This Is Where
25. Always
"I'm just happy we're finally rid of those awful dementors," Lavender said, leaning over the sink to straighten her gold and scarlet bow in the mirror.
The tumultuous year had come to a close on a rather high note. Hermione was friends with Harry and Ron again and was much pleasanter company in the dormitory now that she wasn't crying and frazzled all the time. Lavender and Parvati both passed their Divination finals with flying colors and high praise from Professor Trelawney. Gryffindor won the House Cup by a landslide, mostly due to their winning the Quidditch Cup as well.
The only downfalls were that Lupin was resigning - it turned out he was a werewolf! - and that Black had escaped, but everybody figured that since Black had had such a close call with the dementors that he wouldn't try coming around Hogwarts again anytime soon.
"Definitely," Parvati agreed. "You look great, come on, let's go to the feast."
"Coming," Lavender said, giving her bow one final tug before turning around and leaving with Parvati.
"Hey Par?" she asked as they walked. "We're always going to be best friends, right?"
Parvati smiled. "Right. It's you and me till the end of time."