I think I forgot my disclaimer so here it is: I don't own anything except
Karla. Sorry about how long this took!
Chapter Four
I was a wreck, I had spent the last night tossing and turning in my bed thinking about my upcoming stunt with Cedric. I woke to the sounds of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the muggle CD Karla was playing. Karla was obsessed with muggle music and the lyrics really spoke to me this morning:
"So divine/ Hell of an elevator/ All the while my fortune faded/ Never mind the consequences of the crime this time/ My fortune faded"
"Karla please turn it down" Alicia called out from her bed. Swinging out of bed I saw Karla grooving around the dorm singing loudly. "What's the song called?" I asked her "Fortune Faded" she replied. The song has so much truth, I thought.
"Hey girls," I called out "what should I wear? Today is my first day as Cedric's girlfriend" "WHAT?" yelled out Karla, Alicia and Angelina "Surprise?" I offered to them, meekly. "When were you going to tell us?" demanded Alicia, "Today, I mean I still can't believe it, it only happened last night. But I'd better go shower now, don't want to be smelly" I answered them, and then I ran out of the room. I couldn't deal with them today.
At exactly 10 to, I stood outside the Great Hall looking around for Cedric.
"Hey Katie, ready for day one?" A voice called out softly behind me, I turned and there Cedric was. He came up to me and gave me a soft peck on the cheek. "That wasn't so bad, I mean I could get used to that" I told him jokingly, Ced winked back in reply.
So together holding hands we walked through the doors and I went to the Hufflepuff table and sat down with him. Already I was getting jealous stares from many of the other girls and I couldn't help but feel just a little lucky I was with Cedric right this moment.
We ate quickly and left the Hall as soon as we could. When we got out of the hall, Cedric and I started laughing, it had been so much fun to see all those faces, checking us out. "Thanks Katie, I really enjoyed breakfast, all my mates are jealous of my great looking girlfriend." Cedric told me earnestly, "And vice versa to you Cedric" I replied. Call it fate, but a miracle happened just as we were talking, Oliver came down the stairs, Cedric saw and without any prompting he leaned in and started kissing me. I was caught in the moment and for a tiny moment I forgot about everything except for Cedric's lips.
"Bell?" Oliver called out; I slowly broke away from Cedric and replied "yes?" Oliver looked at us both, his mouth gaping "Katie, um could I please talk to you for a moment, like now?" I looked at Cedric, and he winked at me, "thank you" I mouthed at Cedric. "Sure Oliver." I replied.
"What's up?" I asked him when we got round the corner, "What are you doing with that moron Diggory? He is a loser; you deserve so much better than him Katie." Oliver ranted at me, I just stared at him, he cared about me, well he cared about me going out with Cedric that was a plus. "I'm going out with Cedric because he makes me happy. Don't knock it, it's working ok Wood? If that's all, I'll see you later." With that I walked away from Oliver, leaving him staring at me.
As I walked I wondered why I chose to say that I was with Cedric because he made me happy. In a way it was true, I was sick of being alone without a guy and that was making me sad, but did Cedric make me happy?
These thoughts kept me occupied all through Potions and Transfiguration. When lunch rolled around, I wasn't at all hungry but Alicia dragged me to the table "So Katie-Supposed-Best-Friend-Of-Alicia-And-Karla-Bell when were you going to tell us about the whole "my boyfriend is only the hot Cedric" thing? Huh? Spill girl!" Alicia snapped at me, I looked around at her, Karla and Angie "Sorry guys, I know I'm a pig. Its just I didn't expect this thing with Cedric to happen and then it did and I was so confused about it actually happening that I wanted to wait till morning to make sure it wasn't a dream" God, I spilled out the worst bullshit ever.
Alicia looked at me understandingly "I can see why KitKat, oh god Cedric is such a dream and I am SO jealous! Shhh don't tell Oliver" she smiled at me. I smiled. Could this day get any better? Ha I don't think so. Oliver doesn't like the idea of me and Cedric and Alicia was jealous. All I needed was Cedric to come over to the Gryffindor table, or me to go over to Hufflepuff. I turned to the girls and said "I'm not really hungry so I might go visit Cedric before lunch ends, see you guys in Defence ok?" and without waiting for a reply I walked over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Hey Cedric" I said and slid in next to him "Hey babe" he replied, and taking my hand he kissed the top of it. I smiled and blushed, he leaned in closer to me and whispered "You know you look exceptionally beautiful when you blush" and winked. I was so happy I leaned in, forgetting that I wasn't really his real girlfriend and kissed him on the cheek, which stirred up cat-calls from all of his friends. We looked up, the entire Hufflepuff table was staring at us and so were Alicia, Karla, Angie, Fred, George and Oliver! "Katie, listen, do you wanna meet up tonight? At the library? I gotta talk to you." Cedric asked me, I nodded "Ok Ced, I'll see you at 7. I better go, I have Defence." And I left. Damn Cedric Diggory was hot. Capital H - Hot!
