A Mother's Shadow
Summary:Katie Bell and Oliver Wood have a daughter, and she's off to Hogwarts, naturally. Katie's become a famous quidditch player and Oliver's taken a high position in the Ministry. This is the life of Kalicia Wood, and how she lives in her mother's shadow.
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
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ChapterTwo: Falling through Wounds.
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Three days later Kalicia Wood was mounting her broom, ready for quidditch practice. Liam walked out of the boys changing rooms, glanced at Kally, then quickly mounted his broom and shot into the air.
Kally sighed, she had been trying all week to get Liam to talk to her. During class, before he went of Prefect rounds, during meals, even when they were walking in the corridors. He had ignored her, glared at her or make some smart comment.
Kally looked around to see who had to practice balls. Lydia Brown and Isabelle Mitchells, the only other two female players, can over, carrying the heavy trunk between them.
"Hey Kal, what's up with Liam?" Issy asked raising an eyebrow in Liam's direction, she was their keeper, and a good one at that.
"It's nothing," Kally said, quickly opening the trunk and snatching the quaffle and shooting into the air.
"What's up with that?" Kally heard Issy ask Lydia, one of their beaters.
She didn't heard Lydia reply.
"Don't set the bludgers loose 'til I'm finished talking," Kally warned Jake Bennett, her other beater, who had crept up on Issy and Lydia.
Jake scowled and walked away with his broom, "Yes, Mother," He muttered, but Kally heard him.
Jared Yancen, her best friend and their team seeker, flew over to her.
"How're you going?" He asked, before the rest of the team flew over.
Kally shot him a look at that said 'what-do-you-think?'
Liam stopped on Jared other side but didn't talk to Kally. He began to practice.
"Ashley, we'll be doing passing and shooting drills, that means you too Issy," Liam said, Kally knew she would be part of those drills too, but Liam wasn't talking to her. "Jared I want you to do what you always do, but Jake and Lyd are going to trialling each other, and guess what, you get to be their target, so be careful. Lyd you're on defense for ten then switch."
Liam finished and everyone nodded their understanding. Issy came over to Kally as she flew over to the left hoops with the quaffle under her arm.
"Now you can't tell me that's nothing," Issy told her, eyeing the hurt look on Kally's face. "What happened?"
Kally sighed out loud. "It was just a misunderstanding and..." She felt tears threatening to fall down her cheeks and quickly blinked them away.
"He kissed you didn't he?" Issy asked, Kally hated that Issy knew he so well, even if they had spent the last five years sharing a dorm.
Kally nodded. "And I... I kinda pushed him away."
Issy gaped at her.
"Not straight away," Kally told her. "But you know how it is. It's like forbidden love. Imagine the headlines, and my parents."
"Fuck the headlines," Issy said. "How will the media find out?"
Kally raised an eyebrow at her. "Like the whole school won't be talking about it. Remember the time Jared saved that first-year in flying practice a year ago? What was the headline? Kalicia Wood's Best friend saves Youth. They didn't mention his name once, only mine. I was so angry, they always know."
Issy laughed. "I remember that. You picked up the Daily Prophet and nearly karate-chopped the table in half."
Kally glared at her. Issy just continued to chuckled.
Ashley caught up with them. "What's so funny?" He asked, looking at Issy as if she was about to fall of her broom, which had happened before.
"Kally..." Issy half-choked.
Ashley raised his eyebrow at Kally.
Kally flapped a hand as if to say 'It's nothing.'
Ashley motioned for her to pass him the quaffle. Kally threw it and flew forward for a "running" pass.
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Practice continued for half and hour and Kally found her mind wandering.
Ashley and Liam feinted a triple-pass and Ashley scored on the second pass when Issy was expecting a third pass.
She and Ashley went into a deep arguement and Kally turned to look at Jared as he dived and swerved the bludger Lyd had belted at him, which Jake was supposed to be diverting back at Lyd.
Kally looked for Jake, he was watching Ashley and Issy fight.
"Bennett, on your post," Kally yelled at him.
Jake jumped and scowled at her. "Yes Mum."
Kally rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky as she felt a drop of water land on her nose. A storm was coming. But they still had a half an hour to go.
"I'll call them in when it starts to pour badly," She told herself and began to fly back to her drills.
