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Chapter 3: Aboard the Hogwarts Express

"Take care of yourself, Katie and remember to owl us if you need anything." Mum leans over and hugs me tightly as though this was the first time I left for Hogwarts.

"Don't worry Mum, I will."

"Remember to work things out with Oliver, okay Kit-Kat?" Dad says as he puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Yes Dad, I wont forget."

Suddenly smiling, my Dad leans over and gives me a hug as well. With one last wave, I run thru the barrier and arrive on platform 9 ¾.

'I can't wait for the year to start' Grinning widely, I push my trolley around searching for my friends.

"Katie? Katie Bell!" I turn around and catch a glimpse of Angelina Johnson and Alicia Spinnet before they tackle me to the ground.

"Hey there Ange and Alicia…uhm, could you get off me now?"

"Oh yeah!" Standing up, they each extend a hand and help me up.

"So how was your summer Kates?" Alicia asks as we start to board the train.

'I played some quidditch, met up with you guys, owled you two, and oh yeah! I found out that I'm betrothed to the enemy.' As much as I wanted to tell them that-well, not really-, we all decided that it would be better if we kept it to ourselves for the time being. "Uhm, played quidditch and the usual stuff" I say nonchalantly as we walk thru the halls.

Shifting topics a couple of times, we are currently discussing Harry Potter.

"What? Harry Potter, the-boy-who-lived is in the train?! He's going to Hogwarts? Woah, major celebrity in our school!"

"I know! But I'm not joking, I even saw him go inside here!" Alicia says as we move inside an empty compartment Ange just found.

"Well enough of Harry Potter, did you see Roger Davies lately, Katie? " Ange asks.

"No actually" I says turning a deep crimson. I admit, last year I had a crush on that hot, muscular, gray-eyed…ahem…Ravenclaw quidditch captain since our last game against them.

"Well, aside from the fact that he finally cleared up that rumor of him and Cho being together, I must say that he looked even more delicious this year!"

That certainly caught my attention! "Oh, we better get changing you guys!" I drag the two up from their seats before I grab my robes.

"Well since it's so obvious that you're gonna look for him, try the second to the last compartment on the right." Ange says as if it were nothing before disappearing thru the door.

After pushing thru the throngs of people in the hallway, we finally manage to head to the changing rooms. After hastily pulling the robes over my head, I'm done in 2 minutes flat.

"I'm gonna take a walk around the train okay?" I yell as I knock on the doors.

"Okay, and don't forget the details!" I can hear Alicia saying from the other side of the door.

I start to walk briskly to Roger's compartment when I bump into someone. "Oh, sorry!" I look up to find a familiar face.

"Oh…uhm, hey there…Oliver" Usually, I'd glare at him before walking away. Anyway since we need to be friendly towards each other, I decide to bite my tongue before it says anything else that isn't friendly.

"Hi there too…Katie"

After a minute of silence I finally talk. "Nice bumping into you Oliver. Look, I have to go somewhere, see you…later?"

"Uhm…okay…"

That was once of the most awkward moments of my life, and thankfully I got away in one piece! Now onto Roger Davies! Walking once again towards the same direction, I start to get lost in my thoughts. 'What will I say to him? I mean I have to have a reason why I wanna talk to him, I can't just come in there and start talking!' before I know what's happening, I bump yet again into someone. I look up and to my great embarrassment see ROGER DAVIES standing in front of me.

"I'm so sorry, Roger!" I say as I start to back away from him. Suddenly the floors seem to be very interesting today.

"It's okay Katie." 'Ah! He knows my name!' He offers me one of his to die for smiles as a strand of reddish-brown hair covers one of his gray eyes.

I can already feel myself melting under his gaze. Cue the drooling

Somehow, I manage to smile in return. "Would you like to come inside?" He asks gesturing inside the compartment.

I only nod in fear that my voice will shake if I answer. Opening the door, he leads me in first before entering himself. What a gentleman!

"By the way, I wanna congratulate you for a great game last year. You were really good out there."

I feel myself blush despite the fact that I've been trying to control it. "Oh, thanks."

"So Katie, how's your summer?"

"Oh, it was fun. I just played quidditch and spent time with my friends and family." What a lie!

"Good, me too."

We end up talking about anything from the Weird Sisters, to the Hogwarts professors, Gryffindor victory parties- he said he's been wondering what happens in those-, to what quidditch games we've seen over the break.

Suddenly the train screeches into a halt.

"I guess we're here already." 'Good going Katie! Stating the obvious --' '

"Yeah, I didn't even realize how long we've been talking."

I find myself blushing again before I standing up. "I better go look for my friends, they might have thought I got lost or something."

"Yeah, I think you're right. Besides, they'll be worrying that they lost their best chaser." He smiles once again except this time with a bit of red on his cheeks. I guess I didn't notice that since all that's in my head right now is 'he called me the best chaser on the team!'

"Yeah well, I'll see you in the Great Hall?" I say looking up to meet his eyes (a/n: he's taller by 3 inches.)

"Yeah" I must've been staring at his eyes for some time, but thankfully I realize this and feel another blush coming on. With one last smile, I exit the compartment and skipping-not literally of course!- back to find my friends.

Roger's POV:

I sit back down for a while looking at the spot where Katie was just sitting on. 'Her eyes were so…is there even a word for it? They were such a beautiful combination of blue and green.'

I close my eyes and remember when we just stood there by the door even for just 5 seconds looking at each other's eyes. 'She certainly has changed this year.' Her hair's definitely longer than last year, her eyes definitely changed and became a deeper color, and she's definitely curvier than last year!

'Why am I thinking of her this way? Do I like Katie Bell?' I stop and count how many times I blushed during our whole conversation. 'I guess that means that I do like her…'

Snapping out of my daze, I remember that I'm supposed to be getting off the train. Quickly, I grab my trunk and run out and into a carriage.

Oh no! what about Oliver??? Be patient, grasshopper. Wait 'til the next chapter is done!