Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this fic besides Essie, Loki,
and a couple of very minor characters in Ravenclaw and Slytherin.
~Fic Starts here~
Essie and Loki were up talking. At 3:00 am.
"So, has Draco asked you to the Yule Ball thingie yet?"
Loki looked at Essie blankly.
"The Dance thingie"
"What? Oh. Yeah. He asked me yesterday. Right after I woke up. Did you know the potion Snape gave me conked me out for three whole hours. THREE. Three hours, for Ptolemy's sake.
"Err."
"-and Draco stayed by me the whole time."
"And you know this because?"
"Umm, I faked an extra hour."
"And?"
"And Pomfrey told him to get out, 'cos it didn't look like I was gonna get up."
"And?"
"And then I woke up."
"OK."
"Yeah. So Draco asked me. Why?"
"I was thinking of having a sort of slumber party cum makeover party thingie.we could invite a couple of gals.do makeovers and junk."
"OOH! Kewl idea!"
"Yeah. But who do we invite?"
Loki sat thoughtfully for a minute. "Well, how about Hermione Granger?"
"Who?"
"You know, the class smart-ass"
"OH! Right!"
"Yeah. She's the one who detoxed you."
"Oh."
".so I think we owe her something."
"Right."
"Who's she going with, though?"
Loki paused. "You know, I have no idea."
Essie thought. "You know, she's probably going with that Ron guy."
"What Ron guy?"
"The red-haired, ginger, Ron guy."
"OH! THAT Ron guy."
"Err.yeah. I don't know though. We should probably ask her first.even if they flirt nonstop."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Ok. So we're prolly gonna ask Hermione.who else?"
"Umm, how about Ginny Weasley?" Essie suggested
"Who?"
"Ginny Weasley. You know, the girl who you burst both of the bludgers with."
"OH!! HER!! Yeah," Loki nodded, "She seemed pretty cool. Is she goin' with anyone?"
"I dunno."
"Oh. Well, we can ask her too."
"Yeah.we can ask them tomorrow."
"Yeah.g'nite Loki"
"'night Ess."
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The next day, Essie ran up to Hermione in the hallway.
"Hey! Hermione! Wait up!!"
Hermione turned around curiously. What would the American girl want with her?
"Hi Essie."
"Hey. Um, so Ron's asked you to the Yule Ball thingie, right?"
"WHAT?" Hermione wheeled around and faced Essie, "What in Ptolemy's name gave you THAT idea?"
"Umm, aren't you going out with him?"
"WHAT? HECK NO!"
"Really? Cuz it looks like he's eating out of the palm of your hand.or he really WANTS to"
Hermione blushed. Ron? Ron Weasley? Well, yes, she might have a teensy-weensy, itty, bitty.oh hell.FULL-BLOWN, elephantine crush on him.
"Umm, really?"
"Yeah. I say you should, like, totally get to know him.you know, in a sexual kind of way."
Hermione blushed even brighter.
Essie grinned. She SO knew there was more to Hermione than the conservative, grade-conscious schoolgirl. She and Loki would just have to bring the other Hermione out. "So, umm, do you want to come to this sleepover, slumber party thingie that Loki and I are giving? We're doing makeovers."
Hermione considered. What did she have to lose? She nodded.
"Good. Meet us at our dorm at 8:OO. The password's HGIH fit and the portrait's the lady knight and the chimera thingie."
Hermione nodded again. She was actually looking forward to it.
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Loki chased Ginny Weasley down the hall. "Yo Ginny!"
"Huh? Oh, hi Loki"
"Hey. Umm, so who are you going to the ball with?"
Ginny blushed. That was NOT what she had expected. Oh wel, she had to tell SOMEONE. Otherwise, she would burst. "Umm, I'm going with.er"
"Yeah?"
"Umm, oliverwood" she spilled out
"Who? Liver could? What?"
"No! Ol-Oliver Wood. you know the assistant to Madam Hooch."
"OH! Him! Whoa. He's HOT. Hold on.how old is he? Like 20?"
"Umm, yeah"
"Dang girl. Even I can't get a 20 year old guy and I'm a year older than you"
"Oh gosh! It's not like that! He just asked me cos we're such good friends, and he's been showing me beaters moves and.well yes. He's hot"
"So.why not let Oliver think you're hot too?"
"What?"
"Yeah. You wanna come to this slumber party makeover bash thingie that Essie and I are doing?"
"Sure."
