Big Brother is Listening to You

Chapter 7 – The Public Reaction

'Hey, Harry?'

Harry smiled as Draco sat down next to him on the sofa. Everyone else was in bed, 'I just wanted to thank you.'

'About the trial?' Harry guessed.

Draco nodded, 'You didn't have to do that.'

'You saved my life, it was the least I could do,' Harry said simply.

Draco shrugged, 'But you saved my life too, so that debt was already repaid.'

'Technically you still owe me, I saved your life twice,' Harry said in amusement, 'I was invisible the second time.'

Draco frowned, 'Wait…in the battle, that was you?'

'Yup,' Harry said.

'Thanks,' Draco said genuinely, 'you're not gonna tell me in 10 years time you saved my life a third time, are you?'

Harry laughed, 'No, don't worry. Just twice, but what you did for me in the Manor, not telling them it was me…that was brave of you.'

Draco frowned, 'Brave? I don't think I've ever been called that before. Mind you, saving someone from an inferno is much braver, you've always got to outdo me, haven't you?'

Harry grinned, 'Yep,' he said brightly.

'But seriously, thanks for what you did. Without your help, I think I would be in Azkaban,' Draco said darkly.

'More than likely, but unlike your Father you don't belong there,' Harry said as he got to his feet, 'you're a good person Draco, it just took you a while to realise that.'

As Draco was left to ponder these words Harry patted him on the shoulder, 'I'm going to bed.'

'Night, Harry,' Draco said, leaning back on the sofa and pondering the rather wise words of Harry Potter.


On Friday morning the floo calls were arranged in the living room, and generally people kept away for privacy, even though this was all listened to by the charms.

Susan went first and had a 5 minute chat with Hannah, then Theo got his 5 minute chat with Blaise. Harry was last, and when Hermione's face appeared in the fire he grinned, 'Hey!'

'Hey, Harry!' Hermione said, 'I miss you.'

'I miss you too,' Harry said, 'but you were right. I'm keeping myself busier in here than I would be otherwise.'

'I've been listening,' Hermione said with a smile, 'so, Susan and Daphne?'

'What about them?'

'You're playing games with them both Harry,' Hermione said, raising an eyebrow, 'and I know why. You don't know which one of them you like, you like them both, don't you?'

Harry rolled his eyes, 'I've only been in here 2 weeks Hermione. I like them both, but don't get carried away with yourself.'

'Are you alright? Ron told me about Romilda,' Hermione said with a frown.

'I'll be fine,' Harry said, 'what's happening with her?'

'20 years in Azkaban,' Hermione said, 'her trial is in a couple of months, but she deserves it. I can't believe what she did to you, Ginny was so angry, Merlin Harry you should have seen her.'

'I can imagine,' Harry said with a sigh, 'I just want to put it in the past, I know I'll have to speak at her trial but I'll worry about that later.'

Hermione nodded, 'Well, Ron and I are surprised about what's been going on in that house. I mean, you and Malfoy.'

'Yeah, well I suppose we only really saw each other in classes. If I'd been a Slytherin and had to dorm with him we probably would have become friends sooner,' Harry said thoughtfully.

'That's very philosophical of you,' Hermione remarked in amusement.

Harry chuckled, 'So how are things with you and Ron?'

Hermione sighed, 'We've broken up, for good this time.'

'You say that every time,' Harry pointed out, 'why this time?'

Hermione lowered her voice, 'Let's just say I found underwear in his bedroom, and it wasn't mine. I confronted him, and he admitted he'd been sleeping with some witch from work so I ended it.'

'Leave it ended this time,' Harry advised, 'you're far better as friends.'

'And you deserve so much better,' Theo said, budging into the fireplace next to Harry.

'Fuck off Theo, this is my floo call,' Harry said dryly.

'Oh Harry, language!' Hermione chastised, 'hey Theo! How are you?'

Theo grinned, 'Oh I'm great, your best friend here doesn't like me very much though.'

'That's because you're a scumbag and you sleep with anything that moves,' Harry said, pushing Theo out of the way, 'you've had your floo call, don't hijack mine.'

Hermione rolled her eyes, 'He isn't all that bad. The womanizing thing is a façade.'

'Don't give away all my secrets!' Theo's voice said from behind Harry.

