Deep in the confines of Malfoys bed was not where Harrie thought she would be spending her Saturday. But here she was, naked with an equally naked Slytherin and thanks to said Slytherin having his own Hogwarts house elf at his beck and call they didn't even need to go find food. Wizard delivery.
"Do you do this a lot?" Harrie asked the blonde as she took another sandwich from the pile. Malfoy continued chewing giving her a considering look.
He finished his mouthful then asked, "Eat in bed or entertain girls in it?"
Harrie paused with the sandwich halfway in her mouth "both" she took a very unlady-like size bite of sandwich and moaned as she tasted it, house elves made the best sandwiches ever
Having just taken his own mouthful, he near choked because of the noise she just made…over a sandwich? Maybe his prowess in bed wasn't as good as he thought if she made noises like that when eating.
"What?" Harrie demanded, it sounded more like "Brhhht" because her mouth was full when she spoke.
Draco couldn't help smiling, Potter was just so…common.
"Your manners are appalling Potter" he teased as he banished any crumbs he might have left in the sheets.
She shrugged "I had a shitty upbringing. Blame that" Draco failed to notice the bitter tone in which she said this
"What didn't get everything you wanted fast enough?" He said scathingly, his jealousy getting the better of him. Despite what people thought he hadn't had the best childhood either, yes, his parents loved him, but pure blood traditions limited how often Draco ever got to be 'normal' always in etiquette lessons, elocution tutors, musical instruction. His childhood had been mostly spent alone in his room surrounded by the toys he asked for just so his parents spent time with him. Acting like a brat got you everywhere.
"Drop it Malfoy" Draco failed to notice the bitter tone in which she said this
"No no, tell me then, oh hard done by one. What pray tell was your upbringing like?" His tone mocking
"They didn't like me much" She said simply, her sandwich laying limply in her hand her appetite seemed to have disappeared along with her good mood.
"Oh please, I bet they worshipped you and loved you. Fawned for you like everyone else always does" His voice was cloying and false and Harrie couldn't stand it. She hated that people thought she had been put on a pedestal her whole life, and angry that it was quite the opposite, all she ever wanted was someone to love her and care for her, hell she would have settled for being liked.
"Why would I talk to you about it? So, you can mock me some more?" She threw her sandwich down and got off the bed, "Thanks for the fuck, I will see myself out" she spat as she pulled on her clothes. Harrie hated that she was letting his comments to her, but she couldn't stop the rush of hurt that she had filling her right now. Stupid blonde git! Why doesn't he just keep his mouth shut? He was always good at hitting her where it hurt the most, it was a talent of his obviously.
Draco got to his feet, feeling disconcerted that his throw away comment had this kind of reaction in the Gryffindor, he had always heard that Potter had been raised by a loving muggle family, all the books said that. But going by the look on her face he was suddenly doubting what he had mistaken for fact.
His heart racing and something inside him screaming at him to stop her from leaving he followed her, "Don't be an arse Potter" He grabbed her arm as she moved to walk past him, she wouldn't look at him and he was loath to admit that it hurt.
"Let go of my arm Malfoy" she hissed, her jaw clenched.
"Not till you explain why my asking you about your family upset you" He couldn't understand how wrong this morning had gone. He hadn't meant anything by what he said.
"Just…forget it. I have shit I have to do anyways" She sighed and throwing her cloak over herself she disappeared.
After making her way out of the Snake put and not wanting to go up to the tower yet and still feeling pissed off Harrie took off out the front doors. She was trying to decide whether to go see Hagrid when she saw Neville ducking in between the green houses, now to be fair that wasn't unusual to see, Neville was always down there, but the way in which he quickly looked around in a very dodgy way made Harrie curious.
She tiptoed and looked around the corner and saw him tip over a wooden pail and sat down, taking a white thing out of his pocket and tapping the end with his wand. Neville was smoking something and by the smell of it that wasn't no cigarette he was puffing on.
"Good morning Neville!" Harrie yelled as she jumped out from the side of the green house and laughed as Neville jumped so high, he fell backwards off his bucket seat
"Fuck Harrie you scared the shit out of me! Thought you were Sprout!" Neville put the joint back in between his lips and held his hands out towards Harrie "Help me up"
"Are you getting high?" She demanded looking down at his sprawled form
"Maybe" He said blushing under her stare.
"Give me some" She said as she pulled him back on to his bucket
"Ever had any before?" He asked hissing through his teeth then breathing out a puff of smoke a short while later
"I've had muggle pot once, is it the same?" Harrie stolen some of Dudley's once just before sixth year, had made for an interesting afternoon.
