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Chapter 18

Katie spent the lunch hour in the Great Hall talking to Zack about the long awaiting first gig they had on Friday.

"So hold on," Zack said. "We should change the chord to a D minor?"

"Yeah," Katie replied. "It sounds better than a major."

"But wouldn't it sort of change the tone of the song?" Zack asked.

Katie raised an eyebrow. "Since when do you listen to the 'tone of a song'? You usually just rock out to any song that sounds good to you."

"Yeah, but I know what sounds good and what doesn't," Zack pointed out. "And minor makes the song more sad and stuff."

"I have no idea what you two are talking," Neville, who was sitting beside Zack, chimed in. He still didn't 'understand music'.

"Neville, I still think that it's impossible for you not to have rhythm and stuff," Katie insisted. "I bet you have some hidden talent in you!"

"Yeah, and I'm the Minister of Magic," a voice behind Katie sneered. She turned to find Draco grinning at her.

"And then you wonder why I don't like you," Katie responded disgustingly.

Draco pushed Zack out of the way, and sat down beside Katie. "Hey, I didn't see you, baby…love, I'm sorry." Draco put an arm around Katie.

"Of course you are," Katie said sarcastically. "Now go away."

"I don't know why you don't like me," Draco said cluelessly, running his hand through his hair.

"Let me answer that," Harry's voice said, joining the conversation. "This is a toughie… Hmm… well, you're stupid, two faced, thick and loud."

"Nobody asked you, Potter," Draco murmured. He pulled Katie closer to him. "Let's go to somewhere where we can be alone, babe."

Katie groaned and threw Draco's arm off of her shoulders, but Draco just put his arm on her shoulders again.

"Leave her alone," Harry said dangerously.

Draco wiped off the smirk he was wearing. "Fine… but it's not because I'm afraid of you, Potter."

Katie smiled at Harry. "Hey, thanks! He was getting on my nerves."

"You and me both," Harry mumbled. He grinned, 'Do you like him?"

"Oh, yeah. Is it that obvious?" Katie asked sarcastically. Harry laughed.

Katie then watched Harry walk up to Viktor Krum, whom was seated at the Ravenclaw table. Katie ignored the whispers that the Ravenclaw fifth year girls started when Harry passed by, all of whom were sporting a grin on their faces. Katie watched, focused, as Harry and Viktor talked, perhaps about Quidditch, which was Katie's guess. They chuckled a couple of times, as well.

"WHAT THE HELL KATIE? HELLO!" Zack called, waving his hand in front of Katie. She glanced at Zack confusedly. "I've been calling you for the past two minutes," Zack said, grinning. He followed Katie's glance. "So you like him?"

"Who?"

"Harry. Do you like him?" Zack repeated patiently.

"Only as, like, a really good friend," Katie replied. "What about you? You in love with anyone?" Katie added jokingly.

"Only you," Zack teased. "Well, not really. Yet." Zack winked. "I don't know. I haven't really talked with the girls yet." He eyed Parvati and Lavender. They were pouring over a copy of Witch Weekly, which they had shown Katie earlier. " They seem pretty nice, though."

"Yeah, they're cool. What about the guys?"

"What? Do I love any of them?"

"No, like whom you like and don't really get along with."

"No, I'm cool with the guys. Freddy got a bit pissed off when Neville stepped on his Nirvana CD, but it's cool, because it was a burned CD anyway."

Katie chuckled. "Typical Freddy. So protective over his CD's…" Katie sighed and glanced at her watch. There were 20 minutes left until the next lesson started.

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you," Zack said. "Dewey said that our guitars got out of tune from the trip for some reason. We have to go tune them again."

"Okay, then when does he want us to go?" Katie asked.

"He said that he'd keep his classroom open so that we could go whenever," Zack explained.

"We have twenty minutes to kill. Want to go now?"

"Yeah sure. Dewey showed me where it was yesterday." Zack and Katie reached the Great Hall's doors, and were stopped by Professor McGonagall.

"Miller! Mooneyham! Where are your assigned partners?" She asked.