'Piss off Theo,' Harry said, vaguely amused as he turned back to Hermione who was chuckling.

They were nearly out of time so Hermione said, 'Well I'll talk to you at some point, have fun in there!'

'I'll try,' Harry said with a smile as the floo cut out and he turned around, glaring at Theo, 'what's the deal with you and Hermione?'

'We're colleagues,' Theo said simply.

'You better not become anymore than that,' Harry said, narrowing his eyes at the man. He didn't trust him, and he didn't believe the womanizing thing was a façade.


As it was Friday it was nominations day so throughout the day the housemates were called into the thought room to nominate two fellow housemates for eviction.

'You have a lot of secrets.'

Charlie frowned, he and Susan were sitting on sun loungers on the patio, 'What do you mean?'

'You just seem like you're hiding a lot,' Susan said, 'you have the look of a man that's been hurt.'

Charlie laughed, 'Hurt? I'm fine.'

Susan smiled, 'So, who was she? The one that who broke your heart.'

Charlie gave her a pointed look, 'It's none of your business.'

Susan raised an eyebrow, 'If you're so miserable about it I want to make it my business. You sound like you need a friend.'

'It was years ago, and she's gone now,' Charlie said on a final note, 'if you want to be my friend, talk to me about Quidditch.'

Susan laughed as the voice said, 'Will Susan please come to the thought room?'

Susan got to her feet, 'time to nominate,' she said as she got to her feet and went to the thought room.

'Good morning Susan. It is nominations day. Which of your fellow housemates you would like to nominate for eviction?'

'Well it's harder this week since I actually like most people here,' Susan said honestly, 'I think I have to nominate Theo, I don't mind him but he's causing trouble. I do quite like Harry, and Theo is deliberately stirring up shit between us.'

'Who else would you like to nominate, Susan?'

'Cho,' Susan said after a moment of thinking, 'I don't have anything against her, but she's so quiet. She just keeps herself to herself mostly.'

'Thank you Susan.'


'You've done a lot for the Tornadoes,' Draco told Cho as they lounged together by the pool.

Cho smiled, 'Thanks.'

'You're a good player, it's rare you see a woman playing seeker for the big teams,' Draco added, 'how come they haven't asked you to play for England yet?'

'Because I'm not that good,' Cho said simply.

Draco didn't know what to say and was thankful when the voice said, 'Can Cho come to the thought room?'

With a smile to Draco, Cho got to her feet and headed for the thought room.

'Good morning Cho. Who would you like to nominate for eviction?'

Cho said quietly, 'I'd like to nominate Theo, I don't like him at all. His mannerisms and the way he treats women are horrible.'

'Who else would you like to nominate, Cho?'

'Draco,' Cho said, 'something about him seems off…I know he's trying to be nice to everyone but I don't feel comfortable around him.'

'Okay. Thank you, Cho.'


'Charlie is seriously starting to cramp my style,' Gabrielle said with a sigh to Daphne as they sat together in the jacuzzi.

Daphne smiled, 'He's just looking out for you.'

Gabrielle smiled slightly, 'You still have feelings for him, don't you?'

Daphne laughed, 'Is it that obvious?'

'I don't know about to everyone else, I'm just perceptive,' Gabrielle said, 'you should tell him.'

Daphne shook her head, 'No, that wouldn't do any good. He doesn't want anything to do with me.'

'He's lying,' Gabrielle said with a smirk, 'he's been hung up on you for the past year, since you broke up.'

'How do you know that?' Daphne asked in surprise.

'He stayed at my flat for a week or so when he was back from Romania,' Gabrielle said with a sad sort of smile, 'he said your name in his sleep a couple of times.'

'Now I just feel guilty,' Daphne said, 'I never met to hurt him, but if I hadn't done that shoot my agency would have dropped me.'

'Wouldn't another agency have hired you?' Gabrielle asked.

'There are only two big agencies in Europe Gabrielle,' Daphne said with a sigh, 'the other one is owned and run by my parents. I ran away from home when I was 18, and they don't want anything to do with me.'

'Does Charlie know that?' Gabrielle asked.

Daphne shook her head, 'I contemplated telling him when I floo called him, but he was just so angry I never got a word in.'

