A/N: And the contest is still on! Please review and tell me which character is based on my roommate! The winner will get a one-shot as detailed in the A/N of Chapter 14 XD Good luck!

I saw Eclipse a couple nights ago, and I am not a huge Twilight fangirl for a number of reasons, but Eclipse was actually fantastic. Seriously. I disliked Twilight and New Moon was definitely better but Eclipse blew them out of the water.

I also saw the trailer for Deathly Hallows on the big screen. . .all I gotta say for now is yikes. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. XD

The Seventh Year

Chapter 15

The Condolences and the Pomegranate Seeds

"So, what do you think?" Erin asked Marisa as the two waited for the other girls to get ready.

"Looks good," she shrugged, adjusting her tiara slightly and then grimacing.

"You really think I should wear this?" Erin said uncomfortably, fingering the necklace Malfoy had given her.

"Yes."

She thought back to the conversation she had had with Draco and shivered. She still wasn't sure she wanted a Malfoy heirloom in her possession. Especially one with such a strange history. If the story he had told her had been designed to make her feel better, he hadn't done a very good job of it.

She was just as annoyed now as she had been then. "He doesn't make sense," she told Marisa.

"Who told you men are supposed to make sense?" came a new voice, and they whipped around.

Professor Vector was standing in the portrait hole, surveying the chaos. "Oh, Professor," Erin said smoothly. "I'm sorry you had to hear our little teenager-ish complaints."

"Complaints about men do not end with the teenager years, dear," the woman told her gently. "But I did notice that there are several men waiting for you ladies outside. The Headmistress sent me to make sure that all is ready in the Great Hall."

"Yes, Professor, Draco and I made sure that everything was ready yesterday."

"Very well," she smiled. "I think you should be going then."

"We'll be right along," Erin said cheerfully, yelling up the stairs for Hermione and Sophie to come down. "Oh, and Professor. . ."

Professor Vector turned back to survey her with keen eyes. "Yes, dear?"

"I am so very sorry about Professor Snape," she said softly. "He was blessed to have someone like you in his life."

"Thank you, Erin," Professor Vector said, a kind smile belaying the brief flash of sorrow in her gaze. "That was very kind of you. Have fun with Draco at the Feast, and don't be too hard on him, he means well."

"What was that all about?" Marisa asked when the portrait had swung shut behind the professor.

"Vector and Snape," she told her. "Can you imagine? How did I miss that?"

"Ready!" Sophie shrieked, tumbling down from the bathroom. "Let's go, I want to see Seamus's costume."

A/N: A little short, and so is the next one, but the last chapter will be satisfyingly long, I promise XD