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Here it is everyone, the much anticipated slumber party! I decided to split them up, more for your enjoyment right? I know it took me a lot longer to get this up then the others, and I am sorry. The way I like to organise my work is by writing it on paper first then typing it out so I can clean it up a bit and make it even better for you guys. There was so much written on paper that I got tired of typing it out REAL fast. But here it is, I hope you guys enjoy it! Don't forget to review, I like reading what you have to say.
-Rachel
Chapter Twelve
After lunch Hermione made her way back to Gryffindor tower with Ginny and Lavender. "I'm kind of curious about tonight." Lavender said as they made it to the fourth floor.
"Why?" Ginny asked.
"I have never been to a Slytherin party before. I don't know what to expect, and besides I don't know Greengrass and Parkinson all that well."
"We haven't been to a Slytherin party either, it should be fun though. I have heard some of the Ravenclaw's talk about their Quidditch victory parties. Just last year I overheard Anthony Goldstein talking to Terry Boot in the library about the scandalous things that go on down there, and it was mostly Blaise Zabini doing them. And trust me, these things aren't appropriate for a first year to hear, hell, it isn't even appropriate for a third year!" Ginny explained.
"I sincerely hope this party is more relaxed. I don't think I would be comfortable if it became too rambunctious." Hermione confessed.
"It will be fine!" Lavender promised.
"Leones Rugient." Ginny said as she got to the portrait of the fat lady. The painting opened up to reveal a nearly empty common room. "Go grab some clothes and we will meet in the common room in five minutes." Hermione and Lavender agreed as they made their way up the stairs toward the girl's dorm.
It didn't take long for Hermione to grab a change of clothes for the following day, a pair of pajamas and her pillow. "I'm ready to go." She said to a frantic Lavender.
"How are you finished already? I am still deciding on what pair of jammies to take."
Hermione made a face that said she didn't understand. "Just grab a pair, you will only be sleeping in them. It's not like you will actually be seen."
Lavender looked at Hermione with a crazy look in her eye. "But we will be seen, Hermione. The Slytherin's will see and they will poke fun if they aren't the right pair. I have my orange tank top and shorts set or my baby blue silk nightgown. What one would you pick?" she asked in desperation, clutching each pair in her outstretched hands to show Hermione.
"A pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt?" Hermione answered, unsure of what to say.
Lavender lowered her still full hands and said. "Those aren't even part of the selection!" she cried. "Wait, that isn't what you packed is it?" Hermione nodded. "No, that won't do." Lavender stuck her head out of their dorm room and called for Ginny to join them.
"What's going on? You guys finished in here?" She asked when she showed up at their door with her bag hanging off of her right shoulder.
"Grab your friend's bag and take a look inside." Lavender insisted.
"Hey!" Hermione protested when Ginny did exactly what Lavender asked.
"A book, really Hermione? What do you need a book for at a sleepover?"
Lavender looked at Hermione in amazement. "Although that is an issue all on its own, that isn't what I called you down here for. She packed sweat pants to go to the sleepover."
"Hermione!" Ginny reprimanded, in shock. "Sweat pants won't do. Where are the pajamas I bought you for your birthday?" Hermione pointed to her trunk that was at the end of her bed. "Should have known." Ginny mumbled as she pulled out a pair of black and silver shorts and a matching camousal. "Much better." She stuffed the new articles of clothing into Hermione's bag, took out the book and handed it back to her.
"Perfect!" Lavender stated. Hermione rolled her eyes. "Now, which should I bring, Ginny?"
"Baby blue one, now let's got. I'm sure everyone is already waiting for us." Ginny swept from the room, determined to make the two elder girls to leave as well.
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When the three Gryffindor's made it to the 'Barnabas the Barmy' tapestry they found Luna staring at it with longing. She was swaying back and forth in silent fascination.
Ginny put her hands on the Ravenclaw's shoulders to stop her movements. "Quite beautiful, isn't it?" Luna asked without taking her eyes off of the moving tapestry. Barnabas had just barely dodged a very ugly troll as Luna spoke.
"They are trolls, Luna. Trolls aren't beautiful." Lavender snarked.
Luna shrugged. "There is beauty in many things. Even in slightly, uncoordinated trolls." Luna's eyes twinkled in amazement as she continued to watch the tapestry.
"We should probably get inside Luna." Ginny said as she started to move the blonde away from the tapestry.
Lavender walked by the opposite wall three times before the wall shifted and started to form a door. The four girls approached the newly appeared oak door and opened it.
