Katie pulled herself closer to Lee when she was absolutely certain that Oliver was watching. She smirked, realizing that the older boy did have a reaction to her antics. Not too much longer, she noticed that Oliver had gotten a little closer to Crystal. Had the scottsman immidiately caught on to her game?

Duh!

Crystal looked back at Oliver, raising a brow questioningly, "Have you been smoking Mandrake roots or something?" Though she was scorning him harshly, she didn't bother to raise her voice, she had an inkling of an idea as to what the boy was doing.

"What?" Oliver hissed in a hushed voice. "I was just looking at the what's ever in this stuff you're looking at!" When Crystal rolled her eyes at him, and turned her back to him, his chest puffed out defensively, "What? You don't belive me? I have nothing to gain by lying to you."

She simply nodded, "Right, whatever, kid."

Oliver groaned, "And don't call me kid."

"Sure thing, kid."

Katie had been so busy practically fumming at the mouth, that she had barely noticed that Lee had spoken to her. She instantly regained that innocent gaze she always had and turned to Lee, "What? I'm sorry, I wasn't listening."

"I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind my running off to the joke shop for a few with Fred and George." As he said this, Lee glanced over to Zonko's anxiously, "They said something about trying their luck with Umbridge, whatever that is supposed to mean." He looked back at Katie and grinned pathetically, bouncing up and down as if he had to go to the bathroom, "So is alright if I leave you for a while?"

Aww, Katie thought, pretending to think about Lee's request, He's asking permission to go to Zonko's! How adorable. After a moment, she nodded. "Take your time, though I'm pretty sure you will."

In a minute, Lee vanished the shop, leaving Katie to openly glare at Oliver and Crystal who didn't even look like a couple, but the simple fact that Oliver was with her of all people, really seem to tick Katie off.

"You might want to tell your little girl friend to stop staring, before her eyes get stuck that way," Crystal muttered to Oliver before heading for the rear of the shop where she had spotted some jewlery. The longer she could avoid that rather unnerving glare of the little blonde, the better.

And now it seemed that the shop was slowly emptying, leaving only Oliver and Katie glaring at one another. Well, Katie glaring at Oliver, and Oliver looking slightly annoyed with the whole situation, not that he knew what the situation was or anything.

"So," Katie began shortly, crossing her arms over her chest, and finally tearing her gaze away from him and staring hard at the floor, "I suppose you're having fun with Puddlemere United," and in an undertone, added, "and Crystal."

Oliver rolled his eyes, "And I can see you're having a grand 'ole time with your boyfriend," he also added in an undertone, "that commentator bloke."

There was truly no need for name calling.

A moment of silence passed between them. They had been doing that a lot. Meeting up unexpectedly then allowing a strained and awkward silence to pass between them. It was rather repeatitive, but niether seemed willing to change the seemingly regular routine.

"Well, uhm--" Katie began lamely while Oliver had also spoken at the same time.

"I guess uh--"

They both abruptly cut themselves off to listen to the other. "Oh, go ahead," Katie said politely, prompting the older boy to continue on with his thought.

He simply shook his head, "No, you were going to say something first."

"Oh for the love of Pete!" Crystal growled from somewhere in the back of the shop. "This is worse than 'All My Children'!" Rolling her eyes and allowing her arms to dangle loosely at her sides, she stormed up to the front of the store and only stopped to send cool glares to both Oliver and Katie. "I'm not even going to waste my time." She began to walk again, right out the door, leaving the two gaping at her retreating form and at a loss for words.

"Well that was--" Oliver began.

"Very." Katie nodded in agreement.

About five minutes later, the two had finally emerged from the shop, apparently on friendly terms once more. "And so while Fred, Angelina, Alicia and George were being all dumb and whatever last year, me and Lee just kind of got together." Katie explained, shrugging her shoulders.

For some odd reason, she wasn't exactly comfortable with telling Oliver about the events of last year which, in some off handed way, led to her eventual hook up with Lee.

Oliver nodded, "Sounds-- er-- Interesting."

"Yeah," Katie said silently, hooking her hands behind her back. A moment later, she noted the great scores of students heading back up to the castle. "I had better go, I suppose. Everyone is starting to head back."

"Yeah, you should start heading back to the castle," the scottsman said, nodding his head slightly. "And I should be heading off too. Practice and all."

The two stopped walking so they could face each other, but making sure there was a great deal of space between them. They wouldn't want another little scene like the last time they had been at Hogsmeade together.

"Well, uhm-- Bye."

"Yeah,"

With their pathetic partings said, they turned away from each other and hurried off to their respected destinations.

