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Arin- Pustulio demands your attention! LLF! Nick was laughing his ass off when I attached it to my face. I can't believe Oliver did that to Kayleigh! If he even has the nerve to come back to school, if he's not expelled, let's kick his ass. And, I did not sit on Davy on purpose, but I thought Justin was gonna moon me again. Besides, I'm gonna go marry the Green Teabagger, remember? Anyway, help me! I'm running out of ideas for this. I've got one for the chapter after this, and I have a potential idea for later, but I'm unsure about it.
Ding-dong!
Katie jumped at the sound of the doorbell ringing and rolled off the couch onto the floor. She pulled herself up and yanked open the door. "Hey guys!" she said, spotting the quidditch team in the doorway. "What's up?"
"Celebration!" Oliver cheered, grabbing Katie's arm and pulling her through the door. Katie laughed.
"Isn't that a little mean?" she asked. The group stared at her.
"Katie, have you been living under a rock?" Mike asked. "Brooke was the biggest bitch alive, and you got her fired!" Katie smiled.
"All right, all right," she said. "I'll come, I'll come."
The group entered the Leaky Cauldron and cameras immediately started to flash. "I swear, we can't go anywhere without-" Mike started to say.
"It's Katie Bell!" someone shouted. Suddenly, Katie was surrounded by reporters and more cameras. She pushed her way through them and sat down.
"Um, Miss Bell?" Katie turned around and saw a familiar red head standing behind her.
"Ginny!" she exclaimed. "Hi!"
"Um, I was wondering if you'd like to do an interview for Witch Weekly," Ginny said.
"Well, I don't know," Katie said. She thought a moment. "Ok, I guess so."
"I have an opening tomorrow at 10," Ginny said.
"OK," Katie said.
"And would you mind doing a small photo shoot?" Ginny asked.
"Well, I don't know about that," Katie said uneasily.
"It'll just be a few," Ginny explained. "But we'd like to feature you on the cover."
Katie stared at her. "On the cover?" she repeated.
"Yeah, you're the next big thing in quidditch," Ginny said. "And if it's OK, we'd like to include Oliver in the interview too."
Katie looked at Oliver, who shrugged. "OK," she said. "Sounds fine with me."
"Great!" Ginny said. "See you tomorrow then." She waved good bye and left.
"Photo shoot?" Katie mumbled. "I've never exactly been on the cover of a magazine."
"It's no big deal," Oliver told her. "They just have you pose for a few pictures and interview you." He kissed her. "Besides, you're so beautiful, they won't need to take dozens of pictures to make you look good."
The next morning, Katie woke up and met Oliver at Witch Weekly Headquarters. "First, we're going to do the photo shoot," Ginny said, leading Katie down a hallway into a room. Katie's jaw dropped. "Therefore," Ginny continued. "You need to find something to wear." There were racks and racks of clothes lined along the walls.
"If Alicia could only see me now," Katie mumbled with a smile. The door opened and a tall brunette woman entered.
"Hi!" she exclaimed, shaking Katie's hand. "I'm Regina, Regina Ellens. I'll be your personal stylist for today."
"I have a personal stylist?" Katie asked, her eyes wide.
"So, let's get started," Regina said. "You have gorgeous eyes, so I want to pick out something that will bring them out. Now, do you want to dress casual or dressy? Or you can do a little of both."
"Um, both, I guess," Katie told her.
"Great!" Regina said. "Well then, how about you pick some things you like out and then we'll take a look and see what looks best. Oh, and the photographer wants to do a couple shots of you and Mr. Wood together, so we'll have to find something that goes with what he's wearing."
Within minutes, Katie had armloads of clothes chosen and Regina helped her pick which outfits looked best on her. By the time they were finished, she had decided on a white dress and a pair of matching heels. Regina studied her after Katie was dressed. "It really shows off your great figure," she said. "So let's do your make-up now." Regina applied Katie's make-up and stood back, admiring her work.
"What do you think?" she asked Katie.
"Wow, I look good!" Katie said with a laugh. "Thanks."
There was a knock on the door and Ginny appeared. "All set?" she asked. Katie nodded and rose from the chair she was sitting in. She followed Ginny back down the hallway to a large room, where cameras were set up.
A short, skinny man rushed over and kissed Katie's hand. "David," he introduced. "David Rangel." Katie smiled and greeted him politely. "Since you're wearing white, we're going to go with a solid background scene," David said. "So, step right over here, and we'll see what we can do." Katie obeyed and followed him in front of a large screen hanging from the ceiling. "Now, stand right here," he said, "And stand like this." He turned Katie sideways slightly. "Excellent!" He rushed behind the camera. "Now, I want a light, natural smile. Not quite that big............perfect!" He began clicking away with the camera. "Ok, now tilt your head ever so slightly...........right there!" And the camera clicked rapidly. "Now, look away with your eyes and open them a little more," David said, continuing to click. "OK," he said. "That should be it with this take. Now, we're going to change to casual. Regina told me your color scheme, so we're going to go with an actual scene."
