Alright kiddies, chapter seven QTTA is now up!
Read it and love it! And let me tell you, this answers the number one question!
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Chapter Seven
"With the exception of crashing into the stands, you made a pretty nice show out there."
After making a complete idiot of herself, Katie and Oliver had sat in the stands and managed to make nice conversation. Katie brushed a few stray strands of blonde hair away from her face, smiling at his words. "You really think so?" She tried hard not to blush, "I only just started learning to fly a few weeks ago. Angelina and Alicia are teaching me how to."
Oliver's green eyes widend in disbelief, "Really? You've only been flying for a few weeks? Wow-- You know, you would probably do amazingly well at Quidditch."
Katie shook her head at this, "No, my mum and dad aren't too fond of the sport."
"They're just parents, what do they know that you won't eventually learn?"
He had a point, with that cute scottish accent of his. Katie shook her head, then quickly stood up. "It's getting late and I should really get back, you know, with homework and what not." She was blushing like a true dolt once again, and she didn't want him to see her face so red.
Never before had Katie moved so fast to get awway from an attractive boy. He was probably watching her leave and thinking what a freak she was. She returned the Comet One Fourty to its spot in the cupboard, then hurried off to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Where were you for so long?" Alicia asked, on brow slightly raised.
Katie decided to go up to the girls' dorm, she could fill Alicia and Angelina in on the night's events a little later. She was still a bit pink at the cheeks. "I'm really tired you guys, see you."
Soon after Katie retreated to the comforta of her own bed, Angelina and Alicia followed suit, both demanding to know where she had been, and what had brought on this strange behavior. "Not that you aren't already strange," Angelina added.
Taking a deep breath, and blushing ever so slightly, Katie recounted everything that had happened, from when she was flying, to when she crashed into the stands right infront of him. "--and I crashed, right into the stands where he was sitting. It was so embarressing."
"Did you crash into him?" Alicia asked hopefully, "Maybe break a few of his ribs?" Not that she wished harm on the team keeper or anything--
Katie shook her head, blushing even brighter, "No, Alicia." She proceeded to tell the two girls what happened afterward, "So after he made sure I was alright, we talked for a little bit." She shrugged and looked down at the blanket that lay neatly folded at the foot of her four poster bed.
"What did you talk about?" Alicia asked, crossing her legs beneath her, and shifting on her own bed, waiting to hear what Katie had to say.
Angelina rolled her eyes as she fixed her hair into a ponytail, preparing, for bed, "What do you think they talked about. Being that she was talking to Oliver Wood," she began, matter-of-factly, "they probably talked about Quidditch." She eyed Katie, daring the blonde to say she was wrong.
"Yeah, we talked about Quidditch a bit," she giggled. "He saw me flying, said he was suprised I didn't go out for the team."
Alicia grinned proudly, "Well your flying really has improved. How long have we been having those little practices, now?" Her eyes gazed up toward the ceiling as if it had the answer for her.
"About three days week for about an hour or two," Angelina said, climbing up to the head of her bed, preparing to go to sleep. "for a month," she finished, and pulled the covers up to her neck. She turned over to one side and closed her eyes. "Now if you girls don't mind, I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me up unless you've got some good gossip."
Within minutes, Angelina was out like a light, leaving Alicia and Katie alone to chatter silently. Alicia leaned back in her own four poster, still looking over at Katie. After a moment's silence, Alicia's voice reached Katie's ears, and the question that came caused her to blush.
"You really really like him, don't you?"
"Night, Licia," Katie climbed up to the head of her own bed and quickly hid beneath her covers. "Don't let the bed bugs bite, I hear those things are vicious."
Alicia sighed and rolled her eyes and covered herself up as well. Katie was so strange, and her little crush on Wood was obvious to anyone with eyes. Well, almost anyone with eyes. With a small grin and another roll of her eyes, Alicia turned in for the night.
