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A/N: Lots of F-bombs, no smut
Chapter Seven: Who Do You Love?
SNAPE'S OFFICE
"You want me to choose?" Katie exclaimed.
"That's right," Snape said, his eyes boring into hers.
Oliver nodded.
Katie looked viciously between them. She could hardly believe that this was happening. She'd been dreading it for so long; she just hoped it would go away. But, no, it was there, staring her in the face.
Her green eyes met Oliver's warm, dark brown ones. She gave a small smile as she remembered their night last night, and all the things he'd said to her that led up to it.
He noticed her eyes shone at him with love and admiration. He gave her a smile back.
She quickly looked up to Snape. His black, empty eyes glittered spitefully. Scenes flashed through her head. When they met at the bar, their first kiss, the nights they shared together, the moment he proposed…
"Stop it Severus!" she said sternly to him.
"I was just trying to make you see Katie," he replied.
"See what?" Oliver asked.
"Everything," he said spitefully to him.
"How…?"
"Occulmency," Katie told him.
"Don't do that to her," Oliver told Snape, "Let her do this herself!"
Snape turned to Oliver.
"Look down, look down, look down…" Katie mumbled. Unfortunately, Oliver didn't hear her.
The next moment Oliver had shut his eyes and looked down at the floor.
"What did you do to him Severus?" Katie demanded.
"You liar!" Oliver yelled to Snape.
"What?" he inquired menacingly.
"Katie told me all about when you met! It was at Christmas, not during the summer!" Oliver yelled to him.
"Ha. It looks like your precious Katie has been telling you half truths," Snape said with a nasty grin.
"Katie?" Oliver said gently to her.
Katie suddenly forgot how to breathe. She knew what Snape had shown Oliver, and it wasn't good.
"Katie?" Oliver said a bit louder.
"I'm sorry Oliver," she said and looked at her feet.
"How… How could you?" he roared, "Tell me the whole truth right now!"
"It was summer before seventh year. It was at a pub, but neither of us were drunk, I did it completely on my own." Katie's face burned with shame.
Oliver stared at her, his face contorted into a foul look.
"I'm so sorry Oliver."
"So it's been more then twice," Oliver said cruelly.
"A lot more," Snape added, a tone of happiness laced in with his normal, malicious voice, "You should have seen the tiny little skirt she was wearing when she walked into the bar, I noticed her right away… Beautiful legs…"
"Shut up Severus! Don't do that!" Katie screamed.
"Shut the fuck up!" he yelled to Snape. He turned to Katie again, "So what about that story you told me about your mum?"
"Completely true!" Katie said.
"Really? How am I supposed to know whether or not you're telling me the truth?"
"That's the only thing I've lied about Oliver! I swear! Everything else I said was true!" Katie told him.
"You swear?" he asked cautiously
"Yes!" she replied desperately.
"What about when you told me that you were only with him because he was financially set? When you said he made you 'happy enough'?" Oliver said and shot a triumphant glare at Snape.
"Shut the fuck up," Katie said stiffly.
"I've just realized something," Oliver said, "You told me when I caught you two together that you two kissed while you had a detention! What the hell is the truth?"
"The pub, now shut up."
"You lied to me, again."
"I said shut up Oliver, so shut up!"
"Don't talk to me like that Katie," Oliver said hurt, "You said you wanted to be with me. Is that true?"
Before Katie could answer, Snape spoke. "Hmm… Funny… She told me she wanted to be with me… And it seems she still does, she would have said something if she didn't. And she still seems to be wearing the engagement ring I gave her…"
"Be quiet! I wasn't talking to you!" Oliver yelled at Snape. But she saw his eyes moved down to her hands, where the dazzling ring sat on her left ring finger. She shoved her hand in her pocket.
"You put it back on?" Oliver said silently, "When?"
"Yes, she did," Snape said with a grin, pulling Katie's hand out of her pocket and showing Oliver the ring, "Isn't it beautiful? It's been in my family for centuries."
"I don't know what I want anymore!" she admitted and pulled away from Snape.
She moved her eyes to her feet again. She couldn't bear look at Oliver, knowing he'd be in pain at the moment. She couldn't look at Severus either. She knew he was enjoying Oliver's pain.
"What?" they both asked her.
"I don't know who I want, or what I want!" she said, voice raised.
"Yes, you do," Oliver said, "Or else you still wouldn't be wearing that ring."
She quickly took the ring off and put it in her pocket, making sure she didn't look at Snape.
"There! Now you're both on even ground," she said.
Oliver had a look of grim satisfaction on his face.
"Katie? How can you not know? Don't you remember last night?" Oliver asked.
"Trust me; I've given her many a night to remember," Snape interjected, "Take last week for instance..."
"You're sick! You know that? You seduced a 17 year old girl!" Oliver said to him.
"Another half truth. She seduced me! She was all over me at the bar… I could have taken her to a dark corner and had my way with her, but luckily, I'm a decent man…"
"Well it wasn't hard to seduce you Severus, you were desperate!" Katie said to him quietly.
