"Um Oliver?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you move your arm?"
"Sure." Katie Bell wasn't in the best of states. She was lying on the Quidditch pitch and was in a great deal of pain. Oliver Wood, the Captain, and Angelina Johnson were kneeled beside her while the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team looked on with worried faces, even Fred and George. Oliver had taken off his practice robes and put them under Katie's head. She was sweating and turning pale from the pain. A Bludger had hit her left knee. She winced and tightened her grip on Angelina's hand as a shot of pain went through her leg.
"Katie, are you okay?" Angelina asked.
"I'm going to say no," Katie said.
"Can you break George's hand then?" Katie laughed and nodded. Angelina got her hand back and stood up. George Weasley took her spot and looked at Oliver.
"It would be a good idea to get Madam Pomfrey," he suggested to the seventh year.
"Yeah. Alicia?"
"Maybe you should go Oliver. I didn't see it and Madam Pomfrey usually wants a good account of what happened, especially with Quidditch accidents," Alicia Spinnet suggested. Oliver nodded, stood up and jogged up to the castle. Alicia took his spot and Katie's other hand. A tear trickled out of Katie's eye as pain went through her knee once more. George wiped it away and placed his hand on her forehead. Katie closed her eyes as more tears escaped them. She opened them when she heard footsteps approaching. She hoped to God it was Oliver and Madam Pomfrey, but it wasn't.
"What's going on? We need to practice!" Katie recognized the voice to be that of Marcus Flint, which only meant that the Slytherin team had shown up to practice.
"Flint! You can leave until we are done here!" Never had Katie been happier to hear Madam Pomfrey's voice. The nurse made her way through the team and found Katie. Alicia moved and let Madam Pomfrey kneel down by Katie's injury. After examining it she had a grim look on her face that made Katie worry.
"This is worse than I thought it was going to be," she told Katie. George squeezed her hand. Some of the Slytherins had stayed, Katie wasn't hated by most of them, and they were worried. No matter how evil they seemed, every Slytherin player apart from Flint was gathered within the Gryffindor team.
"How long will she be out?" Oliver asked. Katie laughed, trust Oliver to think about Quidditch when someone was injured. The laughter caused more pain to her; she felt more tears and saw the worried looks on the faces of the people gathered around her.
"Can I get anything for you Katie?" Madam Pomfrey asked, ignoring Oliver's question.
"Something for the pain?" Katie requested.
"Sure. I'll hurry." Madam Pomfrey left toward the castle.
"Wood! Get you Chaser off the pitch so we can practice!" Flint yelled. George was about to make a move to stand but Katie stopped him.
"George, help me stand up," Katie said. George looked at her worried.
"Are you sure?" Katie nodded. George reluctantly helped Katie stand. When she did she immediately threw her arm around his shoulders to balance herself. Oliver came over and put her other arm around his shoulders. They helped a still crying Katie over to where Flint was standing.
"Are you going now? Can we practice?" Flint asked.
"You can practice when we're done," Katie said. "Until then you can stop your whining about not being able to." Even Flint's team was scowling at him.
"Katie Bell!" Madam Pomfrey's voice reached Katie before her body did. "You need to come with me to the hospital wing. Some physicians from St. Mungo's will be here to look at your knee. You shouldn't be standing. Here, something for the pain." Madam Pomfrey handed Katie a cup of red potion. She looked at it before removing her arm from around Oliver's shoulders and taking the cup. She swallowed it in one gulp. She grimaced as she felt it go down and handed the cup back to Madam Pomfrey.
"Disgusting," Katie described.
"Come along now," Madam Pomfrey said, leading the way back to the castle. Katie flung her arm back over Oliver's shoulders as he and George helped her to the hospital wing, the Gryffindor team following. When they finally made it to the hospital wing the St. Mungo's doctors were already there. Oliver and George helped Katie to a bed and she lay down. When the doctors came to see Katie she immediately looked to Angelina and Alicia. The doctors were young and handsome.
"Just your luck," Angelina mouthed to Katie. Katie grinned at Angelina, as if to say, "I know". The doctors examined Katie's leg. When they tried to bend it the pain came back to her. She reached out and grabbed the nearest person's hand: Oliver's.