When Hermione entered the room she looked around to find it nicely decorated. Black and orange banners and tapestries hung all over the giant sized room to represent all hallows eve. Seven beds formed a semi-circle on Hermione's left. Each bed had either a black or orange comforter on them. Across from her, Hermione could see a large table littered with all kinds of sweets, goodies and beverages. Firewhisky and butterbeer also being among them.
To Hermione's right was a lounge area. Three couches formed an open box facing the fireplace. The windows behind the beds were enlarged to let in light from the soon to be rising moon. Candles floated around the room like they did in the Great hall, casting eerie shadows as the sun set. Paper bats flew above the girl's heads, causing Luna to look at them the same way as she did Barnabas the Barmy.
"Do you like it?" Pansy asked from one of the couches.
"It's really nice in here." Lavender said as she walked towards the beds. "I didn't expect it to be decorated like this. I really like it." Pansy smiled in embarrassment.
"Take whichever bed you would like. We figured that as our guests, you should chose first." Daphne clarified.
Hermione walked over to the beds as well and put her overnight bag on the bed to the far right, then made her way over to the seating area and sat down beside Cassi on the far couch beside the fireplace. "I'm surprised it isn't more-gloomy with all the black and orange." Hermione stated.
"Pansy is good at what she does." Cassi complemented.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Ginny asked as she plopped down on the empty couch across from Hermione.
"I think we should just relax here for a bit. This week has been tiring." Daphne suggested from her position behind the couch Pansy was sitting on, everyone else agreed.
Luna came walking over to the seating area with a bowl of pudding and a glass of pumpkin juice, Lavender laughed. "Luna, lunch just finished and you are still hungry?"
"I didn't get a chance to get down to lunch. Someone took my shoes again so I had to look for my spare. I didn't find those either. "Luna replied, lifting her bare feet as proof. "Did you decorate for tonight?" she asked Pansy and took a mouthful of pudding.
"Yes, I did. I love planning and decorating for events. Mother says its servants work, and we are only supposed to supervise but I can't help but to love to do it."
"I'm sorry that that is how your mother feels." Hermione apologized.
Pansy waved it off. "She is an old pureblood witch. It would be inappropriate for her to enjoy such things."
Daphne giggled. "The only thing pureblood women love is gossip, fashion, and the family reputation." The rest of the girls giggled along with her.
"Ginny, you're a pureblood. How is your home life? Different from ours I expect." Pansy asked.
Ginny looked surprised. "My home life?" she asked and Daphne nodded. "Well, my dad works at the Ministry so he is seldom home. Mum usually gets us to do chores around the house. De-gnoming is the worst but the best job of them all."
Daphne looked confused. "How could it be the best and the worst? It's either one or the other."
"It's the worst because you have to chase the little buggers, they also bite something terrible, but we play a game, the farthest you throw them the more points you get. When all the gnomes are gone the person with the most points, wins."
"What do they win?" Pansy asked, curious.
"It's more like, as long as you don't get the least amount of points, loser does dishes."
"Although, every time Harry loses, Mrs. Weasley won't let him do the dishes, she always makes some of the twins or Ron do them instead. Now that I think about it, she never asks him to do chores either, he just helps one of us." Hermione filled in for everyone.
"On Sundays we have a big family brunch during the summer. It gets quite crowded, loud and rowdy. Harry and Hermione usually join us, we play mock games of Quidditch, or a big game of exploding snaps." Ginny continued sounding enthusiastic.
"Yeah, but when supper is over the twins play their pranks, mostly on Ron. It's quite funny actually, one time they gave him a candy that made him lose his voice. He spent the entire night silently yelling while everyone, sans Mrs. Weasley, laughed." Pansy, Daphne, Lavender, and Cassi laughed when Hermione and Ginny were done, Luna just smiled kindly into space, while still eating her pudding.
"Your family sounds fun Ginny. When my grandmother comes to visit, we get dressed up and have a very formal dinner with my parents and my aunt. The dinner is very tense, grandmother doesn't allow chatter, of any kind, around the dinner table. It's a two hour affair of knives and forks scraping across plates. When that's over we retire to the drawing room for tea and brandy. It's very formal being a part of my family." Pansy explained.
"Enough with making everyone sad, Pans." Daphne joked. Pansy just made an unimpressed face. "What about you Hermione, what is your family like?"
"Oh, um… My parents are dentists. They are muggle healers, known as doctors, for teeth. They are usually working during the day but they are always home at night. We usually spend the night's together, order in, watch a movie on the telly or play card games, it is quite relaxing really."
"What's a 'telly'?" Daphne asked.