'So, if you don't mind my asking,' Gabrielle said, 'why did you sleep with someone else?'

Daphne shrugged, 'When we fought he said he should have listened when his friends said I was a slut. I guess I was just proving he was right.'

'Don't say that,' Gabrielle said, 'Charlie should never have called you that, just because you're a model doesn't mean you're a slut.'

'Well that's the perception the world has of people in my line of work,' Daphne said with a sigh.

Gabrielle frowned, 'So why stay there? Why not just quit?'

'Because if I quit I have nothing. I have to come back to the UK where I have no money, no family…then I need to find a job, probably a boring desk job in the Ministry,' Daphne said with a sigh, 'and the only job I want to do, I'll never get.'

Gabrielle frowned, 'What's the job you want to do?'

Daphne looked oddly embarrassed as she said, 'I want to be an Auror, but I've got a criminal record.'

'Look, Daphne,' Gabrielle said, 'I think you ought to talk to Harry. You never know what he might be able to do for you, and you shouldn't stay in a job that makes you unhappy.'

Daphne smiled, 'I might talk to him about it, but I doubt he'll be able to help.'

'If he can, I have a two-bedroomed flat,' Gabrielle said, 'you're welcome to the spare bedroom.'

'Why are you so nice Gabrielle?' Daphne asked, 'you barely know me.'

Gabrielle smiled, 'I'm a good judge of character, and I think all you need is a friend to look out for you.'

'Can Gabrielle come to the thought room?'

'Thanks,' Daphne said as Gabrielle got up and wrapped a towel around herself, she was only in a bikini after all.

'No problem,' Gabrielle said with a smile as she made her way into the thought room.

'Hello Gabrielle. It is time to nominate your fellow housemates for eviction. Who would you like to nominate first?'

'I'll nominate Theo, because I don't like the way he treats women. He seems to think we all adore him, and really I think he's rather abhorrent,' Gabrielle said.

'Who else would you like to nominate, Gabrielle?'

'I think, Cho,' Gabrielle said honestly, 'I don't dislike her, but she seems rather snobbish, or maybe just quiet. I don't talk to her like I do with the others in here.'

'Thank you Gabrielle.'


'I just had an interesting conversation with Gabrielle,' Daphne said to Draco as they sat together on the sofa in the living room.

'Yeah?' Draco asked, not looking up from his book.

Daphne nodded, 'She said Charlie still has feelings for me, he says my name in his sleep apparently.'

'Maybe he's just having wet dreams about you,' Draco teased.

Daphne hit her friend in the arm, 'Shut up,' she said half-heartedly.

'So you still like him then?' Draco asked, closing his book and looking at her.

Daphne frowned, 'I have done since we broke up, but I never thought he wanted anything more to do with me.'

'Your parents would flip,' Draco reminded her.

'I need to stop caring about what they think,' Daphne said, 'I barely bloody speak to them.'

'Yes, but they'll do more than treat you like your nothing compared to your angelic little sister,' Draco said gently, 'they'll disown you. She'll be the heir to everything, the manor, the title, the money.'

Daphne rolled her eyes, 'Frankly Draco I don't give a fuck about that. I'd rather be happy than have money.'

Draco smiled slightly, 'Who are you and what have you done with the Daphne Greengrass I grew up with?'

Daphne chuckled and said, 'I guess I just realised money and status isn't everything. Look at Charlie and his family, they have nothing and they're so happy.'

'How do you know they'd accept you?' Draco asked, 'think about that Daph. His family are blood traitors, they hate Purebloods and Slytherins, you are both of those things.'

'Yeah, you're right,' Daphne said with a sigh, 'why would they ever think someone like me was good enough for their son?'

'I didn't mean it like that,' Draco said gently, 'I'm just saying, they don't know you like I do. All they will see is a blonde model who was a Slytherin, and is a Pureblood.'

'They'll assume I'm just screwing him around,' Daphne muttered.

'But they can never accuse you of using him for his money,' Draco joked.

Daphne glared at him, 'Oh shut up, Draco. Like I said, money isn't everything, even if you seem to think it is.'

'I don't think it is,' Draco said honestly, 'and I think even less of blood purity after something Gabrielle told me last night. When I get to that point, I'll marry for love and if you have the guts to go against your family, you should too.'

