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DISCLAIMER: I own no Harry Potter, but I do own a part in our school production of Peter Pan in which i am NANA THE DOG! YAY! Sorry...
The next evening, Quidditch practice was more than welcomed by Nessie. To be honest, anything was better than detention with Malfoy, and she was determined to keep up a Malfoy-free day. They finally got to use the Golden Snitch, Quaffle, and Bludgers, that Harry and Nessie were desperate to see for the first time ever. Fred and Nessie smacked away the Bludgers; Harry chased after the Snitch, and Angelina and Alicia hurled the Quaffle at Wood. After a good hour of seeking, beating, chasing and keeping, the whole lot of them were thoroughly pooped. They gathered for a team meeting, although none of them spoke as they were too busy getting their breath back. "Those were a lot feistier than I thought they would be," commented Nessie.
The team laughed, and Wood finally summarised. "Great practise. Now this is our second last practise until the Christmas holidays, and of course the Christmas feast where we will hear Nessie sing," the team chuckled as Nessie moaned, and he continued, "and then of course the first match of the season, which is against Slytherin. We must not lose, OK? Good, see you next week!"
They got changed, and headed to dinner, when Nessie was deep in conversation with Fred and Harry. "I almost forgot about the solo! I have no idea what to do... God job I have to meet with Flitwick and the choir to decide. I hardly know any songs! Ah well... Any more Christmas pranking inventions from the great prankster twins, Fred?"
He shook his head. "Nope, although, we have still been considering the Russian Roulette sweets that you thought of. They would be fairly simple to make, and we'd get a bucketful of cash. We are seriously considering making them!"
Harry listened in awe. "Wow, those were your idea, Nessie? Why didn't you tell me? Oh yeah, detention... Did you hear, Fred?"
Nessie interjected. "No he hasn't, and I don't plan on many others knowing. I don't mind about the detention, just what happened after... And I shouldn't have said that..."
Fred's eyes sparkled mischievously. "I sense gossip. Spill," he said.
Harry started blabbing. "Malfoy-"
Before he said anymore, Nessie shot him one of her most sincere deathglares, and he understood. "I might tell you what happened, but at dinner. Come on, I'm starving!"
They charged to the Hall, and they tucked into dinner. "OK, so here's what happened..."
She whispered in Fred's ear, and he almost choked. "Merlin's great big frilly granny pants! Vengeance is most certainly in order! And I think I know exactly how to do it!"
"How?"
"Russian Roulette!"
"You mean the sweets?"
Fred nodded. "If we make a tester, we could test the jelly legs one, and of course, you will win. What if... We make them all different colours, and one of the colours will be the cursed one, so then you know?"
Nessie nodded. "That's good. Oh," she lowered her voice to a whisper, "make the cursed one a green one. He's bound to go for that."
Fred agreed. "Perfecto! I'll tell George, and we'll start right away! Well, after dinner, of course. So, what'd you get detention for?"
"Technically, Ron did it, but I took the blame because he took the blame for me last time."
Harry and Fred looked at each other knowingly, and then simultaneously went "Aww!"
Nessie looked confused. "What?"
Fred put his hand to his heart and sighed, "Ah, young love!"
"What?! No! It was just a favour! Merlin, this is exactly what happened yesterday in detention: I don't fancy anyone."
She went up to the common room, leaving Fred and Harry at the table. Fred watched after her and then asked, "She doesn't like to admit things easily, does she?"
Harry shook his head. "She still won't even admit that Ron was right about the auditions. She said it was a lucky hunch."
Fred laughed. "Lucky hunch, my arse. Come on, lets go."
When they got back to the common room, Nessie wasn't there, and neither were any of the boys or girls in their year. Harry went up to the dormitories, and found all of them in there, the boys sitting on Seamus' bed, and the girls on Dean's bed. "Help me, Harry," moaned Nessie, " these annoying people who we call our 'friends have forced me to 'play' this torturous game in the hope that one of them-" she gestured her head to the boys who were grinning, " might kiss me. And vice versa for you. Run away..."
Harry saw a pile of sweets on the floor, all shaped like jigsaw puzzles and they looked as if there were two parts to them. "What are they?"
Seamus explained excitedly. "OK, so basically two people (a boy and a girl) get chosen by rolling the dice, smallest number loses. The people with the smallest numbers choose one sweet and eat the two halves. No one knows what each sweet will do, but there are ones that make you have to dance together, ones that make you shout and argue with each other, and even ones that make you snog the other persons pants off, and loads more. Wana join in?"
Harry nodded, and sat on Seamus's bed. He prayed that he or Nessie wouldn't get the snogging ones. They rolled the dices, and it was Ron and Hermione first. They ate their halves nervously, and Ron suddenly shouted, "Wingardium Levioser!"
