Synopsis: OK, so, they were pillow fighting, and umm…. S'about it… are
these synopses necessary?
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A/N: Wooo, I got exactly 80 reviews on 28… I love reviews so much! This jiggity joint is almost FOUR THOUSAND words long, b/c I was originally gonna split it up… well, you'll see when you get there.
OH! And this chapter is dedicated to Lex, in protest of all asshole guys and bitch girls everywhere, may they drown in the cesspool after the rest of us find our Mr. Darcy's.
******OK, I CHANGED THIS, I HAVE NO IDEA IF I WAS BEING STUPID OR I DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT HARRY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE… WELL, I CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I CHANGED WHEN YOU GET THERE!!*****
The group spent the next two days finishing up the work they'd been assigned over the holiday. Hermione was shocked when she'd entered the Great Hall, and she saw Ron and Draco working on Care of Magical Creatures together. Maya, who was sitting with the, working on her Potions assignment, looked up at Hermione and flashed her a knowing smile.
At 5:30 on December 31, the six students came down to the Great Hall to find it decorated with blue and silver decorations for ringing in the New Year. When they'd all sat down, Dumbledore gave a bit of a speech.
"I'd like everyone present to raise their glass in honor of the coming year. May it offer good will, hope, and prosperity! To the new year!"
"To the new year!" everyone chimed in, raising their glasses.
They all began to chatter, and Hermione noticed that Dumbledore had charmed his hat to say "Happy New Year" in blinking lights.
"So, Draco, your mum's gotten all of the provisions, right?" Harry asked quietly.
Draco nodded, "They're all in my bedroom, we'll just bring them straight into the Common Room at ten, ok?"
They all nodded in assent, and began trying a bit too hard to look inconspicuous. Dumbledore, apparently, noticed.
"I say, Gryffindors, is there something wrong with the food? You all seem to be gazing in every which direction," he said with a smile.
"No, sir, it's delicious!" Ron exclaimed, and proceeded to shovel a large forkful of pie into his mouth, chewing ostentatiously, and nodding.
Hermione laughed and shook her head at Ron. Dumbledore caught her eye, and they exchanged a small smile. Dumbledore nodded and shrugged, as if in recognition of the fact that he wouldn't impede on their merriment, and went back to his Yorkshire pudding.
After she'd stuffed herself full, Hermione stood up, "I've got a few things still to finish that I don't want to waste tomorrow on, so I'll see you in a bit!" She turned and left the Great Hall.
"So, Draco," said Maya, turning to him, "are you excited about Venice?"
Draco shrugged, "I guess so, I don't know much about it. Not half as much as Hermione, in any event. But, most people don't know half as much as Hermione does about anything, really," he added with a laugh.
"Hmm, you know, I don't know anything about Venice, either." Maya continued, "The only time I've ever ever seen it or the things in it was in that Muggle movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, ever see it?"
Draco, Ginny, and Ron looked confused and shook their heads.
"I love those films!" Harry exclaimed, "That American bloke, isn't his name Harry, too? Well, I think he's brilliant! And that older Scottish chap plays his dad in that movie. What's his name?"
Maya laughed, "The American is Harrison Ford, I don't think anyone calls him Harry, though. And the older chap, as you call him, is Sean Connery, and he is Scottish."
"Well, what do they have to say about Venice?" Draco asked.
This was, of course, the segue Maya had been waiting for, "Well, they call it the City of Love, and Indy shags this woman rotten in their hotel room!" Maya said happily.
Harry chortled a bit, Ginny laughed out loud, Ron spit out his juice at hearing his girlfriend say 'shags this woman rotten,' and Draco suddenly became very interested in looking at his carrots… or hiding the bright red blush covering his face.
"It's a bloody brilliant film," Maya concluded unabashedly.
Draco abruptly changed the subject, "I wonder where Professor Snape is."
The others glanced up to the head of the table to see that Snape was, indeed, not there.
"Maybe he's visiting family," Ginny suggested. "Has he anyone like that, Draco?"
"No, Ginny, didn't you know he was born by sporulation?" he responded with a smirk.
"Oh, sod off, you know what I meant," she giggled.
Draco shrugged, "I'm not sure, really, he never talks about his personal life. There was that woman that we saw him with, remember Potter?"
"Yeah, I wonder who that was. She looked so familiar!" Harry shrugged, "Well, he's not here, nobody's the better or worse for it! Now, I have to go finish my Divination chart, see you all in a few hours!"
Draco, Ron, Ginny, and Maya all finished quickly, and each returned to finish out his or her own work.
At about 8:45, Hermione heard a knock on her portrait. She opened it up, and Ginny and Maya walked in.
"Hi," Hermione greeted them, "what's up?"
Ginny, whom Hermione had told earlier about Draco, gave Hermione a crafty smile, "We're giving you a make-over for tonight!" Maya nodded in assent.
Hermione shook her head, "No. You're not. I'm throwing my hair up in a bun and wearing some pajamas, no make up, no sparkles, no nothing."
Maya smiled, "That's what you think… Petrificus Corpus!"
Hermione tried to move to shoo them out, but found that only hear head was mobile.
"What are you doing?!" she screeched.
"Yelling won't help, so you'd better just keep still!" Ginny told her matter-of-factly.
Hermione's jaw dropped, and she looked like a fish gasping for air, trying to find something to say.
"I'm going to kill you when we're done here, you know that, don't you?"
Maya nodded happily and smiled, "Well, we're all getting dressed up, so you have to as well."
"Ron, Harry, and Draco will not be dressed up!"
"Yes, they will, we convinced them to wear something nice."
"Well… why are you torturing me?" she whined.
"Because we love you, Hermione!" Maya said.
Ginny giggled and added, "Just like Draco!"
Hermione, unable to do anything else, gave Ginny a withering look, "No, he does not."
Ginny looked passively at her immobile friend, "Oh, quiet down now, you, or we'll put on the full-body bind."
