Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the ideas for this fic! All characters belong to the great J.K.Rowling! Bows down to her
Full Summary: Everyone's 18 and has graduated from Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione are going out and live together. Ron and Lavender have been seperated since the 2nd half of 7th year. Ron is dating Parvati. Ron calls Parvati 'Lavender' on accident and they break up. But then Parvati has her eye on Harry and there's a misunderstanding. Will Parvati's desperateness for men ruin H/Hr's relationship and ruin the chances for a new beginning for R/L?
Author's Note: This is my 2nd fic! (Which means that it was written back in like 7th grade., which is why...)
EDIT/ I'm re-vamping this fic. I'm thinking about continuing it also. We'll see :).
-Thoughts are in italics-
---It is early summer time. Harry. Hermione, Ron, Lavender are all 19 years old and fresh out of Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione are a couple and are living together in a cozy muggle apartment building outside Diagon Alley, which they bewitched to be bigger on the inside than it looks. Harry is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Hermione is a waitress at The Leaky Cauldron. Ron is living in the same muggle apartment building with an apartment next to Harry and Hermione's. He is working as a cashier in Quality Quidditch Supplies. He is also going out with Parvati Patil. Lavender is living in a quaint little 2-bedroom house a few blocks down from everyone else's apartments. She works as a tour guide for the Shrieking Shack, which was turned into a witch and wizard haunted house in their 7th year.
"Harry!", Hermione screamed, trying to get his attention. "HARRY! Come on! Ron and Parvati," she cringed while saying Parvati's name, "are waiting for us to go to the movies!"
No one enjoyed the fact of Ron and Parvati going out. They had only started dating recently and everyone hoped, especially Lavender, that they would not last. Lavender had stopped speaking to Parvati (though Parvati didn't know it... yet), her so-called 'best friend' a long time ago, and she had also started to avoid Ron as well.
"I know, I know! I'm coming!" Harry said back while trotting down the steps. "I don't see why we have to go on a double date with Ron and Parvati anyway! I mean, we all hate those two as a couple! And we're going to see 'The Goonies' AGAIN! I can't tell you how many times I've watched that movie with Ron!" Harry said, complaining.
"Oh stop whining you!" Hermione said, giving him a kiss. "Besides, who said we have to WATCH the movie?" She added with a wink. Harry concocted his head to one side and shrugged.
"Oh! Right!" He said, laughing. He nodded and pulled Hermione into another passionate kiss. Harry pulled away and mumbled 'later'.
"We're going to Hogsmeade first, right?" Harry asked.
"Yes. But we may run into a problem there..." Hermione said solemnly.
"Why's that?" Harry asked.
"Well, I talked to Lavender earlier. And she works today. So we might run into her while we're there. And I'm not sure how comfortable that would be, for any of us." Hermione answered with a worried tone.
"I'm sure Ron will be fine with it. Who knows? Maybe seeing Lavender will make Ron realize how big of an idiot he is for losing her in 7th year."
"Yeah, but Harry... Ron still loves her. He misses her. You can see it in his eyes when someone just mentions her name!" Hermione stated.
"Yeah... Well we shouldn't worry about it anyway. I mean, if Ron's happy, then we can't be any happier for him, right?" Hermione shrugged her shoulders.
"I guess." And with a 'pop' they apparated to Hogsmeade to meet Ron and Parvati at The Three Broomsticks.
---"Ron! Where ARE they!" Parvati asked impatiently. Ron rolled his eyes. He heard the familiar 'pop', and immediately spotted Harry and Hermione.
"They're right there!" Ron said, pointing to them and motioning them to come over. The four of them sat down at a table near the window and their waitress came over. She looked vaguely familiar. Parvati gasped when she realized whom it was.
"Lavender!" Parvati shrieked. She still had no idea that Lav was pissed at her. Parvati stood up to give her friend a hug. Lavender faked a smile, because she was just too nice to turn her away.
"Lav? What are you doing here? I thought that you were working at The Shrieking Shack?" Hermione asked, confused.
"Oh, well, I'm working two jobs now. Seamus moved out since we had that whole messy breakup, so now I have to make the rent by myself, and my house is expensive!" Lavender said, sighing.
"Oh, pity! Why did you guys break up?" Parvati asked, being nosey, as usual.
"We just, well, he isn't the guy for me... We're much better off as friends." Lavender said quietly, looking down, pretending to be fixing her note pad, and avoiding everyone's eyes.
