Un Ete Magique

Chapter 4: Round Two, Anyone?

Saturday morning, Katie woke up, stretching out underneath the warm dark red comforter on her bed trying to avoid the early autumn sunlight peeking through the closed curtains. Rolling over on her back looking up at the ceiling, the events of the evening before playing through her head, her cheeks brightened as she smiled. Katie sat up in the bed rubbing her eyes before realizing there was a large tawny owl staring at her from her bedroom window. Getting out of bed and pulling on a sweatshirt over her tank top, she went to the window, taking the small roll of parchment and handing the owl a few treats before it flew off into the cloudless sky. Katie opened the small roll of parchment, smiling as she saw the familiar handwriting on the parchment:

Good morning, sunshine,

Hope you slept well. I thought maybe you would like to join me for lunch later this afternoon? I'm sure I could make your second day home, even if it was really your third day, just as special as last night.

Meet me at the Three Broomsticks at say, oh, I don't know, noon?

-Fred

Reading over the letter again her heart let out a small flutter of excitement. She leaned back against her pillows, looking over at the small clock taking residence on her bedside table. It read 11:32. 11:32! Katie jumped out of bed, running into her closet, stripping off her clothes as she rifled through, looking for something else to wear. Pulling on a small three-tiered white ruffled mini skirt and running back into her room with a pale blue tube top in hand, she nearly fell over in shock from seeing Alicia seated on her bed, reading over the owl that was left lying open on her bed.

"So, does this mean you two had a rather good time last night?" Alicia eyed at the letter, then over at Katie, who stood, pulling on the top over her darker blue bra. "Well? Are you going to give me the gruesome details? Where did you go? What did you do? What did you eat? Did you two go back to his place for a little bit of snuggling?" Katie groaned and rolled her eyes.

"We didn't go back to his place for any snuggling," Alicia looked a bit disheartened by this news, "We had a homemade Scottish dinner, strolled down the alley way, and went and watched the sunset. Nothing big," Katie smiled to herself, remembering how his warm breath felt against her ear, sending shivers down her spine as it had done only hours ago, "Except for that one kiss."

"I knew it!" Alicia jumped up on her feet, throwing her hands up, "Well? How was it?"

"It was….perfect," Katie pulled her hair back; securing it with a bobby pin so it would still lay over her bare shoulders. "It was sweet, gentle, I could feel the warmth of his lips radiating through my cheeks." Alicia eyed her curiously.

"So, he gave you so much of his tongue, you could feel it in your cheek?"

"No, you idiot! He kissed me on the cheek! Golly…" Katie rolled her eyes, dabbing a few drops of lavender perfume over her collarbone and neck. "Look, I have to go because it's 11:55 and I'm about to be late."

"Alright, alright, I'm going!" Alicia walked into the living room, followed by Katie who rummaged through her purse, searching for a mint. "Enjoy your date!" And with a wave, Alicia was gone. Turning on the spot with a soft 'pop', Katie instantly recognized the familiar sign of the Three Broomsticks, below which she saw also a familiar tall red head, toying with a small paper crane in his palm.

"Hope you haven't been waiting too long," Katie walked up next to Fred, looping her arm through his, stopping his thoughts about the small paper crane in his hand. With a wave of fingers, the crane turned into a small white daisy that he offered to her.

"As long as you show up, the wait is never too long," Fred smiled as she took the flower from him with her small fingers. He traced the line of her collarbone with his eyes, noting a bit of a glow being emitted from her skin as she blushed. "Well, I went ahead and reserved us a table, shall we go sit?" He opened the door, placing his hand of the small of her back, following her into the café.

Ordering them both a cup of tea and a strawberry and chicken salad, Fred's hand lingered on the table, occasionally moving closer to Katie's, but in very subtle movements. After consuming a delightfully flavorful lunch, happy conversation, and the occasional brush of Katie's knee from Fred's hand, Fred led Katie down the cobblestone path passed the twins' shop of jokes and tricks, down to the square they were the night before. The only difference between last night and this afternoon was there was a significantly larger amount of people there this afternoon, but neither Fred nor Katie paid really any mind to the people around them. Katie took Fred's hand, leading him to a bench settled underneath the comforts of a large tree and its shadow that it cast upon the bench. He sat down next to her, wrapping one arm around her waist, the other cupping her cheek in his rough palm. Katie knew that the roughness upon his palm and fingers was from the years of Quidditch creating calluses upon them. She rubbed her cheek against his palm, closing her eyes, enjoying the warmth they shared from the embrace. She lifted her hand, meeting the back of his on her cheek, running her fingers over his knuckles and down to his wrist, eventually leading up to his cheek.

"Fred…" Katie whispered softly, looking down to his chest, then back up to his eyes. Fred lifted his hand from her cheek, pressing a finger against her soft lips.

"Shhh," He leaned in, replacing his finger against her lips with his own. The touch of his lips against hers lit a fire within her that burned with extreme intensity. Feeling her lips melt against his, Fred shifted closer towards her, pulling her closer to him. Leaving his hands on her hips for only a moment, he quickly found the bottom of her shirt, and as his fingers grazed the skin of her back, she pulled back and looked at him.

"Fred, you do realize that we are still in public?" Katie looked at him curiously. Fred raised his eyebrows, not looking the least bit defeated.

"Well, that can easily be fixed," He nuzzled his nose into her neck as he Apparated them into his living room. Katie giggled a bit before looking around, letting a slight gasp escape her lips.

"I didn't think my place was that hideous," Fred looked at her, like a sad puppy.

"No! It's wonderful! It's just, I've never seen a guy's place so…clean," Katie was shocked, never had she seen such a place so clean. She quickly left the thought of how clean Fred's flat was to resume their previous antics. As soon as her lips collided with him as quick as they did, Fred's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't thought that she would have been so quick to continue as she was, but he wasn't going to complain. Fred took a step backwards, leading them towards the couch in the middle of the living room, and he fell into its comfortable pillows. Katie pulled herself up closer to him as she situated her legs on either side of his hips, rubbing longingly against his throbbing groin. Feeling her push up against him in such an enticing manner made Fred let out a moan against her lips. Katie pulled back, sitting on top of Fred's hips, looking down at him, running her hand through her hair.

"Wait, we can't do this," Katie whispered, letting her hands linger over Fred's chest.

"Why not?" Fred raised an eyebrow, putting his hands on her hips, steadying him over a certain throbbing part of him that was separated from her by stiff blue jeans and her thin white skirt.

"Well, see, we aren't really a couple, so it would seem to the general public that we were just sleeping together, and that's not a very good façade for the two of us to have."

"That wouldn't be good at all, now would it?" Fred smirked up at her, "Will you be my girlfriend, then?" Katie leaned forward, brushing her lips against his.

"I thought you'd never ask."