A/N:

Written as part of a challenge over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Other Character: Hermione

Prompt: "Rule number one. Don't ever fall in love with a straight girl." (Orange is the New Black)

Playing It Gay

Hermione led Katie through the large house where she would be staying for the next seven weeks, explaining the rules of how the show would work

"So, rule number one. Don't fall in love with a straight girl," she stated. "I know it might seem obvious, but you would be surprised at how many times in our shows history that we've got down to the final two and the competitor has chose a straight woman."

Katie nodded her head. She had watched the show, and could vividly recall Angelina's devastation when she had chosen Alicia Spinnet as her partner, only to find out that she was in fact straight. It had been heart wrenching to watch, and she couldn't imagine how much worse it had been for her.

"Rule number two, you must conduct yourself appropriately at all times; any misconduct of any sort and you will be sued for breach of contract," Hermione followed up. "And rule three, and the most important rule of all – have an amazing experience. So, are you ready to meet the twelve young ladies?"

Katie looked up at the young, well dressed producer and smiled. "Absolutely."

As they approached the double doors that would lead out into the garden, Katie heard the dulcet tone of the host Mundungus Fletcher doing the introduction to the show.

"Good Evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to a brand new series of Playing it Gay. These twelve ladies are all hoping to win the affections of our gorgeous singleton Katie Bell, but as always there is a catch, three of our tremendous twelve are actually straight, and it is up to our lovely lady to determine who's gay and who is only pretending. So without further a due, let's meet our singleton, KATIE BELL."

The double doors flung open, and with an encouraging smile and nudge from Hermione, Katie took a deep breath and entered the garden.

A/N:

This was written as a spin on a show I remember watching several years ago called Playing it Straight – so all credit for the game show idea goes to them.

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