Chapter 3 - Enchanted
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Ginny yawned as she sat up, stretching her legs as she got up from the bed. Looking over, she saw Hermione's bed was empty, she assumed she was already awake and in the common room reading. She looked over at the clock on the wall and realized they had missed breakfast, she didn't really care though, she wasn't very hungry. Ginny walked into the bathroom and decided to take a nice long shower.
"Severus….Severus….Severus!" Lucius shouted at him as he walked towards his friends bed.
Severus shot upright at the sound of shouting, he glared at Lucius. "What the bloody hell do you want!"
"Come on! We're going to confront those girls!" Lucius said as he began walking towards the door leading to their common room.
Severus groaned and slowly got up and headed into the bathroom to change.
Present Time:
Lucius walked into his bedroom and decided to lay down, he had a headache due to drinking way too much last night with some of the other death eaters. He began to close his eyes and soon memories of things that he didn't remember happening to him in the past came into his mind. He saw himself as a teenager talking to some red-haired girl and then falling onto the ground. He watched himself arguing with the same girl, she kept coming back at him….his eyes snapped open as he recognized who the girl was….the Weasley girl. He sat up and contemplated what to do…he decided to pay a visit to Severus…whatever was going on, he would know about it. Lucius stood up and walked over towards his fireplace, throwing the floo powder on the ground, he shouted "Severus' office."
He appeared in Severus' fireplace and stumbled out of it. Looking around, he saw that Severus wasn't in the living room and walked towards his bedroom. He pushed the door open to see Severus sitting on the edge of his bed in deep thought.
Severus looked over at Lucius at the sound of his door opening. Great…just great…he thought. "Lucius…why are you here?"
Lucius stared at him for a moment before speaking. "Perhaps you can tell me why I'm suddenly having visions of the Weasley girl in my head? What are you playing at?"
Severus was about to speak when he saw someone walking up behind Lucius.
"Ah…Lucius….what brings you here?" The Headmaster asked as he swept past him and into the room.
"Great…everyone just waltz into my room…don't mind me…it's only MY room." Severus mumbled sarcastically.
Lucius glared at Albus as he spoke. "I think you know why old man."
Albus frowned at him. "No need for name calling."
"You've done something…my memories are changing and I want to know why!" He snarled at him.
"You will know soon enough." Albus replied.
Lucius clenched and unclenched his fists in anger. "Soon enough! I will find out what is going on!" He shouted as he stormed out of the room and proceeded to grab floo powder from Severus' fireplace. "Malfoy Manor!" He growled and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"What was that suppose to mean Albus?" Severus glared at him.
The Headmaster smiled. "Exactly how it sounded." He turned and walked out of Severus' rooms, stepping into his fireplace and flooing back to his office.
Severus groaned and pinched his nose in frustration, he walked towards his living room and sat down on his couch, deep in thought.
Hermione was really getting into her new book when Ginny walked into the common room.
"Stop reading your book, we are going to go flying right now." Ginny grinned at her.
"Flying? I don't think so…I hate heights." Hermione replied as she set her book down.
"Did I hear someone mention flying?" A voice floated through the room. Both girls turned around to see Sirius and Remus walking towards them. "We shall accompany you two to the Quidditch Pitch and join you in flight." Sirius smiled at them.
"Oh really? Who said you were invited?" Ginny asked as she tried to head out of the common room.
Remus rolled his eyes at Sirius as he ran in front of Ginny, blocking the door. "I did." Sirius smirked as he summoned his broom.
Ginny just shook her head as she pushed Sirius out of her way and began heading out of Gryffindor Tower. Remus, Sirius, and Hermione followed behind her.
"She's a feisty one, just the way I like my women." He grinned.
"I can hear you." Ginny said as they made their way towards the quidditch pitch.
"How do you deal with him?" Hermione whispered to Remus.
He shrugged. "I ask myself that all the time."
