I Only Wanted

A/N : Thanks once more to all my lovely readers and reviewers.

Mixed reviews on the prank. I hadn't really intended it to be laugh out loud funny, but deserved. *shrugs* Hey, if you thought it was funny, I'm glad.

Although, my favorite sections were with Fred. For some reason, I'm partial to Fred more than I am George. So, of course I had to make him poke the Giant Squid with a stick. LOL. And Angelina yelling at him. *shrugs* Don't really know how my mind thought that up.

Ok, this is the last chapter! Eek! I actually think I may take a few days off before starting the sequel. Is that alright? I think I deserve a break. *grins* But rest assured, once I get the title finalized, it will be out to you all. Also, someone asked if I was going to stay true to book 4 or go AU. Uh, I suck at making things up. Really. You're lucky this story turned out alright. I will be sticking to book 4, although the next story will only chronicle the summer. And I don't want it to go over 15 chapters. LOL. Once I got into this story more, I had a realization. How is Katie going to deal with Cedric's death? After thinking about that a while, I realized I wanted to write it. I had thought of making it a short and saying it was from the IOW universe, but decided against it.

On to this chapter. Everyone and anyone returns in this chapter, seeing as everyone is departing, minus Katie. So, expect the unexpected.

****

Katie woke the next morning, and checking the time, hastily freshened herself up and threw on the nearest thing she could find. She tied her hair up messily and descended the staircase. She spotted Angelina, seated on Fred's lap, looking at Katie in an amused way. Katie shot her a glare.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" she said, hands on her hips.

"We've still got two hours, Kate. You had plenty of time," Angelina said, hiding her giggle expertly.

"That was cruel, Ang," Katie said crossing the room and sitting in the vacated armchair.

"I'm actually surprised Perce isn't down here yet," Fred said, pushing Angelina onto the couch and looking back toward the stairs, just as Percy came rushing down them.

"Hand it over, Fred," he said, hand held out.

"What?" Fred asked innocently.

"I can't find my Head Boy badge and I know you have it, or at least know where it is, so hand it over," Percy said exasperated.

"For once, dear brother of mine, I don't have it. And I don't know where it is either," Fred said in a dignified manner, almost mocking Percy, but sounding sincere all the same.

George entered the common room a moment later, edging around Percy and looking at his brother curiously. "What's wrong, Perce?"

"You didn't take my badge, did you?" Percy said, eyeing the other twin suspiciously.

"No. Sorry, Perce," George said, sitting down beside Fred on the couch.

Percy looked at the ceiling and then rushed back up the stairs. Katie jumped up from the armchair and jogged after him.

"Hold up, Perce. I'll help you find it."

Katie followed Percy up to his room, stopping briefly to peak in on Oliver. He was packing the last of his things, bending down to re-arrange something in his trunk. Katie felt a blush rise in her cheeks, but she had to stare. Oliver had a nice ass, and since he was her boyfriend, she was allowed to admire it. She tore her eyes away and walked into Percy's room. It was in horrible disarray. Katie arched an eyebrow at her companion as he looked up at her.

"My, my, Perce. A badge is that important to you?"

Percy sighed, shaking his head. "It's the principle of the thing, Kate. I mean, of all days."

"Where did you have it last? On your robes?"

"Yeah, and if the house-elves took it to be washed-"

"They wouldn't have," Katie said walking over to his trunk and pulling out robes, "They would have just packed it. You're holding them up, you know."

After several moments, Katie rose her hand in victory, and unpinning the Head Boy badge from Percy's robes and handing it to him.

"Thanks, Kate," he said smiling appreciatively.

Suddenly, Katie was upon him, hugging the life out of him. "I'm going to miss you!" she said, beginning to cry into Percy's shoulder.

Percy relaxed and hugged her back. "I'll miss you too," he said quietly.

He only looked up when someone cleared their throat in the doorway. Oliver was leaning on his doorframe, staring at the two of them with amusement dancing in his brown eyes.

"Do I have competition, Perce?"

"Shut up, you prat," came Katie's muffled reply as she continued to hug a knocked over Percy.

Percy rolled his eyes, gave Katie one last squeeze and pulled away from her reluctantly. "I found my badge," he said holding it up, so Oliver could see it amongst the chaos.

"Well, you better get to cleaning up, mate. You made quite a mess."

