I do not own Harry Potter.

Hermione threw her bag on the floor and collapsed on her bed. It had been an excruciatingly long first week back at Hogwarts. They had made many changes; all of them sorely needed as far as Hermione was concerned.

The best perk of being in the first 8th year class ever was they were living together in apartments. The apartments were co-ed and the Slytherin's were housed with the Gryffindor's, while the Ravenclaw's were housed with the Hufflepuff's. There were two hallways leading off the common area that the house elves had assumed would hold witches on one side and wizards on the other. In fact that's how they arranged the trunks, but it didn't work that way, at least with the Lions and Snakes. They didn't trust each other at all and wanted the hallways to be based on house not gender. So they all moved their belongings around and that's how Hermione found herself in a room with Ron on her left and Harry on her right. Across from their rooms were Pavarti, Seamus, Dean, and Neville. In all, there were seven 8th year Gryffindor's and they all had their own rooms, which was absolutely brilliant! There were only six 8th year Slytherin's that returned, Draco, Blaise, Pansy, Daphne, Tracey and Theo. Hermione had no idea how they're rooms were set up and she didn't plan on venturing down there to find out! Another perk of being an 8th year was that they were free to leave the grounds on weekends, if they wanted, as they were all of age. And really they all fought in a war so they should be able to go have a drink in Hogsmeade!

Before Hermione realized it she was drifting off to sleep. She vaguely remembered hearing Harry and Ron but she was so tired she couldn't be sure if she was dreaming it or not.

Harry knocked on Hermione's door before entering a moment later. He wasn't worried about walking in on her, as spending a year living with someone in a tent will make you accustomed to seeing each other in various states of undress. He walked in and stopped short at the sight before him. Hermione was sprawled out on her bed, uniform still on, complete with shoes. She looked as though she collapsed and fell asleep instantly. Harry smiled and walked over to her and proceeded to remove her shoes, and then he grabbed a blanket and covered her. He brushed some hair off of her face before moving to shut the lights off, just as Ron was walking in. "Harry, we have to wake her up. It's our first Friday night to go out and have fun."

"We can wait an hour Ron. She's obviously exhausted," replied Harry pushing Ron out of the room and closing the door behind them.

After listening to Ron whine for what seemed like forever, Harry finally sent him to go ask the others if they wanted to join them for some drinks in Hogsmeade. Harry made his way to the common room and wasn't sure what to do… it was filled with Slytherin's. After a moments pause he decided to sit down and join them. All conversation stopped when he did so, "What?"

They all just stared at him in response.

"Look, the war's over. They obviously put us in the same dorms so that we could get over our issues," said Harry frustrated with everyone staring at him.

Finally Daphne spoke up and replied, "I hate to admit it, but Potter's right. You know they put us together so we could," she mimicked quotation marks then said, "bond."

There was some grunting in response which Harry would take for now.

"So Potter, what are the Golden Trio up to tonight," sneered Pansy?

Harry ignored the tone and replied, "We're actually going out and getting completely sloshed tonight."

Blaise laughed and said, "The Gryffindor Princess is going to get sloshed? I'll believe it when I see it."

Everyone except Draco nodded in agreement and Harry clenched his jaw in annoyance. Losing his temper he said, "Then I guess you'll all have to come out with us and see for yourself."

There was an increase in the laughter until they realized he wasn't kidding, "Potter, you're not serious," asked Tracey?

Harry shrugged and said, "Yeah. Why not."

When they all just stared at him dumbfounded, he sighed and got up before saying, "Look just come for one drink, then you can ditch us. If you decide to come, meet us here in two hours." Then he left the room and headed back towards his bedroom thinking, Ron is going to kill me.

An hour later, after he'd invited Dean, Seamus, Neville and Pavarti, and broke the news that he'd invited the Slytherin's to Ron he went to wake Hermione. He left his door open slightly so there was some light shining into her room and sat down next to her on her bed. "Hermione," he said softly.

She didn't even move. Harry smiled and said it again. No response. Finally he placed his hand on her cheek and brushed it softly with his thumb and said, "Hermione, it's time to get up."

She opened her eyes and after a moment of confusion smiled at him. Then she started to stretch and Harry removed his hand. "Have a nice nap?"