The next day; however, had been completely unpredictable. No one could have seen it coming, especially not Katie. At first, the Gryffindor practice had been relatively normal. Everything was running smoothly. It was after practice when a heated arguement between Oliver and Kyle broke out, and that wasn't even considered a suprise. The two were bound to rip each other's throats out eventually.
"If you know so much, then why aren't you the bloody captain of this team?!" Kyle spat with disgust, pushing Oliver away from him. "Oh, that's right! McGonagall made me captain! So you'd best listen to what I've got to say, and I say that you are no longer on my team! Now get out of here!"
Oliver quickly pushed Kyle back. Though Kyle Whittner was a seventh year, he was smaller than his keeper. He had the perfect build for a chaser, but could easily be grounded into nothingness. "You don't have the power to kick anyone off this team, and if anyone needs to be kicked off, it's you!"
The shouting continued until Professor McGonagall came storming out to the the field, demanding to know what was going on between the two boys. By this time, Katie and Lee had hurried to the field to hear what was going on. Fred and George were placing bets on who would have won if there was going to be a fist fight between the two.
Professor McGonagall managed to calm bot boys down, but they still glared daggers at one another. "Now the both of you know this sort of behavoir will not be tolerated, especially by you Whittner. I am most--"
But no one else heard what Professor McGonagall had to say, because Kyle had been able to get close enough to Oliver and punch him square in the jaw. A brawl instantly started between the two, causing the lady professor to yell out as she was pushed back by the two battling boys.
Fred instantly started cheering for Oliver while George cheered Kyle on. Angelina started to yell out how incredible stupid both of them were and Alicia pleaded for them to stop before somebody got hurt. Lee joined in on cheering for Oliver with Fred. Katie only stared wide-eyed at what was going on.
Oliver landed a punch to Kyle's side, and was about to aim another hit, when he was frozen in action. Kyle was too. A very miffed Professor McGonagall had her face set grimly. Her lips formed an extremely thin line that was barely visible to any of them. The cheering boys instantly ceased, in fear their transfiguration would do the same to them. Wand gripped in a white-knuckled hand, Professor McGonagall kept perfect aim. "You seven leave here immidiately, I want to speak to these two alone."
Hesitantly, the six twelve year olds left the Quidditch field, it took Miles a moment to realize that he was no longer wanted. With sarcastic encouragement from Angelina, Miles finally left the Quidditch field, leaving Oliver Wood and Kyle Whittner to experience the wrath of Minerva McGonagall.
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Oliver came stalking into the Gryffindor Common Room a mere hour later, a small frown on his face. Katie sat with Angelina and Alicia, doing some last minute work. When the girls heard him enter, they all turned around, only to be greeted with that small elegant frown.
"Why the long face?" Alicia asked as politely as she could.
A small groan with a hint of a moan and mixture of a sigh, somehow escaped his lips as he slowly made his way into the common room. "I've got detention tomorrow night," he muttered, then a small grin lit his face.
Angelina cocked her head to one side, "If you have detention tomorrow, then why are you smiling like a bloody idiot?" At times, Angelina didn't choose her words carefully, no matter who she was speaking to.
"Well," his smile broadend, "you're looking at your new captain. McGonagall kicked him off the team."
"I don't believe it," Alicia said, actually not believing it. "She booted him just for the fight?"
Oliver went over to the couch where the girls sat, then plopped down between Angelina and Alicia, making sure to look at each of them in turn as he spoke, "She was just going to suspend him until his grades got better, that's why she was coming out to the field in the first place, but he landed that first punch on me, and saw how bad his attitude was," he made like he was throwing something away, a broad grin on his face. "Now all I have to do is find a chaser," he leaned back, extremely satisfied, then glanced over at Katie, "and I pick you to be on the team."
Katie hadn't even been a part of the conversation, and suddenly she was dragged into it. Her blue eyes went incredibly wide, and she quickly began to shake her head, "No, I don't think that's a good idea! I can't even--"
"Since I have detention tomorrow night, we'll have practice on, how's Tuesday sound to everyone? Good? Good? Good! Can't wait to see you all there. Enjoy the rest of your freedom," he got up from the couch, ignoring Katie, Angelina and Alicia's protests. He didn't even hear the fact, they all seemed to mention a dozen times at least, that Katie didn't know how to play Quidditch.