Severus and Lucius walked up to Gryffindor Tower and stopped outside the portrait of the fat lady. She sneered down at them when she noticed their robes with the slytherin crest on them. "What do you want?"
Lucius glared at her as he spoke. "We are looking for the two new girls…Hermione Granger and Ginerva Weasley."
The fat lady stared at them suspiciously before speaking. "Why?"
The blonde haired boy was ready to start yelling at her but Severus began speaking instead. "We needed to talk to them about our homework assignment, we were paired with them in potions."
The portrait was silent for a few moments. "Very well…I believe I heard one of them saying they were going to go flying."
Severus and Lucius looked at each other. "The Quidditch Pitch." Severus said. Both boys took off for the pitch, hoping to catch the girls before they went flying on their brooms.
Ginny laughed as she watched Sirius trying to show off his quidditch skills. She flew down towards the ground and looked over at Hermione who was standing on the ground, broom in hand, watching them. "Come on, just get on the damned thing and get up here!" She demanded playfully. They had borrowed the schools brooms since they didn't bring their own with them.
Hermione stubbornly shook her head no. She watched Remus and Sirius practice their quidditch moves and looked at her broom…there was no way she was going to fly….no way…she hated being high up…she was not going to do it….she watched them some more before deciding to at least try it. She moved her broom so she was straddling it and let out a surprised yelp as it lifted off the ground.
"Finally, that took you forever to decide to come up here." Ginny smiled.
Hermione gave her a dirty look. "Don't push it." Suddenly she heard someone calling her name, looking at the ground below her she saw Lucius and Severus staring up at her. She quickly flew down towards them, smiling at them. "Hey guys…were you calling me?"
Lucius smirked at her. "Yes we were…we'd like to talk to you and your friend for a moment."
"Okay…GINNY! Get down here!" She yelled at the red-head who was flying next to Sirius and Remus.
Lucius' smirk turned into a scowl as he watched Ginny laughing with the two marauders. She smiled down at them and said something to the two boys before swooping down towards them and hopping off of her broom. Hermione landed beside her and slowly got off of her broom.
"So…" Hermione said as they began walking around the pitch. "What did you two want to talk to us about?"
"Where are you two really from?" Lucius asked, getting straight to the point.
Both girls looked at them in shock before Ginny answered. "What are you talking about….we attended Salem's School for Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Severus shook his head. "No you didn't, neither of you are in the yearbooks."
Hermione was speechless, she glanced at Ginny who looked just as surprised…this was not good…not good at all. "Um…we just didn't get our pictures taken."
"Nice try…lying doesn't suit you." Severus replied.
"Wait…how did you even get yearbooks from another school?" Hermione eyed them suspiciously.
"Hogwarts has an extensive collection of yearbooks from wizarding schools all over the place." Lucius replied.
Ginny and Hermione tried to think of something to say as they stopped walking…they were now standing by the lake. Ginny sighed as she prepared to tell them the truth….or part of it anyway. "Look….we can't really tell you anything…not without changing the future."
Lucius raised an eyebrow. "Future? What do you mea….are you trying to tell us that you aren't even from this time?"
The girls nodded in conformation.
"But…that's impossible…" Severus began to speak but was interrupted by Hermione.
"It's impossible here, the time we are from it is possible." She corrected him as she pulled her time turner out from her shirt.
Both boys looked at it suspiciously at first before Severus reached out to touch it, he lifted it gently into his hand, examining it before letting it fall back onto her shirt.
"If you really are from the future…why are you here?" Lucius asked as they all sat down on the ground.
"We can't really say." Ginny said.
"Are we the only people who know about this?" Severus asked. He was having a hard time believing all of this.
"Yes…well Professor Dumbledore knows too." The red head replied.
Everyone sat in silence, staring out at the lake for a few moments before Hermione spoke up. "You must promise never to tell anyone what you know about us."
Lucius and Severus glanced at each other before nodding slowly. "We promise….Slytherins honor." Severus replied.