"Did that hurt?" one of the doctors asked. Everyone looked at him.
"Yeah," Katie said.
"Sorry."
"Just fix it." The doctor nodded and went back to work. The other doctor turned to Katie.
"We're not quite sure what happened. We're going to use magic to look into your knee. It will make your knee numb and if you want you can see inside your knee. Everyone can see if they want."
"Anyone else can watch, but I'm not going to," Katie said. The doctor mumbled a few well-chosen words and Katie relaxed as she felt her knee go numb.
"Where is she?" Everyone turned as they heard an angry yell come from outside of the hospital wing. Alicia and Katie looked at each other.
"Roger," they said together. Roger Davies, Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, was Katie's best friend ever since she could remember. They lived next door to each other and had their own rooms at one another's house. Madam Pomfrey started to the door, perhaps to tell Roger off.
"Madam, let him in or we'll never hear the end of it," Katie said.
"Very well," Madam Pomfrey said. She went to the door and opened it. She saw Roger Davies and Professor McGonagall standing there. Katie could hear their voices.
"Madam Pomfrey! You have to let me in?" came Roger's voice.
"It's alright Davies, she asked for you to come in," Pomfrey's voice responded. "Minerva?"
"I'll come too," Professor McGonagall's voice said. Katie heard Madam Pomfrey open the door more so Roger and McGonagall could pass. She then heard footsteps coming toward her bed. Katie grinned when she saw Roger. He rushed to her right side and took her hand from Oliver. Oliver stood back and Fred clapped his hand to Oliver's shoulder.
"It's okay. Don't worry about it," Fred whispered to Oliver. Oliver nodded and Fred removed his hand.
"You okay Katie?" Roger asked.
"I'll be okay. Want to see the inside of my knee?" Katie asked innocently. Alicia and Angelina loved to see Katie and Roger together. They thought they were so cute when they were with each other. They watched as Roger pulled up a chair never letting go of Katie's hand. He laughed and shook his head at the idea of seeing inside her knee. He comforted her as the doctors poked and prodded at her knee. The doctors finished looking at it, made her knee non-see-through and got rid of the numbness. The pain returned for Katie quickly. Alicia noticed this and turned to Madam Pomfrey.
"What happened to something for the pain?" she asked.
"It must not have been strong enough. I'll go get a stronger one," Madam Pomfrey said leaving to her office. Katie looked at Alicia and mouthed "Thank you". Alicia smiled in response. Madam Pomfrey returned with a glass of purple liquid.
"Poppy do you think that's necessary? It may be too strong," Professor McGonagall said.
"Strong is good," Katie said.
"I know, dear, but if it's too strong you can be knocked into a coma. We wouldn't want that." Katie nodded. Madam Pomfrey had going to get another potion and returned with a nasty looking green one. Katie looked at it then at the nurse with a look of disbelief on her face.
"You want me to drink that?" she asked. Katie sat up and took the cup. She smelled it and handed it to Roger. She lay back down and decided she'd rather live with the pain. Another surge of pain went through her and she tensed. She was as pale as a ghost and sweating up a storm. Roger looked very worried, as did the rest of the people in the room.
"Katie, sweetie, please take the potion," Alicia said. Katie shook her head and Alicia looked to Roger. He was the only person who could get her to take it, even if he had to force-feed it to her. Roger propped Katie up and brought the cup to her mouth. Katie looked at him, pleading with him to not give her the potion. Roger tilted the cup upward and the drink trickled into Katie's mouth. Her mouth was full of potion but she did not swallow.
"Katie, please," Roger said and Katie swallowed. The medicine was half gone. "One more time." Roger brought the cup to her mouth once more and tilted it again. The remainder of the potion resided in Katie's mouth. Roger brought the cup down and handed it to Madam Pomfrey.
"Katie, please, don't have me make you swallow it," Roger pleaded. Katie swallowed reluctantly then lay down once more. Roger leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead.
"I'm sorry. Thank you though." Katie nodded. Roger took her hand again and watched as Katie's face and body relaxed, the potion worked. Roger placed his hand on her forehead and Katie closed her eyes. A doctor turned to Alicia.
"Boyfriend?" he asked quietly.