I swear I think I'm getting sick, I wasn't hungry again at dinner so Karla and I skipped it and went up to the dorm to talk. Karla moved over to her CD player and put The Black Eyed Peas on.
"But it still ends up the worst/ And I'm crazy/ Trying to be your lady/I think I'm going crazy/Shut up/Shut up"
"That sounds like what I'm going through Karla." I said listening to the music. Karla shook her head "Nah, you and Cedric look seriously perfect and anyway that song is about the guy lying and the girl not believing him." she replied. "Karla, it's not real. Me and Cedric aren't real. We are just trying to get the people we want." "Are you sure Katie? Because you guys look real and if you're not careful, something will happen." I brushed away Karla's words. "Karla, has Alicia said anything about Oliver, I need to go to stage two." "You really wanna do this don't you?" she asked me, I nodded. "Well ok, I saw them having a fight earlier; it was about something stupid - Potions. Alicia knows he is having trouble and wanted to know why he wasn't asking her for help. Personally I think he was embarrassed about her knowing and they started rowing."
Maybe I could use this to my advantage.
I was in bed, later on that night. The whole dorm was sleeping quietly. My head was turning in circles; I was feeling unbelievably bad about even daring to break Alicia and Oliver up. Sighing, I swung my legs out of bed and headed down to the common room.
There was a shadow by the fire, who could be up at 3 in the morning? "Hello?" I called out softly, the shadow jumped - it was Oliver!
"Oh hey Katie, what are you doing up?" he asked me "I'm thinking, Oliver, about Rastafarian badgers trying to kill me in bed, and I got so worked up I fled the dorm room." There was a short pause and Oliver burst out laughing. "God you're mad Katie, really you are." "So are badgers trying to kill you too?" I asked him. He shook his head no, "I'm trying to do my Potions essay and I'm really sucking. I stayed up most of the night working on our quidditch play and now I'm stuck with the Bezoar heart essay."
I walked over to where he was working and sat down "Nice nightie Bell" he said and winked, I blushed my dressing gown had flown open revealing my very short blue cow nightie. "Keep your eyes on your work Wood, I bet that's how you got into this mess in the first place" I retorted winking back.
We sat there working for the next two hours, and I got to learn more about him than I thought possible. Sitting there, helping him, watching him I noticed he let out these almost inaudible grunts when he was really concentrating. He was smart when he put his mind to it, and with me guiding him along he had his essay reworked and ready to hand up. Every minute I sat there, I fell a little more in love with him.
"Thanks Katie, you have really helped me and for that I am truly grateful. Seriously thank you." Oliver told me as got up from the table. "Its no problem Oliver, seriously." I replied. Oliver stared to walk up the stairs but he stopped and turned to face me again "Katie, be careful with Diggory ok? I mean every male in this castle basically has a crush on you, and I expect if they saw you in your tiny nightie tonight like I did, you would have a lot of men and hormones hanging round you - but what I'm trying to say is you are really pretty, and just coz people like Alicia -" he broke off there, sighed and started again "- just coz everyone thinks Diggory is some perfect hottie, doesn't mean he is worth of you." With that Oliver nodded once and continued up the stairs.
I walked back to the fireside and sat down, Oliver had stopped mid-sentence about Alicia. Alicia saying something about Cedric Oliver didn't agree with. There was more to this story than I had originally thought. But I was too tired to stay up thinking about it all. I would leave it till tomorrow when I could talk with Karla.
As I headed back up to bed, I started to hum Shimmer by Fuel. Bed was calling and so was the song:
"And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past/ But maybe I'm not able/ And I break at the bend"
Well there you have it guys, finally the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!
This next bit gets interesting where Katie finally faces up to what she's doing and what feelings she is having. Enjoy and please review. I need to know what you think. Love to all. Nadine Xox
PS I love all my reviewers (esp. Fruity Penguin and Elle-Poohbear!)