Not so long after she had yelled at Jake, it began to pour. Kally ignored it, telling herself they couldn't pack it in with a game in two weeks.
She noticed Liam looking at the sky, along with the beaters. No-one dared call a break, they knew the response she would give them.
She and Ashley tried a long pass with Kally as their shooter, while Liam tried to defend.
Kally flew into position, Liam in front of her. They paused and waited as Ashley flew forward, swerving as a way to pretend their were actual defenders. Ashley pegged the ball at Kally, she caught in with two hands, she made to grab hold on her broom as she wobbled. Her hand slipped as she missed her grip and she slid off the broom, falling.
She heard herself scream as she fell.
"Kally!" She heard Issy scream.
Suddenly strong hands gripped her around ten feet from the ground. She was set on the ground and quickly knelt as her knees had gone to jelly.
Her rescuer landed next to her, kneeling next to her. She looked up to find Liam looking into her eyes.
"Are you ok?" He asked, brushing his soaked blonde hair out of his face.
Kally nodded and leant against him, as he wrapped an arm around her.
The other five player of their team landed. Lyd and Jake turning to catch the bludgers that were hurtling their way.
"Kally!" Issy said as she landed last and came over to hug her close friend. Lyd joined the hug as soon as she'd put her bludger away.
"You scared the shit out of me," Issy said, as she let Kally go from her rib-crushing hug. Issy turned to hug Liam thanking him over and over again. Liam called an end to team practice, ignoring Kally's protests that they had to continue.
Jared helped Kally to her feet and walked her back to the girl's changing room. "You scared me back there too," He admitted, hugging her around the shoulders and kissed her forehead in a brotherly way. "Don't do it again."
Kally smiled up at him. "But it was so much fun," She mock-protested.
Jared tweaked her nose as he always did and disappeared into the boys changing room.
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In the common room that night, everybody seemed to know about her accidental fall. She quickly snuck out of the room as Issy and Lyd retold the story for the tenth time to a new group of listeners. The story seemed to be getting more outrageous everytime it was told.
She crept up the girls' dormitory staircase and into the room she shared with Lyd, Issy and two other fifth year Ravenclaw girls.
She laid down on her four-poster bed, which was laden with all kinds of blue and silver, and took deep breaths, remember that days practice, cursing Liam for not letting them continue.
She remember what had happened after Liam had caught her. He had smiled down at her and let her lean against him. Did that mean he forgave her?
Suddenly she door opened and closed quickly. She sat up to see who it was.
Her mouth fell open, it was Liam.
"How did you get up here?" She wanted to know, thinking of their magickened staircase.
"Jared told me," He said, coming to sit on her bed.
Kally made a mental note to get Jared back when she saw him next.
Kally pulled her knees close to her chest and hugged them. Looking at Liam questioningly.
"I wanted to see if were ok?" He told her, brushing a free curl back behind her ear. She had had a shower and changed her clothes in the changing rooms, but had to quickly tied up her hair before being left behind.
"I'm fine," Kally told him. "Thanks to you."
Liam smiled and looked down. "Ashley and Jared had dived for you too, but I was just closest," He said modestly.
Kally brushed her hand over her hand, purposely. "It still meant alot," she said before leaning forward and pressing her lips against his.
Liam moved closer to her, putting his hand behind her neck in a gesture to deepen the kiss. Kally left her knees fall to her side and took Liam's free hand in hers.
Liam's lips felt so warm against her own. She didn't know why, but being with him made everything feel alright. Like she was safe. she didn't feel like that with anyone else.
They broke for air, smiling at each other.
Liam took both her hands in his. "I... I love you so much," He admitted to her. "I know you should never say love to someone unless you mean it. But I do mean it, you're the only thing I live for. You're my reason to live."
Kally softly bit her lip to stop herself from crying. "Really?"
"I told you Kally, you're special to me."
Kally couldn't help it. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "I love you too," She told him, forgetting the tears as Liam leant in to kiss her again.
The door swund open and Kally heard a girl giggle.
"Oh Merlin," She heard Lydia say aloudly. "Look at that."
Kally and Liam separated, blushing, but still smiling at each other.
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Ok my brother has turned on the footy and I can't heard myself think so I'm going to cut this here. Don't worry there will be more to come next chapter. You know you lvoe it, lol.
Review if ya wanna and all, and I'll check in with ya next chapter.
~Thai.
