"My Heart Will Go On" Chapter 23: Preparing For The Cruise
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The 5th year prefects & Heads were about ready to go insane. They have been working on plans for the cruise 3 weeks straight, even skipping classes in order to get it done. They only ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner; they hardly even slept, thanks to tons of pumpkin juice, soda, coffee, anything with caffeine in it. "Next time we do this ahead of time," Angelina yawned at 3 in the morning one early March day, exactly a week away from when the school left for the cruise to the Bahamas. Everyone else just nodded sleepily, wanting to get done. Since there was going to be two bedrooms with five beds in them each, & a sitting room, five girls & five boys could share the suite *as Muggles called them*, but girls & boys wouldn't be able to sleep in the same bed. If that happened, the two people would be separated into different groups. Also, they would be going on Zami Wizard's Cruise Line, the ship called USS Figiling. All of Hogwarts, Beaubaxtons, & Durmstrang would be going, so their ship had 20 stories, each 5 *American* football fields long (hopefully you guys have an idea how big this ship is). On the ship, there would be 5 floors for Hogwarts, 5 for Beaubaxtons, 5 for Durmstrang, & 5 floors for all the schools to share. The separate floors would be where to rooms for each school were, including lounging areas, one medium-sized pool, & a small restaurant. The other 5 floors, which all of the schools shared, would have 4 clubs, 5 restaurants, one large pool, & sitting areas on each floor. Also, if anyone wanted to get some Muggle clothes for the cruise, since it was going to be warm, everyone would be allowed to go to Muggle London on separate days starting the coming Sunday: 1st & 2nd years on Sunday, 3rd & 4th years on Tuesday, 5th & 6th years on Wednesday, & 7th years on Thursday. Finally, on Friday, the 1st of April, they would all leave at 6 in the morning to catch the 6:30 departure. "Alright Angelina, I think we're done," Lee Jordan commented, "We're already sleep deprived anyway." At that time, Justin Finch-Fletchy yelled out, "Don't let the 5 assed space monkeys get me!" Everyone cracked up laughing, waking Justin up saying, "What are you guys laughing at?" That just made everyone laugh even harder. Angelina finally let everyone go to bed, herself tired enough to start sleep-walking. All of the prefects drug their selves to their rooms & collapsed on their beds, welcoming sleep, well, everyone except one person.
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Hermione sat by her window & thought about the cruise. She had been looking forward to going on it for months now, having all that free time with her best friends...& Dean, but now, she had this feeling in the pit of her stomach. She didn't know why, but she felt as if something bad was going to happen on the cruise. 'That's ridiculous, there's going to be teachers everywhere!' Hermione thought to herself. She then remembered with Voldemort back, you couldn't trust anyone anymore, except for the people you love & know would do nothing wrong. Even then that wasn't definite. 'Just forget about it Hermione,' she told herself, 'You'll be just fine.' As she fell onto her bed & fell asleep, she couldn't help but feel that something was going to happen to them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean was looking forward to going on the cruise. He itched with excitement as the days went by. It felt as though they were going by slowly, but fast too. Finally, it was Wednesday; the 5th & 6th years would be going to Muggle London to buy necessities they wanted to bring. He had been saving most of his money, even some Muggle money he had, to buy clothes. He knew all of his friends were looking forward to the cruise as well. The only ones who seemed to be a little off-the-edge were Harry, Ron, Ginny, & Hermione. He tried asking Hermione what was wrong, but she would look up at him, smile, & say, "There's nothing wrong Dean." He still couldn't shove away the feeling that Hermione was hiding something from him.
Dean soon forgot about what was wrong with Hermione after he & his friends traded in some of their wizard money for Muggle money & head to Muggle London. "Now remember," Angelina said inside the Leaky Cauldron, "Meet back here at 5, & don't talk about magic in front of the Muggles." Everyone nodded, eager to get going. As she waved her hand, everyone ran off, excited to be shopping. "Where should we go first?" Lavender asked excitedly. "How about there?" Parvati suggested. Dean took a look at the store & saw bathing suits in it. 'No wonder she wants to go in there,' he chuckled to himself as everyone followed Parvati, Lavender, & Padma into the store.