Chapter Four
I was a wreck, I had spent the last night tossing and turning in my bed thinking about my upcoming stunt with Cedric. I woke to the sounds of Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the muggle CD Karla was playing. Karla was obsessed with muggle music and the lyrics really spoke to me this morning:
"So divine/ Hell of an elevator/ All the while my fortune faded/ Never mind the consequences of the crime this time/ My fortune faded"
"Karla please turn it down" Alicia called out from her bed. Swinging out of bed I saw Karla grooving around the dorm singing loudly. "What's the song called?" I asked her "Fortune Faded" she replied. The song has so much truth, I thought.
"Hey girls," I called out "what should I wear? Today is my first day as Cedric's girlfriend" "WHAT?" yelled out Karla, Alicia and Angelina "Surprise?" I offered to them, meekly. "When were you going to tell us?" demanded Alicia, "Today, I mean I still can't believe it, it only happened last night. But I'd better go shower now, don't want to be smelly" I answered them, and then I ran out of the room. I couldn't deal with them today.
At exactly 10 to, I stood outside the Great Hall looking around for Cedric.
"Hey Katie, ready for day one?" A voice called out softly behind me, I turned and there Cedric was. He came up to me and gave me a soft peck on the cheek. "That wasn't so bad, I mean I could get used to that" I told him jokingly, Ced winked back in reply.
So together holding hands we walked through the doors and I went to the Hufflepuff table and sat down with him. Already I was getting jealous stares from many of the other girls and I couldn't help but feel just a little lucky I was with Cedric right this moment.
We ate quickly and left the Hall as soon as we could. When we got out of the hall, Cedric and I started laughing, it had been so much fun to see all those faces, checking us out. "Thanks Katie, I really enjoyed breakfast, all my mates are jealous of my great looking girlfriend." Cedric told me earnestly, "And vice versa to you Cedric" I replied. Call it fate, but a miracle happened just as we were talking, Oliver came down the stairs, Cedric saw and without any prompting he leaned in and started kissing me. I was caught in the moment and for a tiny moment I forgot about everything except for Cedric's lips.
"Bell?" Oliver called out; I slowly broke away from Cedric and replied "yes?" Oliver looked at us both, his mouth gaping "Katie, um could I please talk to you for a moment, like now?" I looked at Cedric, and he winked at me, "thank you" I mouthed at Cedric. "Sure Oliver." I replied.
"What's up?" I asked him when we got round the corner, "What are you doing with that moron Diggory? He is a loser; you deserve so much better than him Katie." Oliver ranted at me, I just stared at him, he cared about me, well he cared about me going out with Cedric that was a plus. "I'm going out with Cedric because he makes me happy. Don't knock it, it's working ok Wood? If that's all, I'll see you later." With that I walked away from Oliver, leaving him staring at me.
As I walked I wondered why I chose to say that I was with Cedric because he made me happy. In a way it was true, I was sick of being alone without a guy and that was making me sad, but did Cedric make me happy?
These thoughts kept me occupied all through Potions and Transfiguration. When lunch rolled around, I wasn't at all hungry but Alicia dragged me to the table "So Katie-Supposed-Best-Friend-Of-Alicia-And-Karla-Bell when were you going to tell us about the whole "my boyfriend is only the hot Cedric" thing? Huh? Spill girl!" Alicia snapped at me, I looked around at her, Karla and Angie "Sorry guys, I know I'm a pig. Its just I didn't expect this thing with Cedric to happen and then it did and I was so confused about it actually happening that I wanted to wait till morning to make sure it wasn't a dream" God, I spilled out the worst bullshit ever.
Alicia looked at me understandingly "I can see why KitKat, oh god Cedric is such a dream and I am SO jealous! Shhh don't tell Oliver" she smiled at me. I smiled. Could this day get any better? Ha I don't think so. Oliver doesn't like the idea of me and Cedric and Alicia was jealous. All I needed was Cedric to come over to the Gryffindor table, or me to go over to Hufflepuff. I turned to the girls and said "I'm not really hungry so I might go visit Cedric before lunch ends, see you guys in Defence ok?" and without waiting for a reply I walked over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Hey Cedric" I said and slid in next to him "Hey babe" he replied, and taking my hand he kissed the top of it. I smiled and blushed, he leaned in closer to me and whispered "You know you look exceptionally beautiful when you blush" and winked. I was so happy I leaned in, forgetting that I wasn't really his real girlfriend and kissed him on the cheek, which stirred up cat-calls from all of his friends. We looked up, the entire Hufflepuff table was staring at us and so were Alicia, Karla, Angie, Fred, George and Oliver! "Katie, listen, do you wanna meet up tonight? At the library? I gotta talk to you." Cedric asked me, I nodded "Ok Ced, I'll see you at 7. I better go, I have Defence." And I left. Damn Cedric Diggory was hot. Capital H - Hot!
