Opposites Attract
A/N: Drunk Harry + Pissed Off Hermione + Interesting Game = ??? Just read on my friends! R/R!
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Hermione opened her eyes to the pounding of loud music from down below. She had a headache that equally matched the music's rhythmic beat and her eyelids were burdened with sleep. She swung her legs over the bedside and glanced at the clock. Her eyes widened. It was 10 o' clock! She didn't realize she slept for that long and she still had study for her Chemistry test! Leaping from under her covers, she yanked her binder out of her bookbag.
She read over her notes in her neat loopy handwriting, her fingers at her temples. Her headache grew worse as the speakers below blasted out ear-splitting music. Rereading the same paragraph over and over again, she pulled open her drawer and popped a few painkillers into her mouth but it didn't do much good. Finally, she got up and opened the door, the music enveloping her.
Hermione felt extremely ticked off. Who in their right minds would play Metallica at 10pm at night?! Some people were trying to study or getting a good undisruptive sleep. She yelled at a couple snogging near the top of the stairs and grabbed someone's drink and poured it all over them.
"GET A BED!" She screeched at the couple who frowned. "DON'T GET YOURSELF DRUNK, GO TO BED AND GET SOME SLEEP!" She yelled at the person who tried to mop himself up with napkins.
Storming over to the sound system, she pulled the plug and the music stopped instantly. The flashing dance lights blacked out as well. She climbed up on the platform, facing everyone.
"ARE YOU PEOPLE INSANE?" Hermione screamed into the microphone. "IT IS 10 PM, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO STUDY OR GET SOME SLEEP AND YOU-" She spat. "YOU IGNORENT JERKS ARE PARTYING WHEN IT'S A SUNDAY NIGHT AND PLAYING LOUD MUSIC THAT CAN BE HEARD MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY! DO YOU NOT HAVE ANY RESPECT?!"
Everyone started protesting after this. Some even yelled insults at her.
"She's right, there's school tomorrow and I can't be late for Brody's class again or I'll get more detentions…" Someone muttered loudly. A few people murmured an agreement and started to head up to the dormitories.
The crowd parted but a few wished to stay back. The ones that did weren't worried about a lack of sleep and the others…well…let's just say they had a tad too many cups of spiked punch which they can thank Ron for when they have a massive hangover in the morning. Hermione, pleased with herself, began to lecture a few bystanders.
While Hermione was doing this, the hostesses of the party, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil had their heads bent as they whispered to each other and Parvati giggled.
"Ooooh, good one Lavender!" She squealed, plopping onto the couch near the center of the room.
Lavender clapped her hands. "You guys wanna play a game?!" Placing emphasis on the last word, she looked all around at them, her face lit up with glee. Hermione looked around, her hands on her hips.
"What kinda game?" Fred Weasley asked, his words slurred.
"It's called 7 Minutes in Heaven." Parvati smiled impishly. Hermione frowned. She heard of this game – it was popular amongst the seniors but she didn't know what it was.
"Sounds like fun!" Harry said, sprawled in an overstuffed armchair with Cho curled up in his lap. He, obviously, was drunk too.
"Everyone wants to play right?!" Lavender inquired and everybody nodded. "Oh yay then! Parvati and I will choose names out of a hat and those chosen will be locked in the coat closet over there." She pointed.
Hermione scowled. This game is probably inappropriate, she thought, as the two girls scribbled down names and throwing them into two brown hats.
"Alright!" Lavender clapped her hands again. "We will start! Granger, you're playing as well."
Hermione's eyes widened and her eyebrows sprang upwards. "What-what! No, I refuse to participate in this…this childish game!" She sputtered and Parvati rolled her eyes.
"Childish…whatever. Too bad, your name is already in the hat." She pulled out two slips of paper from both hats and announced them, her eyes dancing wickedly. "Well the first pair up is…Potter and Granger herself!"
Harry pouted as he straightened up in his chair as Cho sat on his knee. His mouth quivered. "But-but I wanna be with Cho-ee!!!" He wailed. Cho decided to join in the wailing as well. "I won't leave you, my hunnie bunnie boo-boo!"
"Oh don't worry, you will get your chance with her anyway later on. Besides, didn't you have enough snogging sessions earlier today?" Lavender said, calmly. Hermione stood as still as she could, her feet planted on the ground.
"Well, I don't want to go either, so I guess you will have to skip us! I am going upstairs anyway." Hermione crossed her arms and then began to climb up the staircase. Parvati dashed in front of her, blocking the stairs.
"Nuh-uh, Granger, you are playing and that's that!" She declared.
"Make me!" Hermione tried to make herself tower over Parvati but failed. "And anyway, you can't make me play a game that I don't know what it's about!" She added.
Parvati sighed. "You and someone else, in this case, Potter, are locked in a closet where you must spend seven minutes kissing or snogging each other in the dark, OK?!" She said impatiently and then dragged her down the steps. Lavender opened the closet as Parvati shoved Hermione in. Lavender began locking the door.
"Wait, is Potter in there too?!" asked Parvati.
Lavender nodded. "Yup, he's very easy to convince especially since he's drunk." Parvati smiled widely, her white pearly teeth flashing.
"Oh, this is going to be so much fun!" Lavender said then snorted. "Not for Potter though."
"Listen, I have a plan," Parvati said abruptly and pulled her closer into the corner. "Lavender, sneak upstairs and grab the Polaroid in my backpack. We're going to take a shot of Potter and Granger making out-"
"…and then give it to Pansy, since she's the head of the newspaper!" Lavender exclaimed.
"Shh!!! You got it, Lav, no wonder we're best friends forever, we think alike!" They did their secret handshake and then Parvati added, "This is payback for Potter because of what he did to my cousin at the Prom! And for Granger, score for us. Maybe this will help with her reputation."
The two friends giggled and then returned to the circle in the center.
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A/N: Cliffhanger! Well sorta. Next chapter…what goes on behind the closed doors! Lol! Or in other words, what Harry and Hermione are thinking/doing in the coat closet. =) If I get a lot of reviews, I'll update tomorrow! Promise! Soo…
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