Monica7725 -> Riley: I am NOT a pervert! Sam: Yeh Right, and Blaise wants me but he just doesn't know it.

Katarina McGonagall -> Riley: Hermoine will get it shakes fist Sam: Except not right away because we forgot to put that part in. But never fear, it'll get in there eventually.

Chapter 5

They both stood very out of breath in front of the angry Transfiguration Teacher. "Sorry we're late Professor." Sam panted. "It won't happen again." Riley said. Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow. "I hope you I wont be seeing you in detention at all again." She said. Both girls nodded. "Now follow me."

She led them out the entrance hall and onto the grounds, towards the Quidditch Pitch. "Since Quidditch Season has just begun the Schools brooms are in need of servicing," She said handing Sam a rag and some polish and Riley some over large tweezers, "I expect each of these brooms to be polished and trimmed to perfection. BY HAND!"

They stopped at the giant pile of brooms that lay outside the broom shed. Riley paled and Sam looked on the verge of tears. "I'll drop in to check on you every once in awhile." She nodded curtly and swept off towards the school, leaving the two girls to stare at the seemingly impossible task.

"This is too much! I wasn't built for menial labor." Sam groaned, throwing herself on the ground next to the broom sticks. Riley nodded her agreement. "All this because you couldn't turn something into a ferret. It's not fair! It's just because we're Slytherins."

Many hours later with hands full of blisters, the two girls made their way to the Slytherin common room very tired. They both collapsed on the couch in front of the fire. Blaise and Draco walked in and sat on either side of the girls.

"So you know that we aren't actually a couple, right?" Blaise asked Sam. "Shh don't spoil my dream!" Sam exclaimed. "Oh we heard this thing about Pansy wanting to dump Draco for you, but Sam was spoiling that for you" Riley said, turning to Blaise. "More like saving him from a fate worse than death!" Sam exclaimed once more.

Everyone burst out in laughter. "Oh well, she didn't get to me first anyways" Draco said. "That's right" Blaise said. "Draco dumped her sorry ass. Couldn't take her waking you up in the mornings and hanging off of your arms every chance she got, could you?"

"At least waking me up in the morning isn't as bad as trying to watch me naked" Draco said turning to Riley who looked as if she was in heaven at the thought of Draco single. Draco noticed this and said "Anyways, I'm staying single. I don't want anyone right now." "Dammit all!" Riley cried.

An awkward silence followed. Sam shifted uncomfortably. She hated awkward silences so she decided to break it. "Well...since you two are just going to be big single jerks I'm gonna go try to pick up some other guys." She announced, getting up from her seat. "Sam, it's past curfew, every one's asleep." Riley reminded her.

Sam frowned and looked around at the deserted common room. "Good point. So then tomorrow I shall go and pick up hott guys." Riley glanced at Draco and sighed. She hadn't quite given up on him but she might as well help Sam pick up some guys. Who knows, it might just work. "I'll come too!" She said.

Sam beamed, "Excellent. No man will be able to resist our winning personalities and drop dead gorgeous looks." At this Blaise gave a snort of disbelief. "Friggin' right." Riley agreed, hopping up from the coach. "We're sexy Slytherin sluts." "Nice alliteration!" Sam said, "But speak for yourself, I am not a slut."

The next day, after the two had woken up and gotten dressed Riley tried to get out of hott guy scoping. "But Draco is my only one. I don't think I can go for anyone else." "Pfft, at least try" Sam said while pulling her hair back. "But but but…" Riley began. "No buts!" Sam exclaimed. "We are going to do this whether you like it or not."

Riley pouted. "Why can't you get Milly to go with you?" Riley complained. "I told you not to call me that" Millicent said. Riley picked up Jules. "Why can't I just stay in here all day with Jules and mope because the Sex God would rather stay single than be with me?" "Because I said so!" Sam said while pulling Riley out of the door, causing Riley to drop her cat. "Fine, but don't expect me to be hitting on any guys…"

After a few hours of "picking up guys." the girls sat dejectedly in the great hall. "Why are there no decent good looking guys? Why does it have to be either one or the other?" Sam demanded. "And why do you listen to my stupid plans!" She buried her face in her hands.

Riley crossed her arms and looked at her. "You forced me to do this. And that one guy was okay looking and he seemed pretty nice...what was his name? Nathan something?" Sam pouted and said. "He had a big mole."

Riley groaned and smacked herself on the forehead. "You can be so shallow sometimes." "I am not; I just know what I like." She sniffed, looking offended. "And you're just as bad!" Riley gasped. "I am NOT shallow!"