Hermione raised her eyebrow. "Slytherins honor? Can we trust that?"
Severus smirked. "I think you can."
"I hope so." Hermione replied.
Ginny stood up. "Well, now that we've told you two the truth…I'm going for a walk, you coming Hermione?" The brown haired girl nodded and stood up alongside her.
"We'll see you guys later." She said as they walked off, leaving Severus and Lucius sitting on the ground.
"I want to know why they were sent here….let's follow them." Lucius said. "Do you have your invisibility cloak?"
Severus nodded. "Of course I do…I really want to know why Ginny called me professor the first time she saw me…maybe I'm a professor in her time."
"Perhaps…let's find out." The blond haired boy said as he got up. Severus stood beside him and pulled out his cloak, covering the both of them in it. The two sneaky Slytherins began to follow the two unsuspecting girls.
Present Time:
Severus growled in frustration as more memories developed in his mind. He damn near choked on his coffee when he saw his students revealing part of the truth to him and Lucius. He turned to Albus and tapped him on his shoulder.
Albus turned around from his conversation with Minerva and looked over at Severus who looked ready to hex someone.
"A word Albus…NOW." Severus snarled at him as he stood up from the head table. Albus nodded, he had a feeling he knew what this was about, he got up and they walked out of the Great Hall and towards his office in silence.
They walked inside his office and Albus looked at Severus, waiting for him to speak.
"Albus, another new memory flew into my head…Miss Weasley and Miss Granger have revealed where they are from to myself and Lucius." Severus sneered. "They need to be taken out of the past immediately before they reveal anything else!"
Albus blue eyes twinkled as he spoke. "Do not worry Severus…if they reveal too much then I will retrieve them, we must wait right now, it is not time yet."
Severus glared at the Headmaster and his damned twinkling eyes. "Fine..I still cannot believe you did this!" He turned around and stormed out of his office.
The Headmaster smiled…everything was going according to plan, he was counting on the girls to reveal themselves.
Hermione and Ginny walked around the lake in silence before Ginny spoke up.
"I…I don't know if I can do this Hermione…I mean I want to change him…but…he almost killed me at one point…the pain I was put through…." She rambled, referring to her first year.
Hermione looked at her. "You can do it Ginny, he did a horrible thing, but we can change him, we can stop him from becoming a death eater. I need your help though."
Ginny stared out at the lake before turning to Hermione, smirking at her. "Right…so you can have more time with Severus?"
Hermione blushed furiously at that statement. "What are you talking about Ginny?"
"I know you had a crush on him in 5th year…you still do don't you? I remember seeing the looks you'd give him in class when you thought he wasn't looking."
"I have no idea what you are talking about." She insisted. Ginny smiled in amusement at her. "Okay…fine…maybe…a little…but it's not like I can do anything about it."
They continued talking and began walking towards the entrance to the school.
Severus backed into Lucius in shock, knocking him to the ground….this girl…she actually liked him? He was speechless to say the least….turning around, he realized what he had done and watched as Lucius stood back up, glaring at him. "Watch where you're going you idiot….what was that red-head talking about? Could she have been referring to me?"
Severus shrugged. "I have no idea."
"Ah…. well the brunette likes you….er…I suppose the future you." Lucius pointed out, smirking at Severus.
"Yeah I guess…anyway, I am not discussing that with you…so I'm going to the library, see you later." Severus said as he took off his invisibility cloak, folded it into his robes pocket and began walking towards the school…he did not want to discuss things of that nature with Lucius.
Lucius rolled his eyes at his friend before turning and deciding to go and practice his Quidditch skills at the pitch…his mind still focused on the comments that Ginny had made.
Sirius walked around the corridors with Remus beside him and was about to go to into the Charms classroom with Remus when he saw Severus walking towards the library. He remembered what he had told Hermione and sighed as he began to go after the raven haired boy, Remus smiled and followed behind his friend.
"Snape!" Sirius shouted.
