I'm in a dedicating kinda mood; for Andrea because she's fun and reviews my fics and I adore her.
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Three days after the All Hallow's Eve Ball, Kendra and Hermione were still hiding in the girl's dormitory, determined not to face their classmates again until classes started on Monday. Harry and Ron hadn't seen either of them since that night and Oliver had left, very disappointed that his date with Kendra hadn't exactly turned out the way he had planned.
"I really like her," he had explained to Harry, shrugging his shoulders. "I wanted this to be nice and now . . . I'll be surprised if she ever speaks to me again."
Harry had smiled and shook the former Quidditch captain's hand. "She likes you too Oliver," he had said. "I'm sure of it, Hermione told me and she must know. Kendra will talk to you again, she's just a little embarrassed right now."
Ron had complained about the same thing later that night as he and Harry played Wizard's chess by the fire.
"I had tried not to think about Hermione like that," he said to Harry. "But now that I know she likes me too . . . well, I suppose Malfoy ruined that for me didn't he?"
Harry sighed. "Of course not Ron. Hermione still likes you, but she's just a little disgraced by what happened. She'll come around soon."
Ron rested his chin in his hand and shrugged. "I suppose." His knight moved across the board and thrust its sword into one of Harry's bishops. "But they haven't come out of their room all weekend. What do you suppose they're doing up there?"
"They're acting like babies," Lavender said loudly from where she was sitting.
Ron turned to stare at her angrily and saw that both Hermione and Kendra had appeared in the dormitory door. Ignoring Lavender's comments they walked over to where Harry and Ron were sitting, taking the couch.
"You're out of the room," Harry said.
Hermione nodded. "We were getting a little tired of hearing the same comments from Lavender over and over again. Thought we'd let ourselves out, hear what the boys have to say."
"We might get some really interesting comments from the Slytherin house," Kendra pointed out and Hermione nodded again.
Ron raised his eyebrows. "You're both taking this more lightly than I'd imagined."
Hermione shrugged. "I'll bet we've heard the worst of it coming from Kendra's so-called friend. And she hasn't stopped all weekend."
Parvati entered the common room a moment later and Lavender waved her over and called, "Look, the girls have finally entered the real world. Maybe they'll go find Snape and tell him how 'amazingly handsome' they find him." She laughed loudly, still motioning to Parvati.
Parvati stared at her for a moment, then shook her head and walked over to join Hermione and Kendra on the couch.
Harry frowned. "What are you doing? Lavender's waving you over."
Parvati shrugged. "I told her that what Draco did wasn't funny and she told me that I should think about who I want for my friends." She met Hermione's eye and tried a small smile. "So I did and I don't really want to sit with her."
Hermione smiled back and settled onto the couch to watch Harry and Ron's game of Wizard chess. Kendra and Parvati joked with Hermione about the things they had said while under Draco's curse while Ron and Harry tried not to laugh. Every time they giggled, one of the girls would swat at them. Lavender sat alone in the corner and glared at them every so often, wondering what in the world Parvati was doing.
They sat around the fire, The Five, together for the first time without really knowing why they were there. They laughed and they talked like they had known each other for years. Even Kendra, the girl who had wanted to be nothing but a wallflower, was taking part in the conversation. Parvati was joking with Harry about their awful date in their fourth year and pretended to act shocked when he admitted he had only asked her because he couldn't think of anyone else. Ron and Hermione were stealing glances at each other when they thought no one else was looking.
The Five, sitting comfortably together. Dumbledore would be proud to see it and Snape would have fallen over from shock. He had become convinced that they would never connect and yet, they had.
The Five were finally ready to find out what they could become when they were together.
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Three days after the All Hallow's Eve Ball, Kendra and Hermione were still hiding in the girl's dormitory, determined not to face their classmates again until classes started on Monday. Harry and Ron hadn't seen either of them since that night and Oliver had left, very disappointed that his date with Kendra hadn't exactly turned out the way he had planned.
"I really like her," he had explained to Harry, shrugging his shoulders. "I wanted this to be nice and now . . . I'll be surprised if she ever speaks to me again."
Harry had smiled and shook the former Quidditch captain's hand. "She likes you too Oliver," he had said. "I'm sure of it, Hermione told me and she must know. Kendra will talk to you again, she's just a little embarrassed right now."
Ron had complained about the same thing later that night as he and Harry played Wizard's chess by the fire.
"I had tried not to think about Hermione like that," he said to Harry. "But now that I know she likes me too . . . well, I suppose Malfoy ruined that for me didn't he?"
Harry sighed. "Of course not Ron. Hermione still likes you, but she's just a little disgraced by what happened. She'll come around soon."
Ron rested his chin in his hand and shrugged. "I suppose." His knight moved across the board and thrust its sword into one of Harry's bishops. "But they haven't come out of their room all weekend. What do you suppose they're doing up there?"
"They're acting like babies," Lavender said loudly from where she was sitting.
Ron turned to stare at her angrily and saw that both Hermione and Kendra had appeared in the dormitory door. Ignoring Lavender's comments they walked over to where Harry and Ron were sitting, taking the couch.
"You're out of the room," Harry said.
Hermione nodded. "We were getting a little tired of hearing the same comments from Lavender over and over again. Thought we'd let ourselves out, hear what the boys have to say."
"We might get some really interesting comments from the Slytherin house," Kendra pointed out and Hermione nodded again.
Ron raised his eyebrows. "You're both taking this more lightly than I'd imagined."
Hermione shrugged. "I'll bet we've heard the worst of it coming from Kendra's so-called friend. And she hasn't stopped all weekend."
Parvati entered the common room a moment later and Lavender waved her over and called, "Look, the girls have finally entered the real world. Maybe they'll go find Snape and tell him how 'amazingly handsome' they find him." She laughed loudly, still motioning to Parvati.
Parvati stared at her for a moment, then shook her head and walked over to join Hermione and Kendra on the couch.
Harry frowned. "What are you doing? Lavender's waving you over."
Parvati shrugged. "I told her that what Draco did wasn't funny and she told me that I should think about who I want for my friends." She met Hermione's eye and tried a small smile. "So I did and I don't really want to sit with her."
Hermione smiled back and settled onto the couch to watch Harry and Ron's game of Wizard chess. Kendra and Parvati joked with Hermione about the things they had said while under Draco's curse while Ron and Harry tried not to laugh. Every time they giggled, one of the girls would swat at them. Lavender sat alone in the corner and glared at them every so often, wondering what in the world Parvati was doing.
They sat around the fire, The Five, together for the first time without really knowing why they were there. They laughed and they talked like they had known each other for years. Even Kendra, the girl who had wanted to be nothing but a wallflower, was taking part in the conversation. Parvati was joking with Harry about their awful date in their fourth year and pretended to act shocked when he admitted he had only asked her because he couldn't think of anyone else. Ron and Hermione were stealing glances at each other when they thought no one else was looking.
The Five, sitting comfortably together. Dumbledore would be proud to see it and Snape would have fallen over from shock. He had become convinced that they would never connect and yet, they had.
The Five were finally ready to find out what they could become when they were together.
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