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Chapter Three: Snape's Plan

SUNDAY NIGHT

"Katie, are you talking to me yet?" Oliver asked her.

She shook her head no.

"Katie, Katie, talk to me Katie, Katie, Katie, Katie…" Oliver pestered.

"NO! I'm not talking to you Oliver!" Katie yelled to him.

"Ha ha, you just did!"

Katie clenched her jaw and glared maliciously at Oliver.

It was Sunday night, and Katie had just gotten out of the Hospital Wing.

"You're a bastard Oliver," Katie said.

"I know, but you're talking to me now!" he replied.

"Why do you care whether or not I'm talking to you?" she asked shrewdly.

"Because… I… Oh shut up Bell."

Katie laughed.

"Ooo, you love me Oliver! Oliver has a crush on me!" Katie said playfully.

Oliver didn't talk to Katie for the rest of the night, and Katie didn't stop making fun of Oliver.

MONDAY NIGHT

"You wanted to see me?" Katie said to Snape as she walked into his office. He was sitting behind his desk. She hated when he did that, it made her really feel like she was his student, instead of his girlfriend, she supposed one could say.

"Yes. I've figured out how to stop the talking," he told her.

"What? What is it?" Katie asked excitedly.

"You and Mr. Wood should start dating. Or at least put the image out that you are. I think it's a suitable plan."

"You want me to pretend to date Oliver? Oliver Wood!" Katie exclaimed. She started to pace around the room making wild gestures with her hands.

"Yes, it's only a façade. It won't be serious." He got up from his desk and walked over to her, "It'll only be for a short while."

"There is no way in hell I'm going to pretend to date him!"

"You have to. It's the only way Katherine."

"NO. There is no way in hell I'm going to do anything of the sort! I can't stand being around that arrogant ass!"

"I know. That's the point. The whisperings of the students would switch from me and you to Oliver and you. It's much safer." He put his hands on her robe clad shoulders, massaging them lightly.

"This is the only thing you thought of?" she replied, calming down.

"No, but this is the easiest. We could just break the relationship between you and me if you please."

"Fine, I'll do it. I'll talk to Oliver about it."

"Good. Good night Katherine."

"Good night Severus." She gave him a small hug and left without another word.

BACK IN THE COMMON ROOM, IN A DARK CORNER

"I'm not doing that Katie, I can't stand you!" Oliver exclaimed quietly when Katie had told him the news, "How are we even going to make that seem believable? People, a lot of people, know that we squabble like mad! No one will believe this charade that you want to put on!"

"Well I can't stand you either! But you got us into this, and you're going to get us out!" Katie exclaimed back, "I'm not going to lose my reputation over a gigantic ass who can't keep his goddamn mouth shut!"

"Fine. But I'm only going to do this until things die down. Then it's allllllllll over," Oliver said.

"I can't wait," she said scathingly.

"Me neither, darling," Oliver sneered.

Katie shook her head in disgust. "None of that nickname crap. I will not hesitate to kill you Oliver."

"Fine, Snuggle Bear."

Katie rolled her eyes and went up to bed.

"Good night, lover!" Oliver called as she walked up.

"You're tempting fate Oliver Wood!" she called down.

He laughed.

TUESDAY

"So is Severus going to beat me up?" Oliver asked Katie the next day in Potions.

"It was his plan, but he'll probably want to talk to you about it," Katie said, "And yes, I imagine he would if it got to a point that he had to."

"Ooo, I'm so scared!" Oliver pretended to shake in his seat.

"Mr. Wood. Talking in class again. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Detention, tonight. Meet me in this room at eight o'clock," Snape said frigidly.

"Told you!" Katie hissed in his ear as the professor walked away.

"Don't be so arrogant," Oliver hissed back to her.

"Take your own advice," she said and went back to work.

Oliver glared at her.

Katie smiled back, sarcastically.

TUESDAY NIGHT, ADVANCED POTIONS CLASSROOM

"Mr. Wood, we have a couple things to discuss," Snape said to him as Oliver entered the room.

"Like what?"

"I'd advise you to stop getting Katherine to get you out of your detentions; I'm not going to do it anymore, and you're not to try anything funny with her. I am a Potions Master and have several nasty tricks up my sleeve." Snape grinned maliciously.

"Trust me; I wouldn't try anything with her. I don't even like her that much. We're as good together as oil and water are."

"Well, I'm pleased to hear that."

"Can I go now please?"

"No, you need to start making up for those detentions that Katherine got you out of," Snape said with his crooked smile.

"On one condition. Stop calling her Katherine, its way too pristine for that girl."

"I'll call her what I please. Get to work cleaning."

"You can't make me."

"Don't try me Oliver," Severus said and pulled his wand out of his robes.

Oliver quieted down.

"It seems you're all talk and no action, what a terrible trait," he said and left the room.

Oliver made an angry noise in his throat.

WEDNESDAY MORNING, GREAT HALL

"Good morning to my beautiful new girlfriend!" Oliver proclaimed loudly at breakfast to Katie.

"Katie, what the hell is he talking about?" Alicia asked. The other members of the Quidditch Team turned their attentions to them.

Katie's eyes were bulging in surprise and her lips were pursed shut in anger.

"Didn't you hear the wonderful news?" Oliver gushed, "The lovely Katie and I are dating!"

