"You know you didn't have to come to this party, right? We could have
gone somewhere else, because I know Fred being here is making you
uncomfortable," Serenity said quietly to Devian as they sat in a secluded
corner of Nella and George's apartment.
Despite all the drama that had happend the previous week, the group decided that a Christmas party might cheer them all up and get everyone into the spirit of the season. They hadn't counted on there being an awkwardness between Fred and Devian, however.
The initial meeting brought a weak smile and polite 'hello' from both of them, but they made sure to stay at opposite sides of the room the rest of the night. Serenity stayed with Devian for moral support as long as she could before Draco stumbled over to them in a half drunken stupor, whispered something very loudly in Serenity's ear which to Devian sounded horribly like something having to do with peanut butter pants, and they both snuck off to another room.
Devian, on the other hand, had decided it was time for another drink. And then another one five minutes later. About a half an hour after that, Devian was wandering about very drunkenly when she decided it might be fun to jump on Ron's back and demand a piggy back ride. Ron, who was quite annebriated himself, obliged to her request and even went so far as to yell 'yeehaw' every once in awhile.
Not long after, Devian passed out, waking up only long enough to hear Nella screaming, "DRACO, SERENITY DON'T YOU EVER TRY TO DO THAT ON MY BED AGAIN! OUT BOTH OF YOU!"
Meanwhile, Hermione was going through inner turmoil trying to decide if (and when) she would tell Serenity about the Draco/Harry kiss thing. After observing for awhile before Draco had gotten stupidly drunk, she had come to the conclusion that they didn't act any different around each other, and that the kiss had just been an accidental one time affair that wouldn't happen again.
Fred was trying very hard not to care about Devian's well being, which proved no easy task as he watched her pass out again on the couch. He was about to go help her when Serenity came out of a nearby closet with Draco and decided it was time to take Devian home.
She lightly slapped her on the face to wake her up, which for some reason caused Devian to kick out, causing Serenity to fall to the ground. After she had recovered she tried pulling Devian to her feet, and with the help of Draco actually managed to get her into a standing position. She was leading her to the door when Devian finally woke up a little more and decided to go into the apologetic drunk routine. She stumbled up to Nella and George, hanging on to them for balance, "I'm sho sorry i's all m-my fault," she began to wail loudly.
Nella and Geroge exchanged confused looks, "Er- what's all your fault?" George asked cautiously.
"I was p-playing with your lampshade earlier, because it makes a charming hat, and I l-l-lost it!" she exclaimed between sobs.
"That's.. okay Dev. We'll find it later. You go home and get some rest now," George replied, patting her on the back and turning her towards the door.
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A couple days later the Christmas holiday was over and everyone was back to work or on the train to Hogwarts. As the train neared it's destination, Hermione decided to go look for Harry and Draco and tell them to get changed into their robes. She didn't find them with any of their other friends, and had no luck after telling Seamus to go into the bathroom to look for them. Finally, she decided to move towards the back of the train where it was less crowded. She was about to open the door of the very last compartment when she heard strange noises from inside. She opened it a crack, almost had a heart attack, and closed it back up again, hoping Harry and Draco hadn't noticed. She made up her mind to write a letter to Serenity as soon as they arrived at Hogwarts.
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Serenity was eating breakfast the next day when she recieved Hermione's owl. However, she did not open it at first because she was busy wrestling the bottle of vodka out of Devian's hands. She had invited her friend over for breakfast and was wondering if that had been a mistake.
"Honestly Dev, vodka isn't too healthy first thing in the morning."
"Let me have it! I need to put it in my orange juice!"
"No, I'm saving you from yourself, NOW LET...GO!" she tried pulling harder, but Devian proved to be stronger than she looked.
Finally Serenity gave up, vowing to not let her have more than one drink. She opened the letter and began to read. The news didn't sink in at first so she had to read it over again, then threw it to the floor and lunged for the bottle of vodka, taking a long hard swig.
"Hey, give it back!" Devian cried, completely ignoring the fact that her friend looked about ready to beat someone within an inch of their life.
Serenity took another gulp before handing the bottle back to Devian, who looked surprised at having won so easily.
"What was in the letter?" She asked, staring curiously down at it.
"Give me back the alcohol and I'll let you read it."
"Fair enough," she handed over the bottle and went to retrieve the letter.
Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open as she finished reading. She looked up at Serenity and then back at the letter,"but... how?"
Serenity rolled her eyes, "Don't tell me I'll have to explain the workings of a gay relationship for you now. See, the guy takes his-"
"I know how they do it!" Devian exclaimed, turning red, "what I meant was how could they?"
