Negatives

A/N: Hey, trying a new fanfic here. This one is entitled "Negatives" (as you may very well be able to see above); all the clips will be very short outtakes from the series. The scenes will be about the ten Gryffindors of Harry's year in alphabetical order, including two of my OC's. All of these 'negatives' are scenes that weren't in the books, correspond to scenes in the books indirectly, or merely reflect personality traits. Lavender Brown is up first - enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Bloomsbury, or Scholastic; I am not J.K. Rowling (like bowling – get it right, people), nor have I trapped her in a cage or something similar.

Lavender Brown

1. Confident – Half-Blood Prince

"Of course I can get him," she boasts as she drags Parvati by the hand towards the Quidditch pitch. Today is tryouts for the Gryffindor team, and although Parvati is looking forwards to Potter and Thomas and the other boys looking very hot and sweaty and sexy, she doesn't like Lavender's makeup overload or slutty robes.

"But Hermione," Parvati tries to add lamely.

"Bloody Granger can go to hell," Lavender growls. The mood changes as she whirls her best friend around. "Ron will be my boyfriend. No problem."

Parvati nods, bites her lip, and decides to warn Hermione Granger about Lavender's addiction to Ron.

2. WTF?! – Goblet of Fire

Lavender has been dancing all night. Her robes have never felt better (and tighter from the rich food), her shoes have never looked more amazing (because everyone just knows that dancing for hours in stilettos feels painful), and she snogged Seamus (and then he broke up with her).

She walks into the common room gleefully and stops dead at the gossip.

Ron and Hermione are not talking to each other. More precisely, Ron and Hermione have had a fight.

The trio's been broken.

Lavender, of course, now has a choice to make. She can go to Ron, or she could talk to Hermione, and therefore get in the brunette's good graces.

She walks up the girls' staircase slowly, carefully, considering each and every word. When she pushes open the door to her dormitory, Hermione has drawn her curtains and sniffling noises are floating from the bed. Instead of chatting with the others, Lavender pushes back Hermione's curtains gently and says, "Are you all right?"