"We were trying to keep it on the low down," Katie said, hitting Oliver hard in the chest.

"Umm, I thought you two didn't like each other," she said back.

"Well it turns out that all our bickering was just suppressed emotion!" Oliver announced, "Isn't that right, love?"

"Yes, dear," Katie replied to him through gritted teeth.

"Well when did this happen?" Alicia asked puzzled.

"Last night was the joyous occasion of us joining!" Oliver said loudly, "I took her into my arms and asked her to be mine. She swooned, telling me she'd been hoping I'd ask her. We've liked each other for so long, but only just realized it."

Alicia looked terribly sceptical.

"This is a joke, right?" she said, "Are you talking about when you two were bitching in the corner last night? I don't think that was Katie swooning."

"No," I answered monotonously, "We're actually dating."

"Oh Sweetheart, cheer up!" Oliver said boisterously.

"I'm cheered up. Leave me alone," Katie whispered to him.

"What's that? You want a kiss?" Oliver yelled out.

Katie shook her head subtly.

"Come here, Honey," he said and pulled her in.

He kissed her hard, and it was evident to everyone around that it was for show. But as the moments passed, the kiss turned softer and more romantic and less for show. His hands gently touched her face, eventually cupping it in his hands.

Katie pushed him away from her, a look of shock on her face.

Oliver did the same.

"What the HELL was that?" Alicia said to us, her face contorted into a look of disgust.

"I just had to kiss my girl," Oliver said gently, his eyes dark and sparkling and his smile true.

Katie looked into his eyes and saw a fathomless look. It wasn't hateful, or disgusted. She was unsure what it was, but the thought crossed her mind that Oliver was right about one thing, there were a lot of suppressed emotions within both of them, and they weren't all bad either. It was a look she caught in Snape's eye every now and then. She didn't understand it with him, and she sure wasn't going to understand it with Oliver.

Whatever it was, it caused her to reciprocate Oliver's genuine smile.

"I can't deal with this shit," Alicia said getting up, "You two are fucked up."

WEDNESDAY, IN CHARMS

"What the hell was that Oliver?" Katie asked as they practiced spells.

"What was what?"

"That kiss. Don't pretend you don't know it."

"Ok, I really don't know what it was. I was putting on a show, but I…"

"I… what, Oliver?"

"I got into it. And you did too, don't deny it."

"I know. I can't. It was a good kiss…"

"Thanks, Katie!" Oliver said happily, "That means a lot. I can kiss a girl who bloody hates me and make her want me!"

Katie smiled and laughed. "I never hated you Oliver."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. You just annoy me a lot. But I've never hated you."

"Oooo! So you like me?" Oliver smirked.

"I didn't say that," Katie said, smirking as well, "Shut up before I beat you up."

"I don't know… I might like that…"

Katie smacked him playfully.

Oliver smiled to her. "You know, I think we might be able to get through this."

"Me too," Katie replied, "You're not so bad. As long as you don't ever try to put a show on like that again."

"Come on, it was good!"

"No! I think people are starting not to believe it. You really went overboard!" Katie said laughing.

"You loved it," Oliver replied.

"Just don't do it again, the point was for this to be a quiet thing. Now the whole school thinks we're crazy!"

"The school already thinks I'm crazy, so I don't really care."

Katie rolled her eyes. "Take me Oliver."

Oliver's eyes grew round. "Here?"

"I meant with the spell!" Katie exclaimed laughing, "You haven't even taken me out on a date yet, I can't put out!"

Oliver laughed. "I'll keep that in mind!" He hit her with a freezing charm, and Katie fell back into some pillows.

"Ha, now I could take you!" he said as he leant over her.

Katie looked up blankly.

"Oh fine, I'll let you go," he said andmumbled the counter-spell.

"Thanks. And by the way, you'll never have the opportunity to take me," she said as she sat up, "Ever."

"Now don't say that," replied Oliver, "I'm pretty good at getting girls to give me that opportunity."

"Umm, yeah, with the fifth and sixth year girls. I've never seen you with a seventh year woman. They all know what a whore you are," Katie said maliciously.

"Now that wasn't very nice," Oliver said as he feigned hurt.

"No, but it's true."

"Not anymore it isn't. You're a seventh year, and we're dating."

"It doesn't count, we're mock dating."

"Mock dating is still dating!"

"How so?"

"We're still going through the actions. It doesn't matter if we actually feel something."

"Yes, it does. In order to properly date you have to have something between you and the other person. We don't have that," Katie said and went quiet. Was she lying to herself?

Oliver looked at her, the fathomless look back in his eyes.

"Don't look at me like that Oliver," Katie said, rather subdued.

"Why? It's just a look," he said in the same tone as Katie.

"Because I can't tell what you're thinking."

"You could before?"

"Yes, your eyes are quite expressive."

"Since when have you been looking into my eyes?" Oliver asked.

"You're my Quidditch Captain, I can tell when you go on and on with those pre-game rants of yours," she replied.

"Rants?"

"Just don't look at me like that!" Katie exploded.

"What the hell is wrong with you? One minute you're all nice and smiling, and the next you're yelling at me! What's got you so hot and bothered?" Oliver said looking at her intensely.

"Nothing. Just don't look at me like that," she replied, "Now let's get back to work."