Katie
A.N text in italics From Goblet of Fire. By J K Rowling published by Bloomsbury Books
"Who're you going with, then?" said Ron.
"Angelina," said Fred promptly, without a trace of embarrassment.
"What?" said Ron, taken aback. "You've already asked her?"
"Good point," said Fred. He turned his head and called across the common room, "Oi! Angelina!"
Angelina, who had been chatting with the other seekersnear the fire, looked over at him.
"What?" she called back.
"Want to come to the ball with me?"
Angelina gave Fred an appraising sort of look.
"All right, then," she said, and she turned back to Alicia and carried on chatting with a bit of a grin on her face.
"And what about me?" Alicia asked.
"Okay then," said George grinning. "If you insist I'll take you."
The girls turned back to Katie who was laughing at their antics. Angelina stood back up again. "What about Katie? Look how upset this is."
Katie was now staring daggers at Angelina.
"Oh that's an easy one." said Fred.
"Yeah she can go with Harry." Finished off George.
Harry reddened with embarrassment, as Ron spluttered.
"Sorry Ron, but Wood's still free, we can ask him for you want?" With that the twins exited the common room.
It was two days later when Katie approached Harry while he was sitting alone in the library. Harry watched her approach; she had an unusually serious expression on her face.
She sat down next to him and kept her voice low. "Harry, are you ok about the ball? The twins kinda dropped us in it but unless you've got someone else to go with I'd love to go with you."
Harry felt a smile appear on his face. He was certain she would call it off. He had even taken to using the map to try and avoid her. "Katie I'd love to go with you. You're someone I can always be myself with. I know you see me and not something else."
"Well it's hard to be something you're not after going through Oliver's training sessions. He does strip us back to the , I think I know you pretty well Harry. Remember Harry this is just a dance. We're going to have fun, eat some good food listen to loud music and be ourselves."
"When I hear you talk about it I almost look forward to it."
"Don't worry about it Harry, We'll weather the formal bit then we'll party like we won the quidditch cup. Again."
With that, Katie left him. For the first time since hearing about the Ball Harry was starting to look forward to it.
Xx
Katie descended the stairs to the common room looking stunning. Her lean form, normally clothed in scruffy quidditch wear or a school uniform, was a vision of beauty in an asymmetrical scarlet robe. The silky fabric showed off her athletic physique to good advantage. Her honey blond hair was swept to one side and hung in ringlets almost to her collarbone and Harry gulped nervously as his eyes settled on the smooth skin of her exposed shoulder. The hem was of an asymmetric cut too and showed a lot more leg than Harry was used to seeing.
His mind slipped back to the time that goaded on by the other girls Katie had run from the girls half of the changing room to the door and back, wrapped in just a towel. Harry has seen more then but only just.
Harry eventually got his mouth to work. "Wow, you look amazing."
"See, I told you no one will be looking at you. Mind you if we're sitting with the veela I guess no one will be looking at me either." Katie said darkly.
"I will." Harry blurted out. "I mean." He stopped talking when Katie leaned in and kissed his cheek.
"That was sweet and earned you a kiss. Keep it up Harry.
Harry adjusted his heavily modified dress robe and moved to open the door for Katie. A week previously,Katie and her friend Leanne had summoned Harry to an unused classroom. They had inspected his dress robe and then had him try it on.
"Who bought you this?" Leanne had asked, "The only thing they got right was the colour. It would be passable for a funeral, if you were the corpse."
She had then set a tape measure lose on him and taken measurements. The result was a mix of magical and muggle clothing. His robe, which now buttoned like a jacket, stopped at the belt line at the front, revealing trousers in a shade of dark green that was almost black. The back of the robe hung to a more traditional inch off the floor and was split down the centre.
Just as he left the common room, Leanne appeared to check over his appearance. "Not bad but stand up straight Harry or you'll drag on the ground. Now if the press ask, who made your clothes?"
"Leanne Devalan." The pair chorused.
They joined the other champions at the great hall. While surprised at Hermione being there he was both pleased and suddenly embarrassed by how much he and Katie would stand out against the conservative wizarding outfits of his fellow champions.
Once the doors opened they made their way to the top table, Harry was trying to guess if the gasps from the crowd was for Katie's or Hermione transformation. While Hermione's was a surprise. Harry found Katie's stunning.
After the meal, during which the conversation was dominated by quidditch, with only Hermione and Fleur the non-players, the table emptied as the champions made their way out on to the dance floor.
