AN: Hey everyone!!! I am so sorry about finally updating!! I had to go to my niece's graduation Friday. I am so proud of her...she was Valedictorian...Go Tash!! Anyway, I really had a hard time deciding who or what to have open the compartment door.
Ella-of-Frell: Thanks for reading my story and appreciating it. I am not going to be able to see you anymore at school ... (. Next year I am going to be a senior, that's a scary thought, yet awesome.
Crystal Mind: You know you like my cliffhangers!! It just drives you crazy that you cannot know what happens next, because you can't tap into my mind. Ha Ha!!! I won't be seeing you next year either... Well, I hope you have fun!
Elvenrarehunter: I know....shame, shame. Oliver shouldn't be nosing around Katie's private things....at least I didn't make him go through her undergarments like a sick perverted freak. Thanks for the 'candy'...I greatly appreciate it!!!
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xxGREENBAYxx: Oliver is sweet isn't he? Well, ummm....lol I have read so much fanfiction that I don't know his true age. I think that Flint is supposed to be in a year ahead of Oliver, but he didn't pass his NEWT's. I am not sure though...
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Chapter 5: The Truth Comes Out
The compartment door slide open as all six of them turned their attention to the opening door. Out of nowhere Draco Malfoy comes running in shaking and wide eyed. The twins are trying not to laugh, but fail and let out small sniggers covering their mouth. Katie and Oliver somehow have let go of each other, which Katie missed the warmth of his body touching hers and his strong arms around her in a 'protective' sort of way.
"Hooded things....out in the hall....scary..." Malfoy managed to breathe out.
"Okay, and why did you run into our compartment Malfoy? Couldn't you have run into your own?" asked Fred with laughter in his voice.
Malfoy seemed to come to his senses and realized he was in the same compartment as a Weasley, actually two Weasley's as a matter of fact. "Oh, you are in here...I think I would rather be out there with those hooded, skeleton, looking things," Malfoy stated. He turned around again, noticing Katie. He smirked and kissed at her, "Katie, you remember what I told you earlier? Well, anytime you want to, I am here."
Katie shuddered feeling gross and cold as he said that to her. Why didn't she say anything back to him? That was not like her. She watched him with disgust as he walked out and down the hall to his 'posse'. Katie felt a hand rest on her left shoulder.
"Kates, what was that all about?" Oliver inquired.
"Nothing...well, something. I might tell you later," Katie said the last bit in a soft voice so no one could hear.
A moment later the lights came back on and a guy in his late thirties in shabby robes came in asking if they were alright and if they needed anything. They all shook their head no, and he left to tend to some other pupils.
The train suddenly started to move. The twins went back to playing with their jokes that they had invented. Angelina and Alicia started to talk about what they did this summer. Katie was about to join in Ange's and Lish's conversation when Oliver tapped her on the shoulder.
Katie turned her head slightly towards him. "Yes? What do you want?"
"Umm...well, I don't wanna be left here alone and talk to myself. Do you want to talk with me? If not that's fine you know, you don't have to..."
She cut him off, "Of course Ollie. I don't understand why you would want to talk to me when Fred and George are right there."
"Well, I find you more interesting than Fred and George at the moment. Yeah, they are funny...hilarious, but they aren't you..." he smiled sheepishly as he said the end of his sentence...thinking it sounded a bit corny.
Katie mouthed 'oh', and asked, "Well, what would you like to talk about?"
"How was your summer?"
"It was a little boring. Then I got this crazy letter from..." she leaned in close to his ear and whispered "Flint..."
Wood tried to look shocked and he did a good job...he convinced Katie. "Wow!! What the hell is he talking to you for??! He has no right to communicate with you...Flint nearly knocked you off your broom so many times, nearly killing you. What did he say?"
"Well, he confessed his true feelings for me. He has liked me ever since his fourth year I think..."
"What do you feel towards him? Hopefully you don't have secret feelings for him...he is a prat who sleeps with girls for sport. He doesn't deserve you."
"I am not sure...he said he had changed Oliver. I don't know if I believe him. He said he would see me at Hogwarts. I guess then I will know if he is telling the truth. I am confused right now...I like this other guy, but I don't think he likes me back, and Marcus actually likes me..."
"You never know...that guy you like might like you back. He is probably better than that slimeball Marcus Flint!"
Katie looked out the window as a tear fell down the left side of her face (the part he couldn't see). 'Whatever Oliver, that is what you think. You just don't know that it's you that I secretly like. I don't even think Angelina or Alicia knows unless I am that transparent.'