"OK. Meet us at 8:00 at our dorms, the portrait of the lady knight and the chimera.password's HGIH fit"
"OK"
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Hermione and Ginny both were at Loki and Essie' dorm at 8:00 sharp. Ginny was carrying her extremely large makeup case and her sleeping bag, but Hermione only had her sleeping bag. Ginny looked curiously at Hermione. Where was her makeup?
"Hey you guys!" said Loki, bounding in, "Hey Gin! Yay! More makeup! Cool makeup case by the way. Oh, Hermione, why didn't you bring yours? I promise me and Ess don't have cooties.actually I'm not so sure about Ess.all that snogging with Snape might have given her something contagious."
"HEY!" yelled Essie, who was right behind Loki, "that was SO nice Loks. Way to blurt out about me being forced to kiss the elephant nosed man.BECAUSE YOU PUSHED ME INTO HIM!!!!"
Loki shrugged. "So, why didn't you bring your makeup?" she asked again.
Hermione was turning red, fast. She might as well tell now. "Because I don't have any."
Everyone stared at her. Loki finally piped up, "well, we'll just have to cure you of that."
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The next day, Essie and Loki had DADA first, with the sixth year Gryffindors. They slowly strolled into class, wanting to delay a meeting with Moody as much as possible. Fortunately, he wasn't there yet. They were walking with a new and improved Hermione in the hall. She hadn't shown anyone her new look, because her and Ginny had opted for breakfast in Loki and Essie's dorm.
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Essie and Loki took their normal seats, just waiting for someone to notice. They didn't have to wait long.
"HERMIONE?" yelled Ron, "Is that YOU?"
Hermione blushed, making herself even prettier. "OF COURSE it's me Ron. What OTHER girl sits next to you everyday?"
"But-but-but" stuttered Ron, "Y-your hair's all sm-smooth and your clothes are dif-different and-and you've got, HOLY CRICKET! You've got MAKEUP on!"
Hermione crossed her arms across the black tube-top Essie had leant her. Geez. Now EVERYONE was staring. "Keep it DOWN Ron" hissed Hermione.
"But-But"
"BUT SHUT UP!"
"R-right" Ron sat back in his chair, but kept glancing at Hermione kinda nervously and turned-on-y
Essie wanted to seriously crack up.
~Fic Starts here~
Essie and Loki were up talking. At 3:00 am.
"So, has Draco asked you to the Yule Ball thingie yet?"
Loki looked at Essie blankly.
"The Dance thingie"
"What? Oh. Yeah. He asked me yesterday. Right after I woke up. Did you know the potion Snape gave me conked me out for three whole hours. THREE. Three hours, for Ptolemy's sake.
"Err."
"-and Draco stayed by me the whole time."
"And you know this because?"
"Umm, I faked an extra hour."
"And?"
"And Pomfrey told him to get out, 'cos it didn't look like I was gonna get up."
"And?"
"And then I woke up."
"OK."
"Yeah. So Draco asked me. Why?"
"I was thinking of having a sort of slumber party cum makeover party thingie.we could invite a couple of gals.do makeovers and junk."
"OOH! Kewl idea!"
"Yeah. But who do we invite?"
Loki sat thoughtfully for a minute. "Well, how about Hermione Granger?"
"Who?"
"You know, the class smart-ass"
"OH! Right!"
"Yeah. She's the one who detoxed you."
"Oh."
".so I think we owe her something."
"Right."
"Who's she going with, though?"
Loki paused. "You know, I have no idea."
Essie thought. "You know, she's probably going with that Ron guy."
"What Ron guy?"
"The red-haired, ginger, Ron guy."
"OH! THAT Ron guy."
"Err.yeah. I don't know though. We should probably ask her first.even if they flirt nonstop."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Ok. So we're prolly gonna ask Hermione.who else?"
"Umm, how about Ginny Weasley?" Essie suggested
"Who?"
"Ginny Weasley. You know, the girl who you burst both of the bludgers with."
"OH!! HER!! Yeah," Loki nodded, "She seemed pretty cool. Is she goin' with anyone?"
"I dunno."
"Oh. Well, we can ask her too."
"Yeah.we can ask them tomorrow."
"Yeah.g'nite Loki"
"'night Ess."
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The next day, Essie ran up to Hermione in the hallway.
"Hey! Hermione! Wait up!!"
Hermione turned around curiously. What would the American girl want with her?
"Hi Essie."
