Chapter 13
I opened his letter and smiled as I looked at the small slightly slanted writing. I had received a letter from him every morning since I had come back. It was like clockwork, I would finish my cornflakes and then the post owl would drop his letter onto my lap. Alicia and Angelina would take this time to talk with Fred and George so I could absorb every syllable Oliver wrote.
"Darling Katie,
The season started this morning, we won! We caught the snitch in record time; though I think Harry may have been able to catch it even quicker! I wish you could have been here. The flat seems so much colder when you are not here. But at least Halloween is only six days away. I can't wait, six more days and I shall get to kiss you again.
Love you so much. I can't wait to hold you again....." I stopped when a shadow draped over me. I folded the letter and held it between my thumb and forefinger. I turned around and saw Cedric standing right behind me. There was a spare seat on the bench beside me. I nodded and he sat beside me his back to the table. Now that he was the school champion in the tournament everyone boy and girl envied him, I however didn't, I had wanted to enter for the school champion but I was just a month to young. I wondered how Harry had got his name in the goblet and why he was picked. I knew Ron Weasley wasn't speaking with Harry and I saw how that hurt them both. But jealousy worked like that. Ron was jealous of Harry's fame, Harry was jealous of Ron's family life and normality, both would trade places in a heart beat.
"Hi." He said as he looked at the letter in my hand.
"Wood?" he said nodding at it. I nodded and blushed a little. For some reason I always felt awkward talking about Oliver with him.
"He's very lucky. I hope he knows that." Cedric sighed as he leaned back resting his elbows on the table, I wondered was he referring to the fact that Oliver was starting his Pro-Quidditch career or that he had me. Some of the other Gryffindor's watched, it was unusual for a Ravenclaw to sit with us and even more curious was the fact that Cedric Diggory was sitting at it talking to me.
"Katie, I was wondering if, if you could help me. It's just that I haven't been sleeping that well and as you and I are in the same Charms class and Potions that maybe we could study together, with all this school championship thing going on I feel I am falling behind. Could you help me?" he asked, I looked at him as if to say 'why me?' and he pulled a puppy dog face. I smiled and shook my head, I gave in.
"Great. You are an absolute doll. We could meet at half eleven in the library."
"Half eleven?" I said raising an eyebrow.
"Well, we are both prefects we can do the rounds together and then we are allowed to do some study. Percy and Penny used to do it all the time." he smiled. I could feel myself go red and I sighed. I glanced down the breakfast table and saw all the students suddenly become very interested in their boiled eggs.
"Fine, but I have to see Dumbledore while on rounds, is that okay?" I said as I played with the letter in my hands, Oliver didn't know about the dreams. I had now had the same dream every night since I had come back to school which was now almost two months; it never changed even in the slightest gesture. Tonight Dumbledore had promised me answers. I also expected when I went to his office to find Abby and perhaps even Sirius. I often wondered how they both were. Were they able to carry on their affair? Did they send each other the sly love letter? Did they meet on some secluded beach on a deserted island? Sometimes when I couldn't sleep and I had already wrote Oliver a three page back and front letter I would ponder over the Sirius/ Abby affair.
"Great, I have been called to see him too, some thing to do with the tournament I think. So I'll meet you before rounds, say here?" he said standing. I smiled and nodded.
"Excellent, seriously Bell you are an absolute doll for this and when I win the tournament I shall buy you and Wood a big dinner in a swanky Muggle restaurant." Cedric said as he went back to his house table.
"What did he want?" Alicia asked as if she hadn't heard every word he had just said.
"Tutoring." I sighed going back to the love letter I had only half read before Cedric joined me. I couldn't wait six more days! I wanted Oliver here with me now.
"You are tutoring Cedric?" Angelina said with more then just a hint of surprise. I looked at her and sighed, it had dawned on me since Cedric had left. Why would he really need me to tutor him out of all people! I wasn't the smartest I wasn't even close to being the smartest! Alicia looked over her best friends shoulder and she raised an eyebrow as I knew I did.
"What would Wood think?" Alicia said in a teasing tone. What would Oliver think? Now I wished that phones worked and that he could work one. This was something I needed to talk to him about.
