Just borrowing the world of JKR
Chapter 8.
Katie and Oliver had started to write each other more, and things were starting to be ok. Apparently Oliver had invited Gavin over to his flat, and he brought Sam and Becca.
Katie sighed wondering if she and Oliver even had a chance. This was all too much work, and Katie had O.W.L.S. this year.
The year had turned into an awful one Katie and Ali never talked to the twins and Ang. Katie had Leanne in classes, but other than that she was with Adam and Ali or Sean.
The day that the students from the other schools were to come they lined up and Katie could really just careless. Everyone was very excited, except for Katie. She just wanted it to be over. She wanted them to come so she could eat and get her work done.
As the students from Beauxbatons arrived she clapped with everyone else. Than the students from Dumstrang arrived. Krum was the talk of the crowd. Katie was excited to see him, but she really just wanted to ask him about a few flying tricks, she did not think he was cute what so ever.
"Katie will you please pass whatever that is?" Fred asked her looking serious.
"Sure." She gave him a rather nervous look and handed it over. Fred's eyes lightened at her look and he sighed.
"Thanks." He muttered.
"I want this to end." Katie said to Adam who looked about as excited as she did.
"Me too." He muttered. "Ali is beside herself with this food."
"I noticed." She muttered. Ali had gotten extremely excited with the food and kept telling Sean about all the different things. Sean was the only one who was paying attention to her.
"And if you add a bit of this onto the bread it is amazing. Sean you have to try it!" Ali smiled as Sean nodded and tried it.
"That is good." He smiled and looked over to Katie and Adam who could not help but laugh.
"What?" Ali asked looking at them all.
"Nothing." Katie smiled.
"Fine." Ali smiled and went back to eating.
Dumbledore stated all of the rules and the twins groaned a bit. Finally they were able to leave. Katie jumped up and started to head to the door. Well she might have been in to much of a hurry she ran straight into one of the Durmstrang students and bounced of him and into Krum who caught her under one arm.
"Oh sorry." She muttered getting her balance. "Great flying by the way." She said the Krum and jogged out of the Great Hall.
"Very odd." The first student she had walked into said.
Katie made it to the Common room and fell into one of the chairs. She sighed and listened to everyone talk about who was going to put their name in the Goblet.
"What about you Sean?" Katie asked as Adam, Ali, and Sean sat down with her.
"Thinking about it. Adam here is though." He smiled.
"Yup." Adam looked a bit nervous.
"I hear Ang is too." Ali said looking over at her.
"Good for her." Katie said and shrugged. "Ali its pointless to try and push them to talk to us. If they would rather be rude, let them."
"Yea." Ali smiled and the girls all launched into a conversation about who they thought was going to be chosen.
Finally after about an hour they went up to bed. Emily and Ang came in a bit after Ali and Katie had finished talking.
"I was thinking tomorrow we could get the boys—" Emily stopped and looked at Ali and Katie. "Never mind."
"Hey Katie. I was thinking that tomorrow we could try and come up with bad secrets." Ali shot out after a few moments.
"Really Ali?" Katie could not help but laugh. "I was thinking we could go talk to Fred and George and try to figure out what's going on."
"That sounds like a good idea Katie."
"Thank you Ali."
"Don't even think about." Emily snapped glaring at Ali and Katie.
"Stay out of our lives you two." Ang snapped.
"Last I looked you pushed us out Ang." Ali snapped.
"Well you're a slut, and Katie's a whore." Emily said with an evil smile.
"Really? Ali did you hear that we sleep around. I wish I had known I did that Emily, because last I looked I hadn't."
"But Katie haven't you heard we don't know what we do." Ali started.
"Stop it." Ang snapped at them.
"Come on Ali." Katie got up and looked at Ang and Emily. "I thought you were both better than this."
With that Katie and Ali walked downstairs and saw George, Fred, and Lee sitting and talking.
"Hey twins." Ali called. "Talk to us for a moment?"
The twins looked up at them with wide eyes for a moment. "I don't think so." George said.
"George?" Katie looked at him and caught his eyes. "I guess you two aren't who I thought you were."
"I guess not." Ali said. Both girls looked like they had been punched in the gut.
"Actually no." Katie walked over to them and slapped them both. "Maybe that will help snap you out of whatever this is."
Fred could not help but grin, George looked up at Katie with a look that nearly stopped her heart. It was impossible to place.
"It's ok Katie, we just don't want to cause more problems." Fred said. "We miss you two though." He said as he and Lee left George looking at Katie.
"Hey Ali come here." Fred called, and Ali followed him and rapidly started trying to figure out what was happening.
"Sorry." Katie said shaking her head. She ripped the necklace he had given her and handed it too him.
George looked at the necklace in his hand, he never realized that she still wore it. Katie turned and walked back up to her room and fell into her bed. It had been a long week.