"That will remain a mystery because I don't believe I'll be talking to dear sweet Draco for a long time. Now go fetch the rum, Mr. Vodka is getting lonely," Serenity said, already feeling the effects of the drink.
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Later that day there was a knock on the door. Devian answerd it, half crawling on the floor.
"Oh, hi George, hi Nella. Lovely day, isn't it? May I offer you a drink?" she said, slurring her words.
Nella shook her head, "Devian, you need to get sobered up. I know you've been going through alot lately, but drinking constantly isn't going to solve anything. Why has Serenity let you have so much this early in the day?"
The answer presented itself as Serenity stumbled out of the kitchen and tripped over the couch. "Devian, answer the door!"
"I already did," Devian answered, pulling herself into a standing postion using George for support.
Serenity looked up, "Oh, hi."
"What's wrong with you?" Nella asked her, looking concerned.
"Oh, we're spiraling together, because she got a letter about Draco today and-"
"That's enough Devian! I didn't really want anyone to know about it."
"Sorry about that old chap," Devian cried, putting on a fake cockney accent, which she for some reason found hysterically funny.
"Er- anyway," George started, giving them a confused look,"we just came by to work out your and Fred's visitation schedule for Maddie."
Devian gave him a blank look,"don't we need Fred here as well in order for that to work?"
"Yes...that's why we brought him," George motioned out into the hallway and a minute later Fred wanderd in, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Devian stared at him wide-eyed for a moment, looking as if she were about to burst into tears, "Well alright then, let's get it overwith."
An hour later they had the schedule all worked out, without Devian and Fred saying so much as a word to one another.
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As the weeks passed by Devian and Serenity's drinking became a daily routine which no one dared to tamper with. Everyday after work and on weekends they would get miserably drunk and either go out to clubs or end up passing out on the floor of one of their apartments.
One busy Saturday night they bumped into someone quite unexpected. The man sitting next to Devian at the bar turned to her, "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
She gave him a puzzled look and tried to think, "hang on... you're Oliver Wood, aren't you? Fred introduced you to me once."
He gave her a dazzling smile, "ah, Devian. I remember now. So why don't I ever see you anymore?"
"You mean he hasn't told you about us?"
Wood looked confused, "no, what about you?"
"We uh... had a fight during our wedding. We're currently taking a break from each other."
"I'm sorry to hear that. So, who's your friend?" he was referring to Serenity, who up until that point had been trying hard not to stare at him.
"Oh, this is my best friend Serenity. Serenity, this is Oliver Wood, quidditch captain and all around ladie's man."
Wood laughed, "I wouldn't exactly say that. I haven't been in a serious relationship for months," at this he turned to Serenity, "so are you seeing anyone at the moment?"
She blushed ten shades of red before responding, "Er, sort of. But we're having a bit of trouble right now."
"I think we all need another drink," Devian interrupted, motioning for the bartender to come over.
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*3 hours later*
The three of them were strolling through the streets, arm in arm, back to Serenity's apartment, singing their own rendition of 100 bottles of beer on the wall (which incidentally had been changed to 247 wheels of cheese in the tub) when Serenity made the announcment that Wood would be spending the night with them.
"You obviously can't make it all the way home, what with the state you're in."
He looked down and remembered that he had lost his pants about 5 blocks ago when he'd declared he was absolutely too sexy for them. He just wished he hadn't decided to wear the boxers with the little hearts on them today.
"Fine with me," he said, shivering a bit.
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As Draco wandered back from his usual meeting place with Harry, he felt another of those all too familiar pangs of guilt that had been plagueing him lately. He missed Serenity, alot, and though he had written to her every other day, she never returned any of his letters, save for the first one which had a short hello and gave the impression that she was angry with him. He thought that maybe he should talk to her in person and tell her about what he was doing. That way he could beg for forgiveness.
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Back at the aparment Devian rushed immediately into the bathroom after a wave of nasuea swept over her. Serenity and Wood were left to stare stupidly at each other for awhile before they started to kiss heatedly, not caring whether Devian would come back again to discover them. They needn't have worried anyway, because Devian had fallen aspleep in a sitting postion on the floor with her head resting on the toilet seat. Some time later she woke up, in desperate need of a shower. She miraculousy got the water to the right temperature and got in, although she had forgotten to lock the door.
Wood wandered out of Serenity's bedroom naked, and decided he should take a shower. When he got to the bathroom, he discovered Devian was already there but simply shrugged that fact off and got in with her.
Devian was a bit startled but didn't feel the full effect of naked showering Wood until he accidentally fell forward, pinning her to the bottom of the bathtub. She would have liked to have gotten up but realized he had fallen asleep, so she managed to reach the shower faucet with her foot to turn it off before passing out as well.
