Characters: Katie Bell and Samir Karim Setting: Tuesday 6th November, between 11-12, in the courtyard. Summary: Chatting and comparing experiences. Status: Complete!
Now that she was an OWL student, Katie usually spent her free periods catching up on her neverending pile of homework (which, to her dismay, hadn't lessened much since the arrival of the foreign students). She definitely wasn't one for standing around mooning over a crush. (There was no other word for it. She was definitely mooning.)
It wasn't even as if Fleur was her type anyway -- not that Katie really had a type, but if she did it definitely wasn't impossibly and ethereally beautiful French girls.
Fleur, who was sat with a group of her friends across the courtyard, tossed her head back and laughed, and Katie felt again that shiver that had passed down her spine when she first saw the French girl arrive at Hogwarts. Her muscles seemed to melt, and all she could do was stand there and stare at the vision of perfect loveliness that Fleur presented. It wasn't rational. It wasn't explainable. But at that moment, Katie couldn't seem to bring herself to care. A wistful sigh escaped her lips.