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Chapter 4
A/N: Short Chapter. The Lavender situation is addressed. Draco's not an asshole. Well…not COMPLETELY. But still. After this it's on to Voldemort. I hope. I'm kinda worried about the Battle scene that's coming…woops! Gave too much away! ^_^ but, no, seriously, I'm not too good with all the spells and curses and the like, so any advice, spellings, uses, etc would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Warnings: None. At least, I don't think there're any.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I also don't own any other characters from the books. Those belong to J.K.R. and her wonderful imagination.
Now. On to the story.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco burst into the Gryffindor Common Room laughing. The laughter stopped immediately when they saw what was awaiting them. Well…one of them.
"HARRY!"
Lavender.
Hermione paled and Ron scowled.
"Oh joy of all joys," Ron muttered, "Just what we need."
Harry took his arm off Hermione's shoulder and straightened.
"Where have you been?! I've been looking all over for you! I was so worried! Where…WERE YOU WITH HER?!" Lavender shrilled, pointing at Hermione, "I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND YOU HARDLY SPEND ANY TIME WITH ME ANYMORE! AND YOU!" she screamed, turning to Hermione, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO STEAL HARRY FROM ME!?"
Lavender cut off here, breathing heavily. Harry took this as a sign to cut in.
"Lavender, easy! We were out at the lake, me, Ron, Hermione and Draco. We had some issues to resolve. No one's stealing anything from you. Calm down…"
"Yes, Lavender. Calm yourself before you ruin your complexion. We wouldn't want that now would we?"
Draco Malfoy is god. Ron doubled over with laughter and Hermione giggled. Again. Even Harry had to work to keep a straight face.
Lavender looked furious. "YOU BROUGHT THAT INTO OUR COMMON ROOM?!"
"I resent that. Now. Stop screaming and calm down. You're hurting my ears. Or is that the point?"
Lavender was no longer lavender. She was a tomato. Maybe a firecracker would be a better description.
"OOOOOHHH!!! HARRY!! WHY AREN'T YOU DEFENDING ME?! HE'S INSULTING ME AND…AND…AND…STOP LAUGHING!"
"Sorry Lavender, but he DOES have a point. You are yelling rather loudly." Lavender made a move as if to smack him, but Harry dodged backward. "Draco, just, DRACO! STOP LAUGHING! And don't say another word. I'll handle this."
"Oh yes. You'll HANDLE it." Ron grinned. Draco made gagging noises. Hermione giggled.
Lavender puffed up and looked to start on another tirade.
"NO! Look, Lavender, let's go somewhere and discuss this, okay? ALONE, you three." He grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the Common Room.
Ron, Hermione, and Draco looked at each other and started laughing again.
"So. This is the Gryffindor Common Room. A bit too…BRIGHT for my tastes, but it's homey. Certainly warmer than the Slytherin one. Hey Weasley, I challenge you to wizards chess!"
Ron grinned and Hermione groaned.
"If you two are going to posture with that game, I'M going to get my books and study."
"Yeah, yeah, come on Malfoy, I'll put you in your place!"
"BRING IT ON!"
Harry had dealt with girls before, after all, he'd had a short lived relationship (if you could call it that) with Cho, and of course Hermione was always around, but never had he experienced the likes of Natural Disaster Lavender.
"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO ME! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO GALLIVANTING AROUND WITH OTHER GIRLS, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE CHEATING ON ME! I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BUY ME STUFF AND TAKE ME PLACES! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RUN OUT ON ME! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT HARRY? YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE!" With that, Lavender burst out in tears.
Harry looked, well…he looked scared. After all, it's quite a shock to be yelled at one second and then have a crying girl in front of you the next. It's a switch that no male has learned to deal with effectively.
"Lavender, don't cry. Come on, it's not THAT bad. I'm sorry I haven't been spending a lot of time with you, but, Hermione went through something terrible and she needed all the friends she could get! I promise I'll spend more time with you. And I still like you a lot. Don't cry! Please!" This seemed to do the trick as Lavender sniffed and wiped at her eyes.
"So what were you REALLY doing with Hermione? And tell me the truth! Are you cheating on me?!"
Harry sighed.
"NO. I'm NOT CHEATING ON YOU. I was out by the lake with Hermione, Ron and Draco. We had some things to talk about. That's ALL we did. We talked and then we hugged. All FOUR of us. I wouldn't cheat on you."
Lavender still looked skeptical but nodded and grabbed his hand.
"Let's go back to the Common Room. It's late and I need to get my beauty rest."
With that said, Lavender dragged Harry back to the Common Room where Draco and Ron were engaged in a VICIOUS game of Wizard's Chess, and from the look on Ron's face, he wasn't doing too well. Hermione was, as usually, studying. All three looked up when Lavender dragged Harry into the room.
"I'm going to get some sleep. I'll see you tomorrow morning okay, Harry?"
He nodded and without warning she kissed him and ran up the stairs. When Harry turned around, Hermione's face was behind a book, but Ron and Draco were both scowling at him.
"What?" Harry asked, "Do I have lipstick on my face? What is it?"
Ron and Draco looked at each other and went back to their game. Hermione was unresponsive and Harry sighed again.
"Fine. Yeesh. Back to the way things were. I'm going to bed. I'll see you all in the morning. Don't stay up to late."
With that Harry marched up the stairs to his room.
He didn't notice Ron and Draco scowl and throw scathing glances his way.
He didn't notice Hermione crying behind her book.
A/N: Short I know. There'll be a longer one next time. And this is my first attempt at writing any sort of extended light-hearted scene. I'm better at the angst, I know. Keep up the reviews and I'll keep up the writing! But the chapters will be slowing down though, cause I have school. My birthday's also coming up so I have to plan for that. It's on May 5th if anyone cares. CINCO DE MAYO! WOOT!