Severus stopped walking when he heard his last name being shouted, he turned around and was surprised to see Sirius walking towards him. Great…just what he needed…another round with Black and Lupin…though Lupin never really did anything to him…it was always Black and Potter.
"Snape…umm…sor..sorry about yesterday." Sirius stammered, he really didn't want to apologize but he also didn't want Hermione to find out that he didn't apologize to Severus and try and hex his balls off or something equally painful.
Severus looked at him for a moment., he had no idea how to respond to that…he just nodded his head and continued on his way towards the library.
Remus smiled at Sirius. "Good job."
"Kiss my arse Moony." Sirius glared at him as they walked back towards the Charms classroom.
Hermione walked into the library and sat down at a table near the back of the room, she opened her book bag and pulled out a book on potions to read. She and Ginny had split up since Ginny decided to go flying at the Quidditch Pitch and Hermione had no wish to get back onto a broom.
Severus entered the library and walked towards one of the many bookshelves and grabbed a book to read. He turned around to look for a table to sit at when he saw Hermione sitting in the back. He walked towards her and sat down in front of her. Hermione looked up from her book in surprise and blushed when she saw it was Severus….damn Ginny for bringing up her liking him…she had begun to get over it..that is…until the fiery red head reminded her of it.
"Hey Hermione." He smirked at her, his smirk deepened when he noticed her blushing…he wanted to ask her about what she had said…but he thought it best not to let her know they had followed them.
"Hey….where's Lucius?" She asked.
Severus shrugged. "I don't know…he probably went to the pitch to practice or to his room."
"Oh…if he went to the pitch he'll probably run into Ginny, she was going over there too."
Severus opened his book and began reading it when he noticed the title of the book Hermione had in her hand….Chemistry and Potions….he looked at her. "Isn't Chemistry a muggle version of Potions?"
Hermione nodded. "There are many different muggle courses that are almost the same as the courses taught here."
Severus stared at her. "How do you know that?"
"I'm a muggleborn." She replied, not wanting to reveal more than that.
"Oh…" Severus' expression changed, he remained unreadable. "You're a mud blood."
Hermione stared at him in shock….he was the one person she never thought would call her that name….her eyes started to water and she slowly got up. "You're an arsehole!" She shouted. Everyone in the library turned and stared at them as she grabbed her book bag and stormed out of the room.
Severus cursed as he realized what he had done…he had been taught that anyone who was a muggleborn was a mud blood, though, for some reason he felt bad after he called her that. He grabbed his own book bag and took off after her.
Lucius flew around on his new Speedster 1000 and enjoyed the view while different thoughts ran through his mind. He was so confused it was unreal…his home life wasn't very happy and he was constantly pressured by his father to become a loyal servant to Voldemort, he had no idea what to do…part of him wanted to join…but another part of him didn't want to serve anyone….his father had also arranged a marriage between him and a pureblooded girl named Narcissa, he was to marry her at the end of the year…they barely talked or saw each other, especially at school….he sighed in frustration as his thoughts changed to a certain red-head…she was…different than most girls he'd ever met…if he insulted her, she insulted him right back…he sort of liked that…though he'd never admit that aloud to anyone...especially her. His thoughts were interrupted when he saw the red-head flying towards him.
Ginny was surprised when she mounted her broom and took off to see Lucius flying around the pitch. She wasn't sure if she should go up to him or not…finally she decided to talk to him.
"Hey Lucius…I didn't know you liked to fly." She said.
"There are many things you don't know about me Ginny." He responded.
Ginny wasn't sure how to reply to that and decided to suggest a round of Quidditch. "Well then…do you play Quidditch?"
"Yes…I play seeker for my house." He replied proudly.
"Oh…well…let's play then shall we? We can both be seekers for our houses." Ginny smiled as she pulled her wand out and produced a ball which acted very much like a snitch used in Quidditch. She let the ball drop and watched as it took off in the air.
Lucius smirked. "You do realize you won't win right?"
"We'll see about that." Ginny grinned as she took off.