"No, best friend," Alicia said never taking her eyes off of Roger and Katie. The other doctor was talking with Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall.
"It looks pretty bad. She needs to stay at St. Mungo's until she is treated. We should transport her there tonight."
"How long do you estimate she will be there?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Approximately one week," the doctor answered. "And her friends will be able to visit if they wish."
"They will be given permission. No doubt some of them will never leave."
"They will be welcome and fed if they decide to stay," the doctor said. "We must be going. Are her friends allowed to go with her now?"
"We'll send Davies, Spinnet and Johnson," McGonagall said. The doctor nodded and went over to the patient.
Oliver, Harry, Fred and George watched as Roger and Alicia helped Katie out of the castle, Angelina following close behind. That was the last they saw of the four for a week. They did get owls from Angelina and Alicia updating them on Katie's condition. About three days before the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Quidditch game Oliver saw Roger Davies walk into the Great Hall with a walking Katie. Katie and Roger sat at the Gryffindor table at an empty end. The table became crowded with younger girls. Katie smiled.
"Your fan club is here. So is Oliver's," Katie told him. Roger looked around and shrugged before putting food onto his plate.
"Didn't even notice them," he replied. Katie followed suit in putting food on her plate. She looked up as Alicia, Angelina, Fred and George entered the Great Hall. Katie shook her head and smiled, she'd wondered where they had gone but now she didn't want to know. She watched as the four joined her and Roger and the table.
"Are the Roger Davies fan club and the Oliver Wood fan club having meetings or sightings?" Fred asked. "Because I'm starting to get jealous."
"Don't worry Fred, we'll start one for you," Katie said to her red-haired friend. "Me, Alicia and Angelina." It was true; Oliver and Roger did have fan clubs, as did Cedric Diggory. They knew why too, even if they would never admit it. Each young man was very good-looking, very nice and (even in Cedric's case) very smart. The fact that they were Quidditch captains was a plus. Only fourth years and below were in the fan clubs. By fifth year the girls either found someone else or realized they were unattainable. Each had their own quality about them: Cedric had his smile, Oliver had his accent and Roger, well, he was Roger. But then again there was his undying loyalty to his best friend: Katie Bell. Lee Jordan came over and sat down next to Roger.
"Roger! Good to see you old chap!" he said to his friend. 'We got a nice Quidditch match coming up, don't we?" Katie dropped her fork.
"What?" she asked.
"No, not Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Katie, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff," Roger said.
"I know, when's the match?"
"In three days," Roger said. Katie got up and pulled Roger up with her. They ran out of into the entrance hall and into an empty classroom. Roger turned and looked at Katie as she closed the door.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Why didn't you stay here? You missed an entire week to train and now the match is in three days!" Katie exclaimed.
"You were injured! What was I supposed to do? Was I supposed to not care and go on training my team?"
"Yes! Granted I'm your best friend, I'm on an enemy team, but that's not the point! Why?"
"You're my best friend Katie! I've known you for forever! I'm not going to stand to see you hurt!"
"I wasn't dying! You didn't have to stay," Katie added softly.
"Every time I saw the shots of pain go through you I felt it too. Katie I couldn't bring myself to leave you, even if I really wanted to." He turned away from her. "God Katie, I couldn't stand to see you in that much pain. It was killing me," he said, his voice cracking as he tried to fight back tears. Katie's face suddenly turned sympathetic. She went over to Roger, had him face her, saw the tears in his eyes and hugged him tightly. He held her tightly to him, not wanting her to go. Roger pulled back a little and pressed his forehead to hers. Both closed their eyes. A tear that was fighting to escape from Roger finally did and found its way onto Katie's cheek. That made Katie hold onto him tighter. Katie eventually pulled away from but Roger still held onto her waist.
"You missed a week of Quidditch practice for me?" she asked quietly. Roger smiled shyly and nodded. Katie grinned back and hugged him. Roger picked her up and spun her around. He laughed as he heard her scream then start to laugh.
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own anything JKR does? Didn't think so.
A/N: There's more to come, but my hands hurt, so there. You'll just have to wait for it, but you can review in the meantime. Thanks, Jenn.
"Yeah?"
