6. Vodka

Cassie pointed and laughed at Emily. "Teehee you don't have a date!" The ball would be starting soon. All the girls rushed around putting on makeup and such.

"Oh well. I can snog with random people," said Emily. She concentrated her eyes up and soon her hair was black with blue streaks, to match her black dress with a blue flame.

The two of them walked into the Gryffindor common room. There Cassie saw Remus, who looked rather handsome indeed. She smiled at him and blushed. He approached her.

"You look. . . fantastic," said Remus.

"No I don't. I'm ugly as hell."

"Of course you're not!"

"Liessss!"

Rochelle walked into the common room. She was wearing a long, black dress and her hair was up. All the guys stared. Lily glares at Sirius, who quickly went back to admiring Lily.

Lily E. glared and James went back to staring at her.

Cassie decided not to care about Remus staring, but Remus, being the genleman he is, stopped staring and looked back at Cassie, and blushed.

Peter didn't have to stop staring because his date was in Hufflepuff. So he stared with his mouth hanging open, looking like a complete moron.

Emily walked up to Rochelle.

". . .Wow," she said. Rochelle blushed.

"Should we be going then?" asked Cassie.

"M'kay," replied Emily. They all exited the common room.

There Rochelle saw him. He was leaning against the wall with his sunglasses on. She approached him.

"Hey," he said,

"Hello," said Rochelle. She felt so nervous as if she was going to be sick. Her insides felt like they were creating a giant knot inside her.

He took her hand. They both walked in.

"Want to dance?" asked Remus.

"Of course," replied Cassie, taking his hand as the two of them walked onto the dance floor.

Sirius brought Lily D onto the dance floor. Sirius was probably the best dancer on the floor. Some people cheered for him. Slytherins scowled at him.

"Sirius isn't the only one who can groove," said James, as Lily E took his hand and they headed onto the dance floor.

Peter shuffled his feet nervously. "Y-you look. . . great."

"Thanks," giggled Maurine.

Lukas leaned against the wall and observed the world around him.

"It's quite dark in here already without sunglasses," said Rochelle.

"If we weren't in public, I would take them off," replied Lukas.

"Want to dance?" Rochelle asked.

"I don't dance. Maybe I will for the slow dance."

Sirius and James drifted off into a corner.

"So what antics shall we perform to spice up the night?" asked Sirius.

"Hm. . . lets look at the options. We could: A. Spike the punch, B. Humiliate Snivellus, or C. Prank number 19b4u-"

"Prank 19b4u is too risky," James said, "We'll be spotted if we prank Sniv- Oh, hello Dumbledore!"

"Planning to create chaos?" said Dumbloedore interestedly. "We can always count on the four of you to make things interesting." He smiled, winked, and walked away.

"Dumbledore is the greatest thing about this school," said Sirius grinning.

"Right, as I was saying. I'm thinking A is the best way to go."

Sirius pulled out a small vile with a clear liquid. He pulled the cap off, and hid it in his sleeve. Without anyone noticing, he slipped some into the punch bowl.

Peter walked up to them, beaming and red-faced. He held a cup and began to pour some punch into the cup.

"Wouldn't do that if I were you, mate," said Sirius cheerfully.

"Huh?"

Rochelle looked at Lukas, blushed slightly, and looked at the round. Lukas held her hand in his. She closed her eyes.

She could feel him getting closer and closer. His warm breath brushed across her face, and-

"Want some Vodka?" came an eager voice. Rochelle flinched.

"Wha?"

"Vodka. Cheap. Interested?" asked Mundungus.

"Uh-"

"Sure," said Lukas.

"Don't mind me asking, but why exactly did you say yes to Peter?" Lily D asked Maurine.

"Um, I don't know. He's uh, nice and I didn't have a date," Maurine replied.

Lily grinned. "You know Emily was desperate to the point of ask-"

"Anywho! New subject," Emily cut in.

"Hello," came a voice behind her. It was the boy Emily had asked to the ball but said "screw it" to.

"Hi," replied Emily flirtaciously.

"Want to dance?" he asked.

"Sure."

Remus raised his eyebrows as Sirius and James looked completely guilty. He looked down at his cup of punch.

"What'd you do to the punch?" he asked suspiciously. James whistled and from behind him Sirius made pointing gestures.

"Let me repeat that. What did you do to the punch? James. Sirius."

"Nothing serious," said James with a shrug.

"Looks like something Sirius." His eyes stared at where Sirius had something hidden behind his back. Sirius tossed the vile behind him to Peter, who flinched as the vile hit his hand and dropped to the ground. Remus stared directly at Peter, and Peter scrambled onto the ground, snatched the vile, and shoved it in his mouth.

Remus stood in front of Peter, who began to chew, and they could hear the glass break.

He swallowed the liquid, stuck out his tongue, and pulled off the broken glass. He handed the broken bits to Remus.

"Why'd you spike the punch?" asked Remus in a mock-amused voice.

"Many reasons," replied Sirius.

"It wasn't a lot," mumbled James. Remus sighed.

"So, what's your name?" the boy asked Emily.

"Emily. You?"

"I'm Ryan Glass."

"Well Ryan, you're hot," she said.

"You're hotter," he replied. They began to argue about which one was hotter.

Emily and Ryan conversed and came to realized they had a lot in common. Emily was growing to like Ryan more and more by the second.

Mundungus's Vodka became a hit. People stumbled around, drunk. Some people passed out on the floor. People continued on dancing and laughing and having fun.

Soon, the final song, the slow dance, came on.

Emily and Ryan danced, staring into one another's eyes.

Rochelle and Lukas remained in their corner.

He pulled her in. She wrapped her arms around him and felt warm inside. He lifted her chin, and their lips me. It was an amazing feeling. Her head felt completely blank. She was completely absorbed in the moment.

Peter hiccupped. He stepped on Maurine's foot. He didn't feel so well so he left. He ended up passing out on the table in the common room.

Emily fel like her head was light. She had not a care in the world. Vodka made her happy.

She leaned in and her lips met with Ryan's. The made out aggressively.

People began to leave the Great Hall. Rochelle and Lukas remained. Their lips parted. She tried to bring herself to smile at him but her mind was too blank to think of how to smile.

She wasn't sure what he said, but he hugged her and departed.

Rochelle lay on the cold floor. She jus lay there, absorbed in what had just happened.

In the Gryffindor common room, the marauders threw an after party. They handed out Butterbeer and Firewhisky they had gotten at Hogsmead.

The Gryffindors stumbled around drunkly. Everyone was snogging, laughing, and having a good time.

In about fifteen minutes since the party started, Cassie asked "Where's Rochie?"

Emily giggled. "I 'unno. Lookee Lily and Siriu are shnoooogging! Teehee-HIC-hee."

Five minutes later, Rochelle entered the common room.

"Hey Rochie," said Cassie.

"Mm," replied Rochelle distractedly.

"Where've you been?"

"I dunno."

Everybody began tp snog. Lily snogged with Sirius. Lily E snogged with James. Rochelle and Emily rolled around the floor snogging.

There was quite the shock as people began to awaken.

James and Lily E jumped to opposite sides of the couch for hey had awoken in an embarrassing position.

Peter fell off the table, tried to sit up, hit his head on the table, and fell down.

Cassie awoke in Remus's bed, cuddled up to him.

But the biggest shock came from Emily where she discovered who was in bed with her in the Room of Requirement.