Summary:Katie Bell and Oliver Wood have a daughter, and she's off to Hogwarts, naturally. Katie's become a famous quidditch player and Oliver's taken a high position in the Ministry. This is the life of Kalicia Wood, and how she lives in her mother's shadow.
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
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ChapterTwo: Falling through Wounds.
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Three days later Kalicia Wood was mounting her broom, ready for quidditch practice. Liam walked out of the boys changing rooms, glanced at Kally, then quickly mounted his broom and shot into the air.
Kally sighed, she had been trying all week to get Liam to talk to her. During class, before he went of Prefect rounds, during meals, even when they were walking in the corridors. He had ignored her, glared at her or make some smart comment.
Kally looked around to see who had to practice balls. Lydia Brown and Isabelle Mitchells, the only other two female players, can over, carrying the heavy trunk between them.
"Hey Kal, what's up with Liam?" Issy asked raising an eyebrow in Liam's direction, she was their keeper, and a good one at that.
"It's nothing," Kally said, quickly opening the trunk and snatching the quaffle and shooting into the air.
"What's up with that?" Kally heard Issy ask Lydia, one of their beaters.
She didn't heard Lydia reply.
"Don't set the bludgers loose 'til I'm finished talking," Kally warned Jake Bennett, her other beater, who had crept up on Issy and Lydia.
Jake scowled and walked away with his broom, "Yes, Mother," He muttered, but Kally heard him.
Jared Yancen, her best friend and their team seeker, flew over to her.
"How're you going?" He asked, before the rest of the team flew over.
Kally shot him a look at that said 'what-do-you-think?'
Liam stopped on Jared other side but didn't talk to Kally. He began to practice.
"Ashley, we'll be doing passing and shooting drills, that means you too Issy," Liam said, Kally knew she would be part of those drills too, but Liam wasn't talking to her. "Jared I want you to do what you always do, but Jake and Lyd are going to trialling each other, and guess what, you get to be their target, so be careful. Lyd you're on defense for ten then switch."
Liam finished and everyone nodded their understanding. Issy came over to Kally as she flew over to the left hoops with the quaffle under her arm.
"Now you can't tell me that's nothing," Issy told her, eyeing the hurt look on Kally's face. "What happened?"
Kally sighed out loud. "It was just a misunderstanding and..." She felt tears threatening to fall down her cheeks and quickly blinked them away.
"He kissed you didn't he?" Issy asked, Kally hated that Issy knew he so well, even if they had spent the last five years sharing a dorm.
Kally nodded. "And I... I kinda pushed him away."
Issy gaped at her.
"Not straight away," Kally told her. "But you know how it is. It's like forbidden love. Imagine the headlines, and my parents."
"Fuck the headlines," Issy said. "How will the media find out?"
Kally raised an eyebrow at her. "Like the whole school won't be talking about it. Remember the time Jared saved that first-year in flying practice a year ago? What was the headline? Kalicia Wood's Best friend saves Youth. They didn't mention his name once, only mine. I was so angry, they always know."
Issy laughed. "I remember that. You picked up the Daily Prophet and nearly karate-chopped the table in half."
Kally glared at her. Issy just continued to chuckled.
Ashley caught up with them. "What's so funny?" He asked, looking at Issy as if she was about to fall of her broom, which had happened before.
"Kally..." Issy half-choked.
Ashley raised his eyebrow at Kally.
Kally flapped a hand as if to say 'It's nothing.'
Ashley motioned for her to pass him the quaffle. Kally threw it and flew forward for a "running" pass.
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Practice continued for half and hour and Kally found her mind wandering.
Ashley and Liam feinted a triple-pass and Ashley scored on the second pass when Issy was expecting a third pass.
She and Ashley went into a deep arguement and Kally turned to look at Jared as he dived and swerved the bludger Lyd had belted at him, which Jake was supposed to be diverting back at Lyd.
Kally looked for Jake, he was watching Ashley and Issy fight.
"Bennett, on your post," Kally yelled at him.
Jake jumped and scowled at her. "Yes Mum."
Kally rolled her eyes and looked up at the sky as she felt a drop of water land on her nose. A storm was coming. But they still had a half an hour to go.
"I'll call them in when it starts to pour badly," She told herself and began to fly back to her drills.
