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So here's the 11th installment of Winning Miss Bell. Read and Review!
Chapter Eleven: Ravenclaw
Oliver arrived at school feeling great. Katie was finally within his reach and he had heard that Harry received an actual Firebolt for Christmas. A Firebolt! However, Oliver's spirits dropped when he had told that the broom was confiscated by Professor McGonagall to be checked for hexes.
A week into term, Slytherin and Ravenclaw played. Slytherin won, just by a thread though. Oliver called a team meeting that night in the common room.
"Ok, this is good," Oliver started off, "Slytherin just barely beat Ravenclaw. Now if we beat Ravenclaw, we'll be in second place."
"Oh, we will beat Ravenclaw," Katie spoke up, "I have no doubts about that." Her eyes were angered and she sat up proudly. The entire team knew what she was thinking about. Roger Davies, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. They all agreed with her.
"Next order of business then. Harry, I went to McGonagall to ask about your broom. She got shirty with me. She thinks I care more about the Cup more then I do about you being alive. I only said that I didn't care whether or not it threw you off, as long as the Snitch was caught first. She went bonkers like I said something bad! Then she told me she'd keep it as long as it was necessary. Look into getting a new broom," Oliver went on.
Harry's eyes widened in horror at Oliver. "Thanks Oliver," he said as Oliver finished up and the meeting was over.
Katie lingered a minute. She hadn't really gotten a chance to see Oliver since they had arrived back at school. She had been loaded with work.
"Hey gorgeous," he said when he saw her.
She smiled. "Hey."
"I've missed you. Feels like I haven't seen you forever," he told her and wrapped her in a tight hug.
"I know. Do you really think that we'll win?" Katie said.
"What? You just said we would!" Oliver exclaimed to her.
"I know but I'm just worries Roger will do something to me. He didn't take our breakup well," Katie replied.
"We'll win Katie. And I'll make sure he doesn't touch you," Oliver said, still holding on tightly.
She smiled and held Oliver a bit closer. "Oliver, I have some more work to do for Snape, so I'm going to have to let go now," she said.
"Hmm... How about no?" he replied.
"I have to get it done, or I risk getting another detention," she said looking up at him.
"Ok. But get it done fast," he said letting go.
"I'll try my hardest," she said and turned to the stairs. As she walked up, Angelina and Alicia gave a squeal and chased Katie up the stairs.
"Ok, Miss Kate. You must tell us about New Years'!" Alicia said excitedly.
"And the status of you and Oliver," Angelina added.
Katie smiled. "Well. First of all, Oliver and me am not a couple. Yet. Second, New Years' was amazing," Katie said and went on to tell them about what had happened.
"That is so sweet," Alicia said.
"So not yet? What does that mean?" Angelina said confused.
"I definitely know I want to be with him. But I want to tell him at the right time, when I'm 100 per cent positive. I think I might tell him when we win the Ravenclaw game," Katie said.
The two other girls smiled happily.
"That's great!" Alicia said.
"So I guess we had better win that game now!" Angelina said as they migrated back to the common room.
***
The next day, Harry got his broom back. The day after that, the day before the game, Oliver held a practice.
Madam Hooch was sent out with them. She got so caught up in looking at Harry's broom that Oliver had to ask her if they could practice. Once Harry had the broom back, Oliver gave him some news.
"Harry, Cho Chang is Ravenclaw's seeker. She's a 4th year and she's had some injuries, but she's pretty good. But she flies on a Comet Two- Sixty, which will be a joke compared to your Firebolt," he said admiring the broom for a moment, "Ok, let's practice!"
Everyone watched Harry as he kicked off the ground. The Firebolt was incredible. "I'm letting the Snitch out!" Oliver called. Harry caught the Snitch within 20 seconds when it popped out from behind Oliver. The team cheered madly. Harry let it go and gave it a head start. He caught it right by Katie's knee in no time.
The team felt it was the best practice ever. Oliver didn't have anything to improve on, which was a first. "We're definitely going to win for sure tomorrow! Good work and let's head back to the Tower!" Oliver called out and everyone but Harry came in.
Katie and Oliver walked together behind everyone else.
"I hope we win tomorrow. With Harry's broom, I think we should," Oliver said.
"Well even if we don't, I think tomorrow will be a good day," Katie said slyly.
Oliver looked at her. "Katie?" he said, "What are you saying?"
"Well you'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out," Katie said smiling.
He smiled and laughed. "So tell me why tomorrow will be good either way."
"Hmm... You see, I can't do that. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise," Katie said raising her eyebrows.
"Tell me. Or I'll tickle you," he told her as he started to nip at her side.
