"Hmmmmm." She sighed as warm minty breath fluttered across her face.
Hermione Granger was not up at six. It was strange, she was always up at six on week days, but at the moment she was curled peacefully around a pillow on her bed in her new dorm. The boys were stumped to say the least and weren't sure if it was safe to wake her up, having never had to do so before and it was half six already. Having pulled the short straw, quite literally as Lee had offered around straws, Fred carefully approached the bed as his best friends ran to breakfast to avoid the impending argument.
"Kitten," He breathed, his breath disrupting a curl by her forehead, brushing it off, his voice turning husky in its whispered state.
"Hmmmmm." She reached up her hand and gently ran her fingertip from the his temple to his chin. He gasped having thought she was going to hit him. When he gasped she ran her finger over his bottom lip gently caressing it, as he moved to stand she trailed her finger down his neck and onto his chest. Then he did something stupid. He poked her. She had her hand over his neck again and he was in fear of his life so he poked her.
"Lemme 'lone." She mumbled. Grabbing his shirt and tugging him onto the bed. "Dumble's note last night." She muttered again, still half asleep as she rearranged herself partially on him. "said all seven day off, stressy night." She finished before dropping back off. He chuckled and looked on her bedside table and low and behold there was the letter it read.
Miss Granger and Mr's Jorden and Weasly's,
It has come to my attention that you've all had a very stressful evening and it was rather late when we sent you back. Considering all of you are missing a double potions lesson at some point today and are only missing one lesson as its a Friday therefore a half day. Because of this you are all excused from lessons today and help make you new dorm mate comfy, or get comfy for Miss Granger. I have sent a similar note to Mr's Potter, Finnigan, Longbottom and Thomas (it seems as though Mr Thomas refused to go to bed untill Mr Finnigan had come back and explained why he was stressed).
Sincerely Professor Dumbledore.
Fred chuckled again and flicked tow little buttons on his watch releasing a small quill and a bit of parchment. We've got the day off! He wrote, smiling as the violent purple words seeped into the page telling him that they had received it. He felt Hermione's bracelet vibrate on his chest and then he watched as Lee wrote back (he could tell it was Lee as they all had their favourite colour ink for what they wrote and Lee's was turquoise).
Where are you? He'd asked.
Bed with Hermione, pile on come join us Spiderman. He replied awkwardly as she shifted on him.
We're on our way! Came George's obnoxiously loud orange reply.
When Lee and George stepped into their room this was not what they had been expecting. Fred had said pile on not cuddle up. He was on his back although tilted to the side slightly and had one arm around her, his hand in the small of her back and his other hand resting on her shoulder. She was curled into him, her head over his heart and one hand resting inside his now unbuttoned school shirt the other around his waist. Their legs were wound around each other in an intricate pattern that they didn't have the heart to pull apart. They both had big smiles on their faces and looked every bit the couple in love.
They stored this information for later use and changed into some pajama bottems, snuggling into the warms created by their other best friends. They made way for them, all be it subconsciously, but still.
When Harry, Neville, Dean and Seamus came to asked them if they wanted to come and do something with them they stopped dead at the sight. They had never seen the room before and it was surprisingly clean, they figured that was Hermione's doing, it was larger than their own room and it was filled by four double beds in a U shape in one corner with a rather large cauldron in another. There were two full desks, enough room on each to have two people or one Hermione and a large window seat that had a wall of books next to it with a chest of draws on the other side. This however wasn't what had made them stop. Their in the bed with purple, orange and turquoise patchwork hangings and a matching bed spread were all four of the people they were looking for in a very intimate position. Fred had Hermione held tight to him on one side with her head on his chest, Lee had wriggled in-between the two and had his head resting on Fred's stomach while George had his head pillowed comfortably on Hermione's developing breasts. The boys walked out slowly, not wishing to disturb the clearly exhausted quartet.
At half past twelve four stomachs rumbled completely in sync, causing the four best friends to wake at the same time resulting in them all bashing heads. As they all laughed Fred started bouncing up and down saying.
"I just had the best dream."
"Hey so did I" replied Hermione. "Its given me the idea for a really great prank." She claimed.
"Me too!" Fred chimed in. "See in my dre-" Hermione cut across him.
"Its ladies first Fred, really where are your manners." She scolded smiling. Then George piped up.
"Well you heard the Princess, Ladies first, what happens in your dream Lee?" He smirked at Lee's face a picture of mock outrage while Fred and Hermione laughed.
"Why George, dear I can assure you I am very much a man." He said a smirk of his own morphing his features into a wicked smirk while George's slowly fell from his face. Two seconds later both boys were sprawled on the floor laughing outrageously, Lee on top while he tickled George into submission.
"Am I a lady?" He teased and George could only laugh harder.
"Am I a lady?" Lee asked again and this time George nodded, smiling when Lee stopped his assault.
"Now then I belive you said something about a prank Love?" He asked as she called Punkin to bring them some food making sure to say please and thank you.