'Can Daphne come to the thought room?'

'Thanks for having my back Draco,' Daphne said, kissing him on the cheek and walking across the room to the thought room.

'Hello Daphne. Who would you like to nominate for eviction?'

'Well, I'm nominating Theo for a start. He's my ex-boyfriend so I already don't like him, and he's stirring things up about that time I slept with him after Charlie and I broke up.'

'Who else would you like to nominate, Daphne?'

'I think it has to be Cho,' Daphne said, 'it's not that I don't like her, but she's barely said anything to me in the two weeks we've been here.'

'Thank you Daphne.'


'There are definitely no Nargles in the Department of Mysteries,' Gabrielle told Luna as they stood in the kitchen, both eating fruit.

'You're most certain?' Luna asked.

'100% sure,' Gabrielle said, 'although we have detected some sort of magical phenomenon which disturbs the thought process and makes the mind fuzzy. That sounds like the wrackspurts you write about, right?'

Luna nodded, 'Oh yes, wrackspurts can only be seen through a lens imbued with a revealment charm. They feed on sadness and worry.'

Gabrielle smiled, 'That does tie in with the strange phenomenon we encountered. It only seems to affect the depressed, or people deeply worried.'

'You most definitely have a case of wrackspurts,' Luna informed her.

'Can Luna please come to the thought room?'

Luna got to her feet and went into the thought room, sitting down and taking a bite out of her apple, 'Hello!'

'Hello Luna. It is nominations day. Which of your fellow housemates would you like to nominate?'

'I think this week I will nominate Cho. She doesn't like me very much, she's always called my Loony Lovegood behind my back.'

'Who else would you like to nominate, Luna?'

'Theodore. He doesn't treat me very nicely, he doesn't treat anyone very nicely. I think he must think he's better than us. A very strange man.'

'Thank you Luna.'


'Can you at least try and be less of an arse?' Draco asked Theo in an undertone as they talked in the garden.

'I'm just being myself,' Theo said.

'No, you're being arrogant and you're stirring up shit on purpose. Daphne really likes this Weasley, just stay out of it,' Draco warned him.

'Are you threatening me?' Theo asked with a raised eyebrow.

'Not yet,' Draco said coolly, 'I know you're still jealous Theo, but what she had with you was a fling. You wanted more, and she never did regardless of what you tell yourself and everybody else.'

Theo narrowed his eyes at Draco, 'Whose side are you on here?'

'Hers,' Draco said simply, 'she's my best friend, and I'm sticking by her. So stay out of her way, and stop riling up Weasley.'

'Anything else?' Theo asked, his tone icy.

'Yeah,' Draco said as he walked away, 'stop winding Potter up about Susan. You slept with her a couple of times, she never had feelings for you. Don't wreck what could be a normal relationship just because you'll never have one.'

'You fucking-'

Theo got his wand out and Draco got his out just as fast. He put up a shield charm and dodged Theo's first couple of curses then he stunned the man who had been his friend and put his wand back in his pocket.

'Can Draco please come to the thought room?'

As Draco walked through the house he was stopped by Harry, 'What did you do to Theo?'

'Stunned him,' Draco replied smoothly.

'Why?' Daphne asked with narrowed eyes.

'I told him to stay out of your business with Charlie,' Draco said honestly, 'he didn't take it well.'

'Are you going to revive him?' Gabrielle asked in amusement.

'Nah,' Daphne said.

Draco smirked, 'We'll just leave him there,' he said as he walked into the thought room.

'Hello Draco, it is nominations day. Which of your fellow housemates would you like to nominate?'

'Well, this probably comes as no surprise, but Theo. He used to be my friend, but all he's doing in here is causing trouble,' Draco said simply.

'Who else would you like to nominate, Draco?'

'Cho,' Draco said dryly, 'she's the most boring person I've ever met. I try to have conversations with her but all I ever get is a bloody one word answer.'

'Thank you Draco.'


Theo hadn't talked to Draco since he had been revived. In fact he had stayed outside in the huff and hadn't talked to anyone.

'Can Theo come to the thought room?'

Theo didn't say a word to anyone as he walked through the house into the thought room and sat down in the golden chair.

'Hello Theo. It is nominations day, which of your fellow housemates would you like to nominate?'

