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Chapter 3: Quidditch Plays
Katie looked straight at Oliver as she started to blush and straightened up; quickly fixing her hair from all the jumping and dancing. Oliver just stood there with a cheeky grin on his face and his hands in his pockets messing with some money. She finished readjusting herself and made eye contact with him.'Why does he all of a sudden appear at my house when I think I am all alone, except my brother of course, but basically all alone and I am acting like an idiot? What is he doing here in the first place? Oh my gosh ....did he hear me sing??! Oh no ... I know he did...'
Her thoughts were interrupted by Oliver clearing his throat.
"Hi Bell ... nice dancing, and singing," Oliver said amused.
'Yes, of course he heard you sing Kates ... you were singing loud and full. Anyone from a mile radius could have heard you. I think I might be going crazy. I am referring myself as the third person ...'
"Uhhh ... Bell?? Are you there? Come in Bell, this is your captain speaking ..." Oliver said while smiling once again interrupting her thoughts.
"Oh, yeah ... hi Wood. I was just thinking, sorry. Why are you here ... at my house? Did you want something?" Katie asked, still blushing from the incident.
Oliver smiled at the way she was acting; she was so cute when she did that. He didn't have a crush on her or have feelings for her that way, but he still thought that was cute.
"I wanted to talk to you about some plays that I have come up with this summer ... and I want your opinions and input on what I have. We really need to win the cup this year ... this is my last year, meaning my last chance to win the quidditch cup for Gryffindor under my leadership," Oliver spoke in a passionate and excited voice.
"I want to win the cup too Oliver ... well, what do you have so far?" asked Bell.
She started to clear her bed and make room for the quidditch play displays, Oliver, and herself. Katie sat down on one side of the bed and looked at him expectantly.
"Are you just going to stand there and look pretty or are you going to put the displays down on the bed and sit down with me?" Katie looked up at him with a small smile forming on her face.
"Well, now that you said something ... I am not quite sure. I do a really good job at standing around looking pretty ..." Oliver said with head held high as if he were better. That's when Katie punched him in the arm playfully, making him start to laugh.
"Come on Wood. You are the one that interrupted me while I was having some alone time with myself to go over plays. Let's get started."
"Okay, okay. Don't get your knickers in a twist ...I was thinking about starting the quaffle off with you and you pass it to Johnson, Johnson passes it back to you. You then fake a pass to Alicia and go straight down as if you were doing a feint then come back up quickly and shoot it at the far right hoop while you're below center hoop."
"That doesn't sound too bad. It might work ..."
Three hours had passed as they were passionately going over their thoughts about what to do and not to do in certain plays. Finally getting tired of going over them Katie asked him if he wanted anything.
"I am kind of hungry now. What do you have to eat?" Oliver questioned.
"Umm...we have a lot of muggle food, like pizza, hamburgers, and some other stuff ..." Katie replied.
Oliver stretched and sprawled out on her bed. "Pizza sounds good to me ... its quick and easy for you to fix."
Katie laughed out loud ... "You think I am going to make it for you ... haha... that is hilarious!! You are so funny Oliver ........ I guess I can make it, I was just messing with you."
He loved her laugh and smile which he missed since they stopped hanging out and talking to each other besides quidditch. Oliver missed her a lot, yet he didn't know what to do. So he asked her a simple, straight-forward question.
"Katie, what happened between us?"
Katie was about to go to the kitchen when she heard those words come out of his mouth. He actually said her name instead of 'Bell'. She stopped and slowly turned to face him, seeing him on her bed lying down like he was Katie was about to faint. He looked so gorgeous she just wanted to kiss him and tell her feelings right then and there. Oliver had his hands behind his head looking solemnly at her.
"What do you mean Oliver? You started to revolve your life around quidditch, and I didn't stop you." Katie telling part of the truth... knowing he wanted more than that as an answer.
"I know that, but before that you stopped talking to me and if you did it was simple "Yes" or "No". It was hardly a sentence long. Then it seemed like you were trying to avoid me. Did I do something wrong that I didn't know about?? Katie I miss you ... I miss the times we had together. It was so much fun with you joking around with me and doing stuff best friends would do." Oliver finally got it out. Exactly how he was feeling for two years now.
"Ummm ... could we talk about this after I get the pizza in the oven to cook?" she tried to avoid answering that question. She didn't want him to know that she liked him as more than just a friend.
"Sure, but you are not going to avoid this ... I want an answer from you when you get back," Oliver responded firmly.
Katie rolled her eyes and sighed as she went down the hallway and into the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen she heard her brother yell at the video game. She shook her head mumbling to herself.
"How long have you been playing on the playstation Blake?!"
"About four hours, well, except for when Oliver came in. He took me outside to show me some quidditch stuff!! He is so cool! You should marry him Katie ... Oliver is so nice ..." Katie cut Blake off.
"I am not going to marry Oliver! He doesn't even think of me that way. Please stop with all of this Oliver crap ..... oh, and mum doesn't like playing games all day so five more minutes and your off of it."
"Whatever," Blake mumbled.
