Sixteen Candles

Chapter 7: The Odd Couple

Neville POV

After the first sip I knew that the night was slowly going to start spinning out of control. Before I knew it I had guzzled the whole thing down like Cho ordered me to do. "There, that wasn't so hard." I told her.

She giggled around as she threw her head back and took a huge drink of her own liquor. "See Harry, you just need a little loosen up!" she slurred her speech. She got up and ran over to the wall next to me. She leaned her back up against it and tried to act seductive but just looked like a huge drunk chick instead.

"You haven't been showing me much love lately, 'Arry," she began. "Well, what are you waiting for? Be a man and come and get me." She practically screamed out the last part.

"Now, I think I should just get you back to your room," I said as I slowly walked over to her. I leaned my hand on the wall over her shoulder but it must of triggered something.

The floor beneath us disappeared and it sent Cho and I down a long dark slide which ended by both of us hitting the floor beneath.

I quickly got up and looked around, trying to see something anything. I thought I could see the faint nightlight of a window but my eyes were deceiving me. Suddenly a fire arose out of one of the great Hogwarts pillars. It was quickly followed by another and another.

"Oh Harry!" Cho screamed out. "Did you plan this for me?"

I looked up and saw her sitting in a comfy chair. "How did you get that?" I asked her.

"I just fell in it, you put it there didn't you?" She asked me back.

"I didn't put it there." I replied back. Suddenly the whole room was illuminated and I could see that it looked like an oversized common room. It was filled up butterbeer, firewhiskey, pastries, candies, a ton of chairs and a few beds over in the corner.

"Ooo! It looks just like the party, but where did those beds come from?" Cho asked getting out of her chair and walking over to the table where the butterbeer was spread out. She grabbed a firewhiskey instead and quickly popped the tab off. "I love this stuff." She put the bottle up to her lips and took a huge gulp. "Common Harry, let's have our own par, tay!" Cho stumbled across to where I was and placed her already drunken bottle in my hand.

"Don't you think you've had a little too much to drink yet?" I asked her rushing to take the other firewhiskey bottle away from her.

She looked at me with a drunk pout on her face. "Aww, common 'Arry, don't be such a buzzkill." Cho breathed out a strong scent of liquor with each word.

"I'm just trying to keep you alive." I set the bottle down and quickly swung away to grab Cho before she fell on the ground. She landed perfectly in my arms with a fit of giggles.

"Are you trying to be my knight in shining armour?" Cho asked as she continued to stare at the floor.

"This is not what I expected." I murmured to myself. Cho jumped up and shook herself off.

"You know," she began. "A lot of girls think that your not good enough for me 'Arry, but I know they're wrong, because there's something about you I've always liked." The entire time Cho said this, she either had her eyes closed or they were looking somewhere other than at me.

"I think we should try and find a way out of here and get you back to your common room." I said taking a glance around the barracked chamber.

Cho tilted her head back and gave out a chuckle. "Common Harry, don't you want to have just a little fun tonight?" she asked me.

"I'm not Harry!" I corrected her.

"Of course you aren't. And I'm Pansy Parkinson." Cho let out a laugh and grabbed the firewhisky off of the table and poured it quickly into my mouth. It caught me so off guard I drank it down without second guessing it.

With each gulp I could feel my head getting lighter and lighter. Cho seemed to be glowing and the room appeared to have doubled it's size. "Loosen up love, you've never going to be able to relax if you don't have a drink or two." Cho slurred as she continued to pour the warm liquid down my stomach.

"I think you're a little too loose there Cho." I replied back.

Cho laughed again. "I'm only getting started." Cho rushed up to my body and pressed her lips against mine. She tasted of firewhisky and butterbeer. I could smell the honey and coconut perfume she had in her hair. It was semi-incredible. All too soon she pulled apart yet she stayed close to me.

"How was that?" she asked in an all too serious voice.

I let out a nervous laugh. "Great, just great." I replied back.

Cho laughed back at me. I saw her as she grabbed a couple more bottles and made her way over to one of the beds. "Well don't just stand there. Don't you wanna have a little bit o' fun 'Arry?"