'Draco' Theo said distastefully, 'he is supposed to be my friend, but clearly I was mistaken.'

'Who else would you like to nominate, Theo?'

'Potter,' Theo said, 'I can't stand him, he thinks he owns the bloody place.'

'Thank you, Theo.'


'Harry? Can I talk to you for a minute?'

Harry smiled at Daphne, 'Yeah, sure.'

She joined him in the summerhouse, taking a seat in one of the armchairs, 'Gabrielle said you might be able to help me with something.'

Harry put his book down and gave her his full attention, 'What's up?'

'You remember how you asked me why I became a model?' Daphne asked, 'and I told you it was because I wanted too.'

Harry nodded, and Daphne said, 'I sort of lied. I do like being a model, but there is something else I'd rather do, but I can't.'

'Why not?' Harry asked, 'didn't you say you got all E's and O's in your N.E.W.T's?'

Daphne nodded, 'I did, and I have the grades for the job…but my criminal record is holding me back.'

Harry smiled slightly, 'You want to be an Auror?'

Daphne nodded, she blushed, 'It's stupid I know, I shouldn't have said anything. They'd never let someone like me in.'

'They'd love someone like you,' Harry said, 'strong, confident, smart, quick.'

Daphne smiled slightly, and Harry said, 'I have to ask before I can tell you whether I can help. What do you have a criminal record for? I know you have a file, but I've never looked at it.'

'Two things,' Daphne said honestly, she looked down as if ashamed, 'when I was 6 I used underage magic accidentally and nearly killed my Uncle. I pushed him into the fireplace after he hit my Mother.'

'And that's in your criminal record?' Harry asked in disbelief, 'you were 6 years old for crying out loud.'

'Yes, but my Mother wouldn't testify to the fact my Uncle hit her, so it looked like I had done it on purpose, and I was too young for them to use Legilimency to extract the memory,' Daphne said.

'Well you would need a hearing before they let you into Auror training,' Harry said, 'as long as you could produce the memory then that would resolve the whole thing. What's the second thing?'

Daphne sighed, 'My parents had me in a marriage contract to Theo and there was no way I was marrying that arse. They locked me in my room so I set fire to the house as a distraction and ran away. Nobody got hurt, but I got charged with arson and fined, I paid the fine as soon as I got my first modelling job, but it's still on my record.'

Harry nodded thoughtfully, 'From my point of view that's a good distraction technique, which is something you'd need to pass Auror training.'

Daphne smiled slightly and Harry said, 'Once this is finished and we're out of here I'll talk to my boss. If I can get you a hearing I think you'll be okay, but Auror training is hard. You'll have to promise me that if I do this for you, you'll stick at it and not quit.'

'I know I was teasing Romilda,' Daphne said, 'but I don't want to be known for taking my clothes off. I'm no glamour model, but it's really hard to have relationships when people only see me as a ditsy model. They just want sex, and nothing else.'

Harry nodded somewhat sadly, 'People only sleep with me because of who I am. They never want to stick it out and have a relationship, my fame makes people want to sleep with me but it scares them off a relationship. I don't blame them, anyone associated with me would have to spend the rest of their life in the spotlight.'

Daphne smiled, 'Then I'd say you need to find someone who doesn't mind the spotlight, or someone whose already used to it.'

'I tried that with Ginny,' Harry said sadly, 'but anyway, this is about you. Are you sure you'd be able to stick Auror training? It's 3 years long and its intensive, they push you to your breaking point and then some more.'

'If you got me that opportunity Harry, I swear I'd work so hard,' Daphne promised.

'Can Harry come to the thought room?'

'I believe you,' Harry said with a smile as he left the summerhouse.

'Hello Harry. It is nominations day. Who would you like to nominate?'

'Theo,' Harry said, 'I don't like the way he treats Susan, or Daphne, or Luna, or the way he spoke to Hermione. He's a scumbag.'

'Who else would you like to nominate?'

'Cho,' Harry said reluctantly, 'I don't mind her, but she's so quiet and out of the way. I just get on so much better with the others.'

'Thank you Harry.'


'You ought to give Daphne another chance,' Harry said thoughtfully.

'What?' Charlie asked in surprise.

