Poems are fun maybe I should do that part in the next chapter, the hard part is actually finding poems that suit them.

I thinks Katie needs to sound a little more shallow, hence the following

Life's Gifts

Chapter 18: Prelude to the Third Challenge

Katie sat down at the pitch, running her hands over her well polished broom, checking it for nick and scratches. Putting it down she just started out over the green field of grass and sighed. Life was like a roller coaster, to many twist and turns for her taste. Ha, and she played Quidditch and was sitting here thinking about fear of coaster. They were horrible muggle inventions thought, couldn't see how they were liked.

"Katie," Mara Finbar yelled as she trotted down the field and over to her. "I just wanted to talk to you before you take care of business, tonight. Don't ask how I know, Kent came and asked me to find a poem for him. What a loser, though he is really rich and will one day become one of the richest men around if Daddy's plans go well. After all you would know the plans he has for the company. He wants to make a faster version of the Fire. Kent was ecstatic, I'm just bored, but enough about business. About the contest who do you plan to pick."

"I know, you want me to pick your brother and it would be financial suicide not to, if Kent had his way. But I think I truly do love Oliver, and not that it would hurt me socially to be with either of them. That sounds awful shallow I know, but happiness is everything. And which can truly make me happy in everyway I want. I mean Kent loves me for my money and my looks, but I feel that perhaps Oliver loves me for who I truly am. So what choice do I have?"

"I don't want you to pick my brother, Katie. I want you to follow your heart for once in you life. I know that it is inside you somewhere and you just need to go with it instead of letting your brain think for you. It is so much easier to do certain things than others. Kent would be the easy way out and I think you know it as well as I do. If Oliver is right for you than what is finance. Then again when did the course of true love ever run smooth?" With that Mara stood and walked off the pitch.

Mara, you are a lifesaver in some regards and a life killer in others. Even if she has given me the answers how do I wait out the rest of the day to see the results. And even if I do pick Oliver, Kent is an Slytherin now and what good could that come from. And still know one knows who hurt Marcus, not that I really care about him. But they already have an idea it was the twins and Ollie. What will they do when they decide to take revenge? It could be more dangerous if I don't pick Kent, because he is already a Slytherin and then perhaps I don't have to worry about the lives of the trio. Katie pondered as she moved up the stairs and into her bathroom. Cold steel moved against her wrist, crimson welled up and Katie just started at it unmoving. Finally as it started to drip she took the well stained wrap and wound it around the wrist stained with scars. As if anyone even noticed, they all thought she had quite after her incident in fourth year. It was then the big picture had truly hit her. Now she just looked around in boredom.

"Come on Katie, I'm hungry. We're going to miss lunch if you don't put your butt in gear." Angelina yelled from outside the bathroom, and then a second later started pounding on the door.

Opening the door she walked out and glared out Angie, "I was going to come out in a minute anyway, what is the need to break the door down?" On her way out the door she grabbed a sweatshirt, pulling the baggy material over her slim form, it seemed to be rather chilly in the castle for early fall. Bod moved down the stairs with Alicia next to her and Angie behind her. "Who do you all think I should choose? As weird as it sounds either way presents problems. And I am not weak minded I know that is what you all are thinking!"

"Well not to use this to my advantage or anything if you pick Oliver, what are the hopes of Quidditch practice once a week, even twice would be better." Alicia piped up; she hated getting up at 5 A.M. to fly.

"I'm not going to utter a word, because it should be your choice and not someone else's." Angelina said from her position.

"But...I don't have a clue." Katie said twisting to look back at Angelina.

"You are so shallow and problematic, you've been slitting again haven't you Katie. Have you learned nothing in all the years you've been at Hogwarts? You're parent's death happened years ago, in fourth year I thought we had resolved that. Stop trying to kill yourself, it isn't your problem. Just live your life you future is out there not in the past."

"She's right you know Katie, life has to go on. Angelina, she can't help it if she is concerned about her choices. And for being shallow, that is just part of our Katie and she knows that." Alicia said in a small voice, looking back to Angelina than to Katie.

"Yeah, I can't help who I am." Katie said from her position but inwardly she was thinking "How can they think I am shallow, for all they know I am indecisive."

"Ah, if it isn't three beautiful young ladies roaming the castle all alone," Cedric said walking up and slinging his arm around Angelina from the back. "It's also my lucky day; Cho Chang agreed to go on a date with me. And Katie your little contest end tonight, any hints on who you might be picking?"

"God, I don't know!" Katie pried herself away from the group and turned down a hall, muttering all the while.

"What did I say? Is she really that stressed over it?" Cedric looked at them and upon seeing their nods, sighed. "At this rate she'll make the wrong decision and pick Cedric. She loves him you know, she agreed to go out with me and then she saw Oliver kissing Lyra Stonebrook and now she doesn't trust him."

"He was kissing that slut?" Alicia cried out and then grabbed Cedric's arm.

"Oh my freaking god, no wonder she is so indecisive today."

"Bloody hell, everyone wants me to pick. He was kissing Lyra, what does that lead me to think of. Even though I love him that means nothing, nothing at all. Kent would make sure I was happy, giving me money for anything. Even though all he wants me for is sex."