Lucius charged after her, they flew around the pitch trying to catch the ball which was flying all over the place. Ginny aimed her broom higher and flew off, going higher and higher into the sky, chasing the ball, Lucius was right on her tail, his platinum blonde hair blowing in the wind as he started inching past her. Ginny wondered what it would feel like to run her fingers through his silky looking hair…she snapped out of her thoughts as she saw Lucius getting in front of her, she began to gain more speed. Ginny stretched her hand out, reaching for the snitch like ball, Lucius did the same, both reached as far as they could, trying to grab it when the ball zoomed off in the other direction, their fingers brushed against each other before they both pulled back and shot off in the opposite direction. Lucius hoped Ginny hadn't seen the slight blush that crept onto his cheeks when he felt her hand on his….Ginny was still blushing as she took off past Lucius towards the flying ball.
Present Time:
Ron paced around the Gryffindor common room while Draco and Harry played a round of Wizards Chess. Draco had become a spy for the order of the phoenix, after a while, the trio accepted him into their group of friends.
"I cannot believe Dumbledore actually wanted Hermione to go back to the past…what if she's hurt? What if your father…no offense Draco…decided to turn on her or Ginny?" Draco shook his head. "I highly doubt father would hurt either of them when he was in his 7th year, he was a still a beginner in the death eaters circle, he hadn't even gotten his mark yet….he wasn't actually considered a death eater until the middle of his 7th year…at least that's what he told me."
"Well that makes me feel loads better." Ron said sarcastically.
Harry stopped playing chess and a sad look crossed his face at the mention of his ex.
Ron stared at his best mate and remembered that he had broken up with Ginny. "I still don't understand why you broke up with her…you're lucky you're one of my best friends."
"There's just too much going on right now…it wasn't working out…it's not her…it's me." Harry replied.
"I've heard that line a billion times Potter." Draco said.
Harry glared at him. "It's true!"
"Never said it wasn't true."
"Okay guys…anyway….I suppose we should trust Dumbledore, he did say they'd be fine." Ron tried to convince everyone, including himself.
"That's true…I can't wait until they come back, I want to know what my mum and dad were like." Harry smiled. "Now get over here and watch me beat Malfoy's ass." He smirked.
Draco rolled his eyes. "You wish you could beat me."
Hermione ran towards the Astronomy Tower, tears falling down her face as she entered the room. She sat down on the ground and pulled her knees up to her chest, leaning her head on them. She didn't understand why she felt so hurt…Draco had called her that up until her 7th year when he switched sides. Hermione's thoughts were interrupted when she heard the door open and close to the tower, she felt the more tears fall down her face and didn't bother looking to see who it was.
Severus finally caught up to her and followed her into the tower, he watched as she began to cry as she sat down on the floor. He didn't know what to do…he wasn't used to comforting someone, especially after he said something stupid. He walked over towards her and sat down in front of her. He placed his hand on her shoulder and watched as she lifted her head up, she made eye contact with him, tears still falling down her face as she spoke. "What do you want?"
"I'm….sorry." He stammered, unused to apologizing to someone.
She stared at him for a few moments, trying to contemplate whether he was sincere or not. The look in his eyes told her he was, she smiled slightly at him as she tried to wipe the tears from her face. "It's okay….just don't call me that name again…deal?"
"Deal." Severus smirked at her.
Hermione, without thinking, reached out and hugged him, he froze at first but then gently wrapped his arms around her waist. They slowly pulled back and Severus stood up, he offered his hand to her and she accepted He pulled her up to standing beside him. Hermione felt her stomach grumble in hunger and laughed. "Well, I think it's time for lunch."
Severus nodded and walked with her down to the Great Hall.
Lucius and Ginny were within arms reach of the ball, both of them closing in on it. Reaching as far as she could without falling off of her broom, Ginny grabbed at it, opening her fist, the ball lay in her hand. She smirked at Lucius who was rendered speechless at her beating him. She aimed her wand at the ball and it disappeared. Slowly, she lowered herself to the ground and hopped off her broom, Lucius landed alongside her and got off his broom. "You were just lucky, if we had been in a quidditch match I would have beat you." He said.
