Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own Harry Potter.
The Quidditch Master
Chapter 9
Death by the Putrid Flower Scent
"That was bloody hell!" Katie cried out to Andrea after they had ascended the stairs leading up from the dungeon.
"I know. Where did Alicia and Angie go?" Andrea asked as she peered down the long hallway.
"I dunno. They ran out with Fred and George and I haven't seen them since."
"Ditto," Andrea replied and shrugged. "Maybe they're just gonna meet us at our next class?"
"After taking a pit stop in the broom closet, eh," Katie lightly elbowed Andrea in the ribs.
Andrea gave Katie a puzzled look. "What are yo-Oh my god!" she shouted before clapping her hand over her mouth. "I get it!" She burst into a fit of laughter.
"You are VERY slow sometimes," Katie muttered and glanced down the hall to her left and stopped dead in her steps.
Andrea stopped, too, and asked, "What is it?"
Katie pointed at something down the hall to their left and her mouth moved, but no sound came out.
Andrea looked at where Katie was pointing and narrowed her eyes before tearing down the hallway. She stopped in front of Cedric, whose arm was looped around a skinny blonde's waist. She glared at the boy in front of her for a moment before asking in a calmer voice than she had intended, "What are you doing?"
Cedric grinned the grin that stopped girl's hearts in the hall before answering with, "I'm walking, erm, Shelby to class."
The girl, who Cedric just called Shelby, pulled away from Cedric. "My name's not Shelby," she said rather icily. "It's Jennifer. You were way off with that one, buck-o."
"Er, sorry?" Cedric tried to apologize to Jennifer.
Andrea intervened before Jennifer had the chance rebuke or accept his apology. "Forget about Jennifer, or Shelby, or whatever you want to call her, and let's focus back on what the hell you are doing with her in the first place. What about Katie?"
"Katie?" Jennifer asked while her eyes flashed with anger. "Who is this 'Katie' that you are speaking of?" She glared at Cedric. "Is she your girlfriend? Because you didn't tell me you were taken when you asked me to Hogsmeade!"
Andrea answered Jennifer's question for Cedric. "She's the girl that Cedric asked to Hogsmeade just yesterday."
After Andrea said that, Jennifer slapped Cedric across the right cheek. "How dare you act like this, you dirty, rotten cheater!" she shouted before turning on her heel.
"Ditto!" Andrea cried out and slapped Cedric across his left cheek. "And that was for Katie, not the pleasure that it gives me from slapping such an uncaring, unkind, whorish person like you!" She, like Jennifer, turned on her heel and walked away from Cedric. Once she got to where she had left Katie standing with her mouth wide open, she stopped.
"So Katie," Andrea began slowly, "We should really be getting to Transfiguration. I don't think it's a good idea to piss Professor McGonagall this early into the semester."
Katie nodded her agreement, but didn't start walking when Andrea did. "Come on," Andrea muttered and grabbed Katie's upper arm and began dragging her to class.
"What's up with Katie?" Angelina asked Andrea after Katie had gone over to ask Professor McGonagall a question about the transfiguring of a frog into a quill. "She's acting like a zombie."
"Well, to make a long story short, Cedric was with another girl this morning and we both saw him, and I kinda dealt with it." Andrea smiled weakly.
"What does 'kinda dealt with it' mean?" Alicia asked while looking Andrea over skeptically.
"Well," Andrea's cheeks began to turn red, "the other girl, Jennifer, slapped him for being a 'dirty, rotten cheater', exact words, so I followed suit and slapped the bastard on his other cheek."
"Now, what have I told you about beating guys up?" Angelina asked with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry, mum," Andrea muttered with a grin.
"Did you change your knickers this morning?" Angelina asked rather loudly. "I know you forget to on a lot of days."
"Stop it, mum. You're embarrassing me!" Andrea hissed out through clenched teeth.
"Sorry, honey," Angelina lightly patted Andrea's arm, "but it's my job!"
"What are you weirdoes on about now?" Katie asked from behind Alicia.
"Stuff," Angelina replied with a shrug.
"How many more classes do we have left?" Katie asked while she sat back down in her chair.
"Three, why?" Alicia asked back.
"Because Oliver and I are going to practice one on one after classes," Katie replied with a small smile.
Angelina nudged Alicia in the ribs to get her attention. Once she got Alicia's attention, she crossed her fingers and mouthed the words "Oliver and Katie." Alicia let out a loud laugh before quickly covering her mouth with her hand.
"More work and less talk," Professor McGonagall said in a shrill voice while giving the four girls a piercing stare.
