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"Um, hey Jeremy," I said as I recovered from my shock. "What are you doing here?"
"I thought I'd come and talk to you," Jeremy replied, shrugging in what he thought was a nonchalant manner.
"Erm, did you want to talk about anything in particular?"
"Yes, actually I wanted to talk to you about this Sarah girl," Jeremy wasted no time in cutting straight to the point.
I beckoned for him to follow me and turned to see the others clustered in the hallway, watching and listening intently. We all went into my room and I shut and locked the door.
"Erm, Katie this is going to be difficult to tell you, but last night I saw Sarah Everett and Marcus Flint really going at it when I was walking through the woods. I know Oliver is one of your best friends and that you, erm, like him a lot. I think I've moved on, I met this really sweet girl, Leanne, a few days ago in Diagon Alley. I think you should move on too." Jeremy spoke rather quickly, as if nervous.
"Are you talking about Leanne from Gryffindor?" Alicia asked as I busted out laughing.
"Yes," Jeremy replied, nodding enthusiastically and ignoring my laughter.
"She seems like a nice person," Angelina commented, eyeing me as if I were crazy.
"Are you, erm, okay Katie?" Jeremy asked finally.
"Yes," I managed to say, "Give me a minute to stop laughing!"
Fred joined in my laughter as the irony of what Jeremy had said set in. We just laughed and laughed until we finally calmed down. Everyone was giving us very strange looks.
"Ha, okay," I gasped. "Sorry about that. Yeah, I hate to break it to you, but I've moved on too Jeremy. Well, not exactly moved on since we were never going out, but you get the point."
Jeremy looked rather relieved, "What are you going to do about Sarah Everett?"
"Jeremy, do you want in on a little secret?" I asked.
"Um, sure?"
"We already know about Sarah Everett. We have a plan in place that is being carried out as we speak as to how to get rid of her. I would be very glad if you could help us. We're having a semi-formal tomorrow night. You should come, bring Leanne. We can use all the help we can get."
"I'll ask her, but I'll be there no matter what," Jeremy replied. "What's the plan?"
I outlined the whole plan for tomorrow night and he grinned mischievously at the thought of really getting Sarah Everett mad. Then, after promising to be back tomorrow at 4:30, he left to get the things that we needed and to talk to Leanne.
"Is Leanne in your year?" Fred asked me.
"Yep, I sat next to her in Transfiguration all last term. She's a sweet girl, nothing compared to me of course," I replied and everyone laughed.
"So, what do you say we call it a day as far as torturing Sarah goes and take a swim?" Angelina suggested.
Everyone roared their affirmative and we all ran outside to go swimming for the rest of the day.
Late that night I pulled on my white with pink and yellow polka dots bathing suit and then pulled a black tank top and a black skirt on over top of them. I pulled on my tennis shoes and opened my window after shutting off my light and locking my door. I hoisted myself out of the window and got up onto the roof. I saw Oliver walking out of the house down below and noted that my parents weren't in the kitchen and weren't on the back patio. Tonight I was going to be able to get down the easy way.
I crossed onto the lower section of roof and climbed down onto the back patio. Then I jogged to catch up with Oliver and jumped onto his back.
"Argh!" He yelled in alarm.
"Geez, Ollie, it's just me." I said soothingly.
"Hey Kat, can you get off?"
"Why, you don't want to carry me to the lake?"
"Oh, I'll carry you to the lake," Oliver replied mischievously, "Just get off for a second."
I let go and dropped to the ground, still wondering how he was going to carry me if I got off. Then Oliver turned around and scooped me up, bridal style, and kissed me before carrying me to the lake, not our secret one, the other one.
"You're going to have to swim out there," Oliver informed me as he set me down on the dock.
We both stripped down to our bathing suits and dove into the water. We swam out to the floating dock and hoisted ourselves up. I lay back with my head next to Oliver's and my feet dangling in the water on the opposite side of the float from his feet.
"How's Operation Week From Hell coming?" Oliver asked.
"Well, Jeremy Mattson has found himself a girlfriend and is eager to help me get rid of Sarah. Apparently he saw her kissing Flint sometime last night." I replied.
"Who is he going out with?"
"Leanne, she's a Gryffindor in my year."
"Ah, is she the one that you hate?"
"No, that's Courtney Marks."
"Oh, so she's the nice one, right?"
"Yep, that's Leanne."
We sat in comfortable silence for a little while before Oliver suddenly sat up. I sat up too.
"What's wrong?" I asked in a whisper.
"Nothing, I just wanted to get you to sit up," he replied, smirking at me as if he had a secret he was keeping all to himself.
"Why would you want me to sit up?" I asked, completely confused.
"So I could do this," Oliver replied as he kissed me again.
We were sitting there, kissing, for quite some time before I heard something and broke away.