Not wanting to be any more uncomfortable than she already was, Hermione shut her mouth, as Maya and Ginny smeared their Lav and Pav goop all over her face.
"Now, Hermione, can Ginny and I trust you to wear the outfit we chose for you?"
"Depends on what it is," she answered warily.
Ginny held out a short black skirt, and Maya held out a silver-speckled black shirt.
"Where is the other corner?" Hermione asked Maya.
Maya laughed at Hermione, "It's an asymmetrical cut, silly!"
"I'm not wearing that, Hermione Granger does NOT wear things like that!"
Suddenly, Hermione clamped her mouth shut. 'We can just add those two to the group! Brilliant!' she thought.
"Fine," she told the two of them, "I'll wear it."
"You WILL?" Ginny asked incredulously.
Hermione nodded, and Ginny freed her from the bind. Ginny and Maya thrust the clothes into Hermione's hands.
"Now," Maya commanded.
Hermione did so, and was finally allowed to look in the mirror.
She had to admit, she didn't look all that bad. It was a bit more trampy than she was used to, but not too much. They'd twisted some of her hair back in a rather pretty style, but the make up was a lot more than she was used to.
"See? You like it!" Maya exclaimed.
Hermione gave her a half-glare/half-smile, "You are the devil, you know that? And it's half past nine! We have to go soon."
"We know, we're going to go get ready and trust that you will stay the way you are!" Ginny told her.
Hermione nodded reluctantly, and her friends left.
True to her word, a half hour later, when she entered the Common Room, Hermione was just as they'd left her. She was surprised to see Lily, Sirius, and Narcissa there when she walked in.
"Mine-ee! Mine-ee!" Lily exclaimed, throwing herself at Hermione.
She scooped Lily up in her arms and gave her a big hug, "Hiya, Lils! How are you doing?"
"Good."
"Well," she corrected.
"Well, what?" Lily asked as she hopped on to the floor.
Hermione giggled, "Nothing, Lils." She turned to Narcissa, "Hi, Mrs. Malfoy!"
Narcissa gave Hermione a hug, "Hello, dear. I see Draco's being fashionably late as usual."
Hermione smiled and shook her head, "Well, would you expect any less?"
Sirius approached them, "Good evening, Hermione."
"Hullo, Sirius! How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Cissa, where's Draco? I had a question I needed to ask him about, er, Hippogriffs."
"I think he's still in his room, dear." Narcissa replied.
"You can go through my room and get him, if you'd like, Sirius," Hermione offered.
Sirius nodded eagerly, "That'd be great."
Hermione led him to the portrait, and let him in. She walked over to the couch, and began chatting with Lily, watching the people around her simultaneously.
She smiled to herself, watching Harry cautiously take Ginny's hand in his own as they sat on a chair in front of the fire. She turned her gaze to Ron and Maya, who seemed to be having the save football vs. Quidditch argument that Ron had with Dean occasionally. Except, now, Ron seemed to be smiling a lot more, and even blushing a bit. She turned her gaze again, and was surprised to lock eyes with Narcissa, who had apparently been watching her with Lily. Hermione flashed her a smile that Narcissa returned.
A few minutes later, Sirius and Draco emerged from Hermione's portrait hole, and Draco had an odd look on his face, that Hermione couldn't place. Sirius looked positively nauseous. Sirius gave Draco a quick pat on the shoulder, and walked to Narcissa's side.
Hermione watched Draco as he walked over to her. He had on an ice-blue V- neck jumper, with a white shirt underneath, and a pair of charcoal-grey trousers. He plopped down on the couch next to Hermione and Lily.
"You look nice this evening, Granger."
"Was that a compliment?"
Draco smirked, "My mum told me to say it, you know, politeness and all."
Hermione couldn't control the stone that fell in her stomach, "Oh."
"I'm kidding, Granger! You do look nice. Good acting, by the way, almost thought there for a minute that you cared!"
Hermione forced a laugh, "Right."
"Are you ok, Hermione?" he asked her. "Oh, hold on," he said before she could answer.
"Mum, there's a really nice view of, um, a meteor shower tonight, you should go look at it!" he called to his mother.
Narcissa threw him a confused look, "I didn't know you enjoyed astronomy, Draco."
"Oh, well, I do, you should go see it. Before it's midnight, you know."
Narcissa took Sirius' hand, and walked towards the small balcony off of the Common Room. When they walked outside, Draco let out a huge sigh of relief.
"What was that about? You hate astronomy," Hermione asked.
"You'll see. And, how do you know that I hate astronomy?"
"You mumble to yourself when you do your homework," Hermione admitted a bit embarrassedly.
"Oh."
Lily yawned and rubbed her eyes, "Mine-ee I'm tiwed," she said pitifully.
Hermione thought for a moment, "OK, Lils, come with me, I'll put you down in my room, you can borrow a shirt of mine to sleep in, is that ok, sweetie?"
Lily nodded sleepily, as her eyes began to droop. Hermione stood to pick up Lily, but Draco got her first, and Lily quickly fell asleep in his arms.
Soundlessly, Hermione and Draco walked over to the portrait hole, and entered Hermione's room. She walked over to her chest-of-drawers, and pulled out a Gryffindor t-shirt. Draco held Lily as Hermione slipped off her shoes and outer layers. Hermione carefully pulled the shirt over Lily's head, and tugged her arms through the holes.
"Nice shirt," Draco whispered to Hermione with a laugh.
Hermione smiled up at him, and laid Lily down in her bed, and she stirred a bit.
"Mine-ee," she pleaded groggily, "Sing me a song, pwease."
Hermione sat down on the bed, and Draco moved to the portrait, but Lily began to whimper.
"Pwease stay, Dwaco."
Draco sat down on a chair, and Hermione rubbed Lily's back as she began to sing.