Zack and Katie sighed frustratingly for forgetting the new rule. "Sorry, Professor," Katie apologized. "We'll go get them." Zack and Katie walked to back to their table and convinced Harry and Ron to come with them. Lavender decided to join them, too.

Ron was yapping excitedly about the meeting later on with Viktor Krum.

"…gives me a couple Quidditch tips. I saw him in the World Cup two years ago! Even though I was on the Irish side, I rooted for Krum the whole time. Right, Harry? Didn't I cheer for him? He's so awesome! I wish I could play like that. And he's really young too. He's got loads of talent!" Ron's babbling accompanied the group all the way to Dewey's new classroom.

Ron immediately shut up. He was in awe with the instruments, along with Harry and Lavender. The instruments were all mounted. Dewey was most likely showing his class the instruments he and his band played on.

Lavender was stroking Freddy's drum set, Ron was touching the keys on Laurence's keyboard, and Harry was running his fingers through Dewey's guitar's strings. Zack and Katie grinned.

"Well we came here to get a job done," Zack finally said, breaking the silence. "Katie, grab your bass so we can tune the guitars." Zack grabbed the Guitar Tuner off of Dewey's desk, set it down on the windowsill and sat on a desk. Katie stood and leaned against a wall.

"How does that Tuner thingy work?" Lavender asked.

"Watch and learn," Zack responded. "E major," he called out. The Guitar Tuner playedE major and Katie and Joey tuned their guitars to match the tone. The two did this until their guitars were fully tuned, which was about 10 minutes later.

Zack took his guitar strap off. He said something about getting his textbooks for the next lesson. Ron and Lavender followed him. Katie strummed some of her favorite songs. Harry listened, sitting on a desk. She finished and took her guitar strap off. She gently put her 'baby' onto the stand and walked out of the classroom with Harry.

"You play really good!" Harry complimented.

"Thanks," Katie said with a smile. "So what's your favorite band?"

"Metallica," Harry confessed.

"Really? Freddy's loves Metallica!" Katie exclaimed.

"I know," Harry said rolling his eyes. "We talked about Metallica on our first night. Zack's an awesome guitarist."

"Yeah, he's really good!" Katie agreed. "We think he's going to be the next Hendrix or Cobain, or something."

"He's definitely got the potential. So who's your keyboard person?" Harry asked.

"Laurence," Katie answered. "He was sorted into Ravenclaw."

"Oh the Chinese guy, right?" Harry thought aloud.

"Yup. That's another guy that's really good at what he does," Katie murmured. "And then there's Freddy. Oh my goD! You should hear him! Spazzy McGee is really talented!"

"Spazzy McGee?" Harry asked confused.

"Yeah. We each have our own nicknames," Katie explained. "Mine's Posh Spice."

Harry chuckled. "What's my nickname?" He asked playfully.

Katie giggled. "Well, I don't know you too well yet."

Harry pretended to look shocked. "I am appalled! I've had to follow you around for a couple of days now and you still don't know me."

"I do kind of know you already, though," Katie pointed out.

"Okay, tell me something about myself."

"Well, uh, you like Metallica," Katie said, racking her brain.

"You only know that because I told you like two minutes ago!" Harry exclaimed. "Something else."

"You like to play Quidditch?"

"What position?"

"Do I really have to answer this?" Katie asked.

"Yes, or I'll…" Harry paused. "I'll leave you all by yourself and you'll get lost in the castle." He grinned.

"Fine, umm… You play that position where you look for some golden ball. The Tweeker, right?" Katie guessed. She didn't want to be left alone in the castle.

Harry thought for a moment than grinned. "Close enough, I'm the Seeker."

"When's the next Quidditch game anyway?" Katie asked.

"Not until spring," Harry replied.

"That's cool. I can't wait to see you play! Do you play really good?" Katie asked. Then she felt stupid. "No duh, Katie!" She thought to herself. "If he made the team he must be somewhat good."

"Well let's just say that I make up for playing music with playing Quidditch," Harry joked. "Yeah, I guess. I've been told I'm good at it. Malfoy's also a Seeker," he added.

"Bet you my bass that he only became one because you were one first," Katie mumbled.

"Yup, you're right. Anyway, let's get to our Defence Against the Dark Arts class." Harry led the way.

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