"I told you," Marian said, coming out of the bathroom. She wrapped her wet hair into a towel, turban style. Hermione sat on the couch with a large bowl of popcorn, two pints of ice cream, and four bottles of butter beer sitting in front of her on the table. Both girls were wearing sweat pants and large t shirts. Hermione's shirt said, Brunettes do it better, while Marian's said, I'm with stupid.
"You told me what?" Hermione asked.
Marian sank down next to her and opened two bottles of butter beer. "I told you Draco would love you in that dress," she said, handing one of the drinks to Hermione.
The young witch took it and said, "You know, I was at first curious as to why you wanted me to go with Draco. Now I see. You're a matchmaker."
Marian tried to look wounded, but ended up giggling. "You two didn't need my help on the dance floor tonight," she said. "By the way, why did Draco kiss you?"
Hermione blushed. "He kissed me first," she said.
Marian laughed. "From what I saw, he may have kissed you first, but you certainly didn't stop him."
They both laughed. Hermione took a swallow of her drink and said, "I asked him out on a date and he said he would, as long as I kept the dress, because I looked sexy in it."
Marian threw her arms around Hermione, making them fall back against the couch. "I knew it!" she cried excitedly. "Who's the powerful and confident Hermione?" Hermione laughed. Never had she had such a strange and excited friend before.
Soon, Quillic joined their dog pile. He jumped up on them and Marian's breath left her lungs. "Quillic," she said horsely. "Down, boy." He settled off them and curled up on a cushion, letting his Mistress sit up and breath again. She reached out and ruffled his ears.
Hermione looked at Quillic and said, "He's grown pretty quickly these past few months. How much does he still have to grow?"
"Don't know," Marian said. "His head's already to my waist. I don't know that much about Barghests. But I think he's stopped growing." She turned to her friend and said, "So, what movie are we watching tonight?"
Hermione held up two DVD boxes. "We have, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Despicable Me."
Marian pointed at one. "This has my vote," she said.
"Despicable Me, it is," Hermione said, smiling. She put the movie in and returned to the couch as the movie began. She waved her hand and the lights dimmed down as she grabbed a pint of chocolate and marshmallow ice cream. She handed the pistachio ice cream to Marian, who took it happily.
They watched the movie, laughing and chuckling at the antics of the minions. They were Marian's favorite part and, because she'd loved the movie so much, she'd looped Hermione into watching the movie once, and then Hermione loved the movie, as well.
As the end credits rolled onto the screen, Marian got up and took the DVD out. "You ever notice that there's a lot of ballet in this movie?" she said.
Hermione laughed. "Yeah," she said. "Oh, sorry about Ron stepping on your feet. Harry and I tried to teach him how to dance."
"Oh, it didn't matter," Marian said, putting the next movie in. "Ron ran off when he saw some girl named Lavender Brown. I chatted with Harry and Ginny for a bit, then the Minister of Magic asked me to dance."
"He's so old," Hermione said.
Marian chuckled. "Who cares? He was dressed as Santa Clause...oh, what do you British call him? Father Christmas?"
Hermione laughed and they settled down to watch the next movie. "This movie is so...weird," Hermione said.
"Why?" Marian asked. "It's basically advance technology."
Hermione smiled softly. "I must be too use to magic. This is just weird, though," she said, motioning to the screen, where a large submarine had just surfaced in a Venice canal.
Marian was silent, then said, "Okay, that part, yeah. But the rest isn't that weird."
Hermione turned her head and said, "The girl's a vampire that slept with a guy that never grows old because his painting takes all his ugliness. And there's an invisible guy running around in the background. That's not weird?"
Marian stuck her tongue out at Hermione. "You're no fun," she said, though she smiled. They turned back to the screen. "Where are you going with Draco on your date?"
Hermione bit back a laugh/groan. One thing about Marian that you could always count on, she'd found. She never gave up with questioning everything.
AN: Sorry it's so short, but I wanted to make a chapter that showed the girls' friendship and, also, I just wanted to put Despicable Me in there. It's an awesome movie! Lol. Minions. Anyway, hope you liked it.