"Hey. Um, so Ron's asked you to the Yule Ball thingie, right?"
"WHAT?" Hermione wheeled around and faced Essie, "What in Ptolemy's name gave you THAT idea?"
"Umm, aren't you going out with him?"
"WHAT? HECK NO!"
"Really? Cuz it looks like he's eating out of the palm of your hand.or he really WANTS to"
Hermione blushed. Ron? Ron Weasley? Well, yes, she might have a teensy-weensy, itty, bitty.oh hell.FULL-BLOWN, elephantine crush on him.
"Umm, really?"
"Yeah. I say you should, like, totally get to know him.you know, in a sexual kind of way."
Hermione blushed even brighter.
Essie grinned. She SO knew there was more to Hermione than the conservative, grade-conscious schoolgirl. She and Loki would just have to bring the other Hermione out. "So, umm, do you want to come to this sleepover, slumber party thingie that Loki and I are giving? We're doing makeovers."
Hermione considered. What did she have to lose? She nodded.
"Good. Meet us at our dorm at 8:OO. The password's HGIH fit and the portrait's the lady knight and the chimera thingie."
Hermione nodded again. She was actually looking forward to it.
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Loki chased Ginny Weasley down the hall. "Yo Ginny!"
"Huh? Oh, hi Loki"
"Hey. Umm, so who are you going to the ball with?"
Ginny blushed. That was NOT what she had expected. Oh wel, she had to tell SOMEONE. Otherwise, she would burst. "Umm, I'm going with.er"
"Yeah?"
"Umm, oliverwood" she spilled out
"Who? Liver could? What?"
"No! Ol-Oliver Wood. you know the assistant to Madam Hooch."
"OH! Him! Whoa. He's HOT. Hold on.how old is he? Like 20?"
"Umm, yeah"
"Dang girl. Even I can't get a 20 year old guy and I'm a year older than you"
"Oh gosh! It's not like that! He just asked me cos we're such good friends, and he's been showing me beaters moves and.well yes. He's hot"
"So.why not let Oliver think you're hot too?"
"What?"
"Yeah. You wanna come to this slumber party makeover bash thingie that Essie and I are doing?"
"Sure."
"OK. Meet us at 8:00 at our dorms, the portrait of the lady knight and the chimera.password's HGIH fit"
"OK"
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Hermione and Ginny both were at Loki and Essie' dorm at 8:00 sharp. Ginny was carrying her extremely large makeup case and her sleeping bag, but Hermione only had her sleeping bag. Ginny looked curiously at Hermione. Where was her makeup?
"Hey you guys!" said Loki, bounding in, "Hey Gin! Yay! More makeup! Cool makeup case by the way. Oh, Hermione, why didn't you bring yours? I promise me and Ess don't have cooties.actually I'm not so sure about Ess.all that snogging with Snape might have given her something contagious."
"HEY!" yelled Essie, who was right behind Loki, "that was SO nice Loks. Way to blurt out about me being forced to kiss the elephant nosed man.BECAUSE YOU PUSHED ME INTO HIM!!!!"
Loki shrugged. "So, why didn't you bring your makeup?" she asked again.
Hermione was turning red, fast. She might as well tell now. "Because I don't have any."
Everyone stared at her. Loki finally piped up, "well, we'll just have to cure you of that."
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The next day, Essie and Loki had DADA first, with the sixth year Gryffindors. They slowly strolled into class, wanting to delay a meeting with Moody as much as possible. Fortunately, he wasn't there yet. They were walking with a new and improved Hermione in the hall. She hadn't shown anyone her new look, because her and Ginny had opted for breakfast in Loki and Essie's dorm.
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Essie and Loki took their normal seats, just waiting for someone to notice. They didn't have to wait long.
"HERMIONE?" yelled Ron, "Is that YOU?"
Hermione blushed, making herself even prettier. "OF COURSE it's me Ron. What OTHER girl sits next to you everyday?"
"But-but-but" stuttered Ron, "Y-your hair's all sm-smooth and your clothes are dif-different and-and you've got, HOLY CRICKET! You've got MAKEUP on!"
Hermione crossed her arms across the black tube-top Essie had leant her. Geez. Now EVERYONE was staring. "Keep it DOWN Ron" hissed Hermione.
"But-But"
"BUT SHUT UP!"
"R-right" Ron sat back in his chair, but kept glancing at Hermione kinda nervously and turned-on-y
Essie wanted to seriously crack up.