"This isn't your usual wacky backy, it's wizard weed that I have been splicing, it's much stronger" He warned but held it out for her to take all the same.
Harrie took a drag on it and immediately started coughing, Neville smiled broadly and kicked another bucket over for Harrie to sit on beside his own.
"Just take it slow fool, deep breath in then blow it out" He laughed as Harrie continued to cough
Harrie did as instructed then passed it back. The took turns passing it to each other and Harrie was just thinking that maybe getting high was over rated when she noticed a lady bird crawling up the side of the green house and dropped to her knees to touch it
"It hit you I take it?" Neville said grinning around the joint in his mouth, watching Harrie coo at the bug.
"Wow this is awesome Nev….you do this a lot?" Harrie asked looking around in amazement, Neville shrugged "Often enough" He said cryptically
"So, this what herbology homework is?" She asked grinning as her head started to feel delightfully fuzzed as she thought of how many times over the years Neville had been helping down at the green houses.
Neville grinned "Best subject, bar none" he took a puff then continued "Ron was looking for you by the way"
"Why?" Harrie asked as she watched the clouds moving slowly across the sky and wondering if they were going to fall onto her face at any moment.
"Didn't ask, Hermione said you didn't spend the night in the dorms last night" He gave her a knowing look and stared at the rather obvious love bites she had on her neck and shoulder
"Who's the lucky guy?"
"Keep it a secret?" She turned to him and held her pinky out to him
"By the sword" Neville declared linking his own little finger with hers, pinky promises were the highest level of secrecy in Gryffindor house, they were not to be taken lightly
"Malfoy" She admitted, god even his name was sexy
"Fuck….really?" Neville said sounding impressed. He could see it though, they had always been flirting with each other. Harrie nodded.
"He suits you" He said breathlessly taking another drag on his smoke
"Hey now, he's a good-looking guy, you're good looking girl. Makes sense to me" He shrugged and handed the doobie to Harrie. The smoked in silence for a while then Neville had to ask
"Don't take this wrong Harrie, but if you were with Malfoy why are you out here getting high with me?" Neville didn't get it, if he had someone warming a bed for him, he would never leave!
"He pissed me off. He acted like I had a great childhood" She said moodily
"Didn't you?" he asked ruminatively watching the way Harries nostrils flared as she breathed, noses were so weird "Was it shit or something?" he asked, listening to the way his words floated across to her, disappearing into her twitchy little nostrils. Merlin this batch was strong he thought looking down at the nearly finished blunt.
"Yeah, my relatives didn't like me, treated me like I was a waste of space" Harrie said, waving her hands into the sky moving the clouds to form into faces and laughing as they slid through her fingers. Clouds were funny how did they stay up there?
"That's rough" Neville commiserated, he knew what feeling shit was like.
"I just get sick of people thinking I had it good" Harrie declared stretching some of her hair till it was straight then watching in fascination when it returned to wavy. Did hair know it was hair?
"My relatives took bets on whether I was a squib or not" Neville admitted, as he watched Harrie pulling her hair and jumping when it returned to normal…crazy
"My cousin and his friends used to beat me up" Harrie's response made her suddenly start thinking of ice cream and how much they needed some right now
"My Grandma wrote in my birthday card that I had to start living up to my family name" Neville said and thought about how much he wished he had some birthday cake right now, with sprinkles.
"They once gave me a tissue for a Christmas present" Harrie remembered that, it wasn't even pretty, she would rather have had something shiny, or slippery like a fish.
"My Uncle held me upside down out of a window and no one stopped him" Neville admitted thinking about bouncing down the road, there was a fish shop on that road.
Harrie knew how to win this game "My bedroom till I was eleven was a cupboard"
"Fuck you win" Neville threw his hands up in defeat "They put you in a cupboard?" He had heard before from the Weasleys that Harrie hadn't been treated that well but to put the poor girl in a cupboard? What the fuck was wrong with these people?
Harrie nodded and kicked at some stones "Yep"
"That's messed up. Maybe you should have just told him that" Neville said putting his hand on Harries knee in a commiserating fashion, then being amazed at how amazing skin felt.
"Who?" Harrie asked, having trouble following the conversation with her friend, her coolest friend, who helped her get high. Neville was awesome, she leant over and leaned her head on his shoulder.
"The Blonde one" he said wriggling his fingers and making ghostly hoos
"Maybe he should just keep his pouty little mouth shut" Harrie snarled baring her teeth and hissing at him.
