"Gisele! Where is my new halter?" Hermione shouted from her room. She was searching through her whole suitcase looking for it. She gave up and walked down the hall to Gisele's room. "Hey!"
Gisele was standing in front of her mirror in the shirt she was looking for. "Hey, sorry I forgot to ask. Can I borrow your shirt?"
"I guess. I'll just wear my other one." Hermione sighed and walked back to her room. Hermione pulled her coral colored shirt over her head and grabbed her purse.
"You ready? I can't wait to get some of the pineapple they have there. It's like the one thing I look forward to." Gisele asked walking into Hermione's room.
"Yeah," Hermione smiled and the two left Hermione's room. Hermione made sure that all the doors were locked. They walked along the boardwalk that led from the houses porch to the beach. The fire was just a short walk form them, so they didn't even bother wearing shoes. "Gisele, let's not drink tonight. It would probably be safer that way considering the drinks will probably be open drinks and could be spiked."
"Okay," Gisele said slightly off. Hermione looked at her and saw that she was staring off at something ahead of them at the party. "Shit, I don't believe this."
"What?" Hermione asked looking around and trying to figure out what she was looking at. Gisele ran over to boardwalk and hid behind the side of it. Hermione followed.
"I should have known. Merlin, why did I think of coming?" She rambled to herself and covered her face with her hands.
"Gisele, what is it?" Hermione asked placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Hermione, Gaston is over there at that party. We have to go home!" Gisele cut her explanation off and started walked back to their place.
"So, Gisele, it's not like we have to hang out with him. We can still go there to have fun," Hermione reasoned and stopped Gisele.
"That's not just it. Hermione, like a year ago I was dating this total jerk who was best friends with Gaston. His name was Christian. I mean, we had been nest friends since we both started that school, but after we started dating he just got so……so…well, he hit me. Gaston saw it happen too. He never did anything about it though. I guess he just figured it was his friends problem or something. Finally I broke up with him when the summer came. He was furious and sent me hundreds of mean letters. He was always saying that I should watch my back and that when school started he was going to do horrible stuff. Luckily we were in different classes so he never saw me. I never told you that I knew Gaston because I wasn't sure if he was supposed to even talk to me or not." Gisele sat down in the sand and wiped away the single tear that tore itself from her eye. "Anyways, Christian is over there with Gaston and that group of blondes. I don't know what will happen if he sees me."
"Gisele that's horrible. You deserve so much better than someone who hits you," Hermione hugged Gisele tightly.
"I know, that's why I really like Nick. He would never treat me like that," Gisele sniffed.
"How about this, I run up there and grab us some pineapple while you wait here. We can go back and eat it at home," Hermione smiled and stood up. Gisele nodded.
Hermione walked down to the party, staying close to the boardwalks. She walked straight up to the table with food without even being noticed. Hermione grabbed a plate and put a few of the biggest slices of pineapple on the plate. She walked back down the same path on her way back.
"Leeveeng zo zoon?" Gaston asked walking right in front of her. Hermione jumped back and dropped the plate. It got covered in sand. Hermione groaned and pushed past him.
"I am azumeeng zat Gisele eez cloze by zen," Gaston said running up along side her.
"What is it to you," Hermione said stopping and facing him.
"Well, I know someone 'oo eez really eager to zee 'er," Gaston smirked. "What waz wiz ze ditch-eeng me lazt night?"
"Wasn't really in the mood to get drugged and raped, sorry. Besides, I also told you that I have a boyfriend," Hermione said and continued walking on.
Gaston laughed at her first sentence, "Oui, you deed tell me zat you 'ave a boyfriend. But, your boyfriend eez a very long way away."
"Bastard," Hermione said under her breath. She heard Gaston laugh one more time from behind her and suddenly he was no longer following her. Hermione ran up to where Gisele was. "Gisele, Gaston some how found me and I dropped the pineapple in the sand. He said that Christian is eager to see you. Let's get home, quick."
Gisele jumped up and the two girls ran their way back home. Hermione was honestly worried for their safety. She took their wands form her purse just in case they needed them.
Just as Hermione had expected, Gaston and the boy she guessed was Christian were waiting at their boardwalk. Christian looked almost exactly like Gaston if Gaston were a brunette with brown eyes. There was no way they could have gotten there before them unless they apparated.
"Gisele, long time no zee," Christian smirked following behind the girls up the boardwalk.
"What do you want, Christian?" Gisele asked sitting down at the patio table on the back porch.
"Nozing, honestly not a zing. Juzt came 'eere to finally 'ave ze dizcuzion zat we need to 'ave," Christian said in a thick accent. He sat across form Hermione and Gisele. "You muzt be 'ermione. Gaston waz right, you are a very beautiful girl."
Hermioen glared at him, "You must be Christian. You better be careful what you say or do around here. I'm a very talented witch."
"Zo I 'ave 'eard. Anywayz, Gisele, I meez you zo much," he said standing up and walking behind her. He started massaging her shoulders gently. "Eet 'az been zo long zince we lazt talked. Zis year waz pure torture wiz out you. I do not zink I could ever love someone az much az I loved you."
"Christina you never loved me. If you did, then you never would have hurt me," Gisele turned around in her seat and stood up. She poked her finger in his chest. "Don't think I didn't know about all the times you cheated on me. You loved me so much that you had to have sex with other girls like Solange and you had to hit me anytime you even saw me walk by a boy."
"I do not know what you are talk-eeng about," Christian smirked. "I never layed a 'and on you and you only thought I cheated on you. Solange and I were juzt friendz."
"Don't play dumb with me. I walked in on you numerous times. You were even cheating on me with her when Solange and Gaston were going out," Gisele yelled. Christian glared at Gisele. Apparently Gaston did not know about this.
"What?" Gaston asked.
"Come on Gaston, zat waz a 'ole year ago," Christian reasoned. Gaston frowned.
"Well, eet waz not like you were ze only one she cheated on me wiz," Gaston shrugged. Hermione frowned. How could best friends do such things to each other.
"Now Gisele, I weel give you one more chance to get back together wiz me," Christian grabbed Gisele's hand and placed a ring on her right hand ring finger.
Gisele looked down at the ring. Her eyes glazed over for a second, almost as if she were actually considering it. Suddenly she snapped her head up and pulled the ring off. Gisele threw the ring out onto the beach. "No, I will never get back together with you."
Christian's face fell and he looked like he was about to explode. "Fine, you 'ave zet your own fate zen."
Christian and Gaston both apparated off. As soon as they did, Hermione jumped up and hugged Gisele. "For a second, I actually thought you were going to take him back."
"Well, that ring he put on me used to sort control me. I figured out how to resist it. But, I really think we need to leave, Hermione," Gisele said and went inside the house. Hermione agreed.
The two gathered up their stuff and got inside the fireplace. They floo'd back to Hermione's house. Hermione's parents were already asleep, so they ran up to Hermione's room and crawled in her bed.