"What does that matter? You still came on to him!" Oliver yelled, pointing to Snape.
"You came onto me!" Katie yelled to Oliver.
"You know what? Your mother was right! You are a whore!" Oliver yelled angrily.
Katie's jaw dropped. Tears stung her eyes, and her chest seemed to get heavy. Pain started to shoot through her chest.
"Well if I'm a whore, why do you keep coming back to me?" she asked.
"Fast, easy lay, I suppose," he replied.
Katie glared maliciously at him. "You call me a liar? Well, you're an even worse one! You keep telling me that you like me and that we should be together, then you tell me that I'm a whore! I know you don't think that. If you really did, you would have tried a long time ago! And you wouldn't have asked me to stay in your bed, next to you last night! If you truly thought I was a whore, you wouldn't have said those things to me last night. You wouldn't have told me how much you wanted to be with me, and that you practically loved me."
"You call her a whore again and I'll hex you into oblivion," Snape growled to Oliver.
"You're not half the person I thought you were Katie," he told her, ignoring Snape.
"I could say the same for you," she said back to him.
"So you've chosen him I take it?" Oliver said to her and pointed to Snape.
"I didn't say that!" she replied.
"Well then Katie, who do you love?" Oliver asked her ominously.
She looked at Oliver and then to Snape. He seemed to agree with Oliver's question.
"Who do I love?"
They nodded.
Katie looked back and forth between them. Her head was getting light, and her stomach slightly nauseous. A cold sweat was starting to break out on her forehead. She closed her eyes and started to sway.
"She's going to faint!" Oliver said, and ran to her, catching her in his arms as she started to fall.
Katie opened her eyes a few minutes later. She was sitting in one of Snape's green leather chairs. Oliver was kneeling beside her, holding one of her hands and tapping her face.
"Are you alright Katie?" he asked as she opened her eyes.
"Here, have some water Katherine," Snape said, pushed Oliver out of the way and handed her a goblet.
"Thanks," she said and took the goblet, taking a long drink.
It seems they were still fighting with one another, although Katie was obviously not well.
"Are you ok?" Oliver asked lovingly.
"I'm fine, thank you," she replied.
"For someone who was calling her a whore just moments ago, you seem awfully keen to get back onto her good side," Snape said scathingly.
Oliver opened his mouth to respond.
"Would you two quit it? PLEASE?" Katie called to them, "I've had enough of you two taking shots at one another! I've just had a panic attack and fainted, and all you two can do is bicker! I'm so fucking pissed at you both! Both of you have said things that should have came from me!" Katie leaned back in the chair, trying to calm herself down. She ran her hands over her face and through her hair. "I can't deal with you two anymore."
"What?" Snape said, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I can't be with you Severus. I'm sorry, we're over," she said and gave him back the engagement ring.
Oliver looked victorious.
"Wipe that look off your face Oliver; I can't be with you either."
"Katie…" he said.
"Don't bother. I've made up my mind. I can't be with either of you, it's too hard on me," she said and stood up, "Severus, I shouldn't have to hide a relationship with someone I care for. And Oliver, all we do is fight or fuck, that's not a relationship. I'm leaving."
She walked to the door, tore it open and ran.
"Get out of my office, Mr. Wood. NOW," Snape said and pointed to the door.
"I was on my way, don't worry about it," Oliver said sarcastically and left, slamming the door behind him.
A WAND LIT BROOM CLOSET, SOMEWHERE IN THE CASTLE
"Where is he, where is he?" Katie mumbled as she paced around in the tiny closet. She had told him to meet her here ten minutes ago.
Finally, the door opened and he entered, shutting the door behind him.
"It's about time!" Katie said exasperated.
"Sorry, I had to make sure I wasn't being followed."
A smile broke out on Katie's face. "It worked."
"Like a charm," he replied, also smiling, "He's out of the picture. We can finally be together."
"I know, I'm brilliant," Katie replied and kissing him deeply, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"You can say that again. I didn't think we could pull that off!"
"Well now you know not to ever doubt me again!"
"You scared me with that panic attack, how did you pull that off?"
"I don't know exactly," Katie said laughing, "I just let myself get into it."
He kissed her again. "Anyway, it was brilliant, dear. I love you."
"I love you too," she said, smiling even wider.
"Let's go back to my room," he whispered into her ear, "It's your choice – fight or fuck."
"Hmm, that's a tough decision," she said jokingly, "I think I'll go for fuck."
"Good choice, good choice,"he said and kissed her neck, "Let's go."
"Sounds good," she said and they exited the closet, making sure that no one had seen them.
"So you never did answer my question Katie," he said as they scrambled into the Common Room.
"What question?" Katie asked confused.
"Who do you love?"
"You, Oliver. You and only you."
A/N: I know it's not as long as my usual chapters, but this one by far is my favourite. And a question for my reviewers… Should I keep going? Or should I stop here? I have ideas, but would it be better to stop?