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END OF CHAPTER!!! can't say it wasn't interesting, right? RIGHT?
thanks to all the lurvely reviewers. next chapter should be out soon.
Despite all the drama that had happend the previous week, the group decided that a Christmas party might cheer them all up and get everyone into the spirit of the season. They hadn't counted on there being an awkwardness between Fred and Devian, however.
The initial meeting brought a weak smile and polite 'hello' from both of them, but they made sure to stay at opposite sides of the room the rest of the night. Serenity stayed with Devian for moral support as long as she could before Draco stumbled over to them in a half drunken stupor, whispered something very loudly in Serenity's ear which to Devian sounded horribly like something having to do with peanut butter pants, and they both snuck off to another room.
Devian, on the other hand, had decided it was time for another drink. And then another one five minutes later. About a half an hour after that, Devian was wandering about very drunkenly when she decided it might be fun to jump on Ron's back and demand a piggy back ride. Ron, who was quite annebriated himself, obliged to her request and even went so far as to yell 'yeehaw' every once in awhile.
Not long after, Devian passed out, waking up only long enough to hear Nella screaming, "DRACO, SERENITY DON'T YOU EVER TRY TO DO THAT ON MY BED AGAIN! OUT BOTH OF YOU!"
Meanwhile, Hermione was going through inner turmoil trying to decide if (and when) she would tell Serenity about the Draco/Harry kiss thing. After observing for awhile before Draco had gotten stupidly drunk, she had come to the conclusion that they didn't act any different around each other, and that the kiss had just been an accidental one time affair that wouldn't happen again.
Fred was trying very hard not to care about Devian's well being, which proved no easy task as he watched her pass out again on the couch. He was about to go help her when Serenity came out of a nearby closet with Draco and decided it was time to take Devian home.
She lightly slapped her on the face to wake her up, which for some reason caused Devian to kick out, causing Serenity to fall to the ground. After she had recovered she tried pulling Devian to her feet, and with the help of Draco actually managed to get her into a standing position. She was leading her to the door when Devian finally woke up a little more and decided to go into the apologetic drunk routine. She stumbled up to Nella and George, hanging on to them for balance, "I'm sho sorry i's all m-my fault," she began to wail loudly.
Nella and Geroge exchanged confused looks, "Er- what's all your fault?" George asked cautiously.
"I was p-playing with your lampshade earlier, because it makes a charming hat, and I l-l-lost it!" she exclaimed between sobs.
"That's.. okay Dev. We'll find it later. You go home and get some rest now," George replied, patting her on the back and turning her towards the door.
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A couple days later the Christmas holiday was over and everyone was back to work or on the train to Hogwarts. As the train neared it's destination, Hermione decided to go look for Harry and Draco and tell them to get changed into their robes. She didn't find them with any of their other friends, and had no luck after telling Seamus to go into the bathroom to look for them. Finally, she decided to move towards the back of the train where it was less crowded. She was about to open the door of the very last compartment when she heard strange noises from inside. She opened it a crack, almost had a heart attack, and closed it back up again, hoping Harry and Draco hadn't noticed. She made up her mind to write a letter to Serenity as soon as they arrived at Hogwarts.
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Serenity was eating breakfast the next day when she recieved Hermione's owl. However, she did not open it at first because she was busy wrestling the bottle of vodka out of Devian's hands. She had invited her friend over for breakfast and was wondering if that had been a mistake.
"Honestly Dev, vodka isn't too healthy first thing in the morning."
"Let me have it! I need to put it in my orange juice!"
"No, I'm saving you from yourself, NOW LET...GO!" she tried pulling harder, but Devian proved to be stronger than she looked.
Finally Serenity gave up, vowing to not let her have more than one drink. She opened the letter and began to read. The news didn't sink in at first so she had to read it over again, then threw it to the floor and lunged for the bottle of vodka, taking a long hard swig.
"Hey, give it back!" Devian cried, completely ignoring the fact that her friend looked about ready to beat someone within an inch of their life.
Serenity took another gulp before handing the bottle back to Devian, who looked surprised at having won so easily.
"What was in the letter?" She asked, staring curiously down at it.
"Give me back the alcohol and I'll let you read it."
"Fair enough," she handed over the bottle and went to retrieve the letter.
Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open as she finished reading. She looked up at Serenity and then back at the letter,"but... how?"
Serenity rolled her eyes, "Don't tell me I'll have to explain the workings of a gay relationship for you now. See, the guy takes his-"
"I know how they do it!" Devian exclaimed, turning red, "what I meant was how could they?"
"That will remain a mystery because I don't believe I'll be talking to dear sweet Draco for a long time. Now go fetch the rum, Mr. Vodka is getting lonely," Serenity said, already feeling the effects of the drink.
