Ch.8

Everyone skipped dinner that night before tryouts to have the party in Ravenclaw common room.

The girls were taking forever to get ready, as usual.

So Draco yelled up the girl's dormitory, "Hermione!"

"What?"

"We are gonna go on to the party, some when your ready love?"

"Yeah, we'll be ready soon Draco!"

The boys all headed down to the Ravenclaw common room.

Harry was dressed in loose but very fitted, faded, tattered jeans and a white button down shirt that he rolled up to his elbows, showing a crisp, but casual look.

His green eyes were popping from the contrast to his clothes and many girls whispered to each other as he walked down the corridor with his buddies.

But, everyone else was dressed well too.

James was wearing plaid shorts and a royal blue shirt that made his eyes look mystic.

Draco chose to go nice and casual as well in navy shorts and a white polo shirt.

They all met up with Daphne as they rounded the corner and she showed them where the common room was.

Daphne was wearing a short white skirt and a bubblegum pink tube top.

"Hey!"

She smiled big as they all responded, "Can you get someone to wait for the girls too? They are a little behind."

"Yeah, sure, ill get one of the boys to do it, hey Michael!"

Just then a fairly handsome boy with brown hair stepped out and smiled at everyone, he was the spitting image of Michael Corner.

Harry didn't exactly care for Michael Corner, and assumed that this must be his dad, he volunteered.

"On second thought, ill just wait for them here."

Draco caught on and stayed with him as well.

The girls were finally ready after much debate on their clothes hair and makeup.

Ginny, Hermione and Lily made their way out of Gryffindor common room and through the halls toward the Ravenclaw Common Room.

Many boys who were very cute wolf whistled and winked at the girls as they walked.

"There sure are some cute blokes at Hogwarts."

"Yeah Gin, they have always been cute, but most are Hufflepuffs."

Lily laughed as Ginny and Hermione made a confused but amused face.

As they too rounded the corner, they had their boys meet them there.

Draco and Harry were engaged in an intense conversation about the Quidditch World Cup that no one else could hear.

Draco was turning to show him something and then Hermione caught his eye.

He did a double take to make sure he saw correctly.

She had straightened her hair and was wearing little makeup, but it accentuated her eyes and her cheeks were tinged pink.

She had on a short white sun dress and navy ballet flats.

"Wow, Hermione, you look… wow…"

Lily laughed, "Don't drool Draco, your making a mess."

James heard her voice and came to see her.

She was wearing a jean miniskirt and a turquoise tank top.

"Hey Lils… you look great!"

They walked in together.

Harry still hadn't said anything for Ginny looked the best of them all.

She was wearing an emerald green tank top and a white mini jean skirt that hung low on her hips with a huge belt slung around her petite waist.

She smiled at Harry and was surprised when he leaned into her.

They slowly met lips and his breathe was warm and familiar.

He smelled like a clean shower and she feverishly kissed him back.

He grinned into the kiss and she pulled back and smacked him on the arm.

"I love when you do that"

He was still watching her backside as she walked through the open portrait of a beach scenery.

Everyone was surprised that Ravenclaws could throw this kind of party, but Lily and James told everyone that the Ravenclaws were the smartest, and the hard core partiers, so they would be in the common room a lot more than they thought.

Hermione was sitting with Ron and Daphne as she noticed Draco across the room getting drinks.

He had the lightest blonde hair that was curly and shaggy, even though it was darker in the room.

His pearly white, even teeth were shimmering as he smirked and smiled at a group of guys congratulating him on becoming Gryffindor Beater.

Then a group of pretty blonde girls walk up to him and start giggling.

"So, where are you from?"

This is girl was built a lot like Hermione, petite frame and short.

"St. Brutus's School of Witchcraft-"

"You're really cute."

"Oh, uh thanks, what is your name?"

Draco knew he was being hit on by the tone in her voice and the lust in her eyes, but remained calm and polite.

"Charlie Spencer, and you are Draco Miller, am I correct?"

Her teeth weren't perfectly straight and she had a small bump in the bridge of her nose, but she was very attractive.

"Yeah, I'm Draco, hey I have to go take these drinks--"

"So, Gryffindor beater, huh? I bet you're good at pounding thing huh?"

She was smirking devilishly and started to lean towards him and play with his polo's collar.

He looked nervously over at Hermione, who was watching with amusement.

"Uh, Hermione, your letting Charlie Spencer around your boyfriend?"

"Look at him struggle with himself, he gets so nervous when girls come onto him, I like to watch."

Hermione told everyone around them this but kept her eyes on Draco.

"Mione, that's not a very good idea, Charlie is the biggest slut in Hogwarts, and she usually gets what she wants, so you might wanna keep Draco away from her."

Lily was smiling too as they watched Charlie lick her lips and run her hands through his hair.

"Um, Charlie, err… I think you're coming on a bit strong, I have a girlfriend…"

But, Charlie wasn't listening to Draco, she grabbed his collar and demanded to dance with him and lead him onto the dance floor.

Draco hated to dance, and he wasn't going to.

"Alright, alright, ill go get him."

Hermione made her way through the people and smirked at Draco standing in the middle of the dance floor with Charlie trying to grind her arse into his pelvic area.

He looks mortified, and disgusted, but Charlie was pretty scary, so he stayed and waited for Hermione to come retrieve him.

"Hullo, Draco did you get the drinks?"