"Then who is the guy for you?" Ron asked, not meaning to say it aloud. Lavender just looked at him, not knowing what to say.
"You're not getting paid to stand around and chat with old friends! Get to work!" Madame Rosmerta yelled to her. Lavender mouthed a 'sorry'.
"What would you guys like tonight?" Lavender asked politely.
"Four butterbeers, please." Harry said.
"Coming right up! 8 Gallons!" After they got their butterbeers, Lav went on her break. Harry and Hermione invited her to come sit with them.
"What are you guys doing tonight?" Lavender asked.
"Oh, we're going to see 'The Goonies'!" Parvati said, obviously bored.
"Yeah! You should come!" Ron said. 'The Goonies' had special memories for Ron and Lavender. Whenever they were dating in the 6th year, they would always sneak out anytime they could to see that movie. They both knew every word to it. Parvati knew about their little escapades to see 'The Goonies', so she wasn't fond of the idea.
"Ron! Umm... Lavender has to work and can't be bothered with something small like the movies! I think that we should leave now actually. The movie starts in 15 minutes!" Parvati said, trying to make excuses. Lavender knew what she was doing, but shrugged it off.
"Yeah, she's right... I, I've work to do." Lavender said.
"Oh, okay, well, we'll see you around then!" Ron said, frowning.
"Yeah..." Lavender replied, quietly. She kissed Harry on the cheek, and hugged Parvati and Hermione. Then Ron came up to her, they were both hesitant. Lavender just hugged him lightly, and quickly back away. "Bye!..." They all waved to her as they left and Lavender went back to work.
---When they left the Three Broomsticks, Harry told Hermione and Parvati to go ahead and get the tickets while Harry talked to Ron.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Ron asked curiously.
"What was that back there?" Harry asked quickly.
"What do you mean?" Ron asked, now more confused than ever.
"I mean with you and Lavender! You two were so... I don't know how to describe it really, but there's something there! And you know it and so does she!" Harry said, as though he was an expert on romance.
"There's nothing there alright! We discovered that before in the middle of 7th year, remember?" Ron stated, and with that, he walked back into the theatre. Harry rolled his eyes, and followed him.
---At The MoviesWhen they got to the movies, the girls already had the tickets so they all got drinks. They went into theater number 6, and sat down in the last row.
One forth of the way through the movie, Harry and Hermione were snogging, Parvati was glaring at Ron, who was mouthing the lines to the film.
"Ron! RON! HELLO!" Parvati said loudly to him, obviously annoyed. Ron just kept on saying the words along with the scene.
" 'Oh my God! That's my mom's most favorite piece! Ohhh! Oh my God!' "
"RON! THAT'S what we SHOULD be doing!" Parvati said, pointing to Harry and Hermione, who were still snogging.
"One minute Lave -- Parvati!" Ron said, fumbling after his huge mistake. Parvati fumed. Parvati gasped at him. She was so furious with him that her face turned the color of his hair.
"RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY! I KNEW IT! HOW COULD YOU!" Parvati screamed, walking briskly out of the movie theater. Harry and Hermione stopped eating each others faces to look at him, and he just shrugged.
---Parvati's POV"Okay, so I just ran out on Ron after he called me Lavender! So where the HELL is he?.. He's supposed to follow me and beg me for forgiveness!" She ranted, impatiently, tapping her foot.
"Okay, maybe he's pausing for a minute to think of how he's going to grovel. Or, maybe he's talking to Harry about how he misses me so!" She blows a bubble from her gum, making her look even more like a skankful ditz.
"Hmm... Ron actually sucks at life... Come to think of it, Harry's one pretty hot guy. I'd like to be with him. Hermione doesn't deserve him anyway, he's too good for her. I bet I'll snag him as easy as I did Ron, and we all know he was hung on Lavender. Yes, that's it! I'll get Harry! I WILL GET HARRY! HE WILL BE MINE!" Parvati laughs evilly, looking as though she was having a fit.
---Ron's POV (Takes place right after Parvati leaves)
Bloody hell! I just called Parvati 'Lavender'! She's going to kill me! Oh well, she's just sorta there for fun anyway. No big deal, I'll watch this for a little longer... Then I'll go get my woman. That sounds really wrong, Parvati Patil, my woman? Yeah, that's creepy! OH! I LOVE THIS PART! "DOWN HERE IT'S OUR TIME! IT'S OUR TIME DOWN HERE!" Ron then got up and went to find Parvati. When he found her out in the lobby, she was laughing and looked as if she was having convulsions.