Sam snorted "Ok, so you're not in love with Draco because of his looks?" "Of course not he's also very..." But Riley couldn't think of any nice things to say about Draco that didn't have to do with his looks.

"Okay! So fine! I love him because he's hott! I don't care!" She snapped. "Blah...Being single sucks." Sam sighed and then shrugged. "Ah well! We tried." She pulled her long brown hair out from its bun and let it fall in a tangled mass around her shoulders. "Well at least your hair smells good." Riley said and patted her on the head.

Sam grinned "Would it dare not?" Riley pulled a whisp of her short brown hair in front of her eyes. "Does mine smell good?" She asked and shoved her head in Sam's face. Sam laughed "Yes it smells like pretty things." Riley smiled, "Ooo like ponies?" Sam frowned. "Ponies smell like hay and poop." Riley glared at her. "Are you trying to say I smell like hay and poop?" "Of course not dear..." Sam said distractedly.

She was watching a tall good looking brunette enter the Hall. She nudged her friend. "He's pretty good looking. I think he's in our year. Go talk to him!" Riley shook her head "No way!" "But he's checking you out!"

As if to prove Sam's point the brunette gave Riley a smile and made his way towards them. "I'll see you." Sam whispered in Riley's ear. She stood from her seat, giving Riley a wink as the boy sat down. Riley looked like she wanted to kill Sam.

"Hi, I'm Theodore Nott. You and your friend are new here, aren't you?" he asked Riley who wanted to die from being alone. Sam had never left her alone just like that with a guy, she made her way out of it slowly and unnoticed. "Yeh, we're from Canada" Riley said shortly, not really knowing what to say to the boy.

She then realized that he still didn't know her name and she mentally stabbed herself. "My name's Riley" she said and he smiled at her. "I like that name." "Pfft, I don't. You try being a girl and living with a guys name, it's hell" Riley told Theodore. Theodore laughed. "I'm sure it's not that bad."

Riley laughed. He seemed like a nice enough guy. "Anyways, there's a Hogsmead trip this weekend and I wanted to know if you would go with me, you know, get to know each other better" he grinned. Wow, such pretty teeth, Riley thought. "Just you and I?" she asked him and he nodded.

"Unless you have a problem with that" he added. "No it's fine, and yes I'll go with you" she answered. "Alright it's a date" he said while standing up from his seat. "I'll see you around" he told her. "Bye" she said and skipped merrily over to Sam who was now immersed in a conversation with Draco.

Draco eyed Riley up as she plopped herself down next to Sam. He was a little hurt that she hadn't even bothered to notice him. "Well? How'd it go?" Sam asked. Riley grinned. "I have a date for the Hogsmead trip this weekend!"

Sam let out a squeal of excitement. "I knew it! He was totally checking you out!" She gave her friend a hug. Riley smiled dreamily. "He's soo good looking...and nice too" She added as an after thought. "What his name?" Draco asked suddenly. "Theodore Nott." Riley answered. "Jealous Draco?" Sam laughed.

He sneered "Absolutely not I already have a date. Though I feel a little sorry for Theodore." And with that he strode out of the hall. Riley watched him go, open mouthed. "That was hurtful." She said. "I wonder who his date is." Sam shrugged and patted her on the shoulder. "Who cares about Draco? You now have a new Slytherin Sex God to drool over." Sam smiled. "And he is quite the fox."

"Now you need a date!" Riley said. Sam snorted "I don't NEED a date." "But Why?" Riley cried. "You'll be all alone." Sam tilted her head to one side and gave her a goofy grin. "Maybe I'll put operation 'Take over Hogsmead' into the works."

Riley blinked. "Operation Take over Hogsmead?" She asked. "You never told me about that." Sam sighed and said "Well that's because it doesn't really exist. But I can make it up as I go!"

"I wonder why Draco got all mean and grrish suddenly when I told you I had a date for the Hogsmead trip" Riley pondered to Sam when they got back to the common room. "I mean Theodore is nice for a Slytherin and you saw his…big brown eyes that no one can resist…and really pretty teeth."

"Ok you really need to stop talking about it" Sam said. "I guess…Oh look, here he comes. Who's that with him?" Riley said all squirmish. Sam shrugged and was about to get up, but Riley stopped her. "You are not leaving me this time!" Sam shrugged. "Suit yourself."