As the first game of the season drew nearer Oliver was keeping the team in training for longer than necessary and it was really grating on Hermione and Lee's last nerves. They never got to see the twins anymore unless they were flying, sleeping or eating and they missed their boys. Two days before the match they went down to wait in the changing rooms so they could walk back with the twins. As they entered they passed a very angry looking Katie Bell, shrugging at each other they walked through to curtain and into the room. What they found there was scary.
"How dare she, HOW DARE SHE!" Oliver howled. "And only two days before the match I ought to kill her!" He fumed collapsing onto a bench.
"What happened?" Lee asked the boys.
"Katie said that the training was clashing with her advanced healing courses that she has to take outside of school." Said George
"She said it was either a school sport or her career. And Ollie can't find another decent chaser in Gryffindor, and trust us he's looked for reserves." Finished Fred.
"Hermione," Oliver sobbed when he saw her. "Hermione, oh sweet Hermione! My angel, yo-" He had tried to run and hug her but was barricaded from touching her by his beaters, seeker and commentator.
"No." She said firmly but softly. "I'm sorry Ollie but as much as I would like to help you I don't fly." She continued as his face dropped.
"Ok." He sighed and walked into the showers leaving the room in a tense silence.
"Oi!" Shouted Lee.
"Clear out everyone!" Fred continued.
"Nothing to see here!" George hollered with them.
"So keep your noses out!" She finished for them.
"Nosey buggers." All four muttered in unison, scaring Harry.
"Hermione, why don't you fly?" He asked, instantly regretting it when the three older boys turned to glare at him. She shook her head at them and they stopped.
"I don't know Harry, I just don't feel safe on a broom." She answered after some deliberation.
"Would you consider trying it though?" He questioned, his face pleading and full of unloved innocence and thats when she remembered. Harry didn't get to play games with people or have friends, this is his first time being a wanted part of a team and now Katie wasn't there it would all be for nothing. Looking at his face again she said.
"You know what, I might as well give it a try."
That look of pure elation in Harry's eyes is why I'm doing this. She kept telling herself. For Harry, for Harry, for Harry, her new mantra as she through the Quaffle through the hoop the third time in the past five minutes. She could hear Lee's commentary and was trying very hard not to laugh at what she knew was about to happen.
"10 points to Gryffindor. And that's my girl (she's one of my three best friends you know?) you show them who's boss Love!" He screamed down to megaphone. Just then Harry and Higgs went into a dive for the Snitch and Flint blocked Harry causing him to hold on for dear life.
"So-after that obvious and disgusting bit of cheating-" He was cut off by McGonagall growling at him.
"JORDAN," Her voice ran across the pitch.
"I mean, after that open and revolting foul-"
"Jordan I am warning you-" she scolded but was then cut off midsentence as when she tried to speak out came a loud
"QUACK!" Everyone gasped some at McGonagall quacking but others at Harry, his broom was going out of control, bucking and trying to toss him off. At this sight Hermione speed over to Harry, nodding at Fred and George as she went. When she was about a meter away she pushed her broom forwards while she jumped back. The crowed gasped and McGonagall let out another quack. She was airborne for less then a second as her Fred caught her while George circled below. Harry mounted her Nimbus 2000 and shoved his towards her. She grabbed it and they continued with the game. They switched like this a couple of times much to the crowds interest. And then Harry went for the Snitch and she zigzagged around him to make it hard for anyone trying to jinx the broom. And then he fell. She was about to scream when he chocked up the Snitch and then the whole team flew to him cheering while the Slytherins protested wildly.
As they were cheering another loud,
"QUACK!" Made its way through the noise of the crowd and everyone fell silent as McGonagall marched through the crowed Lee following meekly behind.
"QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK, QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK!" she quacked loudly and students burst into laughter all around.
"Well you see in my dream I was doing this transfiguration homework and the only word that I could write was quack, so I thought wouldn't it be funny if all McGonagall could do would be to quack like a duck." Hermione explained.
Professor Dumbledore then came down and sent a furious McGonagall back up to the castle.
"Now then what was that little broom switching trick about, hmmm?" He asked eyes twinkling madly at them as though still fighting the amusement of their prank on McGonagall. All of the boys looked at Hermione.
"Well you see sir, Harry's broom was being jinxed and you have to maintain eye contact to jinx so when he dived I spiralled around him. But also the person only wanted Harry so swapping brooms now and again to prove that it was just a jinx that someone aimed at Harry we can have the person prosecuted if caught." She explained.
"Well then Miss Granger it seems that you did something very clever there and that potions was good, undetectable even." They beamed at that while Harry looked confused. "Twenty-five points to Gryffindor for all five of you." He smiled as they cheered and he bid them a good day before walking to Hagrid's hut with him.
"McGonagall's going to kill you." Was all Harry said and they laughed all the way back up to the castle.
Authors note:
I hope you enjoyed this chapter I had writers block and a tonne of homework so it was harder to get everything to flow as well as I wanted it to but I think I did it. I really appreciate all of your reviews and constructive criticism, I hope your all enjoying and remember I'm a review lover xoxo