I swear I think I'm getting sick, I wasn't hungry again at dinner so Karla and I skipped it and went up to the dorm to talk. Karla moved over to her CD player and put The Black Eyed Peas on.
"But it still ends up the worst/ And I'm crazy/ Trying to be your lady/I think I'm going crazy/Shut up/Shut up"
"That sounds like what I'm going through Karla." I said listening to the music. Karla shook her head "Nah, you and Cedric look seriously perfect and anyway that song is about the guy lying and the girl not believing him." she replied. "Karla, it's not real. Me and Cedric aren't real. We are just trying to get the people we want." "Are you sure Katie? Because you guys look real and if you're not careful, something will happen." I brushed away Karla's words. "Karla, has Alicia said anything about Oliver, I need to go to stage two." "You really wanna do this don't you?" she asked me, I nodded. "Well ok, I saw them having a fight earlier; it was about something stupid - Potions. Alicia knows he is having trouble and wanted to know why he wasn't asking her for help. Personally I think he was embarrassed about her knowing and they started rowing."
Maybe I could use this to my advantage.
I was in bed, later on that night. The whole dorm was sleeping quietly. My head was turning in circles; I was feeling unbelievably bad about even daring to break Alicia and Oliver up. Sighing, I swung my legs out of bed and headed down to the common room.
There was a shadow by the fire, who could be up at 3 in the morning? "Hello?" I called out softly, the shadow jumped - it was Oliver!
"Oh hey Katie, what are you doing up?" he asked me "I'm thinking, Oliver, about Rastafarian badgers trying to kill me in bed, and I got so worked up I fled the dorm room." There was a short pause and Oliver burst out laughing. "God you're mad Katie, really you are." "So are badgers trying to kill you too?" I asked him. He shook his head no, "I'm trying to do my Potions essay and I'm really sucking. I stayed up most of the night working on our quidditch play and now I'm stuck with the Bezoar heart essay."
I walked over to where he was working and sat down "Nice nightie Bell" he said and winked, I blushed my dressing gown had flown open revealing my very short blue cow nightie. "Keep your eyes on your work Wood, I bet that's how you got into this mess in the first place" I retorted winking back.
We sat there working for the next two hours, and I got to learn more about him than I thought possible. Sitting there, helping him, watching him I noticed he let out these almost inaudible grunts when he was really concentrating. He was smart when he put his mind to it, and with me guiding him along he had his essay reworked and ready to hand up. Every minute I sat there, I fell a little more in love with him.
"Thanks Katie, you have really helped me and for that I am truly grateful. Seriously thank you." Oliver told me as got up from the table. "Its no problem Oliver, seriously." I replied. Oliver stared to walk up the stairs but he stopped and turned to face me again "Katie, be careful with Diggory ok? I mean every male in this castle basically has a crush on you, and I expect if they saw you in your tiny nightie tonight like I did, you would have a lot of men and hormones hanging round you - but what I'm trying to say is you are really pretty, and just coz people like Alicia -" he broke off there, sighed and started again "- just coz everyone thinks Diggory is some perfect hottie, doesn't mean he is worth of you." With that Oliver nodded once and continued up the stairs.
I walked back to the fireside and sat down, Oliver had stopped mid-sentence about Alicia. Alicia saying something about Cedric Oliver didn't agree with. There was more to this story than I had originally thought. But I was too tired to stay up thinking about it all. I would leave it till tomorrow when I could talk with Karla.
As I headed back up to bed, I started to hum Shimmer by Fuel. Bed was calling and so was the song:
"And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past/ But maybe I'm not able/ And I break at the bend"
Well there you have it guys, finally the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!
This next bit gets interesting where Katie finally faces up to what she's doing and what feelings she is having. Enjoy and please review. I need to know what you think. Love to all. Nadine Xox
PS I love all my reviewers (esp. Fruity Penguin and Elle-Poohbear!)