"Just this last bit to go and then we can start to have fun." Katie whispered in his ear. Harry allowed Katie to guide him around the floor, she had a fluid grace, that Harry found it easy to fall into step with her. It must have been all the time watching her move on her broomstick that enabled him to pick up and anticipate her movements in the dance. The fact she looked so good and had an infectious smile helped him to keep his eyes on her.
The first song ended and Harry joined in with the crowd as they applauded the Wyrd Sisters, although he regretted taking his hands off Katie's lithe frame to do so.
The next song started up at a much faster tempo. "What do we do to this one?"
"Anything you want, provided you're not as mad as those two." Katie nodded at Fred and Angelica who had kept a space on the increasingly full dance by dancing madly with each other.
Katie again led Harry into a dance that took all his instants to keep up with. Halfway through the song Katie caused him to stumble by stopping suddenly. Harry turned to see what had caused her to stop. He saw Hermione practically run across the dance floor her makeup starting to smudge by the tears in her eyes.
"Come on." Katie said, marching over to where Ron was standing. "Ron Weasley, what did you say to Hermione this time?"
"Nothing. "
"Fine then, since it was nothing you won't mind finding her and apologising before you ruin her night."
"What, no. Why do you think it was my fault?"
"I'm not arguing with you Ron I'm telling you."
"And if I refuse?"
Despite her slight frame Katie proved again why she could go up against the dirtiest play Slytherin could dish out. Her right arm lashed out and caught Ron across the face. "I don't think you will. Go now, find her, apologise. "
Ron Shuffled off while Harry looked at Katie in stunned amazement.
"OK Harry we need to get drinks, to find Alicia and then you'll get an explanation in that order. "
Harry pushed his way through the crowd and got drinks for himself and Katie. He returned to find Katie with Alicia with George glowered behind her.
"... that will hold for tonight but go see Pomfrey in the morning." Alicia was saying as Harry approached.
Katie turned back to Harry with a smile and took the glass off him. Taking his arm in hers they headed outside into the Rose garden. After finding, a bench to sit on Katie turned to Harry.
"I'm sorry about that Harry, but some of us in the girls dorms are a little fed up of listening to Hermione cry. I thought I'd take the solution back to the roots."
"I never realised she got so upset about it. They argue all the time." Harry said after some thought.
"Why was Hermione hiding in the bathroom when the troll found her?"
"Because she was upset because Ron insulted her." Harry's voice trailed off as he realised what he was saying. "I'll watch out for it and try to intervene more."
Katie reached out and touched his cheek. "You're a good kid Harry."
"I'm not that much younger than you." He protested.
"True, only a year. I should hate you y'know?"
"No, why?" Harry asked a note of concern in his voice.
"I was all set to be Gryffindor's youngest player then you come along and beat me by a year, still we wouldn't have won much without you. We had no idea who would be seeker after Charlie left. He'd given Oliver the captaincy in his last year but carried on playing. Oliver tested all us first years to find a decent replacement. That's how I got on to the team in my second year but we had no idea who would be seeker, then you come along."
Kate leaned forward and gave him another peck on the cheek. "Come on, we're meant to be partying. I need to dance some more. I didn't bare this much leg just so you could stare at it, I did it to dance."
Harry glanced down at Katie's legs as she got to her feet, he quickly followed her back to the dance floor. The room was now a hot sticky mess from too many bodies moving too hard in a small space.
The idea of formal dancing had gone now. The crowd moved as one mass in front of the stage. Surging backwards and forwards like an overenthusiastic tide. Harry and Katie bumped into each other and grabbed hold of each other to avoid being separated. After two songs like this, they moved away from the stage to get some drinks. One of the twins met them before they got to the back table and handed them a glass each.
Quickly drinking them the pair headed back into the mass of people in front of the stage.
Harry found himself a lot less steady on his feet now and was frequently finding himself holding on to Katie to stop falling over.
How long this went on for Harry couldn't say. Before he knew it the last song of the night was announced. A slower more sedate number.
The mass of people split back up into pairs. Many of whom had even started the evening together. Harry danced with his arms at full stretch his fingers locked behind Katie's neck. Her hands were on his hips. After some mutual staggering they held each other closer. As the song ended Harry was staring into Katie's eyes.
He couldn't say who made the first move,but by the time the main lights in the hall had come on the two were locked together in a kiss.
They broke apart to the sound of cheering from the rest of the quidditch team. The journey back to the Gryffindor common room was made hand in hand and with lots of wrong turns and giggles.
