"I wonder if Katie knows who hexed Roger? Oh, hey guys!" Angelina said.
"Did you guys hear about Roger? Man he looked horrible, all banged up" Alicia said worriedly. "They just found him, when we walking here"
I gingerly woke up and wrapped the blanket around me tightly.
I sat slightly closer to Oliver liking the warmth he radiated. He put an arm around my waist and kissed me on the forehead in a protective kind of way. I started crying as Oliver held me tighter to him.
Alicia, Angelina sat down opposite us on the table.
"Hey sweetie, why the tears, I'm sure he'll be ok?" Alicia said, looking at me, concern written in her sparkling eyes.
"Too bad he deserved what he got!" Oliver replied angrily, his fist clenched by his side.
"Oh, Oliver, we know you don't like Roger but 'his' girlfriend is right here" Alicia said matter-of-factly.
"Not anymore, and thank god for that too." I said through sobs. Oliver wrapped his other arm around me and cuddled me, rocking gently back in forth.
"Say what? Am I missing something?" Alicia said confused.
"I caught him beating Katie up in the corridor, and got into a fight with him" Fred said sheepishly, rubbing a bruise, which was beginning to show on his jaw.
Alicia, Angelina and George gasped at his comment. Angelina conjured up and ice pack and ran over to Fred holding it gently to his jaw as he winced in pain.
"No way, what a bastard, why?" Angelina said looking at me in shock.
"I…I…because I…wouldn't let him 'touch' me" I said looking down and sobbing quietly
"The NERVE!" Angelina said flailing her arms in the air.
The rest of the night was spent discussing how they hated Roger and that I was better off without him. But the worst part was at dinner.
We all walked down to the great hall and sat down around the middle of the Gryffindor table.
I could hear people whispering all around me about Roger, hearing only snippets of their conversations. I looked down at the table in embarrassment, Oliver noticed this and pushed a plate in front of me
"Eat, it'll make you feel better," he said looking at me with a small grin placed on his soft features.
I smiled weakly at him and began eating, although very slowly.
When I had finished eating what I could, I stood up lazily from the bench, its legs scrapping as I stood. A few students in the hall turned their attention to me.
"I'm going to go back upstairs. I want to practise my charms work," I said lifting my legs over the bench and standing up.
"Do you want me to come?" Oliver said grabbing my hand and looking at me, his eyes boring into me.
"I'll be ok, it's just to our Common room," I said avoiding his gaze. I turned my back and left them sitting down.
I walked quickly down the great hall; well people's eyes followed me out in curiosity.
I practically ran to the common room, before stopping at the portrait.
"Hello there?" I said to the fat lady, she looked up with concern written in her eyes.
"Are you ok? Hun, I heard from Candace Fletcher, of what happened." The fat lady said worriedly.
"I'm ok now, I just want to go in and practise some charms work," I said looking down at my feet.
"Of course, password dear?" she said sadly.
"Caput Draconis" I said, the portrait swung open and I walked over to my bag and dragged out the textbook and a poetry book I had started writing last year.
'I can't believe all that's happened, it's just too much! Well at least I have Oliver to look after me, that reminds me. Did I really say 'I love you Oliver'? When I fell. I mean do I love Oliver? I know that was a little while ago, but still….' I looked down at the poetry book.
On the cover I had a picture of all my friends and me. Oliver had his arm around my waist; Angelina and Alicia were smiling at the camera, while Fred and George were pulling the bunny ears behind them. I laughed at this and concentrated on Oliver and me. I looked at him and me, we stole little glances at each other it cute.
'Hey wow, I never noticed that' I looked at a gap between Alicia and Angelina and noticed that Oliver and me had our hands intertwined together.
'Hm?' I thought back to the time of the photo. 'Oh yea, I remember him grabbing my hand and smiling at me reassuringly, I wonder why though, but ah, such great memories.' I thought smiling to myself.
"Gah! This is boring!" I said slamming the book shut in frustration.
'Hm? 'Havelock's Pizza Parlour'? Oh yea, the party for Oliver, this should take my mind off - ' I shuddered '- ugh, Roger. Ok, who's coming…'
An hour and a half later, I had finished planning the party and leaned back on 2 legs of the chair.
The portrait swung open loudly and the chair lost balance because I got a shock from it. I squealed as I began to fall.
I lay on my back for a second thinking, and than I started laughing and I soon heard the people come closer.
"Haha Haha, oh, 'giggle', hey guys!" I said looking up at Alicia and Angelina.
"Katie, are you high?" Angelina said well pulling me up.
"'Giggle', ..no. I just am really? I don't know!" I said laughing again. I grabbed my stuff off the table and headed over to the girls dorms. But just as I got to the girls staircase, the portrait opened again giving me, yet another fright. I jumped and my bits of parchment went flying everywhere.
"Oh crap, 'laughs' I better get that!" I said picking up all the bits of parchment.
"Hey Katie? Glad to see you smiling again" Oliver said helping me with the parchment.
"Oi! Give those here they're private!" I said snatching them off of Oliver.
"Why, what's on them?" he said grabbing one of them "Havelock's Pizza Parlour? What's going on?" he said looking at me.
"What? I like Pizza? So sue me!" I said snatching it off of him; I gave him a cheeky grin, receiving a smirk in return before I hurried up the stairs.