"Hey Riley" Theodore said while sitting down beside her, the other boy sitting beside Sam. "Hey" Riley said while blushing. "This is my friend Adrian Pucey" Theodore said to both Sam and Riley. "Hi Adrian" Sam said brightly. "Hey Sam" he said and flashed her a smile.

They all talked for a while until Adrian pulled Sam to the side. "So, I was wondering, would you go to the Hogsmead trip with me?"

Sam let out a giggle. "Uh...No." She said sweetly. Adrian looked dumbstruck. He had been sure she would say yes. "Oh" Adrian coughed uncomfortably. "Why's that?" Sam shrugged. "I don't know, I don't really know you I guess." She said, her cheeks flushed.

"Oh...Oh...okay." He managed to get out. "I'll just uh.. go then shall I?" Adrian stood up and walked over to Theodore, muttering something in his ear, then walked quickly out of the room. Sam watched him go with a bit of a frown. She hadn't meant to hurt his feelings.

Theodore said something to Riley with a smile and left behind Adrian. "SAM!" Riley cried, bounding over to her. "Why did you turn him down! You were the one who wanted to go guy hunting in the first place!" Sam leaned back into her chair and buried her face in a pillow.

"Call me a hypocrite." She said, her voice muffled. Riley yanked the pillow from her grip. "This wasn't something dumb about his looks was it! Cause if it was I'll kill you. He was good looking! EXTREMELY GOOD LOOKING!" Sam nodded. "Yes...yes he was." "So then what was the problem!"

After explaining to Riley that she didn't know what the problem was, they both headed to bed. The next day passed uneventfully.

On Saturday Riley woke up to see that she only had an hour to get ready for Hogsmead. "Sam! Why didn't you wake me!" Riley screeched to the sleeping Sam. "Maybe it's because I was still asleep?" Sam suggested while slowly crawling out of the bed.

The rest of the girls had already left including Millicent so the girls were left in their dormitory alone. After 15 minutes of trying to figure out what she should wear, Riley hopped in the shower and hopped back out again in 15 minutes to give her enough time for her hair and makeup. "I gotta go Sam. I'll see you somewhere in Hogsmead" Riley said to her friend while hurrying down the stairs to meet Theodore. Sam shrugged and continued to straighten her hair.

Riley and Theodore walked down the streets of Hogsmead for hours before finally sitting in a little tea shop for a rest. Theodore was holding her hand while they both drank café lattes. I wonder what Sam is up to now, Riley thought.

" 'fis ish so bo-ing." Sam said out loud, through the giant lollipop in her mouth. She skipped aimlessly along small paths through the Wizarding Village, swinging her various bags of candy, prank supplies, and funky socks from Gladrags. The shops had kept her interest for a little while but she had a short attention span.

So, having nothing better to do and not wanting to go back to the Castle early, she decided to wander. She stopped before a dirty little pub. It had a swinging sign above the door that said "Hog Head Inn & Tavern". "Ooo...fashinating' " she said. She pulled the giant lolly out of her mouth and tossed it to the ground and swung the tavern door open.

The occupants looked up and squinted their eyes at the bright glare of sunlight. Sam let the door slam shut with a loud BANG! She walked up to the bar and plopped down on a seat. The bar tender, a big scary looking man with bandaged all around his head, grunted at her "What'll it be?" Sam looked thoughtful.

She could always get some Fire Whiskey, but then again drinking hard liquor by yourself wasn't really that fun. "I'll have a butter beer." She said and the Bar Tender nodded, plunking a dusty bottle in front of her. Sam scrunched up her nose and twisted open the cap, taking a big swig. "Pfft...Not the best." She glanced around the tavern and noticed someone that she recognized sitting at a table in a far corner. "Draco!" Sam cried and hopped off her bar stool.

Draco looked up to see Sam approaching him. After noticing who it was he looked back down at the table. "What are you doing here all by your lonesomeness?" She asked Draco while plopping herself down on a rickety stool. "I thought you said you had a date" Sam said and plopped a chocolate frog in her mouth. She had enough sweets to last her until Christmas.

"I-I do have a d-date" Draco said with shifty eyes. "She j-just left is all" Draco stuttered and took a swig of his fire whiskey. Sam eyed him up for a moment and then took his fire whiskey from him. "No use in getting drunk now Draco" Sam said and then grinned and said "Only on special occasions."

Draco grabbed the fire whiskey back and gulped the rest down and then ordered another. "Is something wrong Draco?" Sam asked sympathetically. He shook his head no while opening another fire whiskey and downing it in a matter of minutes.