"Can you move your arm?"
"Sure." Katie Bell wasn't in the best of states. She was lying on the Quidditch pitch and was in a great deal of pain. Oliver Wood, the Captain, and Angelina Johnson were kneeled beside her while the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team looked on with worried faces, even Fred and George. Oliver had taken off his practice robes and put them under Katie's head. She was sweating and turning pale from the pain. A Bludger had hit her left knee. She winced and tightened her grip on Angelina's hand as a shot of pain went through her leg.
"Katie, are you okay?" Angelina asked.
"I'm going to say no," Katie said.
"Can you break George's hand then?" Katie laughed and nodded. Angelina got her hand back and stood up. George Weasley took her spot and looked at Oliver.
"It would be a good idea to get Madam Pomfrey," he suggested to the seventh year.
"Yeah. Alicia?"
"Maybe you should go Oliver. I didn't see it and Madam Pomfrey usually wants a good account of what happened, especially with Quidditch accidents," Alicia Spinnet suggested. Oliver nodded, stood up and jogged up to the castle. Alicia took his spot and Katie's other hand. A tear trickled out of Katie's eye as pain went through her knee once more. George wiped it away and placed his hand on her forehead. Katie closed her eyes as more tears escaped them. She opened them when she heard footsteps approaching. She hoped to God it was Oliver and Madam Pomfrey, but it wasn't.
"What's going on? We need to practice!" Katie recognized the voice to be that of Marcus Flint, which only meant that the Slytherin team had shown up to practice.
"Flint! You can leave until we are done here!" Never had Katie been happier to hear Madam Pomfrey's voice. The nurse made her way through the team and found Katie. Alicia moved and let Madam Pomfrey kneel down by Katie's injury. After examining it she had a grim look on her face that made Katie worry.
"This is worse than I thought it was going to be," she told Katie. George squeezed her hand. Some of the Slytherins had stayed, Katie wasn't hated by most of them, and they were worried. No matter how evil they seemed, every Slytherin player apart from Flint was gathered within the Gryffindor team.
"How long will she be out?" Oliver asked. Katie laughed, trust Oliver to think about Quidditch when someone was injured. The laughter caused more pain to her; she felt more tears and saw the worried looks on the faces of the people gathered around her.
"Can I get anything for you Katie?" Madam Pomfrey asked, ignoring Oliver's question.
"Something for the pain?" Katie requested.
"Sure. I'll hurry." Madam Pomfrey left toward the castle.
"Wood! Get you Chaser off the pitch so we can practice!" Flint yelled. George was about to make a move to stand but Katie stopped him.
"George, help me stand up," Katie said. George looked at her worried.
"Are you sure?" Katie nodded. George reluctantly helped Katie stand. When she did she immediately threw her arm around his shoulders to balance herself. Oliver came over and put her other arm around his shoulders. They helped a still crying Katie over to where Flint was standing.
"Are you going now? Can we practice?" Flint asked.
"You can practice when we're done," Katie said. "Until then you can stop your whining about not being able to." Even Flint's team was scowling at him.
"Katie Bell!" Madam Pomfrey's voice reached Katie before her body did. "You need to come with me to the hospital wing. Some physicians from St. Mungo's will be here to look at your knee. You shouldn't be standing. Here, something for the pain." Madam Pomfrey handed Katie a cup of red potion. She looked at it before removing her arm from around Oliver's shoulders and taking the cup. She swallowed it in one gulp. She grimaced as she felt it go down and handed the cup back to Madam Pomfrey.
"Disgusting," Katie described.
"Come along now," Madam Pomfrey said, leading the way back to the castle. Katie flung her arm back over Oliver's shoulders as he and George helped her to the hospital wing, the Gryffindor team following. When they finally made it to the hospital wing the St. Mungo's doctors were already there. Oliver and George helped Katie to a bed and she lay down. When the doctors came to see Katie she immediately looked to Angelina and Alicia. The doctors were young and handsome.
"Just your luck," Angelina mouthed to Katie. Katie grinned at Angelina, as if to say, "I know". The doctors examined Katie's leg. When they tried to bend it the pain came back to her. She reached out and grabbed the nearest person's hand: Oliver's.
