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[Harry Potter]

*Makes a bit of a choking sound as she grabs his cloak, and splutters a little as he turns to face her*

*Laughs at her*

Alright, alright! You don't need to turn to violence!

*Grins at her, but nervously glances towards the window*

Could we, erm, go out the back or something then? I just... if anyone saw me here, you'd be right in the firing line.

[Katie Bell]

*Looks up, happy that he agreed to stay*

*Narrows her eyes as she pulls on his cloak once more. Letting it go, she walks behind aisles of Quidditch equipment to the back room*

*Unlocks the door once more, even happier that she decided to clean the room earlier*

I'm a big witch, Harry Potter. Don't think you need to leave just because something might happen.

*Smiles, remembering all his heroic acts when they were all at Hogwarts*

[Harry Potter]

*Chuckles as she tugs on his cloak again and follows her through to the back room*

I know, I know... But there are some really bad people after me, you know.

*Sighs and sinks into a chair*

Honestly, i just wish things were normal again. I'd love to have a nice little job somewhere like here.

[Katie Bell]

*Shrugs*

I said I'd let you help and I wasn't lying. If you feel like stopping by sometimes, just to clear your head for a bit, I'll let you test the new brooms.

*Nods*

There are bad people after you, but that happened at Hogwarts, too. I knew about them then and I still joined the DA.

*Smiles*

I'd still like to call us friends, Harry, and friends don't kick each other out of their stores over things like this.

[Harry Potter]

*Raises his eyebrows, a smile playing across his face*

Wow, thanks. That's really cool!

*Sighs as the smile fades again*

It's different now. So much worse. And we don't have Dumbledore to protect us now....

*Bites his lip, wondering whether to let her see or not*

*Glances up at her, before pulling up his left sleeve and carefully unwinding the bandages encasing his left forearm to reveal the Dark Mark*

You see Katie... It's much much more serious now....

*Gulps, not wanting to meet her eye*

[Katie Bell]

*Is frozen, not really accepting the terrible mark on his arm*

*Swallows, shaking her head*

But...what...how?

*Reaches for him, stopping as she sees his eyes move elsewhere*

Why, Harry?

[Harry Potter]

*Shakes his head, looking back up at her, ashamed by the look of hurt and confusion on her face*

It is a very very very long story...

*Sighs*

It's over now, anyway. I guess you could say I came to my senses...

[Katie Bell]

*Tries to mask her hurt, obviously he didn't think she could deal with the story*

*Suddenly wonders if he really means it's over*

*Takes a step back, one hand slowly reaching for her wand*

What do you mean, "it's over now"?

[Harry Potter]

*Frowns, seeing her reach towards her wand*

Katie, don't...Please. You know I wouldn't hurt you. Even if I was still... I would never hurt my friends!

[Katie Bell]

*Narrows her eyes*

No offense Harry, but I never thought, of all of us, you'd have that...thing on your arm.

*Places her hand on her wand, just in case*

You promise me Harry? Promise this isn't some sort of trap?

[Harry Potter]

*Sighs, looking down at the Dark Mark*

*Thinks to himself, At least it's not bleeding today...*

I know, and I agree. If you told me a year ago that... all this, would have happened, I'd have called you crazy. But it has... and now I have to deal with the consequences. The Ministry are after me for joining Him in the first place, and He's after me for leaving Him when I realised what I'd done...

*Sighs, frowning down at the Dark Mark*

If it makes you feel any better, it was for a good reason, and I made a contract that none of my friends would be harmed... I didn't just...join for the Hell of it.

*Licks his lips, glancing up at her*

Of course I promise! Why would I try to trap you? I'm not being funny, but I wouldn't have shown you the mark if I was trying to do something bad...

[Katie Bell]

*Blinks, a thousand reasons why he would show the mark run through her head*

Harry...

*She shakes her head as she realizes none of those reasons are real*

*Looks down at the floor between them, unable to look him in the eye after her sudden accusation*

I'm sorry mate. I...You wouldn't do that. Any of those things, not by choice.

*Closes her eyes and swallows, sadly expecting him to storm out of the shop. Who wouldn't after being so wrongly accused?*

[Katie Bell]

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*Apparates into the back room, flicking her wand to make sure the door is locked*

*Rummaging through one of the cabinents, she finds her spare work robes she kept and quickly changes*

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*She unlocks the door and storms out into the main part of the shop*

How could I've been so stupid?!

*Angrily starts organizing random objects on the shelves; gloves, goggles, assorted Snitches, etc*

[Greyson Ollivander]

*Walks by the Qudditch shop on his way to the wand shop, his mood dark.*

*Stops in his tracks as he passes the shop, and backtracks.*

*He grabs the door's handle, working himself up to go in, and try to talk to Katie, at least let her know what is going on.*

*Sighs heavily, and yanks open the door. He steps inside the shop quietly, eyes darting all over the place, trying to catch a glimpse of her.*

[Katie Bell]

*Shoves one item onto its shelf with a bit too much force, a few pieces of equipment next to it fall, hitting her along the way*

*Sucks in a breath, one hand flying up to press against her [most likely bruised] shoulder*

*She snarls at the pieces of equipment, kicking them out of her way. If anything she's more mad at herself than Greyson- not that it made that much of a difference, she was still mad- and couldn't believe she would do anything like what they did last night.

I don't even know the bloody wizard.