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A couple hours later, the group of friends were eating lunch outside a café with bags surrounding them, mostly Parvati's, Lavender's, & Padma's. Dean had bought 3 bathing trunks, 4 button-down shirts, a few undershirts, a couple pairs of shorts, & some other stuff he saw that was cool. The only ones who didn't buy much were Hermione, Harry, & Ginny. Hermione only bought 2 swim suits, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, & a few things for herself, but nothing else. It was almost the same for Harry & Ginny. He was determined to make Hermione happy, so he said, "Is everyone ready to continue?" They all nodded happily. "How about we split up into 2's or something of that kind & meet at the 1st store we went to at 3." "I get Seamus!" Lavender piped up. Everyone laughed, & then split up, Seamus & Lavender going one way, Ron, Padma, Neville, & Parvati going one way, leaving him, Hermione, Harry, & Ginny. Hermione said, "Come on, the four of us'll go together." Harry & Ginny nodded & they walked around, looking for a store to go into.
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Hermione had that feeling grow stronger as the days went by, & it got worse. She found out that Harry, Ron, & Ginny were feeling the same way as her, especially Harry & Ginny. Ron was the only one out of the four of them having a great time & hiding his feeling. Hermione wasn't really concentrating on where they were going or buying anything for that matter. Dean seemed to be the only one concerned about her & her friends, who gave her concern looks when he thought she wasn't looking. It wasn't like the others didn't care, it was that they were having a great time & shopping around, sp they were too busy & excited to notice. While they were eating, she heard Dean say that they should split up & meet the 1st store they went to at 3, & saw everyone heading different ways except her, Dean, Harry, & Ginny. "Come on, the four of us'll go together," Hermione said, putting on a small smile. The four of them started walking around, looking for a store to go into. A few minutes later, Hermione spotted a store with some cool clothing. "Let's go in there," she chipped up, taking Dean's hand. He smiled at her as Ginny said, "Yeah, I've hardly bought a thing!" She chuckled as she ran into the store, dragging Harry along with her. Hermione & Dean followed them in, & her eyes widen as she saw all of the clothes in there. She & Ginny smirked at each other & turn to the guys, who were looking around in mock fright; it was a women clothing store. "Good, you guys can carry our stuff while we shop around," Ginny smirked at Harry, who grimaced & whined, "Do we have to?" "Yeah," Dean agreed, "We can wait for you two outside." "Oh no you don't," Hermione exclaimed, grabbing Dean's arm as Ginny grabbed Harry's, "You are staying with us." That's when she & Ginny ran around the store, saying, "Oh this is so cute!" or "Is this my color?" & various phrases like that.
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Dean thought it would never end. He was stacked with so many clothes that he couldn't see. "Ah, I'm blind!" he exclaimed in mock sarcasm. He felt the clothing being lifted. "I see the light! Hallolua! I'm not blind!" He did a little dance as Hermione chuckled & said, "I'm done. You can go outside & wait with Harry as me & Ginny pay for our things." "Why can't I stay with you?" he pouted. "Because, silly, I don't want you to see my stuff yet!" "Fine." He crossed his arm & plastered on a pouting face. "Awww, don't pout. It's not your style." He put his nose in the air & said, "It's your fault." She leaned up & gave him a peck on the cheek. "Is that better?" He smirked. "A little." He pulled her to him & kissed her hard, but sweetly. He pulled away & said, "That's much better." "Yeah, that is." She looked into his eyes & smiled widely. 'Oh, that look drives me crazy!' he thought to himself happily as he plastered a huge grin in place of his pout. He then walked outside & saw Harry laying on a bench, gazing at the clear blue sky. "Hiya mate. What's pondering your mind?" Dean asked, standing over him. He replied, "Nothing." That same wondering look Hermione had earlier was on his face. "What's wrong?" Dean asked, sitting down. "Nothing." "Look, I know something is up with you, Ginny, & Hermione. I think Ron too, but that's not the point. What's wrong?" Harry looked at Dean with a hint of worry in his eyes & asked, "You won't laugh if I tell you, right?" "Of course not!" Dean exclaimed, giving Harry a curious look. "Recently, me, Hermione, Ginny, & Ron have been getting sinking feelings in the pit of our stomachs about the cruise. We think something bad might happen." "Is this dealing with You-Know-Who?" "Yeah, we think he has something to do with the bad feeling we have." "That's crazy talk! Even if You-Know-Who tried to attack you on the cruise, since the teachers are going to be around. Plus, we won't let anything happen to our buddy." Dean gave Harry a pat on the back. "Yeah, I guess you're right," Harry said, giving off a small smile, "But it doesn't hurt to be ready, because most of the time, I'm right about these things." "That's true. It never hurts to be ready." "Alright guys, chat time is over!" Ginny exclaimed, carrying a huge bag in her right hand, a huge grin on her face. Hermione, who was also carrying a large bag & had on a large smile, agreed, "There's more shops to go to, & with the little amount of time we have, we got to move it!" Dean laughed with his other friends as they set off down the sidewalk, arms linked, all with huge grins.