"Don't you dare. You'll find out soon enough!" Katie said and ran up to Angelina and Alicia.
"Katie Bell! You get back here!" Oliver called, "I'll take you out of the game tomorrow!"
Katie laughed loudly. "Nice try Wood. You would never do that! You know I'm easily the best chaser on this team!" Katie received a few hard hits from the other chasers. They all went into the change room and then headed for the Tower when they were all showered up.
***
The next morning Oliver woke up extremely nervous. He got out of bed, changed into some sweats and headed to the Great Hall. When he walked in, he noticed Katie was the only one on the team who was up. He stood in the entrance for a moment, watching her eat and talk to a fellow Gryffindor, Rory Dansi. Katie's hair was pulled back into a long, golden ponytail. Her friend got up and started to walk to the doors, where he was standing. "Hey Oliver," she said in a seductive tone. Katie looked up and saw Oliver there. She waved to him and he walked over to join her.
"Morning," he said and kissed the top of her head. He took a seat beside her. "Nervous about today?" he asked her.
"A little. More determined then anything," she said softly.
"Don't think about it. Just think about the Cup," Oliver replied as more people filed into the hall for breakfast.
Once Harry walked in with the Firebolt, the whole Gryffindor table erupted with applause. The Slytherins hissed in envy. Many people came over to see the Firebolt during the course of the meal. And at quarter to eleven, the Gryffindor team headed for the change rooms.
The day was the polar opposite of the day that they had played Hufflepuff. The skies were clear and the air crisp as the team stepped onto the pitch. The Ravenclaw team was already positioned on the field. The Gryffindors fell into their position.
"Wood, Davies. Shake hands," Madam Hooch said.
Oliver glared at Davies, and he glared back. "Katie's mine. You leave her alone," Davies said creepily. They let go and the whistle blew. The game had started.
Katie was in possession of the Quaffle. She streaked toward the Ravenclaw posts, narrowly missing a Bludger hit toward her. She succeeded in scoring the first goal of the game. She flew back to the Gryffindor end. Oliver winked at her, as she winked back. They both saw Harry go into a dive, obviously seeing the Snitch, but he was forced off course when a Bludger from the Ravenclaws was hit toward him.
About 20 minutes later, Gryffindor was ahead 80 points to 20. Oliver's adrenaline rose as we watched Harry go into another dive. Then Cho, the Ravenclaw seeker, flew out in front of Harry.
"Knock her off Harry! This is no time to be nice!" Oliver yelled, but Harry veered out of her way, flying up.
Then Harry went into another dive, as a couple of Dementors came out onto the field. Katie watched in horror.
"No. This isn't happening," she thought.
But suddenly Harry pulled out his wand, shouted a spell causing a white form to shoot out at them. The Dementors were knocked down. And next, without even getting weak, he caught the Snitch in his hand. Gryffindor had won.
The team flew toward Harry.
"That's my boy! Way to go Harry!" Wood yelled.
Katie, Alicia and Angelina all kissed Harry's cheek, causing him to blush. They all came down to the ground in a large, burgundy mass.
Once they had all let go, Katie and Oliver looked at one another. Then, she smiled and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. He lifted her up, wrapping her legs around his waist.
"We WON!" they screamed together.
They felt as thought they had already won the Cup. They were still yelling together when Katie saw Roger approach her and Oliver.
"Katie, I need to talk to you," he said.
"Don't Katie. Please, I don't have a good feeling about this," Oliver said putting her down, but no letting her go.
"Don't worry Oliver. I'll take care of it," she said, kissing his cheek softly. He smiled and nodded.
"What do you want Roger?" Katie said calmly.
"I want you back. I've missed you so much. I feel horrible about what I did to you. Don't go off with that Quidditch geek. I can actually give you the attention you deserve," he said, his cold steel gray eyes boring into her warm green ones.
"He pays lots of attention to me. He actually takes time to nice things for me. Unlike you. And why would you want me back? You could have any other girl, and it's not like we had sex or anything," she said condescendingly.
"Because you're not like the others. You don't throw yourself at me. You make me work for you. You're a challenge and I love challenges," Roger said, slowly placing a stray strand of hair behind her ear. He looked up to find Oliver Wood staring at him murderously. He turned back to Katie. "I can't live without you. I miss you that much," he said, being subtly insincere. He hated Oliver. He needed to take away one of the things dear to him. The other would be taken care of later.
"I don't care. I've found someone who actually cares about me," Katie said smiling, "And that person is Oliver."
Roger pulled her into a kiss, knowing that Wood was watching.
