A/N: Hey everyone! I know I haven't updated in a long time, but I've been
very busy. Here's chapter five. I hope you like it.
This was the first time Eponine and I were honest. We knew we would get yelled at and grounded if our fathers heard us say this, but we didn't care. The truth isn't always wanted to be heard, but in the end, it's reality.
"We don't know." I said.
"We always thought marriage was something that was supposed to be shared by two people who were in love." Eponine said.
"Not to be arranged by our parents."
"Not to say that you aren't in love."
"But we aren't, and we don't think we will be anytime soon."
"So whoever is stuck marrying us is going to have one hell of a marriage."
"Interesting." Blaise said.
"What ever gave you the idea that marriage was based on love? Look at our parents. Look at our older siblings. Do you think they're really in love?" Mary asked.
"No." Eponine sighed.
"We just hoped that we could correct our parents mistakes." I said.
Later that day Eponine and I were in our room talking about our conversation with Pansy and Mary earlier.
"Do you really think they're in love with Blaise and Draco? I don't! When they look at each other it's the same way our parents look at each other. It's as if they have to be together." I said.
"Who really cares? We'll be gone from them by Saturday morning. I just hope we don't have to marry Crabbe and Goyle." Eponine said.
"If we do then I say we quit school and run away before the week is over. I'd be willing to give up my wand if it meant getting away from marrying one of them."
"Me too. I just can't wait until this school year is over so we can finally go to America."
"Me either. I love our mothers."
"As do I."
That night at dinner we somehow got into the conversation of schools. Blaise, Pansy, Draco, Mary, Crabbe, and Goyle all went to Hogwarts. Eponine and I were the only ones to go to Beauxbatons. Everyone else went to Durmstrang. Just by listening to the Hogwarts students talk, it sounded like a fun school.
'It has to be more fun than Beauxbatons.' I thought.
"I just know that my Drakie here will be Head Boy." Mary said.
"Too bad the Head Boy and Girl can't be from the same house." Draco said.
"Get real Draco. None of us Slytherin girls stand a change to that blasted mudblood Granger." Pansy said.
Eponine and I glared at each other. We hated that word. Our fathers used it so often, and whenever father used it, it always started nasty arguments that only ended when he grounded me, said he was right and always would be, and left the room with me still screaming at him. Eponine and I were friends with plenty of muggle-borns at school. Of course our fathers didn't know about that.
We resisted the urge to say anything to Pansy. We were outnumbered around all of the adults. They all just agreed and continued on that subject.
"So do you have a Head Boy and Girl at Beauxbatons?" Blaise asked us.
"Yes. This year Cosette will most likely be our Head Girl. She always makes perfects marks." Eponine said.
"So do you." I said.
"Well we'll see."
When dinner was over Pansy and Mary approached Eponine and me.
"Tomorrow we're going swimming with the boys at noon. Do you want to come?" Pansy asked.
"There will be food." Mary said.
"And boys."
"Yeah, your boys." I said.
"James and Josh will be there."
"Ok, but only because you two are going." Eponine said.
"YAY! Julie and Sarah are nice, but they can get quite annoying after a while."
"Oh yes!" Mary agreed.
"Well we'll see you at breakfast!"
"Or at noon!"
"Bye." Eponine and I said.
We walked to our room and went to sleep. We didn't want to miss a good breakfast or swimming. That was another favorite pastime of ours.
We woke up the next morning and floated sleepily down to the dinning room. It was deserted so we took seats next to each other. An elf came and we told it what we wanted. We woke up a little bit more after breakfast.
At 11:30 we got dressed. I had a mysterious black tankini and Eponine had a matching silver one. We left our hair down and put on waterproof eyeliner, eye shadow, and lip-gloss that only came off when you applied a special cream.
We made our way to the pool and we made sure that we were fashionably late. As we walked up all eyes were on us. The boys stared with the same stupefied expression and their mouths hanging open. We didn't have the best bodies in the world, but we were attractive nonetheless. Pansy and Mary didn't notice, and they smiled while Julie and Sarah glared at us. We smiled with satisfaction.
"Sorry we're late." I said as we took off our sunglasses.
"That's fine." Pansy said.
"I love your bathing suits!" Mary said.
"Me too!"
"Thank you." We said.
We got in the pool and swam over to them.
"How come Julie and Sarah aren't swimming?" Eponine asked.
"They're trying to get tans." Mary laughed.
We all looked at the two girls lying on beach chairs. They looked as if they hadn't seen light in years. If someone told me they were vampires I would definitely believe it if I didn't know for a fact that they weren't.
"Then I think they'll be out here for the rest of their lives." I said.
We all laughed. It was true! I know that was mean, but Sarah and Julie sometimes acted like they were better then the rest of us. According to Father, they were only here to even out the boy-girl ratio. Their brothers were just like their fathers, but the girls were snobs of their own kind.
That was an afternoon to remember. For the first time in our lives, Eponine and I enjoyed being with people who were considered our "own kind." They were normal teenagers just like us with cares and worries. Too bad they only showed that when no one was around.
That night after dinner Eponine and I were getting ready for a night of dancing. There was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Your mothers." Mother said through the door.
"Come in!"
Our mothers came in with sad looks on their faces. We knew that whatever they had to say would end in rather tears or me shouting at Father the next time I saw him. However, this time it ended in neither.