Their protests, seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Once Oliver was in his dorm, Katie fell silent, and stared down at her hands. "I can't play Quidditch! I can barely even fly!" Her voice was silent, and she looked stunned.
I can't do this, she thought repeatedly.
She hadn't even heard Angelina ask if she wanted a few lessons the next day, Katie simply nodded.
Angelina got the idea that Katie wasn't listening too intently, so she went ahead and tried her luck, "Oh, and I borrowed a few hundred galleons from your little purse thing in your trunk, hope you don't mind, and I might not pay you back either."
Katie once again nodded.
A small giggle escaped from Alicia, then tried her luck, "Hope you don't mind, but I told Lee that you thought he was a sexy beast."
Another nod.
"And Alicia told Oliver about your little crush on him." With that said, the two girls got up and headed toward the girls' dormitory, waiting to see what reaction, if any, they would recieve from Katie.
There was a moment of silence then--
"YOU DIDN'T!?!"
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Like the little twist I threw in there? I thought you guys would.. There is definately more to come, and I promise you, with every fiber of my being, that will at the very least post ten chapters.. Because I really can't promise that I'll finish..
Well, my little kiddies, I will allow you to stop reading the A/N ness that I put after every chapter, and allow to live your lives outside of
Kathy - I'm really glad you're liking the fic so far I'm pretty much glad that I'm still writing it!
Because I'm trying to stay up for a phone call, I thought I would just post this chapter, but I must warn you: I've become quite busy and distracted lately, but I will try to hurry up and finish the fic and post it.. I'm glad everyone is enjoying it so far..
-yawn-
Chapter 8 will be up as soon as I finish it.. And i want to apologize right now for all the typos, but you see.. I don't believe in correcting myself because of my religon, which is laziness.. No one really seems to mind yet, so I'm guessing that's a good thing.
Later
-Richi Sama-
Read it and love it! And let me tell you, this answers the number one question!
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Chapter Seven
"With the exception of crashing into the stands, you made a pretty nice show out there."
After making a complete idiot of herself, Katie and Oliver had sat in the stands and managed to make nice conversation. Katie brushed a few stray strands of blonde hair away from her face, smiling at his words. "You really think so?" She tried hard not to blush, "I only just started learning to fly a few weeks ago. Angelina and Alicia are teaching me how to."
Oliver's green eyes widend in disbelief, "Really? You've only been flying for a few weeks? Wow-- You know, you would probably do amazingly well at Quidditch."
Katie shook her head at this, "No, my mum and dad aren't too fond of the sport."
"They're just parents, what do they know that you won't eventually learn?"
He had a point, with that cute scottish accent of his. Katie shook her head, then quickly stood up. "It's getting late and I should really get back, you know, with homework and what not." She was blushing like a true dolt once again, and she didn't want him to see her face so red.
Never before had Katie moved so fast to get awway from an attractive boy. He was probably watching her leave and thinking what a freak she was. She returned the Comet One Fourty to its spot in the cupboard, then hurried off to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Where were you for so long?" Alicia asked, on brow slightly raised.
Katie decided to go up to the girls' dorm, she could fill Alicia and Angelina in on the night's events a little later. She was still a bit pink at the cheeks. "I'm really tired you guys, see you."
Soon after Katie retreated to the comforta of her own bed, Angelina and Alicia followed suit, both demanding to know where she had been, and what had brought on this strange behavior. "Not that you aren't already strange," Angelina added.
Taking a deep breath, and blushing ever so slightly, Katie recounted everything that had happened, from when she was flying, to when she crashed into the stands right infront of him. "--and I crashed, right into the stands where he was sitting. It was so embarressing."
"Did you crash into him?" Alicia asked hopefully, "Maybe break a few of his ribs?" Not that she wished harm on the team keeper or anything--
Katie shook her head, blushing even brighter, "No, Alicia." She proceeded to tell the two girls what happened afterward, "So after he made sure I was alright, we talked for a little bit." She shrugged and looked down at the blanket that lay neatly folded at the foot of her four poster bed.