"She's a bloody psycho!" Ron says to himself. He then made his way back to the theatre.
---Normal POVAfter the movie was over, Harry suggested that they go back to 'The Three Broomsticks' to get some butterbeers. Ron just said he'd rather go to Harry and Hermione's house and wait for them there, and that they should bring him a butterbeer, so only Harry and Hermione decided to go. Once they were there, they found Lavender asleep, lying her head on the magazine she was reading, which was sitting on the table. Madame Rosmerta was glaring at her, but her shift seemed to be over, so she was alright. Harry and Hermione looked at each other, and Harry went over, and gently woke up Lavender so that she could apparate with them to their house and, after getting 4 take-home butterbeers, the three of them left.
---When they got to their house, they were in the upstairs hallway. Ron was downstairs. Harry and Hermione gave her some night clothes to borrow and told her that she could sleep in the 2nd guestroom, since Ron would be in the first. Lavender walked down the steps, tripping on the last one, and falling into another person who was going up the steps. She looked up at who's chest her head had landed on, it was whom she feared it would be. It was Ron.
Oh no! Not now! I can't take him now. Parvati's probably here with him! Oh I REALLY don't want to think of him and Parvati in the same room together, let alone the same bed! Ron looked down at her, and Lavender stood up straight. "Um. 'Lo Ron..." She said, her voice shaky.
"What are you doing here?" Ron said jokingly. Then, noticing how horribly depressed she looked, he turned serious. Lavender was one of the only ones he could do that for. He grabbed her hands and pulled her over to the table, where they sat down across from each other.
---Harry and Hermione were upstairs in their bedroom. They decided to wait awhile before taking down the butterbeers. Harry turned to Hermione.
" 'Mione?" He asked, turning to face her.
"Yeah babe?" She replied, smiling.
"What do you think about, well, us taking this, well, I mean us, to the next, um level...?" Harry asked, stuttering.
"You mean, marriage?" Hermione asked in a surprised and confused tone.
---"How was your date?" Lav asked, her voice empty of emotion.
"Parvati and I ended it." Ron said, sighing.
"Oh Ron I'm sorry. Why what happened?"
"Nothing important. Just something I said made her angry. And I realized that she was kind of psycho." Ron said, recalling her evil laugh, while laughing a little himself. Lavender smiled.
"Yeah, she always has been a bit bonkers." She looked down at her hands. Ron looked at her, concerned.
"Lavender, what's wrong? I know something is! Please tell me! Your eyes look sore, you've been crying haven't you!" She turned her face so that he couldn't see her eyes.
"No, I'm fine. Really I am! Don't waste your time worrying about me. You have things of your own to worry about, patching things up with Parvati and such..." she trailed her voice off. Ron looked at her, confused.
"I'm fine about everything with Parvati. I didn't fall in love with her. It doesn't matter to me if I'm with her. I'd rather be single than go back to her bubblegum world!" Lavender chuckled at this remark.
"Hey! I used to be apart of that bubblegum world!" Lav said, sounding slightly offended.
"That reminds me! Today at the Three Broomsticks, you seemed a little pissy with Parvati, obviously she didn't notice, but I did. What happened between you two?" He asked.
"Oh... she just did some thing very cruel that hurt my feelings. She basically took something from me that meant a lot." Lav replied, still not looking at him.
"Oh, something or someon-" But he was cut off by Lavender.
"Well! I'm going to go to bed! I'm in the 2nd spare bedroom! I'll talk to you tomorrow Ron!" She hugged him quickly. 'It feels so right in his arms,' she thought. She pulled away, mumbled a 'thanks', and ran to her bedroom leaving a very confused Ron behind.
---"Harry, honestly... I love you with all my heart, but I think it's too young for marriage! I mean, we're only 19, and I'm still working at The Leaky Cauldron until I finish my animagus training to follow in Prof. McGonagall's footsteps to teach Transfiguration at Hogwarts for when she takes her year off. I'm improving in that though! Remember how I couldn't do that whenever Lupin tried to teach us at the Burrow? That was one of the only things I ever couldn't do!" She smiled brightly. Harry smiled also.
"Yeah. Considering that, I think we should wait as well... But that doesn't mean we still can't do the same things married couples do!" Harry said, winking.
"HARRY!" Hermione laughed. And they started to engage in, erm... certain activities.
---Lots of love,
Nico 3