Katie stood, wiping her eyes, and began moving around the room, trying to help put it back in some sort of order. Percy jumped up to help her, catching anything she tossed at him to put in his trunk. Katie vaguely noticed Oliver crossing the room. He opened the window and an impressive eagle owl flew in, dropping a letter into Katie's hands before flying back out the window.

"Were you expecting anything?" Oliver asked walking over to Katie, noticing her shaking hands.

Katie shook her head and unfolded the parchment carefully. Three lines were written in a neat scrawl.

Katie,

Meet me at your rock in ten minutes.

D. Malfoy

Katie's hands stopped shaking and she smiled down at the parchment. She looked at the two expectant faces turned towards her. "I'll be back before you guys have to leave. Just some business to attend to," she said shaking the parchment for emphasis, before pocketing it and darting from the room.

She ran through the common room and out the portrait hole. Once in the entrance hall, she encountered some traffic. Mainly people going into or leaving the Great Hall. She escaped, unnoticed, and made her way out onto the grounds. She could see Draco already, standing next to her rock, just waiting. She walked a little faster, and once she got closer, she could have sworn that Draco was smiling.

"That was fast," he said laughing.

"I ran," Katie said shrugging, "So-"

"I just wanted to be able to say goodbye to you. I mean, I have to be all snobbish on the train, so-"

"Oh, I'm staying here," Katie said quickly, "Dumbledore agreed to let me stay for the summer, since I don't have anywhere else to go," she said, conveniently leaving out the part about Snape.

"Oh," Draco said, looking mildly shocked, "Interesting."

"That's decent of you," she said looking at him seriously, "To at least want to say goodbye to me."

"I was scared you wouldn't show up. I know I did some things this year that you didn't exactly approve of."

Katie smiled at Draco. "Well, we do have a strange bond."

"Yeah, I suppose so," he said, looking down at his feet once more.

"Hey," Katie said catching his eye, "Be safe this summer, ok? Don't piss off your dad," she said smiling.

"Would you write to me?" he asked sheepishly.

"Sure, if you'd like."

"Yeah, I would," he said, looking up at her as if he was losing a friend.

"Come here, Draco," she said holding out her arms and embracing him when he took a step closer to her.

"I don't want to go home," Draco murmured against her shoulder.

Katie raised a hand and gently stroked his hair. "You'll be aright. Two months. That's nothing. And then you'll be back here," she said, pulling out of the embrace to look at him, "Look, I already got permission to visit Oliver in Hogsmeade. If you ever need to talk, send me an owl and we'll set something up so we can meet in Hogsmeade, ok?"

Draco nodded numbly, but a hint of a smiled played on his lips. "You'd do that for me?"

"No one else will, now will they?" Katie said smiling, "I am officially the Angel of Mercy. Comforting the lowly in their times of need."

Draco laughed at that, a foreign sound from him. "You're the best friend I've ever had, you know that?"

"I can believe it," Katie said smiling, "Now, don't hesitate to owl me if that bastard even so much as lays a finger on you. If you need to talk, I'll be right here."

Draco nodded, and embraced her again. "Thanks, Katie."

"Of course," she said hugging him tightly before pulling away, "I need to get back to Gryffindor Tower so I can have some time to spend with my group," she said smiling, "You'll be fine. I promise."

****

Once back in Gryffindor Tower, she was attacked by Lee.

"Where the dickens did you go? I thought I wasn't going to see you before we had to go," he said, mocking offense.

"I had someone to see," she said flopping down on the couch next to Fred, "You guys still have like an hour before you have to leave."

Fred looked to one side of him and saw Angelina, and to other seeing Katie. Grinning mischievously, he stretched his arms out along the back of the couch. "Ah, life is good," he said grinning at Angelina and Katie.

Katie smirked at Angelina and the both smacked Fred in unison. The arms came down and Fred rolled his eyes.

"It was a joke," he said in a whiny voice.

Angelina turned to comforting Fred and Katie looked over at Lee, who was sitting on the floor. She got off the couch and sat beside him. She waited until he looked at her to hug him.

"I'll miss you, Lee," Katie said, burying her head against his shoulder, "And I'm sorry I didn't ask you for help."

"Oh, love," Lee said, hugging her tightly, "I don't care about that now. I'm going to miss you too."

"Did Angelina tell you that I'm staying here?" Katie said, still hugging him.

"Yeah, but she didn't say why," Lee said, pulling away from her, "Want to tell me?"

"Not especially," Katie said, looking everywhere but at Lee, "Sorry."