"Sorry," they all muttered in unison before going back to the task at hand, transfiguring a frog into a quill.
"So what are you and Oliver going to do at this so called practice?" Andrea asked with a grin.
"What do you think?" Katie retorted.
"I knew it!" Andrea exclaimed. "You're going to go off and snog with him!"
"Uh, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but that's not going to happen," Katie replied with a scowl.
"Are you scowling because you're mad that it won't, or are you scowling because I said that, or is it both?" Andrea asked with a huge grin.
"Definitely the second one," Katie muttered.
"Leave to poor girl alone, Drea!" Angelina swatted Andrea's arm and winked.
"Thanks, Angie. Now," Katie put her hand on her stomach and rubbed it, "can we go to lunch?"
"Please? I'm really hungry!" Alicia seconded.
Andrea sighed. "I suppose since you two fatties are hungry we might as well head on over to the Great Hall."
"Good," Katie grinned, "fat kids gotta eat!"
"Maybe Fred and George will be there!" Angelina exclaimed.
"Maybe? Of course they'll be there, you dolt. Fred and George are not ones to skip a meal!" Katie replied.
"Good point," Angelina grinned. "Now come on! Let's go!"
"Okay," Andrea shrugged.
"See, there they are! I told you they'd be here," Katie pointed to the twins.
"Look who's beside them," Angelina grinned.
"Ollie-Wollie, eh," Alicia nudged Katie in the ribs.
Katie glared at the three girls before walking over to where the twins and Oliver were discussing something in low tones.
"Hey terrible twosome, Oliver," Katie blushed a little when she said Oliver's name.
"Hey Kate," Oliver patted the empty seat beside him, "Wanna join us?"
"Sure," Katie smiled and sat down. "What are we talking about?"
"Er," Oliver's cheeks reddened slightly.
"Guy stuff," Fred said quickly to take the attention off of Oliver.
"What's that mean?" Katie asked slightly confused.
"You know, the opposite of girl stuff," George informed her.
"Oh, Okay," Katie grinned. "So what are we doing tonight?"
"I, for one, plan on sleeping," Fred grinned. "You guys can do whatever you want."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Katie asked with a confused face.
"Since you and Ollie are going to be pr-"Fred's face contorted with pain. "Ouch! Why did you just kick me?" he asked no one in particular because he didn't know who had kicked him.
Katie gave Fred a wicked grin. "Next time it would be in your best interest to keep your mouth shut."
Fred stuck his tongue out at her and scooted down on the bench.
"Putting distance between yourself and poor, little, innocent me, are you not?" Katie gave her most innocent smile.
"Innocent. I don't know who fed you that lie, but they are a bad liar. And you can tell them I said that," Fred grinned wickedly.
"Tell who what?" Angelina asked from behind Fred.
"My dear, sweet Angie, would you care to sit down?" he pointed at the seat he had just left.
"Sure, why not?" she shrugged and sat down.
"What took you guys so long?" Katie asked as Andrea and Alicia sat down across from her and beside George.
"We were just talking," Andrea grinned wickedly at Katie before grabbing a sandwich from the platter.
"About..." Katie prompted.
"Oh, just stuff," Andrea glanced at Oliver and grinned.
Katie scowled. "You know you're gonna tell me later, anyhow. You just can't res-Who is doing that?" Katie stood up quickly and scowled once more.
"Doing what?" Andrea asked with a puzzled look.
"Rubbing my leg!" Katie cried.
"Sorry, I thought that was Alicia's leg..." George gave Katie a sheepish grin.
"Well it wasn't," Katie shot him an icy glare. "I have suddenly lost my desire to eat. I think I am just going to go to the library and work on my Transfiguration essay."
"Here," Oliver stood up. "I'll go with you. I have a potions essay."
"Okay," Katie shrugged and gave a quick wave. "I'll see you guys later?"
Everyone still sitting down at the table nodded and went back to talking.
"Okay, then," Katie turned and walked out of the Great Hall with Oliver following closely behind.
"They so like each other," Andrea announced when Katie and Oliver were out of hearing range.
"It's obvious to everyone, but Katie, that she likes him," Alicia said.
Angelina nodded. "And he's already told her that he likes her and with the Cedric factor all ready gone..."
"But do we really know that he'd gone? He could, like, apologize or something," Andrea pointed out.
"Yeah, but he's not going to. He can have practically any girl he wants at this school so why would he waste his time," Alicia countered with.
