Hey thanks 2 everyone who reviewed, and I like it when people answer my reviews so here:
Dragon faere- thanks 4 all ur reviews, and Buffy and Sirius aren't really kids, Buffy's like 21-22 and Sirius is even older
StepahnieWong- yeah I know I've been writing from Scooby point of view, but I think Hogwarts is more interesting from a brand new point of view. I will probably do more Harry soon though.
Gabriel - I say whilst sometimes.
Also I realise I haven't really done anything with Andrew or Gunn or Wesley, but I have a lot of characters and if I try and focus on too many it will get crazy. They aren't overly useful tot his story, so they wont be focused on much.
Also sorry the beginning is kinds slushy, had to deal with that, and get it out of the way.
Keep reviewing!
Chapter 20 - Girl's Night In and Boy's Night Out
Buffy opened her eyes and blinked sleepily. She rolled over and came face to face with Sirius, who was staring at her.
"Morning sleepyhead," he said lazily, "You've been asleep for ages." She smiled softly at him, and yawned.
"I was tired," she said, and yawned again, widely, "You wore me out."
He put his arms around her and she closed her eyes and went back to sleep, warm in his embrace.
Harry left the common room early the day after the ball and went down to breakfast. The Hall was practically empty, as the Christmas Holidays had begun, and almost all of the students had left to be with their parents. He saw Hermione and Dawn eating toast and he went to join them.
"Morning," he said brightly, sitting down.
"Morning," Dawn replied, and Hermione chuckled.
"What?" Harry asked defensively.
"Nothing," she said, still chuckling.
"Where's Ron?" Harry asked her pointedly. Hermione looked at her plate.
"I haven't seen him," she half whispered, "Did he say anything to you? Of course he did." She looked at him expectantly.
"H was too shell-shocked to go into too much detail" Harry chuckled now, "You should go find him, I think."
"I don't know," she worried, "Maybe. But then he might think I'm chasing him. But if I don't' then he might think I don't like him. But what -"
"Breathe," Dawn interrupted, "You're babbling. And go find him." Hermione looked at her gratefully, then ran off to find Ron.
"So," Harry said after a long silence, "So.." Dawn laughed.
"This is stupid," she said, "Lets just get the status of relationship bit over with."
"Sure," said Harry, relieved at her bluntness, "So are you gonna be my…..girlfriend then?"
"Sounds good," Dawn said, "Dateville here we come." Harry was puzzled but decided not to ask.
Buffy and Sirius were late to breakfast, but eventually turned up together.
"Good night then?" Xander asked loudly, as Buffy sat down.
"You could say that," she said, throwing a small glance at Sirius. "And you?"
"No complaints here," Xander said, "It was a fun night for all."
"Are you back with Cordy?" Buffy asked him quietly.
"Yep, we are officially in coupledom again," Xander said proudly. Buffy hugged him , pleased.
"Hey Buffy, I was thinking," Cordelia began, sitting on the other side on Xander, "You wanna do a girly night in? You know pyjamas, yummy treats and boy-filled discussions?"
"Am I invited?" Xander asked, "You are looking at an expert on girly nights in, I have studied them extensively.
"Don't think so sweetie," Cordelia said, "Unfortunately you lack being a girl." She kissed his disappointed face and he brightened up.
"Sounds great," Buffy said, "Who'd you wanna invite? Me, you, Wills, Dawn, Kennedy, Faith, Hermione and Fred?"
"That's what I was thinking," Cordelia agreed. "We can take up the common room that night, kick all the boys out."
"Hey!" said Sirius, "We'd be quiet, we could just sit in a corner…."
"No," said Buffy firmly, kissing the tip of his nose. "Strictly girls only."
"Fine then," he said, "We could do a manly night, go to the pub and all of that. You interested Xander?"
"I'm up for it," Xander replied, "Never been to a proper English pub. We can invite all the men that've been excluded from the girly shindig. Angel, Gunn, Wes, Giles, Lorne, Lupin and Andrew if I'm in a good mood. Harry and Ron too if Dumbledore lets them come."
Harry spent the morning with Dawn, talking and laughing, and so didn't encounter Ron until just before lunch. He walked into the Gryffindor common room., to find Ron sitting on the sofa he had sat on last night, staring into the fire.
"We're going out," Ron said hoarsely, looking up at harry, and looking for all the world like someone who had just been violently sick, which he may well have, Harry supposed.
"With Hermione? Well that's good," Harry said cautiously, "Isn't it?"
"Of course," Ron said weakly, "But I'm not nearly good enough for her. I mean after Krum….."
"Of course you are," Harry said forcefully, "Now come on, we've got lunch to get and you've got a girlfriend waiting for you." Ron followed Harry out of the common room obediently.
