Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and the gang, just the unrecognizable plot.

The Quidditch Master

Chapter 7

Sweet Dreams, Ollie

Oliver quickly grabbed his broom and walked onto the Quidditch Pitch. He shielded his eyes with his hand and looked up. The night air was nice for a fly, so he hopped on his broom and kicked off the ground.

As he soared around the Pitch, he thought about what had just happened in the twins' dorm. He had just basically told Katie that he liked her and that he dreamt about her and she was a bad shag in the aforementioned dreams. He knew that was a lie, though, because those were the best dreams he had.

Oliver let his emotions pour out of his body through a heart wrenching scream. After letting the bottled emotion out, he felt a little better about what had happened earlier and decided to go in and sleep on it.

He descended from the air and made his way to the locker rooms to take a cold shower before heading to bed.

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"Why didn't you tell us you bloody git?" Angelina asked as she smacked Fred upside the head.

"Ouch," he muttered while rubbing the spot she had hit. "It wasn't our business to tell!"

"That's never stopped you before!" Angelina shouted at him.

"But he's our friend!" Fred shouted back.

"And we're not?" Angelina asked with a scowl.

"You are," Fred paused, "and we wouldn't tell anyone who you liked if we found out."

Angelina didn't have anything to say back to him after that so she stuck her nose in the air and folded her arms across her chest.

Alicia rolled her eyes and stole a peek at her watch. She stood up and yawned. "Sorry to break this party up, but we must be leaving."

"Already?" George whined.

"Sadly, yes," Alicia replied and motioned for Angelina and Andrea to stand up. They stood up and stretched their arms and legs.

"Let's go," Angelina walked towards the door and opened it with Alicia and Andrea following close behind

Andrea stopped at the door and turned around to face the boys. "Sorry, forgot my manners. Thank you for having us to your exciting and lovely dorm. It was fun. We should do it again sometime." She turned back towards the door and exited the room.

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Katie picked up a cookie from the plate the house elves had sat in front of her approximately ten minutes earlier and began slowly munching on it. She was thinking about the problem she had gotten herself into by agreeing to play that stupid game with her friends. She had been at Hogwarts for less than forty-eight hours, and already it was filled with more drama than her entire summer.

After that thought crossed her mind she sighed deeply and set the cookie down. This wasn't helping at all. She took a swig of milk from the glass the house elves had kindly set next to the cookies and stood up to leave.

One of the small house elves came bustling over to clean the dishes and another came over and stood in front of her.

The small house elf placed his hands on his hips and tried narrowing his rather large eyes at her, but failed, and ended up breaking into a lopsided grin. "Leaving Dobby without finishing even one cookie?"

Katie smiled weakly at the sweet creature standing in front of her. "Yeah, I don't really have an appetite right now. There's a lot of, with the lack of a better word, drama going on in my life right now."

"Dobby is sad to hear that. He hopes Miss Katie sorts everything out and comes back when she has a bigger appetite."

"I promise I will come back, but it's already after curfew as it is. If I get caught, I doubt I'll be able to come back."

"Then Dobby suggests Miss Katie leave right now!" The small creature waved his arms in the air frantically while motioning Katie towards the door.

Katie grinned and waved goodbye before walking to the door and leaving the kitchens.

She walked along the corridors in silence, the familiar twists and turns coming naturally, until she got to the hall with the portrait of Wyndyl the Wise. That's when she heard the soft padding of feet behind her, so naturally she turned to see who it was.

Katie gasped when she Oliver and cursed inwardly, but he just kept walking with his down and she assumed that he didn't notice her. She took the initiative and said softly, "Hey, Oliver."

Oliver looked up and gave her a startled look, like the one a deer would give when caught in a car's headlights on the highway. "Hey, Katie," he mumbled and gave her an awkward smile.

"So," she began, not knowing what to say to her dear friend.

"So," he reiterated and stared at her, not showing any of the emotions he was feeling at the present moment.

"Weird friends we got, eh?" she grinned, trying to give the conversation some warmth.

"Yeah," he mumbled and stuffed his hands into his pockets nervously and looked down at his feet. "Do you want to, er, walk back to the common room together?"

Katie nodded and realized that he couldn't see her because he was still looking down at his feet and whispered, "Yes."

Oliver looked up at her and gave her a genuine smile for the first time since the earlier debacle. "Come on," he mumbled and pulled his hands out of his pocket and placed one on the small of her back, leading her towards Gryffindor tower.

Katie shivered so slightly that she didn't even realize it when Oliver placed his hand on her back because she felt the spark of electricity rush through her body. She shrugged the feeling off, though, and tried to think of something to say that would overcome the awkwardness between them. She didn't have to rack her brain for long because Oliver broke the uncomfortable silence for her.

