DISCLAIMER: If you don't know already it's all thanks to J.K.Rowling except the storyline of course.

AN: Sorry for not updating so long, I haven't forgotten you all. There's a long story behind it but in short my dad went on holidays and his computer seems to be the only one where I can update – my mother's has some problems. Anyway, he was gone for 3 weeks and now I'm finally back at his house so I can update.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy this chapter. It's nice and fun!

CHAPTER 8: Laughter is the best medicine

Life picked up speed a little after the incident with Wood. Alicia and Katie were thrilled for me and I constantly got suggestive looks from Fred and George winking at me and Wood. What's more Ravenclaw smashed Hufflepuff in Quidditch so we were back in the game. This of course brightened Wood up substantially and he was wonderful to be with. Trust me.

After Hufflepuff's wonderful defeat practises were fun too. Were just a few weeks away from playing Ravenclaw and Wood slipped into his familiar "I'm captain" mode.

"Practise this afternoon on the Quidditch pitch," he announced happily at the breakfast table. There were familiar groans.

"You're his girlfriend. Can't you get him to lay off the practises?" George whispered in my ear.

"Afraid not," I said sympathetically. "And anyway, we probably need it."

"What are you whispering about eh'?" Wood asked coming over and grabbing my waist.

"Wouldn't you like to know," I said suggestively leaning my head on his shoulder. He took the hint and after giving me a quick kiss he headed off.

"Well that went well," said George disapprovingly.

"Well I didn't promise anything did I?" I said getting up. "C'mon, lets go to class."

The day went very slowly. Snape caught me daydreaming in Potions and set me quite a lot of homework as punishment. I almost fell asleep in Divination (no surprise there!). I was relieved when Quidditch practise finally came around. I hurried so I could get there a little early. I could see Wood carrying the box containing the Quaffle, and the other things, onto the field.

"And how's my favourite Captain?" I called out to him. He turned and smiled. He came running over to me and lifted me right off the ground.

"Great, now that his favourite Chaser is here," he replied lowering me and kissing me gently. I put my arms around his neck and twirled his hair between my fingers.

"Ready for some hard practise?" he asked suggestively.

"If you think you can handle it," I replied smiling against his lips. He grinned back at me and started to suck my bottom lip gently. He let his hands slide down my body and put them between my robes so they lay directly on my bare skin as I was wearing a mid drift top under my robes. I laughed at his touch.

"What's so funny?" he asked raising one eyebrow.

"That tickles!" I replied uses the opportunity to kiss him. . He kissed me back and pulled away.

"So you're a ticklish one then?" he asked grinning.

"No," I lied trying to sound convincing.

"We'll just see about that." He moved his hands to my side and wriggled his fingers. I tried to hold back the laugh but I couldn't. I tried to stop him and escape his grasp but he grabbed my tightly with one arm and stroked my body with the other hand.

"Stop it!" I said between laughs. He didn't. I was laughing so hard that I had tears coming out of my eyes. He kept his grasp firm and started laughing as well. It was quite funny.

"Ahem." We heard a voice behind us. We spun around and came face to face with the rest of the team. Oh yeah, I had completely forgotten why we were down on the pitch in the first place. Wood obviously had too.

"Hope we didn't interrupt anything," Fred said with a grin. I could see the rest of the group trying to stoop themselves from laughing.

"No, not at all," Wood said, sounding remarkably calm. "Actually you're just in time to start practise." With that he walked over to the broom shed to get his broom. I was left standing in front of everyone. I could feel my cheeks turning bright red. How embarrassing! Katie came to my rescue. She grabbed my arm and walked me off in the other direction. As soon ass we were out of hearing range we both burst out laughing.

"Well that looked like a lot of fun," she said giggling.

"It wasn't really," I said honestly. "I hate being tickled."

"Sure could have fooled me," she said with a smirk.

"Oh shut up!" I said lightly shoving her.

"Are you girls going play some Quidditch or not?" I heard Wood yell over to us.

"Yeah yeah, we're coming," I called as we turned and jogged over to him.

Practise went without a hitch and after flying around for about and hour and a half Wood finally called it a night.

"Alright that's it guys," he called. "Go and get changed and I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon at the same time." We started to head off. "Umm Johnson. Can I see you for a moment?" This time the team could help themselves and they all started giggling hysterically. My face was once again burning. I turned around and walked over to Wood.

"What is it Captain?" I asked earnestly.

"Are you up for a little more practise?"

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Well that was a fun chapter. Hope that you guys liked it. Please review! Please! Thanx! L.A*