The next morning she found the necklace on her bedside table. She sighed and thought about putting it on but thought it was better if she did not. As she walked down to breakfast with Sean she saw Ang put in her name.
"Well I hope she gets it." Katie told Sean.
"Really?" He asked looking rather shocked.
"Yea. Just because we are not getting along now does not mean I don't still care about her." She shrugged.
This morning she got an owl from Oliver.
Katie,
I miss you. Just wanted to make sure that you know that. I am being interviewed for an article soon and my team captain thinks it would be good if it said that I was single. I just wanted to know what you thought about it, being that we are in an open relationship (but I want you to know I have not even looked at another girl).
So how are Ali and Adam. I got an owl from Adam telling me that you and Sean were getting along well. That's a good thing, he was worried about his last year. I also heard that you and Ali were not getting along with Emily and Ang. I hope all works out for you.
I miss you. I've already said that, but it's true. I can't even explain how amazing things are here, but it's just not the same without you here. Anyways I have to go I am meeting the team for drinks.
Love.
Oliver
"Finally the big git." She laughed a bit.
"Everything alright?" Sean asked with a slightly odd tone.
"Yup." She smiled and started to eat some toast.
"Hey Katie can I talk to you alone for a moment?" She heard a voice behind her. She knew that voice, it was George.
"Sure." She turned and followed him out of the great hall and to the steps. She hit Sean upside the head (lightly) before she left for trying to steal her toast.
"Um." He looked at her slightly nervous. "I just." He paused again. "Well it's just that." Another pause.
"It's just what George?"
"Emily and I broke up last night because of you." He glared at her.
"Are you blaming me for it?" She asked rather shocked.
"Well Emily is." He stated.
"Ok."
"And she asked for you to move being your not even a 6th year." He noticed the hurt look on her face. "And Ang I think agrees."
"Figures." She sighed. "Thanks for telling me George. I am sure it was one of the harder things you had to do. You know tell me things that really Emily and Angelina should tell me. But perhaps watching me hurt is something you like to do George. But if it is than your sick and twisted." She turned around, her hair slapping him in the face.
"Katie." He started but she turned and glared at him.
"Don't George. If you had something else to tell me you lost that chance for the moment by telling me that I am going to get kicked out of my room." She turned and walked straight into Cedric.
"Katie are you ok?" He asked looking down at her worried.
"It's been a really long day." She muttered.
"It's not even 9am." He sighed.
"I know." She looked up and let him hug her. After a moment she let go. "Thanks."
"Anytime T." He sighed as he watched Professor McGonagall call her over.
Katie took a deep breath and followed her head of house into her office.
"Emily came to me this morning asking for you to be moved out of that room." McGonagall said rather sternly looking at a clearly hurt Katie.
"George told me." She looked her in the eyes.
"George Weasley?"
"Yes."
"Well I told Emily to talk to you."
"She never did."
"Do you know why she wants you out of the room?"
"Because I once dated George, and other than that no. A bit over a month ago Angelina and Emily started to turn their backs on Ali and I." She shrugged. "Honestly I think it is rather childish to have to go about all of this. And I am very sorry for dragging you into our petty little mess, but if it would be better." She took a breath in. "If it would be better for me to move into the 5th year girls dorm I can do that, and will do it without any more mention."
"I see." She actually smiled. Was Katie seeing things, well she thought she was. "It seems that Emily is the one who will have to move if she does not wish to live with you."
"Pardon?"
"You heard me right Miss Bell." She turned and grabbed a one of Katie's essays. "I was very impressed on your thoughts on how Transfiguration would play into your everyday life as a Quidditch Player. Full marks." She passed it over to Katie. "Now if you don't mind I need to meet with a girl a year above you."
"Thank you." Katie smiled and got up and walked out of her office blinking a few times. She was very shocked by what had just happened, and in her dazed mood she walked straight into the Durmstrang boy she had walked into the night before. This time however she fell over just as Fred and George were walking passed with rather long beards, and a laughing Dumbledore not to far behind them.
The Durmstang student looked down at Katie and offered her a hand up.
"Thanks." She smiled. "And I'm so sorry. I really should pay a bit more attention while I'm walking."
He just looked at her for a moment and crossed his arms.
"I'm Katie. Katie Bell." She said holding out her hand.
"Robert Drummin." He said taking her hand and kissing the top.
"Well it's nice to meet you Robert." She smiled. "Well have a pleasant day, I really should be off to do some work. Lots of homework with O.W.L.S. and all."
"Vait." He said. "I vould like to know why you keep running into me."
"Purely by accident. I am a bit clumsy on the ground."
"But she is an amazing flyer." Sean said walking up to the two of them.
"You vare a Quidditch player?"
"Chaser." Katie answered.
"You're zmall for a Quidditch player."
"I can keep my own."
"Very vell." He smiled and walked away.
"Are you ok?" Sean asked.
