"Katie! Wake up! Quidditch try-outs are today! You have to get up, or I'll come and get you up myself!" Alicia bounced me right out of my bed, she had jumped on it so hard, and she's practically a toothpick!

"What the Hell, Alicia!" I groggily said from my new position on the floor, "What time is it? Try-outs aren't until noon!"

"It's 7:00! Come on, get up! You know that if you sleep any later that you won't function properly! It's a proven fact!" Alicia chucked a pair of jeans, a tee shirt and a jacket at me and proceeded to bounce Angelina right out of bed.

I mumbled halfheartedly as I pulled my clothes on and attempted to tame my bed head. I finally gave up and pulled it back into a somewhat messy ponytail, my typical hair style. I shouldered my broom, knowing full well that the real reason that Alicia woke me up so early was because she was nervous and wanted to practice some more before try-outs that afternoon.

"I'll meet you on the pitch then!" I called back over my shoulder and moseyed out the door and into the Common Room which was currently very quiet.

"Getting in some early practice?" a voice asked from behind me, I spun around and found myself face to face with none other than Oliver Wood, Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.

"Uh, Alicia's really nervous," I replied truthfully since I was such a bad liar.

"Maybe I'll come too, scope out the perspective team, you know?" Oliver fell into step beside me as I continued down to the pitch.

"Let's see," I said thinking for a second, "You have to fill my brother's Seeker position, Hannah dropped out, Marie moved to the United States and Sarah graduated so that leaves you in need of three Chasers. You're the Keeper and I assume that Fred and George are going to be Beaters again."

"Your right, I need three Chasers and a Seeker. Do you have any ideas who can fill Seeker?" Wood asked in his Scottish accent.

"None whatsoever, Alicia, Angelina and I are all Chasers." I replied knowing fully well that Wood had seen us fly multiple times since he used to come over during the summers to train with my older brother, Kent, and I.

"Hmm," Wood replied thoughtfully and we walked the rest of the way to the pitch in silence.

When we reached the pitch, I took a jog around the goal posts twice and then got on my broom and kicked off for two more laps. I repeated this for several cycles and then took to weaving in and out of the hoops and the stands to raise alertness. I am proud to report that I didn't run into anything this morning, yesterday on the other hand…

"Katie!" Alicia screamed at me from the ground, "Why did you let the CAPTAIN come down to watch our warm-up?"

"It's just Wood!" I screamed right back louder than she had screamed in the first place, "He's watched you warm-up for months!"

"But…" Alicia trailed off still staring daggers at me. I just laughed and dove towards the ground where Angelina and Alicia had started their jog/fly routine.

"Hey, Ollie, want to play one on one for a minute?" I called, grinning challengingly.

"You always cream me at this game!" Oliver replied, irritated, "and don't call me 'Ollie'!"

"Whatever you say, Ollie," I knew exactly how to push his buttons and he quickly took the challenge.

Twenty minutes later and Oliver Wood was losing 70-0. I found this game highly entertaining, but Oliver didn't seem to agree since he made some excuse about being hungry and went up to the Great Hall for breakfast.

"You just can't stand losing to me!" I called after his retreating back, God I loved bothering that guy!

"I would have beaten you if…" Wood mumbled something incoherent and doubled his pace. I just grinned mischievously after him.

"He really hates to lose," Alicia commented as she pulled her broom up beside me, "Too bad he can't beat you. Want to run some drills?"

"Sure," I replied and we hurtled towards Angelina at the other end of the pitch to practice.

AN/Hey guys, so what do you think? It's Katie's 2nd year at Hogwarts at the moment, and Harry's first, if I figured it out right, that is.Oliver is 5th year and Angelina, Fred, and Gerge are 3rd year, or maybe Angelina's only 2nd year, must check that. I think Alicia's 2nd year, I'll check that too... don't want anything to be too far off the mark. Tell me what you think, it's a Katie/Oliver fanfic, my favorite!

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MotherCrumpet