'She's trying to turn her life around,' Harry said honestly, 'I don't know what you know about her past, but she just asked me if I could try and help get her into Auror training.'

'It's what she's always wanted to do,' Charlie said with a slight smile.

'I know she made a mistake Charlie,' Harry said, 'but you should talk to her, ask her why she did that commercial.'

'Do you know why?' Charlie asked curiously.

Harry shook his head, 'No, but I can see she still has feelings for you. So she must have had good reason to do it.'

Charlie sighed, 'I don't know Harry. Even if she did have a good reason…my family wouldn't be okay with it, and neither would hers.'

'From what I gather she doesn't care much for hers,' Harry said as he got to his feet, 'and your family have good judgement Charlie. If they're listening to any of this programme they'll know she's a good person.'

Charlie frowned as Harry walked away, he sighed, now he really had no idea what to do.

'Would Charlie come to the thought room?'

Charlie wandered into the room and sat down, he already knew who he was nominating.

'Hello Charlie. It is nominations day, who would you like to nominate?'

Charlie said, 'Draco for a start. I don't trust him around Gabrielle, I want him away from her. There's just something…slimy…about him.'

'Who else would you like to nominate?'

'Theo,' Charlie said distastefully, 'he's a complete scumbag, isn't he? Does he have any respect for women, or for himself? I doubt it. I know Daphne can't stand having him in here after the way he treated her.'

'Thank you Charlie.'


'If Charlie got back together with Daphne, do you think Mum would mind?' Ginny asked her older brother thoughtfully as they ate lunch together.

'Yeah,' Bill remarked, 'she can't stand her. She thinks Daphne is messing Charlie around.'

'Do you think she is?' Ginny asked.

Bill shook his head, 'I think she still has feelings for Charlie, but I think she has feelings for Harry too.'

Ginny hummed thoughtfully, 'So you don't think they'll get back together?'

'Nah,' Bill said, 'from that respect Charlie isn't the forgiving type. He doesn't tend to get into relationships, so when he does and he gets screwed over, he doesn't forgive easily.'

Ginny nodded, 'I guess…he still has feelings for her though.'

'Yeah,' Bill agreed, 'but I happen to know there's someone else he's been pining over for the last year.'

Ginny leaned forward eagerly, 'Who?' she asked.

Bill grinned, 'Let's just say she's recently single and well known to our family…'


On Friday at 9pm, as had become the standard of late, the Weasley's were crowded around the radio in the living room as the nightly show of 'Listen-In' began.

'Welcome back to 'Listen-In'! As tonight is Friday two unlucky housemates will be finding out they are up for eviction and their fate will be decided by the public vote!' Stephanie Cruise announced.

'I hope its Malfoy,' Ron muttered, 'I don't know what he's doing with Harry, but he's up to no good.'

Ginny rolled her eyes, 'He's not up to anything, Ron. He's genuinely trying to make amends.'

Arthur nodded, 'He apologised sincerely to me when I first saw him at work,' he told his son.

'I think if we ought to worry about anyone it's that Daphne,' Molly said with narrowed eyes, 'she's clearly playing games with Charlie and Harry.'

'I don't know,' Ginny said, 'I think she really still has feelings for Charlie.'

'Well it couldn't have been that great a relationship,' George remarked, 'he never told us about it.'

'He told me about it,' Bill said, 'but he was pretty cut up by the way it ended. I can't see him forgiving her enough to get back together with her.'

'Good,' Molly said suspiciously, she was protective of her sons and that was what Harry was.

'Is Hermione coming tonight, Ron?' Angelina asked as the radio host went through a summary of what had happened in the house that day.

Ron shook his head, 'She's still pissed at me for what happened. She'll be here for lunch on Sunday though.'

'She has every right to be annoyed at you Ronald,' Molly said darkly, 'what you did was horrible. We're very lucky we aren't losing Hermione from our family because of it.'

Ron looked down in shame and didn't say anything as the radio began to get interesting again.

'Housemates, the nominations have been counted. I can now reveal that housemates Susan, Gabrielle, Daphne and Charlie, you have received no nominations.'

'Well at least Charlie's safe,' George said brightly.

'And Gabby,' Fleur said happily.

'Even if that meddling girl is still there,' Molly said under her breath.