"You never know with Cedric, though. He may want to see how many girls he can snog or shag and..." Angelina trailed off, not wanting to finish her statement.
"I vote now's a good time for a change of subject," Fred piped in.
"I agree," the three girls replied in unison.
"What class do you have next?" Katie whispered in Oliver's ear.
"Divination, you?" Oliver whispered back.
"Same," Katie smiled.
Oliver grinned back. He was hoping that he'd have a class with Katie. "But I really need to finish this potions essay so I can practice with you later. I suggest you do the same."
"Good deal."
They worked hard in silence until the bell rang that announced lunch's end. Oliver stood up and stretched. "I got a couple more sentences left, you?"
"I am finished," Katie replied as she wrote her name at the top of her parchment.
"Not fair," Oliver muttered.
"Sorry, Ollie, but life's not fair," Katie grinned and stood up. She picked her Transfiguration book up off the table and shoved her essay into it. "Let's go."
"Okay," he picked his book up and began walking towards the door with Katie at his side.
"I really hate this class," Katie muttered with a scowl.
"So do I, but you really shouldn't scowl. It makes some of your beauty go away," Oliver looked straight ahead.
Katie blushed and stared straight ahead, too.
"I'm not lying," Oliver said after a couple of moments of silence.
"About what?"
"You being beautiful," he looked deep into her hazel green eyes.
"Thanks," Katie mumbled and began blushing again.
The rest of the walk to the Divination room was silent. When they reached the ladder that led up to Professor Trelawney's lair, Oliver motioned for Katie to go up first.
"Gee, thanks, Ollie. Let me face what monsters there might be first!" she said sarcastically.
"Hey, you know what they say," he replied with a grin.
"No, actually I don't," Katie replied from and started to climb the ladder.
"Ladies first!" he called back.
Katie grinned from halfway up the ladder and started laughing. She let go of the poles of the ladder to cup her hands to her mouth and cried out in distress. She started to fall and right when she thought she was going to hit the floor, Ollie's strong arms caught her and hugged her close.
"Thanks, Ollie," she muttered and gave him a weak smile.
"You're welcome," he mumbled and set her down on her feet gently.
"Thanks again, Ollie," she whispered and hugged him.
He held her tight and rested his head on top of hers and breathed in her scent. It was a mixture of blueberries and vanilla.
"Oliver," Katie pulled away from his warm grip. "We really need to get to class now."
"You're right," he muttered. "But this time, I'm going to wait until you get all the way up." He gave her a small smile.
"Fine," she smiled back and started up the ladder. This time she made it all the way up without falling.
"Congrats, my dear Kate," Oliver called up. "You made it up without falling!"
Katie stuck her tongue out at him and waited for him to finish climbing.
"Now, let's take our first step in the world of loony together," Katie grinned and grabbed Oliver's hand.
He squeezed hers lightly and reached out with his free hand to pull the curtain back. A really bad stench met them when he did this. It was a heavy mix of bad perfumes.
"What is that unearthly smell?" Katie cried out and plugged her nose with her free hand.
"I think it's called 'Death by the Putrid Flower Scent,'" Oliver let go of the curtain and plugged his nose.
"I hope we survive this!" Katie gasped and unplugged her nose and pulled open the curtain. "Come on."
Author's Note: Ollie is the perfect gentleman, eh? He's so sweet and well-mannered and sexy!!! I must say, he's perfect and ALL mine, back off—LOL!
Give me lots of reviews and I'll post Chapter 10 quicker. I advise you to because Chapter 10 gets yummy!!
Thanks IHopeForAnarchy, Lia06, Seishi Sairensuno, Kathy, Doodleflip, banana-princess93 (2), Blind-Sight, nora rose,
IHopeForAnarchy- Hey!!! I'll do NAUGHTIER things with him. I got detention on Monday to top off all the teacher conferences. She'd talked to my P.E. teacher on the phone and the freaking idiot of a lady told my mom I was a liar and that Caroline and me were 'trouble-makers'. Talk about bitches!! I wonder what crawled up her ass and died…
Lia06- Do I even want to know number 1?? LOL!
banana-princess93- I will have to get back with you on that one but OH MY GOD!! Jeremy Sumpter is soo hott!! I want him! Peter Pan made me cry when I saw it though. Then again, a lot of movies make me cry. When they make the fifth Harry Potter movie I will be bawling my eyes out when Sirius dies! It makes me teary to think about! Sniffle sniffle.
nora rose- lol. I would ambush Ollie in the showers anyday, any time. Boy, I think it might be time to find a life!!
-ilovecaptainjacks
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