That night the rain pounded against the Gryfinndor Tower's windows, as hard as boulders. Harry couldn't sleep although he was tired, he couldn't help but want to run to Dumbledore and scream from the rooftops that Kevin could be under a curse and that was why he was acting as he is. Hermione had however warned him against this, and advised them all that they should wait for more evidence before they told anyone what they suspected.
Downstairs in the common room Victoria was still talking to her male friend, and as Josephine came creeping down the stairs she could hear there laughter, she almost thought about turning back, but decided against it. Victoria was startled to see anyone in the common room at this time and so was the boy clearly as they both jumped when Josephine spoke, "Toria, can I have a word over here?" Victoria wandered over to her friends curiously. "I'm away to go round the castle again, and wondered if you wanted to come with me? You don't have to but you can if you want just you can't tell you're pal where I'm going, 'cause he might tell someone."
"I'd love to and any other night I probably would but I want to stay here and talk to Oliver some more," Victoria winked. "Rain check?"
"Sure, what was that? Oh God, someone else is coming down the stairs, why isn't everyone sleeping?" She laughed naughtily, knowing that she should be tucked up in her bed fast asleep. A body emerged at the bottom of the stairs - it was Harry.
"Hey Harry, what's up? Couldn't sleep?" Victoria's friend asked.
"Something like that. Why's everyone down here?"
"Everyone there's only four of us!" Josephine pointed out.
"Oh right, how come you're out of bed then?" Harry questioned her as Victoria's friend walked over to join in the conversation.
Victoria introduced him, "Josephine this is Oliver, Oliver Wood isn't it?" He nodded.
"Nice to meet you Oliver, I'm Josephine." She smiled back at him, and for the first time just how handsome he was. He was tall over six feet at least, deep blue eyes, mousy brown hair, and a smile to die for.
"Harry come here, I'm away to go for a midnight stroll again, want to come?" Josephine thought this the only way to get out of the situation. Harry said he'd come and ran upstairs to put some shoes on and fetch his wand. When he returned he was carrying a silvery material over his arm, he immediately told her in a low voice that this was an invisibility cloak and under the pretence of going back to bed the two bid good night to Victoria and Oliver. Headed for the stairs and when the reached the bottom step Harry swung the cloak over the to of them made sure they were totally covered and opened the portrait hole and climbed out. Victoria and Oliver were so absorbed in conversation they didn't even notice the door open or close.
"Where to?" Harry requested.
"Oh I don't know just wherever" she whispered her back aching from bending forward to ensure that no part of there body was seen.
"OK I know where we'll go, just walk slow and follow me." Harry stopped and hid behind a statue of a previous headmaster in the corridor, and spoke again after he'd taken a piece of parchment out of his pocket. "I do solemnly swear I am up to no good."
"Eh?" Josephine looked worried as she watched Harry unfold the parchment completely, and she watched, as ink seemed to appear out of nowhere. The Marauders Map had come in very useful for Harry in previous moments of mischief. Harry read the look on Josephine's face correctly and pointed out the moving names on the map, Dumbledore was pacing in his office, Filch and Mrs Norris were walking around the trophy room. "It shows you were everyone in the castle is at any time, look see there's us." Harry pointed at two tiny dots that looked like one big one as they were standing so close, labelled as 'Harry Potter' and 'Josephine Morgan'.
"Right nobody's coming lets go. Harry took Josephine's arm and led her across the corridor, round a corner then Harry whispered something into a door, which then became ajar and they stepped in. Harry loved this room and ever since Cedric had told him the password he took regular visits here. The mermaid in the picture on the wall was asleep, and Harry slid the invisibility cloak off before explaining where they were. "This is the Prefects bathroom, I'm not a Prefect but a Prefect I used to know gave me the password." Harry walked over to the huge bath in the centre of the room, and began to fill it with water. He lay the cloak, his wand and the Maurauders Map at the side of the bath to ensure none of his most treasured items got damaged in any way.
"Now Harry if this is all some delicate ploy to get me to take a bath with you, you're going to have to try harder than this!" She winked at Harry, who went slightly red and smiled before busying himself with the taps.
"Watch this," he told her as he started to turn one of the taps. What seemed to be rainbows bounced there way across the full bath, "try one!" She knelt down and turned a tap, when dark purple clouds came out and started to float across the water that looked dense enough to walk on Josephine let out a squeal of excitement. "Sshhh!" Harry warned her that someone might hear them, especially if she started screaming. Josephine tried every tap once before rolling up her pyjama bottoms and sat on the edge of the bath; Harry came round and did the same before sat next to her. Paddling their feet in the water warmed the pair up. It was late at night all the fires that were normally well lit were out at this time so it was freezing in the castle.