"Yeah, I guess I was really tired," replied Hermione taking in the blanket and the fact that her shoes were gone and the light was off. She raised her eyebrow at him but he just shrugged. "So, not that I'm not happy to see you Harry, but why are you waking me up?"

Harry grinned and said, "It's our first Friday night back, we have to go to Hogsmeade and follow through on our promise to get drunk and have fun this year!"

Hermione laughed in response

"Is she up yet," asked Ron from Harry's doorway?

"Yes, Ron, I'm up," replied Hermione smiling.

"Good, let's go! Did Harry tell you he invited the Slytherin's," asked Ron horrified?

Hermione looked surprised for a moment then said, "No, he didn't."

Harry squirmed a little and said, "Well, we're supposed to be mending bridges and such."

Hermione smiled and replied, "You're right Harry. I'm proud of you for reaching out."

Ron made a gagging sound and whined, "Come on, can we just get going?"

Suddenly Hermione heard Seamus in Harry's room asking, "Is she up yet?"

"Yes, I'm up!" yelled Hermione getting out of bed.

"Oh good," squealed Pavarti before asking, "Do you want any help getting ready?"

Hermione looked to Harry for help but he just smiled and said, "Well, I'll leave you two to it," as he left her room, leaving her alone with Pavarti.

An hour later both girls walked out to the common room where they could hear the boys laughing and yelling. "Sounds like they've started without us," said Pavarti.

"Yes, it does. I guess we have some catching up to do," replied Hermione.

They entered the room and Hermione said, "We're finally ready to go."

Suddenly, there was complete silence. Pavarti grinned and Hermione looked around wondering what happened. Finally there was a whistle from Seamus followed by Dean who said, "You ladies look hot!"

Hermione blushed and made eye contact with Harry who looked like he had been hit by a bludger. For some reason this made her extremely happy and she grinned. Before she could make her way over to him she heard, "Damn, Granger, you clean up well," from Blaise.

Rolling her eyes she turned to him, purposely checking him out and said, "You're not so bad yourself, Zabini."

She heard spluttering in the background and knew it was Ron but she ignored it as she smiled at the Slytherin's. "So Harry tells me you're coming out for drinks with us?"

Draco nodded but looked extremely uncomfortable as did the rest of them so she took a chance and said, "Alright, well, let's start off on the right foot this year. I'm Hermione Granger," she held out her hand to Draco and finished, "and you are?"

He looked at her for a minute and she was sure he was going to reject her but surprisingly he took her hand and brought to his lips, kissing the back of it before saying, "Pleased to meet you Miss Granger, I'm Draco Malfoy."

She actually giggled when he smiled at her, then she turned and did the same with everyone else. She motioned for the rest of the Gryffindor's to do the same and after another five minutes they were all on their way.

As they were walking to Hogsmeade Harry leaned into her and whispered in her ear, "That was brilliant Hermione."

She shivered involuntarily from the close contact and said, "Thanks, I was sure he was going to walk away from me, though."

"He did look like he was fighting a battle with himself for a minute there," replied Harry.

Ron moved over to walk with them and said, "Hermione, you do look hot tonight."

She rolled her eyes and said, "You sound surprised as always, Ronald."

He flinched at the name, then whined, "Aw come on Hermione, don't be mad at me tonight! We're supposed to be having fun!"

She smiled at him, and then kissed his cheek and said, "You're right Ron. Fun it is."

He beamed at her and when Hermione turned to grin at Harry, he was scowling. He quickly covered it up and smiled back at her.

"So Mr. Potter, do you have plans to seduce anyone tonight?" asked Hermione sexily.

He looked completely shocked before shaking his head no.

"That just won't do Mr. Potter. We'll have to fix that," she replied mischievously.

Ron leaned in and whispered, "Pavarti looks hot tonight, do you mind if I go for her?"

"Actually Ron, I was thinking of going for her," replied Hermione seriously.

Both boys stopped walking with looks of complete shock on them, causing those behind them to stumble into them and Hermione laughed riotously, "I'm only kidding! You two are too easy!"

When they finally arrived at the Three Broomsticks, it was packed. They found a large table in the corner and packed themselves around it. They started drinking to alleviate the awkwardness of being in each other's company and after an hour they were all well on they're way to being sloshed. The girls had all managed to sit in one of the boys' laps without realizing it and Hermione found herself in Harry's lap. They were having a great time and Hermione decided to try and get to know the Slytherin's better.