Katie changed into another outfit and hurried back out to the studio. "Beautiful!" David exclaimed. "Now, since you chose pastel colors, we decided to go with an outdoor theme. Therefore, I think it best if we shoot in the nearby park. There's a perfect place there that I think will look perfect, especially with the shots including Mr. Wood."
Once in the park, David had Katie sit on a small bench and cross her legs. "Good he said, clicking away on the camera. "Now tuck your left knee underneath............good. Where's the book?" A woman rushed over and handed him a worn, hardcover edition on Quidditch Through the Ages. "Now, lay on your stomach............good." He slipped the book in front of Katie and hurried behind the camera. "Prop your left elbow up. Now, kick the opposite leg back.......... Love it!" And the camera set off.
"Bring over Mr. Wood!" David ordered, after going through several rolls of film. The same blonde woman from earlier led Oliver over to the bench and had him sit down next to Katie.
"Are we done yet?" she muttered as David put more film in the camera. Oliver smiled.
"Not quite," he said.
"OK!" David said. "Let's see................OK, Oliver, turn and face Katie..............now Katie, tilt your head to the right." Katie did so and David began taking several pictures. "Now, let's go to the tree!" He had Katie and Oliver stand underneath a leafy tree. "Katie, put your right hand on his shoulder. Oliver, take her left hand........... fantastic!" He took three more rolls of film.
After several more takes, they were finished and Katie sighed in relief. "I thought you said it wouldn't take long," she complained.
"I didn't think it would," Oliver answered. "He must have taken about 50 rolls of film. By the way, you look gorgeous."
"These shoes are killing me," Katie muttered.
20 minutes later, the two of them sat down with Ginny in a quiet office for their interview.
"By the way," Katie said, before they began. "Remind me to kill George. He stole my phone."
Ginny laughed. "OK," she said. "By the way, are you going to Fred's surprise party?"
"Of course," Katie said. "But if it's anything like Angie's party, I'm leaving early."
"What happened?" Oliver asked.
"Something that would make your mother cringe," Katie muttered.
"OK, let's begin," Ginny said. "I promise this isn't one of those super personal interviews that ask you all kinds of questions about who knows what."
"Thank god," Katie said. "I remember when I had to do one of those. The woman I was interviewing tried to hex me."
"OK, here we go," Ginny said. "Katie, you're 22, right?"
"Correct."
"Oliver, you're 23?"
"Correct."
"Katie, what motivated you to quit your job as a reporter and try quidditch?"
"Well, I was getting kind of tired of my job, no offense to the people at the Prophet," Katie said. "And Oliver found out that Eliza Trine was pregnant and he knew I didn't like my job anymore, so he got me to try out. I didn't think I'd make it."
"Well, you most certainly did," Ginny said. "How long have you two known each other?"
"Since.............. well, back at Hogwarts," Katie replied. "Ol, was the quidditch captain."
Ginny smiled. "I remember seeing you guys up at 5 in the morning practicing."
Katie groaned. "Don't remind me," she mumbled.
"Oliver, what made you think Katie would be the one for the team?" Ginny asked.
Oliver shrugged. "Because she's good. I mean, Eliza was great too, but I really think Katie has a lot of potential."
"Katie, what do you think of the job so far?"
"I love it," Katie said. "When I was younger, I always wanted to play pro quidditch, but I didn't think I was good enough."
"On a bit more personal note, I promise it won't get much worse than this, when did you two meet again?" Ginny asked.
"When I had to interview Oliver for the Prophet," Katie replied.
"You never thought you'd be the one answering all these questions, did you?" Ginny asked.
"Definitely not," Katie said. "This is definitely a change."
"How long do you think you'll continue to play quidditch?"
"As long as I can," Katie said.
"Oliver, what about you?"
"Same here," Oliver said. "I wouldn't choose to do anything else."
"And, what about the scandal with Brooke Holden?" Ginny asked. "Sorry, my boss said to ask."
Katie and Oliver looked at each other. "Well," Katie said. "Basically, she said that she and Oliver were dating, almost engaged even, and that he paid William Puddlemere to have me put on the team. Luckily, Cho Chang overheard and proved that she was lying."
"Bitch," Ginny muttered under her breath, causing Katie and Oliver to laugh. "Does that affect anything between the two of you?"
"No," they both said in unison. "Not at all."
"Katie, what do you do in your spare time?" Ginny asked.
"Let me see," Oliver cut in. "Shop, shop, and oh, shop."
"Really funny," Katie muttered. "Actually, I just do whatever I feel like, and yes, I do like to go shopping."
"What're some of your favorite stores?" Ginny asked.
"Any place that has fabulous clothes that I can't afford," Katie answered.
"I think that goes for all of us," Ginny laughed.
"Can we please change the subject?" Oliver whined.
(I'm afraid that ended kind of suddenly. Sorry. Plus, I found this kind of boring. Ok, really boring. I'm beginning to lose time to write because softball is starting up again, first game's tonight, and homework is taking over. When will it end? Ok, I hope you're not thinking about suicide due to the lameness of this chapter and if you are, well, go get some help. Review! Oh, and congrats to all you Bush supporters.)