Quidditch use to be the highlight of the school year for the Gryffindor team. Angelina was the most excited, having been chosen by McGonagall to be the captain and all. Fred and George had even promised to be on their best behavior, though they paled and ran off when their captain asked them to give a blood oath.

As excited as all of them had been, Quidditch hadn't been exactly what the Gryffindor team had hoped for. For example: Ronald Weasley, younger brother of Fred and George Weasley, was the keeper of the team. He would be a very talented player had he not been a complete mess whenever someone gazed at him while he tried to perform his task of keeping the quaffle from getting through the hoops.

On top of that, Harry had repeated run-ins with Professor Umbridge, not only causing them to lose house points, but causing Harry to miss numerous practices.

It was by some miracle that the entire team had been able to play a game without completely falling apart.

Well, for the most part.

Now where were our five Quidditch playing heroes of the story and their faithful commentating commrade? That's quite a simple question to answer. In the common room after a rather defeated victory.

Katie and Alicia glanced at each other nervously before allowing their worried gazes to drift elsewhere in the common room. Though they were a bit down, they were dead deperessed like the rest of the team. Ron was looking as though he were trying to figure out what size noose would fit around his neck. Harry looked like he was completely lost. Fred and George had cooped themselves up in the corner of the common room, possibly cooking up some sort of revenge for the old toad lady, and Angelina was staring blankly at the opposite wall. It was clear that she could only really think about one thing.

Fred, George and Harry had been booted from the team, and she would have to find replacements for them, but that was near impossible.

Lee hurried into the common room, heading straigh over to the twins, who welcomed him silently. In and instant, the three friends had their heads pulled together, and were whispering silently amongst themselves, which caused Alicia and Katie to only worry a bit more.

"I'm going to--" Angelina finally said, standing up and walking toward the common room exit, clearly not looking where she was going, but she didn't really need to. They had all spent seven years memorizing every nook and cranny to the old castle, the twins especially. Most of the older students could travel through any part of the ancient place with their eyes closed. "Yeah--" Angelina mummbled as she made her way out of the common room.

At her retreat, every eye was on her, including the twins and Lee.

Alicia had risen from her seat. but Katie pulled her back down and pointed toward Fred who had also stood and was already progressing to the portrait hole.

It had been no trouble following Angelina, Fred had discovered, as she was moving as slow as a weighty horn slug, that moved about twenty feet every year.

Or at least that was what Looney Luna had said.

Anyway, Angelina didn't really seem to have much of a destination, because several times, she halted in the middle of the corridors and stood there, looking around as if she were lost. The fifth time she did this, when she finally started to move once more, she was headed toward the Astronomy Tower.

Fred finally approached her, making sure his presence was known so that he wouldn't startle his friend into next week. "Angie, are you--"

Angelina stopped at the bottom of the stairway to the Astronomy Tower and collapsed to the stone flags that made up the castle's flooring. She wasn't crying like she had at the Yule Ball the year before, but she was just as defeated now as she had been then.

"Hey, you'll have no trouble finding people to fill in our spots on the team," Fred began to speak. He had never been one to do much comforting talk, that had always been George's department for some reason, but here he was, trying to comfort Angelina. His best female friend.

Angelina shook her head, "It isn't even about that." She sighed and leaned back, looking up at Fred. Though tears threatened to spill onto her cheeks, they never did.

"Then what's it about?"

"It's about--" Angelina shrugged and shook her head. "I don't know what it's about."

Fred held his hand out to her, a silent motion for her to take his hand so that he would be able to help her to her feet. She did so, but when she was firmly planted on the stone flooring, her hand still grasped Fred's. He didn't seem to want to let go of her hand either.

"I think we should just assume that Fred and Angelina are fine and--" Lee had been whispering fiercely to George as the two made their way through the dark corridors, hoping they would randomly bump into Fred or Angelina. Perhaps even both if they were lucky.

"What?" George hissed, cutting Lee off and shaking his head quickly, "And have bloody Katie and Alicia yell our ears off all night long, listing hundreds of thousands of ways Angelina and Fred could be dead or in danger?" He held his lit wand out infront of him so that their way would be visible to them so not to stumble upon some unwanted obstacle.

Lee rolled his eyes as he continued to creep along the corridors with his friend. Though he refused to say it aloud, he had to admit that George had a point. Katie had accused him of not only being a poor friend to both Fred and Agelina, but to being a not so caring boyfriend.

Which was why he was out in the corridors.

At midnight.

Looking for Angelina and Fred.

He stumbled over George who had slowed down considerably, and swore silently.

Oh yeah, Katie owed him big time.