Oliver's heart nearly broke in two. Why had she smiled? And then why did Davies kiss her? No. NO! This couldn't be what her thought it was. She liked HIM not Davies. Or had she just lead him on? How could she do that? After everything he had done! Oliver clenched his jaw and walked away.
"Roger!" Katie exclaimed angrily and slapped him with all the power she could gather, "Never in my life will I come back to you!" She started to look around for Oliver. She spotted him stalking off toward the change room. "Don't ever talk to me again Roger," she said and ran off toward Oliver.
"Oliver! Come here! I need to talk to you!" Katie yelled catching up to him.
"About what? How you're back with Davies, and that you never wanted me?" Oliver said maliciously.
"What? Davies and me aren't back together. I just told him off," Katie said confused.
"Right. That's just why you smiled and he kissed you," Oliver replied coldly.
"If you'd just let me explain," Katie said.
"No. Everything I just saw did that," Oliver said and walked away from her.
Katie was left alone. She stood there, starting to cry. Angelina and Alicia ran up to her.
"Katie?" Alicia asked. Katie couldn't say a word; all that came out were tears.
"What the hell did he do to you?" Angelina bellowed, "I'll kill him!"
Katie calmed down a little. "Roger. He ca-came up to me and told me he want-wanted to get back t-t-together with me and he kissed me and Oliver saw h-h-him! And now he h-h-hates me!" Katie said sobbing heavily.
"Oh god Katie. We'll talk to Oliver," Alicia said soothingly, trying to calm her down again.
"HE WON'T LISTEN!" she cried.
"He'll listen Katie. He knows that you are the best thing to ever happen to him. He really cares. He'll listen. I'll make him listen," Angelina said hugging her friend, "I'll make him."
***
There was a huge party in Gryffindor Tower for the victory over Ravenclaw. Katie was still extremely upset, and Oliver was nowhere to be found. Angelina, Alicia, Fred and George looked all over the castle for him, but they couldn't find him.
"I'm just going to go up to bed," Katie said sadly.
"Ok, we'll see you in the morning," Angelina said softly.
Katie walked up the stairs. When she reached the breezeway, she got the sudden urge to check Oliver's dorm, the one place they really hadn't considered looking.
She walked up the stairs until she reached his floor. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The door opened a few minutes later.
"I need to talk to you Oliver," she said as the door opened. But it wasn't Oliver who opened the door.
So here's the 11th installment of Winning Miss Bell. Read and Review!
Chapter Eleven: Ravenclaw
Oliver arrived at school feeling great. Katie was finally within his reach and he had heard that Harry received an actual Firebolt for Christmas. A Firebolt! However, Oliver's spirits dropped when he had told that the broom was confiscated by Professor McGonagall to be checked for hexes.
A week into term, Slytherin and Ravenclaw played. Slytherin won, just by a thread though. Oliver called a team meeting that night in the common room.
"Ok, this is good," Oliver started off, "Slytherin just barely beat Ravenclaw. Now if we beat Ravenclaw, we'll be in second place."
"Oh, we will beat Ravenclaw," Katie spoke up, "I have no doubts about that." Her eyes were angered and she sat up proudly. The entire team knew what she was thinking about. Roger Davies, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. They all agreed with her.
"Next order of business then. Harry, I went to McGonagall to ask about your broom. She got shirty with me. She thinks I care more about the Cup more then I do about you being alive. I only said that I didn't care whether or not it threw you off, as long as the Snitch was caught first. She went bonkers like I said something bad! Then she told me she'd keep it as long as it was necessary. Look into getting a new broom," Oliver went on.
Harry's eyes widened in horror at Oliver. "Thanks Oliver," he said as Oliver finished up and the meeting was over.
Katie lingered a minute. She hadn't really gotten a chance to see Oliver since they had arrived back at school. She had been loaded with work.
"Hey gorgeous," he said when he saw her.
She smiled. "Hey."
"I've missed you. Feels like I haven't seen you forever," he told her and wrapped her in a tight hug.
"I know. Do you really think that we'll win?" Katie said.
"What? You just said we would!" Oliver exclaimed to her.
"I know but I'm just worries Roger will do something to me. He didn't take our breakup well," Katie replied.
"We'll win Katie. And I'll make sure he doesn't touch you," Oliver said, still holding on tightly.
She smiled and held Oliver a bit closer. "Oliver, I have some more work to do for Snape, so I'm going to have to let go now," she said.
"Hmm... How about no?" he replied.
"I have to get it done, or I risk getting another detention," she said looking up at him.
"Ok. But get it done fast," he said letting go.
"I'll try my hardest," she said and turned to the stairs. As she walked up, Angelina and Alicia gave a squeal and chased Katie up the stairs.
