Hermy's Bet

Parvati and Lavender sat in the Gryffindor common room, completely bored out of their minds. There had got to be something to do on a Saturday night, and this was supposed to be a sleepover! Parvati nudged her head over in Hermione's direction; she was sitting on a velvet red couch reading a book as per usual. She looked so pathetic and nerdy. I mean really, it was the weekend after exams and everyone should be partying, even the bookworms. The boys in the house certainly were. They were having a guy's night out in Hogsmeade, and the girls were left to have a slumber party in the common room. But alas, Hermione was reading! Parvati and Lavender were Hermione's friends; they couldn't let her go on like this!

Parvati yelled across the room from her comfy spot beside the fire. "Hey Hermy! Want to play a little Truth or Dare?"

Hermione took a few moments to acknowledge someone was speaking to her and pry her eyes from her precious book. "Nah. I'm not into that kind of thing, really."

Parvati could have spat back "Ugh, Hermione! You're such a prude!!!" and go back to being insanely bored, but she was determined to turn Hermione into a normal fifteen-year-old-girl. "Pleeeeease Hermy?"

Hermione groaned. "Parvati... I'd rather just sit here and read. There's a great story about- "

"Hermione!!!" Parvati shrieked in the way only Parvati could. It wasn't out of the ordinary; it was just Parvati's way of getting people's attention. "Just play the damn game. I don't see why you always have to be so damn stiff. Ugh."

"Fine..." Hermione reluctantly agreed. "And I'm not stiff."

"We'll see about that..." Parvati said quietly, although no one heard her but Lavender. Parvati shouted to the other girls in the common room to come play. "Hey Lavender, we're playing truth or dare on the big couch in the back, you coming?"

When all the girls who mattered had made their way to

a couple big couches by the girls' staircase, there were ten: Parvati, Lavender, Hermione, Ginny, Alicia, Katie, Angelina, and they managed to sneak in some girl's from the other houses as well; Hannah and Susan, from Hufflepuff, and Parvati's sister Padma, from Ravenclaw. Oh yeah, and Colin, who recently had gotten a sex change. Err... Just kidding.

"Do we have to play Truth or Dare? That game is so overused. Let's play something better. How about like, um, Seven Minutes of Heaven?" the perky blonde Hufflepuff said.

"Um, no Hannah. If you haven't noticed, there are like, no guys here, unless you wanna do that with girls, and um... That's just plain nasty." Parvati replied.

"Fine." Hannah turned pink and Susan giggled. I think there's something going on with those two...

At least Padma had a good idea that didn't require them to make out with each other. "Hannah was right - for the first part - Truth or Dare is overused. Let's play 'I Never'. That game is wicked awesome!" The other girls replied with some 'sure whatever's.

Parvati decided they'd start with Alicia, because they were apparently starting with alphabetical order, but it was really just because Alicia was... well... for lack of a better word, a bit of a whore. There wasn't much she hasn't done, if you know what I mean, and Parvati wondered what in the world she would say.

"I have never... Had a three... Err... that doesn't work..." Ginny looked like she was going to barf. Alicia's threesome had been with her two older brothers, and she had kind of walked in on them during it, which was extremely awkward. Ginny quickly exited the room so she didn't have to recall any more memories of her brothers doing it.

"I've never really hated Draco - I mean, Malfoy - As much as I'm supposed to."

"Malfoy?? Can you believe her??" Katie Bell gasped in astonishment. Meanwhile, the others were looking around guiltily, avoiding answering Katie. And Susan was still giggling. Stupid gay-ass Susan.

"No... Katie... We can't believe her... Next is... Uhh... Angelina."

"I've never... cheated on a guy."

And they kept going around the circle. Stupid Susan said "I never pick my nose and eat it". Like, ew, who really wants to know about that?

And then finally, it was Hermione's turn.

"I have never-"

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To be continued...