Chapter Nine: Strong Of Will?
Katie and Oliver went down to the Great Hall for dinner a little bit later. Alicia and Angelina were already down there.
"Hey, Ollie. Hey, Kates." Alicia said with a bright smile as Oliver and Katie sat down next to her. Katie and Oliver nodded to the two at the table. Katie got up a bit so she could get some food. After she had sat back down, Oliver leaned over the table to grab the jug of pumpkin juice. He leaned over a salt shaker that dug into his stomach a little. He sat back down, immediately, wincing. Alicia and Angelina gave each other quizzical looks.
"What's wrong, Wood?" Angelina asked, handing him the jug of pumpkin juice. Oliver opened his mouth to say something, but was cut of as Fred and George sat down at the table.
"Did you see Flint's face?" George asked. Alicia and Angelina shook their heads.
"No, what happened?" Alicia asked.
"There's a rumor that there was a fight on the pitch." Fred said. Angelina nodded.
"But who was fighting with Flint?" She asked. George shrugged.
"Nobody knows..." He started.
"Some people think Digory knows, but he's not talking." Fred continued.
"And Flint just got out of the hospital wing." George finished. George, Fred, Angelina, and Alicia looked over at Katie and Oliver when they noticed how silent the two were.
"You to wouldn't happen to know anything, would you?" Angelina asked Katie first. Katie shook her head too quickly.
"Why would you thing that?" She asked, taking a sip of her pumpkin juice. Alicia raised an eyebrow.
"Well, it would make sense," She started. "I saw Katie talking to Cedric outside of the Great Hall." She said to Angelina, George, and Fred.
"And our boy Wood, apparently, has a hurt stomach that he's not talking about." Angelina added. Oliver furrowed his eyebrows.
"How do you know it didn't happen in Quidditch?" He asked defensively. Fred shook his head.
"No. You haven't played since yesterday...." He started.
"And if it were a Quidditch bruise, you would have gone to Pomfrey." George finished. It was Katie turned to shake her head.
"You guys know something, so tell." She said. Alicia raised an eyebrow, and then sighed.
"I was looking out at the Quidditch pitch from one of the windows in the common room, and I saw Oliver hit Flint." She started, Oliver took on a slightly pink tinge. "A ran up to our dorm room, but you had already left." She said to Katie. "So I ran down toward the Great hall. I stopped when I saw you and Cedric talking. And when you two went out the main doors, a watch you from a stairwell window. I saw you and Cedric stop the fight," She said, then she looked at Fred and George.
"And I saw Katie beat the shit out of Flint." She said with a smirk. Fred and George smiled. Then they leaned over and patted Katie on the shoulder.
"Good job, Katie." Fred said.
"That prat deserves everything he gets." George added, him and Fred sitting back down. Katie bit her lips a bit.
"Thanks." She said. "Guys, I'm not that hungry, I think I'm gonna go back up to the common room." Katie said, while quickly standing up and leaving. The group looked at each other, before Oliver got up.
"I'm gonna go up too." He said. He took a step away from the table.
"Make sure she's okay." Angelina said with a knowing look. Oliver just nodded absentmindedly, and headed to the common room.
When Oliver come through the portrait hole, he saw Katie sitting by the fire. He slowly walked up to the couch, not making a sound. Oliver sat down on the couch next to Katie, startling her.
"Hey, Kates." He said, smiling smugly at the fact that he just scared her. Katie rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Ol." She said half-heartedly. Oliver sighed.
"Listen, Katie, this might be a stupid question but, what's wrong?" He asked. Katie shifted to face Oliver on the couch.
"Ol, do you ever have anything just hit you?" She asked. Oliver looked taken aback, but he nodded. It hit's me over the head everyday. He thought to himself. "Well, what if Flint decides to get me back for embarrassing him?" Katie asked. Oliver laughed a little.
"Kates, you really can take car of yourself. You have nothing to worry about." He said, Katie shook her head.
"Oliver, yeah, if my hands are free, I can kick serious ass," She said. "But, what if Flint catches me off guard like he did in the locker room?" She said. Then she smiled. "Plus, I'm not the only one that caused multiple bruises on Flint." She add. Oliver took in Katie's words (except for the 'Multiple Bruises' part).
"Well, Kates, you'll always have me." He said the first thought that came to him. Katie smiled, leaning over and hugging Oliver. Oliver hugged her back. The pulled away almost....reluctantly? Katie thought to herself. She mentally shook her head. She came back to reality when she realized how close her and Oliver were. They both started to lean toward each other again, their lips met. Slowly they both started to respond to the others kiss. Oliver rolled his tongue along Katie's lips. She separated her lips. The two pulled back suddenly when they heard the portrait hole open. Katie and Oliver looked away from each other as Harry, Hermione, and Ron passed them.