Ginny laughed. "Sure you would have."
He glared at her.
"Anyway…it's time for lunch." Ginny said as she resized her broom and put it in her pocket. Both of them walked in silence towards entrance to the school.
Present Time:
New memories flowed through Sirius head as he walked towards the Great Hall. He slowed down and leaned his head against the wall near a classroom. He began to hit his head against it a few times, muttering to himself about liking Miss Weasley….he definitely owed them a huge apology when they returned, especially Miss Weasley….he was still having a hard time believing that Miss Granger had gotten his younger self to actually apologize to Severus….he proceeded to bang his head against the wall some more.
"I always knew you had issues… not that I care but…..why are you attempting to injure yourself?" Severus sneered as he walked by and noticed what Sirius was doing.
Sirius turned around and faced the Head of Slytherin. "I do not have issues….my memories are changing just like yours are…" He trailed off as Severus interrupted him.
"Ahh…yes…you apologized to me." He smirked, out of everything that was happening in his memories, he thoroughly enjoyed it when he suddenly remembered Black apologizing to him….he would thank the little know-it-all for that.
Sirius glared at him. "Piss off."
"Now Black, there's no need for foul language." He scowled, he was really enjoying himself now.
Sirius gave him another glare before turning and walking down the corridor.
Lunch was over and the girls checked their schedule, it was time for their afternoon class of Potions, they slowly made their way towards the classroom. Severus and Lucius were already there. Sirius scowled as he watched the two girls walk over to their partners.
"Jealous?" James asked him.
"I am not jealous, like she would even go for the arrogant git." Sirius scoffed.
"Uh huh, sure you're not…" He smiled knowingly.
"Let's just focus on class." Sirius groaned.
Professor Slughorn walked into the room and began lecturing on the properties of a healing potion before requesting homework assignments from everyone. Finally, he dismissed the class.
Lily watched as Ginny and Hermione got up to leave and walked over towards them. "Hey you two…I was wondering…if you aren't busy tonight…would you like to go on a girls night out? I thought we could go grab something to eat…and drink." Lily grinned suggestively. "We could go to the Enchanted Café."
Ginny and Hermione smiled, this was exactly what they needed. "Sounds like fun, where should we meet up with you? What time?" Hermione asked.
Lily beamed. "Great, let's meet at the Entrance Hall at seven."
"Alright, we'll see you then." Ginny replied as they walked off towards their common room.
Lily smiled and proceeded to go and meet up with James who was waiting by the classroom door.
Present Time:
Severus slammed open Albus' office door and scowled at the Headmaster….he was furious….the damn Gryffindor was getting to close to his younger self for his liking.
"That is it, I want them out of the past now Albus!" He yelled.
"Severus, calm down….if you really want the girls back here then I will bring them back….tomorrow."
"Tomorrow! Why not now!"
Albus chewed on a lemon drop as he spoke. "You'll figure it out soon enough."
Severus glared at him. "Why must you insist on speaking in such a mysterious manner Albus? It's infuriating!"
He just smiled at his colleague as he offered him some lemon drops.
Severus shook his head and walked out…at least those girls would be out of his past tomorrow...he was definitely going to have a word with Miss Granger when she returned.
Dinnertime came around and Hermione and Ginny finished getting dressed, Ginny wore a light blue sweater and skirt with sandals. Hermione was dressed in black pants, a red long sleeve dress shirt and black heels…Ginny talked her into wearing the outfit, she felt uncomfortable in it but figured she'd be okay for one night. Both girls slipped their robes over their outfits and headed out into the common room where Remus and James were playing chess and Sirius was watching.
"Wow, you two look nice." James smiled.
Ginny and Hermione smiled back at him. "Thank you."
