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"Trying to forget your first love may be easy, but trying to forget your first kiss is like trying to fly without wings."
About 3 weeks later
"So, when do you plan on retiring?"
"Retire? I'm only 23!" Oliver said.
Katie shrugged. "I'm going to retire as soon as I can," she said.
"Why?"
"I'm getting sick of my job," Katie explained. "It's rather boring and I'm getting sick of my boss hitting on me."
"Then why don't you quit?" Oliver asked.
"I need to make money somehow," Katie said. "I have to pay my half of the rent and groceries somehow and I don't think prostitution would really be my type of profession." Oliver laughed.
"Well, I'm sure you'd make some good cash," he said.
Suddenly, Oliver was being mauled by 14 year-old girls wanting autographs. Katie smiled as she watched him grudgingly sign a girl's notebook with lipstick. The girls smiled and giggled at Oliver before leaving, causing Oliver to sigh and sit back down on the park bench next to Katie. "Sometimes I think about quitting just because of that reason," he muttered.
"Oh, come on, Oliver!" Katie said. "You know you like it! Besides, what about all those fan clubs that're out there?"
"They can go to hell for all I care," Oliver said.
"What about me? I'm the founder of them!"
Oliver gave Katie a dark look, which made her laugh. "I used to be like that too when I was that age," she said. "I had Mrs. Lockhart scribbled all over my notebooks."
Oliver rolled his eyes. "That guy was the biggest joke ever to come to Hogwarts," he said.
"Ok, I admit that," Katie said. "But he was quite good-looking."
After leaving the park, they walked down a busy street filled with people.
"Hey!" Oliver said as they passed the quidditch stadium. "Let's go flying!"
"What?" Katie said. "Oliver, I-" But, Oliver grabbed her arm and led her into the quidditch stadium. The seats were empty and everything was quiet. Oliver led her into the locker rooms and down a corridor to a room of small closets. Walking over to the one that read 'Wood' on it, Oliver opened it up.
"Take your pick," he said. Katie stared inside the closet. There were several brooms inside, each cleaned and clipped perfectly.
"I'm lucky to have one broom," Katie said. "And you have 5?"
Oliver shrugged. "They're all a bit different. It depends on the weather conditions and the team we're playing."
Katie chose a Demon 3,000 and studied it. "And I thought I was lucky to have a Nimbus back at school," she said. After grabbing a broom for himself, Oliver led her back out into the stadium. "I haven't flown in years," Katie said, mounting the broom. Oliver kicked off and looked down at her.
"Then, let me remind you," he said.
Katie kicked off and laughed. "I remember the time the twins knocked me off my broom and I chased them all around the school," she said. Oliver smiled.
"You broke Fred's nose," he said. "And we had to lie to Madame Pomfrey and tell her that he ran into the door so you wouldn't get in trouble."
"Hey!" Katie said. "Let's race! First one to complete 3 laps wins. Loser buys coffee!"
"You're on," Oliver said. And they took off.
"No fair!" Katie said, laughing as they landed on the ground. "You cheated!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Bullshit!"
And they both cracked up laughing. "So what's with Alicia?" Oliver asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, when I came to get you, she was frantic," Oliver said.
"Oh," Katie said. "Well, we think George is finally going to do it."
"Do what?"
"Propose."
"Really?" Oliver asked.
"Well, they have been dating since Hogwarts," Katie said. "They only broke up once but that was because Alicia was convinced that George slept with this psycho Italian woman who turned out to be his cousin."
"So, did he sleep with her?"
"No! Of course not. Ugh, that's gross," Katie said. "At least I hope he didn't, but I don't think even George is crazy enough to do that."
It wasn't until now that the two of them realized how close they were standing. Katie cracked her knuckles nervously and searched for something to say. "So............" she said. Oliver didn't respond, which only made Katie more nervous. 'Don't look him in the eye,' she thought. 'Don't look him in the eye! Too late..............' Her breath caught as she felt the same shock Oliver always got. The silence of the stadium was deafening. "Maybe we should-" Katie said, but was cut off as her lips caught with Oliver's. And, she kissed him back.
Katie slowly opened her eyes after the kiss ended and the silence returned. "I need to be getting back," she whispered. "Just in case George really did propose and Alicia is going psycho." Oliver nodded, but continued to maintain eye contact with her. Katie turned away and began walking back towards the locker rooms, Oliver following behind her.
Their walk back to Katie's apartment was silent. The only noise was their feet walking along the pavement and an occasional dog barking.
'Hold her hand!' Oliver's mind screamed. "No, don't!' Oliver looked down at Katie's hand, which hung by her side as she quietly walked next to him. Oliver moved his hand toward hers, but then jerked it away nervously. Katie glanced at him and smiled to herself, slipping her hand into his.
They reached her apartment and Katie stopped at the bottom step of her front porch. She hugged him as usual and then kissed him before bidding him farewell.
(Yay! They're finally hooking up! I hope you guys are liking this and you have NO idea how happy it makes me to see that I have new reviews! Thanks a lot!)