"Yea was reading and walked into him." She shrugged.
"Only you Katie." He laughed as they walked to the Common room to start on some homework.
Katie watched George out of the corner of her eye. She honestly just missed hugging him. It was then that Troy's words really hit her. "You'll date an old boyfriend." But what if she actually loved George? That was crazy she loved Oliver. Well he was her best mate, not to mention the guy she was in an open relationship. Wait, an open relationship, which meant that Oliver could be with some girl and she had no idea about it. That meant that she could be somewhat dating someone else. Oliver was too busy with Quidditch to even notice. What about Sean? They were together almost all the time. He was becoming one of her good mates.
"Katie we need to talk." It was Fred.
"Ok." Katie got up and followed him out of the common room and to an empty classroom.
"Katie."
"What Fred?"
"I am sick of this."
"Sick of what?" She honestly had no idea what he was talking about.
"You and George fighting, not to mention you and Ang fighting." He looked upset. It shocked Katie. She knew George had serious moments but she had never seen one of Fred's.
"I know." Was all she could say.
"Well what are you going to do about it?"
"I can talk to George, but Ang?" She sighed. "I don't even know what happened."
"I guess George is a step." He sighed. "But try and talk to Ang."
"About what Fred?" She looked to the door. "I don't have a clue what happened. Is it because George and I broke up, but he was the one that said 'I am sick of being tied down.' Not me. I would have worked to make it work."
"We all know you and Oliver needed to figure things out." He rolled his eyes at her. "And clearly you two work well."
"Fred you have not even talked to me this year, don't even try to understand how I have been feeling or what has been going on." She snapped at him. "Anyways way the bloody hell are you talking to me?"
"Because you're my friend Katie and I feel bad." He actually looked upset. "We have been awful to you and Ali. I feel bad, but I do think you're more forgiving than Ang is."
"Of course I am." She rolled her eyes. "But that is no reason to treat me like rubbish."
"I know. Will you please talk to George." Fred looked at her almost begging.
"Of course. I care a lot about him." She hugged Fred and set out to find George. It annoyed her how petty it all seemed.
"George?" She called when she found him about to go into the common room.
"What?" He asked as he turned to face her.
"Come here." Was all she said. He sighed and walked up to her, and she hugged him
Wrapping his arms around her, he felt good. It was one of the few times that he felt complete.
"We need to talk." She said looking up into his eyes. It was an odd feeling. She could not place her finger on it.
"Right." He sighed. He really wanted to put his arm around her, but he knew that it was not his place to do so.
She almost out of habit, and out of nerves took his hand and dragged him to an empty classroom. The day had been annoying, and it was hard to believe that it was not even dinner yet.
"What's been going on?" She asked.
"I'm not sure." He answered sitting down on one of the tables. "I mean Emily and I are were doing well, but than she got really upset when she saw you still wore the necklace."
"George the necklace is amazing and you know it." She sighed watching him watch anything but her.
"Thanks." He muttered.
"You were amazing." She smiled lightly. "You still are. And I'm really sorry things with Emily never worked out."
"Yea." He sighed. "I'm not sure how I feel about it. She changed Ang loads."
"If Angelina was that willing to change that's her problem."
"Angelina?" George looked at her rather shocked. "From the first time you meet her, you never called her Angelina."
"Things change." Was all Katie could say. She could not figure out if she wanted George to hold her because she wanted him to hold her, or because she still had fillings for him.
"Katie I don't like how any of this is going."
"I don't think any of us do." She sighed. "I miss you though."
"I miss you too."
"I'm not a fan of losing a good friend." She gave a cheesy smile.
All George could do was laugh a bit and give her a hug.
"Well I really should get some work done, and I promised Sean I'd help him with a letter."
"Ok. But Katie, don't be a stranger." George smiled and started to tickle her a bit.
"George!" She laughed as she jumped to try and get away.
After a few moments of this, George ended up on top of her after falling over. George was looking into her eyes, both of there hearts were pounding rather hard.
"George." She looked away. "I really should be going."
"Ok." George sighed getting up and helping her up.
"I'll see you George." Katie smiled and left George in the classroom. She turned to see if George had followed her out, but as she turned she walked straight into another figure and fell over.
Katie looked up to see she had run into and was happy to see that it was not Robert but it was Krum.
"Sorry." She smiled. "It's been an off walking day."
"It's alright." Krum said offering her a hand.
"Thanks." She said taking his hand and letting him help her up.
"Are vou all vight?" He asked looking at her with a puzzled look.
"Oh yea." She smiled. "Just a bad walker."
"I am Victor Krum." Katie thought that was just a random way to introduce oneself.
"Katie Bell." She smiled. "Well I have some things to take care of. Have a good day, and sorry for running into you."
"Vit's alvight." He nodded and walked outside. Katie walked up to the common room looking for Sean.