Lee nodded. "You could always send me a letter if you don't want the Twins to know."

"Don't want us to know what, Katie Bell?" George said, sitting down beside her.

"Yeah, you can tell us," Fred said, jumping off the couch and sitting beside his twin.

"I think its best if I don't," Katie said, looking down at the floor.

"Alright, we won't bug you about it. Promise," Fred said, lifting her chin so she was looking at him, "Its not fun torturing information out of you. You get your feelings hurt."

"When has that ever stopped you before?" Katie said laughing lightly, "What about your brothers?"

"You're different," Fred said grinning.

"Yeah, we like you," George said, imitating his twin.

Katie smiled and hugged George tightly before moving to Fred. "I love you guys."

"The feeling is mutual," George said, messing Katie's hair slightly.

****

The ride down to Hogsmeade Station was excruciating. Katie was fighting back tears the whole time. Her only comfort was Oliver's arm resting around her shoulders. Once there, Katie desperately tried to look over the growing crowd of students. She needed to find Cedric, seeing as he didn't know that she was remaining at the castle. Slowly, the group reformed beside the train, all standing there, waiting until the last moment to leave Katie's side. Feeling a tap on her shoulder, Katie wheeled around and her face burst into a grin.

"Cedric!" she said lunging herself at him, hearing him laugh.

"Hello to you too, Kate."

"I'm so glad you found me. I thought I wouldn't be able to say goodbye to you," she said, clutching tightly to Cedric.

Cedric looked down at her. "Goodbye?"

"Yeah, I'm staying here for the summer. Got no home to go to after all," Katie said looking up at him.

Cedric nodded and smiled down at her. "Well, than I'm glad I found you too."

Katie felt the tears she had been holding back slid down her cheeks. She wiped at them, laughing as she did. "Damnit, I didn't want to cry."

Cedric pulled her into another hug, "Its alright. Two months and we'll see each other again."

Katie nodded against his chest and pulled back, a blush rising in her cheeks as she wiped at her tears. 'This is so embarrassing,' she thought to herself. Cedric lifted his hand and wiped away a tear she had missed, smiling at her.

"Don't cry. You'll be fine."

"Yeah, I will be. I hope you have a good summer, Cedric."

"You too, Kate. Have fun. Be happy," he said smiling once more.

"I will." she said, and watched as he walked away, with a wave back at her.

She turned back to the group, the girls of which looked about ready to cry too.

"Oh, he's such a sweetie," Alicia said, walking over and hugging Katie, "I'm going to miss you, Kate. Maybe we can meet up in Diagon Alley?"

Angelina joined them. "Yeah, girls day out. Get our supplies for Hogwarts and catch up."

"I'd like that," Katie said, hugging Angelina now, "Send me an owl. Let me know."

Angelina pulled away nodding. "I will. Merlin, we better get going."

"Yeah," Fred said, pulling Katie into a tight embrace, "Take care, kiddo."

Katie laughed and hugged Fred back. "You do the same."

After letting go of Fred, she was assaulted by George. She hugged him tightly, before pulling away. Lee approached her next, picking her up slightly as he hugged her.

"Stay happy, love. I'll see you when I see you," he said, pulling away and stepping on the train with Fred, George, Angelina, and Alicia.

Katie looked to Percy and Oliver, tears coming to her eyes once more. She walked over and embraced Percy again. Percy leaned down, burying his head in her shoulder.

"Love you, Kate," he murmured, leaning back to kiss her cheek.

"Love you too," Katie said pulling back and wiping the tears from her eyes.

Penelope came jogging up to them. "I've been looking all over the train for you two. Oh, Kate," she said hugging Katie, "Have fun for me this summer, ok?"

Katie laughed, pulling out of Penelope's hug. "I will."

Penelope grabbed Percy's hand and dragged him away, leaving Katie standing before Oliver. Oliver looked down at Katie smiling.

"The first chance I get, I'm going to come and visit, ok?" he said, cupping her cheek in his hand.

"Ok," Katie said, fighting back the tears again.

"Sweetheart, don't cry," Oliver said, pulling her into a tight embrace, "Oh, I love you so much."

"I love you too, Ol," Katie said, her voice coming out muffled.

Oliver pulled out of the hug, grinning broadly. "You said it! You love me!" he said sincerely.

