"So where do we start looking?" Dean asked the group.
"I'm not sure. I've already looked in so many places before I found Ron and never saw him." Hermione responded "I'm not sure where he is."
"Maybe if we split up, we would find him faster." Lavender suggested.
"No way!" Ron shouted. "I don't want to miss the chance of getting to see what possible humiliating situation Seamus is in. It wouldn't be fair!"
"He's right!" Dean butted in "Lavender and I got caught, so did Neville and Parvati! Seamus gets the honor too!"
"Don't forget about Ginny and I" Harry chimed in. "Our little make out session got interrupted as well."
"Come to think of it," Ginny pondered. "The only couple who haven't gotten to be ogled at is Hermione and Ron!"
"And your point is?" Ron questioned
"The point my dear brother, is that it seems that all of us have been caught is a rather embarrassing position tonight except you and our Head girl here. Talk about things not being fair! How come you two got to avoid that?"
"Because Ginny, I'm not stupid enough to get caught!"
"Hey" Dean yelled.
"I resent that Ron" Parvati hissed.
"Watch who you're calling stupid, you big git!" Neville growled.
"Watch it Neville" Ron glared.
"Oh stop it everyone." Hermione interrupted. She knew this could get out of hand. "What I'm sure Ron meant to say was that no one was looking for us, so therefore no one caught us. I was the seeker remember? "
"It's still not fair Hermione. The rest of us got to be humiliated in front of everyone else, so why not you two?"
"Actually if you think about it Lavender, they have." Harry said.
"How do you figure that?"
"That's what I'd like to know mate." Ron asked
"Look at it this way. Ron and Hermione have been dancing around the subject of them fancying each other for years. And how many times have they embarrassed and humiliated themselves in front of us about it? If you count in all the rows and bumbling comments, stupid looks of love and confusion, then I'd say they got us all beat!"
"Harry!" Hermione shrieked.
Ginny burst out laughing, so did Lavender and Parvati.
"Harry has got a point guys." Dean snickered.
"We weren't that bad Harry." Ron mumbled.
"Some of the looks you guys had, they're priceless." Neville added.
"Good thing Collin Creevy has that camera of his. I'm sure he's caught loads of them. I could get him to show you some to prove it." Ginny suggested between laughs.
"Sod off Ginny." Ron responded.
"This is getting us nowhere." Hermione interjected trying to change the subject. "We still don't know where Seamus is."
"Come on boys. You room with him. Do you have any clue where to look?" Lavender asked.
"Ok, if I were Seamus and I wanted to hide, where would I go?...lets think."
"Let's try the kitchens. He's always hungry." Ron suggested.
"No Ron, that would be you, not Seamus." Harry joked.
"What about the greenhouses?" Neville asked.
"No, we weren't supposed to go outside remember?" Ginny corrected him.
"He has to be here somewhere. He didn't just disappear."
"What about the dungeons?"
"The dungeons? Even I'm not stupid enough to go hiding down there at night." Ron said shaking his head.
"Well that really is the only place we haven't really looked at yet." Hermione reasoned. "Maybe he thought that would be the best place because no one would think of looking there."
"It's worth a try." Harry supposed.
The group made its way down to stairs to the main entrance.
"You know guys, that the only ones down there at this time of night are the slytherians themselves. You don't think that our dear friend Seamus got it in his head to ummm, "fraternize" with one of them do you?" Dean questioned the group.
Harry shrugged. "Well Seamus never really has been very smart, or caring for that matter, when it comes to who his snogs or who he doesn't."
"Yeah" Ron retorted, "If it walks, Seamus will snog it!"
Everyone laughed.
"No one is that bad." Ginny said.
"Yeah he is!" Dean corrected her.
"Well if he's doing a slytherian, then I guess he really is." Hermione quipped.
"Ok then," Ron said, "let's take bets on who it is. We each get one guess."
"What do we get if we win?" Parvati wondered aloud.
"Let's see…I know! The winner gets to have the rest of us do something for them. Whatever they want."
"What ever we want?" Neville asked.
"Within reason." Hermione added, "I'm not snogging Malfoy or anything!"
"You won't be snogging anyone!" Ron yelled. "Except me of course" he added as a quick after thought.
"Good save mate." Harry joked.
"Is everyone in?"
Everyone nodded.
"Ok, I'm first." Ron said. "I'm gonna go with Pansy."
"That slag!"
"Whoa Hermione! Nice language." Dean chuckled.
"Well I call them like I see them."
"Ok so who do you think Hermione?"
"I'm going to say Millicent."
"Ugh!" Harry shuddered. "Next?"
"I'm going out on a limb here and say…Malfoy!"
"Neville! How could you even suggest it?"
"Well, who else is left that we know? Besides, I said I was going out on a limb."
"Yeah, really far out." Harry chuckled again. "I'd be surprised if Malfoy was even able to make it out of the Great Hall after what I did to him!"
Everyone laughed.
"Well if Neville is saying Malfoy, then I'm going with one of his goones, Crabbe!" Parvati added
"The image in my head keeps getting worse!" Dean laughed.
"Well since Crabbe is taken, I'm gonna say the other one, Goyle!"
"Nice one Lavender. Ok Gin, how about you?"
"Well since we're going with the bloke with bloke theme, how about Blaise?"
"At least with Blaise, Seamus may have a good time." Lavender muttered under her breath.
"Lavender! How would you know?" Ginny asked.
"I don't kiss and tell, but let's just say that I know from experience."
"We will talk later." Dean glared. "My turn. My theory involves Seamus and a certain professor of ours…"
"That is sick Dean!" Ron observed.
"Yes, sick and twisted! What goes on in your mind?" Harry wondered.
"Well come on, if someone can imagine him with Malfoy, then Seamus and Snape isn't very far off."
"Alright that leaves just you Harry. Who are you betting on?"
"I'm gonna go completely the opposite way here. I don't think Seamus is with any slytherian, or anyone else for that matter."
"Oh come on! If he's not with anyone, then that means he's all by his lonesome. Do you really think that Seamus Finnigan would actually miss the opportunity to take advantage of being alone in the dark and not be getting some?" Ron questioned his friend.
Harry raised his eyebrows. "I didn't say he wasn't getting any. I just said that he wasn't with anyone."
Harry could see the looks of confusion on the others faces. Then slowly one by one, they caught onto his implied meaning. Parvati spoke first.
"You mean, that you're betting that Seamus is alone and…pleasuring himself?"
"Yup"
"Oh that is gross!" Lavender insisted.
"You guys are disgusting!" Hermione cringed
"Harry does have a point, Hermione. Guys tend to do that you know."
"Are you trying to tell us something there?" Neville snickered.
"I'm not saying anything!" Ron was getting red.
"Well if he is, that is one site that I can definitely say that I do not want to walk in on!" Ginny told everyone.
"I'd rather walk in on that then seeing him with Snape, Malfoy, or the two goones!" Harry laughed.
"Good point." Ron agreed.
By now they had reached the bottom of the stairs that led to the dungeons. As they rounded the corner, they heard a voice coming from a classroom.
"Oh Merlin! Yes!"
Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at one another. It was Seamus.
"I can't believe it! He is down here!" Hermione whispered.
Quietly the approached the closed door.
"Ok," Ron whispered, "ready to see who wins?"
Ron slowly pushed the door opened with this hand.
"BLOODY HELL!"
A/N : Ok , so another cliffhanger….don't you all love me? So who do you think (if anyone) is in there? Thanks for the reviews! Keep it up! I love them!