Chapter 6: Legend!
The gang split into two cars and made their way to the beach. The first car was white and was being driven by Tom. Maria was sitting in the passenger seat, and Harry, Draco, and Blaise were sitting in the back. Maria was looking in her mirror applying her make up on, very lightly. All three guys in the back were looking at her, and no one was talking. Suddenly Maria screamed, "TOM!" Tom swerved back into his lane to avoid a head on collision with another car, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," Tom said, "I just was distracted," he said as he drove with one hand on the wheel.
"Look at the road Tom," Maria said, then she turned at the guys in the back and said, "he always does this, you know. Always is looking at other cars for pretty girls, when you are talking of heartbreakers this guys is top dog right here."
"Really?" Draco said, "He strikes me as one girl kind of guy."
"No way," Maria said, "There hasn't been a girl that Tom has gone out with that he hasn't broken her heart?"
"Really?" Draco asked again, "I swear he seems like the kind of guy that is simply stuck on girl." Harry nudged him and Draco said, "Sorry Tom, I mean no offense or anything I just usually can read people."
"It's all right," Tom said, "I don't find it insulting, I mean I could be a one woman man."
"So you just haven't found the right girl then?" Blaise asked.
Maria looked at Blaise and then turned to Tom, grabbed his hand and said, "He'll find her someday I know he will. Tom is such a great guy; he'll find a girl that he just wont be able to let go. All you guys will."
"Thanks," Harry said. She smiled at him and said, "and speaking of girls, you guys all my friends were crazy about you last night. I swear I must have got like more than twenty phone calls this morning about girls asking me about you guys."
"Really?" the guys asked.
"Yeah I swear, did you guys call any of the girls that gave you their phone numbers last night?" Maria asked.
"No," Blaise said.
"Why not? They're all crazy about you," Maria said.
"Where did you guys go last night?" Tom asked.
"Oh well you know how I always spend the day with Hermione?" Maria said, and Tom nodded, "Well she wasn't in the mood so instead of spending the day alone, I spend it with Harry, Draco and Blaise. We had so much fun, I swear to you Tom all my friends went crazy for them. It was like tossing three steaks into a pack of wild hungry dogs."
"Really?" Tom asked.
"Yeah," Maria said, "You and Rob should really go out with these guys some time you guys would get along so well, I swear you guys would have so much fun."
"Would you guys want to?" Tom asked, "I mean Rob and I go out every Saturday night, would you guys like to join us?"
"Will you be there Maria," Draco asked.
"No," Tom answered, "Saturday nights is guys night out. Every other night is Maria night."
The guys laughed and Blaise said, "We'd love to. Sounds like fun."
"Hell yes it's fun," Tom said, "We'll get some drinks pick up some chicks, it'll be a fun night trust me."
"Great," said Harry.
"So you guys are friends with Hermione right?" Tom asked.
"Yeah," Harry said.
"I can't believe it," Tom said, "I mean I don't mean to offend you but …"
"No, actually, I was wondering the same thing," Maria said.
"Why?" Harry asked.
"I don't know," Maria said, "Your guys' personality just clashes so much with her."
"Well you guys are friends with her aren't you?" Harry asked.
"Yeah," Tom said, "But we've got history."
"Well, I don't know, Hermione meshes well with us," Harry responded.
"Real, well," Draco said.
"Oh right, I remember," Tom said, "Didn't I read in a magazine or newspaper or something that you were going out with her Harry? Like in fourth year or something?"
"Really?" Maria asked, turning around right away to face Harry, "You went out with Hermione? You failed to mention that last night. I thought that you guys were just friend."
"We did not go out," Harry said, "It was just a rumor."
"It was," Draco said.
"They didn't go out," Blaise said, "The magazine was more of a tabloid and you shouldn't really trust tabloids, they didn't go out. Trust me, I know."
"Okay," Maria said smiling, "But uh why was it in a magazine? I mean why would the world want to know about your life?"
All three guys looked at each other, and Tom looking at his mirror at the guys faces and said, "Oh Harry's just kind of a legend in the school. He's just a real big legend in fact."
Maria looked at him and said, "Legend, wow!"
"You know I'm a legend too," Draco said.
"It's just too bad that no one knows it," Blaise said. Everyone laughed, and the rest of the trip was spent with laughter and stories being told from everyone. Harry though kept looking at the situation very suspiciously. He wondered a lot about Tom, and thought for a moment. Hermione had to be wrong. Tom had done nothing to them, although he was looking at them carefully at the begging but after some time had passed he had gotten comfortable with them, and Harry could see Tom being one of his friends. Maybe Hermione had it mixed up, maybe Tom wasn't really to blame, maybe Maria was just cursed. After all when he was eleven years old he found that magic and curses were real so maybe just maybe Maria had a real actual curse on her.
When they arrived at the beach it was around noon, and after they set up their towels and everything, Tom and Rob decided that before they should swim they wanted to play a game of volleyball. Hermione was the first to argue. However after a lot arguing and convincing everyone, they all decided to play.
"Let's decide teams," Rob said.
"Yeah," Tom said, "I'll be one captain, and the pretty lady right there can be the other," he said pointing to Lavender; he took her hand and pulled her right by him.
"You want to go first …" he said.
"Lavender," she said.
"Lavender a beautiful name for a beautiful lady," Tom said. Harry looked at Maria who was rolling her eyes.
"Thank you," she said.
"You know lavenders are my favorite flowers." Tom said.
"Really?" Lavender asked.
"Yeah," Tom said.
"Pick the teams guys," Maria said.
Tom looked at her with a smile, "So Lavender you want to pick first?"
