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Chapter 25
Ginny had decided to take a page from Fred and George's book and visited the kitchens to get some snacks for their Girl's night. When she returned to the dorm, the other girls all squealed with delight. She had eclairs, pastries, ice cream, tarts, pies and a very large jug of pumpkin juice. "How did you manage to bring all this food up seven flights of stairs?" Hermione asked as she grabbed a tart.
"I levitated most of it silly. Now pass me some pie." She sat down and they passed her a pie and a fork. Ginny had forgotten to bring plates. As they dug in to the sugar feast, they discussed how to get Harry to notice Lavender. After all, she was very beautiful with long brown hair and pale blue eyes.
"We need to figure out what Harry wants in a girl," Hermione suggested. "Any ideas?"
"Ginny piped up with a mouthful "Hewufs to sabe peofle." "What?" She swallowed and repeated, "He loves to save people. Maybe Lavender should fall down the stairs or something."
Um, well, couldn't I just trip over my bag or something?" Lavender didn't look thrilled with the prospect of falling down the stairs. "After all, what if he doesn't catch me?"
"Hmm, hadn't thought about that. You're awfully quiet, Parvati. What do you think?" She snapped back to reality and said, "I think Neville is better at snogging than both Dean and Seamus." Everyone's jaw dropped as they turned to look at Parvati. Realizing what she'd said, she turned bright red and stood up. "Well, it's been a long day. I'd better get some rest."
"No way! We want details!" The girls all screeched at once as Lavender jumped up to escort her back to the group. "Well, I got up from dinner before everyone else and Neville followed me. Somehow we would up in an empty classroom and one thing led to another. Pretty soon we were both starkers and shagging on the desk." Parvati wouldn't look at anyone's face until Ginny exclaimed, "Way to go, Parvati! That's awesome!"
"So, that's why you look so rumpled. I just thought you had taken a nap with your robes on or something." Lavender giggled. "I guess you really were laying down with them off, huh?" Parvati threw a pillow at her and it landed in the pumpkin juice.
Hermione looked to be still recovering from the shock. "Ok. Anyway," she flicked her wand and cleaned up the spill, "Are we in agreement on what Lavender should do?"
"Yes," giggled Parvati. "Fall and get Harry to catch you with his lips." By now Ginny was rolling on the floor laughing. "Well, something like that anyway," Parvati continued. "Now give me an éclair. I worked up quite an appetite earlier."
Downstairs in the Common Room, Harry, Neville, and Ron were discussing Quidditch. Neville had a very blissful expression on his face, but the others couldn't figure it out. "Slytherin needs a new seeker now that Malfoy is here. I wonder who they'll get." Harry spoke as the portrait door swung open and a very disgusted looking Draco stepped through it. "I can almost bet it will be Blaise Zambini." He plopped down in a chair near the fire. "He's the only one in there who's smart enough to find the right end of the broom."
"Isn't Blaise the bloke that was your best mate?" Asked Ron. "I mean, before all this." "Yes, he's a really good guy. Probably the least evil of all the Slytherins, unfortunately, his dad is a lot like mine was. Blaise and I talked often about leaving our parents when we graduated and joining the Order."
"Really?" Ron looked shocked by the thought of good Slytherins. Just then, Draco turned to look at Neville. "Whoa! Who'd you shag? I recognize that look." Neville turned bright red and so did Ron. "What do you mean, you recognize that look?" Ron bellowed. "You're dating my sister!" He jumped up and started throwing hexes at Malfoy but through his rage, he kept missing. Neville pulled out his wand and stupefied Ron. "Now are you going to settle down?" he asked Ron. Ron did his best to motion that he would indeed stop hexing Draco, so Neville said the counter curse.
"It's not like I had any choice, Mate! After all, she started it! And you know as well as I do that you don't cross Ginny Weasley!" Draco looked thoroughly embarrassed as well. "Let's not change the subject. We were talking about whom Longbottom shagged. So who was it?" Everyone looked expectantly at him.
"I promised Parvati I wouldn't tell." He said as he slapped his hand over his mouth. The boys all let out whoops of praise at Neville. "Please don't tell her that you know! Otherwise, I may not get a second chance." Neville begged. The guys all agreed to keep his secret as they headed up to bed with Draco keeping Ron in front of him so he couldn't hex him from behind.