AN: I know it is short, but it is packed with K/O near-goodness! Believe me! Oh, and thank you for all the wonderful reviews! You people are sooooo awesome!:)

Chapter Eight: Chess

Oliver and Katie sat playing chess in the common room for awhile.

"Kates, you're losing." Oliver said with a smile. Katie smiled a little bit as she looked down at the board, but made sure to wipe the smile away when she looked at Oliver.

"I'm destine for a come back, Wood." She said. Oliver rolled his eyes at the use of his last name. The two played for about another hour, and Katie was winning. Katie made her last move. "Check-mate!" She yelled happily. She jumped up and started dancing around singing 'I win' playful. Katie went to the middle of the room, and went into a back-bend. Then she kicked her legs over, and did a back flip. Oliver raised an eyebrow.

"I can see the headlines now, 'Kathryn Bell, world gymnast'". He said. Katie glared at him.

"You did not just use my full name." She said. Oliver smiled, and nodded.

"Yes, yes I did." He said. Katie shook her head.

"Aahh!" She yelled as she ran over to him, and started tickling his neck. Then she jumped over the couch, straddled him and started tickling his sides and arms, making sure to steer clear of his bruised stomach.

"Aahh! Katie..." Oliver tried to say in between laughs. "K-Katie....s-stop....p-please!" He yelled, trying to stop laughing.

"Never!" Katie yelled back. Oliver took and deep breath, and flipped Katie to where she was lying on the couch. Then he straddled, and started tickling, her. "Ol-Oliver!" She screeched as she started to laugh. "Oliver Wood, stop right now!" She yelled, trying and failing to keep a straight face. Oliver shook his head.

"Pay backs a Bitch, Bell." He said. Katie tried to push him off one more time. But she only succeeded in knocking his arm (which had been keeping him from falling), causing him to fall slightly before catching himself. Oliver and Katie laughed a bit more, until they realized how they were laying, and how close their faces were. Their laughter died down, and they just stared at each other. Oliver slowly started to lower his head, and Katie started to bring hers up a bit. The portrait hole swung open, suddenly, and two second year Gryffindor girls came in. Oliver rolled off Katie, and stood up. The girl tried to pretend they weren't staring as they headed to their dorm. Oliver extended his hand and helped Katie up.



"Well, um, that was fun." Katie said, talking about the tickling and trying to gloss over the near-kiss. Oliver nodded.

"Yeah, fun." He agreed, pretending he had forgotten about the near-kiss just as Katie was doing the same. "I so won that." Oliver said, after a few minutes of awkward silence. Katie pushed his shoulder.

"You so did not!" She said, a smile coming to her face, and the near-kiss almost forgotten as Oliver and Katie kept talking.