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Theo and Hermione.
Theo was no fool as he turned the corner into the library. He knew what he saw, and what he had seen was valuable. Extremely valuable. In his mind he stored the snippet of gossip as he saw a brunette and Michael Corner snogging in the corner of the room. But who on earth was the girl? Michael had been dating Cho for about a year and a half after His and Ginny's break up, but this girl was clearly not Cho and why on earth were they in the Library at this time? The girl leaned back from their entwined chairs and he saw not some Ravenclaw book junkie, but none other than Hermione Granger, Head Girl. That was what made this particular piece of information incredibly useful to him.
The tall boy silently left the doorway walking now towards the dungeons, wondering what Draco would do for this information. It wasn't that Theo was particularly intent on gossiping about Hermione Grangers sexual antics, however Malfoy had a strange infatuation with her that was the border between lust and hate. Theo knew he would trade substantial amounts of money for this gossip, and after the Slytherin's game of poker last night Nott wanted the cash for the upcoming Hogsmede weekend. Although it wasn't that he didn't have the cash, it was just he enjoyed a sick sense of satisfaction knowing that he had earned it for virtually no trouble. Wondering lazily back to the Slytherin common room Theo had time to plan exactly what to say. As Head Boy, he was on relatively good terms with Granger for a Slytherin and he did understand that she commanded some respect, so no embellishments could be added, however he did not feel that they would be necessary for this particular task. He tapped the wall of the dungeon as he muttered the password for the common room, as Head Boy he did get a shared common room with Granger, however he had a single room in the Slytherin Dungeon, formally a first year dormitory. After the war they didn't try to push relations between the houses as much as make it seem normal, so no shared living quarters with Hermione, however he thought they both enjoyed the company of another intellectual student in their common room/study.
Malfoy was sitting in the central leather sofa in the common room, surrounded by Zabini, Pike, Crabbe, Daphne and Astoria. He also noted the absence of Parkinson and Goyle. He stored that away into his mind. "Evening all"
He said, easily sitting down into one of the black armchairs, straightening his trousers, "Interesting rounds tonight."
He left that hanging in the air, Draco raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. For Malfoy that was practically him begging Theo to continue, Draco cleared his throat, conversation had obviously been lagging "Do enlighten us Nott."
The obvious leader looked the dark haired boy directly in the eyes. Theo did not answer. "How much?" sighed Draco, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small black velvet sack, obviously full of galleons. This was a normal conversation between Nott and Malfoy, there was too much money to throw around between the pair of them and it had seemed to have lost its value between the two friends.
Theo smiled, looking at Draco gently bringing his fingers together to create a spindle like temple. "I think that 10 galleons would suffice." In other peoples company this might seem like a small fortune but the blond boy counted out ten and handed them to Nott. "Now out with it."
"Granger and Michael Corner in the library some pretty intense making out going on there, I was worried he might swallow her tonsils, interesting seeing as I'm unsure as to the finality of Chang's break up with him."
Malfoy did look indeed surprised, "Worth the gold, I think." Nott nodded, he had known Draco would be interested. The rest of the group had been listening to this exchange between the two boys, well, except for Daphne and Blaise, but they were hardly expect to concentrate on company seeing as they were obviously at it like rabbits. Astoria was just looking at Draco, as he pondered the information. It was obvious she was vaguely attracted to him however currently Pike was stroking her hand. Theo felt himself gag a little, how she could stand the boy was crazy, the slimy git was a pervert and an idiot. Theo might have something up his arse about Pike after a run in over a pretty girl in Ravenclaw called Pamela. Well, Nott had gotten the girl, so there was nothing to worry about. Nott had also gotten rid of the girl, she had been vapid, self obsessed and all together not worth it. Draco leant back into his chair again murmuring "Michael Corner eh?"
Theo got up from his chair, "Night all." He left Draco to ponder this information as he ascended the stairs to his room and sunk into his fluffy bed, the pillows caving blissfully around his tired head. He shrugged off his trousers and pulled off his shirt leaving his toned chest and legs bare. He stood again and looked at himself in the mirror. He didn't mind what he saw, of course he was no Draco, but it was a bad set of abdominals and if he did think so, he had the longer legs. He checked himself mentally after that; if there was one thing Nott was then it was a slight vanity about his body. It wasn't a driven self-obsession, just a sense of pride for the honed machine he had become after years of an absences of any apparent growth. Folding his clothes carefully and placing them onto the large armchair by the fireplace he wriggled under the covers stretched and slept.