Conquering the Captains Hussy
Chapter Four: Mighty, Mighty Gryffindor.
A/N: sorry for the delay, everybody. But with school and writers block I had a little trouble getting this written. So, for everyone who's stuck with me, happy reading.
"What the hells is with you today Bell! I know you can fly better than this. And that little red ball? You're supposed to catch it. Stupid girl"
"I hate you!"
The conversation repeated itself in Katie's mind as she ran off the field. It was the first time she and Oliver had seen each other since the night before and things were tense. Katie didn't even hear the other two girls defending her to their captain. Hurt and indignant the tall brown haired chaser slammed the door to the girls change room open and stormed through it. It was only a few minutes later that she was disturbed by knocking at the door.
"Katie!" Oliver rapped on the girls' change-room door loudly. "Katie, come on please come out"
"Leave me alone Wood"
"Katie? I'm sorry okay. I'm sorry I snapped at you at practise. And I'm sorry said all those things last week and I'm sorry that I blamed you for Marcia dumping me and "
Katie bell opened the door. Her eyes were puffy and bloodshot. It was easy to tell that she had been crying.
"And what? What else are you sorry for" Katie sniffled.
"For letting the whore near my team" Oliver growled. "That was the worst I've ever seen you play"
"Because we haven't been flying. Thanks to your girlfriend"
"Hey Bell she's not my girlfriend. Maybe I did want her back yesterday at dinner. But I talked to her this morning and I figured out how stupid I've been. She doesn't even like quidditch, the whole thing was a ploy to screw up our team, the Hufflepuff beaters and she organised the whole thing"
"What?" Katie sat down in shock, she liked Diggory he was a nice guy, and she couldn't believe that he would do something so low.
"Diggory didn't know about it" Oliver said, as if he knew what she was thinking.
"Are you alright Oliver?" Katie asked.
"I think I may need to buy a few more tubes of toothpaste," Oliver laughed and hugged his youngest chaser. "I'm sorry Kates"
"I'm sorry I said I hated you Wood," Katie said and then pulled back and grinned at him. "But you are stupid"
"Wha…? Hey" Oliver laughed and chased her across the quidditch pitch.
Katie made it half way across before Oliver could catch her. Laughing insanely he picked her up and swung her over his bear like shoulders. "You are light as a feather my lady"
"You are so corny Oliver. And this is hardly the dignified way one would treat a lady"
"I know" he swung her down in front of him and bowed. He looked up at her mischievously from his bow and grinned. "But on second thoughts. This way is more fun" he stood up threw her over his shoulder and started spinning around.
Scott was humming to himself again when Katie got back up to her dorm later that night after star gazing with Oliver. Alicia and Angelina were asleep.
"Shoot the hoop!" Katie whispered, "I didn't know it was this late"
"Where were you anyway?" Scott whispered back, Katie insides squirmed whispered Scottish accents were very disarming.
"With Wood, we made up"
"Judging by your hair lass, I think made out may be a little more appropriate"
"Scott! It wasn't anything. We were just talking, about how close we used to be when Thomas was at school"
"And"
"Star-gazing"
Scott chuckled.
"What is it?" Katie laughed.
"I told you he liked you lass"
"Huh?"
"Star-gazing, a little corny isn't it"
"Oh hush you" she yawned. "I'm beat, g'night, Scotty"
Calloused, long-fingered hands, whispers in thick emotional Scottish brogue; thick dark brown hair... The images flooded her and then she was Dancing, spinning, spinning, and kissing…
"Oliver" Katie mumbled, loud laughter returned her call.
"Wake up Katie" Alicia giggled.
Her eyes snapped open.
"Morning! How was last night?"
"And is he a good kisser?"
"Reckon you'd get beard rash though, he hasn't shaved in a few days."
"It's sexy though, eh Kates?" Angelina provoked.
"Alright! Enough! I didn't kiss Oliver"
"But you wanted to" Angelina chuckled
"And you dreamt about it" Alicia added.
Katie glared at them and tossed her pillow at Alicia.
"Hey!" Alicia giggled and pulled Katie's blankets off. Katie growled. "Gimme those"
"Nope" Angelina said. "Its time to get up anyway"
"But," Katie pouted.
"And we need something to bribe the truth from you with." Alicia added.
Katie laughed, "you know the truth, nothing happened." And with that disappointing remark she ducked into the bathroom and started singing the team song loudly. Angelina looked stunned and turned to Alicia
"What is she doing?"
"Not telling us," Alicia frowned thoughtfully
"We're her best mates! How could she not tell us?"