A/N: So what did you think? Please, please, please review!
This was the first time Eponine and I were honest. We knew we would get yelled at and grounded if our fathers heard us say this, but we didn't care. The truth isn't always wanted to be heard, but in the end, it's reality.
"We don't know." I said.
"We always thought marriage was something that was supposed to be shared by two people who were in love." Eponine said.
"Not to be arranged by our parents."
"Not to say that you aren't in love."
"But we aren't, and we don't think we will be anytime soon."
"So whoever is stuck marrying us is going to have one hell of a marriage."
"Interesting." Blaise said.
"What ever gave you the idea that marriage was based on love? Look at our parents. Look at our older siblings. Do you think they're really in love?" Mary asked.
"No." Eponine sighed.
"We just hoped that we could correct our parents mistakes." I said.
Later that day Eponine and I were in our room talking about our conversation with Pansy and Mary earlier.
"Do you really think they're in love with Blaise and Draco? I don't! When they look at each other it's the same way our parents look at each other. It's as if they have to be together." I said.
"Who really cares? We'll be gone from them by Saturday morning. I just hope we don't have to marry Crabbe and Goyle." Eponine said.
"If we do then I say we quit school and run away before the week is over. I'd be willing to give up my wand if it meant getting away from marrying one of them."
"Me too. I just can't wait until this school year is over so we can finally go to America."
"Me either. I love our mothers."
"As do I."
That night at dinner we somehow got into the conversation of schools. Blaise, Pansy, Draco, Mary, Crabbe, and Goyle all went to Hogwarts. Eponine and I were the only ones to go to Beauxbatons. Everyone else went to Durmstrang. Just by listening to the Hogwarts students talk, it sounded like a fun school.
'It has to be more fun than Beauxbatons.' I thought.
"I just know that my Drakie here will be Head Boy." Mary said.
"Too bad the Head Boy and Girl can't be from the same house." Draco said.
"Get real Draco. None of us Slytherin girls stand a change to that blasted mudblood Granger." Pansy said.
Eponine and I glared at each other. We hated that word. Our fathers used it so often, and whenever father used it, it always started nasty arguments that only ended when he grounded me, said he was right and always would be, and left the room with me still screaming at him. Eponine and I were friends with plenty of muggle-borns at school. Of course our fathers didn't know about that.
We resisted the urge to say anything to Pansy. We were outnumbered around all of the adults. They all just agreed and continued on that subject.
"So do you have a Head Boy and Girl at Beauxbatons?" Blaise asked us.
"Yes. This year Cosette will most likely be our Head Girl. She always makes perfects marks." Eponine said.
"So do you." I said.
"Well we'll see."
When dinner was over Pansy and Mary approached Eponine and me.
"Tomorrow we're going swimming with the boys at noon. Do you want to come?" Pansy asked.
"There will be food." Mary said.
"And boys."
"Yeah, your boys." I said.
"James and Josh will be there."
"Ok, but only because you two are going." Eponine said.
"YAY! Julie and Sarah are nice, but they can get quite annoying after a while."
"Oh yes!" Mary agreed.
"Well we'll see you at breakfast!"
"Or at noon!"
"Bye." Eponine and I said.
We walked to our room and went to sleep. We didn't want to miss a good breakfast or swimming. That was another favorite pastime of ours.
We woke up the next morning and floated sleepily down to the dinning room. It was deserted so we took seats next to each other. An elf came and we told it what we wanted. We woke up a little bit more after breakfast.
At 11:30 we got dressed. I had a mysterious black tankini and Eponine had a matching silver one. We left our hair down and put on waterproof eyeliner, eye shadow, and lip-gloss that only came off when you applied a special cream.
We made our way to the pool and we made sure that we were fashionably late. As we walked up all eyes were on us. The boys stared with the same stupefied expression and their mouths hanging open. We didn't have the best bodies in the world, but we were attractive nonetheless. Pansy and Mary didn't notice, and they smiled while Julie and Sarah glared at us. We smiled with satisfaction.
"Sorry we're late." I said as we took off our sunglasses.
"That's fine." Pansy said.
"I love your bathing suits!" Mary said.
"Me too!"
"Thank you." We said.
We got in the pool and swam over to them.
"How come Julie and Sarah aren't swimming?" Eponine asked.
"They're trying to get tans." Mary laughed.
We all looked at the two girls lying on beach chairs. They looked as if they hadn't seen light in years. If someone told me they were vampires I would definitely believe it if I didn't know for a fact that they weren't.
"Then I think they'll be out here for the rest of their lives." I said.
We all laughed. It was true! I know that was mean, but Sarah and Julie sometimes acted like they were better then the rest of us. According to Father, they were only here to even out the boy-girl ratio. Their brothers were just like their fathers, but the girls were snobs of their own kind.
That was an afternoon to remember. For the first time in our lives, Eponine and I enjoyed being with people who were considered our "own kind." They were normal teenagers just like us with cares and worries. Too bad they only showed that when no one was around.
That night after dinner Eponine and I were getting ready for a night of dancing. There was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"Your mothers." Mother said through the door.
"Come in!"
Our mothers came in with sad looks on their faces. We knew that whatever they had to say would end in rather tears or me shouting at Father the next time I saw him. However, this time it ended in neither.
A/N: So what did you think? Please, please, please review!