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The 5th year prefects & Heads were about ready to go insane. They have been working on plans for the cruise 3 weeks straight, even skipping classes in order to get it done. They only ate breakfast, lunch, & dinner; they hardly even slept, thanks to tons of pumpkin juice, soda, coffee, anything with caffeine in it. "Next time we do this ahead of time," Angelina yawned at 3 in the morning one early March day, exactly a week away from when the school left for the cruise to the Bahamas. Everyone else just nodded sleepily, wanting to get done. Since there was going to be two bedrooms with five beds in them each, & a sitting room, five girls & five boys could share the suite *as Muggles called them*, but girls & boys wouldn't be able to sleep in the same bed. If that happened, the two people would be separated into different groups. Also, they would be going on Zami Wizard's Cruise Line, the ship called USS Figiling. All of Hogwarts, Beaubaxtons, & Durmstrang would be going, so their ship had 20 stories, each 5 *American* football fields long (hopefully you guys have an idea how big this ship is). On the ship, there would be 5 floors for Hogwarts, 5 for Beaubaxtons, 5 for Durmstrang, & 5 floors for all the schools to share. The separate floors would be where to rooms for each school were, including lounging areas, one medium-sized pool, & a small restaurant. The other 5 floors, which all of the schools shared, would have 4 clubs, 5 restaurants, one large pool, & sitting areas on each floor. Also, if anyone wanted to get some Muggle clothes for the cruise, since it was going to be warm, everyone would be allowed to go to Muggle London on separate days starting the coming Sunday: 1st & 2nd years on Sunday, 3rd & 4th years on Tuesday, 5th & 6th years on Wednesday, & 7th years on Thursday. Finally, on Friday, the 1st of April, they would all leave at 6 in the morning to catch the 6:30 departure. "Alright Angelina, I think we're done," Lee Jordan commented, "We're already sleep deprived anyway." At that time, Justin Finch-Fletchy yelled out, "Don't let the 5 assed space monkeys get me!" Everyone cracked up laughing, waking Justin up saying, "What are you guys laughing at?" That just made everyone laugh even harder. Angelina finally let everyone go to bed, herself tired enough to start sleep-walking. All of the prefects drug their selves to their rooms & collapsed on their beds, welcoming sleep, well, everyone except one person.
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Hermione sat by her window & thought about the cruise. She had been looking forward to going on it for months now, having all that free time with her best friends...& Dean, but now, she had this feeling in the pit of her stomach. She didn't know why, but she felt as if something bad was going to happen on the cruise. 'That's ridiculous, there's going to be teachers everywhere!' Hermione thought to herself. She then remembered with Voldemort back, you couldn't trust anyone anymore, except for the people you love & know would do nothing wrong. Even then that wasn't definite. 'Just forget about it Hermione,' she told herself, 'You'll be just fine.' As she fell onto her bed & fell asleep, she couldn't help but feel that something was going to happen to them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dean was looking forward to going on the cruise. He itched with excitement as the days went by. It felt as though they were going by slowly, but fast too. Finally, it was Wednesday; the 5th & 6th years would be going to Muggle London to buy necessities they wanted to bring. He had been saving most of his money, even some Muggle money he had, to buy clothes. He knew all of his friends were looking forward to the cruise as well. The only ones who seemed to be a little off-the-edge were Harry, Ron, Ginny, & Hermione. He tried asking Hermione what was wrong, but she would look up at him, smile, & say, "There's nothing wrong Dean." He still couldn't shove away the feeling that Hermione was hiding something from him.
Dean soon forgot about what was wrong with Hermione after he & his friends traded in some of their wizard money for Muggle money & head to Muggle London. "Now remember," Angelina said inside the Leaky Cauldron, "Meet back here at 5, & don't talk about magic in front of the Muggles." Everyone nodded, eager to get going. As she waved her hand, everyone ran off, excited to be shopping. "Where should we go first?" Lavender asked excitedly. "How about there?" Parvati suggested. Dean took a look at the store & saw bathing suits in it. 'No wonder she wants to go in there,' he chuckled to himself as everyone followed Parvati, Lavender, & Padma into the store.