'Housemates Harry and Luna. You have each received 1 nomination.'

'Who voted for Harry and Luna? Probably Theodore Nott,' Percy said, 'he's a sexist pig, I think he ought to be evicted.'

The others nodded their agreement as the voice inside the house said, 'Housemate Draco, you have received 3 nominations.'

'Good, some people in there don't like him,' Ron said with a nod, as if he agreed with this.

'But he's not up for the public vote,' Audrey, Percy's wife, reminded him.

'Housemate Cho, you have received 6 nominations. Housemate Theo, you have received 8 nominations. This means you have both been selected for eviction and will face the public vote.'

'Well I'm not surprised,' Bill said, 'Theo's a complete arse, and Cho's a bit boring.'

'She doesn't really talk to anyone,' George agreed.

'But we have to vote for Theo,' Angelina said, 'like Percy said, he's a sexist pig.'

There was some nodding and a murmur of agreement as they listened to what was going on inside the house.


The moment the nominations were announced Theo got to his feet, swore at everyone and stormed out into the summerhouse. Cho on the other hand, burst into tears and ran into the bedroom.

Harry rolled his eyes, 'Oh for Merlin's sake, is that still her first reaction? Run away and cry?'

Susan glared at him as she got to her feet, 'Do you have any tact, Harry? Her boyfriend died!'

'He died 8 years ago Susan,' Harry said bitterly, 'she can't use it as an excuse anymore. She's not a teenage girl anymore, she's a woman.'

Susan shook her head angrily, 'You don't how it feels!' she shouted as she stormed off.

Harry punched one of the pillows on the sofa, 'She has the nerve to tell me I don't know how it feels to lose people? Does she know how many people I lost in the fucking war?'

Daphne shook her head in disbelief, 'She needs to get a grip, and Cho needs to grow up.'

'Thank you Daphne!' Harry said, still frustrated, at least someone was on his wave-length.

'We all know what you sacrificed in the war, alright Potter?' Daphne said gently, 'but unlike Cho you don't show it because you got over it, like a normal human being.'

'A normal human being?' Harry asked, laughing weakly, 'that's the first time I've been called one of them.'


'Well, that was eventful,' Neville remarked as he sat on the sofa next to his heavily pregnant wife. On the large armchair in the corner of the room Hermione and her friend Sophie Roper from work were also listening to the show. Hermione was the Assistant Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and Sophie was the Senior Juror.

'At least Daphne has some sense,' Sophie said sarcastically.

'I don't know what Susan was thinking though,' Hannah said, sounding irritated, 'If she wants to have a chance with Harry she's going to need to stop going off in huffs.'

Neville frowned, 'I don't think Susan's Harry's type. I think he needs somebody a little bit more…daring.'

Hermione nodded her agreement, 'Susan's too much like Ginny, and he won't go there again. Daphne's a breath of fresh air to him.'

'But she seems pretty hung up on Charlie,' Hannah pointed out.

'Charlie and I work pretty closely together,' Hermione said with a frown, 'and he never even mentioned Daphne. I mean, if they broke up a year ago, that coincides with when he moved back to the UK and started working with me.'

'Why do you sound so hurt about it?' Hannah asked curiously.

'Because she likes him,' Sophie muttered.

'I do not,' Hermione said, shooting a glare at Sophie, 'he's Ron's brother.'

'And Ron is no longer your boyfriend,' Hannah pointed out with a smile, 'do you like Charlie?'

Neville rolled his eyes, 'I feel like I'm stuck in the middle of a girly sleepover,' he said dryly.

Hermione laughed and tried to hide her blush, 'No, we're just friends, and I've only been single for 24 hours!'

'Not when it's clear you like someone and they like you,' Sophie said with a grin.

'Charlie does not like me,' Hermione said to her co-worker.

'Yes, he does. The whole department can see it, you're the only one who can't!'

'Oh shut up,' Hermione said as Hannah giggled.

TBC :)

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I loved your idea in your review about writing how the events are taken in the outside world Princess Patterson! So I have decided to use it, and I hope everyone likes that! :D

I have also FINALLY decided on the pairings. It's gonna be Harry/Daphne. Draco/Gabrielle and as a wee extra Charlie/Hermione so I hope everyone's okay with that!

Thanks for reading! :D