Katie nodded and Oliver's lips met hers in a sweet kiss. Wrapping his arms around her, Oliver deepened the kiss, only stopping when whistles and catcalls came from the train. Katie turned and saw Fred, George, and Lee hanging out of the nearest window, making more noise than was humanly possible.

"Go Katie!" Fred yelled, grinning broadly before Angelina pulled him back inside the window.

Katie laughed and turned back to Oliver, who was blushing severely.

"I hate having an audience," he mumbled, smiling with embarrassment at Katie.

Katie hugged him again. "You're shy? I never knew," she said laughing.

Oliver gave her a tight squeeze. "You have no idea."

Letting go of Katie, he reached down and touched her face gently. "I'll see you. I promise."

"Alright," Katie said, trying desperately not to cry.

Oliver leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead before making his way to the train. Katie looked around, watching the rest of the students get onto the train. She wanted nothing more than to join them, wishing she had a home to go to. She spotted Hagrid, standing over near the Hogsmeade Station exit. She walked over to him, smiling.

"Hello, Hagrid."

"Hello, Katie. Said your goodbyes, eh? That's always tough," Hagrid said, smiling down at her.

"Yeah. But the summer should fly by and they'll be back in no time," Katie said, ignoring the nagging voice telling her that Percy and Oliver wouldn't be back.

She stood by Hagrid, watching as the train left the station, and waving as Fred, George, Lee, Angelina, and Alicia all opened their windows to wave at her. Once the train had rounded the corner and was out of sight, she looked down at the ground. Hagrid clapped her on the shoulder, gaining her attention.

"I'll escort ya back up ter the castle. Dumbledore's orders. Knew you'd be wanting to say goodbye and all," Hagrid said cheerfully.

"Thanks, Hagrid."

They walked in silence, yet Hagrid tried to make conversation every so often. Once at the castle, Katie smiled up at Hagrid.

"I'm sorry I don't make for good company, but thank you for walking me to the door."

"'Ts no problem. Oh, I'm supposed ter tell you that Professor Snape wants ter see you also."

"Alright, thanks Hagrid."

Hagrid nodded before walking back down to his hut. Katie walked inside the castle, relieved to be out of the June sun. She headed down to the dungeons to find Snape, wondering what he could possibly want. Finding the door to the Potions room open, she knocked on the door frame, looking around the room for Snape. Stepping inside, she knocked again on the open door.

"Professor? You in here?"

Snape walked out of a room across from Katie, that she had never noticed before. He looked at her, smiling appraisingly.

"Hagrid gave you my message. Good. Please sit," he said, motioning to one of the desks in the room.

Katie sat, albeit with a little apprehension. Snape pulled up a stool and sat across the table from her.

"I just want it understood, Miss. Bell, that I had no intention of hurting your feelings with the whole Lupin situation. I didn't think, and I wanted to say I was sorry."

Katie just stared at him. Sorry? Snape just said he was sorry. To her. And meant it. Blinking, she found her voice again. "I- I don't know what to say to that."

"Could you forgive me at least, Miss. Bell?" Snape asked.

Katie thought on this. Her summer would be a living hell if she said no. He would see to that. But her heart wouldn't be in it if she said yes. Her mind juggled that information until she came up with a proper solution.

"I need you to understand that I'm not a forgive and forget type of person, Professor. And while I can forgive you for what you did, that doesn't mean that I'll ever forget it," Katie said, trying to sound dignified.

"Good enough. Thank you, Miss. Bell. Now, I believe that The Fat Lady is waiting for you to make your first password of the summer. Seeing as you're allowed to be as creative as possible," he said, a smile coming to his face, making him look much less menacing.

Katie nodded and stood, making her way to the door. She stopped in the doorway, and turned to face Snape once more.

"You should smile more often, Professor," she said before leaving him to ponder that.

****

Standing before The Fat Lady, Katie racked her brain for an appropriate password.

"Take your time, dear," The Fat Lady said, noticing Katie's intense concentration.

"I just want to make sure it's a good one. And not obvious," Katie said smiling at the portrait before her, "I've never been good at this."

Katie stood there, going through all the muggle tunes she knew. Stopping on one she knew she would remember, she smiled at The Fat Lady.

"Alright. My password is 'I Only Wanted'."

"If you say so, dear," The Fat Lady said, swinging open and allowing Katie entrance to the common room.

Katie walked in and stood in the middle of the common room. She took a deep breath and smiled.

"This is good. I'm going to be alright," she said to herself.

*~Fin~*

....Or is it?