The next few weeks went by with a blur; potions hadn't been any better and I hadn't seen much of the girls or the twins due to their strenuous practice schedule. The best part of the week had been finally meeting up with Leanne and finding that she wasn't upset with me and that she was settling in fine, just as Oliver had predicted.

The last Saturday in October dawned, and I woke up to a loud ruckus coming from the common room downstairs. After forcing myself up and out of bed, I walked down to see that everyone was sporting the Gryffindor colors.

"Katie!" Angelina shouted from the crowd of red and gold. She walked over to me and grabbed my hand leading me to where the rest of the group was standing.

"Are you guys excited?" I asked when we finally were in ear shot.

"It's just a game," Fred said matter of factly.

"Yeah, if we lose, Charlie will only have our heads, and necks, and possibly our arms and legs too," George added with a grin.

"Oh you guys looked great last night, you'll do fine! Plus you'll have Katie and I in the stands cheering you on," Alicia said. Since she was only on the reserve team, she had no reason to be on the pitch.

"I think the best thing about the game will be Lee's commentary," George added giving a wink and smirking.

I had only met Lee in the past few days, and what a riot he turned out to be. Apparently he had been given detention for a month at the end of last year and had to wait to return to school to serve them. Hence the reason I had only met him recently.

"Charlie wants the team to go down to the locker rooms now for his pre-game speech," Oliver came up and notified the twins and Angelina.

While the three began to walk towards the portrait hole, he threw a quick glance back towards Alicia and I winked. Although I had done my best to try to avoid him for the better part of a week, he had made every effort to meet up with me every chance he could.

"Did you see Wood just winked at us. I wonder if it was for you or for me," Alicia said pointing out the facts. I knew who it was for, but I ignored the comment.

"Come on Katie lets go!" Alicia shouted to me, ignoring the fact that I had avoided her last comment.

I quickly followed her and together we walked out to the pitch and took our seats waiting for the game to begin.

"Katie, have you noticed Oliver paying a lot of attention to you?" she asked after we had sat in silence for awhile.

I knew she was wondering about what was going on with the two of us, and I didn't want to hurt her feelings. I had indeed noticed, but I didn't want to admit that, so I played naïve.

"What do you mean Alicia, Oliver is just a friend," I responded.

She gave me the glance that couldn't be mistaken, "You're blind! He's been staring at you in the common room at nights, and offering to help you with your potions work at breakfast. He even offered to help you learn to play quidditch!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, but I don't know Alicia I'm not really interested," I said.

"You better catch him fast Katie, because before long every girl in Hogwarts will be trying to snog his brains out!"

"I guess, but don't you like him? I don't want to ruin our friendship over a guy," I protested.

"There are so many guys here Katie, and if Oliver likes you then that's great! At least give him a try, hes a great guy!" she replied.

"We'll see," I said in a voice that was meant for her to realize I did not want to talk about it anymore.

Leanne joined us a few minutes later, and together the three of us watched as the match began. The majority of the game I was explaining what was going on to Leanne who was fascinated that people could actually fly around on brooms. She also couldn't believe that it was legal to try to hit each other with bludgers.

Four hours after the match had started, Gryffindor had prevailed 370 to 150.

"A bit of a lopsided game," Leanne frowned.

"Yeah, but at least you see how the game works," I said to her.

"Come on Katie, we have a party to attend!" Alicia exclaimed grabbing my hand and dragging me out to the field.

"Bye Leanne!" I called out, but I'm sure it was drowned out by the cheers of my fellow gryffindors.

"We won, we won!" Fred said running up to me and engrossing me in a huge hug.

"That is awesome, Congratulations," I said smiling.

"We need to go get some food and butterbeer to celebrate with," Fred inclined looking at George.

"How do you expect to do that?" Alicia questioned.

"We found a way into the kitchens," George informed.

"Do you need any help? I inquired.

"Only if you want to." The twins answered simultaneously.

We all sat around the pitch till the crowds diminished. When it had dissipated a bit, I watched Alicia and Angelina head towards the castle and together with Fred and George I headed closely behind.

"So Katie, we are about to let you in on confidential secrets; you can't show anyone what we are about to show you, understood?" Fred asked.

"Okay, but what am I going to be seeing?" I asked in response.

"How to get to the kitchens, no one knows how to do that!" he exclaimed.

I smiled. "Oh okay, well you don't have to worry about me," I assured him.

We walked in what felt like circles in the castle before we were in a room with a ton of house elves all around. "Leah!" George called out and a short elf turned around and smiled.

"Well hello boys what can I do for you tonight?" she asked in a squeaky little voice.

"Tons of food and chocolate frogs and butterbeer to the Gryffindor common room…. please," Fred added as an afterthought.

"Of course," she smiled and walked off.

I followed the twins as they began to walk in circles again and soon we were nearing the common room.

"That is so cool," I said and I'm sure I sounded amazed.

"Maybe next week we will show you the hidden passageway to Hogsmeade so you can join us there," Fred said.

"But only if you're a good little girl," George added with a smirk.

I realized suddenly that the key to get to know Charlie or at least to let him know I existed was to become good friends with Fred and George. A smile spread onto my face as the three of us walked into the common room to a roar of music being played. The three of us were separated immediately and the rest of my night was spent with Alicia and Angelina. I couldn't help but ponder though just how I would execute my plan.

-o-o-o-o-o-

The next morning upon entering the great hall, I had barely sat down at the table when an owl soared down and landed in front of my plate. I took the letter out and opened it up.

Katie,

I hope that you will meet me out on the grounds this morning. I am really looking forward to spending some time together with you, and hope that you will at least give me a chance to show you how great a guy I can be.

Oliver

I read the letter with an eager eye that quickly faded. As soon as I sat the letter down, George who had just arrived at the table picked it and read it.

"So, Oliver and you?" he questioned wiggling his eyebrows up and down.

"I don't know…" I answered truthfully.

"Just go out there and see what he has to say; that's the least you can do after he's helped you pass potions."

"You're right I suppose, but I just don't want him to get the wrong impression," I said between a mouth full of food.

"Give him a chance, he's a good guy. You should feel lucky; you don't know many third or forth years that will even look at a first year girl."

"I never thought about that… I guess I've just been a little obsessive over someone else," I admitted.

"Oh, Charlie?" he questioned.

Slowly I nodded embarrassed that I admitted such a thing to anyone let alone Charlie's brother.

"It's really not a big deal Katie, everyone likes Charlie… he's got a bit of an ego and he's stressed about quidditch, but he's just your normal guy. He's six years your senior though you shouldn't waste your time on the likes of him" He said.

His words stung but I knew they were the truth. "Thanks George," I said getting up and hugging him tightly.

"Go have a good time with Wood, and let me know how well he snogs," he winked at me and I slapped him playfully before heading outside of the castle to find Oliver.