Chapter Five.

Katie was exhausted after her rounds tonight. She and Daphne had been given a solo patrol of the grounds near the castle, while Ron and Hermione got to patrol the 7th floor corridor. She was about to climb into bed when she saw a small brown owl sitting on her bed having a fight with her now three legged chocolate frog. Leanne came out of the bathroom and looked at the scene. "The owl came while you were out patrolling he just sat on your bed and refused to drop the letter; must be for your eyes only…" she wiggled her eyebrows and climbed into her own bed.

Katie walked over to her bed and grabbed the letter off the owl and ripped open the envelope.

Katie bear,

Mirrors! We need to talk. We don't mind if Leanne listens in, but we need some girl talk. C'mon little miss prefect needs a little fun too!

We're serious

Angie and Alicia XOXOXO

Katie looked up from the letter and jumped up from her bed and started rummaging her trunk. A couple of years ago, their parents had gotten Katie, Angelina, and Alicia three way mirrors for Christmas so they could talk over long distances. They hardly ever used them while they were at Hogwarts but at summer, especially this year they used them more and more. She finally pulled the medium sized mirror out of the trunk and plopped down on her bed. And activated the mirror. "Alicia Spinnet…Angelina Johnson." She said as the mirror grew opaque before growing splitting in half with one half showing Alicia's face and the other half showing Angelina.

"Hi guys what's up?" asked Katie.

"Katie! How are you? You never wrote me back after the party incident… I've been worried about you all week. Also the twins' apologise for any Alcohol they may or may not have given you…" said Angie

"Wait…" said Alicia, who was just after catching up in the conversation. "What's the party incident? What happened? You know I hate being left out!"

"Well…" said Katie, she was still embarrassed she didn't want to describe any of what happened last week. Luckily Angelina did it for her.

"Katie got drunk at the Gryffindor back to school party and slept with some mysterious man that she didn't identify in her letter… In fact her letter was so vague that I started thinking she was deliberately withholding information from us!"

"What! Why didn't either of you tell me?" whined Alicia, who obviously felt left out… "…and what this about a Mysterious boy Katie? C'mon tell us all.

"Um well I kinda slept with Harrrmhszhz" she mumbled off. Angelina and Alicia just looked at her

"C'mon hon, you can tell us…" said Alicia. Angelina nodded emphatically. "Just give us a name or something."

"H…" Katie started. She took a deep breath and swallowed. "Harry." She said not very confidently.

"Harry…"Repeated both of the girls slowly, Angelina spoke first "You mean, like little, scrawny, orphan, tortured by Umbridge, youngest seeker of the century, Harry?" Katie nodded mutely the anger was building in Angelina's voice. She was clearly pissed; whether it was still at the twins or at herself Katie didn't know but she winced as Angelina listed out the descriptions of Harry.

"Don't forget the newest Gryffindor Quidditch Captain…" Alicia pitched in as Angie continued on her tirade.

"I'M GOING TO KILL THOSE TWINS!" Shouted Angie. "GEORGE WEASLEY GET IN HERE!" she screamed putting down the mirror. Katie heard a door slam.

She just sat there. All the colour drained from her face. She couldn't really understand why Angie was so mad and by the look on Alicia's face neither could she.

"So you and the Boy Wonder?" smiled Alicia. Although she loved both her friends equally, when Angie was being a bit trying she could always go to Alicia. She always greeted Katie with a smile, a warm hug, and some advice.

"Please don't call him that." Groaned Katie as she lay back on her pillow, holding the mirror over her head. "Anyway, he asked me to go to Hogsmead with him tomorrow. " she grinned. She was actually really excited about Harry asking her out. She had started to like him the last two years but she wasn't going to throw herself at him like Ginny or Cho Chang. But she still had that nagging feeling in the back of her head, that he was only asking her out because they'd accidentally done IT.

"Oh…That's brilliant!" squealed Alicia she was always the romantic of the three, although Angie had softened with age…somewhat. "So…are you going to kiss him?" asked Alicia "I mean you've already shagged him so it's not like it can go too far." She chuckled.

"Ha-ha very funny. I don't know if he's just asking me out because he feels guilty about what happened between us." She sighed.

Alicia frowned and looked away from the mirror for a second. There was a sound of crashing from Angie's side of the mirror. "I think you should go, if for nothing else the fact that I have a date tomorrow and I need some sleep."

She waved her wand to turn off the mirror. As she got undressed, put on her pyjamas and climbed into bed, she heard Leanne snoring in the background.

-HP\KB-

The next morning Harry was so nervous about his date with Katie he kept pacing the 6th year boys dorm

After he had gotten changed however, he rushed down to meet Katie in the entrance Hall. He was really nervous. He'd only been on in other date in his life and that hadn't exactly gone well. He made a point to definatly not go to Madam Puddifoot's today.

When he got downstairs he saw Katie standing next to the massive wooden doors to the Great Hall. "Hi." He said as he walked over and stood next to her. "Are you ready to go?" he asked She nodded and they started walking down towards the old Scottish village.

"So…" said Katie, as they climbed into one of the last carriages. "I've been wondering Harry…why exactly did you ask me out today?" she asked, shifting uneasily in her seat. She had been afraid of asking that question. She had told herself that she'd be able to tell if he was lying, but now she wasn't so sure.

"Well…" said Harry as the carriage started to move out of the gates of Hogwarts. "I have liked you for a while. But I suppose I'd be lying if I said that last week didn't have any bearing on me asking you." He finished letting out a half smile.

Katie didn't want to admit it but that smile made her heart melt. She had liked Harry for a long time, she had seen him grow up from the age of eleven and every year end up in the hospital wing for a week at least once. "Okay Harry" she breathed out deeply.

-HP\KB-

When they finally got down to the village they went to all the places people generally went on dates to Hogsmead, with the exception of Madam Puddifoot's which they stayed well clear of.

All in all they had a good time and spent nearly two hours in one of the less well lit corners of the Three Broomsticks…

"I had a really good time today Harry" said Katie as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Me too Katie makes me wish I'd asked you out sooner." He smirked. "Do you know are we on patrolling duty tonight?" he asked.

"No it's the fifth years turn tonight." She said. "do you want to head back?"

Harry looked at his watch. Quarter to six. "Well if we want to get the last of the carriages, we'd have to leave now." He answered. He shifted uneasily in his seat. "Umm…Katie I was wondering if… maybe you might ... Em…want to be my girlfriend?" he stuttered his way through the question.

Katie raised her head and looked into Harry's deep green eyes. She didn't exactly know how to respond to that. On the one hand there was one part of her brain screaming 'YES!SAY YESS YOU STUPID GIRL YOU'VE FANCIED HIM SINCE YOU WERE FOURTEEN.' But there was another part of her brain saying 'let's back up here a second'. This was the biggest rock and a hard place moment she'd ever had.

But then the screamy part of her brain took over, screw the consequences "Em…Alright yeah." Was all she said before she leaned in and kissed him.

A/N: Hey guys! Here's another chapter. Only finished watching the close Penn State v. UCF game in Croke Park but I thought I'd upload this today because I have to go to my debs (that's prom for the Americans)

As always please review and tell me what you thought, because I can't fix the problems (story wise or grammar wise) unless you let me know that they're there

Until next week

- Slygrifflepuffclaw.