They sat and spoke for hours on end, and only decided it was time to go when Harry fell into the bath and soaked all his clothes. Josephine had got a scare and squealed because she thought something had brushed up against her leg in the water. Harry had got such a scare at Josephine shouting he'd slipped off the edge into the pool. After climbing back out to howls of laughter from Josephine he explained that it had been his leg that had brushed up against hers and that she was a "bloody idiot!" He couldn't stay mad for long, especially when she went and found the biggest, most fluffy towels for help him stay warm and dry off. It didn't take long before they were both in fits of giggles and couldn't see through the tears in their eyes.
They tidied up the bathroom, as somehow the bubbles were everywhere, all over the floor, walls and ceiling. Then they checked the Maurauders Map and left the bathroom behind, and promised each other they would return another night. When the went out into the hall, the sun gleaming through the windows blinded them, and they wandered how long they had been in there for. It was only when they started to see people walking around that they began to worry that it was breakfast time. They hid behind a Goblin statue this time to take off the cloak, but before they had begun to take it off they heard a voice.
"…How can I? That's too hard, impossible… I should WHAT? Yes, they all trust me, Draco especially. I don't care what Lucius will think! They'll never suspect me no... There's no way I can manage that! I'll try but no guarantees… I can't talk again until tonight. Later." Kevin Silverton emerged from a doorway across the hall, putting something round into his bag and zipping it closed hastily. Harry and Josephine ran and checked the doorway; there was nobody there, unless they were wearing an invisibility cloak too. What was Kevin being asked to do? What would Lucius Malfoy think?
Harry and Josephine kept the cloak on until they reached the common room and when they were sure nobody was watching they slithered it off. Just in time to meet Hermione, "Where have you been? We've been up half the night worried sick? Ron woke up in the middle of the night and you weren't in you're bed and you weren't here in the common room either what were we supposed to think! Have you been with her all night?"
Harry thought that Hermione's emphasis on the word 'her' was completely uncalled for, Josephine hadn't forced Harry to go out she'd asked and he'd accepted. After he explained to Hermione what had happened, why they went out and what they saw Kevin doing, her anger faded away and turned into inquisitiveness. Harry felt that explaining they had broke into the Prefect's bathroom and sat in there for hours, would not be wise at his time, and he felt he'd leave that until she actually asked why they had been away all night.
At the breakfast table Ron joined the discussion explaining he didn't tell Hermione until he went downstairs found her sitting doing homework at four in the morning and she forced it out of him because he 'looked worried'.
Victoria and Oliver were next to join them in the morning, where they looked very cosy chatting away to each other with his arm around her neck. Many heads turned to watch them walk to their table, Harry knew that many of the girls would be very jealous of Victoria, as Oliver was a very popular young man. She sat down and explained to Josephine (Harry overheard) that they had sat up all night and just before they went to bed they shared a long kiss and he'd ask her to go out with him, and go to the Yule Ball with him, and she had graciously accepted. Victoria was then told an in depth version of everything Harry and Josephine had got up to last night, expressing her worries with the Kevin situation, and what Hermione had found out last night. Victoria shared her concerns with the group before turning to Oliver and talking to him about something he had said the night before. "Do you think we can trust her? Will she tell Wood?" Hermione asked Harry and Ron.
"She won't not if she's said she won't", Hermione made a sound of disbelief before Josephine carried on, "I would trust her with my life, if she says she won't tell anybody she won't tell anybody."
"Well if Rosy Josey trusts her then I trust her." Harry pledged, before he and Josephine erupted with laughter.
"Rosy Josey?" Hermione asked.
"Yeah its Josephine's new nickname, I made it up last night when we were in the bath." He retorted coolly.
"When 'we' were in the bath?"
"Yeah, well er… we kind of spent a while in the prefects bathroom! It was a really good laugh Hermione you'll have to come next time, and you Ron, and Victoria and Oliver!"
"Cool, sounds good to me!" Ron replied excitedly.
"Er… no thanks, I'm sure I'd have just as much fun with Moaning Myrtle."
The rest of breakfast was eaten in silence except for Oliver and Victoria chattering in the background. After she'd finished her breakfast Hermione stormed off towards potions, at least fifteen minutes early. And there was no way Harry was going to potions fifteen minutes early.