Buffy and Cordelia spread the word, as did Sirius and Xander, and the girl, and guy nights were set for the next night. Buffy and Cordelia went to the kitchens of Hogwarts and requested a variety of unhealthy treats for the girly night, as well as a large amount of cushions and blankets so they could turn the common room into a gigantic bed for them all to sleep in. In contrast, Sirius and Xander planned a pub crawl, beginning at some the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade, then moving perhaps to the Hogs Head, which was slightly more dodgy. Xander even invited Professor Snape, though he declined sharply.
Buffy and Cordelia told everyone to come to the common room for half seven, so at seven, they went to the common room to set things up. To their delight everything was set up, furniture pushed to the walls to make room for the huge amount of blankets and cushions laid out of the floor. A table of snacks was set up, and a kettle of milk for cocoa later. At half seven, all the girls arrived, having said goodbye to the guys before they went to the pubs in Hogsmeade. They all settled down and began eating the snacks.
"For tonight, the rules are," Cordelia announced, "That there are no rules! Except that you have to share everything! No holding back." All the girls giggled and agreed. Buffy suggested they play truths and they all arranged themselves in a circle.
"Okay who wants to go first?" Buffy said. Faith volunteered, and so the girls decided on a truth for her.
"Who do you think is the best looking out of the new Hogwarts guys?" Dawn asked. Faith smiled mischievously.
"Well apart from the total hotness that is Snape," she began and they all laughed, "I'd have to say….probably Sirius. Sorry B, but we've always had the same taste." Buffy laughed.
"Hey I can't disagree," she said. Buffy offered to go next.
"Who do you thinks cuter: Flitwick or Hagrid?" Kennedy cried.
"Hmm, little or large?" she pondered out loud, "Would have to say Flitwick. I'm not that big myself, and the tiny thing might have its uses!" They all cracked up.
The boys night was going just as well, they were all very drunk, with the exceptions of Harry, Ron, and Giles, who said he was too mature for this. They laughed loudly as they entered the Hogs Head, after being thrown out of the Three Broomsticks at closing time.
"You know, you're not a bad guy really," Xander said blearily to Angel, "I used to hate you, but you're deshent really aren't you?" Angel hiccoughed loudly, causing two trolls to get up and leave, throwing looks of disgust at them.
"I'm not too bad," Angel said loudly, and drunkly, "I'm a good bloke shometimes, but I still don't like puppies." Giles helped him sit down, and Sirius was supported by Harry.
"You're my besht friend, you know that" Sirius slurred to Harry, also very drunk, "Just like James. And Buffy too. She's nice."
"Right," said Harry, helping Sirius sit down. He finally managed, and then sat next to Ron, and they laughed at them all.
"Are they always like this when they're drunk?" Harry asked Giles.
"Unfortunately, yes," said the watcher with a grin as they began to sing.
Three dodgy looking men approached the table.
"Keep it down," one of them hissed menacingly. "Bloody drunks."
"What did you call ush?" Sirius said, standing up, but still wobbly.
"Don't push me, sonny," another said threateningly.
"Or what?" Angel said, also standing up. The third man took a swipe at him, and punched him hard round the jaw. All of a sudden fighting broke out. Harry, Ron and Giles stood and watched in amazement as Angel, Sirius, Gunn, Lorne, Wesley and even Andrew and mild mannered Lupin got into a huge bar fight, with the three men who had c0ome up to them, and others.. Unfortunately for Angel, Gunn and Wesley, they drink had deadened their senses and they resorted to the kind of fighting that was often seen in British pubs. Andrew threw himself onto the back of a man who had just punched Wesley, and yelled a war cry as the man swung around. Angel threw a man onto a table, then fell over. With much effort, and help from the furious bartender, Harry, Ron and Giles managed to drag them all outside, many of them bruised. With much effort they pulled them up the long road to the castle.
The girls laughed, almost in tears at Dawn's Snape impression. She sat down, grinning herself.
"Hang on," Buffy said, "Is that the guys I hear?" She looked out of the common room door and saw them enter the Scooby quarters.
"Oh my god what happened?" Buffy said in alarm, "Come in here!" The guys all stumbled into the common room, still drunk and supporting one another.
"Were you attacked?" Dawn asked quickly.
"No," said Giles, "They just got into a bar fight."
"You idiot!" Buffy said, hitting Sirius on the chest and causing him to wobble precariously. "You may as well join us now, get sobered up."
They all settled down in the room on the blankets and cushions.
"I really love you, you know that," Sirius said earnestly to Buffy. "You do know that, don't you?"
"You are so drunk," Buffy said smiling a little, "You just wait til the morning." Next to her, Cordelia was having similar trouble keeping a stern face, as Xander began to serenade her, the Beatles, All You need is Love.
"Xander shut up!" she said, smiling a tiny bit, "Stop singing!"
"It's kinda sweet," Buffy said to her, looking at Sirius, who had just fallen asleep and was snoring slightly. "At least your man is awake.
"Not for long!" Cordelia interjected, as Xander's eyelids began to droop.