Chapter 12: part 12
Monday was back to normal again, everyone was feeling a bit better the next day after the 'meeting the parents' saga. Hermione sat with Luna in potions as usual waiting for Snape to enter and he did. He yelled at them for a while before posting the groups he wanted the students to be on the board and the potion he wanted made.
Hermione looked to find her name, she was to work with Draco and a weird girl from Ravenclaw called Marigold. Hermione moved over to Draco.
"Where's Marigold?" Hermione asked.
Draco looked around, "Professor, Marigold isn't here."
"I'm sure the two of you can manage," Snape said before walking away.
"What crawled up his ass," Draco muttered.
Hermione laughed, "Come on we better get started, I don't want a detention."
Draco nodded as they got to work. He watched her as she cut up the ingredients. She is gorgeous, mums right about that...but she's different then the other girls. She hasn't thrown herself at me like every other girl would, but she's closed...she's someone who won't talk about her feelings...we're so alike and I haven't noticed that till today. I am a good Legilimen, I could enter her mind...but no that would be...she'd hate me.
Hermione felt his eyes on her and she wouldn't admit it to him but she liked it. Why doesn't he mention the kiss? I should mention it...no I'll wait for him to mention it...
The rest of the day went pretty fast. The two got top marks for their potion and in charms it was not a practical lesson just a written lesson. Hermione, after History of Magic, in the afternoon worked in the library before she returned to the common room.
"FINALLY!" Lavender said as Hermione stepped through the portrait hole.
"Huh?" Hermione asked.
"We're having a girls night in, just the three of us, Luna's gone to the Ravenclaw common room to catch up with her friends," Ginny smiled.
All the guys were in the common room too.
"Yea and as we were saying," Ron said. "You can't kick us out of the common room!"
"We're not kicking you out, we're locking you all in one room so you won't bother us," Ginny smiled.
"You can't put me in a room with Weasel bee," Draco said.
"I can and I will," Ginny smirked. "Now pick which one of the rooms you want or we'll pick."
"Women are pure evil," Blaise muttered.
"Sorry what was that?" Lavender asked, her wand in her hand.
"I said we can go into my room," Blaise smiled.
Draco grinned at Blaise's reaction. Hermione was still confused.
"Well then you all better get in there," Ginny smiled.
"I am not sharing a room with a death eater," Ron glared at Draco.
"RON!" Hermione yelled. "He was on our side in the war!"
"He was still a death eater!" Ron argued.
"A reformed death eater!" Hermione corrected.
"He still killed!" Ron shouted.
"And you've never killed anyone?" Hermione asked. "YOU killed in the war too!"
"To stop You-know-who!" Ron replied.
"So did he, he killed to stop Voldermort! And stop saying you-know-who!" Hermione yelled.
Ron opened his mouth.
"Weasel shut up!" Draco said coldly. "Yea I was a death eater, yea I've killed because I had to. I fought for you lot in the war not for him yea, so if you have a problem with that then deal with it because I couldn't care less."
Ron again opened his mouth.
"Ron don't," Harry said. "He's not evil, so drop it ok. And we have to spend an evening together so I'd rather not fight all night!"
"Can you all get in then," Ginny said. "I want my girls night. And don't even try to eavesdrop, we'll have a silence spell up so you won't be able to hear anything."
"Like we care," Ron mumbled as they went into Blaise's room.
Harry kissed Ginny. Ron and Lavender hugged. Hermione looked at Draco.
"Thanks for before," Draco said softly so only Hermione could hear.
"No problem," Hermione blushed.
"You don't have to stand up for me, I can handle people like Weasel bee."
Hermione smiled, "Yea well..."
"So see you later," Draco said once Hermione looked as if she wouldn't finish the sentence.
Hermione nodded and hugged him quickly before leaving the room. Ginny locked the door from the outside.
"Finally!" Ginny grinned as Hermione put a bubble around the common room so no one could hear them talk. Food appeared on the coffee table in the room.
"Oh I got the elves to send us some food up," Lavender remembered.
Ginny lay on one of the sofas, Lavender and Hermione did the same.
"So why are we having a girls night?" Hermione asked. "I mean we have so much revision to do!"
"Hermione you need one night off!" Ginny said. "And you have no choice."
"So time for gossip!" Lavender squealed.
Hermione sighed. I love them but its N.E.W.T. year. Maybe I should enjoy myself, I need a break.
"Ok, I heard Pansy Parkinson cheated on Ernie!" Ginny laughed. "That was expected."
"That girl is too much of a slut," Lavender said.
"Who did she cheat on him with?" Hermione asked.
"Some Ravenclaw," Ginny replied. She then jumped up the sofa, "I forgot this." She pulled out a few bottles of firewhisky from her bag.
"You want us to get drunk?" Hermione asked. "On a school night?"
"Lighten up a little, it's a girls night!" Lavender smiled pouring them all a glass.
"Thanks," Hermione took the glass and drank it.
"And Parvati slept with Crabbe!" Lavender said.
"WHAT?" Ginny and Hermione shouted.
"I swear to Merlin she said she slept with him! Their whole common room knows!" Lavender grinned.
"Slut," Hermione grinned, the whisky was getting to her.
They gossiped about a few more people and had few more drinks.
"Time to get personal," Ginny smirked after forty minutes of gossiping.
Lavender looked at Hermione, "I need to ask you something and you have to be honest."
"Ok," Hermione nodded.
"What was between you and Ron?" Lavender asked.
"Ron and I, well we didn't really date not really. We were sort of together for two weeks in the summer before the war and then I realised I didn't want him. We ended it, it was mutual."
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