Oliver turned her head gently to look at him. "Are you crying?" She wiped the tear quickly from her face and shook her head; she smiled as if everything was alright. He could tell it was a fake smile, because her eyes didn't shine brightly as she smiled. They were dull and dreary.
"I am fine...or will be. I am a tough girl, and you know that. I just haven't had a boyfriend in a while."
He tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "Well, just don't let it affect the way you play, okay? I really need you out on the field. Your technique is so different and amazing that you are one of the reasons we win."
She smiled and laughed at him and said, "Oliver Wood, always thinking about quidditch. When do you not think about quidditch?"
Oliver smiled right back at her, "I do think about things other than quidditch....like girls, school, my family, food, friends."
Kate playfully shoved him, "Okay mister 'Quidditch Star'. Whatever you say, Captain."
Oliver playfully shoved her back and started to tickle her sides. She started to laugh so hard that she couldn't breathe. Katie was trying with all her strength to get his hands off of her, but it was a lost cause. He was much stronger than her, so she just gave up. Instead she tried to tickle him right back, but he just plowed right on top of her putting both of her small hands in one of his, while the other was still tickling her stomach and sides.
Alicia and Angelina were doing nothing to help their dear friend. They were just laughing at her. George and Fred were the only ones who freed Katie from Oliver's tickling.
"Oi, Oliver you want her to wet herself??" Fred asked.
"Or die from lack of oxygen??" George added.
Oliver looked at them, "No, of course not guys. I just love to hear her laugh. I did kind of get carried away."
"Kind of??!" Katie said. "No, you did. I was trying to get air. You know the thing you breathe all the time. I didn't mind you tickling me though."
Alicia looked up at her with one eyebrow raised, "So, does that imply that you like Oliver Wood? More than a friend??"
Katie rolled her eyes, "No Alicia...it does not mean that." Katie tried not to blush, but a pink tinge started to rise in her cheeks. She was looking out the window once more so she can hide the blush creeping up.
She got up and told Angelina and Alicia that they needed to go change now before they arrived at the school. They got their stuff and left for the changing rooms.
"I only like her as a friend. Why, does it seem like I do?"
"Well, yeah. It does. I don't think she knows though...or thinks you do," said Fred.
Oliver stood up and started to walk up and down the small compartment, running his fingers through his shaggy hair. "Well, I really don't know if I fancy her or not. She has definitely changed this summer. I realized that when I saw her at her house."
"Wait a minute, you went to her house?" George questioned with a smirk.
"Yeah, what's wrong with that? I needed her thoughts on my new tactics and maneuvers."
Fred and George exchanged knowing looks. They both said at the same time, "YOU FANCY KATIE BELL!!!!"
"Shhhh...not so loud! I don't know if I do or not okay. I am a little confused right now. I don't even think I am that guy she fancies."
"Oh, sure Oliver. She fancies you I can tell. The way she looks at you, the way she laughs around you. Her eyes light up every time you are near her. Katie definitely has feelings for you." Fred confirmed.
Oliver sat back down and rested his head in his hands. "I just don't know what to do. I don't want to ruin the friendship we just started again."
The twins were about to say something, and the compartment door slid open once again. The girls came in giggling and talking amongst themselves.
Fred gave Oliver a "sorry mate" look.
Katie plopped down beside Oliver. She noticed something was wrong with him. He looked distracted. "Hey, Ollie what's wrong?"
He looked up into her eyes. "I was just thinking about this year and quidditch."
"Oh, okay." She stared back out the window.
Fred stood up and said, "I am going to change...Oliver, George...we should go change." The guys stood up and followed Fred to the changing rooms. "So, do you fancy Oliver???" asked Ange.
Katie looked at her incredulously, "No, I don't."
"Why were you blushing then earlier. Don't think we didn't see you because you were looking out the window because we saw." Lish declared.
"Okay, so maybe I fancy him just a bit." Katie leaned back, "He smells really good today too...I wonder what he is wearing."
The girls laughed at that comment. They continued to talk about who they fancied and the coming year.
Right then the guys decided to come back. "Hope you girls weren't talking about us when we were gone," George said and blinked at Alicia.
Alicia blushed a little but managed to control it, "Don't get your hopes too high George."
The train was slowing down finally reached the station in Hogsmeade.
"I guess we're at school...another year of Professor Snape..eeww," Katie said as she gathered her purse and some of her belongings that she took with her into the compartment with her.
The train began to unload slowly. Once Katie got out of the stuffy train she looked across the lake to the castle... 'My home away from home' she thought to herself, smiling thinking of the times she had here.
AN: Every single time I try to put something inbetween or try to make more space between the title of the chapter and my An note and my story it ignores it...I hope you can still read it okay. Review please and tell me what you think.
