Katie had no idea that by the end of the day she would find herself in the hospital wing out cold. Of course that's not how she literally found her self, because she was unconscious, but her friends instead. That morning she woke up quite early for not going to bed till late last night. It was either because she was excited about the first game of the season or excited about the previous night's events. Both were shoe-ins as to why she couldn't sleep and was up four hours after she went to sleep. Breakfast wouldn't be for a while so she did the only thing she could think of. She put on some jogging pants and a sweatshirt, grabbed her brand new Nimbus 2000 and headed out to the pitch to get rid of any pre-game jitters.
Two and a half hours later, Katie felt ready for the day to start. Sweaty and gross she decided to clean up a bit before heading to eat. Not really wanting to go all the way back to the common room to clean up she happily accepted the voidance of the Gryffindor locker room to shower and change. Unbeknownst to her, she had a spectator. He too couldn't sleep and had seen her walking out to the pitch. Following, he watched in the shadows of the pitch as she flew, constantly keeping an eye on her. A smirk played across his lips as a crazy idea went through his head. Deciding to go through with it, he made the journey to the locker room. He waited outside for about fifteen minuets, just until she was showered and dressed, before quietly opening the locker room door. He peaked inside only to hear her humming. He slipped in and peaked around the corner to see her in blue running pants and an oversized shirt. She wasn't paying any attention while she dried her wet hair with a towel so he tiptoed over and put his hands over her eyes.
"What the…?" Katie said obviously startled. Her hands immediately went to his. The first clue she got was the hands themselves but what really gave him away came a few moments later. At first she guessed Fred and George but she didn't get any response. That's when she smelled the wonderful sent of snitch cologne that only came off of one person that good.
"Oh! Hello Oliver," she said in a girly tone (A/N~ think Moaning Myrtle and how she says hello to Harry in CoS). Oliver dropped his hand to let her turn around. He had a lopsided smirk plastered on his face.
"How'd you know?"
"You're the only person I know who can actually wear that bloody cologne!" she said playfully. She gave him a broad smile and turned to face the mirror as she pulled her hair up. She could see Oliver's face in the mirror and he looked testy about something. Quietly he mumbled,
"Why are you pulling your hair up?" Katie just gave him a sour look.
"Cause it's my hair and I'll do what I like with it,"
"Well," he said getting a lopsided smirk on his face, "if you truly like me then you'll keep it down until the match."
"Oliver Wood," Katie said after tying up her hair and turning around to face him, " you know damn well I like you. And if you need proof then refer back to last night," she gave him a peck on the cheek and started to leave out the door. Puzzled Oliver asked,
"Where are you going?" Katie spun around and looked at him confused.
"Food of course," she said but thought of something afterwards. They were completely alone and he knew it. That's why he followed her here. She looked at him once more and realized something else.
"You wanted to make out didn't you?" Oliver just shrugged his shoulders as his face turned pink. Katie giggled as she approached him.
"Oliver," she said in a tutting voice, "We have to be good lil' boys and girls while here at school. We'll discuss how to get around things and deal with them after the game ok?" Oliver blew through his teeth.
"Okay. I hate it when you're right but before we pretend that there is nothing going on between us can I at least have one more kiss. I need assurance that you really do like me. Unless you lied to me last night," Oliver pouted a little trying to look like a sad puppy.
"Get over here," Katie laughed grabbing him by his collar to plant her lips on his. But what she planed out to be a short sweet kiss turned into a long sensual kiss, complements of Oliver's strong hold not to let her go. In time he did.
"Damn you!" she hissed as they parted. "How am I going to get on with life now that I know what I can't have every day?" Oliver just gave her a wide grin.
"I guess you'll just have to bow down to my higher being,"
"Higher being? If you think you're better than me then you got another thing coming," Katie said through hissed teeth. She wanted to sound mad but knew he was just fooling around, probably trying to make time to steal another kiss. If that happened then Katie knew she wouldn't be able say no to making out for a while, he was so appealing when he begged. It was one of the reasons she got through morning practices all those years ago when he was quidditch captain. Making out now wasn't the best time in the world for various reasons. She just couldn't let it happen, no matter how appealing it was. The others were more than likely waiting for her at the table to eat. He then gave her a way out.
"Never better Katie, just more gifted." After he said that an idea popped into her head,
"Gifted huh? Well Mr. Wood, there is one thing I'm more gifted at then you."
"And what would that be, pray tell?" Katie sauntered up to him and gave him a sumptuous kiss. Pulling apart she hissed in his ear,
"Speed," Before Wood knew what hit him Katie was off running in a flash laughing at his puzzled face. Not until a few seconds later did Oliver snap out of it and run after her.
