kristin(a.k.a the Rock Star!)J