Chapter two: consolations
Harry wondered aimlessly around the castle, feeling thourally miserable. He was walking up a stair case when his foot sunk into the ominous step Neville always got stuck in.
Harry sat down on the step above and said, "Great! Can this night get any worse."
It could.
Draco Malfoy, of all people, came upon him sitting there. Draco sat down next to him, carefully avoiding the evil step, and said, "Well why'd you go and do that?" He pointed to Harry's trapped leg.
"Shut up Malfoy," said Harry.
"Judging by the huge smile on your face, and your cheerful demeanor, I'd say she knows," said Malfoy. "Am I right?"
"Shut up Malfoy," Harry repeated.
"You know, you say that to me alot, " said Draco.
"Shut up Malfoy," said Harry, this time simply for his own amusement. "Why are you even talking to me?"
Draco shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe it's the fact that you look so miserable, and it's fun to watch, or maybe it's the fact that today you cheated on your girlfriend, and that made me think we might not be all that different. Or maybe it's a combination."
Harry glared at him.
"You know, I'm not as big of a git as you think I am, you just really pissed me off that first day on the train, and I'm really good at holding a grudge."
Harry stared at him.
Draco held out his hand. "Come on, I know the perfect solution to how you're feeling right now."
"Oh really?" said Harry as he took malfoy's arm, against his better judgement. "What?"
"About ten mai tais," replied Draco. *************************************************************** Hermione came into the common room bawling her eyes out. Ron was sitting there alone, everyone else had gone to bed. He had been looking very pleased about something, but the moment he saw Hermione his smile vanished.
"What's wrong?" he asked, as he stood up and walked over to her. She collapsed into him, causing him to fall back into the chair behind him. She cried into his shoulder for quite some time as he awkwardly whispered soothing words to her. Once she had calmed down some Ron asked, "Do you want to tell me what happened?"
"Yes," said Hermione. "You should know."
She told Ron everything Harry had told her. Ron was shocked into scilence. They sat just as they were, intertwined on the chair, for quite some time, until finaly Ron said,
"I'm so sorry, Hermione." *************************************************************** Ginny was laying on her bed, not exactly sure how she felt. Part of her was elated, shed kissed Harry! The other part of her was simply miserable. "How could I have done that to Hermione?" she asked herself over and over again. Also she knew Harry hadn't really wanted any part of what happened, she knew that it had been all her instigateing their little "snogging session," and this only made the guilty feeling intensify. Those weren't the things makeing her feel the wort though, what was makeing her feel the worse was the fact that she had been expecting the best feeling she had ever felt when she kissed Harry, but it hadn't been there, she hadn't felt anything that extraordinary. This led her to think that maybe Harry wasn't the person she was meant to be with, and that was something she was not ready to think about. *************************************************************** "Where are we going to get mai tais?" asked Harry.
"Oh trust me," said Draco. "It won't be difficult."
Draco led Harry down to the dungeons, then to the entrance to the slytherin common room, as he had done earlier that day, he made Harry stand back a ways so he couldn't hear the password.
"You're lucky not very many people stayed here for the holidays," said Draco. "I would hate to see the state we'd both be in if anyone saw us not hating eachother."
Harry nodded his head in agreement.
Draco walked over to the fireplace and moved a small statue of a snake that was on the mantlepiece. Behind the statue was a button. When Draco pushed the button a door appeared next to the fireplace.
"cool," said Harry.
Draco rolled his eyes and opened the door.
"Come on," he said.
When Harry walked through the door he saw a stair case.
"Where does that go?" asked Harry apprehensivly.
"Why?" asked Draco. "Do you think I'm going to slaughter you to within an inch of your life with a butcher knife, hang you by your toes to a celing fan, turn it on, kill you the rest of the way with a salami, then leave you down there in a secret underground compartment where no boby will probably ever find your body?"
"Actually, yeah," said Harry. "Something like that."
Draco rolled his eyes again. "The stairs lead to a cellar where we store all of our valuables," he said.
