Chapter 3

Neville surveyed him with great dislike, "Have another beer, Malfoy, maybe it'll make you act less like you have a very large skunk stuffed up your arse." Ginny giggled behind her hand and all Draco did was stand and get a bottle of beer from a crate.

"I think we should play 'it and I've never'." Lavender suggested. She explained the concept to them, as none of them had ever heard of it before. "So someone starts and says, 'I've never...' and says something they've never done. Those who HAVE done it, must chug down some beer."

Draco rolled his eyes but said, "At least it's not 'Pin the Tale on the Donkey.'" He motioned his beer towards Chayla and some of it slopped out of the bottle. She waved her wand and cleared it up. "You playing?"

Chayla looked affronted, but seemed to think this game would be fun. "Sure."

"Start, then," he said, getting up and handing her a beer. Ron and Harry took the remaining seats. They were in a little circle of couches now: Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Seamus, Lavender, Chayla, Ron, Harry, and Draco.

Chayla cleared her throat and looked at everyone, who was staring at her, "I've never...gotten less than 90% on an exam." She shrugged in apology.

Ron, Harry, Seamus, Neville and Ginny all took swings from their respective drinks. Draco blinked at Chayla, "Good one."

She blushed and turned towards Ginny. "I've never..."

Seamus sighed, "Can we make these raunchy?"

Ginny blanched, but all the boys were nodding very enthusiastically so she said the first thing that popped into her head. "I've never done anything at band camp."

"You've never BEEN to band camp," said Ron, shaking his head. He looked around. It seemed no one else had either. "Where the hell did you come up with that, anyway?"

"A Muggle film I saw at Hermione's once," replied Ginny timidly. Hermione giggled in response.

Draco yawned and flicked his wand towards an apple. It floated towards him and then a hole appeared in its bottom as the juice emptied itself into his cup. He took a sip and sighed contentedly.

"That's hardly traditional, isn't it," said Chayla blandly, waving her wand and making a banana levitate towards her. She unpeeled it and threw the peeling directly at Draco's face; it smashed against his nose and fell into his lap in a squishy mess. She then ate the banana in what could logically be called a seductive way. Draco gave her a look and then turned to Seamus, whose turn it was.

Seamus grinned wickedly, "I've never done anything involving small, furry animals."

"Uffda," muttered Hermione, shaking her head. She made sure her beer was far from her mouth.

Ron took a swig of his beer and looked at Lavender expectantly.

"RON!" Hermione screamed, surprised. "You've done something with small, furry animals?!"

"I had a rat," Ron pointed out. "Remember Scabbers...er...Peter. Whatever." He waved his hand around, "Go, Hermione."

Hermione was staring at him with great interest, "Ron...what did you do with your rat?"

"Well, lots of things," replied Ron offhandedly. Harry inched away from him on the couch, looking very pale. Draco downed the rest of his drink and wiped his mouth on his sleeve before getting another bottle.

Ginny squirmed in her seat, "Ron! That is so disgusting!"

"What?" Ron retorted, shocked, "What are you going on about?"

"You did...things...with Scabbers!" Ginny cried, horrified.

"Yeah," said Ron slowly, "I took him to the park, I fed him, I made him a sweater---" he blushed and his voice trailed away. "What do you mean----?" Realization dawned on his face and he paled considerably, "EWWWW!!! That's disgusting!"