Alrighty everyone, school is in session but my grammar still sucks! Please bare with me, I type on inpulse, and quickly too... Like.. Really really fast, so I'm sorry.

"--so I went sliding through the mud, in my brand new dress robes, my mother was embaressed beyond beliefe, and my father all of a sudden didn't know who I was." Oliver laughed as he walked Katie back up to the castle.

Katie let out uncontrolable giggles, "I can't imagine you doing that, and infront of hundreds of guests! That's bloody brilliant, Wood!" She laughed a little longer, clutching her sides. When they stopped at the entrance of the castle, they faced each other, still laughing at Oliver's story.

Oliver rubbed the back of his neck still grinning, "Yeah, well. I'm guessing this is your stop." He jerked his head to those large oak front doors. "So this is the part where we say so long, and farewell and all those other sweet goodbyes."

Grinning and nodding, Katie couldn't answer immidiately. There was something bugging her about the day, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Finally she was able to speak, but it wasn't a farewell she delivered, instead she had to have a question answered, "I was just wondering, stop me if I'm wrong, but, was this like a date?"

Oliver collapsed on the bed in his small room provided by the inn. He had been having fun with Katie, just talking to her. It was more fun than he had had with all his former girlfriends. Katie was just as she was when he had left Hogwarts the previous year. And in a sense, he liked that about her.

But when she asked if they're little unexpected outting was a date, Oliver had made the biggest gamble, the biggest play he had ever chosen to make.

"I was just wondering, stop me if I'm wrong, but, was this like a date?" Katie had a hopeful kind of glint in her eyes, anticipating his answer.

As always, Oliver remained cool in confident, but he didn't answer her right away. He smiled and shifted his weight from one leg to the other. "You could say that it was an unofficial one," he shrugged, still maintaining perfect eye contact with her. "Why? Do you want to have an official one?"

She was silent for a long while, but his smile faded slightly when he notice the sad flicker in Katie's eyes. When she looked away from him, it only confirmed his small worries.

"I didn't--" she began, but she seemed to be at a loss of words. She shook her head and tried to look at him, but found it painful to do so. Suddenly, Oliver felt very small and insecure, a feeling that didn't often overcome him. She had tried to say something once again, to fill the awkward silence, but it was useless. The damage was done, and nothing could really ease that awkwardness.

He shrugged and forced that charming smile on to his face, "Hey, don't worry about it. I couldn't expect a sweet girl like you to stay available forever."

Katie blushed, refusing to meet his steady gaze, and for that he was grateful, because his eyes told the whole truth.

Katie Bell had been the first girl to actually, in some sense, hurt him.

Oliver changed into fresh clothing, preparingto retire for the night, but sleep did not come easily that night.

Katie walked into the common room, somewhat heavy-hearted, strategically avoiding the gaze of her fellow Gryffindors, and especially the eyes of her friends, but she wouldn't be able to avoid them for too long. Alicia and Angelina noticed everything, and if they recieved no answers from their blonde friend, the fact that Katie was acting a little unusual would be brought to the attention of the boyfriend.

It was almost two minutes after the blonde was approached by her two friends.

"Come on Katie!" Angelina growled, poking her friend gently, and speaking gruffly as she always did. "You go to Hogsmeade all, 'Yay! I'm going to buy stuff!' And you come back all, 'I hate the world. Mumble mumble.' What happened?"

Alicia at down next to Katie on her bed and waited patiently for an answer, while Angaline, on the other hand, didn't stop for an answer, she went on a mile a minute. Only one thing would stop Angelina's ranting and raving about Merlin knows what, and that would be Katie telling them the truth.

"Oliver asked me out," she said as silently as she possibly could, hoping her friends wouldn't hear it, but just her luck. They did.

Alicia gasped, and Angelina seemed to be completely dumbfounded, unable to comprehend this new bit of information. "Wait a minute wait minute. Wait. A. Minute." She held up a finger, motioning for silence, though the other two girls were already silent. "Are you telling me, that Wood likes you, and asked you out?"