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A couple hours later, the group of friends were eating lunch outside a café with bags surrounding them, mostly Parvati's, Lavender's, & Padma's. Dean had bought 3 bathing trunks, 4 button-down shirts, a few undershirts, a couple pairs of shorts, & some other stuff he saw that was cool. The only ones who didn't buy much were Hermione, Harry, & Ginny. Hermione only bought 2 swim suits, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, & a few things for herself, but nothing else. It was almost the same for Harry & Ginny. He was determined to make Hermione happy, so he said, "Is everyone ready to continue?" They all nodded happily. "How about we split up into 2's or something of that kind & meet at the 1st store we went to at 3." "I get Seamus!" Lavender piped up. Everyone laughed, & then split up, Seamus & Lavender going one way, Ron, Padma, Neville, & Parvati going one way, leaving him, Hermione, Harry, & Ginny. Hermione said, "Come on, the four of us'll go together." Harry & Ginny nodded & they walked around, looking for a store to go into.
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Hermione had that feeling grow stronger as the days went by, & it got worse. She found out that Harry, Ron, & Ginny were feeling the same way as her, especially Harry & Ginny. Ron was the only one out of the four of them having a great time & hiding his feeling. Hermione wasn't really concentrating on where they were going or buying anything for that matter. Dean seemed to be the only one concerned about her & her friends, who gave her concern looks when he thought she wasn't looking. It wasn't like the others didn't care, it was that they were having a great time & shopping around, sp they were too busy & excited to notice. While they were eating, she heard Dean say that they should split up & meet the 1st store they went to at 3, & saw everyone heading different ways except her, Dean, Harry, & Ginny. "Come on, the four of us'll go together," Hermione said, putting on a small smile. The four of them started walking around, looking for a store to go into. A few minutes later, Hermione spotted a store with some cool clothing. "Let's go in there," she chipped up, taking Dean's hand. He smiled at her as Ginny said, "Yeah, I've hardly bought a thing!" She chuckled as she ran into the store, dragging Harry along with her. Hermione & Dean followed them in, & her eyes widen as she saw all of the clothes in there. She & Ginny smirked at each other & turn to the guys, who were looking around in mock fright; it was a women clothing store. "Good, you guys can carry our stuff while we shop around," Ginny smirked at Harry, who grimaced & whined, "Do we have to?" "Yeah," Dean agreed, "We can wait for you two outside." "Oh no you don't," Hermione exclaimed, grabbing Dean's arm as Ginny grabbed Harry's, "You are staying with us." That's when she & Ginny ran around the store, saying, "Oh this is so cute!" or "Is this my color?" & various phrases like that.
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Dean thought it would never end. He was stacked with so many clothes that he couldn't see. "Ah, I'm blind!" he exclaimed in mock sarcasm. He felt the clothing being lifted. "I see the light! Hallolua! I'm not blind!" He did a little dance as Hermione chuckled & said, "I'm done. You can go outside & wait with Harry as me & Ginny pay for our things." "Why can't I stay with you?" he pouted. "Because, silly, I don't want you to see my stuff yet!" "Fine." He crossed his arm & plastered on a pouting face. "Awww, don't pout. It's not your style." He put his nose in the air & said, "It's your fault." She leaned up & gave him a peck on the cheek. "Is that better?" He smirked. "A little." He pulled her to him & kissed her hard, but sweetly. He pulled away & said, "That's much better." "Yeah, that is." She looked into his eyes & smiled widely. 'Oh, that look drives me crazy!' he thought to himself happily as he plastered a huge grin in place of his pout. He then walked outside & saw Harry laying on a bench, gazing at the clear blue sky. "Hiya mate. What's pondering your mind?" Dean asked, standing over him. He replied, "Nothing." That same wondering look Hermione had earlier was on his face. "What's wrong?" Dean asked, sitting down. "Nothing." "Look, I know something is up with you, Ginny, & Hermione. I think Ron too, but that's not the point. What's wrong?" Harry looked at Dean with a hint of worry in his eyes & asked, "You won't laugh if I tell you, right?" "Of course not!" Dean exclaimed, giving Harry a curious look. "Recently, me, Hermione, Ginny, & Ron have been getting sinking feelings in the pit of our stomachs about the cruise. We think something bad might happen." "Is this dealing with You-Know-Who?" "Yeah, we think he has something to do with the bad feeling we have." "That's crazy talk! Even if You-Know-Who tried to attack you on the cruise, since the teachers are going to be around. Plus, we won't let anything happen to our buddy." Dean gave Harry a pat on the back. "Yeah, I guess you're right," Harry said, giving off a small smile, "But it doesn't hurt to be ready, because most of the time, I'm right about these things." "That's true. It never hurts to be ready." "Alright guys, chat time is over!" Ginny exclaimed, carrying a huge bag in her right hand, a huge grin on her face. Hermione, who was also carrying a large bag & had on a large smile, agreed, "There's more shops to go to, & with the little amount of time we have, we got to move it!" Dean laughed with his other friends as they set off down the sidewalk, arms linked, all with huge grins.