~ GUYS' TALK ~
Ernie felt himself breathe a long sigh of relief as Filch escorted Lavender from the detention room. He had been dreadfully afraid of Filch since he was a first-year, when he'd accidentally knocked over a suit of armor.
"What a head case." Draco shook his head.
"Got that right." Harry nodded grimly.
Ernie stared at Harry, then Draco, in shock. He couldn't believe that the arch-enemies Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy had actually agreed on something! Granted, it was on something extremely trivial and irrelevant, but it was still a union between the two. Ernie wondered if the other Hufflepuffs would believe him if he told them.
Harry didn't seem to notice Ernie's shock. He continued on, "Honestly, you wonder why they put up such a fuss about little things. I was only trying to help Lavender, but she whipped around on me…I'll have you know that she really WAS that miserable."
Draco nodded. "I'll bet she was…you know, Pansy did that to me quite a bit during sixth-year. I've severed all connections with her…after becoming close and intimate, of course." Draco gave a dry laugh. Harry sniggered along.
Suddenly, a spit wad hit Draco's ear. Everyone whipped around to see Daisy Parkinson glaring at Draco resentfully. "You're a pig!" Daisy's voice was thin and shrill; exactly the opposite of what Ernie had thought it would be like. Daisy shot another spit wad at Malfoy; this time he saw it and managed to duck.
"Are you throwing spit wads at me because of the whole business with your sister? Goodness, that was months ago! And believe me, Pansy wanted it. Why don't you just ask her?" Draco brushed the spit wad off his ear. Daisy shook her head furiously, and did not answer Draco. "On second thought, perhaps you're just resentful because you know no male will ever have you. Not even odd balls like Macmillan."
"T-that's rude." Ernie felt himself turn bright red.
"Are you calling me rude for telling the simple truth? Daisy always will be a virgin, just like you." Draco nodded.
"I am not a virgin." Ernie said furiously, though he, like most of his Hufflepuff counterparts, were all virgins.
"Oh really…you have actually been with a girl?" Draco raised his eyebrows.
"G-girls." Ernie corrected. "Plenty of girls."
"Who?" Draco crossed his arms over his chest.
"Er…s-some Beauxbatons girls." Ernie lied. "Y-you wouldn't know them."
"Sorry Macmillan, doesn't count unless I know the girl. Tell me, have you ever been with anyone from Hogwarts?" Before Ernie could come up with a good answer, Lavender had returned from the lavatory. Ernie felt his face flush red. He gestured with his head at Lavender, indicating that he didn't wish to speak about the topic with Lavender around. He had no desire for Lavender to spread the news around the school with her posse of friends.
"You've been with Lavender Brown?" Draco said loudly.
"What? Who…what?" Lavender sputtered.
"Ernie says he's been with you." Draco pointed at Ernie.
Ernie wanted to climb under the table as Lavender glared at him. "You hog! I have never been with you, and I never WILL be! You DISGUST me."
"It…it was a misunderstanding! Draco misunderstood me…" Ernie cried. "I-I didn't say I slept with you."
"You didn't?" Draco smirked at him. "Then what was that bob of the head at her for?"
"It was just…I-I didn't want to talk about it in front of her." Ernie buried his face in his hands to hide his blush.
"Talk about your virginity, you mean?" Draco grinned.
"You're a virgin?" Lavender turned around. Ernie nodded miserably, while Draco and Harry burst into laughter. "You don't need to be embarrassed about that, Ernie."
"Really?" Ernie's eyes widened, not only at the fact that it was the first time someone had told him being a virgin was acceptable, but also at the fact that Lavender was being genuinely kind to him.
"Yeah." Lavender nodded, and shot him a smile.
Ernie felt himself breathe a long sigh of relief as Filch escorted Lavender from the detention room. He had been dreadfully afraid of Filch since he was a first-year, when he'd accidentally knocked over a suit of armor.
"What a head case." Draco shook his head.
"Got that right." Harry nodded grimly.
Ernie stared at Harry, then Draco, in shock. He couldn't believe that the arch-enemies Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy had actually agreed on something! Granted, it was on something extremely trivial and irrelevant, but it was still a union between the two. Ernie wondered if the other Hufflepuffs would believe him if he told them.
Harry didn't seem to notice Ernie's shock. He continued on, "Honestly, you wonder why they put up such a fuss about little things. I was only trying to help Lavender, but she whipped around on me…I'll have you know that she really WAS that miserable."
Draco nodded. "I'll bet she was…you know, Pansy did that to me quite a bit during sixth-year. I've severed all connections with her…after becoming close and intimate, of course." Draco gave a dry laugh. Harry sniggered along.
Suddenly, a spit wad hit Draco's ear. Everyone whipped around to see Daisy Parkinson glaring at Draco resentfully. "You're a pig!" Daisy's voice was thin and shrill; exactly the opposite of what Ernie had thought it would be like. Daisy shot another spit wad at Malfoy; this time he saw it and managed to duck.
"Are you throwing spit wads at me because of the whole business with your sister? Goodness, that was months ago! And believe me, Pansy wanted it. Why don't you just ask her?" Draco brushed the spit wad off his ear. Daisy shook her head furiously, and did not answer Draco. "On second thought, perhaps you're just resentful because you know no male will ever have you. Not even odd balls like Macmillan."
"T-that's rude." Ernie felt himself turn bright red.
"Are you calling me rude for telling the simple truth? Daisy always will be a virgin, just like you." Draco nodded.
"I am not a virgin." Ernie said furiously, though he, like most of his Hufflepuff counterparts, were all virgins.
"Oh really…you have actually been with a girl?" Draco raised his eyebrows.
"G-girls." Ernie corrected. "Plenty of girls."
"Who?" Draco crossed his arms over his chest.
"Er…s-some Beauxbatons girls." Ernie lied. "Y-you wouldn't know them."
"Sorry Macmillan, doesn't count unless I know the girl. Tell me, have you ever been with anyone from Hogwarts?" Before Ernie could come up with a good answer, Lavender had returned from the lavatory. Ernie felt his face flush red. He gestured with his head at Lavender, indicating that he didn't wish to speak about the topic with Lavender around. He had no desire for Lavender to spread the news around the school with her posse of friends.
"You've been with Lavender Brown?" Draco said loudly.
"What? Who…what?" Lavender sputtered.
"Ernie says he's been with you." Draco pointed at Ernie.
Ernie wanted to climb under the table as Lavender glared at him. "You hog! I have never been with you, and I never WILL be! You DISGUST me."
"It…it was a misunderstanding! Draco misunderstood me…" Ernie cried. "I-I didn't say I slept with you."
"You didn't?" Draco smirked at him. "Then what was that bob of the head at her for?"
"It was just…I-I didn't want to talk about it in front of her." Ernie buried his face in his hands to hide his blush.
"Talk about your virginity, you mean?" Draco grinned.
"You're a virgin?" Lavender turned around. Ernie nodded miserably, while Draco and Harry burst into laughter. "You don't need to be embarrassed about that, Ernie."
"Really?" Ernie's eyes widened, not only at the fact that it was the first time someone had told him being a virgin was acceptable, but also at the fact that Lavender was being genuinely kind to him.
"Yeah." Lavender nodded, and shot him a smile.