Katie shrugged. Alicia patted her gently on the back, "Well, what did you say?"

"Hey, don't worry about it. I couldn't expect a sweet girl like you to stay available forever." Though Oliver's grin had faded considerably, he was still smiling somewhat. This only made Katie feel even more guilty. She felt as if she had betrayed him somehow, though in all truth, she hadn't.

She couldn't possibly meet his gaze. Not only was she blushing like a dolt, but she knew exactly how much disappointment she would be able to see his eyes, and Katie was just not ready to look at him.

Katie heaved a large sigh, and turned toward the great oak doors, then back to Oliver, then back again. She wasn't quite sure what she should do. Wait and see what Oliver had to say, if anything, or run off like the scared little girl she knew she was. The obvious solution was to run, but for some reason, her legs couldn't carry her away.

They stood there in awkward silence for a bit, but it was Captain Wood that sparked up new conversation. "You know," he began, speaking as though he felt no hurt what so ever, perhaps he didn't. Perhaps he had only offered to go out with Katie because he felt she would never be able to score a date, or boyfriend on her own. "a minor league Quidditch thingy--" what an extensive vocabulary ha had, "might start up within the next year or so. For those who want to just play Quidditch, or for those who want to stay in shape before they go pro." He rubbed his upper arm, "You should definately go for, once everything is finalized and all that."

Katie nodded, collecting herself, and pretending as if nothing had happened, "Yeah, that sounds like it would be excellent to be a part of."

They stood there for a moment longer, in perfect silence.

"Is that all that happened?" Angelina questioned, listening intently to what Katie had told them. When her friend sighed and nodded, she excepted the fact that Katie was telling the truth, but she refused to believe that nothing else had happened between the two.

Alicia fixed Angelina with a glare, clearly stating that Katie would fess up when she was good and ready, and not a moment sooner.

"Well," Alicia began, patting Katie on the back, "We should really be off to dinner right about now. If we don't go soon, all the food will be gone, I'm sure." She laughed weakly, but quickly turned it into a cough when no one else joined in on the laughter.

Katie looked from Angelina to Alicia, then stared at whatever it was that she had been staring at before, "You guys go on without me, I don't think I'm all that hungry."

Angelina and Alicia cocked a brow, but didn't argue, instead, they left silently.

"Well, for lack of anything else to say--" Oliver said dully, since he had nothing he would possibly say to Katie.

"Yeah," Katie interrupted him quickly, nodding. "Well, see you later, then?"

Oliver nodded, "See you later, I guess."

This was the part where they would smile weakly to one another, exchange poor handshakes and part ways. An awkward scene they could both easily forget, but what happened was far from that. Sure they smiled weakly to one another, but what happened next was not an exchange of handshakes. Instead of their hands meeting, their lips met.

It was unclear to both parties who initiated the innocent little kiss shared between them, and it only lasted for a quick second, but it was ceratinly enough to have them both thinking of the other for the rest of the day, and possibly, for the rest of the week.

When they pulled away, jerkily, from each other, they stared openly at the other with an odd look of content, horror and shock all mixed in to one facial expression.

"Bye," Katie piped, before quickly disappearing into the castle.

Trying to figure out what came over him, Oliver nodded and left the castle, heading back to his inn where he would possibly be able to think things through.

Oliver sat up from his small bed, a moment later he was and up and striding across his room. He looked at the mirror hanging on the back of his room door. He pointed at his reflection, "I didn't kiss Katie Bell, she kissed me." He nodded defiantly, as if the matter was not up for debate.

Satisfied with this, he grinned and crossed his arms over his chest, but his reflection did not do the same. Instead, his reflection leaned against the mirror's farme, smirking, "Really now? I could have sworn it was the other way around."