"No you can go ahead and pick first," She said blushing.
"Well I would never refuse a lady's wishes, especially one as pretty as you," he said smiling, Hermione shook her head, Maria rolled her eyes and Lavender blushed. Tom smiled and said, "I pick Rob."
"Parvati," Lavender said.
"Harry," Tom said.
"Hermione," Lavender said.
"Draco," Tom said.
Hermione saw this and said, "Lavender we are going to lose, pick someone good."
"Like who?" Lavender asked. Hermione looked at her options, the only people that were left were Maria, Ron and Blaise. She didn't know who to choose all she knew was that she had to win, she had to prove something to Maria, Rob, Tom, Draco, Blaise and most importantly she had to prove it to Harry. She wanted to show him that she was not a wimp; she could play, and win. "I don't know, just pick whoever you want I guess."
"Ron." Lavender said.
"Blaise," Tom said, as the guys' team cheered.
"Ma-," Lavender was about to say and then Maria interrupted her, "Oh you don't have to say my name. You didn't pick me you're stuck with me. I hate getting picked last." She walked over by Ron; Tom looked at her and laughed as he shook his head. Maria looked at him and said, "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing," Tom said.
The teams then huddled and Hermione said, "Okay who's going to be in front and who's going to be in back."
"Hermione," Lavender said, "I don't know how to play volleyball.
"What?" Maria asked, "Do you live under a rock?"
Lavender looked at her, "Oh shut up you're just jealous."
"Jealous of you? Oh please," Maria said, "What would I be jealous of you about?"
"Because Tom was flirting with me," Lavender said.
"Oh please!" Maria said, "Never in a million years would I be jealous of a girl like you. Honey look at me and then look at yourself, no guy alive would take you over me."
"Obviously Tom would," Lavender said, "Because the way I heard it, he dumped you like yesterday's trash."
"Oh Hermione, I love your friend she's got quite a mouth on her," Maria said.
"Oh what," Lavender said, "Can't stick up for yourself, have to bring in Hermione to help you."
"No, I just didn't want to fight with you anymore," Maria said.
"Why?" Lavender asked.
"Because you're Hermione's friend I didn't want to make you feel bad anymore," Maria said.
"Oh what a change of heart," Lavender said.
"I was trying to let it go," Maria said.
"Really?" Lavender said.
"Yeah, I was mad because I got picked last, but it was stupid so I let it okay?" Maria said.
"Yeah, right," Lavender said.
"Yeah," Maria said, "It sucks that I got picked last and I am the best athlete on this team."
"Oh please!" Lavender said.
"Yeah, I am I mean you didn't have the decency to pick anyone good even, all we have is me," Maria said.
"Well obviously Tom didn't think that you were good, or he would have picked you," Lavender said.
"At least I know how to play," Maria said, "I mean who doesn't know how to play volleyball."
"I don't," Parvati said.
"Neither do I," Ron said.
"What?" Maria screamed.
"Guys please," Hermione said, "calm down I know we need to win."
"Hermione," Maria said, "I know you're thinking what I'm thinking right now."
Hermione nodded, "I know, the dare."
"Exactly, if we lose we'll have to do a dare, I mean I don't know what they'll make him do," Maria said pointing to Ron, "But I know what we'll have to do."
"Then we'll just have to win," Hermione said.
"How?" Maria asked, "You and I are the only ones who know how to play."
"We'll teach them," Hermione said, "Trust me I want to win as bad as you do."
"Good because there is no way, I'm doing the dare," Maria said.
"I don't want to do it either," Hermione said.
"No one does," Parvati said.
"Parvati we don't even know what the dare is," Lavender said.
"Trust you don't want to do it, it's humiliating," Maria says, "It just shows how much respect Thomas Pace for women."
"You talking about me honey?" Tom said as he walked over there.
"Who else?" Maria said sarcastically.
"Don't worry babe, you girls don't got to win you just got to look good on the field," Tom said, he put his arm around Lavender and said, "Like my flower over here." Lavender blushed.
"So you guys ready to play now?" Tom asked not taking his arm of Lavender.
"No," Hermione said, "We need about fifteen more minutes."
"All right," Tom said, "You girls take all the time you need, and you know make sure you look good. Fix the hair, put on that make up, do what you got to do. You know all except Lavender, because she's beautiful already." Tom then walked away and went back and started talking to the guys. Maria rolled her eyes and released a frustrated sigh.
"You are so jealous," Lavender said.
"Lavender!" Hermione said, "She's not, she just wants to win."
"Whatever," Lavender said as she backed down, "You guys are worried for nothing, I mean Tom didn't even mention anything about any dare."
"He will though," Maria said.
"Whatever," Lavender said, "It probably won't be that bad anyways."
"Yes it is, it is the worst," Maria said, "You don't know Tom, and Rob for that matter. Those are tough guys, total macho, they chauvinistic pigs, okay they have no respect for women. I grew up with them, I know them, and I know what the dare is, Hermione and I have done it before, it's not fun."
"What is it?" Ron asked.
"You don't want to know," Hermione said, "But forget about the dare now, we need to figure out a way to win.
Author's Notes:
Okay I finally updated. Sorry it took me so long guys. Anyways I really like this chapter. The reason it took me so long was because I had no clue how to start it. But the next chapter will probably be up by Monday, because I have an idea for that already. So anyways this chapter might be a little bit confusing. What I wanted to portray is the different and changing personalities of the characters depending around the people they are with. I wanted to show that people always put up shields when they are around strangers. After the beach though they will get to know each other, more and open more to each other and you will see the actual characteristics of the characters. But thank you so much to all who reviewed:
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