I opened his letter and smiled as I looked at the small slightly slanted writing. I had received a letter from him every morning since I had come back. It was like clockwork, I would finish my cornflakes and then the post owl would drop his letter onto my lap. Alicia and Angelina would take this time to talk with Fred and George so I could absorb every syllable Oliver wrote.
"Darling Katie,
The season started this morning, we won! We caught the snitch in record time; though I think Harry may have been able to catch it even quicker! I wish you could have been here. The flat seems so much colder when you are not here. But at least Halloween is only six days away. I can't wait, six more days and I shall get to kiss you again.
Love you so much. I can't wait to hold you again....." I stopped when a shadow draped over me. I folded the letter and held it between my thumb and forefinger. I turned around and saw Cedric standing right behind me. There was a spare seat on the bench beside me. I nodded and he sat beside me his back to the table. Now that he was the school champion in the tournament everyone boy and girl envied him, I however didn't, I had wanted to enter for the school champion but I was just a month to young. I wondered how Harry had got his name in the goblet and why he was picked. I knew Ron Weasley wasn't speaking with Harry and I saw how that hurt them both. But jealousy worked like that. Ron was jealous of Harry's fame, Harry was jealous of Ron's family life and normality, both would trade places in a heart beat.
"Hi." He said as he looked at the letter in my hand.
"Wood?" he said nodding at it. I nodded and blushed a little. For some reason I always felt awkward talking about Oliver with him.
"He's very lucky. I hope he knows that." Cedric sighed as he leaned back resting his elbows on the table, I wondered was he referring to the fact that Oliver was starting his Pro-Quidditch career or that he had me. Some of the other Gryffindor's watched, it was unusual for a Ravenclaw to sit with us and even more curious was the fact that Cedric Diggory was sitting at it talking to me.
"Katie, I was wondering if, if you could help me. It's just that I haven't been sleeping that well and as you and I are in the same Charms class and Potions that maybe we could study together, with all this school championship thing going on I feel I am falling behind. Could you help me?" he asked, I looked at him as if to say 'why me?' and he pulled a puppy dog face. I smiled and shook my head, I gave in.
"Great. You are an absolute doll. We could meet at half eleven in the library."
"Half eleven?" I said raising an eyebrow.
"Well, we are both prefects we can do the rounds together and then we are allowed to do some study. Percy and Penny used to do it all the time." he smiled. I could feel myself go red and I sighed. I glanced down the breakfast table and saw all the students suddenly become very interested in their boiled eggs.
"Fine, but I have to see Dumbledore while on rounds, is that okay?" I said as I played with the letter in my hands, Oliver didn't know about the dreams. I had now had the same dream every night since I had come back to school which was now almost two months; it never changed even in the slightest gesture. Tonight Dumbledore had promised me answers. I also expected when I went to his office to find Abby and perhaps even Sirius. I often wondered how they both were. Were they able to carry on their affair? Did they send each other the sly love letter? Did they meet on some secluded beach on a deserted island? Sometimes when I couldn't sleep and I had already wrote Oliver a three page back and front letter I would ponder over the Sirius/ Abby affair.
"Great, I have been called to see him too, some thing to do with the tournament I think. So I'll meet you before rounds, say here?" he said standing. I smiled and nodded.
"Excellent, seriously Bell you are an absolute doll for this and when I win the tournament I shall buy you and Wood a big dinner in a swanky Muggle restaurant." Cedric said as he went back to his house table.
"What did he want?" Alicia asked as if she hadn't heard every word he had just said.
"Tutoring." I sighed going back to the love letter I had only half read before Cedric joined me. I couldn't wait six more days! I wanted Oliver here with me now.
"You are tutoring Cedric?" Angelina said with more then just a hint of surprise. I looked at her and sighed, it had dawned on me since Cedric had left. Why would he really need me to tutor him out of all people! I wasn't the smartest I wasn't even close to being the smartest! Alicia looked over her best friends shoulder and she raised an eyebrow as I knew I did.
"What would Wood think?" Alicia said in a teasing tone. What would Oliver think? Now I wished that phones worked and that he could work one. This was something I needed to talk to him about.