"You sound like a pair of weasels I know" Scott Macgregor chuckled.
Katie's singing thundered from the bathroom. Scott began to join in.
Mighty, mighty Gryffindor,
Home of the lions
Mighty, mighty Gryffindor
King of the world.
We ace the quidditch pitch
You just can't catch us.
Mighty, mighty Gryffindor
King of the world.
"Scott!" Angelina whinged, "why can't you just tell us what they got up to last night?"
"Because that is breaking student-mirror confidentiality laws, Page 17 clause 3 and a half" Scott answered pompously, and then laughed. "Plus the fact that if anything did happen, she didn't tell me about it anyway."
"Oh" Alicia pouted. "But we want to know!"
"So weasel it out of her some other way" Scott hinted.
"Weasel eh Scotty?" Angelina grinned.
"Weasley twins" Alicia hummed. "I have an idea" She grabbed Angelina's hand and ran from the room. Scott laughed and sang along with Katie a little more.
Mighty, mighty Gryffindor
Oh but you love us
Mighty, mighty Gryffindor
King of the world
We just can't lose
Our teams the moose-shoes.
Mighty mighty Gryffindor
King of the world
Of course very few people actually remembered that Dumbledore himself had written the song originally say seventy odd years ago or in fact that James Potter and Sirius Black had given its greatest performance in a great post cup-winning celebration. Or in fact how many verses it had. But this was Hogwarts and that was to be expected.
Katie swung open the door to the bathroom and emerged fully dressed in her uniform, (minus the tie and shoes) still singing (loudly and a little off-key), to the Gryffindor song.
"Morning Scottykins" Katie said, and pulled her nicely ironed tie from where it was hanging over the bed post. She proceeded to tie it up around her throat.
"Mornin' lass" Scott answered robustly. "You might want to get a move on though; you're on the verge of being late for potions."
"Shoot the hoop! See ya Scotty" Katie called back and bolted from the room, holding her shoes in her hands.
Professor Snape was pacing the front of the class, ranting off some long-winded list of ingredients when Katie appeared at the door. She was hopping, as quietly as she could from one foot to the other, because she still hadn't put her shoes on and the dungeon floor was freezing. Snape hadn't realised she was there; or if he had he wasn't showing it. She had caught Angelina's eye, though. Her friend was beckoning her to come quickly. Katie glanced up at Snape. He hadn't seen her yet.
Katie shook her head and put a finger to her lips. Angelina nodded and Katie snuck back to the common room. Oliver had a free first period apparently. He and his mates, Willis Darcy and Tai Jennings, were tossing a quaffle around the common room.
"Morning all" she said and flopped down on the sofa.
"Why aren't you in class?" Jennings asked, flopping down next to her.
"Slept in" Katie answered loosening her tie. She noticed that Oliver had his just hanging around his neck. His white shirt under his robes wasn't buttoned up either.
She made a point of not noticing that Oliver still had a very nice chest.
"Plus the fact I'm not stupid enough to walk in late to Snape's class" Katie finished, forcing her eyes back up to Oliver's face.
The boys laughed.
"Anyway Kates, wanna grab your broom and play two-on-two?" Oliver asked.
"Done" Katie ran up to her dorm and pulled her glossy, year-old, prowess-4 broom out of her trunk.
As soon as she was off the staircase Tai Jennings pulled her to his side and grinned at the others.
"I got Bell, you're stuck with Wood, Darcy" He announced.
"Whatever mate, we'll still run circles around you" Darcy answered, "Right Wood?"
"The brutal truth lad, ain't it the brutal truth" Oliver laughed. Katie head butted him in the chest, "you wish, love."
Oliver cocked a half-smile at her and jabbed her on the fourth rib. Katie jumped back giggling.
"You're going down now Oliver Wood" she launched at him and ran her hands on his backbone, bringing them back down to his sides by trailing along his shoulder blades. Oliver wriggled and rolled on top of her. On the sofa. "Quit it" he growled playfully.
"Ollywood?" Katie pleaded, giving her captain a nice healthy dose of puppy dog eyes.
"Bell?"
"Let me up?" Oliver moved off her, his eyes locked on hers.
Katie smirked and stuck her fingers in his ribs, Oliver collapsed in a fit of laughter.
Tai laughed, "She got you Wood, now lets play already"
The pitch was still dew-damp. Oliver picked up a grass blade and charmed it up into the air. It twisted around and floated off west.
"Right Will and I are going west" he said decidedly.
"Wait on, wait on." Tai protested. "Why do you two get the aid of the wind?"