"What did you talk about?" Alicia asked, crossing her legs beneath her, and shifting on her own bed, waiting to hear what Katie had to say.
Angelina rolled her eyes as she fixed her hair into a ponytail, preparing, for bed, "What do you think they talked about. Being that she was talking to Oliver Wood," she began, matter-of-factly, "they probably talked about Quidditch." She eyed Katie, daring the blonde to say she was wrong.
"Yeah, we talked about Quidditch a bit," she giggled. "He saw me flying, said he was suprised I didn't go out for the team."
Alicia grinned proudly, "Well your flying really has improved. How long have we been having those little practices, now?" Her eyes gazed up toward the ceiling as if it had the answer for her.
"About three days week for about an hour or two," Angelina said, climbing up to the head of her bed, preparing to go to sleep. "for a month," she finished, and pulled the covers up to her neck. She turned over to one side and closed her eyes. "Now if you girls don't mind, I'm going to sleep. Don't wake me up unless you've got some good gossip."
Within minutes, Angelina was out like a light, leaving Alicia and Katie alone to chatter silently. Alicia leaned back in her own four poster, still looking over at Katie. After a moment's silence, Alicia's voice reached Katie's ears, and the question that came caused her to blush.
"You really really like him, don't you?"
"Night, Licia," Katie climbed up to the head of her own bed and quickly hid beneath her covers. "Don't let the bed bugs bite, I hear those things are vicious."
Alicia sighed and rolled her eyes and covered herself up as well. Katie was so strange, and her little crush on Wood was obvious to anyone with eyes. Well, almost anyone with eyes. With a small grin and another roll of her eyes, Alicia turned in for the night.
The next day; however, had been completely unpredictable. No one could have seen it coming, especially not Katie. At first, the Gryffindor practice had been relatively normal. Everything was running smoothly. It was after practice when a heated arguement between Oliver and Kyle broke out, and that wasn't even considered a suprise. The two were bound to rip each other's throats out eventually.
"If you know so much, then why aren't you the bloody captain of this team?!" Kyle spat with disgust, pushing Oliver away from him. "Oh, that's right! McGonagall made me captain! So you'd best listen to what I've got to say, and I say that you are no longer on my team! Now get out of here!"
Oliver quickly pushed Kyle back. Though Kyle Whittner was a seventh year, he was smaller than his keeper. He had the perfect build for a chaser, but could easily be grounded into nothingness. "You don't have the power to kick anyone off this team, and if anyone needs to be kicked off, it's you!"
The shouting continued until Professor McGonagall came storming out to the the field, demanding to know what was going on between the two boys. By this time, Katie and Lee had hurried to the field to hear what was going on. Fred and George were placing bets on who would have won if there was going to be a fist fight between the two.
Professor McGonagall managed to calm bot boys down, but they still glared daggers at one another. "Now the both of you know this sort of behavoir will not be tolerated, especially by you Whittner. I am most--"
But no one else heard what Professor McGonagall had to say, because Kyle had been able to get close enough to Oliver and punch him square in the jaw. A brawl instantly started between the two, causing the lady professor to yell out as she was pushed back by the two battling boys.
Fred instantly started cheering for Oliver while George cheered Kyle on. Angelina started to yell out how incredible stupid both of them were and Alicia pleaded for them to stop before somebody got hurt. Lee joined in on cheering for Oliver with Fred. Katie only stared wide-eyed at what was going on.
Oliver landed a punch to Kyle's side, and was about to aim another hit, when he was frozen in action. Kyle was too. A very miffed Professor McGonagall had her face set grimly. Her lips formed an extremely thin line that was barely visible to any of them. The cheering boys instantly ceased, in fear their transfiguration would do the same to them. Wand gripped in a white-knuckled hand, Professor McGonagall kept perfect aim. "You seven leave here immidiately, I want to speak to these two alone."