"Alright, who wants to play a game, it's called I Never," asked Hermione?

They all indicated yes and she explained, "So each person says I Never and then they fill in the blank. If you have done what that person says then you have to drink. So for example if I say I Never kissed a girl, everyone who has kissed a girl has to drink. It's pretty simple. Got it?"

Everyone nodded so she started, "I Never kissed a girl," said Hermione then she picked up her drink and drank surprising everyone. She just smirked as the boys drank, as well as Pavarti.

Harry spoke up next, "I've never snogged someone on my broom." Harry, Draco, Blaise and Theo all drank, causing Pansy to shriek, "Draco!"

Pavarti said, "I've never been caught snogging in a broom closet." Everyone except Harry and Hermione drank.

Ron said, "I've never snuck into the Slytherin's common room." Harry and Ron both drank causing many raised eyebrows.

Draco said, "I've never dated a Gryffindor." Surprisingly Theo, Draco, and Daphne all drank in addition to the Gryffindor's.

Daphne said, "I've never had a crush on Potter." Silence descended on the table as Daphne, Tracey, Pavarti, Hermione and Theo all drank. Harry blushed profusely and raised his eyebrows at Hermione who refused to look at him.

Tracey said, "I've never had a crush on Draco." Again Hermione drank causing Ron to splutter. So did Pavarti, Pansy, Tracey, and Theo again.

Draco preened and said, "What can I say I'm good looking."

Blaise laughed and said, "I've never had a wet dream about Granger." Hermione was bright red in embarrassment and she nearly fell to the floor when Harry, Ron, Seamus, Neville, Blaise and Draco all drank. She turned and buried her head in Harry's chest as he laughed.

Tracey cleared her throat to get everyone's attention then said, "I've never been caught pleasuring myself." There was a lot of laughing as Tracey, Neville and Theo all drank.

Pansy thought for a moment and said, "I've never given a blow job." Shrieks of surprise rang out as Pansy, Daphne, Tracey, Pavarti, Hermione, and Theo all drank.

"Hermione?" gasped Ron in shock.

She just shook her head and refused to make eye contact with either Ron or Harry.

"I've never been in a threesome," said Theo smirking. Theo, Draco, Blaise and to everyone's surprise Dean and Pavarti all drank.

Seamus grinned then said, "I've never brought someone to the Room of Requirement to shag." Dean and Neville both drank sending the table into an uproar.

Neville blushed then said, "I've never thought of someone else while shagging." Everyone except Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Daphne drank.

Dean said, "I've never thought someone of the same sex was hot," followed by him drinking. Everyone except Ron and Pansy drank.

"Did we all go," asked Hermione?

"Yeah, I think we did," replied Harry then he added, "That was actually fun."

There was definite agreement amongst the group and Hermione said, "We'll have to think up some new ones and do it again next weekend."

"I'll drink to that," replied Seamus holding his drink out and everyone joined in.

They spent the rest of the night chatting, laughing, drinking and of course flirting.

At one point Harry had tugged Hermione around so that she was straddling him. They were laughing and Hermione was running her hands through his hair.

"Granger, I thought you were with Weasley," asked Blaise?

Hermione turned so that she could see the others, as her back was towards them, "No, not anymore," replied Hermione. She moved again to see Ron occupied with Pavarti and heard Harry groan. She looked down at him curiously and he said, "Please stop squirming so much."

She did it again just to tease him and realized he was quite excited. She grinned mischievously at him and whispered in his ear, "Why Mr. Potter, you seem quite happy to see me."

"Minx," replied Harry breathlessly, before nibbling on her ear.

"Oi, you two, get a room!" laughed Seamus.

"Gladly," replied Harry grinning.

Hermione smacked his arm and got off his lap and said, "Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny. I'm going to the loo."

Of course all the girls went together.

"Potter, what's up with you and Granger," asked Draco?

Harry could feel Ron boring a hole into the side of his head. He tried to play it off as nothing, shrugging his shoulders and said, "Nothing. We're just friends having fun flirting with each other."

He saw Ron visibly relax but meanwhile inside Harry was freaking out. He couldn't believe how turned on Hermione was making him and he was serious when he said he would gladly get a room with her.

How did he never realize how sexy she was?