Chapter Six : Secrets
Katie walked into her dorm room and closed the door.
"Wood walk you back again?" Angelina asked.
"Hi to you too." Katie said. "And, yea, he did. So..." She said.
"So..." Angelina gestured with her hands for Katie to continue.
"What?!" Katie asked impatiently. Angelina sighed. She opened her mouth to talk, but suddenly her door opened. Alicia came into the room with her tooth brush in hand.
"She wants to know if Ollie has snogged you yet?" She asked nonchalantly before going into Katie's bathroom. Katie turned and gave Angelina a questioning look. Angelina crossed her arms and nodded 'Yes' to what Alicia had said. Katie slapped her hands at her side.
"Why would Ol snog ME?!" She asked. Alicia came out of the bathroom, and went to her out to her dorm.
"Because he's fancied you for years." She said, as she came back into the room and then went back into the bathroom. Katie huffed.
"Has not." She said. Angelina laughed and started counting things off on her fingers.
"Every year he looks forward to seeing you on the train...." She started.
"But that's how friends are." Katie interrupted. Angelina seemed to take no notice of what Katie had just said.
"He always looks at you during meals....." She said, counting off another finger.
"That's because you guys are so crazy, he has to make sure someone is still sane." Katie said. Angelina continued, again, taking no notice of what Katie said.
"He always walks you back to the dorms...." She said, counting off another finger.
"That's because he's nice." Katie said in a exasperated voice. Again, Angelina took no notice.
"He looks at you during lessons...." She said, counting of one more finger. Katie didn't even try this time, she just flopped down on her bed. Angelina put her hands on her hips. "Oh yeah, and because he told me so." She said. Katie bolted up.
"What?!" She asked. Alicia came out of the bathroom again, except this time she didn't go back in.
"He told us he liked you." She said. "You see, me and Angelina confronted him in 3rd year after we saw him staring at you for the hundredth time." She said. Angelina nodded. Katie shook her head.
"No, he doesn't." She said definitely. Angelina and Alicia looked at each other, then looked back to Katie.
"Whatever you say, Kates." Alicia said, stressing the Kates part. Katie lied back on her bed, turning on her side. She lied they pondering what Alicia and Angelina had just told her. No. She thought to herself. This is Oliver Wood. The guy girls drool over. Why would he like me? The last thing she heard was Alicia and Angelina going back to their dorm rooms then Katie drifted off to sleep.
Katie woke up the next morning. It was Sunday, so she was surprised to see that Angelina and Alicia had already left. Katie got up and got dressed quickly. The day before, she had left her broom in the locker rooms, and she wanted to go flying before the Slytherin's got the pitch.
Katie ran down the stairs. On the last stair, there was a Weasly firecracker. Katie tripped over it. She closed her eyes, waiting for the impact. But instead, she felt a pair of strong arms circle her waist and keep her from falling. Katie put her feet on the ground and turned around to find herself facing Oliver. Katie looked down at her feet, trying to hide a blush, remembering what Alicia and Angelina had said yesterday.
"Thanks, Ol." She said, pushing her blush away and looking up into Oliver's eyes. He had a smile pulling at the corners of his mouth.
"Welcome, Kates. You didn't think I was just gonna let you fall, did you?" He asked with amusement in his voice. Katie shook her head. "Why did you come running down the stairs anyway?" He asked. Katie ran a hand through her hair, realizing that she had forgotten to tie it back this morning.
"Oh, I wanted to go for a fly, and I left my broom in the locker room." She said finally. Oliver nodded.
"Want me to go with you to get it?" He asked......hopefully? Katie thought to herself. Then she mentally shook her head. No. That's crazy. Why would he be hopeful? She thought. She looked back up at Oliver.
"You don't have to." She said. Oliver's face fell a bit, but he covered it up quickly.
"Okay, well. I'll see you at breakfast." He said with a smile that seemed slightly....forced? Katie asked herself. She mentally shook her head again, and smile up at Oliver.
"Yeah." She said before turning and heading out the portrait hole.