Hesitantly, the six twelve year olds left the Quidditch field, it took Miles a moment to realize that he was no longer wanted. With sarcastic encouragement from Angelina, Miles finally left the Quidditch field, leaving Oliver Wood and Kyle Whittner to experience the wrath of Minerva McGonagall.
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Oliver came stalking into the Gryffindor Common Room a mere hour later, a small frown on his face. Katie sat with Angelina and Alicia, doing some last minute work. When the girls heard him enter, they all turned around, only to be greeted with that small elegant frown.
"Why the long face?" Alicia asked as politely as she could.
A small groan with a hint of a moan and mixture of a sigh, somehow escaped his lips as he slowly made his way into the common room. "I've got detention tomorrow night," he muttered, then a small grin lit his face.
Angelina cocked her head to one side, "If you have detention tomorrow, then why are you smiling like a bloody idiot?" At times, Angelina didn't choose her words carefully, no matter who she was speaking to.
"Well," his smile broadend, "you're looking at your new captain. McGonagall kicked him off the team."
"I don't believe it," Alicia said, actually not believing it. "She booted him just for the fight?"
Oliver went over to the couch where the girls sat, then plopped down between Angelina and Alicia, making sure to look at each of them in turn as he spoke, "She was just going to suspend him until his grades got better, that's why she was coming out to the field in the first place, but he landed that first punch on me, and saw how bad his attitude was," he made like he was throwing something away, a broad grin on his face. "Now all I have to do is find a chaser," he leaned back, extremely satisfied, then glanced over at Katie, "and I pick you to be on the team."
Katie hadn't even been a part of the conversation, and suddenly she was dragged into it. Her blue eyes went incredibly wide, and she quickly began to shake her head, "No, I don't think that's a good idea! I can't even--"
"Since I have detention tomorrow night, we'll have practice on, how's Tuesday sound to everyone? Good? Good? Good! Can't wait to see you all there. Enjoy the rest of your freedom," he got up from the couch, ignoring Katie, Angelina and Alicia's protests. He didn't even hear the fact, they all seemed to mention a dozen times at least, that Katie didn't know how to play Quidditch.
Their protests, seemed to have fallen on deaf ears. Once Oliver was in his dorm, Katie fell silent, and stared down at her hands. "I can't play Quidditch! I can barely even fly!" Her voice was silent, and she looked stunned.
I can't do this, she thought repeatedly.
She hadn't even heard Angelina ask if she wanted a few lessons the next day, Katie simply nodded.
Angelina got the idea that Katie wasn't listening too intently, so she went ahead and tried her luck, "Oh, and I borrowed a few hundred galleons from your little purse thing in your trunk, hope you don't mind, and I might not pay you back either."
Katie once again nodded.
A small giggle escaped from Alicia, then tried her luck, "Hope you don't mind, but I told Lee that you thought he was a sexy beast."
Another nod.
"And Alicia told Oliver about your little crush on him." With that said, the two girls got up and headed toward the girls' dormitory, waiting to see what reaction, if any, they would recieve from Katie.
There was a moment of silence then--
"YOU DIDN'T!?!"
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Like the little twist I threw in there? I thought you guys would.. There is definately more to come, and I promise you, with every fiber of my being, that will at the very least post ten chapters.. Because I really can't promise that I'll finish..
Well, my little kiddies, I will allow you to stop reading the A/N ness that I put after every chapter, and allow to live your lives outside of
Kathy - I'm really glad you're liking the fic so far I'm pretty much glad that I'm still writing it!
Because I'm trying to stay up for a phone call, I thought I would just post this chapter, but I must warn you: I've become quite busy and distracted lately, but I will try to hurry up and finish the fic and post it.. I'm glad everyone is enjoying it so far..
-yawn-
Chapter 8 will be up as soon as I finish it.. And i want to apologize right now for all the typos, but you see.. I don't believe in correcting myself because of my religon, which is laziness.. No one really seems to mind yet, so I'm guessing that's a good thing.
Later
-Richi Sama-