"It's a box that plays moving pictures. It's a form of muggle entertainment." Daphne nodded in understanding.
"Luna, what are your summers like?" Cassi asked the Ravenclaw, who had just sat down from getting more pudding.
"Quite fun, actually. I help my dad with the Quibbler. Sometimes we go hunting for creatures, nargles are the easiest to find, they usually hang out in mistletoe. The crumple-Horned Snorkacks are the hardest, we haven't found it yet, but we have found one of its horns. I used to watch my mum with her magic before she died, I am quite fond of those days." Luna gushed, the twinkle was still in her blue eyes as she spoke about her family.
"That sounds… Lovely, Luna." Hermione complemented. "What about you Lavender?" she asked.
"Well, nothing special happens at my house. Sometimes I go to Pavarti's for a few days during the summer. My mum and I go shopping sometimes. My parents aren't usually home, mum is a healer and dad works in the Ministry. My little brother is eight, so I babysit him most days."
"It sounds nice. My family is like Pansy's, except I have Astoria to share in my misery."
"What about Cassi?" Lavender asked. "She hasn't told us about her family yet."
"Almost everyone knows about my family, we aren't that interesting." Cassi tried to deflect.
"Actually Cassi, we only know how many siblings you have. We don't know anything other than that." Hermione pointed out.
"At least tell us something about them. How are you guys together?" Ginny asked.
"There are six of us, how do you think we are together?" She asked.
"Just tell us a story about them, or something." Pansy demanded.
Cassi sighed. "Fine. Leo is a year younger than Scorpius and I. He and Scorpius get into so many fights that mum had to put them at opposite ends of the dinner table." Cassi smiled in longing. "One time our grandparents came to visit, my mums parents had just returned from a long holiday and dad wanted his to come and celebrate the fact that we had just got our letters. Scorpius and Leo started to argue, which turned into Leo dumping his pumpkin juice all over Scorpius. He retaliated by shoving Leo's face into the mashed potatoes. I have never seen mother and father so furious or grandad so amused, now that I think about it."
"What were they fighting about?" Luna asked.
Cassi sat in thought for a second. "Scorpius and I had just bought our wands the day before and father said that he could show grandad and Nan after dinner, but when Scorpius had come down for supper he couldn't find it so he blamed Leo for taking it, which caused them to fight."
"Did Leo take it?" Lavender asked with a giggle.
"Turns out, no, Gemma took it because Scorpius had stepped on one of her Quidditch figurines in his excitement to buy his school supplies, she was eight at the time." The girls giggled at Cassi's story.
"Why did your grandparents move in with you?" Luna asked, trying to be polite.
"When mum and dad got married they gave the manor over to my parents as a wedding gift, they still lived there but spent most of their time in different villas and on holidays. Nan wanted to travel more and grandad wanted to give them their privacy. Eventually nan wanted to come home for good because she missed us all." Luna nodded in understanding at Cassi's explanation.
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For a few hours the girls sat around and talked, ate and laughed. When the clock sounded that it was four thirty, Pansy pulled out the firewhisky. "Who wants some?" she asked. Everyone but Hermione raised their hands. "Hermione? Do you want some?"
Hermione shook her head 'no'. "I'll stick to butterbeer for now, thank you."
Pansy shrugged. "Alright, maybe later." She said as she poured a glass for everyone but Hermione, and relaxed into the couch.
Ginny took a sip of her firewhisky and coughed a little before saying. "Alright Pansy. Would you rather, proposition Professor Snape for sex, or Dumbledore?"
Pansy made a disgusted face and said. "Why would anyone want to choose between those? Why are you even asking me that question? It's appalling!"
"Pansy, it's just a muggle game called 'would you rather' it's a harmless game." Hermione explained.
"Oh," Pansy said. She took a sip of her firewhisky. "Do I actually have to go through with the act, or can I just ask?"
Ginny rolled her eyes. "I said proposition, not sleep with."
"Then Dumbledore." Pansy answered confidently.
"Oh Merlin! Why Pansy? I mean, Snape isn't all that better, but Dumbledore is so old." Daphne protested.
"Yeah, but he is least likely to give me detention, now isn't he?" Daphne nodded in agreeance. "Hermione, would you rather fail a test, or break a school rule?"
Hermione tapped her butterbeer bottle in thought. "Well, I have already broken my fair share of school rules, and most of the time the punishment is detention, where failing a test is almost permanent. Sure, you could take a make-up test, but your grade would be deducted anyway. So I choose breaking the rules."
Pansy snickered. "So, Miss. Hermione Granger isn't as perfect as everyone believes."
