Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. Yay me! (not) I do not own the muffin joke. I got that from my friend Flo.
Katie started to laugh.
"Angelina!" she screeched into the twilight, causing a flock of birds to fly out of the nearest tree, apparently not appreciating how funny the girl next to her was.
"Okay, I've got one," Alicia spoke up, obviously not wanting to be left out of the fun. "There were two muffins in an oven. One muffin says to the other, 'Whoo! It's hot in here!!'"
There was a long pause as the other two girls waited for her to drop the punch line.
"The other muffin goes, 'Would you look at that!! A talking muffin!!'"
Angelina, Alicia, and Katie started to crack up all over again. That one was funny!!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
After finally checking her breath, Katie turned to look at Oliver. He was looking at her as if she was insane. Good. He hadn't noticed. And he wasn't going to find out that she was avoiding him. She thought, I will keep it from him if the last thing I….
Oh God. She was screwed. He saw right through the disguise. As always. I don't even know why I bother, she groaned inwardly.
It's because of his stupid eyes. They show so much information and emotion… Stupid eyes.
Anyways, there will be a total confrontation in the common room tonight. Great. I guess I'll just have to tell him about the stupid vision, she mumbled to herself. I will never get the better of him. I guess it'll be for the better though… Rubbish.
For now, she tried to laugh with Angelina and Alicia now so they don't think there's something wrong, too. Unless they've noticed. Everyone always sees right through me, she lamented. For comfort, she drew a little sad face in her head.
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The girls got as far as the seventh-floor corridor leading to Gryffindor tower before Katie was confronted.
"We know you've been avoiding Oliver, so there's no way you're coming in until you've patched things up with him," Angelina said.
"The 'vision' or whatever is nothing to worry about!" Alicia put in.
Wow. Great friends they are.
Then Oliver comes walking up: "You've been avoiding me!"
Déjà vu! Katie thought. It was kind of the same thing that she had said to Oliver in that stupid vision. She started laughing and he looked totally shocked, like she had betrayed him.
"It's kind of déjà vu, Ol'!" Katie gasped, trying to stop laughing. "I'm not mad at you! I guess I will be though…" He looked all confused so she had to explain the vision.
"I had this vision in Divination today… When I approached you to talk about it, you avoided me. I was… uncomfortable around you before because I didn't know what to do about it."
Maybe this wasn't so hard after all! Katie thought. What was I thinking? Oliver was always there for me! Yay!
"Kates, you know that's never going to happen. And if it does, kind of like you today, I'll always tell you in the end," Oliver said.
"I know that now. It just took a while to see through the fog of my vision, I guess. You know I love you and we'll always be friends!!"
Oliver just stared at Katie. Oh. Yet again, she had forgotten how boys looked at girls when told the deadly "I love you!", even when it's not meant like that. It was a problem having so many close guy friends; it was totally normal with Ange and Alicia but Fred, George, and Ol' still thought it was really weird. Note to self: Must break habit, Katie told herself ruefully.
"Ri-ight." Everything was back to normal. I'm forgiven! Katie cheered in her head. She hugged him quickly, the sign of making up after a fight (not like that), and he stumped off to the common room to do homework.
As soon as the little group arrived in the common room, they noticed an announcement on the message board.
"Hogsmede!" pronounced Oliver. Thank God he was so tall, and could see over the chattering crowd. "This weekend!"
Sweet!! Katie cheered. It would be a wonderful way to hang out with Oliver after the fight. Here come the twins.
"So… how would you two like to come to Hogsmede with the lovely Angelina and Alicia and us tomorrow?!"
Oliver rolled his eyes, chuckled, and walked upstairs to get his book bag.
"Why do you always ask that question?" Katie asked in exasperation. It's true. Every trip they ask that exact question, usually in the same words even. The only exception is if they talk to Angelina and Alicia first or if the people are in a different order or something.
"We may ask you the same question every time but we do not ask in the same accent," Fred said.
"Precisely! Just last month, in fact, I slurred my S in Hogsmede and used the word 'fabulous' not 'lovely'," George explained.
Katie rolled her eyes at the two and went off to join Oliver on Potions.
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"Katie!!! KA—TIE!!!!"
Weight was suddenly added to the end of her four-poster. She groaned.
"Time to go to Hogesmede!!!" Alicia yelled.
"aurghels," she groaned. I have no intention of getting up this early. Angelina and Alicia shared a very confused look. They should know better by now, and yet, they do this every morning.
"OK, fine," she mumbled. "I'm getting up. You win. I'm getting up."
Stupid early morning people. Oh well. Time to get up.
Author's Note: Hey guys! Sorry if you're disappointed by this chapter. I know it's really short, but at least I updated, right!? Thank you to Luthien for doing a wonderful job editing. And thank you so much to my reviewers: sgkat, Brigitte Trappe, alcb, and purtyinpink71121. You mean so much to me! And the rest of you, Review!! Thank you! And sorry, I've been trying to post this for a couple days, and it has not let me! I'm really sorry (again.) I have a problem saying sorry. Hope you've enjoyed this. Please Review!