"By yon bonnie banks, and yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
Oh, ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
'Twas then that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where deep in purple hue the Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming
Oh, ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond."
Hermione looked down at Lily, fast asleep on the bed, and stood up carefully. She and Draco went back into the Common Room. (A/N: You guys know I can't help the fluff…)
"That was really good, Hermione!"
She blushed a bit, and looked down at the floor, "I couldn't remember the words to the third verse," she told him, and shrugged.
"It's a beautiful place," Draco said, as he sat down.
"What is?"
"Loch Lomond."
"Oh, right."
Luckily for them, Harry pre-empted the pending awkward silence.
"Hey! Look who's back, how's, uh, Jupiter?" he called to Sirius and Narcissa, who had just re-entered.
Hermione turned to look at Narcissa, who looked very happy inspite of the fact that her eye makeup was smeared badly.
Sirius put his arm around Narcissa's waist, and his face broke into a huge grin, "We're getting married!" he exclaimed.
Hermione squealed and jumped up, and ran to Narcissa, and gave the older woman a bone-crunching hug, while Ginny, Harry, Ron, and Maya all went to congratulate the couple.
When she'd let go, Narcissa took Hermione's hands in her own, "Dear, I would be so honored if you would be my maid of honor."
Hermione gasped, "I don't know what to say! I'd love to, you know that!" She embraced Narcissa again.
Sirius turned to Harry and smiled, "I'd like to ask Harry to be my best man, as Draco has already consented to be a groomsman, and we'd be honored if the rest of you would be in the wedding, as well. Ron, Ginny, of course your whole family will be invited, yours as well, Maya, I've met your parents and they're lovely people. We want everyone we know to come." (HERE'S WHERE I CHANGED, I ORIGINALLY HAD SIRIUS ASKING DRACO TO BE THE BEST MAN, BUT THAT'S DUMB, SORRY!)
Narcissa began to discuss dresses with Maya and Ginny, Hermione went back over to Draco.
"Meteor showers, eh?"
Draco smiled and shrugged, "It was a bit of a plot. He came to ask me for my permission, and then asked for my help."
Hermione squealed, "He asked for your permission? Oh, that's so sweet!"
Draco had a disgusted look on his face, "I guess if you like that type of thing, he asked Snape, too, that must've been fun. Who could refuse a man who asked SNAPE for your mum's hand in marriage? I'm not much for romance myself, I think I'll use the more direct route 'You, there! Marry me!' How's that?"
Hermione was about to respond, when Harry broke in.
"Come on, then, fifteen seconds left!" Harry exclaimed, and they all began to countdown.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!"
Hermione looked around, Narcissa was kissing Sirius, Harry was kissing Ginny, and Ron was kissing Maya. 'Oh, dear me,' she thought. She turned to put her glass down, but instead turned right into Draco. She looked up at his face.
"H-happy New Year," she choked out.
"Happy New Year, Hermione," he responded.
Then, it ended more quickly than it began, Draco tipped his head down a bit, and gave Hermione a small peck on the cheek. They each turned away quickly, moving on to other people. Maya and Ginny, of course, rushed over to Hermione.
"What was THAT?" Ginny squealed in her ear.
"Nothing, Happy New Year."
Draco was giving his mum a hug, but his mind was elsewhere, 'What was THAT?'
He looked up at his mother, who was smiling at him.
"Don't look at me like that, mum."
"Of course, sorry, Draco," she said, still smiling.
"Mum, I'm really, really happy for you. Congratulations."
Narcissa's eyes welled up as she hugged her son again.
"Oof, don't cry mum. Come on, you have to get Lils."
She sniffled and nodded, and he escorted her to Hermione's room to get Lily.
When they came back out, everyone was saying good night. Hermione and Draco said goodnight to everyone, and went back to their room.
"Right, so we'll work on our little payback when we get up, right?" Draco asked.
Hermione yawned and nodded, "Night, Draco. Happy New Year."
"You, too, Mione."
Hermione fell asleep with a slight tingling sensation on her cheek.
(A/N: I'd normally end here, considering this is already over 2800 words, but I'm NOT ending with them going to bed, lol, and I promised that the revenge would be in 29, and I'm feeling nice! So, moving on…)
Hermione awoke the next morning to pounding on her door. She groggily stood up, and opened it, to see a very harried-looking Draco.
"What is is?" she asked.
"It's almost two in the afternoon! No more Butterbeer for us!"
"Ooh, well, let me take a shower, and we'll work on it. Oh, and I forgot to tell you last night, we have to do it to Maya and Ginny, too, they hexed me."
"Right, hurry up, then! I'm clean already."
She sighed and walked into the bathroom.
A half hour later, she and Draco were sitting on the floor next to their table.
"So, you're going to get Dobby? I've got a few old socks and a jumper or something, you know the house elves don't like me."
"No, really, Granger? Yes, and then you'll cue it all up and do the Sonorus charm. But we need to pick another person, too, you know."
"I know, I'd say McGonagall, but the Headmaster didn't say that was ok."
"Hmm, I've got it!"
"Who?"
"Trelawney!"
"Draco Malfoy, you're brilliant!"
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The next morning, the Great Hall was crowded with the students fresh back from their holiday. Hermione was concentrating on looking like she wasn't concentrating on anything. She nearly broke out laughing when Dobby came over to serve them their juice.
No one was very happy to be resuming classes, so the banter was rather idle. After she'd gauged that they'd had a sufficient amount of the juice, she cleared her throat and turned to her friends.
"Oh, look," she said, "Professor Trelawney is here. She loves that Muggle song 'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club!"
Suddenly, the oddest looks passed over the faces of Ron, Ginny, Maya, and Harry.
Harry whipped his head towards Hermione, "What'd you do?"
Hermione smirked, and aimed her wand at the large doors, which burst open, and a very loud, horrible synthesizer beat filled the Great Hall. Laughing, Hermione pointed her wand at each of her friends.
