Dc: This again? No. Me no own.
The next day we all woke up early and began packing. Which we should have done days ago. We all piled our cases into the department section of the train and I took a compartment with Tom, Brian MacMillan (Hufflepuff), and Dave.
That is, until Lorena McIntyre dragged Dave out of the compartment after her. Let's just say he wasn't kicking and screaming the whole way.
Brian closed the door. "Lads, he's whipped."
Then Tom made a whipping motion with his hands.
I laughed, "But, Tom, isn't that the way it is with Abby?"
He glared playingly at me. "Oh yes, and you for Katie!"
"Fine," I said. " and Brian for Julianna."
Brian threw his head back (hitting his head on the wall in the process). "It's agreed then? We are all equally whipped!"
Tom nodded then turned to face me. "You seem a lot happier then you did yesterday where we left you at Zonko's, Ol."
I grinned. "Yes, well...you know."
"You little blighter, you," Tom smiled widely. "Whipped like whip cream."
I just grinned.
For only God knows how long, we went on to argue about who was the most whipped. Final outcome? David.
We had been laughing about it when there was a knocking at our compartment door. Tom opened the door to reveal Katie standing there, looking a little bothered. "Hey what's up?" he asked.
"Percy having fun with Penelope," she said. And a good reason to be bothered, too!
"That's sick making!" said Brian, pretending to choke, clutching his throat.
"Ugh, I know. I hadda get away...can I take refuge in here with you guys?" she asked looking hopeful.
Brian and Thomas turned and looked back at me, expectantly. Why was it my decision if she could or not? The United Kingdom is free country! "Of..Of...Of course you can!" I said. Stupidly, I stuttered. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" she said desperately. She smiled sitting down next to me
"Where's Alicia?" I asked.
"Still in there with them," Katie said, simply.
Brian pretended to choke again, "You left Alicia with them?!?"
She smiled, giggling. "No! Not really. I'm not that loony..."
Thomas asked, "Then wait, what are you talking about?"
"She's sleeping," Katie said.
"Oh," we all said. Ha! That's evil, Katie. When Alicia wakes up...
"That's going to be a bit of a nasty shock when she founds out where you left her!" I said.
She looked like she was in deep thought for a moment, then she said, "I'm hoping they give it a rest before she wakes up..."
Brian rolled his eyes, "We all do, trust me, we all do... Anyways, who is up for a game of 'Never Have I Ever?'"
'Never Have I Ever' is a really fun game. It can get pretty dirty if you send it in that direction. Everyone holds up all of their fingers, and the person whose turn it is says what they never have done, and everyone who has done [whatever] puts a finger down.
"Never have I ever snogged a good friend, of the opposite sex mind you." said Brian when it was his turn.
And the finger goes down. Yes, I snogged a good friend of the opposite sex. And she happens to be sitting right next to me. I noticed her putting a finger down as well.
Some moments later "Ahhhhhh!" filled the train. Then quickly it was followed by "Ew! Ew! Ew! My eyes!"
The voice was unmistakably Alicia's. She had woken up to see Percy and Penelope doing whatever. Brian was the first to laugh, and I quickly followed suit. The picture painted in my head...
Katie stood up and ran out into the corridor of the train. All we could hear from inside the compartment was high squeaks and the occasional "ew!"
Evil, Katie. She pulled Alicia into the compartment with us, and from what I could tell Alicia was wholly scarred.
When the train slowed, Katie helped the still quivering Alicia off while I got my trunk. Percy showed up next to me, reaching for his. "Percy, the Head Boy... I can't believe you!" I taunted in a suggestive manner.
"What?" Percy looked at me alarmed.
"Poor Alicia... I reckon she'll be disturbed for life...waking up to that," I said and grinned maliciously.
Red was now creeping up Percy's ears as he bit his lip and glared. "Can it, Wood."
I grinned. "Happy Holidays, to you, too," I said, patting him on the shoulder and walked off.
I met Tom again. He was holding a folder in his hands, rummaging through it. He pulled out a picture of Abbey and handed me the folder. "How did you get that?" I asked him.
"Oh, I asked Colin Creevey to take a picture of her for me. There's one of Katie in there, too," he said, smiling at the picture.
"Isn't that a little wrong? Walking around and taking pictures of girls without them knowing it?" I asked.
"Well...if you don't want it, Wood..." he said, taking the folder out of my hands.
"No! Gimme!"
I snatched the folder back and took out picture after picture, looking for the one of Katie. I found it. She was sitting in the History of Magic class, with her cheek to her hand, staring out of the window in the direction of the camera.
Colin needs new hobby.
I found that my parents weren't there yet, which is good cause I was planning to give Katie the necklace right then. I came across her holding a small child with light brown curly hair on her hip, and smiled.
The little girl picked her head up from it's position on Katie's shoulder and pulled on her ponytail. She pointed to me, and Katie turned around.
"Oliver, meet Lynnea, my little sister," she said walking up to me carrying the little girl. The resemblance was uncanny.
Taking the opportunity to impress Katie with how good I was with children I took little Lynnea's hand and kissed it, "How do you do, fair miss?"
Lynnea shyly buried her head into Katie's shoulder.
"You know Oliver, don't you?" Katie asked.
"He's the Keeper man!" Lynnea said, smiling adorably when she picked her head up.
"That's me!" I said. Katie was killing me with her smile the whole time.
Katie turned to Lynnea and said in a gentle voice, "Lynnie, do you mind giving Katie and Keeper man a moment?"
She nodded and waved to me before running off.
Katie watched her sister go. "She's cute isn't she?"
"She's a lot like you," I said. "Do you think Alicia is going to be OK from her brush with death?"
She shrugged. "I wonder how you'd feel if you woke up and saw anything...at all. Ugh. I don't even want to think about that."
"Neither do I." The thought is just wrong. Anyone else but Percy and Penelope isn't nearly as bad.
"Katie, we're leaving now!" called a woman's voice.
Bugger. Katie looked as though she was sorry, while saying, "I gotta leave now. I'll see you later?"
"Yeah," I nodded.
Give her the necklace! But Katie was already opening her arms for a hug. So I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around her waist and held her to me. Well, this was nice. She started pulling off, but not before I could kiss her cheek.
Then she kissed me. In a word; wow.
"Happy Christmas!" she said brightly. Indeed Happy Christmas!
Blushing gently at the top of her cheeks, she turned to rejoin with her family.
Say something "Happy Christmas!" I called, when the shock Katie kissing me wore off slightly.
She turned around, waved to me and disappeared into the crowd. Sunconciously, I moved a hand to my chest where I felt the box that still had Katie's necklace in it.
Weak, Wood.
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As soon as my parent's got to King's Cross, we took a 'cab' to a Portkey site and used to to get to Chudley Stadium.
They lost of course. To the Montrose Magpies. No surprise there.