Glaring at his reflection, and swearing, Oliver went back to bed, his reflection throwing taunts and childish songs at him until he was finally able to get a little bit of shut eye.

rembrandt - You almost stopped reading! I think that's great! Not in the sense that you were all like 'OMG I can't believe she did this I hate you and I never want to read again, but I have to find out what happens so I'm going to keep reading, but not because I like it!' But in the sense that you took it so seriously. Makes me feel special! I'm actually waiting for someone to post a review like that.. That would be so awesome. Thank you for the review, and sometimes reading fics 1 in the morning isn't exactly the best thing to do. I should know.. Do it all the time.. Anyway.. Thanks again!

TooSweet4Words - I actually just got my internet back today, so I know the pain. Anywho.. It's alright that you didn't get a chance to review, a lot of people probably aren't according to those 4040 hits for this fic, not that I'm bragging or anything. I'm very proud of that. Hehe! Thanks for the review, both of them!

CrimsonNightmares - I dunno.. Am I aiming for an Oliver/Katie/Lee triangle? o.O And the whole taking forever to hook up Angelina with Fred and Alicia with George? Well.. Doesn't it just absolutely torture you guys? Hehe.. I'm evil I know, but it's fun. Anyway, thanks a bunch for the review, I'm glad you're enjoying, and I hope you conitnue to enjoy.

Lala - Since you love Oliver so much.. I don't always do this so.. Here's Ollie! Oliver: Uhm.. Hi? Wasn't that absolutely great! Bet you loved it! I know you did. Thank you kindly for the review, and I hope this chapter didn't give you or anyone else any coniption fits so violent tantrums or something like that..

Lia06 - I'm glad you love tnesion.. I guess I might add a little more.. Make things a little bit more interesting... I dunno know yet.. Guess you'll have to just wait until the next chapter. Thank you for the review.

TheBrassPotato - Firstly of all, I love the pen name. I would never be able to come up with something like that. Secondly, the 8th or 9th of SEPTEMBER? GRRRRR! Thirdly, hope you enjoyed the update and I hope I school doesn't get in the way of this fic like it did last year. That would seriously suck.

dreamy-crazygirl - Hehe.. Star Wars geek... Hehe.. Not that I hate Star Wars myself.. Yoda's awesome. Anyway, back to the world of Harry Potter, or atleast your review. The accent thing is so adorable, I just want to write and entire fic about his accent.. Anywho.. Yes, just because of the whole content thing doesn't mean it's right. I agree, and that may cause future conflict, right? Well.. Uhm.. Katie's lack of knowledge about Ollie and her not being able to always make the best choices, makes for a great and wonderful plot! Atleast I think so.. Well thanx for the reivew and I hope you don't get too swamped with work.. School work is evil.. Very evil..

Goodybad - Happy belated birthday to your bro.. My mom's was on the 3rd.. Cool huh? I think I updated this one pretty quickly.. Not as quickly, but quickly enough. It was terrible.. Our electricity went out cuz our house got struck by lightening or something like that and it totally destoryed the internet, but anyway, that only inspired me to write more! It was like the lightenint taking away the internet and basically my way of life gave me the chance to write more than usual. It was great, but I'm glad to be back online. Thank you very much for the review, and I hope you continued to enjoy.

Eruaphadriel - I thought it would be great to have them all fall asleep on each other after a night of heavy, though terribly light at the same time, drinking. I've never done it myself though.. Hmm.. That could always be an option for a party or something. Hehe.. But I'm glad you thought it was cute, and I'm glad that the same night I posted, you read and reviewed. I always thought that was awesome. And for being the first first first reviewer on Ollie's return chapter, you get the grand prize. YOU GET TO HUG OLLIE!

Alrighty everyone!

That's about it...

Yeah..

School sucks, and I just realized that I'm not that good of a photographer.. But my photography teacher loves the captions I write for my pictures. Hehe..

Anyway..

Later Days!

Richi Sama