"Okay," said Harry. "Wait a second, how come we don't have anything like that?!"
Draco shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe you guys just aren't special enough."
"Shut up Malfoy," Harry said, yet again.
When they got to the cellar, where there was a seperate door for each student leading to a private room, instead of seeing an empty room, as they had expected, they were met by the most horrifying scene anyone has ever seen. Harry almost threw up. Draco motioned for Harry to get out of site, Harry found a nice little crevice and hid there.
"Well, well, well boys this is interesting," said Draco.
Crabbe and Goyle both screamed as they sprung away from eachother, their snogging interupted. They took off running up the stairs. Harry emerged from his hiding place, shaking. Draco started laughing so hard it hurt. *************************************************************** Hermione and Ron were still in the same position they had been. Hermione was suddenly over come by how wonderful Ron was being.
"Thank you," she whispered.
Then she kissed him, softly at first, and then deeper and deeper. At first Ron just kept thinking, "what about Harry?" Then he realised that after all that had happened that day, he didn't care. Ron sank deeper into the bliss, not a protest on his mind. *************************************************************** Harry and Draco entered Draco's vault. Harry was expecting rare and extravagant jewls, or gold, or something of that matter, but what he saw was at least one bottle of every type of alcohol someone could think of. Plus a large box of green drink umbrellas.
"wow," said Harry
"I know," said Draco proudly.
"Now, for a mai tai we need light rum, pinapple juice..." and Draco was off collecting bottles from around the room and mixing them in a huge blender.
"Thith ith fun!" said Harry as he finished his third mai tai. "weeee!"
Draco had had just as many as Harry, but had a much higher tolerance, so he wasn't as drunk as Harry, but he was feeling a bit tipsy.
Harry was thourally gone, he was like TEN sheets to the wind, but he kept drinking 6....7...8 he soon lost count of how many mai tais he'd had. He walked over to the box of green umbrellas, grabbed one, and stared at it in awe for a full ten miniutes, before finally uttering a final," weeeeeeeee!" and passing out. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ***********
Harry wondered aimlessly around the castle, feeling thourally miserable. He was walking up a stair case when his foot sunk into the ominous step Neville always got stuck in.
Harry sat down on the step above and said, "Great! Can this night get any worse."
It could.
Draco Malfoy, of all people, came upon him sitting there. Draco sat down next to him, carefully avoiding the evil step, and said, "Well why'd you go and do that?" He pointed to Harry's trapped leg.
"Shut up Malfoy," said Harry.
"Judging by the huge smile on your face, and your cheerful demeanor, I'd say she knows," said Malfoy. "Am I right?"
"Shut up Malfoy," Harry repeated.
"You know, you say that to me alot, " said Draco.
"Shut up Malfoy," said Harry, this time simply for his own amusement. "Why are you even talking to me?"
Draco shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe it's the fact that you look so miserable, and it's fun to watch, or maybe it's the fact that today you cheated on your girlfriend, and that made me think we might not be all that different. Or maybe it's a combination."
Harry glared at him.
"You know, I'm not as big of a git as you think I am, you just really pissed me off that first day on the train, and I'm really good at holding a grudge."
Harry stared at him.
Draco held out his hand. "Come on, I know the perfect solution to how you're feeling right now."
"Oh really?" said Harry as he took malfoy's arm, against his better judgement. "What?"
"About ten mai tais," replied Draco. *************************************************************** Hermione came into the common room bawling her eyes out. Ron was sitting there alone, everyone else had gone to bed. He had been looking very pleased about something, but the moment he saw Hermione his smile vanished.
"What's wrong?" he asked, as he stood up and walked over to her. She collapsed into him, causing him to fall back into the chair behind him. She cried into his shoulder for quite some time as he awkwardly whispered soothing words to her. Once she had calmed down some Ron asked, "Do you want to tell me what happened?"
"Yes," said Hermione. "You should know."
