"You've got to be joking!" Harry laughed at the poster.
"What is it?" Ron asked coming over to stand next to him.
"Look at this" Harry instructed, and pointed to the white flier on their common room post board.
"This Friday, February 14th, the 5th year class is doing a Singing Valentines fundraiser. 1 sickle to have someone sung too, and 2 sickles for someone to be sung to and given a present!" Ron read aloud.
Hermione had been sitting in a velvet chair reading her charms book before she came up behind them to take a look at the flier.
"Oh, right, Lavender was telling me about that!"
Ron turned to give her a doubtful look. "Lavender? She's in our class Hermione, this is being put on by the 5th years."
"I know that Ronald! But lavender takes chorus and they asked some of the 6th years to help with the singing and she said she'd love too. I think we all know how much she fancies showing off her voice..." Hermione explained with a smile.
Harry laughed knowingly.
"At least she can sing!" Ron joked to Hermione.
"Hey!" she gasped with mock hurt, holding one hand to her chest and raising her eyebrows.
"Aw, I'm just messing with you 'mione" he said while shoving her shoulder.
"Good" she laughed while returning the shove, and walked back to her chair with a sly little grin on her face.
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"How romantic!" Pansy squealed to her friend Zylia
"I know!" Zylia gushed back.
The rest of their conversation reduced into hushed whispers and giggles, which became more and more irritating to the surrounding Slytherin population.
"Ok fine, I'll take the bait, what is so exciting Pansy?" Blaise said sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
"Look at this flier!" Pansy said perkily and snatched it off the wall to show to Blaise.
"You've got to be kidding me. You're getting all worked up over this?"
"I'm part French, I can't help it if I like a little romance" Pansy replied, taking the piece of paper back from Blaise.
"What sappy love scheme is Dumbledore having us do now?" Draco drawled while taking the paper from Pansy. He quickly scanned it over and laughed. "Singing Valentines? How pathetic!"
Pansy seemed hurt by his comment and quickly snatched the paper back.
"I think it's a good idea" Zylia reassured her seemed to give Pansy her confidence back.
"I for one, would love to have someone send me a singing valentine" Pansy said meaningfully in Draco's direction, although he had already gone back to reading his copy of the Daily Prophet.
"Go ahead. Go be publicly humiliated in front of everyone, if that's what you want. Personally, I would hex anyone who even tried to get some lowlife to sing to me" Blaise scoffed and went back to his essay.
"Uh! Boys!" Pansy complained, and marched out of the common room with Zylia right behind her.
