Notes: again not mine…
And the most important bit: THANK YOU to my reviewers, please keep reviewing, I hope the grammar is ok in this chapter… Even if it's not I just felt like posting it today!
Chapter 11
Before she knew it the school year was coming to an end, they had the entire end of the year exams. Well most of Katie's friends were taking their O.W.L.S while Oliver was taking his N.E.W.T.S.
Katie and George were still together, but were growing apart in a relationship sense. Katie and Oliver barely talked because he was too worried about his exams, and making a pro team.
As the exams winded down there was one last Hogsmeade visit. The team thought that it would be a great time to say goodbye to Oliver, well everyone minus Harry. They had no idea where he was or what he was up too, but than again he always was a bit of a mystery.
The group was sitting in the Three Broomsticks taking turns telling stories about Oliver.
"I remember the first time I ever saw him on the pitch. I thought damn the blokes got a good save, I bet I could get something past him!" Ang smiled looking too Wood.
"Ha. I remember when I spent a whole practice flying in circles because you (she glared at Wood) were mad that I got 4 shots past you in 20 minutes." Ali added.
"Hey that's not fair I was stressed that day." Wood snapped in.
Fred and George went on and on with a never-ending list of pranks they pulled on Oliver. That was until George looked at Katie.
"Hey Katie tell us a story about you and Wood."
Everyone agreed asking her to tell one.
"Ok! OK! I will!" She had been trying to think of something that she could say finally a clear memory came into her head. "See it was a cold night, and it was during Oliver's first year, Christmas time. So he was 11 and I was 9, it was right after I was living with Gavin full time. Mr. and Mrs. Wood had invited us to dinner on the 23rd. Well Oliver over here thought that it would loads of fun to talk me into flying with him. See I had been on brooms before, but he did not believe that I could fly. So he let me use his old broom while he used his new one. A note on the new one, it was suppose to be a Christmas present but he drove his parents mad, so he got it early.
"When went into the back yard, we both mounted and flew up a bit, we could not go very high because of muggles. Well anyways he started to tell me about how cool he was because he was a keeper. Than he assumed that I would want to be a seeker." Everyone started to laugh at that thought.
"I told him that I was a chaser, than he bet me I would not be able too get anything past him, well he was rather upset when 18 out of 20 got passed him." She smiled.
"Hey it was 17 out of 20" Oliver snapped.
"Right. Anyways that was the first time we played together." They both looked at each other with silly grins. After a moment of somewhat odd moment they looked to the rest of the group who were smiling dumbly, even George had the same smile.
"Wood would you mind if I talked to Katie for a bit?" George asked taking Katie's hand.
"Sure no worries mate." Oliver smiled.
Katie followed George out of the tavern, they headed about half way between Hogsmeade and Hogwarts before George stopped and looked at Katie with a very odd smile.
"We need to talk." He started.
"Ok." Katie was looking at him oddly.
"Well we've been drifting apart, which is normal, we're still young, and I think you should be dating Wood." He said honestly.
"Pardon?" She looked at him blankly.
"Katie you heard me right, and don't worry our friendship is not going to end, I just think that we should split up for the summer, and see how we feel next year. I know I'm getting sick of being tied down, and your looking at Wood the way you used too." He smiled and wrapped her into a hug.
"George…" She sighed as she pushed a bit away from him. "Are you sure, I mean as odd as this sounds I agree with you. I just never thought something like this would be possible."
George only grinned and kissed her, it was a nice, good kiss, but the passion just was not the same. "Yup Kates I'm sure."
Katie linked her arm with his and nodded, and actually laughed. "Well that was the least messy break up I think I've ever heard of. Only you George."
"Nah." He grinned. "Only us."
As they walked back into the Three Broomsticks the group looked up at them oddly.
"So what do you think about that Emily girl, I think I kind of like her." George said to Katie.
"Hmm…" She grinned. "She's pretty, but I'm not sure she could handle you."
"You want to bet?" He asked while the group looks stunned.
"Sure, what's the wager?" Katie rested her hands on her hips looking at him.
"Well if she can't handle me I'll tell Oliver you love him, and if she can handle me you can tell Oliver you want him." George smiled, Katie turned bright red, Oliver looked at the stunned, everyone else who had figured it out were trying to hold in laugh, and everyone else in the place looked confused.
After at lest a minute George slapped his hand on Oliver's back. "Wood, go sweep her off her feet, she's yours." With that George sat down and started to tell everyone about his new found crush, the 5th year Gryffindor named Emily.
Oliver and Katie just looked into each other's eyes still both in shock. Finally Katie managed to say (very softly). "Hi."
"Hi." Oliver said before he managed a smile. He jumped up and grabbed her hand, he than started to run, Katie followed him saying nothing. As they left everyone (including George, who had left the group to talk to Emily) clapped.
The two ran straight for the pitch. Katie's head was trying to figure everything out, while her heart sent butterflies into her whole body. She could not believe that this was happening. Things like this don't happen. Yet her she was running towards the pitch. Her hand tightly in Oliver's, a silly smile on her face, and she did not even feel bad about breaking up with George, not that she really had time to think about it.
Oliver managed to tell Katie to wait for him as he ran to the broom shed, getting out a broom he came back over to her. As he mounted the broom he grabbed Katie and had her mount facing him. Of course this left him in control, but she trusted him. As he pushed off the ground Katie wrapped herself a bit around him.
As the leveled, he reached up his hand and kissed her. It was a powerful kiss, the type that sent shivers up and down your body. Katie wanted to pinch herself to make sure this was not just some odd dream that she happened to be having. It had to be a dream, yet every time she pinched herself it hurt.
After the kiss, Oliver looked into her eyes. "I've always wanted to kiss you in the air." He smiled.
Katie only smiled and giggled a bit. "Makes for a good first kiss to a relat…" She stopped, her eyes going wide.
"Relationship." He smiled. "Makes a great story!"
"Relationship?" She looked at him with a bit of a questioning look.
"Yea a relationship." He grinned. "I mean if you think you can deal with me as your boyfriend."
"Oliver I think I can deal with you as my 'boyfriend!'" She smiled and just hugged him tightly; he slowly went down and landed the broom.
After they dismounted Oliver took her hand and they walked back up to the castle. It was a strange filling to be dating her best friend, and she was still confused about how this all seemed to happen.
(A note on this chapter…. Now I know this seems highly unlikely that something like that would ever happen… but it has…. This is the bit where the author takes a bit of there own life and places in a story… And it does not end here… more to come)
