Chapter Eleven: Mistake?

Katie quickly eat her breakfast, trying to get out of the Great Hall before Oliver came. It was Monday so she wouldn't be able to escape him completely, but she could try. Katie walked down the corridor toward the dungeons. She heard foot falls behind her, she started walking a little quicker. There were two people she did not want to talk to right now. Flint and....Oliver. Katie sighed. What happened? She asked herself. How did that happen? She thought. The foot fall behind her grew louder, and the person called to her.

"Katie." It was Oliver. Katie didn't stop, she kept walking. She heard Oliver started to jog to catch up to her. Damn those long legs! She thought to herself. She felt Oliver grab her shoulder, and she reluctantly stopped. "Kates, why do you keep avoiding me?" Oliver asked. Katie looked away from him.

"I'm not avoiding you." She said. Oliver shook his head.

"I go into the Great Hall and ask Alicia were you are. She says 'I think she's already on her way to potions. It's like she's trying to avoid something'." He said. Katie bit her lip. Busted. She said to herself. "And Katie," Oliver continued. "We need to talk." He said. Katie moved Oliver's hand off her shoulder.

"Ol, come on. We're gonna be late for potions." Katie said, hoping using his nickname might get him to lay-off. No such luck.

"Katie, we have twenty minutes 'til potions." Oliver said, folding his arms over his chest. Katie bit her lip again. Then she grabbed Oliver's arm, and pulled him to the side of the corridor so no one would bump into them.

"Oliver," Katie started very seriously. "We kissed. Do you get the multitude of that? We have been friends for years, we have never kissed. It a big deal." She said. No shit Sherlock. Oliver thought to himself.

"Yeah, Kates. I get it." He said. "This is why we need to talk." He added, getting a very serious look on his face also.

"Fine. Do you have feelings for me?" Katie shot. Oliver gulped. Katie took it the wrong way. "Then we have nothing to talk about." She said, before moving to go around Oliver. He reached out and grabbed her arm, making her move back to the place she had a few seconds ago.

"Kates, don't do that." He said.

"Do what?" Katie said, or rather, snapped. Oliver dropped his hand from her arm.

"Don't walk away before you hear what I have to say." He said. Katie folded her arms.

"Listening." She said. What's with the stone cold? Katie thought to herself. Then she mentally smacked her head. Duh, Bell. You like Ol. You should have guesses that by the kiss. She thought. She pulled herself out of her thoughts as Oliver started talking.

"Kates, you should know how I feel about you." He said. Katie dropped her hands to her sides.

"I should?" She asked, sounding a little annoyed. Oliver nodded.

"Yeah, Alicia and Angelina tend to have big mouths." He said. Katie widened her eyes.

"You knew they'd tell me?!" She almost yelled. Oliver shook his head.

"No." He said. "I didn't mean to tell them." He started. "They did I truth spell on locker. The second I opened it, they came up to me and asked if I liked you." He finished, know looking don at the floor trying to hide his crimson cheeks. Katie rolled her eyes. She didn't believe it.

"Oliver, don't lie to me." She snapped, before walking around him. Oliver didn't want her to think he was lying. She would be avoiding him like the plague. He would never get a chance to convince her, so he grabbed her arm again. The second they were facing each other, Oliver leaned down and kissed Katie. Katie's eyes widened. Then they slowly lulled shut, and Katie started to respond to the kiss. Oliver intertwined his fingers in the hair bass of Katie's scull, and he put his other hand on her hip. Katie ran her hand through Oliver's hair, and put her other hand on his shoulder from behind. Katie suddenly heard, what seemed like a distant, coughing sound. Her and Oliver reluctantly pulled away, praying it wasn't a teacher. It wasn't. Alicia and George stood next to Oliver and Katie with wide smiles on their faces.


"You're gonna be late for potions." Alicia said with amusement in her voice. George just looked at them smiling. Katie bit her lip slightly, as her and Oliver turned he same shade of pink.

"We'll be going now." Oliver mumbled, grabbed Katie's hand. They both ran off to double potions.



After potions, it was time for lunch. Katie and Oliver went into the Great Hall together, bracing themselves. When they got to their spot at the table, Alicia, George, Angelina, and Fred were already there.

"Could you pass the potato's?" Angelina asked Oliver, after he and Katie had sat down. Oliver nodded, and passes Angelina the potato's and prayed this was how lunch would be. Wrong. Alicia stood up suddenly and it Oliver and Katie over the sides of their heads.

"Why didn't you tell us you were dating?!" She squealed. Katie and Oliver looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

"We weren't." They said at the same time. Alicia sat down. Angelina started shacking her head.

"No. I know you weren't just snogging in the corridor. Neither of you would ever do that." She said. Katie blushed slightly, then looked over at Oliver. He was looking down and playing with his food. Oh God, Katie thought to herself. He thinks I'm gonna say we were just kissing. She thought. Katie shook her head.

"So what if we are dating," She started with a small smile. Oliver's head shot up. "We aren't about to put an add in the Profit." She said. Oliver looked over at Katie and smiled. So we're dating. Oliver let it sink in.

"Thank Merlin." Alicia said, twirling some food on her fork. Katie shot a look at her.

"What do you mean, 'Thank Merlin'?" She asked. Alicia shrugged.

"Well, Katie. We tell you that Wood likes you, and you don't believe us. You pull your denial crap. We really though you were just going to just shrug it off." Angelina said, refilling her glass of pumpkin juice. Katie bit her lip.

"Well I didn't, can we get off this now." She said. Alicia shrugged.

"Whatever." She said, then she clearly looked at Fred (who was sitting next to her) and they shared a smile. Katie rolled her eyes.

"When are you two gonna snog?" Katie asked casually, taking a bite of her potato's. Alicia shot her a glare, and the whole subject was dropped.