"Sonorus!" she yelled.
Harry, Ron, Maya, and Ginny were all inexplicably jerked to their feet, and they began dancing haphazardly up to Professor Trelawney with the intro. Suddenly, they all began to sing along with Boy George, their voices echoing loudly across the Great Hall.
"Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listen to your lies would you say
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever
You string along
You string along
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Every day is like a survival
You're my lover not my rival
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green"
During the performance, the varied reactions across the Hall were as amusing as the show. Hermione and Draco were on the floor, laughing so hard that tears were streaming down their cheeks. All of the other students were laughing loudly, as well. Slytherins taking special pleasure in the fact that a group of Gryffindors were making total arses out of themselves, especially Harry. Dumbledore was smiling very slightly, of course, he could not have said that he was aparty to the prank. Snape looked like he had rotten meat under his nose, and McGonagall was horrified. The best reaction, of course, came from Professor Trelawney, who looked positively horrified, and was trying to distance herself from the quartet, who kept on following her where ever she went, eliciting more laughter from the school as they watched the Gryffindors virtually chase her around the Great Hall singing Culture Club. The Muggle-born students were having an especially fun time. Harry, Ron, Maya, and Ginny had anxious looks on their face, and were glaring at Hermione and Draco, but still singing the upbeat 80's song.
When the song was finally over, they stomped over to Hermione, as the entire school gave them a standing ovation.
"WHAT was THAT, Hermione Granger?" Harry demanded.
Clutching the bench for support, Hermione pulled herself up, "Heh, sorry guys, but THAT, hahaha, was GREAT!" she exclaimed, still laughing. "D-did you SEE Trelawney? Bet she didn't predict THAT!"
The students all began to filter out of the Great Hall, Hermione left to find Draco. She was about to round a corner, when she heard Pansy Parkinson.
"That was pretty funny, Draco, was that your idea?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess… I mean, yeah, it was."
"Well, I'd want to get back at Potty and his little gang if he made ME kiss a Mudblood, that's for sure," she said sweetly.
Hermione waited with bated breath for Draco's response.
"Yeah," he said, "It was pretty sickening."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Draco," Pansy cooed, "You really should spend more time in Slytherin, though, we don't want people thinking your loyalties have switched."
"Right, well, I've got to go to class, Pansy, I'll stop by the Common Room later to catch up with everyone. Bye."
Hermione tried to move, but found that she was rooted to the spot. Her mouth was dry, and she felt nauseous. She let out a strangled gasp as Draco rounded the corner.
"Oh, God, Hermione…" he reached out to her.
"DON'T touch me, you…you…"
Suddenly Pansy appeared behind Draco, "Having a spat with the Mudblood, Draco?" she asked sweetly.
Draco's eyes shifted from Pansy to Hermione, and back again, "I, uh…"
"No, everything's fine, Pansy. Draco and I don't really get along, you know. He hates me, and I hate him, no worries," she spun on her heel, and walked off, leaving Pansy smirking behind her back.
"Don't cry, Mudblood!" Pansy called after her.
Hermione walked to the prefect's bathroom, and did just that.
A/N: Awwwwwwwww shiiiiiiit, heehee… you didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you? OK, well, on to things.
Disclaimer cont'd: "Loch Lomond," I do not believe, is copyrighted by anyone, it might be, but you all know I didn't write it. "Karma Chameleon" is owned, I assume, by Boy George and his Culture Club contemporaries, not me, obviously, but, let me say, that the Boy George "Behind the Music" is my favorite.
Umm, for any of you interested in writing the G/H thing, it'll be another chapter inside NiaP, and could you please e mail me? KnL837@yahoo.com
Errrrrrrrr……. What else? PLEASE r/r you guys don't understand, I check like every 2 minutes to see if I get reviews… I'm obsessed with them. I love them SO much!
Right, so, sorry about Pansy, but I had to throw another cog in the works, it was getting to comfortable. BUT, they will be made up (BIG time) by the end of January, heeheehee.
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Amaiko- Oooohhh, I'm very glad you like my taste in music!
moon- Oooh, I love the Gin Blossoms and Sublime, and I kight end up using a Gin Blossoms song as a title, sometimes I use the song b/c its appropriate, or just the title or a line from the song fits… I'm blathering
seeker4reality- LOL, I'm glad I keep you occupied this thing certainly is long enough! Umm, about the sex, I have no idea, I dunno how well that'd work with 10 year olds, but who knows?
Queen Dork- Well, I already thanked you, but thanks again!!
Shaz Kay Gee Bee- Ummm… there will be a BIT more mention of Snape's personal dealing in NiaP, but mostly just in AIW… and, what was my 2nd point that you're "amen"ing? Lol, I never remember what I write.
blueearthgoddess- Yeah, heehee, I meant to put the big gap in, you know, for suspense and whatnot (Yeah, I'm a loser)
Veronica- Well, you certainly raised an interesting point. I don't really know If I'm gonna write another D/Hr fic. I don't know if I could make one sufficiently different from this one. But maybe I could do a post-Hogwarts one that less fluffy than this one. But I'm working on my Snape fic, and a Fred/Hr fic, too. So, we'll see! But, you got me thinking!
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michee- there's your Sirius and Cissa!!
Natasha- Hope we cleared up that bitch thing! Whoopsies! One again, you're not a bitch!
Jenna Malfoy- Yeah, that diary entry of Snape's was pretty damn funny, lol. I say Mione like my-knee (or mine-ee if you're Lily) and Draco like dray- co.
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Fleur- You know, I think you're the only one who metioned the growing old part, that was my fave part in the whole damn chapter!! Lol, you crack me up, as usual.
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A/N: Wooo, I got exactly 80 reviews on 28… I love reviews so much! This jiggity joint is almost FOUR THOUSAND words long, b/c I was originally gonna split it up… well, you'll see when you get there.