When Katie got to the locker room, she couldn't find her broom anywhere.
"Where the hell did I put it?" She muttered to herself.
"Looking for this?" She heard a sickening voice say behind her. Katie whipped around and saw the one person she really didn't want to see. Flint.
"Yeah, could I have it back please?" She asked, knowing it wasn't going to be that simple. Surprisingly, Flint set the broom down on the bench in front of him.
"Here you go." He said in a voice that seemed to nice for Flint. Katie wavered for a minute before walking forward to pick it up. Her hand was an inch from the broom when she felt Flint's ruff hands pull her up and shove her shoulders against a wall. "Please, Kates." He said, stressing the Kates. "You gotta work for it." He said with a sickening smile, while pining Katie's hands to the wall. Flint leaned forward to kiss her. Katie hawked and spit in his face. Flint quickly wiped his face off. Then he backhanded Katie across the face and pushed her head against the wall. He let go of her, and she slid to the floor. "Watch it, Bell. No captain to save you." He said. Katie raised her chin and looked Flint in the eyes, her hair across her own.
"I will never kiss you." She said sternly. Flint stooped down to Katie level and slammed her shoulders against the wall again.
"Never say never." He whispered before standing up and walking out of the locker room. Katie slowly got up, and walked to the mirror. She could already see the welt started to form on her cheek. She put her hand behind her head, and gingerly touched the spot Flint had hit against the wall. She flinched. Her hand came back with blood on it.
"I wish Oliver had come with me." She muttered, I tear running down her cheek.
Katie didn't feel like going to breakfast. So when she walked through the portrait hole, she went over to the couch and sat with her legs curled under her. After a few minutes of sitting, Katie heard the portrait hole open.
"Katie? Why didn't you come down to breakfast?" It was Oliver. Katie slowly turned her head to look at him. His eyes widened.
"Oh Merlin, Katie. What happened to you?" He asked, walking over and sitting down next to her. Katie turned her head so she could stare at the floor.
"Flint." She mumbled.
"What?!" Oliver yelled. Katie turned to look at Oliver. He looked really mad. Katie was a little surprised. She gulped.
"He..um..I went to get my broom. He had it. He pushed me against the wall. He tried to kiss me, I spit in his face. He hit me." Katie said with a tear running down her face. Oliver brushed Katie's hair out of her face. When he touched the back of her head, Katie flinched. Oliver brought his own hand down, and there was a bit of blood on it.
"Oh, Katie. Did he do this?" Oliver said, showing her the blood. Katie nodded, another tear running down her face. Her and Oliver both heard the portrait hole open. And in came Alicia and George.
"Hey, Kates. Hey, Ol." Alicia said. "Whatcha doin'?" She asked, laughter in her voice. Katie and Oliver both slowly turned to look at her. Alicia's hand went to her mouth, and George gasped. Alicia ran over and kneeled in front of Katie, and George sat down next to Katie. "What happened?" Alicia asked.
"Flint hit her." Oliver answer for Katie. "And," Oliver added. "She's bleeding." Alicia's eyes widened.
"Oh, sweaty. We need to get you to the hospital wing." She said, standing up. Oliver and George stood up also, but Katie didn't move. She shook her head instead.
"No." She said. "Pomfrey's gonna want to know what happened, and I don't want to have to deal with Flint." She said quickly. Katie three friend eyes her skeptically. "All I need is help washing the cut off." Katie added. Alicia nodded.
"I'll help you." She said reluctantly. "And then you are going to lie down in bed." She added. Katie nodded, and gave her friend a smile.
"Thank you." She said before her and Alicia went upstairs. After Katie and Alicia were gone, Oliver sat back down on the couch.
"I should have gone with her." He said, clenching and un-clenching his hands. George sat down next to him.
"Give yourself a break, mate. You couldn't've known this was going to happen." He said. Oliver shook his head, and got back up.
"I'm going for a walk." He said. Before Oliver could leave, George grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't go after Flint." He said. Oliver nodded without turning around-still clenching and un-clenching his hands, and continued out the portrait hole.