"meowwwww" He made a pawing gesture in the air and promptly fell over into the dirt
Harrie giggled and lay down next to the prone Gryffindor. This was fun. She didn't hang out enough with Neville. They lay there staring up into the sky, listening to the earth breathing.
"Ever wonder what magic tastes like?" Harrie asked with such a look of great contemplation on her face that Neville stared at her before asking just as seriously "Or if you could cast spells with your dick?" Harrie turned to him and professed "If I had a dick I would totally try!" The two companions sat in high silence, marveling at the world around them, when an idea struck Harrie
"Hey Nev"
"Yes Harr...rie?" His replied was delayed as he couldn't quite remember how to pronounce her weird as first name
"You know muggle movies?" She demanded half leaning over his prone form
"No why?" He said closing one eye to look up at her
"I wanna try something" She said pulling the boy to his feet, this was going to be fun.
After much laughing and falling over, Neville stood up abruptly and declared "I need fish in my belly"
Harrie nodded fervently and roared with laughter when Neville pulled her up and over his shoulder.
"Onward good sir!" Harrie cried pointing towards the far castle, she dropped her gaze down and slapped Neville's arse for good measure "Yahhhhh"
Neville started galloping upwards towards the castle, only stopping when he was out of breath and had to put his passenger down
"PIKER!" Harrie roared giving Neville a push which sent him stumbling to his knees, which gave her a brilliant idea, pushing his shoulders down she leaped frogged over him, except he grabbed her ankle as she landing and she fell over onto her face "Ew grass went in my mouth, I don't want to be a rabbit" she cried spitting the offending blades out. Neville snorted as he kind of bunny hopped around her. With much laughing and silly walks, they made their bumbling way up to the castle.
"Yusssss Neville, they have cod!" Harrie shouted as she grabbed the plate of battered fish from the Hufflepuff table, delightedly showing Neville, even as said man was helping himself to pumpkin juice straight from the jug. They had ventured forth to find food, they were hungry as fuck….
"Are you drunk?" a shocked Hermione demanded as Harrie and Neville danced over to the Gryffindor table. Harrie had disappeared with nothing more than a goodnight, the night before and now shows up, half dressed with hickeys and off her face on something…with Neville of all people.
"No way" Harrie said, her tone indignant. Why was everyone looking at her like that? Did she have something on her face. Even the blonde who shall not be named was looking at her. She lifted the bottom hem of her jersey and wiped her face, exposing a good deal of naked stomach to the room.
"Wait we have to show you something amazing! we have been practicing. Neville you ready son?" Harrie said walking backwards till there was space between them.
"Come at me bro" He cried, widening his stance and his hands out spread
"I had the time of life!" She called as she took a run up and Neville hoisted her above his head and started singing "And I've never felt like this before" He spun in place holding her aloft and they both started laughing as he lowered her and they both took a bow at the stunned students gathered around them.
"Miss Potter, Mister Longbottom care to explain yourselves?" Professor McGonagall called from her seat at the head table, her lips twitching in amusement while to her left Professor Flitwick was trying and failing to hold in his laughter.
"No thank you Professor Head Boss lady" Harrie saluted the head table before trying to reach across the table to grab something deliciously crunchy and sweet or maybe salty or maybe soft.
"Harrie is teaching me muggle stuff" Neville said nodded and grabbing a handful of mashed potato.
"I suggest you finished your lunch then go rest in the tower" She didn't want it to be known but she was rather happy to see these two students acting their ages for once. Sometimes it was better to ignore certain behavior and she was sorely reminded of another Potter and Longbottom returning to the castle in such a state many years before.
"They are wasted" Pansy laughed as the watched the two clowns for the rest of lunch. They weren't the only ones, everyone in the room was watching them. It wasn't everyday you got to see the Golden girl off her tree on whatever it was they had been partaking in. Knowing Longbottom, it was something plant based. Maybe Pansy needed to start paying better attention in Herbology if this was the result.
"Thought you said she was pissed off?" Blaise said, smirking at the dawning jealousy on his friend's face. Deny it all you want blondie, you want that little lioness bad. Blaise had thought Draco was readying to curse the clumsy Gryffindor into a quivering pile of goo when he had lifted Potter up, his hands all over her bare stomach. Blaise smiled wickedly into his goblet, his eyes catching Pansy's.
Draco just scowled more and stabbed his fork savagely into his steak, imagining that it was Longbottom's smug face.