"Did that hurt?" one of the doctors asked. Everyone looked at him.
"Yeah," Katie said.
"Sorry."
"Just fix it." The doctor nodded and went back to work. The other doctor turned to Katie.
"We're not quite sure what happened. We're going to use magic to look into your knee. It will make your knee numb and if you want you can see inside your knee. Everyone can see if they want."
"Anyone else can watch, but I'm not going to," Katie said. The doctor mumbled a few well-chosen words and Katie relaxed as she felt her knee go numb.
"Where is she?" Everyone turned as they heard an angry yell come from outside of the hospital wing. Alicia and Katie looked at each other.
"Roger," they said together. Roger Davies, Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, was Katie's best friend ever since she could remember. They lived next door to each other and had their own rooms at one another's house. Madam Pomfrey started to the door, perhaps to tell Roger off.
"Madam, let him in or we'll never hear the end of it," Katie said.
"Very well," Madam Pomfrey said. She went to the door and opened it. She saw Roger Davies and Professor McGonagall standing there. Katie could hear their voices.
"Madam Pomfrey! You have to let me in?" came Roger's voice.
"It's alright Davies, she asked for you to come in," Pomfrey's voice responded. "Minerva?"
"I'll come too," Professor McGonagall's voice said. Katie heard Madam Pomfrey open the door more so Roger and McGonagall could pass. She then heard footsteps coming toward her bed. Katie grinned when she saw Roger. He rushed to her right side and took her hand from Oliver. Oliver stood back and Fred clapped his hand to Oliver's shoulder.
"It's okay. Don't worry about it," Fred whispered to Oliver. Oliver nodded and Fred removed his hand.
"You okay Katie?" Roger asked.
"I'll be okay. Want to see the inside of my knee?" Katie asked innocently. Alicia and Angelina loved to see Katie and Roger together. They thought they were so cute when they were with each other. They watched as Roger pulled up a chair never letting go of Katie's hand. He laughed and shook his head at the idea of seeing inside her knee. He comforted her as the doctors poked and prodded at her knee. The doctors finished looking at it, made her knee non-see-through and got rid of the numbness. The pain returned for Katie quickly. Alicia noticed this and turned to Madam Pomfrey.
"What happened to something for the pain?" she asked.
"It must not have been strong enough. I'll go get a stronger one," Madam Pomfrey said leaving to her office. Katie looked at Alicia and mouthed "Thank you". Alicia smiled in response. Madam Pomfrey returned with a glass of purple liquid.
"Poppy do you think that's necessary? It may be too strong," Professor McGonagall said.
"Strong is good," Katie said.
"I know, dear, but if it's too strong you can be knocked into a coma. We wouldn't want that." Katie nodded. Madam Pomfrey had going to get another potion and returned with a nasty looking green one. Katie looked at it then at the nurse with a look of disbelief on her face.
"You want me to drink that?" she asked. Katie sat up and took the cup. She smelled it and handed it to Roger. She lay back down and decided she'd rather live with the pain. Another surge of pain went through her and she tensed. She was as pale as a ghost and sweating up a storm. Roger looked very worried, as did the rest of the people in the room.
"Katie, sweetie, please take the potion," Alicia said. Katie shook her head and Alicia looked to Roger. He was the only person who could get her to take it, even if he had to force-feed it to her. Roger propped Katie up and brought the cup to her mouth. Katie looked at him, pleading with him to not give her the potion. Roger tilted the cup upward and the drink trickled into Katie's mouth. Her mouth was full of potion but she did not swallow.
"Katie, please," Roger said and Katie swallowed. The medicine was half gone. "One more time." Roger brought the cup to her mouth once more and tilted it again. The remainder of the potion resided in Katie's mouth. Roger brought the cup down and handed it to Madam Pomfrey.
"Katie, please, don't have me make you swallow it," Roger pleaded. Katie swallowed reluctantly then lay down once more. Roger leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead.
"I'm sorry. Thank you though." Katie nodded. Roger took her hand again and watched as Katie's face and body relaxed, the potion worked. Roger placed his hand on her forehead and Katie closed her eyes. A doctor turned to Alicia.
"Boyfriend?" he asked quietly.