Somehow, I just couldn't refuse her.

Hermione POV

The knock took me by surprise. I woke with a start and jumped out of bed. I heard the giggling outside my door and continued to grab my robe and wrap it around my body.

I made my way towards the door and opened it. I slowly opened it and saw Pavarti and Padma Patil standing outside of it with butterbeer in each of there hands.

"Hey Hermione!" Padma said in a loud whisper.

"Shh!" Her sister Pavarti replied. They both looked at each other and made a laugh.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked them in a sleepy voice.

"Oh, well we were wondering if you had seen Lavender recently?" Pavarti began.

"It seems she disappeared at the dance and we haven't been able to spot him." Padma went on.

"Or Cho Chang. There not in the girls dorms." Pavarti continued.

"We heard from Lindsay Owens in Ravenclaw that she saw Cho and Neville fall down this hole or something in the broom closet when she was hiding from Flich." Padma informed me.

"And then some weird jock from Hufflepuff said that he saw Ronald Weasley and Lavender go up to Gryffindor Tower together." Pavarti said.

"Well I haven't seen them." I broke in.

Pavarti and Padma turned back to face each other.

"Oh well," Pavarti began. "Night then!" They both said at the same time. She hurried down the spiral staircase together, leaving Me there at her doorway.

I quickly shut and locked it. "That's it. I'm seriously going to go to bed now."

I threw my robe off and jumped back into my bed. I lied there on my back, looking up at the canopy above my bed. I tossed and turned but found it extremely difficult to fall back to sleep. All I could think about was Lavender off somewhere with Ron Weasley, Cho Chang hooking up with Neville Longbottom of all people. But if Cho was off with Neville, then where in the world was Harry Potter?

Harry POV

With the pink box underneath my arm I grabbed my broomstick, jumped on and flew out my bedroom window.

It was a clear and chilly night. Hogwarts grounds were illuminted by the billions of stars that were shining brightly in the night sky. A full moon hung above my head and the cool wind swept through my hair as I made my way over to the prefects tower.

I peered in through the dark windows. In one of the lit ones I saw Colin Creevey writing a letter to either his Mum of Dad. In Another, the Ravenclaw girl prefect was doing what appeared to be her nightly yoga routine.

Finally in the upmost window, a dim light was flickering from a night stand table. In the bed was Hermione Granger. I could see her body lying there underneath the sheets, her chest rising as she breathed in and breathed out.

I raised a hand to knock on the window until I finally stopped. She looked sp peaceful lying there, without a care in the air.

My instincts told me to let her sleep and that with more time, I could think of something even more romantic than just a cheesy cake.

Hermione POV

I could have been going crazy, but I could of swore someone was looking at me. The wind rushed past my windows and I felt like someone might have come through them.

Sorry for the long update, and the even longer chapter.

So by the looks of it, 2 chapters of this story left till it's over. Maybe just a big long one.

Anyways, I know I have a lot of review to go through.

munkys-are-so-funky : Yes, I am very rude. No, just kidding. I don't like being horrible, I just didn't have a lot of time on my hands to write this story out. I have a lot of other fans for all my other stories yelling back at me too!

fashiZzlism: And to be all honest with you, I can't wait till I write that scene when Harry and Cho break up. I normally would never EVER make them a couple but I knew they were going to break up in the end, I mean common HPHG!

Tammy C: Soo sorry for the long update once again deary. I promise that now summer is here and that I have a ton of free time on my hands, and a huge inspriation to continue writing my stories, I will keep updating regularly.

whiteroses89: Oh please, it's not my plot, it's Sixteen Candles, the movie. Splendid moive too I must add. I just tweaked it a little here and there. You shouldn't give me all the credit. Thanks for your review btw, it was great!

HelloKitty13: Again, bugging me about the one-shot. You know I've tried to write it a bunch of times but nothing ever seems right anymore. I am sort of working on this other one shot too, about Harry and Hermione, I don't know if I'll ever finish it soon. But there both there. I'll try to accomplish the dreary task of finishing them soon. You just know that as soon as the new book comes out I am going to lock myself in my room and read it until I finish.

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