"Harrie you need to calm down and come with us to the common room" Hermione hissed and tried to pull Harrie up the stairs away from all the eyes of the student body before she did something really embarrassing "You are making a spectacle of yourself"
"Jog on 'Mione. Just because you're no fun" Harrie pulled her arm out of her friends grip and put her arm through Neville's "We are having fun"
Neville nodded and started picking his nose with intense concentration. Ron snorted with repressed laughter and pulled Hermione away from the other two "Just leave them, they will come down from whatever they have taken soon" Ron knew wasted people when he saw them, having so many older brothers had its own way of teaching you things "Next time invite me eh?" He added as the two inebriates drifted towards the courtyard corridor. Hermione stormed off in a huff, her cheeks very bright and her eyes shining. Was Hermione upset that Harrie got high? Ron stood there debating who to follow, the two laughing and smiling or the one who was obviously upset about something? Sighing in defeat he took off after Hermione.
As soon as the chosen few had left the great hall, Draco waited all of about thirty seconds before he was up and after then. Blaise caught up with him in the entrance hall, they could see the Gryffindor's having a confrontation near the outer corridor. Draco needed to get to Potter before she did anything stupid with Longbottom but Blaise's hand on his arm stalled him.
Draco glared at his friend and pulled out of his hold "What?"
"What are you doing?" Blaise looked at him in incredulity, surely Draco couldn't be thinking of chasing after a girl? Merlin, he did have it bad for Potter
"I need to…" Draco said his brow furrowed with his urgency to get to her
The two Gryffindors made their way towards the light at the end of the tunnel, having fun hiding in alcoves and singing random song lyrics when they halted for Neville to take of his shoes and socks and putting them on the out stretched hands of a statue of a rather ape looking warlock, who they had decided needed boxing gloves made of shoes to protect this entrance from fraggles, Neville wasn't sure what they were but they sounded bad news.
"Uh oh, Harrie there is a blonde dragon coming for you" Neville whispered very loudly and tried to duck behind the statue to hide. Harrie spun around and threw her middle finger up at said dragon "Fuck off Dragon"
"Excuse me?" The Slytherin stopped, a look of deep incredulity on his face.
"You heard me, you are killing my buzz" Harrie said, even as she wanted to pounce on the delicious looking blonde. Why was he so good looking? Why does he smell so good? She thought as he got close enough for her to catch a hint of him.
"We need to talk" He hissed not wanting to have this conversation in a passageway or with Longbottom present, even if he was as wasted as Potter right now.
"Malloy, Harrie doesn't want to talk about her childhood with you, arse hat" Neville spat, like literally spat then had to wipe his chin. Harrie had never been prouder of her friend and threw her arm around his shoulders, Neville really was great.
Malloy? Arse hat? What the hell had these two been smoking?
"You buzz killer!" Neville accused sharply, this dude was seriously ruining his vibes. Merlin this batch might have been too potent if the high was only just starting to wane.
Neville pretended to be interested in something else as he could always taste the awkward between the other two.
"Potter just come talk to me somewhere privately" He threw another pointed look in the statue's direction. Harrie gave him a murderous look "I have nothing to say to you"
Draco spread his hands in vexation and mouthed "What the fuck?" to Longbottom who returned the look with one just as frustrated.
"Gods Malloy are you that dumb? You insulted her." Neville called out in exasperation from his 'hiding' place behind the ape man statue. At the poisonous glare the Slytherin threw at him, Neville ducked down out of sight again
How much had Potter told Longbottom about what they had been doing? Though going by the marks, he had left on her neck and shoulders maybe it hadn't been that hard to guess.
"Apologize you fool" Neville stage whispered to him, as Harrie grinned at the look of surprise on the blonde's face.
Pretending not to be blushing Draco tried again "Please Potter, I'm sorry for whatever I said ok?" Draco couldn't believe he was desperate for Potter to come back to him, he felt frantic almost that there was a space between them. What was it about her that made him feel this way?
"Potter can you just come back to my room? Please?"
It was as close to seeing this man beg as Harrie knew she would ever get. She caught Neville's eyes and he gave her the thumbs up and mouthed "Go for it"
"Fine! But I want chocolate while I listen!" Harrie snapped, she knew she had over reacted before and just being this close to him was making her want to jump him again.
She turned around and waved her hand in a strange way and the two boys jumped when her cloak came flying in through on of the arch ways into her hand. Wordless and wandless was seriously impressive. Harrie grinned at the two boys who were looking at her in awe, she started half dancing half walking towards her fellow Gryffindor, pulling him out of his hiding spot
"Nev, my main man. Catch you on the flip side" Harrie said as she and Neville did some weird hand shake, hand slapping, finger clicking farewell to each other.
Neville watched as Harrie disappeared into atmosphere and the blonde dragon stalked off… Just has wasted was he.