"Ok, Miss Kate. You must tell us about New Years'!" Alicia said excitedly.
"And the status of you and Oliver," Angelina added.
Katie smiled. "Well. First of all, Oliver and me am not a couple. Yet. Second, New Years' was amazing," Katie said and went on to tell them about what had happened.
"That is so sweet," Alicia said.
"So not yet? What does that mean?" Angelina said confused.
"I definitely know I want to be with him. But I want to tell him at the right time, when I'm 100 per cent positive. I think I might tell him when we win the Ravenclaw game," Katie said.
The two other girls smiled happily.
"That's great!" Alicia said.
"So I guess we had better win that game now!" Angelina said as they migrated back to the common room.
***
The next day, Harry got his broom back. The day after that, the day before the game, Oliver held a practice.
Madam Hooch was sent out with them. She got so caught up in looking at Harry's broom that Oliver had to ask her if they could practice. Once Harry had the broom back, Oliver gave him some news.
"Harry, Cho Chang is Ravenclaw's seeker. She's a 4th year and she's had some injuries, but she's pretty good. But she flies on a Comet Two- Sixty, which will be a joke compared to your Firebolt," he said admiring the broom for a moment, "Ok, let's practice!"
Everyone watched Harry as he kicked off the ground. The Firebolt was incredible. "I'm letting the Snitch out!" Oliver called. Harry caught the Snitch within 20 seconds when it popped out from behind Oliver. The team cheered madly. Harry let it go and gave it a head start. He caught it right by Katie's knee in no time.
The team felt it was the best practice ever. Oliver didn't have anything to improve on, which was a first. "We're definitely going to win for sure tomorrow! Good work and let's head back to the Tower!" Oliver called out and everyone but Harry came in.
Katie and Oliver walked together behind everyone else.
"I hope we win tomorrow. With Harry's broom, I think we should," Oliver said.
"Well even if we don't, I think tomorrow will be a good day," Katie said slyly.
Oliver looked at her. "Katie?" he said, "What are you saying?"
"Well you'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out," Katie said smiling.
He smiled and laughed. "So tell me why tomorrow will be good either way."
"Hmm... You see, I can't do that. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise," Katie said raising her eyebrows.
"Tell me. Or I'll tickle you," he told her as he started to nip at her side.
"Don't you dare. You'll find out soon enough!" Katie said and ran up to Angelina and Alicia.
"Katie Bell! You get back here!" Oliver called, "I'll take you out of the game tomorrow!"
Katie laughed loudly. "Nice try Wood. You would never do that! You know I'm easily the best chaser on this team!" Katie received a few hard hits from the other chasers. They all went into the change room and then headed for the Tower when they were all showered up.
***
The next morning Oliver woke up extremely nervous. He got out of bed, changed into some sweats and headed to the Great Hall. When he walked in, he noticed Katie was the only one on the team who was up. He stood in the entrance for a moment, watching her eat and talk to a fellow Gryffindor, Rory Dansi. Katie's hair was pulled back into a long, golden ponytail. Her friend got up and started to walk to the doors, where he was standing. "Hey Oliver," she said in a seductive tone. Katie looked up and saw Oliver there. She waved to him and he walked over to join her.
"Morning," he said and kissed the top of her head. He took a seat beside her. "Nervous about today?" he asked her.
"A little. More determined then anything," she said softly.
"Don't think about it. Just think about the Cup," Oliver replied as more people filed into the hall for breakfast.
Once Harry walked in with the Firebolt, the whole Gryffindor table erupted with applause. The Slytherins hissed in envy. Many people came over to see the Firebolt during the course of the meal. And at quarter to eleven, the Gryffindor team headed for the change rooms.
The day was the polar opposite of the day that they had played Hufflepuff. The skies were clear and the air crisp as the team stepped onto the pitch. The Ravenclaw team was already positioned on the field. The Gryffindors fell into their position.
"Wood, Davies. Shake hands," Madam Hooch said.
Oliver glared at Davies, and he glared back. "Katie's mine. You leave her alone," Davies said creepily. They let go and the whistle blew. The game had started.
Katie was in possession of the Quaffle. She streaked toward the Ravenclaw posts, narrowly missing a Bludger hit toward her. She succeeded in scoring the first goal of the game. She flew back to the Gryffindor end. Oliver winked at her, as she winked back. They both saw Harry go into a dive, obviously seeing the Snitch, but he was forced off course when a Bludger from the Ravenclaws was hit toward him.
About 20 minutes later, Gryffindor was ahead 80 points to 20. Oliver's adrenaline rose as we watched Harry go into another dive. Then Cho, the Ravenclaw seeker, flew out in front of Harry.
