AS I SAID BEFORE, DON'T OWN, DON'T SUE. IT REALLY WOULDN'T DO YOU ANY GOOD, ANYWAYS. I HAVE A FEW OLD TEXT BOOKS, WANT THEM? PROBABLY NOT. OH WELL.
"Blaze! You know what Draco will do if he is in there! He *will* kill us! That is simply not an option. I think we ought to just wait here and see what happens. We do want to remain intact, don't we?" Pansy's voice was shrill, and she sent Blaze a vicious glare.
"Well, I am being paid for this experiment, so I would like to see it to completion! I really don't want to get on Harry's bad side again, though." Colin pondered this for a while. "I know exactly what we need to do..."
Pansy and Blaze leaned in, eager to here how they could solve their problems. (and curiosities)
IN THE GRYFINDOR COMMON ROOM
"Ron, can I ask you a question?"
"Of course Herm. What is it?"
"Who do you think Harry is in love with? Really?"
"I don't know. I really don't." Ron suddenly looked up from his book on Chess strategy. "You know who it is, don't you?"
"Well..." Hermione took a deep breath. She didn't really want to get Ron upset, but at the same time she needed his opinion on the possible relationship between their best friend and his blond nemesis. "I do have an idea. But I can't really tell you who it is. I am afraid you will be angry, and I don't think that is what Harry needs right now. I..."
"Mione, just leave it then. If he wants to tell us who it is, I'll wait until then. As long as it isn't Malfoy or Snape, I am perfectly happy. Don't worry."
Hermione gulped (mentally of course, otherwise Ron would have noticed), and tried to 'move forward' with the conversation. If those were the only two people who he was opposed to, both her and Harry could be in trouble! For the last few months, since she had begun classes again, she had noticed all the hard work that Professor Snape had been going through. All of his suffering, all of his strife. She was far from in love with him, but she did respect him. She also hoped that they could be friends, if not now, then after graduation.
"Well, who are you and what have you done with my best friend? You certainly don't sound like Ron, even if you look like him." She paused and sniffed him. "and smell like him!"
"Hermione! I'm scandalized!" Ron burst out laughing, put his book down and walked over to the window. "Don't worry about Harry, Herm. He can take care of himself. Why don't we play a game of chess, huh? Let me try out some of these new strategies?"
"Sure Ron. That sounds like a good idea."
IN 'THE' ROOM
The sun was setting, and the west facing window showed an amazing sky full of oranges and reds. The day was nearly over, but neither Harry nor Draco wanted to leave. The were comfortable there, and they rarely got to spend more that a few moments together.
It was Harry's stomach that forced the pair back to the here and now. The two were nearly asleep, enjoying the others warmth and presence, when a loud 'gurgle gurgle' could be heard. Harry laughed out loud, not really finding the situation funny, but not being able to stop. Once he started, Draco soon followed.
"Well, I guess it is time we were going." Harry looked down as he said the words, not wanting to ruin the moment.
"Who says we have to leave? Sure, we need to get you food, but I happen to know a secret passage from this room to the passage right outside the kitchens. Come on, love. Let's go find something to satisfy the monster in your stomach!" Draco heaved himself up off the floor, and pulled Harry up after him.
IN THE HALL
"Right Creevy. Great plan. So we send your camera in the room, after making it invisible, of course, and then take a picture of what ever is in the room. Great. Why didn't I think of it? Oh, right. That is completely stupid. They would see the flash, even if the camera is invisible. How exactly do you plan on preventing that?"
"Parkinson, don't doubt me! Camera's are my life. I happen to have a Marksmann 360. They don't require flashes, but magically add the light to the film to provide enough exposure. Come on, let's just do it. I haven't got all night, and it is nearly curfew!" Colin was getting rather annoyed with having to deal with Slytherins at this point in his adventure, especially when they dumped on his plan like they had. Taking out his wand and placing the invisibility spell on it, he crept quietly towards to door. Turning the handle as slowly as possible, just incase it made any noise, he pulled the door open just a crack.
With out hesitation, Colin lifted his camera and quickly snapped a picture.
"Well, what did you get?" Pansy really was impatient. Colin was ready to kick her if she didn't shut up.
"It's not instant you fool! Give him a minute." Apparently Blaze was as annoyed as Colin was with Pansy's attitude at this point.
"Meet me here tomorrow at 7, right after dinner. We'll find out then. I'll send the film to be developed tonight. I'll get it back by then, probably right after classes. "
"Right, tomorrow. Same time, same place. We'll be here." Pansy had enough, turned around and left before anything else could be said. Colin and Blaze stood there staring after her.
"Hey, Zabini?"
"Yah?"
"Try and ditch Parkinson, will ya? I think I've as much of her as I can handle."
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Right, so what do you think? Did they get a picture of Harry and Draco? Did they leave quickly enough?
And what is Pansy's problem?
Review, let me know what you think!
Luvs!
