Harry, Ron and Hermione crashed into their favourite armchairs by the fire after pushing the scrawny first years off. Finally they were free of exams! Three weeks ago, they had stress consuming their every waking hour, now they were free.

"Thank you God." Groaned Ron as he closed his eyes

"I thought the day would never come." Said Harry, who was slow roasting a bag of ever expanding marshmallows they had brought from honey dukes the week before.

Hermione sat up in her chair, creases lining her slim face.

"I just know I didn't explain that paragraph on how the trolls defeated the goblins in the History of Magic plan, I just know it." She said, starting to chew worriedly at her nails

"Shut up Hermione." Harry and Ron said in unison

She sighed "I'm sure I'm going to fail all of my tests, I should have studied harder!"

"Hermione, if you had studied more than what you already have, you wouldn't have got any sleep, let alone the 5 hours you let yourself had this week." Replied Ron sarcastically

She stood and paced the room

"Oh I just know – "

Hermione squealed as Harry and Ron pegged their embroidered cushions at her.

"Hermron, s' over, cam we jost forbeb aboub it?" Harry said as he chewed a marshmallow before it could expand any further.

"Forget about exams!?" asked Fred as he and George entered the common room

"Really Harry, you should be ashamed of yourself, letting your attitude get the better of you." Added George, crossing his arms in an uncanny resemblance to his mother

"What are you two doing?" asked Ron as he toasted a marshmallow

"Figuring out how to turn your head into a pickle." Replied Fred

" Not that we need much help," Said George, gesturing to Rons head

With that the two twins went upstairs, their heads nearly scraping the roof on the way up.

When the sign up sheet for staying at Hogwarts for Christmas came around, they all signed their names up.

Harry noticed that Neville had put his name down to stay as well and felt a pang of guilt as he remembered his parents at the hospital.

"Come on," said Hermione "Let's go to dinner."