They paused for breath at one point and after kissing again Katie asked. "So how do you keep doing it? The three of you seem to wander these halls at night as much as you want. How come you never get caught?"
"Let's get back to the common room. I'll show you."
With a new impetus they made it back to the common room without incident. Harry pulled Katie off to the side of the room. Telling her to wait for him. It was a matter of moments for Harry to find his map and cloak. Heading back down the stairway he pulled on the cloak and disappeared from view. He paused a moment to take in Katie's appearance. Her elegantly styled hair was now as messy as after a quidditch game. Partially plastered to her head by the dancing they had been doing. Her dress clung to her, revealing details she would have probably have preferred hidden.
Harry took a step forward and enveloped her in the cloak. "Hello again."
"Merlin Harry what is this?" she exclaimed.
"shhh." He leaned forward to whisper in her ear but she met him halfway and they kissed again. Eventually he explained about the cloak and the map. They watched the door with the map and were able to slip out as some latecomers opened the door to enter the common room.
Harry found himself holding Katie much closer than he ever had with Ron as they walked in lock step around the school. Katie studied the map as they walked.
"Look at all the broom closets. I think over half of them are occupied." She giggled. "Well we won't be bothered by prefects tonight." She pointed two dots occupied a very small space. "Doesn't look like they are patrolling."
They spent some time wandering the school. "Um… I really need the toilet. "Katie informed him. Checking the map they headed up one floor to the nearest unoccupied girls toilet.
Harry shuffled his feet while he waited outside. The door behind him opened.
"Harry?"
By way of answer he opened the cloak a slither so she could see him. She reached out and pulled him in. "Get in here."
Once inside he removed his cloak and was pulled into a fierce embrace by Katie. They were son kissing passionately. After some time they broke for air.
"You know Fred and George spiked our drinks." She said.
"What with?" he asked a note of concern.
"At a guess, 't worry it wasn't a love potion whatever you are feeling is from you, it just lowered our inhibitions a bit. I can tell, I just a had really bad idea but I realised it for what it was, means I'm starting to sober up. "
"What was your bad idea?" he asked.
She stepped into his space again and kissed him, as she did her hand started on his chest and moved lower. Slowly down his abdomen. Then to his belt line. Her fingers dropped an inch lower then stopped. "I think it might be a mistake to go further." At least just on the second date.
Harry emboldened by her actions moved his hands up from her waist slowly up her body. He paused just under her breasts.
"I so want you to continue but I really don't want to wake up tomorrow regretting tonight."
She leaned in and kissed him again. "Come on lets head back. I'll need some sleep tonight."
The journey back to the common room was uneventful and they kissed their goodbyes in the common room.
Harry woke late the next morning and groaned as the headache struck.
After some time in the toilet he headed down to the common room. He was engulfed in a hug as he entered. "Well finally. I was going to give you five more minutes before waking you."
"Urgh Katie what?"
"Eloquent as always Harry. I'm going home for Christmas but I knew that if I left without saying goodbye you'd spend the rest of the holiday worrying." She took his chin in her hand and looked him in the eye before kissing him tenderly.
"Last night was not a one time thing. See you in the new year." She engulfed him in a hug that included a cheeky squeeze of his bum. With a grin and a wink she headed out of the dorm.
A.N.
This is where I'm doing to stop for now with these short tales.
I may write more of these short ones in the future but at the moment I'm starting to find these a bit sameish. Having said that Romilda Vain, Faye Dunaway and Sally-Anne all want a turn, so I might come back sooner than I planned.
So what was I doing here? Basically exploring new characters, all of the girls here are basically OC's with canon names. I was also exploring the diversity of the UK too. Megan, Lilith and Morag especially have their personality wrapped up in their geographic location, Katie and Tracey less so.
Quite a few reviewers have remarked that some of these tales would make a great start for a longer story. I have no intention of doing that but if anyone wants to take any of these and add a chapter 2 feel free to do so.
Thanks for reading, reviews are always welcome.
p.s.
I have had requests to write Sue Bones and Daphne Greengrass. Sue can be found in ch2 of Odds and Ends, Daphne is featured in Solitude. (Solitude is not my best work but the first chapter isn't too bad.)
Call Me is a sequel to this of sorts. I started to write Lisa, aiming to do another chapter of this but once I hit 5000 words I've given it standalone status. Will be at least a five chapter story.
Also for fans of non-canon ships, look up Sally-Anne and the Random Scenes. A tale of her and Nev.