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Later that day there was a knock on the door. Devian answerd it, half crawling on the floor.
"Oh, hi George, hi Nella. Lovely day, isn't it? May I offer you a drink?" she said, slurring her words.
Nella shook her head, "Devian, you need to get sobered up. I know you've been going through alot lately, but drinking constantly isn't going to solve anything. Why has Serenity let you have so much this early in the day?"
The answer presented itself as Serenity stumbled out of the kitchen and tripped over the couch. "Devian, answer the door!"
"I already did," Devian answered, pulling herself into a standing postion using George for support.
Serenity looked up, "Oh, hi."
"What's wrong with you?" Nella asked her, looking concerned.
"Oh, we're spiraling together, because she got a letter about Draco today and-"
"That's enough Devian! I didn't really want anyone to know about it."
"Sorry about that old chap," Devian cried, putting on a fake cockney accent, which she for some reason found hysterically funny.
"Er- anyway," George started, giving them a confused look,"we just came by to work out your and Fred's visitation schedule for Maddie."
Devian gave him a blank look,"don't we need Fred here as well in order for that to work?"
"Yes...that's why we brought him," George motioned out into the hallway and a minute later Fred wanderd in, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Devian stared at him wide-eyed for a moment, looking as if she were about to burst into tears, "Well alright then, let's get it overwith."
An hour later they had the schedule all worked out, without Devian and Fred saying so much as a word to one another.
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As the weeks passed by Devian and Serenity's drinking became a daily routine which no one dared to tamper with. Everyday after work and on weekends they would get miserably drunk and either go out to clubs or end up passing out on the floor of one of their apartments.
One busy Saturday night they bumped into someone quite unexpected. The man sitting next to Devian at the bar turned to her, "Don't I know you from somewhere?"
She gave him a puzzled look and tried to think, "hang on... you're Oliver Wood, aren't you? Fred introduced you to me once."
He gave her a dazzling smile, "ah, Devian. I remember now. So why don't I ever see you anymore?"
"You mean he hasn't told you about us?"
Wood looked confused, "no, what about you?"
"We uh... had a fight during our wedding. We're currently taking a break from each other."
"I'm sorry to hear that. So, who's your friend?" he was referring to Serenity, who up until that point had been trying hard not to stare at him.
"Oh, this is my best friend Serenity. Serenity, this is Oliver Wood, quidditch captain and all around ladie's man."
Wood laughed, "I wouldn't exactly say that. I haven't been in a serious relationship for months," at this he turned to Serenity, "so are you seeing anyone at the moment?"
She blushed ten shades of red before responding, "Er, sort of. But we're having a bit of trouble right now."
"I think we all need another drink," Devian interrupted, motioning for the bartender to come over.
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*3 hours later*
The three of them were strolling through the streets, arm in arm, back to Serenity's apartment, singing their own rendition of 100 bottles of beer on the wall (which incidentally had been changed to 247 wheels of cheese in the tub) when Serenity made the announcment that Wood would be spending the night with them.
"You obviously can't make it all the way home, what with the state you're in."
He looked down and remembered that he had lost his pants about 5 blocks ago when he'd declared he was absolutely too sexy for them. He just wished he hadn't decided to wear the boxers with the little hearts on them today.
"Fine with me," he said, shivering a bit.
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As Draco wandered back from his usual meeting place with Harry, he felt another of those all too familiar pangs of guilt that had been plagueing him lately. He missed Serenity, alot, and though he had written to her every other day, she never returned any of his letters, save for the first one which had a short hello and gave the impression that she was angry with him. He thought that maybe he should talk to her in person and tell her about what he was doing. That way he could beg for forgiveness.
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Back at the aparment Devian rushed immediately into the bathroom after a wave of nasuea swept over her. Serenity and Wood were left to stare stupidly at each other for awhile before they started to kiss heatedly, not caring whether Devian would come back again to discover them. They needn't have worried anyway, because Devian had fallen aspleep in a sitting postion on the floor with her head resting on the toilet seat. Some time later she woke up, in desperate need of a shower. She miraculousy got the water to the right temperature and got in, although she had forgotten to lock the door.
Wood wandered out of Serenity's bedroom naked, and decided he should take a shower. When he got to the bathroom, he discovered Devian was already there but simply shrugged that fact off and got in with her.
Devian was a bit startled but didn't feel the full effect of naked showering Wood until he accidentally fell forward, pinning her to the bottom of the bathtub. She would have liked to have gotten up but realized he had fallen asleep, so she managed to reach the shower faucet with her foot to turn it off before passing out as well.
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END OF CHAPTER!!! can't say it wasn't interesting, right? RIGHT?
thanks to all the lurvely reviewers. next chapter should be out soon.