"So, uh," his voice faltered, "how are your, erm, classes?"

"Uh, fine I suppose. Ollie, you quack, we've only had one day of classes!" She gave him a huge grin and he grinned back.

"So I am a bit of a quack. What is it to you?" he grin widened.

"I dunno," Katie shrugged.

"Speaking of me being a little quacky..." he trailed off.

After he didn't speak for a few moments, Katie prodded him to continue. "Please do go on, Ollie-Wollie."

"Well, remember earl-IER," his voice cracked and his cheeks turned a light red. Oliver coughed before continuing, "Remember earlier when we were playing that game," he felt Katie's back stiffen at the mention of what happened earlier and he began to whisper, "and I said that thing about you being a bad shag?"

Katie nodded and Oliver continued in a barely audible voice, "I was lying."

"Oliver," Katie said in a strained voice, "I have a confession to make."

Oliver looked at her in a hopeful way.

"I, er, used to have very, erm, naughty dreams about you," Katie looked at Oliver and gave him a weak smile.

"Used to, as in stopped?" Oliver grinned.

Katie stuck her tongue out. "I never realized this before, but we have a very interesting relationship."

"A better word to describe it would be crazy."

"You're probably right with that one!"

"Of course I'm right. I'm the best person. Face it, I'm athletic and intelligent, not to mention drop dead sexy!" Oliver grinned, happy at the double meaning that simple sentence had. He was telling her that he was better than Cedric in such a coy way that he doubted she'd realize it.

Katie turned her eyes towards the ceiling and thought about what Oliver had said. She had never really given much thought to him being sexy, even though she dreamt about him last year and a couple of times over the summer. She had thought that it was just the estrogen talking. But now that she did think about it, Oliver was drop dead sexy. He was absolutely gorgeous with his Scottish accent and nice, defined body from all the Quidditch training he did.

"You're right about that," she mumbled and he gave her wide grin.

"Of course I'm right. I am, after all, the best person. I'm-"

"-athletic, intelligent, and gorgeous," Katie finished for him with a smile smile. "Yeah, I get it."

The portrait of the fat lady appeared just down the hall and Katie groaned inwardly. She wanted to talk some more to Oliver, but she supposed it would just have to wait until later.

"Ah, here we are, the Fat Lady," Oliver's face fell a little. He was enjoying talking to his best friend, not to mention crush.

"Alas, it is time to bid thee farewell!" Katie cried out dramatically.

Oliver grinned dismally and said the password. The portrait swung open, revealing the Gryffindor common room to the two.

"Ladies first," Oliver said gentlemanlike and motioned her to go through the portrait hole. Once she was through, he quickly followed suit and stood in front of her.

"Night, Kates."

"Sweet dreams, Ollie," Katie replied. She stood on her tippy toes and pressed her lips against his cheek like she did every night, but this time, after she had gently removed her lips from his cheek, she rested her head on his shoulder.

Oliver responded instantaneously and pulled her close to him. She raised her head off his shoulder and looked into his eyes. He studied her eyes and leaned his head towards hers and planted a kiss on her smooth lips. She sighed against his mouth before pulling away from him.

"Oliver..." she looked fleetingly into his eyes.

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Author's Note: Another grand cliffie! What will happen?? Hmm...I just suppose you'll have to read the next chapter... Now, is that such a bad thing? :)

PS: I know this chapter probably wasn't as good as the last one, but you best review anyhow.

Thanks IHopeForAnarchy, bearkat-chick, Kathy, Blind-Sight, Doodleflip, and banana-princess93

IHopeForAnarchy- It was my favorite chapter yet. And I updated soon because you can't steal my Ollie and do naughty things to him. It's forbidden. Well, if it wasn't before, it is now!! Muahahaha!!

bearkat-chick- Actually, my friends played it and told me about it. I've played it once or twice and I'm not very good at it, but it's still fun. And do enlighten me on this game you mentioned—Honey, if you love me you'll smile. It sounds quite interesting.

Kathy- Ah, you are very smart. Cedric NEVER DID ask Katie for a lifetime commitment, even though she thinks he did, and that is going to be very critical. And I'm glad you liked that chapter.

Blind-Sight- When guys are there, or just girls?? I vote guys...

Doodleflip- The twins guessed because they noticed the way our dear Ollie would stare at Katie and whatnot.

banana-princess93- But Oliver IS sooo mine. Hear me cackle evilly: Muahahaha!

-ilovecaptainjacks