"I never claimed to be perfect. Who says such things?" Hermione asked, feeling a little offended.
"It's alright Hermione, some people in Slytherin say it, but don't be bothered, they are just jealous but won't ever admit it." Daphne said, trying to re-assure her friend. "So what rules have you broken?" she asked mischievously.
"That's for me to know." Hermione quipped. "Luna, would you rather be without knees, or without elbows?"
Lavender made a disgusted face. "That's kind of gross."
Luna and sat back and thought about her answer. "I would rather have no knees. There are ways around that disability but if I had no elbows, then the only thing I could really do with my arms is imitate a starfish, and I don't really have any desire to do that." She said in her sing song voice and took another sip of her firewhisky. "Lavender, would you rather, sleep with your best friend's boyfriend or your boyfriend's best friend?"
Ginny looked surprised. "Seriously Luna? You do realize that she has to choose between Dean and Harry, right?"
"It isn't like she actually has to do it." Daphne stated. "She doesn't have to do it right?" she asked Hermione.
Hermione shook her head 'no'. "That is a completely different game." Daphne looked visibly relieved.
"We will be playing that game later though." Cassi stated with a wink towards Pansy.
"So, which will it be Lavender? The best friend's boyfriend, or the boyfriend's best friend?" Pansy asked.
Lavender started to chew on the side of her thumb nail in thought. "Well, Harry is the more attractive of the two, but I think Dean would be more experienced. On the other hand, if I slept with Harry I would lose a boyfriend and maybe a few friends but if I slept with Dean I would lose my best friend and a best friend is harder to replace. So…I would have to choose Harry, my boyfriend's best friend. Sorry Ginny." She apologized.
Ginny shrugged. "As long as you don't actually do it, then we're alright."
Lavender laughed. "Deal. I guess it's my turn to ask something. Cassi, would you rather be just friends with someone you love, or marry someone you hate?"
Cassi drained the rest of her firewhisky and crossed her legs in thought. "Both are pretty terrible, don't you think? You might eventually grow to tolerate the person you hate, maybe even grow to love them. But not being able to be with the person you love is just torture." Cassi tapped her empty glass before she poured herself another glass full before continuing. "I would have to say, being friends with the one I love because being married to Tammy Goyle is more torture than I am willing to live with."
Pansy looked at Daphne and she looked back. "Did you just say Tammy Goyle?" She asked Cassi.
Cassi paused her drink halfway to her mouth and said. "Yes?" like it was a question.
"I wasn't aware that Greg had any other relatives besides his parents." Daphne questioned.
Cassi let out a nervous giggle. "Probably not related in anyway. My turn, right?" she asked while trying to change the topic. "Daphne, would you rather be stranded on a deserted island alone without magic or be stranded on a deserted island with your worst enemy with no chance of escaping the island?"
Daphne didn't even have to think about her answer. "Deserted with my worst enemy. I wouldn't know what to do without magic and with my enemy there at least I will have magic to control the situation." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Alright, Ginny, would you rather have a bell go off every time you're horny or never get horny at all?"
"That's cruel." Lavender stated as she filled her third glass of firewhisky.
Ginny giggled. "That is a bit over the top, but I would have to take the bell. I don't care if everyone knows if I want some." She said with a wink to Daphne.
All the girls giggled at Ginny's answer. "It's about dinner time, right?" Luna asked.
Hermione checked her watch. "Holy cricket! Dinner is long over." She gasped in surprise.
"Maybe we should change into our pajamas and have a little something to eat besides crisps and pudding." Cassi suggested, everyone agreed.
Hermione got up from her warm seat by the fire and made her way towards the bed, where she left the bag. "Bathroom's through there." Pansy whispered to Hermione, who nodded in thanks.
Once in the restroom Hermione stepped into the first stall to change when the door opened up behind her.
"Don't like to change in front of others too, huh?" Cassi asked from the stall beside her.
"I don't care to, no. It's also easier in here." Hermione said as she got out of the stall from changing into her pajamas. She made a face in the mirror when she caught a glimpse of her reflection. Hermione started pulling at the hem of her camousal and shorts as they showed too much mid-riff and thighs to her liking.
"Whoa!" Cassi said from behind her. "I did not expect to see you wearing those tonight."
"Ginny made me." Hermione said before she turned around to look at Cassi. "She also lied to me apparently." She continued as she pointed to Cassi's choice of clothing.
Cassi looked down at her sweat pants and her over the shoulder shirt. "What do you mean she lied?"