Angelina and Fred had just sat down to eat after looking around the castle for Katie but there was no sign. They even stopped by Oliver's room to see if he saw her that morning but he wasn't in. Angelina sighed,
" Where the hell is she?" right after she said that Katie came zipping into the Great Hall stopping just in time to slide into a seat next to Fred.
"What the…" before Fred got the chance to finish Oliver came flying in seconds later. He sat down next to Angelina, right across from Katie and they both were gasping for air. Katie managed to sputter,
"I won!"
"No fair! I didn't even know we were racing till you were meters away!"
"Meters? Please Oliver I was millimeters away not meters!"
"Still an unfair advantage,"
"I think not. It just proves I'm faster than you," Angelina and Fred just sat stunned not knowing what to think about what was happening around them. They just stared in amazement while Oliver and Katie both started to stuff their faces of eggs and toast. Katie noticed the two staring at her.
"What?" she mumbled through some toast. Angelina just brushed it off and asked what she was wondering in the first place.
"Where were you this morning?"
"On the pitch practicing." Fred looked outrage and turned towards Oliver.
"This is your doing you know!" He said.
"Mine?"
"Yes, you rubbed off on her," Katie laughed while Oliver turned red.
"Maybe he did but I don't mind Fred," Katie laughed.
"What time did you get in last night Katie?" Angelina asked.
"Two! Damn dress took forever to air out," Katie lied and lied well. She would tell Angelina what really happened later when they were alone.
"So what do you think?" Fred piped. Oliver gave him a dirty glare.
"Ok note to self, never use Oliver as a test dummy for exploding stink balls," the table laughed louder as George, Lee, Harry and Ron showed up.
"That and I got to learn not to touch anything that comes from you too," Harry added in. He looked around and noticed and odd look on Oliver face.
"You ok Wood?" He asked. Oliver got beat red and nodded,
"Fine," he squeaked, "just fine," when no one was looking he looked at Katie and mouthed, "Knock it off!" She just gave him an evil grin and shook her head no. She was playing footsie with him but it wasn't his feet she was playing with. Her foot was rubbing along his inner thigh and she would bet really close to another part once in a while. Oliver was grateful when Harry told his team it was time to get ready. She stopped her torment and leaned over the table.
"We'll talk over the game, okay?"
"Yep," he smiled. She smiled back puckered her lips to give him an air kiss when no one was looking and left. Oliver smiled and couldn't wait to talk to her later.
He never got the chance… "Harry Potter catches the snitch, Gryffindor wins 200 to 50 but wait what's this. Katie Bell is falling!"
The Gryffindor team all huddled around Katie's bed looking at the unconscious beater. Fred and George were fuming mad, Harry, Ron and Dean still looked shocked from the accident, Angelina was crying and Oliver was no where to be found.
"I thought she was going to die! Thank God Oliver caught her or it would have been worse," Angelina sobbed.
"Lanky got 100 points taken off Slythrein for hitting her with his Beater club. Draco was furious with him. I heard him yelling how stupid that was when they had already lost," Fred put in.
"Where's Oliver?" Dean asked, "He was the one to catch her and I always thought he fancied her a little bit."
"He does. Fancies her a lot,"
"You know they were acting funny this morning. I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot more happened then they're letting on," Angelina put in.
"Well either way I think he's a tad upset and I think he's trying to calm down before coming in to see her," Harry added. He wanted to tell the others what he and Ginny saw under his Invisibility cloak but gathered that Ron wouldn't be too happy with that, Fred and George as well but they didn't know about the cloak, and he also figured Oliver and Katie wouldn't be to thrilled with him if he spilled his guts. So he just stayed quiet on that matter. A few minuets later Madame Pomfrey came in and kicked everyone out. Later that night though a lone figure came in to cheek on the sleeping girl. He quietly pulled a chair by her bed and took her hand in his. He just sat there for a while until he realized that Madame Pomfrey would be doing nightly rounds. Oliver got up and kissed Katie softly on the lips.
"Wake up soon cutie," he cooed, " We need to talk not to mention there's a party going on that you need to be in attendance for," he kissed her once more and quietly left the room.
Authors Note~ DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!! A Month I can't believe it took me almost a month to update. I'm SO SORRY all. School is winding down and I just seemed to get caught in a few ruts. That and I had a bloody time writing this Chapter. I'm not too thrilled with it but its done (Allie)! I have a tone of shout outs so here it goes… Little Miss Lena, Azkaban Canuck, i fling poo, Becca Black, BoPeep, lailonniel*silverstarr, Keeper of the Rainbow, Canimal. Thank you all for the reviews…and of course to my OLD OLD reviewers Princess, Poke and Allie. I'll work on Updating sooner next time…lol.