The two crept throughout the castle for about an hour, before they decided their two friends had probably retreated back to the common room. Well, at least they assumed their two friends had retreated to their common room until they rounded a corridor only to be greeted with a sight neither had seen coming,

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! The end is near, and I've still left a lot holes in this fic because... Heh.. What can I say, I'm absolutely positively evil. Hehehe.. Uhm.. I really hope everything is going smoothly with everyone, and I hope that ALL are enjoying the fic. Uhm.. Yeah!

tagS16 - I didn't have the heart to make a repeat of Two Can Play That Game or whatever I called that one chapter, but it was very very tempting. Heh.. Oh well.. Uhm.. I hope I'm not ruching through everything, but I kinda really want to finish this one so that I can gets to posting the sequel.. unless I feel like I ended it fine with this one and that my readers are 100 completely satisfied with what I have already written.. Heh.. though sometimes I seriously doubt it. Uhm.. Today I'm giving out cupcakes! Because that's how happy I am, and that's how much I love ya!

elvenrarehunter - Oh! A new reviewer! YaY! Hi Holly! I'm Richi, and this is the fic and here are ALL the reviewers and everything, and I'm sure you know the characters by now.. Here's a cupcake with sprinkles on it, you know.. the rainbow colored ones and everything, and it even has rainbow colored icing and ALL that. Yay! A new reviewer! Uhm.. I'm so excited I could just dance! And I hope that this update was soon enough to your liking and I hope that you enjoyed the update! Thank you sooooooo mcuh! Yay!

Depth.of.a.Shadow. - Hahahahahahahahahaha! Not only have I confused you, and myself and probably the rest of the world, but you're hugging Lee! That's a big step up, allow me to refresh your memory. - Aw, I really think that I hope Katie ends with Lee- No I don't I want Oliver- No Lee- No Ollie- NO! GAH! CONFUSION! - Hehe.. That's great.. Oh! And another one! - Personally i would of loved to see Oliver in France, heck! I wouls love to see oliver in person, even more heck! I would love for Oliver to be real! - So.. Now that I have you right where I want you, I will have to.. uhm.. well.. Write more I guess. Thanks! And a cupcake for you too.

Wingsofthefae - Hmm.. Let's see.. I actually like your idea.. That would make a great fic.. Looooong.. but still good. But yes, JK is still fired, Katie is in her 7th year, HBP never happened and uhm.. Let's see.. Cupcake? It has sprinkles and everything! Hehe.. Oh and thanks for the chocolate and coffee, but I'm afraid I'll be bouncing off the walls for hours on end.. Hehe.. Then I'll totally crash at school. Thanks for the support and I hope you continue to enjoy.

TheBrassPotato - Ick! School.. Hope it wasn't too gruesome.. So far I've got all A's and a B. Photography is sooooooooooo challenging.. I know how to print photos though so I'm happy, even thought they're all black and white. Uhm.. what else.. Glad you're enjoying and continue to do so. Hehehe.. Oh! And of course, here's your cupcake.

rembrandt - Hmm.. Interesting opinions you have there.. Hehe.. Poor Lee, you want Katie to dump him for the oh so loavable Oliver Wood even though she know Lee better than Oliver, though I haven't really demonstrated that throughout the story, but like.. I kind of have and kind of haven't. But anyway! Here's your complimentary cupcake in all its sprinkly goodness, and all that ness. Thanks a bunch for the review and continuous support, hope that you enjoyed and continue to enjoy, and as long as you keep enjoying you keep getting great treats, such as cupcakes, cookies, juice and the next chapter!

Eruaphadriel - So glad you're enjoying, and here is your cupcake as well. Didn't think I was going to leave you out, did ya. Hehe.. Alicia's the smart one of the group, she always has been.. Ok not always, but has a bit more common sense at times, especially more common sense than our dear Angelina. I forgot who I based Alicia off of, but Angelina is kind of like me! I'm proud of that.. Hehe.. Anyway.. Uhm.. What else.. Uhm.. Glad you're ejoying and reviewing and all that jazz. Thanks a bunch!

TooSweet4Words - Glad you're enjoying and thanks for the review, here's your cupcake, but I think I'm running out of sprinkles now, so I'll have to ration them a little bit.

iris2489 - I'm sooo happy you are enjoying and here's your cupcake as well with limited sprinkles I'm afraid. But you still got them, so I hope you enjoy the cupcake and this chapter. Thank you kindly for your support and your reviews, of course. Thanks again and peace out.

Sorry to everyone if I seem a bit hyper or scattered brained or something like that, but it's just like.. Really weird around here and everything because marhcing band + strained tendons + other after school stuff crazy psycho me.

I knew that my math classes would come in handy.

Later Days

Richi Sama