Hermione and Cassi picked up their discarded clothes and made to leave the bathroom. "Ginny and Lavender told me no one would be wearing sweat pants. They made me trade my usual sleepwear for this." She explained as she tried to pull the hem of her camousal down again.
Cassi slapped Hermione's hands away from her stomach. "Stop it, you look fine." Hermione smiled in appreciation.
"I wonder how the boys are doing." Hermione said as she joined everyone back at the couches. "Ron was pretty angry this morning."
"I am sure they are doing just fine. I mean, the castle isn't on fire yet, so that's a good thing." Daphne pointed out. Hermione laughed, as did the rest of the girls. So much so, that Lavender spit her mouthful of firewhisky out when Daphne said it.
Cassi laughed even harder. "Alright." She gasped between giggles. "Hermione, truth or dare?"
Luna sat up a little straighter. "Oh, I love this game! Choose dare Hermione!"
"I don't want to choose dare." Hermione quipped.
"Oh, come one Hermione! You never played this game with us when we asked you, don't be such a prude!" Ginny said.
"Dare, dare, dare, dare!" Lavender chanted.
"Ah, come one Granger, live a little." Pansy teased.
"It's Granger again is it?" Hermione asked as she leaned back on the sofa. "Fine!" she sighed. "Dare."
"Yes! Go Hermione!" Daphne cheered as she high fived a very amused looking Pansy.
Cassi smiled. "Good choice. I dare you to wear this," Cassi turned to her bag and pulled out a Slytherin Quidditch jersey. "For the rest of the night and down to breakfast."
Hermione scoffed. "All you want me to do is wear a Slytherin shirt to breakfast?" she asked as she grabbed the shirt from Cassi and rolled it in her lap.
"Do you accept? Because as soon as you say that you do, you can't back out." Daphne warned.
"Yeah, it's just a shirt." Hermione boasted.
"Uh, Hermione. You might want to re-think your choice." Ginny warned, looking at the shirt.
"It's alright, Ginny. I accept the dare that has been given to me." Hermione said confidently while holding the shirt up.
Ginny groaned. "Turn it around Hermione. The shirt is an official Slytherin house jersey. Number seven represents the seeker. And the seeker of the Slytherin house is-"
"Malfoy." Hermione groaned when she cut her friend off. She turned the shirt over in hopes that she was wrong. She wasn't. "I have to wear Malfoy's Quidditch jersey to breakfast tomorrow?" Hermione complained.
"You agreed to it darling, now put it on." Pansy pointed out. Hermione glared at her friend as she pulled the shirt over her head and pulled her arms through the much too big shirt. The jersey was about two sizes too big for her and fell down past her shorts when she stood up. Making it look like she wasn't wearing anything underneath.
"This is ridiculous! I look naked under this thing! It is way too big." She complained.
Cassi giggled as she stood to help Hermione fix her problem. "You can either wear it like this," Cassi said as she took the end of the right side and stuck it into the side of her shorts. "Or, you can do this." She continued as she untucked the offending garment and started rolling the bottom until it came to the top of her shorts and tied the back into a knot and tucking it under to make it look natural.
"This way is fine. Thank you Cassi."
"No problem." Cassi sat down and drained her firewhisky. "Your turn to go Hermione."
Hermione didn't even bother to sit as she folded her arms and glared at Pansy and Daphne. "This is your fault." She stated.
Pansy looked confused. "How is it our fault? It was her idea." Pansy pointed to Cassi.
"Did you tell her?" Hermione started to tap her foot with impatience.
"No! We didn't say anything to her!" Daphne defended.
"Hermione, please just continue." Lavender pleaded.
"Fine. Pansy, I dare you to kiss Blaise."
Pansy stood face to face with Hermione. "That isn't how the game works. I get a choice."
"Alright then, truth or dare?"
"Dare." Pansy challenged.
"You know my dare. Do you accept?"
"I will do you one better Granger. I will put a time limit on it and do it right now."
"How will we know if you do it?" Hermione asked.
"Come down with me." Pansy smirked.
Hermione smirked back. "Gladly." She said, momentarily forgetting about the shirt she was currently wearing and who she was about to see.
Ginny stood up smiling. "Oh, I am so coming too."
"I think we all are." Lavender laughed. Daphne, Cassi, and Luna standing up as well.
"Lead the way Parkinson."
Pansy was still smirking. "With pleasure, Granger." She said as she turned around and headed towards the exit, six girls following closely behind her.
Yay! Got to love completed chapters. I am currently working on the boys get together, I know the direction I want it to go in, so lets hope it doesn't take me too long. Please review!
-Rachel
