AN: Thanks to the people who favourited my story, but please please review, I honestly want to know what you think. Well here's chapter four…enjoy!
Chapter 4: Mistakes
"Stop it!" squealed a tipsy Gisele, as Minnie, her best friend, chased her around the Ravenclaw Common Room. It was 11:30 that night and the girls were celebrating Minnie's 16th birthday.
"Ooh, ooh what next?" Louisa, a rather ditzy blonde asked.
"Let's play I Never!" exclaimed Nellie, Gisele's other best friend. Everyone agreed and got their bottles of Butterbeer.
"Ok, I'll start," Nellie said. "I've never got a detention." A couple of girls took a swig of the beer, laughing deliriously. Jenny, another Ravenclaw, decided it was her turn next.
"I've never passed out while drink." Now everyone was laughing hysterically as they drank.
"But you drink so much!" exclaimed Reese, another friend.
"Eh, guess I've got a pretty good metabolism," Jenny giggled.
"I've never gone all the way before," Gisele said. There was silence.
"But what about with Julian? Weren't you guys pretty serious?" Minnie asked.
"Ugh, don't mention him. The guy was a human octopus. He always wanted to go all the way but it didn't feel right to me. The only reason I could stay with him for so long was because his parents were so nice to me. I'm so glad he graduated last year."
"Hmm, true," remarked Nellie. "To Julian, the human octopus!" They all cracked up, raising their bottles for the mock toast.
"Ooh, let's see how many straws we can connect together and drink the Firewhisky out of!" yelled Reese. All the girls clamoured excitedly around the Common room, conjuring up straws. They tried jamming them together without magic until they had connected approximately fifty straws together.
"You do the honours, birthday girl," giggled Gisele to Minnie. Minnie stood up on top of the couch and sucked as hard as she could. A minute later the liquid reached her and she let out a squeal of excitement. They all started giggling uncontrollably.
"Whisky fight!" she yelled, spraying the other girls with the Firewhisky.
"Aw, now we're out of booze. Let's go back to Hogsmeade and get more!" suggested Jenny. The other girls agreed and they all exited the Common Room.
Half an hour later the girls were walking through the snow, having sneaked out of Hogwarts.
"Look at me, I'm floating," squealed Gisele, stumbling drunkenly over the snow. "I'm flying like a fairy, look at meeeee." And she promptly collapsed.
"Shit, she's passed out."
"Is she breathing?"
"Someone keep her mouth open."
"We have to get her back now." The rest of the girls grabbed Gisele's arms and legs and dragged her back to Hogwarts. When they reached the Common Room, the portrait asked its traditional riddle.
"Though it is only four letters long, it is considered the most complicated concept of humanity, is unbelieved by some and can sometimes lead to devastating consequences," it recited in its sing-song voice.
"Oh for Merlin's sake, let us into the bloody Common Room!" yelled Nellie.
"Sorry, no answer, no entry," it replied. However at that moment the portrait swung open and a scared second-year student clambered out. Upon seeing an unconscious Gisele, he became alarmed.
"What happened to her?"
"She's passed out, nothing to worry about." They dragged Gisele through the portrait hole and onto the couch.
"Someone keep her mouth open otherwise she can't breathe." Minnie slapped Gisele several times but it was no use. Bewildered, she turned to the others.
"Does anyone know how much she drank?"
"Uh, I think about half a bottle of Firewhisky, 3 Butterbeers and 5 shots," Jenny replied.
"Bloody hell," murmured Minnie incredulously. "I don't think she's ever drunk that much before!"
"Unngh," came a weak voice from the couch.
"She's coming around." Gisele weakly sat up and promptly threw up.
"Ugh, someone clean this up and we're gonna get her into bed. This girl's party is over."
AN: I originally planned for this chapter to be longer but it would then stretch to six pages which I thought was too long for one chapter. So while this chapter is pretty useless, it just gives an insight into Gisele's life, friends etc. compared to Tom who has no friends at all.
PS: who can guess what the answer to the portrait riddle was? 10 imaginary pts for first correct answer (its pretty obvious) and i'll mention you on my next chapter :D
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