Draco ordered one firewhiskey after another and sure enough got quite drunk within the next hour and a half. He was swaying on the spot and talking about pink fluffy mittens. "Come on, let's go find Riley and Theodore. Maybe they can help me take you back up to the school" Sam said while he put his arm around her shoulder and giggled.

Sam managed to make it all the way to back to Honeydukes with Draco leaning on her for support. "Geez you weigh a ton for such a skinny kid." Sam grumbled. Draco leaned in to her face and let out a long low laugh. "I eat a lot." Sam cringed. "Whew! You need a breath mint or something." "And what have we here?" Came a voice from behind them.

Sam glanced over her shoulder and saw Blaise walking calmly behind them. "I never thought I would see you two together. An odd combination." He smirked. Sam glared at him. "For your information we are not "together" but he happens to be drunk. So stop being such a jerk and help me carry him. He's completely shit faced."

Blaise shook his head. "He does this occasionally." He walked around to Draco's other side. "Heyyy Blaise!" Draco giggled. "You have a funny name...Blaiiisseee...Blaisseee." He giggled again and Blaise grimaced. "Yeah mate, you're not a fine one to be talking about funny names."

Sam spotted the back of Riley's head in the window of the shop they were passing. "You wait here for a sec." She said and detached Draco from her. She walked into the coffee shop and Draco waved. "Byeee funny American girl!" He called. People were now beginning to stare. Blaise sighed. "Do you have to get drunk off your ass in public?"

Inside the coffee shop Sam made her way over to Riley. "RILEY! We need to go!" She called. Riley, who was just about to be on the receiving end of a kiss, looked up suddenly. "Sam! Go away I'm busy!" She wailed. "You have such bad timing!" "This is important. You can snog all you want later." Sam said, tugging on Riley's arm.

Sam tugged Riley outside of the shop leaving Theodore behind. "Sam, what is so important that I had to leave my date just as we were about to kiss?" Riley grumbled and followed her towards Blaise and Draco. "Woah, you were about to kiss Nott?" Draco said day dreamily. Riley nodded. "Lucky man" he said in between funny sounding giggles.

Riley eyed him for a second. "What's his problem?" She finally asked Sam. "He's piss drunk" Sam said as Draco walked over to Riley and Sam and hugged them both. "You're both really pretty. Such pretty hair" he said running his hands through both heads of hair and staring at them dumbstruck. He then wrapped his arms around both of their next and then said "What's next females? You wanna see a show? Blaise and I could strip for ya if it would make you happy."

Draco winked at both girls and then staggered over to Blaise. "Won't we sugar pie?" he said to Blaise while pinching his cheeks. Blaise took hold of his wrist. "Draco, if you know what's good for you then you won't touch me."

But Draco didn't hear him. He was staring at the imaginary giant penguin that was standing next to Riley with his wings around her. "You stay away from my woman, you damned penguin" Draco said shaking his fist towards Riley's direction. "Draco what are you doing?" Riley asked as he staggered towards her.

"You wanna go you penguin?" he asked while pushing some air out of the way that was right beside Riley. "I'll teach you for laying your hands on my woman" he said and swung his fist into the air and twirled around and fell to the ground.

"Ok Draco, I think we should take you up to the castle" Riley said while she and Sam helped him up. "Good idea" Sam said while they pulled him in the direction of Hogwarts.

Riley collapsed on her bed. "Well that was tiring." She mumbled. Sam snorted and sat down on the edge of her bed. "Well you didn't have to drag him all the way from this dirty old inn to Honey Dukes." "Well he ruined MY date. I was just about to kiss Theodore."

She groaned and pounded her head into the mattress. "Well Draco puked on my shoe." Sam pouted, thinking of her favorite pair of shoes that now lay covered in puke next to Draco's bed. Riley laughed, remembering how Sam had freaked out. "You and you're crazy shoes." Sam grumbled "You would think it was funny...it wasn't your shoe. Anyway I'm going to bed. It's been a freakin' long weird day and I need some sleep."

Riley stifled a yawn and nodded. "I know what you mean." She said, crawling under the covers, not even bothering to change. "I wonder why he did it though." "Who did what?" Sam sleepily asked. "Draco...I wonder why he got drunk." "Don't know...Blaise told me he did it every once in awhile. Maybe he has issues."

"Hmm...Maybe..." Riley frowned. "Don't worry about it...Just go to sleepy byes." Sam muttered and she rolled into her blankets. "K. night." Riley said. She sighed and buried her face into her pillow, wondering what could be bothering Draco that much.

Disclaimer: yes the penguin scene was from Billy Madison.