Hey all!

I know this one is shorter, I'm trying to keep them all under 800 words (I tried to keep for under 500, but clearly that didn't work out so well).

Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this one!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.


Chapter 08 - Historical

After the intervention staged by the Seventh and Sixth year Gryffindors, Harry was trying to spend more time in the common room. Unfortunately, Pansy had gotten accustomed to his constant attention, so until they settled into a pattern, it was tense, to say the least.

To say that all were accepting of his new relationship with Pansy was, well, wrong. Her fellow Slytherins were asking her at every turn why she was with a Gryffindor, let alone Potter. But she could handle this. Even the most vocal knew not to mess with her too much. Too many had been on the receiving end of her wand, and so they had a healthy level of fear.

Much to her surprise, Draco Malfoy, of all people, was supportive. Quietly supportive, but accepting nonetheless. Unfortunately, her parents were not quite so demure. Her parents were still hoping that she and Draco would get together, despite the frequent assurances from both students that no such thing would happen.

And now that she was dating Harry, it was even more certain that a Malfoy-Parkinson alliance would never happen. Her mother was not happy. She had even gone so far as to send her a howler, which was mortifying to say the least. Thankfully, she had the good sense to run into an empty classroom, so the entire Great Hall was not witness to her scolding.

She was informed by the sharp voice of her mother that a Gryffindor was simply not a suitable match for a Parkinson. The daughter of an elite pureblood family was supposed to carry on the integrity of the family line.

Apparently, no one in the history of her entire family had ever dated a Gryffindor.

Damn the aristocracy and their archaic notions!


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