Not so long after she had yelled at Jake, it began to pour. Kally ignored it, telling herself they couldn't pack it in with a game in two weeks.
She noticed Liam looking at the sky, along with the beaters. No-one dared call a break, they knew the response she would give them.
She and Ashley tried a long pass with Kally as their shooter, while Liam tried to defend.
Kally flew into position, Liam in front of her. They paused and waited as Ashley flew forward, swerving as a way to pretend their were actual defenders. Ashley pegged the ball at Kally, she caught in with two hands, she made to grab hold on her broom as she wobbled. Her hand slipped as she missed her grip and she slid off the broom, falling.
She heard herself scream as she fell.
"Kally!" She heard Issy scream.
Suddenly strong hands gripped her around ten feet from the ground. She was set on the ground and quickly knelt as her knees had gone to jelly.
Her rescuer landed next to her, kneeling next to her. She looked up to find Liam looking into her eyes.
"Are you ok?" He asked, brushing his soaked blonde hair out of his face.
Kally nodded and leant against him, as he wrapped an arm around her.
The other five player of their team landed. Lyd and Jake turning to catch the bludgers that were hurtling their way.
"Kally!" Issy said as she landed last and came over to hug her close friend. Lyd joined the hug as soon as she'd put her bludger away.
"You scared the shit out of me," Issy said, as she let Kally go from her rib-crushing hug. Issy turned to hug Liam thanking him over and over again. Liam called an end to team practice, ignoring Kally's protests that they had to continue.
Jared helped Kally to her feet and walked her back to the girl's changing room. "You scared me back there too," He admitted, hugging her around the shoulders and kissed her forehead in a brotherly way. "Don't do it again."
Kally smiled up at him. "But it was so much fun," She mock-protested.
Jared tweaked her nose as he always did and disappeared into the boys changing room.
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In the common room that night, everybody seemed to know about her accidental fall. She quickly snuck out of the room as Issy and Lyd retold the story for the tenth time to a new group of listeners. The story seemed to be getting more outrageous everytime it was told.
She crept up the girls' dormitory staircase and into the room she shared with Lyd, Issy and two other fifth year Ravenclaw girls.
She laid down on her four-poster bed, which was laden with all kinds of blue and silver, and took deep breaths, remember that days practice, cursing Liam for not letting them continue.
She remember what had happened after Liam had caught her. He had smiled down at her and let her lean against him. Did that mean he forgave her?
Suddenly she door opened and closed quickly. She sat up to see who it was.
Her mouth fell open, it was Liam.
"How did you get up here?" She wanted to know, thinking of their magickened staircase.
"Jared told me," He said, coming to sit on her bed.
Kally made a mental note to get Jared back when she saw him next.
Kally pulled her knees close to her chest and hugged them. Looking at Liam questioningly.
"I wanted to see if were ok?" He told her, brushing a free curl back behind her ear. She had had a shower and changed her clothes in the changing rooms, but had to quickly tied up her hair before being left behind.
"I'm fine," Kally told him. "Thanks to you."
Liam smiled and looked down. "Ashley and Jared had dived for you too, but I was just closest," He said modestly.
Kally brushed her hand over her hand, purposely. "It still meant alot," she said before leaning forward and pressing her lips against his.
Liam moved closer to her, putting his hand behind her neck in a gesture to deepen the kiss. Kally left her knees fall to her side and took Liam's free hand in hers.
Liam's lips felt so warm against her own. She didn't know why, but being with him made everything feel alright. Like she was safe. she didn't feel like that with anyone else.
They broke for air, smiling at each other.
Liam took both her hands in his. "I... I love you so much," He admitted to her. "I know you should never say love to someone unless you mean it. But I do mean it, you're the only thing I live for. You're my reason to live."
Kally softly bit her lip to stop herself from crying. "Really?"
"I told you Kally, you're special to me."
Kally couldn't help it. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "I love you too," She told him, forgetting the tears as Liam leant in to kiss her again.
The door swund open and Kally heard a girl giggle.
"Oh Merlin," She heard Lydia say aloudly. "Look at that."
Kally and Liam separated, blushing, but still smiling at each other.
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Ok my brother has turned on the footy and I can't heard myself think so I'm going to cut this here. Don't worry there will be more to come next chapter. You know you lvoe it, lol.
Review if ya wanna and all, and I'll check in with ya next chapter.
~Thai.