She told Ron everything Harry had told her. Ron was shocked into scilence. They sat just as they were, intertwined on the chair, for quite some time, until finaly Ron said,
"I'm so sorry, Hermione." *************************************************************** Ginny was laying on her bed, not exactly sure how she felt. Part of her was elated, shed kissed Harry! The other part of her was simply miserable. "How could I have done that to Hermione?" she asked herself over and over again. Also she knew Harry hadn't really wanted any part of what happened, she knew that it had been all her instigateing their little "snogging session," and this only made the guilty feeling intensify. Those weren't the things makeing her feel the wort though, what was makeing her feel the worse was the fact that she had been expecting the best feeling she had ever felt when she kissed Harry, but it hadn't been there, she hadn't felt anything that extraordinary. This led her to think that maybe Harry wasn't the person she was meant to be with, and that was something she was not ready to think about. *************************************************************** "Where are we going to get mai tais?" asked Harry.
"Oh trust me," said Draco. "It won't be difficult."
Draco led Harry down to the dungeons, then to the entrance to the slytherin common room, as he had done earlier that day, he made Harry stand back a ways so he couldn't hear the password.
"You're lucky not very many people stayed here for the holidays," said Draco. "I would hate to see the state we'd both be in if anyone saw us not hating eachother."
Harry nodded his head in agreement.
Draco walked over to the fireplace and moved a small statue of a snake that was on the mantlepiece. Behind the statue was a button. When Draco pushed the button a door appeared next to the fireplace.
"cool," said Harry.
Draco rolled his eyes and opened the door.
"Come on," he said.
When Harry walked through the door he saw a stair case.
"Where does that go?" asked Harry apprehensivly.
"Why?" asked Draco. "Do you think I'm going to slaughter you to within an inch of your life with a butcher knife, hang you by your toes to a celing fan, turn it on, kill you the rest of the way with a salami, then leave you down there in a secret underground compartment where no boby will probably ever find your body?"
"Actually, yeah," said Harry. "Something like that."
Draco rolled his eyes again. "The stairs lead to a cellar where we store all of our valuables," he said.
"Okay," said Harry. "Wait a second, how come we don't have anything like that?!"
Draco shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know," he said. "Maybe you guys just aren't special enough."
"Shut up Malfoy," Harry said, yet again.
When they got to the cellar, where there was a seperate door for each student leading to a private room, instead of seeing an empty room, as they had expected, they were met by the most horrifying scene anyone has ever seen. Harry almost threw up. Draco motioned for Harry to get out of site, Harry found a nice little crevice and hid there.
"Well, well, well boys this is interesting," said Draco.
Crabbe and Goyle both screamed as they sprung away from eachother, their snogging interupted. They took off running up the stairs. Harry emerged from his hiding place, shaking. Draco started laughing so hard it hurt. *************************************************************** Hermione and Ron were still in the same position they had been. Hermione was suddenly over come by how wonderful Ron was being.
"Thank you," she whispered.
Then she kissed him, softly at first, and then deeper and deeper. At first Ron just kept thinking, "what about Harry?" Then he realised that after all that had happened that day, he didn't care. Ron sank deeper into the bliss, not a protest on his mind. *************************************************************** Harry and Draco entered Draco's vault. Harry was expecting rare and extravagant jewls, or gold, or something of that matter, but what he saw was at least one bottle of every type of alcohol someone could think of. Plus a large box of green drink umbrellas.
"wow," said Harry
"I know," said Draco proudly.
"Now, for a mai tai we need light rum, pinapple juice..." and Draco was off collecting bottles from around the room and mixing them in a huge blender.
"Thith ith fun!" said Harry as he finished his third mai tai. "weeee!"
Draco had had just as many as Harry, but had a much higher tolerance, so he wasn't as drunk as Harry, but he was feeling a bit tipsy.
Harry was thourally gone, he was like TEN sheets to the wind, but he kept drinking 6....7...8 he soon lost count of how many mai tais he'd had. He walked over to the box of green umbrellas, grabbed one, and stared at it in awe for a full ten miniutes, before finally uttering a final," weeeeeeeee!" and passing out. **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ***********