OH! And this chapter is dedicated to Lex, in protest of all asshole guys and bitch girls everywhere, may they drown in the cesspool after the rest of us find our Mr. Darcy's.
******OK, I CHANGED THIS, I HAVE NO IDEA IF I WAS BEING STUPID OR I DIDN'T NOTICE, BUT HARRY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE… WELL, I CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I CHANGED WHEN YOU GET THERE!!*****
The group spent the next two days finishing up the work they'd been assigned over the holiday. Hermione was shocked when she'd entered the Great Hall, and she saw Ron and Draco working on Care of Magical Creatures together. Maya, who was sitting with the, working on her Potions assignment, looked up at Hermione and flashed her a knowing smile.
At 5:30 on December 31, the six students came down to the Great Hall to find it decorated with blue and silver decorations for ringing in the New Year. When they'd all sat down, Dumbledore gave a bit of a speech.
"I'd like everyone present to raise their glass in honor of the coming year. May it offer good will, hope, and prosperity! To the new year!"
"To the new year!" everyone chimed in, raising their glasses.
They all began to chatter, and Hermione noticed that Dumbledore had charmed his hat to say "Happy New Year" in blinking lights.
"So, Draco, your mum's gotten all of the provisions, right?" Harry asked quietly.
Draco nodded, "They're all in my bedroom, we'll just bring them straight into the Common Room at ten, ok?"
They all nodded in assent, and began trying a bit too hard to look inconspicuous. Dumbledore, apparently, noticed.
"I say, Gryffindors, is there something wrong with the food? You all seem to be gazing in every which direction," he said with a smile.
"No, sir, it's delicious!" Ron exclaimed, and proceeded to shovel a large forkful of pie into his mouth, chewing ostentatiously, and nodding.
Hermione laughed and shook her head at Ron. Dumbledore caught her eye, and they exchanged a small smile. Dumbledore nodded and shrugged, as if in recognition of the fact that he wouldn't impede on their merriment, and went back to his Yorkshire pudding.
After she'd stuffed herself full, Hermione stood up, "I've got a few things still to finish that I don't want to waste tomorrow on, so I'll see you in a bit!" She turned and left the Great Hall.
"So, Draco," said Maya, turning to him, "are you excited about Venice?"
Draco shrugged, "I guess so, I don't know much about it. Not half as much as Hermione, in any event. But, most people don't know half as much as Hermione does about anything, really," he added with a laugh.
"Hmm, you know, I don't know anything about Venice, either." Maya continued, "The only time I've ever ever seen it or the things in it was in that Muggle movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, ever see it?"
Draco, Ginny, and Ron looked confused and shook their heads.
"I love those films!" Harry exclaimed, "That American bloke, isn't his name Harry, too? Well, I think he's brilliant! And that older Scottish chap plays his dad in that movie. What's his name?"
Maya laughed, "The American is Harrison Ford, I don't think anyone calls him Harry, though. And the older chap, as you call him, is Sean Connery, and he is Scottish."
"Well, what do they have to say about Venice?" Draco asked.
This was, of course, the segue Maya had been waiting for, "Well, they call it the City of Love, and Indy shags this woman rotten in their hotel room!" Maya said happily.
Harry chortled a bit, Ginny laughed out loud, Ron spit out his juice at hearing his girlfriend say 'shags this woman rotten,' and Draco suddenly became very interested in looking at his carrots… or hiding the bright red blush covering his face.
"It's a bloody brilliant film," Maya concluded unabashedly.
Draco abruptly changed the subject, "I wonder where Professor Snape is."
The others glanced up to the head of the table to see that Snape was, indeed, not there.
"Maybe he's visiting family," Ginny suggested. "Has he anyone like that, Draco?"
"No, Ginny, didn't you know he was born by sporulation?" he responded with a smirk.
"Oh, sod off, you know what I meant," she giggled.
Draco shrugged, "I'm not sure, really, he never talks about his personal life. There was that woman that we saw him with, remember Potter?"
"Yeah, I wonder who that was. She looked so familiar!" Harry shrugged, "Well, he's not here, nobody's the better or worse for it! Now, I have to go finish my Divination chart, see you all in a few hours!"
Draco, Ron, Ginny, and Maya all finished quickly, and each returned to finish out his or her own work.
At about 8:45, Hermione heard a knock on her portrait. She opened it up, and Ginny and Maya walked in.
"Hi," Hermione greeted them, "what's up?"
Ginny, whom Hermione had told earlier about Draco, gave Hermione a crafty smile, "We're giving you a make-over for tonight!" Maya nodded in assent.
Hermione shook her head, "No. You're not. I'm throwing my hair up in a bun and wearing some pajamas, no make up, no sparkles, no nothing."
Maya smiled, "That's what you think… Petrificus Corpus!"
Hermione tried to move to shoo them out, but found that only hear head was mobile.
"What are you doing?!" she screeched.
"Yelling won't help, so you'd better just keep still!" Ginny told her matter-of-factly.
Hermione's jaw dropped, and she looked like a fish gasping for air, trying to find something to say.
"I'm going to kill you when we're done here, you know that, don't you?"
Maya nodded happily and smiled, "Well, we're all getting dressed up, so you have to as well."
"Ron, Harry, and Draco will not be dressed up!"
"Yes, they will, we convinced them to wear something nice."
"Well… why are you torturing me?" she whined.
"Because we love you, Hermione!" Maya said.
Ginny giggled and added, "Just like Draco!"
Hermione, unable to do anything else, gave Ginny a withering look, "No, he does not."
Ginny looked passively at her immobile friend, "Oh, quiet down now, you, or we'll put on the full-body bind."
Not wanting to be any more uncomfortable than she already was, Hermione shut her mouth, as Maya and Ginny smeared their Lav and Pav goop all over her face.
"Now, Hermione, can Ginny and I trust you to wear the outfit we chose for you?"
