For the Piñata Challenge on the Hogwarts forum (Femslash Piñata)

For Em.

Word Count 568


"I brought coffee," Lavender says brightly, placing a cup in front of Parvati.

With a groan, Parvati inhales the rich, sugary aroma of the steam. Her tired eyes widen, and a small grin plays at her lips. "What would I do without you?" she asks.

Lavender gestures at the pile of books that rests in front of Parvati. Parvati winces whenever she notices a faint pool of drool on the table, damning evidence that she'd drifted off at least once in her brave attempt at tackling the mountain of homework she's tried to avoid. "Fail every subject?" Lavender offers with a laugh, sitting across from her girlfriend.

Parvati gives a lazy shrug of her shoulders. She supposes it isn't quite the truth. After all, Lavender is only slightly less apathetic about her schoolwork. "It's like the classes are my storm, and you're that little rainbow that reminds it's all worth it," she chuckles before returning her gaze to the stacks of books. "Why do I keep procrastinating?"

Lavender leans back in her chair, a smirk on her lips, her brows raised. "You like my attention," she suggests.

"True. You're the only one who will pamper me when I completely screw up," Parvati agrees, taking a cautious sip of the hot coffee.

"You haven't screwed up yet. You still have a day before some of it's due."

Another shrug. It isn't that Parvati dislikes school. The subjects still fascinate her, and it's always fun to challenge herself to master a new spell. But she is far too restless to just sit with her nose in a book. That's more Padma's thing.

"Let's start with Divination," Parvati says. "Palmistry."

Lavender rolls her eyes. "We did palmistry a month ago," she points out. "Shouldn't we focus on the cards?"

Parvati's lips twitch. She takes a deep breath, shaking her head. "It's a refresher course," she says. "Give me your hand."

"Bossy," Lavender laughs, taking another swallow of coffee before extended her arm, her palm facing upward.

Parvati grins and presses her finger gently to Lavender's palm, studying the intricate design of the lines. Slowly, she moves her finger along, following the curving trails with feather light movements. Her girlfriend giggles, shivering slightly at the movement.

"That tickles!"

Parvati trails her fingers upward to Lavender's wrist, watching in amusement as the other girl closes her eyes. She loves that she still has this effect on Lavender. "Let's see," she says, her fingers still working in slow, teasing strokes around Lavender's forearm.

"That's not my palm," Lavender grumbles, but the smile shows that she's enjoying it.

"Hmm. Oh, how very interesting," Parvati says, adding a gasp for dramatic flare. "Quite fascinating, really."

Lavender opens her eyes, lips pursed. "What is?"

"I see a dark haired woman in your future, my love," Parvati says. "Quite a beautiful woman, I should add. One who is very close to you and loves you so much."

Lavender snorts and pulls away from Parvati's grip. She leans in closer, cupping her girlfriend's face in her hands. "I didn't need Divination to know that," she laughs, pressing a quick, chaste kiss to her lips.

Parvati grins and pulls away and grins. "Don't you want to read mine?"

"I already did. I see you sleeping alone tonight if you don't finish homework."

"Mean," Parvati grumbles, but it's the push she needs to return her attention to her notes and textbooks.