"Oliver, what was that?" I hissed, breathing so heavily that I was convinced anyone within a five mile radius could hear me.
"What was what?" Oliver asked, breathing just as hard.
"That!" I hissed as the noise came again, "What the Bloody Hell is that?"
Oliver grabbed my hand and pulled me into the water as he slid in. He motioned for us to swim over to shore and investigate. We got to the shore and I grabbed our clothes and tossed his to him, not to put on since we were wet, but to carry so that no one would know we were out here. We snuck into the bushes by the edge of the water and not a moment too soon because, no sooner had we ducked behind the bushes and crouched down, then none other than Sarah Everett and Marcus Flint burst onto the pier.
"Oliver, let go of me!" I hissed. "I want to beat the bloody hell out of him!"
"Kat, calm down," Oliver whispered in a calming tone. "Let's see what they're saying first."
I shrugged and he kept a firm arm around my shoulders, although I'm not sure if it was because he was afraid I was going to run off or just because he wanted to keep me within reach.
"Sarah, have you gotten Wood to quit Quidditch yet?" Flint asked as he kissed Sarah, it was rather disgusting to watch and I mimed throwing up to Oliver who in return fought back laughter.
"Not yet, but it's only a matter of time. And then I'll get Katie Bell to hate him and ruin both of their lives. We've got nothing to worry about as long as we still have each other," Sarah replied between kissing Flint.
"Do you want to?" Flint asked suggestively.
"Do I ever not want to?" Sarah replied just as suggestively as Flint lifted her shirt.
I yanked on Oliver's arm and pulled him away, saving ourselves from watching that disgusting display. When we were far enough away I stopped and pulled on my clothes, Oliver did the same.
"Well, that was…" Oliver trailed off.
"The most disgusting thing I've ever seen," I supplied and he nodded in agreement.
"I definitely could have lived a long and happy life without seeing that."
I looked at him in the moonlight. He was looking off into the distance, not really focusing on anything in particular.
"Oliver?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you want to go back inside?"
"I don't think I could sleep after that disgusting show," Oliver replied, finally turning to look at me.
"That's good because neither do I."
Oliver laughed and we fell into another companionable silence. We sort of walked together without really knowing where we were going, each of us lost in our own thoughts.
"Oliver?" I asked suddenly.
"What Kat?"
"Why do you love me? You could have pretty much anyone in the school," I looked at the ground as if very interested in the rock by my foot.
"Kat, I don't want anyone in the school," Oliver replied, taking my chin and gently turning my head so I was looking directly into his eyes.
"Honestly though, I'm not exactly the prettiest girl, and I'm definitely not the brightest crayon in the box-"
"Kat," Oliver interrupted, "That's why I love you."
"What?" I spluttered as my eyes started to well up, "Are you saying YOU think I'm ugly?"
Oliver laughed, "Katherine Ann Bell, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life. You may not be the smartest but you always give your all. You don't bully any of the other students and you are a good role model for Harry and the rest of the Gryffindors. People look up to you, even if you don't know it."
"People look up to me, huh?" I asked.
"Yep," Oliver replied, wiping away the single tear that had started to run down my face, "People look up to you."
"Then I had better give them a proper idea of how I deal with egotistical bitches who try to ruin our lives," I replied, smirking.
Oliver laughed and took my hand, "Come on, and let's go swimming."
"Fine, but only if we go my way," I replied, grinning mischievously.
"What way is that?" Oliver whispered into my ear.
"Ah, that's for me to know, and you to find out!" I whispered back, letting go of his hand and taking off running through the woods.
I came to the edge of the secret lake where it was the deepest and had a small waterfall. I stripped down to my bathing suit and waited impatiently for Oliver to be ready. Then I took a firm hold of his hand and dragged him over to a tree that was shaped like a 'V'. Hanging from the tree was a rope that had a loop at the bottom end and a couple of knots in the upper part. I dropped his hand and climbed into the 'V' of the tree. Then I placed my right foot into the loop and grabbed onto the rope, and pushed off of the tree as I did so. I swung high out over the water and let go, jumping out of the loop at the same time. I landed in the water with a huge splash and resurfaced, waving to Oliver that he should go next.
A minute later Oliver was beside me in the water. We got over closer to shore, but not close enough so that I could touch the bottom of the lake. Then he grabbed my waist and pulled me over to him. I automatically wrapped my arms and legs around him. He grinned and then kissed me. I pulled my arms even tighter around his neck and his arms went even more securely around my waist. For the first time for a long time, I felt completely safe, as if nothing in the world could hurt me during this moment in time. And I knew that from that moment on, I wanted to spend the rest of my life in Oliver's arms, where I felt truly and completely safe.
AN/ Okay guys, so next chapter is getting ready for the semi-formal and some more Sarah pranks, (Thanks Oli for the great idea! I'm going to use it and a a little 'spice' too, you'll see!)
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