Katie opened and reached into the freezer grabbing a supreme pizza. 'I hope he doesn't care what kind of pizza,' she thought. She unwrapped the covering of the pizza and placed it on a pizza pan. Preheating the oven and looking at the directions she heard footsteps coming up behind her...Oliver's POV
"Sure, but you are not going to avoid this ... I want an answer from you when you get back," Oliver responded firmly.
'I hope she comes back soon, and tells me the truth. She was totally avoiding that question I could tell.'
Oliver got up and started to look around her room. He had never been to her house before, let alone her room. Being nosy he was looking at all the framed pictures on her desk and table stand. He saw a couple with Angelina and Alicia in it. Then he saw Katie, Angelina, and Alicia with Fred and George in the background waving and making fun of the girls. Oliver laughed a little at that. Katie seemed a bit distracted in that picture, like she was looking at something or someone. He wondered what it was...
Then he saw what looked like parchment, then looked closer and saw that it was a letter. Interested in what it contained he opened it and saw that it was addressed to ...... Marcus??! What was she doing talking to his archrival? He got to 'If you really have changed, I might consider being your friend,' when he heard...
"I am not marrying Oliver!!" Katie shouted at her brother he was guessing. Curious he went to see why she said that.
Slowly walking down the hall; not wanting to be in the wrath of Katie Bell's tempers. He saw she calmed down and was unwrapping the cover on the pizza. Knowing he was safe he continued to walk towards her.
Hesitantly she turned around not wanting to see Oliver. And of course he is there. 'Great.' She rolled her eyes and let out her breath loudly as if she were irritated with him.
"Did you hear me or something?" Katie asked.
Oliver shoveled his feet not liking the way she was looking at him. Oliver answered by nodding his head, and looked at her questioningly.
"My little brother thought I should marry you. Isn't that funny? I mean we aren't even that close anymore."
Oliver nodded his head again.
"Why aren't you saying anything? You were talkative earlier."
"Well, you weren't screaming then either. I don't want to be yelled at, especially by you." Oliver stated.
Katie placed the pizza in the oven to cook and then walked passed Oliver talking over her shoulder she said, "You coming or not?"
Oliver followed her back to her room.
"So about my question Katie... what happened? I am not going to let this go. Good friends don't just throw away a relationship because we can't communicate." "Okay, fine... maybe I had a little crush on you back then ... are you happy now?"
Katie started to fiddle with her hands and chew her bottom lip, like she did before a match. Oliver noticed this and decided to lighten up on her.
"Actually I am happy ... now we can continue being friends. I really wanted to know what was going through your head. I am a guy... I don't think emotionally, or as emotionally as you girls do. I am sorry that we never fixed our relationship. I hope you feel the same way."
"Yeah ... I do. I want to be friends again of course. I missed you too believe it or not Oliver."
Katie shocked herself by finding herself hugging him tightly around the neck. She could tell he was just as shocked if not more as he hesitantly wrapped is arms around her small structure. When they pulled away it was then that he realized how pretty she was. He never really thought of things like that about her or his other chasers.
"Thanks Oliver for coming over, I am so glad you did. My mom is supposed to be home by now ... I am guessing she is running late like always."
"KATIE!!! I AM HOME!" Gena yelled from the front door.
"Come follow me Oliver, you can meet my mum." Katie said while she was walking out of her room.
Oliver followed her again close behind her to the living room where the foyer was. Seeing her mom for the first time, he could tell that Katie was her daughter; they looked a lot alike. He walked straight over to her and took most of the bags from her like a gentleman and placed them where Mrs. Bell wanted them.
"Oh, just sit them down on Katie's bed. That's all of her stuff right there. She can sort them out later. I didn't catch your name..."
Katie moved closer to Oliver and gestured, "This is my quidditch captain, Oliver Wood, and my friend."
"Ahhh... okay," her mom giving her a knowing look, and Katie giving her a 'don't even think about it' look. Her mom ignored her and stuck her hand out to shake his hand. Oliver still had his hands full so he gently dropped one of the bags down and shook her hand real quick, picking up the bag again shortly after.
"It's nice to meet you Oliver. Katie speaks of you very highly and quite a lot I might add," Mrs. Bell said with a bright smile.
Oliver glanced at Katie swiftly, catching her looking away from him blushing. He smiled inwardly, 'does this mean she likes me still?'
Katie grabbed his arm and guided him back to her bedroom for him to put her stuff there. He felt something when she touched him... like some kind of energy flowing from her hand to his arm. They finally got to her room and he laid her belongings down on her bed.
"I better be off. I will see you September 1st Kates," Oliver said.
Oliver gave her a sweet, but short hug. She could smell his scent on her when they parted. 'He smells so good.' She didn't want to stop hugging him, but she didn't want him to find out she still wanted him as more than just a friend.
Katie smiled and said, "Okay, I will see you then captain." Katie made a saluting gesture, causing him to chuckle.
Next thing she knew he wasn't there... he apparated. She sighed and went to sit at her desk when she noticed the letter had been opened. Her eyes widened as she realized he had read the letter.
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