"Depends on what it is," she answered warily.
Ginny held out a short black skirt, and Maya held out a silver-speckled black shirt.
"Where is the other corner?" Hermione asked Maya.
Maya laughed at Hermione, "It's an asymmetrical cut, silly!"
"I'm not wearing that, Hermione Granger does NOT wear things like that!"
Suddenly, Hermione clamped her mouth shut. 'We can just add those two to the group! Brilliant!' she thought.
"Fine," she told the two of them, "I'll wear it."
"You WILL?" Ginny asked incredulously.
Hermione nodded, and Ginny freed her from the bind. Ginny and Maya thrust the clothes into Hermione's hands.
"Now," Maya commanded.
Hermione did so, and was finally allowed to look in the mirror.
She had to admit, she didn't look all that bad. It was a bit more trampy than she was used to, but not too much. They'd twisted some of her hair back in a rather pretty style, but the make up was a lot more than she was used to.
"See? You like it!" Maya exclaimed.
Hermione gave her a half-glare/half-smile, "You are the devil, you know that? And it's half past nine! We have to go soon."
"We know, we're going to go get ready and trust that you will stay the way you are!" Ginny told her.
Hermione nodded reluctantly, and her friends left.
True to her word, a half hour later, when she entered the Common Room, Hermione was just as they'd left her. She was surprised to see Lily, Sirius, and Narcissa there when she walked in.
"Mine-ee! Mine-ee!" Lily exclaimed, throwing herself at Hermione.
She scooped Lily up in her arms and gave her a big hug, "Hiya, Lils! How are you doing?"
"Good."
"Well," she corrected.
"Well, what?" Lily asked as she hopped on to the floor.
Hermione giggled, "Nothing, Lils." She turned to Narcissa, "Hi, Mrs. Malfoy!"
Narcissa gave Hermione a hug, "Hello, dear. I see Draco's being fashionably late as usual."
Hermione smiled and shook her head, "Well, would you expect any less?"
Sirius approached them, "Good evening, Hermione."
"Hullo, Sirius! How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. Cissa, where's Draco? I had a question I needed to ask him about, er, Hippogriffs."
"I think he's still in his room, dear." Narcissa replied.
"You can go through my room and get him, if you'd like, Sirius," Hermione offered.
Sirius nodded eagerly, "That'd be great."
Hermione led him to the portrait, and let him in. She walked over to the couch, and began chatting with Lily, watching the people around her simultaneously.
She smiled to herself, watching Harry cautiously take Ginny's hand in his own as they sat on a chair in front of the fire. She turned her gaze to Ron and Maya, who seemed to be having the save football vs. Quidditch argument that Ron had with Dean occasionally. Except, now, Ron seemed to be smiling a lot more, and even blushing a bit. She turned her gaze again, and was surprised to lock eyes with Narcissa, who had apparently been watching her with Lily. Hermione flashed her a smile that Narcissa returned.
A few minutes later, Sirius and Draco emerged from Hermione's portrait hole, and Draco had an odd look on his face, that Hermione couldn't place. Sirius looked positively nauseous. Sirius gave Draco a quick pat on the shoulder, and walked to Narcissa's side.
Hermione watched Draco as he walked over to her. He had on an ice-blue V- neck jumper, with a white shirt underneath, and a pair of charcoal-grey trousers. He plopped down on the couch next to Hermione and Lily.
"You look nice this evening, Granger."
"Was that a compliment?"
Draco smirked, "My mum told me to say it, you know, politeness and all."
Hermione couldn't control the stone that fell in her stomach, "Oh."
"I'm kidding, Granger! You do look nice. Good acting, by the way, almost thought there for a minute that you cared!"
Hermione forced a laugh, "Right."
"Are you ok, Hermione?" he asked her. "Oh, hold on," he said before she could answer.
"Mum, there's a really nice view of, um, a meteor shower tonight, you should go look at it!" he called to his mother.
Narcissa threw him a confused look, "I didn't know you enjoyed astronomy, Draco."
"Oh, well, I do, you should go see it. Before it's midnight, you know."
Narcissa took Sirius' hand, and walked towards the small balcony off of the Common Room. When they walked outside, Draco let out a huge sigh of relief.
"What was that about? You hate astronomy," Hermione asked.
"You'll see. And, how do you know that I hate astronomy?"
"You mumble to yourself when you do your homework," Hermione admitted a bit embarrassedly.
"Oh."
Lily yawned and rubbed her eyes, "Mine-ee I'm tiwed," she said pitifully.
Hermione thought for a moment, "OK, Lils, come with me, I'll put you down in my room, you can borrow a shirt of mine to sleep in, is that ok, sweetie?"
Lily nodded sleepily, as her eyes began to droop. Hermione stood to pick up Lily, but Draco got her first, and Lily quickly fell asleep in his arms.
Soundlessly, Hermione and Draco walked over to the portrait hole, and entered Hermione's room. She walked over to her chest-of-drawers, and pulled out a Gryffindor t-shirt. Draco held Lily as Hermione slipped off her shoes and outer layers. Hermione carefully pulled the shirt over Lily's head, and tugged her arms through the holes.
"Nice shirt," Draco whispered to Hermione with a laugh.
Hermione smiled up at him, and laid Lily down in her bed, and she stirred a bit.
"Mine-ee," she pleaded groggily, "Sing me a song, pwease."
Hermione sat down on the bed, and Draco moved to the portrait, but Lily began to whimper.
"Pwease stay, Dwaco."
Draco sat down on a chair, and Hermione rubbed Lily's back as she began to sing.
"By yon bonnie banks, and yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
Oh, ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
'Twas then that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where deep in purple hue the Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming
Oh, ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond."
Hermione looked down at Lily, fast asleep on the bed, and stood up carefully. She and Draco went back into the Common Room. (A/N: You guys know I can't help the fluff…)
"That was really good, Hermione!"
