I walked almost entirely around the castle before I found Oliver. There he was sitting with his back towards me facing the castle. He looked quite comfortable, waiting for me to arrive.

"Oliver, there you are!" I said jogging to where he was sitting near the lake.

"I thought you stood me up," he said smirking admiringly. I had to blush.

"Sorry, just got a late start," I lied. Hey it was a white lie.

Sitting down I twiddled my thumbs before looking up into his sea green eyes.

'Wow' I thought to myself.

Alicia had definitely been right. I could see by the way he looked at me that Oliver was taking a fancy to me. She was also right that a few years from now everyone would be flocking to him. He had the best eyes, an adorable smile, and knew exactly what to say to melt a girl's heart, my heart.

"You're looking good today Katie, I'm very fond of the emerald on you," he said gently pressing his fingers to my green robes. Sundays were considered casual days at school, and my parents had sent me two pairs of casual colored robes for such occasions.

I couldn't help but smile; seriously how many guys tell me that?

"Thanks," I smiled.

"Listen, I just want to be able to get to know you," he started.

'Good gosh, don't waste any time huh'

"Okay, well what would you like to know?" I had to laugh. I knew what he meant, but it's always great to make a guy work for what he wants.

It was his turn to sigh. "Like your lineage, what are your interests, favorites, dislikes, and stuff…"

I let him finish and sit awhile before I spoke.

"Okay, Oliver…" I paused.

"My full name is Katherine Louise Bell. I'm twelve years old, and my birthday is August 17th. I am full-blood witch; both my parents are from Whales, my mother's maiden name was Grisham. I love the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team, playing wizards chess, and reading the comic section in the Daily Prophet. I can't stand cockiness, green vegetables, or Potions class with professor Snape." I giggled after saying the last part.

"Bloody hell woman!" he said after he couldn't contain himself any longer. I could only continue to smile.

"What?! You asked!" It took all my will power to not look into his eyes. I knew if I looked I'd get lost within them. We sat in silence for a few minutes before I spoke again.

"So… what do you think?" I asked curiously.

"I think you're the most wonderful thing this world has to offer," he answered. I could tell he was speaking from his heart.

The rest of the morning we sat there making small talk. As the clouds started to turn gray and the first signs of thunder and lightning came, we decided to go back up to the common room and see what everyone was up to.

"Katie, do you think maybe we could get together and hang out like this… more often?" Oliver asked as we were reaching the common room.

I wasn't sure if that's what I really wanted. I enjoyed the morning, but I wasn't sure if I was ready for a boyfriend, which is what I believed he was trying to imply. Not only that but giving him that kind of attention meant that I wouldn't be able to think about Charlie, and I wasn't ready to give that up just yet.

"Lets see how it goes… we can start with potions tutoring and quidditch lessons." I could at the very least see how we got along with the little things before trying something like a relationship.

"Sure!" he said.

I could tell he was desperate to spend any time he could with me; at least I knew I was wanted. Grabbing my hand, Oliver said the password and the portrait of the fat lady opened. As we walked into the common room I could feel every eye in the room centered towards the two of us.

Out of the corner of my eye I could see Charlie and his friend Travis staring at Oliver and me, and suddenly the feelings I'd suppressed all morning resurfaced. I thought I had caught Charlie's eye for a second before he turned back to Travis and started chatting.

"This feels right," Oliver whispered to me squeezing my hand. I nodded my head acknowledging I heard him, and no sooner had I done that then I was being swarmed by the girls.

"Katie, you have got to tell us everything!" Angelina said grabbing hold of my hand. I glanced at Oliver one more time before waving goodbye.

When we reached the corner Alicia couldn't hold it in any longer, "How was it!"

"How was what?" I asked confused.

"Oliver, how great a snogger is he?!" she practically yelled. Half the room turned as my cheeks turned red.

"I wouldn't know that! We talked that's it," I answered honestly.

"Oh come on Katie, you expect us to believe that!" Angelina questioned.

Alicia laughed, "Seriously Katie how was it?"

"I will let you know if it happens, but we only talked I swear. He asked about me and then we talked about life. Then we came back here and as we walked he asked if we could start hanging out together, THAT'S IT!" I emphasized seeing the two of them still questioning whether to believe me or not.

"What have you two been up to?" I asked changing the subject.

"Fred asked Alicia to go to Hogsmeade with him next weekend and George asked me," Angelina answered.

"Awesome!" I exclaimed

The anticipation of the twins asking them to go had been a regular topic of discussion the past few weeks; it was about time the boys asked them.

"Yeah, it's nice… we were thinking they could sneak you through the passageway they know so you could go with Oliver…" Alicia informed me.

I thought about it a second before answering. "I don't know guys… I don't want to get in trouble. You know perfectly well I'd be in detention till Christmas if I got caught."

Fred and George walked over just as I was finishing my sentence. "Is Katie chickening out on our plan?" Fred asked sitting down next to Alicia and wrapping his arm around her.

"She's just hesitant is all," she answered giving him a peck on the cheek.

"It would be a great birthday gift for him!" George added as an after fact.

While we had been talking, Oliver mentioned his birthday was the following week, and he wasn't sure what he was going to do for it. He had mentioned wanting to spend it with me, but I was sure the Weasley's hadn't informed him of their 'brilliant' scheme.

"We'll see," I started. "For now I'm tired though… I'm going to go take a nap."

Getting up I walked up to the first year girls dormitory.

"Hey Katie," Yvette said as I entered.

"Hey Yvette, how have you been?" I asked her. I hadn't really had a chance to bond with her. It seemed as if all of her time was spent with her brother or with the McKinnon twins, who were first year hufflepuffs.

"Not too much, just upset that I can't go to Hogsmeade with the guys next week," she said.

"Oh, yeah… I know, what a stupid rule," I agreed sitting on my bed.

"So what's new with you?" I asked, trying to do my best keeping a conversation.

"Nothing really… I'm having trouble in Charms… I wish I was in hufflepuff, no offence, and Travis keeps teasing me about you…" she stated as if it was no big deal.

I was confused. Her brother, a seventh year teasing his first year sister about her roommate… What?!

"What do you mean teasing?" I asked.

"I don't know I think he is a bit jealous of Oliver Wood at the moment to be honest," she admitted.

That took me by surprise. "He shouldn't be, he's a seventh year for god sakes," I said trying to make her happy.

"Yeah," she sighed.

"Yvette, after class tomorrow lets go watch them practice quidditch and then maybe we can just go for a nice stroll around the lake. What do you think?"

I could tell she was pondering the idea for awhile in her head. "Sure," she smiled at me.

"Good," I smiled back.

Laying down on my bed I couldn't help but wonder why Travis had been teasing Yvette about me. I had to think though that if Travis knew who I was that it was possible Charlie knew who I was too, and even better he might have even said my name before. After reviewing the days events, I smiled, thinking that today had been a good day.