"No, best friend," Alicia said never taking her eyes off of Roger and Katie. The other doctor was talking with Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall.
"It looks pretty bad. She needs to stay at St. Mungo's until she is treated. We should transport her there tonight."
"How long do you estimate she will be there?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Approximately one week," the doctor answered. "And her friends will be able to visit if they wish."
"They will be given permission. No doubt some of them will never leave."
"They will be welcome and fed if they decide to stay," the doctor said. "We must be going. Are her friends allowed to go with her now?"
"We'll send Davies, Spinnet and Johnson," McGonagall said. The doctor nodded and went over to the patient.
Oliver, Harry, Fred and George watched as Roger and Alicia helped Katie out of the castle, Angelina following close behind. That was the last they saw of the four for a week. They did get owls from Angelina and Alicia updating them on Katie's condition. About three days before the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Quidditch game Oliver saw Roger Davies walk into the Great Hall with a walking Katie. Katie and Roger sat at the Gryffindor table at an empty end. The table became crowded with younger girls. Katie smiled.
"Your fan club is here. So is Oliver's," Katie told him. Roger looked around and shrugged before putting food onto his plate.
"Didn't even notice them," he replied. Katie followed suit in putting food on her plate. She looked up as Alicia, Angelina, Fred and George entered the Great Hall. Katie shook her head and smiled, she'd wondered where they had gone but now she didn't want to know. She watched as the four joined her and Roger and the table.
"Are the Roger Davies fan club and the Oliver Wood fan club having meetings or sightings?" Fred asked. "Because I'm starting to get jealous."
"Don't worry Fred, we'll start one for you," Katie said to her red-haired friend. "Me, Alicia and Angelina." It was true; Oliver and Roger did have fan clubs, as did Cedric Diggory. They knew why too, even if they would never admit it. Each young man was very good-looking, very nice and (even in Cedric's case) very smart. The fact that they were Quidditch captains was a plus. Only fourth years and below were in the fan clubs. By fifth year the girls either found someone else or realized they were unattainable. Each had their own quality about them: Cedric had his smile, Oliver had his accent and Roger, well, he was Roger. But then again there was his undying loyalty to his best friend: Katie Bell. Lee Jordan came over and sat down next to Roger.
"Roger! Good to see you old chap!" he said to his friend. 'We got a nice Quidditch match coming up, don't we?" Katie dropped her fork.
"What?" she asked.
"No, not Gryffindor and Ravenclaw Katie, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff," Roger said.
"I know, when's the match?"
"In three days," Roger said. Katie got up and pulled Roger up with her. They ran out of into the entrance hall and into an empty classroom. Roger turned and looked at Katie as she closed the door.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Why didn't you stay here? You missed an entire week to train and now the match is in three days!" Katie exclaimed.
"You were injured! What was I supposed to do? Was I supposed to not care and go on training my team?"
"Yes! Granted I'm your best friend, I'm on an enemy team, but that's not the point! Why?"
"You're my best friend Katie! I've known you for forever! I'm not going to stand to see you hurt!"
"I wasn't dying! You didn't have to stay," Katie added softly.
"Every time I saw the shots of pain go through you I felt it too. Katie I couldn't bring myself to leave you, even if I really wanted to." He turned away from her. "God Katie, I couldn't stand to see you in that much pain. It was killing me," he said, his voice cracking as he tried to fight back tears. Katie's face suddenly turned sympathetic. She went over to Roger, had him face her, saw the tears in his eyes and hugged him tightly. He held her tightly to him, not wanting her to go. Roger pulled back a little and pressed his forehead to hers. Both closed their eyes. A tear that was fighting to escape from Roger finally did and found its way onto Katie's cheek. That made Katie hold onto him tighter. Katie eventually pulled away from but Roger still held onto her waist.
"You missed a week of Quidditch practice for me?" she asked quietly. Roger smiled shyly and nodded. Katie grinned back and hugged him. Roger picked her up and spun her around. He laughed as he heard her scream then start to laugh.
Disclaimer: Do I look like I own anything JKR does? Didn't think so.
A/N: There's more to come, but my hands hurt, so there. You'll just have to wait for it, but you can review in the meantime. Thanks, Jenn.