"Knock her off Harry! This is no time to be nice!" Oliver yelled, but Harry veered out of her way, flying up.
Then Harry went into another dive, as a couple of Dementors came out onto the field. Katie watched in horror.
"No. This isn't happening," she thought.
But suddenly Harry pulled out his wand, shouted a spell causing a white form to shoot out at them. The Dementors were knocked down. And next, without even getting weak, he caught the Snitch in his hand. Gryffindor had won.
The team flew toward Harry.
"That's my boy! Way to go Harry!" Wood yelled.
Katie, Alicia and Angelina all kissed Harry's cheek, causing him to blush. They all came down to the ground in a large, burgundy mass.
Once they had all let go, Katie and Oliver looked at one another. Then, she smiled and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. He lifted her up, wrapping her legs around his waist.
"We WON!" they screamed together.
They felt as thought they had already won the Cup. They were still yelling together when Katie saw Roger approach her and Oliver.
"Katie, I need to talk to you," he said.
"Don't Katie. Please, I don't have a good feeling about this," Oliver said putting her down, but no letting her go.
"Don't worry Oliver. I'll take care of it," she said, kissing his cheek softly. He smiled and nodded.
"What do you want Roger?" Katie said calmly.
"I want you back. I've missed you so much. I feel horrible about what I did to you. Don't go off with that Quidditch geek. I can actually give you the attention you deserve," he said, his cold steel gray eyes boring into her warm green ones.
"He pays lots of attention to me. He actually takes time to nice things for me. Unlike you. And why would you want me back? You could have any other girl, and it's not like we had sex or anything," she said condescendingly.
"Because you're not like the others. You don't throw yourself at me. You make me work for you. You're a challenge and I love challenges," Roger said, slowly placing a stray strand of hair behind her ear. He looked up to find Oliver Wood staring at him murderously. He turned back to Katie. "I can't live without you. I miss you that much," he said, being subtly insincere. He hated Oliver. He needed to take away one of the things dear to him. The other would be taken care of later.
"I don't care. I've found someone who actually cares about me," Katie said smiling, "And that person is Oliver."
Roger pulled her into a kiss, knowing that Wood was watching.
Oliver's heart nearly broke in two. Why had she smiled? And then why did Davies kiss her? No. NO! This couldn't be what her thought it was. She liked HIM not Davies. Or had she just lead him on? How could she do that? After everything he had done! Oliver clenched his jaw and walked away.
"Roger!" Katie exclaimed angrily and slapped him with all the power she could gather, "Never in my life will I come back to you!" She started to look around for Oliver. She spotted him stalking off toward the change room. "Don't ever talk to me again Roger," she said and ran off toward Oliver.
"Oliver! Come here! I need to talk to you!" Katie yelled catching up to him.
"About what? How you're back with Davies, and that you never wanted me?" Oliver said maliciously.
"What? Davies and me aren't back together. I just told him off," Katie said confused.
"Right. That's just why you smiled and he kissed you," Oliver replied coldly.
"If you'd just let me explain," Katie said.
"No. Everything I just saw did that," Oliver said and walked away from her.
Katie was left alone. She stood there, starting to cry. Angelina and Alicia ran up to her.
"Katie?" Alicia asked. Katie couldn't say a word; all that came out were tears.
"What the hell did he do to you?" Angelina bellowed, "I'll kill him!"
Katie calmed down a little. "Roger. He ca-came up to me and told me he want-wanted to get back t-t-together with me and he kissed me and Oliver saw h-h-him! And now he h-h-hates me!" Katie said sobbing heavily.
"Oh god Katie. We'll talk to Oliver," Alicia said soothingly, trying to calm her down again.
"HE WON'T LISTEN!" she cried.
"He'll listen Katie. He knows that you are the best thing to ever happen to him. He really cares. He'll listen. I'll make him listen," Angelina said hugging her friend, "I'll make him."
***
There was a huge party in Gryffindor Tower for the victory over Ravenclaw. Katie was still extremely upset, and Oliver was nowhere to be found. Angelina, Alicia, Fred and George looked all over the castle for him, but they couldn't find him.
"I'm just going to go up to bed," Katie said sadly.
"Ok, we'll see you in the morning," Angelina said softly.
Katie walked up the stairs. When she reached the breezeway, she got the sudden urge to check Oliver's dorm, the one place they really hadn't considered looking.
She walked up the stairs until she reached his floor. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. The door opened a few minutes later.
"I need to talk to you Oliver," she said as the door opened. But it wasn't Oliver who opened the door.