She blushed a bit, and looked down at the floor, "I couldn't remember the words to the third verse," she told him, and shrugged.
"It's a beautiful place," Draco said, as he sat down.
"What is?"
"Loch Lomond."
"Oh, right."
Luckily for them, Harry pre-empted the pending awkward silence.
"Hey! Look who's back, how's, uh, Jupiter?" he called to Sirius and Narcissa, who had just re-entered.
Hermione turned to look at Narcissa, who looked very happy inspite of the fact that her eye makeup was smeared badly.
Sirius put his arm around Narcissa's waist, and his face broke into a huge grin, "We're getting married!" he exclaimed.
Hermione squealed and jumped up, and ran to Narcissa, and gave the older woman a bone-crunching hug, while Ginny, Harry, Ron, and Maya all went to congratulate the couple.
When she'd let go, Narcissa took Hermione's hands in her own, "Dear, I would be so honored if you would be my maid of honor."
Hermione gasped, "I don't know what to say! I'd love to, you know that!" She embraced Narcissa again.
Sirius turned to Harry and smiled, "I'd like to ask Harry to be my best man, as Draco has already consented to be a groomsman, and we'd be honored if the rest of you would be in the wedding, as well. Ron, Ginny, of course your whole family will be invited, yours as well, Maya, I've met your parents and they're lovely people. We want everyone we know to come." (HERE'S WHERE I CHANGED, I ORIGINALLY HAD SIRIUS ASKING DRACO TO BE THE BEST MAN, BUT THAT'S DUMB, SORRY!)
Narcissa began to discuss dresses with Maya and Ginny, Hermione went back over to Draco.
"Meteor showers, eh?"
Draco smiled and shrugged, "It was a bit of a plot. He came to ask me for my permission, and then asked for my help."
Hermione squealed, "He asked for your permission? Oh, that's so sweet!"
Draco had a disgusted look on his face, "I guess if you like that type of thing, he asked Snape, too, that must've been fun. Who could refuse a man who asked SNAPE for your mum's hand in marriage? I'm not much for romance myself, I think I'll use the more direct route 'You, there! Marry me!' How's that?"
Hermione was about to respond, when Harry broke in.
"Come on, then, fifteen seconds left!" Harry exclaimed, and they all began to countdown.
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Year!"
Hermione looked around, Narcissa was kissing Sirius, Harry was kissing Ginny, and Ron was kissing Maya. 'Oh, dear me,' she thought. She turned to put her glass down, but instead turned right into Draco. She looked up at his face.
"H-happy New Year," she choked out.
"Happy New Year, Hermione," he responded.
Then, it ended more quickly than it began, Draco tipped his head down a bit, and gave Hermione a small peck on the cheek. They each turned away quickly, moving on to other people. Maya and Ginny, of course, rushed over to Hermione.
"What was THAT?" Ginny squealed in her ear.
"Nothing, Happy New Year."
Draco was giving his mum a hug, but his mind was elsewhere, 'What was THAT?'
He looked up at his mother, who was smiling at him.
"Don't look at me like that, mum."
"Of course, sorry, Draco," she said, still smiling.
"Mum, I'm really, really happy for you. Congratulations."
Narcissa's eyes welled up as she hugged her son again.
"Oof, don't cry mum. Come on, you have to get Lils."
She sniffled and nodded, and he escorted her to Hermione's room to get Lily.
When they came back out, everyone was saying good night. Hermione and Draco said goodnight to everyone, and went back to their room.
"Right, so we'll work on our little payback when we get up, right?" Draco asked.
Hermione yawned and nodded, "Night, Draco. Happy New Year."
"You, too, Mione."
Hermione fell asleep with a slight tingling sensation on her cheek.
(A/N: I'd normally end here, considering this is already over 2800 words, but I'm NOT ending with them going to bed, lol, and I promised that the revenge would be in 29, and I'm feeling nice! So, moving on…)
Hermione awoke the next morning to pounding on her door. She groggily stood up, and opened it, to see a very harried-looking Draco.
"What is is?" she asked.
"It's almost two in the afternoon! No more Butterbeer for us!"
"Ooh, well, let me take a shower, and we'll work on it. Oh, and I forgot to tell you last night, we have to do it to Maya and Ginny, too, they hexed me."
"Right, hurry up, then! I'm clean already."
She sighed and walked into the bathroom.
A half hour later, she and Draco were sitting on the floor next to their table.
"So, you're going to get Dobby? I've got a few old socks and a jumper or something, you know the house elves don't like me."
"No, really, Granger? Yes, and then you'll cue it all up and do the Sonorus charm. But we need to pick another person, too, you know."
"I know, I'd say McGonagall, but the Headmaster didn't say that was ok."
"Hmm, I've got it!"
"Who?"
"Trelawney!"
"Draco Malfoy, you're brilliant!"
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The next morning, the Great Hall was crowded with the students fresh back from their holiday. Hermione was concentrating on looking like she wasn't concentrating on anything. She nearly broke out laughing when Dobby came over to serve them their juice.
No one was very happy to be resuming classes, so the banter was rather idle. After she'd gauged that they'd had a sufficient amount of the juice, she cleared her throat and turned to her friends.
"Oh, look," she said, "Professor Trelawney is here. She loves that Muggle song 'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club!"
Suddenly, the oddest looks passed over the faces of Ron, Ginny, Maya, and Harry.
Harry whipped his head towards Hermione, "What'd you do?"
Hermione smirked, and aimed her wand at the large doors, which burst open, and a very loud, horrible synthesizer beat filled the Great Hall. Laughing, Hermione pointed her wand at each of her friends.
"Sonorus!" she yelled.
Harry, Ron, Maya, and Ginny were all inexplicably jerked to their feet, and they began dancing haphazardly up to Professor Trelawney with the intro. Suddenly, they all began to sing along with Boy George, their voices echoing loudly across the Great Hall.
"Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listen to your lies would you say
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever
You string along
You string along
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green
Every day is like a survival
You're my lover not my rival
Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy if your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green"
During the performance, the varied reactions across the Hall were as amusing as the show. Hermione and Draco were on the floor, laughing so hard that tears were streaming down their cheeks. All of the other students were laughing loudly, as well. Slytherins taking special pleasure in the fact that a group of Gryffindors were making total arses out of themselves, especially Harry. Dumbledore was smiling very slightly, of course, he could not have said that he was aparty to the prank. Snape looked like he had rotten meat under his nose, and McGonagall was horrified. The best reaction, of course, came from Professor Trelawney, who looked positively horrified, and was trying to distance herself from the quartet, who kept on following her where ever she went, eliciting more laughter from the school as they watched the Gryffindors virtually chase her around the Great Hall singing Culture Club. The Muggle-born students were having an especially fun time. Harry, Ron, Maya, and Ginny had anxious looks on their face, and were glaring at Hermione and Draco, but still singing the upbeat 80's song.
When the song was finally over, they stomped over to Hermione, as the entire school gave them a standing ovation.
"WHAT was THAT, Hermione Granger?" Harry demanded.
Clutching the bench for support, Hermione pulled herself up, "Heh, sorry guys, but THAT, hahaha, was GREAT!" she exclaimed, still laughing. "D-did you SEE Trelawney? Bet she didn't predict THAT!"
The students all began to filter out of the Great Hall, Hermione left to find Draco. She was about to round a corner, when she heard Pansy Parkinson.
"That was pretty funny, Draco, was that your idea?"
"Uh, yeah, I guess… I mean, yeah, it was."
"Well, I'd want to get back at Potty and his little gang if he made ME kiss a Mudblood, that's for sure," she said sweetly.
Hermione waited with bated breath for Draco's response.
"Yeah," he said, "It was pretty sickening."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Draco," Pansy cooed, "You really should spend more time in Slytherin, though, we don't want people thinking your loyalties have switched."
"Right, well, I've got to go to class, Pansy, I'll stop by the Common Room later to catch up with everyone. Bye."
Hermione tried to move, but found that she was rooted to the spot. Her mouth was dry, and she felt nauseous. She let out a strangled gasp as Draco rounded the corner.
"Oh, God, Hermione…" he reached out to her.
"DON'T touch me, you…you…"
Suddenly Pansy appeared behind Draco, "Having a spat with the Mudblood, Draco?" she asked sweetly.
Draco's eyes shifted from Pansy to Hermione, and back again, "I, uh…"
"No, everything's fine, Pansy. Draco and I don't really get along, you know. He hates me, and I hate him, no worries," she spun on her heel, and walked off, leaving Pansy smirking behind her back.
"Don't cry, Mudblood!" Pansy called after her.
Hermione walked to the prefect's bathroom, and did just that.
A/N: Awwwwwwwww shiiiiiiit, heehee… you didn't think it was gonna be that easy, did you? OK, well, on to things.
Disclaimer cont'd: "Loch Lomond," I do not believe, is copyrighted by anyone, it might be, but you all know I didn't write it. "Karma Chameleon" is owned, I assume, by Boy George and his Culture Club contemporaries, not me, obviously, but, let me say, that the Boy George "Behind the Music" is my favorite.
Umm, for any of you interested in writing the G/H thing, it'll be another chapter inside NiaP, and could you please e mail me? KnL837@yahoo.com
Errrrrrrrr……. What else? PLEASE r/r you guys don't understand, I check like every 2 minutes to see if I get reviews… I'm obsessed with them. I love them SO much!
Right, so, sorry about Pansy, but I had to throw another cog in the works, it was getting to comfortable. BUT, they will be made up (BIG time) by the end of January, heeheehee.
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Amaiko- Oooohhh, I'm very glad you like my taste in music!
moon- Oooh, I love the Gin Blossoms and Sublime, and I kight end up using a Gin Blossoms song as a title, sometimes I use the song b/c its appropriate, or just the title or a line from the song fits… I'm blathering
seeker4reality- LOL, I'm glad I keep you occupied this thing certainly is long enough! Umm, about the sex, I have no idea, I dunno how well that'd work with 10 year olds, but who knows?
Queen Dork- Well, I already thanked you, but thanks again!!
Shaz Kay Gee Bee- Ummm… there will be a BIT more mention of Snape's personal dealing in NiaP, but mostly just in AIW… and, what was my 2nd point that you're "amen"ing? Lol, I never remember what I write.
blueearthgoddess- Yeah, heehee, I meant to put the big gap in, you know, for suspense and whatnot (Yeah, I'm a loser)
Veronica- Well, you certainly raised an interesting point. I don't really know If I'm gonna write another D/Hr fic. I don't know if I could make one sufficiently different from this one. But maybe I could do a post-Hogwarts one that less fluffy than this one. But I'm working on my Snape fic, and a Fred/Hr fic, too. So, we'll see! But, you got me thinking!
Elizabeth L. Digby- Wow, I'd feel SO cool if I converted you to D/Hr!!! I do like G/D, too. Ummmm, and as far as Maya goes, you'll all have to wait and seeeeeee! ~winks~
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michee- there's your Sirius and Cissa!!
Natasha- Hope we cleared up that bitch thing! Whoopsies! One again, you're not a bitch!
Jenna Malfoy- Yeah, that diary entry of Snape's was pretty damn funny, lol. I say Mione like my-knee (or mine-ee if you're Lily) and Draco like dray- co.
carrie- Snape will be explained in All I Want mostly. 2 reasons being: I'm not smart enough to incorporate it into this fic well enough, and I am madly desperate for reviews and I hope people will read the other story!
Fleur- You know, I think you're the only one who metioned the growing old part, that was my fave part in the whole damn chapter!! Lol, you crack me up, as usual.
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