"I agree, you both look great." Remus complimented them.
The girls grinned at him and turned to leave.
"Absolutely delectable if I do say so myself." Sirius said as he walked in front of Ginny. "Where are you two going tonight?"
"Girls night out with Lily." Hermione replied.
"Oh…can I come?" He asked, eyeing Ginny up and down.
Ginny shook her head. "It's a girls night out." She smirked at him and walked out of the room along with Hermione.
"Nice try Sirius…she isn't interested." Remus said.
Sirius scowled at him. "Shut up Moony."
"You should know better Padfoot, I didn't even bother asking Lily, she would have just given me the same answer." James added.
Sirius just rolled his eyes at the both of them.
Lily, Ginny, and Hermione arrived at the café and found an empty table to sit at. A waitress came by and took their orders. Hermione ordered a burger and french fries along with Lily, and Ginny ordered a grilled cheese sandwich with fries. Everyone had a round of butterbeer.
After they finished their meals, the three girls sat around the table laughing about different topics, Lily smirked as she pulled something out of her robes pocket. She looked around to make sure no one else saw and unscrewed the lid on the bottle. Ginny's eyes lit up…it was her favorite type of alcohol…Crown Royal….she grinned as Lily began to pour it into their drinks. Hermione wondered if it was going to taste funny since she was mixing butterbeer and liquor, she wasn't much of a drinker but she decided to have a little fun tonight…she'd definitely have a tale to tell Harry when she got back.
They drank their first round of butterbeer mixed with the crown royal and ordered another round.
A few rounds later and they were all feeling pretty good.
"So…who do you like right now? Which guy at Hogwarts catches your fancy?" Lily asked.
Ginny laughed. "Hmm…well…none of them really…L…Lucius is handsome….but nothing will happen between us…Sirius won't leave me alone." She slurred, the alcohol was already taking a heavy effect on her.
"Really?" The other red head raised an eyebrow. "Well, I have to admit he is pretty good looking…but he's an arrogant prick…don't worry about Sirius…he's always like that…I happen to fancy James myself…how about you Hermione?"
Hermione looked over at the girls. "Ummm…"
Ginny interrupted her. "Severus Snape….that's who." She grinned.
Hermione blushed….if it wasn't the alcohol talking for Ginny she'd have hexed her for that.
Lily took a gulp of her drink. "Wow…I never really found him…to be handsome…that's cool though…wonder what they're like in bed."
Ginny was drinking her butterbeer when Lily said that and wound up spitting her drink out. "I cannot believe you said that….I do not want…to imagine what Lucius Malfoy is like in bed." She said, slurring her words a bit.
"Sure you don't." Lily raised an eyebrow suggestively.
Hermione blushed even more as she shook her head and took a sip of her drink.
The rest of the night consisted of talk about boys, sex, and many things none of them would have normally said Luckily Hermione and Ginny weren't drunk enough to slip out information about them being from the future, it was bad enough that Lucius and Severus knew about it, they didn't need anyone else learning about it. Later on, Hermione happened to glance at the clock and realized it was getting to be one in the morning. She got up and helped Lily and Ginny to the door. Ginny insisted she could walk on her own and managed to get a few steps ahead of Lily and Hermione before stumbling and falling over onto her arse. Hermione laughed and helped her back up. They slowly made their way back to Hogwarts, Hermione was thankful she hadn't drank as much as the two girls had cause then they probably would have passed out in the café.
Finally, they made it back to Hogwarts and walked towards Gryffindor Tower. Hermione cursed to herself for letting Ginny talk her into wearing heels, her feet hurt badly. Once they got to their dormitories, Hermione helped Lily to her room and then went with Ginny to their room. Once they got into their dormitory, they saw that their roommate, whom was usually never in the room, was asleep. Hermione watched as her red haired friend fell onto her bed and passed out. She smiled and shook her head as she went to her own bed and laid down, taking off her shoes and smiling contently as she pulled the blankets over herself.