"It's Wingardium Levios-AH, not Wingardium Levios-ER!"
"You do it if you're so clever then!"
Hermione got her wand out, and the crowd was hysterical. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
Ron alarm clock floated up, and dropped on his bed. "Know-it-all!"
"Idiot!"
"Arsehole!"
"Toilet breath!"
They both went back to the others as the effect wore off. Everyone clapped, and the dice was rolled again. Nessie and Seamus went up and ate their halves. Please not the snogging one, thought Nessie. Instead, they both suddenly snatched each others hands and placed their other hand on each others shoulder or hip, and started dancing. Nessie twirled round and was held in the air by Seamus. They aren't half bad, thought Ron. He felt a twinge of jealousy, but had no idea why. They stopped, and laughed, and went back. "That was quite good," said Hermione.
"Thanks," said Seamus.
The next people to go up were Lavender and Dean. They chewed on their sweet, and started lolling about drunkenly, and fell over. Lavender started drawling in a very slurred tone. "Where did my life go, Dean? I had a chair, and now I'm sitting on the floor like this. I'm over."
Everyone was in stitches as Dean started blabbering drunkenly, "Where did poor pussy go? Where? Heeeeeere pussy, pussy... Heeeeeeeere pussy pussy..."
They went back to the beds, and it took at least 5 minutes for everyone else to recover from laughter. Next up were Parvati and Neville. They ate, and started dancing as well, but this time, it was like a chicken dance. It was hilarious, as Parvati went in a circle like a chicken, and Neville attempted at following, but fell over continuously. The next people were yet to be decided, as they kept getting draws. Eventually, it was Harry from the boys, and Nessie from the girls. They gasped, and the others went 'Ooooooh!' What if they got the snogging one? They were brother and sister for goodness sake! They shivered as they ate nervously, and they suddenly sprung into a song. Harry went 'Aaaaah, aaaaaah' in the background as Nessie sang the tune. It was one of Celestina Warbeck's songs. The other watched in laughter and half amazed at her singing as she sang each note. She finally stopped and slapped her hand over her mouth, embarrassed. The others, instead of laughing, clapped and cheered.
Seamus chuckled. "I forgot there was a singing one."
Nessie whispered to Hermione, "I've never even heard that song before!"
Again, they rolled the dice, and Nessie and Ron stepped up. "Why me again?" Moaned Ron.
"Excuse me, I've been up three times now!" Cried Nessie.
They picked a sweet and nibbled it nervously. Suddenly, they wrapped their arms around each other and started snogging. The others gasped, as they stumbled around, knocking everything over as they intensely kissed. They tripped over and were rolling on the floor, still wrapped in each others arms. They sat up slightly, almost stuck together at the lips. Some of the boys even watched jealously as Ron and Nessie snogged, and they finally pulled apart, their hair very dishevelled. "Merlin's great big frilly granny pants," gasped Nessie.
The others stared on silent amazement. Suddenly, loud cheers erupted from each bed, as they clapped and cheered, as Nessie and Ron got up off the floor, blushing like hell. They went and sat down, still dazed. They rolled the dices again, and suddenly all the boys were eager to get up and get the snogging sweet. But still, several goes went by, and not a single pair kissed. Then, Nessie and Ron went up again, still red, and chose a sweet. They chewed on it reluctantly. "Bloody hell, not again," they both cried, as they fell into each others arms and started snogging... Again.
After their second snog, everybody seemed to get that sweet: Seamus kissed Lavender, Dean kissed Parvati, and Harry even kissed Hermione (as for Neville: he went looking for Trevor). They eventually ran out of sweets, and they all went downstairs extremely boisterously. Most people stayed in the common room, but Nessie sneaked, as usual, to the showers, and Ron, as usual, saw and followed.
As Nessie quickly dried and brushed her hair, she sang her new favourite Christmas song, and was about to go out to the lobby, when she quickly remembered that Ron, or maybe even half of Gryffindor, would be there. She stopped singing, and opened the door, and said immediately, "How did I know you were going to be here?"
"Because I'm always here!" Cried Ron.
"Will you ever not be here?"
"Not a chance in hell."
"Good," smiled Nessie. "Erm, sorry about earlier."
"It's OK, the sweets were to blame," he said, but then adding, "It was quite nice actually."
She glared at him, but couldn't help laughing. She stared into Ron's chocolate brown eyes. He gazed back into Nessie's grey ones. They stood there for a while, getting lost in each others eyes, until Nessie gave a quick thump on the back, and walked away. "See ya," she said, and skipped away to common room.
A/N: Ooh, things are hotting up a bit! Aww, but sadly Nessie doesn't know it in her obliviousness. A Knut for your thoughts?
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