Hermione completely ignored the look Charlie was giving her, and smiled at Draco, who smiled a look of relief back.

"No, I was err… interrupted."

"Ok, well common, James wanted to introduce you to some people on the Hufflepuff team."

Hermione started to grab Draco's hand but was stopped by Charlie.

"Excuse me? What the bloody hell are you doing?"

Hermione turned surprised and smiled.

"I'm walking."

"You can't take him, WE were dancing."

Hermione thought Charlie was ridiculous and just laughed and kept walking.

Draco smiled at his girlfriend and followed her.

Charlie was seething.

Then she whispered to her friends.

"I will get him… who is she to take him away?"

"Actually Charlie, that's his girlfriend, her name is Hermy Grateon or something stupid, she is the Gryffindor Keeper as of yesterday, they are all new."

"Well Mrs.—whatever your name is, I except you will have a good time here, welcome to my place, and I always get what I want, and this year… I WILL have Draco."

With that she stormed off with her posse following close behind.

Hermione and Draco had already made it back to their spot and Luke and Cissa were snogging madly on a sofa nearby.

Draco cringed and smiled at the same time and spoke his future parents.

"Hey mate."

His dad just lifted up and hand without taking his lips away from his lover and Draco gave it a 'five'.

"Draco, you should keep away form that slut."

"Wow, James, a little bitter?"

Everyone laughed but Lily.

"They dated," she looked heatedly at James, "And he dumped her because he found out she had cheated on him."

"With the whole Slytherin Quidditch team."

Hermione looked scandalized, "Luke, you cheated with his girlfriend?"

"NO! Hermione, she cornered me but Cissa gave her a black eye… I don't think they get along well…"

Hermione looked both proud and concerned.

"I didn't think it was that big of a deal, she told me I couldn't take him and I laughed in her face."

"Uh-Oh!"

"Not good."

"You're dead."

Draco heard everyone comment and was confused.

"Whats the big deal?"

"She will come After you if you aren't careful, she's the bitchy queen of Slytherin, and she usually terrorizes people into getting her what she wants, or well… who she wants.."

Ron thought it was all sort f funny.

"Congrats mate, you have a crazy psycho bitch with her eye on you!"

Daphne smacked Ron on the back of the head and he immediately ducked and rubbed his head, "Ouch."

The party kept on without any further problems and they all sat around and ate the delicious food that the Marauders mysteriously had brought so they could skip the dinner.

Soon later, Ravenclaw try-outs started and everyone headed down to the pitch.

Jack Jackson came out on his broom smiling and laughing with his team and then realized that they needed more people to help conduct the tryouts.

He whispered to the other players and then walked up to the gang.

"Which ones of you are on the Gryffindor team?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No, actually, we need more people to help conduct try-outs, and considering you made it, I would think you would know how to help out, if you wouldn't mind?"

He was genuine and Hermione, Ginny, Draco and Harry all helped out.

Hermione was in charge of the Keepers.

She 'Acciod' her broom as did the other sand zoomed over to the goal posts.

"Mione, what are you doing here, your supposed to watch from the stands."

Ron cocked his head to one side in confusion.

She simply smirked at him, and waited.

Jack Johnson came over and announced her.

"Everyone, this is Hermione Grayson, she is the Keeper of Gryffindor, and she is helping conduct try-outs, so if you please, be kind and good luck everyone."

Ron stared at her, terrified.

She could get back at me for telling everyone she was terrible, she could tell jack that I'm a bad keeper, and she would show me up.

Suddenly, he was furious.

"Mione, this is not your place to show off! We all know your bloody brilliant; now go back to the stand where you belong!" He bellowed

Hermione stared at him, and was really confused, why was he angry.

"Ron, what's the matter, I'm just helping out."

"YOU ARE NOT HELPING!"

But it had started and Ron was next, she threw the Quaffle at him hard and yelled, "Defend!"

He was so startled by her yells that he missed and Hermione scored on Ron.

He was livid.

"You did that on purpose! That was impossible! This is unfair, just GO AWAY! We don't need you to help!"

"Fine, you don't have to try out then, they need me to do it, and if I don't then there is a Keeperless Ravenclaw team! Now shut the HELL UP BEFORE I RAN THIS BROOMSTICK UP YOUR ARSE!"

Ron got quiet, but was still fuming.

Hermione stood by to watch the rest of the members go on, and no one was any better than Ron, only one person had defended the hoops and it was an accident because she slid off the end of her broom and her foot had blocked it.

Hermione mad them all do it again, this time Ron took his anger out on the Quaffle and defended 5 out of 5.

Hermione said they were finished after a few more people went and went over to tell jack who did best.

Jack automatically joined Ron onto be the Ravenclaw keeper.

Ron was now much calmer and very happy.

"You know Ron, after that yelling match you two had, Hermione still said you were the best one, you better be thankful, she could've told me you were terrible."

Ron instantly felt guilty, and tried to find Hermione to apologize.

But, he met Draco instead.

Draco didn't mean mad, just annoyed.

"Why do you insist on upsetting my girlfriend mate?"

"I feel awful now, I just… I don't know, I will apologize when I see her."

"You won't see her though, she had already gone up to her dormitory, so it better be first thing tomorrow, and she is sensitive right now, especially after the last thing you did."

Ron was feeling really badly, and Draco laughed him off, "Don't worry about it, you and Hermione have been friends forever, it'll all work out."

"I hope so…"