Disclaimer: Nope, not mine. JK owns it.
A/N: My take on the "My Two Boys" Challenge, by ZerothChild. You can find it here: http://talk.portkey.org/index.php?showtopic=26727 . Hope you will enjoy it, I feel I need to warn you that romance won't be the main focus here, but friendship will be.
Thanks to my beta Gingercat!
My Two Boys
Chapter Two: Girl Friends
I don't exactly know how, but the fact Ron and Harry seemed to only hang out with each other unconsciously pushed me toward the other Gryffindor girls. Or at least, I think that's what happened.
Otherwise, I don't have a bloody idea why I would be interested in Parvati and Lavender's activities, when I usually labelled them as "useless girlish attitude". Fact is that I, Hermione Granger, cleverest witch of my age, bookworm, and all those things, am currently sitting on the floor of the girls dorm, taking turns with the two afore mentioned girls, applying make up and working on straightening my hair.
"We will knock the boys off their feet" Parvati winks at me, coming closer with a bottle of Sleekeazy in her hands.
I giggle, something completely uncharacteristic for me, but it feels good. Maybe at sixteen years old I'm finally discovering that girlie side of me that my mother kept trying to make me see when I'm home for the holidays.
She keeps telling me I should change my dress style, that I'm not twelve anymore and boys should be made aware of that, and that it wouldn't make me less intelligent, just uncover a side of me that nobody has been able to see yet, but she knows it's there.
I guess she might be right, because I've never had so much fun staying up late at night, dressing up, and having Lavender do my nails, while Parvati works on my hair. We will take turns of course, so I'll do the same for them later, but…well, they will need to tell me how first, because I'm not really good at these kind of things.
It's time for me to learn that too.
We finally get to bed at one a.m., completely knackered, but I swear I've never laughed so much. As I finally drift off to sleep, a contented smile graces my lips, and I can't wait to hang out with them again tomorrow.
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Again, Harry and Ron seem to be in a world of their own, but while it still hurts, I entertain myself in some "girl talk" with Ginny, Parvati, Lavender and other fifth year girl friends of Ginny.
I find out that Harry is not the only one the girls dream about, and I almost gasp in shock when I hear that Ron has been the male star of the wet dreams of many of those fifth years.
"Hey! It's my brother you lot are talking about" Ginny reprimands them, but a smile on her lips shows she isn't really angry.
"What about you, Hermione? Hanging out with them so much, you must know all about them. Who is the one who gets your knickers in a twist?" Lavender asks, and I feel myself blush. Surely I can't tell them…
Oh, bollocks, they are all being honest, I better be too.
With a sigh, I smile weakly at them. "Harry" I whisper, not looking up from my plate.
Squeals surround me and I feel the center of attention. So this is how Harry feels when everyone is staring at him then.
Soon, breakfast is over and we all go to attend our classes, with a promise to talk more later. As we enter the Transfiguration classroom, Harry and Ron are sitting together, and I shrug. Spotting a vacant seat near Susan, I sit there, giving the Hufflepuff a warm smile.
"You look good today, Hermione" she compliments me.
"Oh" I blush. "Well, last night Lavender and Parvati included me in one of their make-up sessions and such" I stammer, and the girl gives me a warm smile.
"Those two certainly know about these kind of things" she comments.
Professor McGonagall comes into the room so we have to stop talking, but I nod at her in appreciation.
Feels good to have girl friends. At least, now I'll have someone to talk with about things I surely can't share with the boys.
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After Transfiguration, we had Charms and double Potions. Only in this last class I ended sitting near Harry, as Ron didn't get his O.W.L. in the subject. Well, not a good enough one to be accepted by Snape in his N.E.W.T. class, anyway.
I itch to ask him what he and Ron have been talking about lately, but that would be hypocritical of me, considering I just realized today that there are things you can't talk about with friends of the opposite gender.
Don't misunderstand me, having Ron and Harry as best friends is wonderful, although maybe a bit less these last days, but I start longing for a female best friend. Who knows, maybe with time Parvati and Lavender and I will be that close. Or Ginny. I'm quite close to Ron's sister, considering we share a room at the Burrow and at Grimmauld during the summers, but I've never truly considered her my best female friend.
Maybe because I don't feel comfortable sharing things that go on with Harry, and Ron too, with her, or maybe because I've never felt the need for a best female friend before.
Now I do though, and strangely it's a good feeling. I almost feel like I've discovered a whole new world, and I can't wait to explore it.
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That night, Parvati and Lavender convinced me to work a bit on my wardrobe, to try and catch Harry's attention. Or maybe one of the other guys at the school.
"It's time you start dating, Hermione" Lavender patronized me. Till now, having a boyfriend has never been a priority, but at sixteen years old, maybe she is right. The closest thing I've ever had to that was at the Ball with Viktor two years ago, while some of the girls…well, I've heard rumours of some of the girls having already done it. Not that I want to, of course, I'm still too young for that, but a boyfriend wouldn't be bad.
So, we work all night shortening my skirts just the tiniest bit, tightening my shirts the smallest to not make my attire too sluttish, but making it more apt to show my developing curves.
"You have a very nice body under those robes, Hermione. Let us help you change how the males of Hogwarts see you" Parvati said with a giggle, I had to laugh too.
Yes, having girl friends feels really good.
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