Katie laughed. "Because they won't have a chance without it, now come on Tai Jennings, are we gonna make them cry or what?"
"I'll play keeper than shall I?" Tai answered as the four mounted their brooms and sped into the air. Katie booted the ball into the air between her and Willis and sped after it. She beat Willis to it even though the Quaffle had been kicked closer to him. Katie glanced back at Tai and grinned before snatching it out from under her broom and whistling off towards Oliver. Oliver laughed as her first attempt missed and he caught it, passing it quickly to Willis. Willis fumbled but corrected himself, Oliver and Katie sped after him. Willis passed to Oliver but Katie intercepted almost colliding with him.
"On your broom Bell, not mine" Oliver teased, taking the ball out of her hands before it could register. (A/N I have a friend called James who has the 'not-registering timing perfect, he can even take a pencil out of someone's hand while they are writing with it. It's pretty cool) Katie glared and chased after him.
Oliver tried to pass to Willis but Katie pulled the quaffle from the air two feet away from Oliver. She reached the goalposts before he did and threw it through the centre. Tai bellowed from somewhere behind her, "and the Bell-Jennings team are in the lead ten - nil, after a goal from the skilled, sharp and sexy Katie Bell"
"But Oliver Wood's got the ball" cried Oliver picking the ball up from the ground and hissing through the air towards the goal, "Can the keeper-turned-chaser of the Wood-Darcy team pull it off? Oliver feinted left then sent the red lump of leather thundering through the right hoop. "He's done it! Jennings just can't play on his turf; Oliver Wood is the new quidditch legend. And whoa, what's this, Jennings' saving grace the admirable Bell has dumped him to come and…"
Katie laughed and took the ball from Oliver.
"No- no- no that wasn't in the script!" Oliver complained, following Katie and Tai as they scored another two goals in succession.
Katie Bell returned to his side. "Well what did you want me to do? Dump him to come snog you senseless?"
"Uh" Oliver stuttered a few times before looking to Tai for the quaffle. Katie sighed and picked the ball up from the grass. She tossed it to Willis and joined Tai on the defending side.
Tai moved a little closer. "look bell, I dunno what Wood's doing messing you about like this"
"We're just mates, Jennings" Katie said softly.
"Not from where I'm standing, he's mad about you, wouldn't shut up about it last night. I think he even dreamt about you because he was still rambling once he was asleep"
"What" Katie tossed her head back to look at Wood showing Willis one of the Gryffindor teams' easiest plays.
"I'm serious, and from what I saw this morning. I think you like him just as much"
"Tai,"
"Look I know Wood and he won't stand in till he thinks he's gonna lose you"
"So?"
"So, pretend your crazy about me, and he'll ask you out before you can say quidditch"
"And what would you be getting out of this?" Katie asked suspiciously
Tai looked up at Oliver and laughed, "The fun of getting Olly revved up, a date for my mums big do on Saturday without having to go looking and the pleasure of your company"
Katie looked longingly at Oliver and nodded. "You're on Jennings"
Tai grinned, "Well then, lets go" Tai dove into the play that Oliver and Willis had just pulled off, somehow emerging with the ball. He flicked it back at Katie and laughed at Oliver's puzzled face.
"how, how'd you do that" Oliver demanded jumping back in the air after him and intercepting just as Katie passed it overhead to tai.
"The skill, my lad, the skill" Tai Jennings answered. "Hey get back here with that quaffle, Wood"
"So much for the skill!" Oliver laughed, accidentally passing to Katie. "Oops, habit" he said and circled down to the ground.
"We'd better get inside, the bells about to ring." He called. The others swooped down to join him.
"I am not" Katie said petulantly. Tai laughed and put an arm around her. Oliver raised an eyebrow at him and Tai shrugged.
"Oh by the way Wood? Who was it that won again?"
Oliver added up the score in his head, "You did" he said glumly, "but only because of my chaser"
Katie purred, "why thankyou Oliver, hey Tai? Race ya" Katie bolted off to the castle door, leaving her broom in tai's hand.
"Oh no you don't" Tai protested running after her.
When he finally caught up with her in the first corridor from the entrance hall, Katie laughed.
"Good enough?" she puffed.
Tai nodded, "brilliant, Just keep it up"
A/N : what'd ya think? Sorry for the cliffie kids, but I'm getting demands to update. So giddyupgal, I hope you're happy. Because if you hadn't bullied me into it this would have been another month or so. Adios amigos and out.
please review, a nice healthy dose may cure my writers block.
Arre