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Theo was standing stock still, wondering what had fallen beside him. He had felt something fall from his bag. Everyone else was staring at him which was freaking him out. So he decided to end it by looking down at whatever had fallen from his bag. He looked down slowly, expecting to see something horrid. The object that he saw was not exactly horrid, but it was horrid to think how it came into his bag.
Lying there, beside Theo's foot, was a deep red coloured lipstick. Theo stared at it, horror struck. "Wha.. How..?" he spluttered.
"YOU BASTARD!" Ginny lunged at Theo.
Hermione pieced together all that happened. "How did Ginny's lipstick get into his bag?" she thought. Suddenly, she saw Ginny launching herself at Theo. Hermione held her back, thinking this was not the best place for a conflict. Considering the she and Draco were the Heads, it would not be good to have the Bat Bogey hex flying around right in front of them. She didn't care about Draco, but she didn't want to lose her position as Head Girl.
"Let me go Hermione!" Ginny yelled at Hermione. "I'll teach him a good lesson. That BASTARD!"
"Calm down, Ginny calm down!" Hermione said.
Theo, meanwhile was looking at the lipstick as if it was poison. "How did it get into my bag?" he asked, regaining his composure. Ginny, meanwhile had calmed down a bit. Just a bit. Hermione thought it would be fine to let go of her hand.
Before anyone else could say anything, Ginny shouted again.
"You're the one who's supposed to answer that!" she cried. She had calmed down a bit, but not completely.
"I.. don't... know.." Theo said, still staring at the lipstick.
"HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW?" Ginny cried.
Ginny went towards Theo again in a rage but she was again stopped. Malfoy stepped in between Theo and Ginny.
"Out of my way Malfoy." Ginny said.
Malfoy didn't answer. Suddenly, Harry spoke up.
"Can anyone tell me what the HELL is happening here?"
Hermione looked at Harry exasperatedly. Couldn't he even piece together all that had happened? "Harry," she started. "That lipstick over there belongs to Ginny." She said simply. "And control yourself."
It was common knowledge that Harry and Ginny were head over heels in love with each other. With Ginny's lipstick coming out of Theo's bag, Harry looked as if he was going to kill the Slytherin.
Hermione knew that Harry would kill Theo and wouldn't care even if he was put into Azkaban for it. So she told him to control himself as she knew he would listen to her. Her words were the only thing holding him in place now. Malfoy opened his mouth, about to speak. "Of course! He can't keep his nose out of one thing for a minute!" Hermione thought.
"Really, Potter? Can't you even understand such a situation? Oh dear! The-Chosen-One cannot piece together a simple incident!" Malfoy said. He was probably amused by the situation. Maybe he even had a deeper knowledge about the lipstick incident.
"Shut up Malfoy." Harry said. "This is not the time for your oh-so wonderful jokes. I think we have more important things to sort out." He then turned to face Theo.
"How dare you?" Harry asked, his voice filled with rage.
Theo finally moved his eyes away from the lipstick and looked at Harry. "I don't know." He said.
Even before Harry could speak, Ginny spoke calmly.
"How can you say that when MY lipstick falls from YOUR bag?" she asked. "It is your bag, isn't it?"
"Of course it's my bag, but I honestly don't know how that thing got in there!" Theo replied. He suddenly turned towards Blaise. "Did you do this?" Theo asked him. Blaise looked horror struck. "Why would I do such a horrendous thing?" he asked.
"Because you're a Slytherin and a Zabini." Malfoy reasoned.
"Shut up Draco." Blaise said. "Why do you think I even did anything? Don't you think Draco could have done anything?" Theo went to Draco and glared at him.
"Look Theo," Malfoy said. "I did not do anything. Trust me. I don't know how that piece of dirt got into your bag."
"It is NOT a piece of dirt." Ginny said.
Malfoy just ignored that. "Is that really yours Weaselette?" he asked.
"Whose do YOU think it is? Ginny asked.
"Well.. It might be yours, it might be hers," he said pointing at Hermione. "No, no. The innocent Bookworm doesn't engage in makeup. She just wants her precious books. Why, it may even belong to Weasel, or even Potty. Weasel is that yours?"
"Malfoy…" Ron warned.
Hermione, who was watching the exchange with interest, lost her interest when Malfoy said that the lipstick may belong to her. It was such an outrageous idea. And the makeup part was just ridiculous. Just because she loved books, it didn't mean that she never left them. She too, applied makeup. "I'll get him later." She thought. Now was not the right time to start another fight.
"Can we just go into the dorm and discuss this?" she asked the others.
"Yeah. I'm sleepy and hungry by the way." Ron said as if nothing had happened.
But it was the approval that Hermione needed. "Alright then." She said and stepped towards the portrait. The rest of them other than Draco and Hermione had not yet seen the portrait. Ginny let out a gasp as she saw the sleeping figures. Ron stared at them in awe. Harry looked at them in disbelief. The Slytherins were completely unaffected.
"Nice choice." Blaise said simply. "What's the password?"
"GSRH Hogwarts." Hermione said to the portrait. But nothing happened. She said it once again, but in vain.
"They're asleep you idiot." Malfoy said.
"I'm not an idiot."
"Yes, you are."
"No. I – "
"Can we get inside?" Ron asked. The Slytherins were watching the interaction between the Heads interestingly.
"Fine Weasel. But you still have to learn that patience is virtue."
With that, Malfoy stepped towards the portrait. "Wake up you lot." He said.
"You need to respect them Malfoy. They're great wizards." Hermione said.
"It is my wish how I treat them. What has that got anything to do with you?"
"You have no manners Malfoy. You – "
"CAN WE GET INSIDE?" Ron asked for the second time.
Hermione glared at Draco. She lightly touched Rowena Ravenclaw. She stirred slightly. She was about to touch her again, while Malfoy stepped up behind her and poked Rowena hard. She woke up with a start and glared at Hermione, thinking she had poked her. "No no!" Hermione said hurriedly. "It was he who did it." She said pointing to Draco. "Is that true?" Rowena asked.
"Yes it is. GSRH Hogwarts." Malfoy said.
"Don't do that again. Get in" Rowena said and went back to her sleep. Everything about the Lipstick Incident was forgotten as they all got inside and stared at the dorm in wonder.
"I wonder how we're going to live together with so many arguments and fights? And how am I supposed to adjust with Malfoy? He's unbearable." Hermione thought, staring at Malfoy.
"So many fights and these people still plan on living together. But I wonder how I'm going to adjust with that stubborn Granger? She insufferable." Malfoy thought, staring at Hermione.
Their eyes met for a second, and then they turned away.
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