Pool Party

The beats escaping from the stereo were low and continuous. The sun was down and the time was about 9:00 now. Lavender, Ginny, Hermione and Parvati had their backs turned to the crowd surrounding them. Harry and Ron looked at each other suspiciously, although they both had an excited glint in their eyes.

"What do you think they're going to sing?" Ron asked.

"I dunno but whatever it is, I hope it's good." Harry said with a small evil grin.

Parvati: Where's all mah soul sistas. Lemme hear ya'll flow sistas

Lavender: Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista. Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista.

With those two bridges sung, all four of them turned around, Ginny looking at Harry, Hermione looking at Ron, Parvati looking at Dean and Lavender looking at Seamus. All four of the girls wore their pareo's over their swimsuits. Lavender had a lilac one and Parvati had a silver one. They all wore black sunglasses on top of their heads, and wore their hair up so it would not get in the way. Before they started to sing, Fred conjured up two more microphones for Lavender and Parvati.

"I think I'm liking this already," Seamus said, grinning.

"Yeah, and to think they haven't even gotten to the best part yet," Katie said.

"What's that?" Dean asked with a drip of curiosity.

"Oh you'll see soon enough," Alicia smirked.

"How come they told you but not us?" Ron demanded. Angelina shushed him and made him turn back around.

Lavender: . . . She said, "Hello, hey Jo, you wanna give it a go?" Oh! Uh huh

All: Giuchie, giuchie, ya ya dada (hey, hey, hey), giuchie, giuchie ya ya here (here), Mocha chocalata ya ya (oh yea), Creo lady Marmalade

Parvati: What what, what what

Lavender: Ooh, oh

All: Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir? Voulez vous coucher avec moi?

"I wonder what that means," Harry asked himself.

"Well, it's French that's for sure," Ron said. All eyes turned toward him, looking stunned.

"How do you know it's French? I thought you never studied," Seamus said.

"I don't, you guys know that. It's just what I get for being around Hermione too long," Ron said matter-of-factly.

"So, do you think you could put some of the words together?" Harry asked. Ron nodded.

"Probably. I know that 'avec moi' means 'with me' and 'ce soir' means 'tonight', but I don't know what the other words mean," Ron said.

"Well try, I want to know what they're saying," Dean demanded.

"I'll try,"

Parvati: . . . He come through with the money and the garter bags, I let him know 'bout that cake straight up the gate, uh, we independent women, some mistake us for whores, I'm sayin', why spend mine when I can spend yours. Disagree? Well that's you and I'm sorry. Imma keep playing these cats out like Atari. Wear ideal shoes getting love from the dudes, four bad ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge,

Lavender: Hey sistas, soul sistas, betta get that dough sistas

Parvati: We drink wine with diamonds in the glass by the case the meaning of expensive taste, if you wanna giuchie giuchie, ya ya, Mocha Chocalate- a what? Real Lady Marmalade. One more time come on now.

Ginny and Hermione: Marmalade . . . Lady Marmalade . . . Marmalade . . . Ooh oh

Hermione: Hey, hey, hey! Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, color of café au lait, alright. Made the savage beast inside roar until he cried, more-more-more!

Ginny: Now he's back home doin' 9 to 5

Lavender: Sleepin' the grey flannel life

Hermione: But when he turns off to sleep memories creep, more-more-more!

"I've just figured out what that phrase means! 'Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir' means 'Do you wanna sleep with me, tonight?' I got it, I got it! I actually . . . whoa." Ron stopped and stared at nothing, in a daze.

"'Do you wanna sleep with me, tonight?' Wow, kinky," Seamus laughed.

Hermione: ...Oh leaeaa Oh

Ginny: Laaady Marmalade

Parvati: Hey, hey! Uh uh uh uh uh..

Lavender: Oh oh oooo

Parvati: Rot wailer baby

Ginny: baby..

Parvati: Moulin Rouge

Hermione: Moulin Rouge

Ginny: Misdemeanor here

All: Creole Lady Marmalade, oh ooooooo yes-ah...

The song ended and the whole backyard busted out with applause, whistling and cheering. The four ladies bowed and gave the microphones back to Fred. Hermione and Ginny sat down in front of Ron and Harry, feet in pool and Lavender and Parvati did the same with Seamus and Dean.

"Did you figure out what 'voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir' means yet, Ron?" Hermione asked with a twinkle of glee in her eye. Ron blushed, the tips of his ears going red once again, and nodded. Everyone laughed. Harry looked over at Hermione and Ron. Hermione had taken off her pareo and had gotten in the pool. She was in Ron's arms, him holding her close, her smiling happily. Harry grinned. He was so happy they had gotten together last year. It was about time, too! He had been dropping major hints to both of them about one another. Hermione told him she liked Ron while Ron told him he liked Hermione, and neither of them were brave enough to confront one another. But all of that changed when him and Ginny started dating. But . . . that's another story.

"Did you take my advice about Parvati, Hermione?" Harry asked, breaking out of his revere.

"Oh yes, thank you so much, Harry. It worked very well. I told her how I felt and she agreed not to tease me anymore and I agreed not to get out of control like I did, just in case she does it accidentally,"

"That's good and I'm glad everything worked out the way it did," Ginny said. Hermione nodded, some of her sugar brown hair falling out of its ponytail.

"So, how come you didn't want us to know what you were going to sing?" Ron asked. Ginny and Hermione rolled their eyes in unison.

"You prat, we wanted it to be a surprise. Wouldn't you have done the same thing?" Ginny said, crossing her arms. Ron glared at his baby sister. Ginny tried hard to make her giggles and grins discreet but it failed. Hermione laughed at the scene.

"Oh yeah? Well, we'll show you. Now it's our turn to show you what we've got. Come on, Harry. Dean! Seamus! Come over here!" Ron shouted across the pool to them. Dean and Seamus turned and followed Ron and Harry out of the pool, Harry shrugging at Hermione, Parvati, Ginny, and Lavender. The four boys made their way over to Fred and George and the six of them stood together in a huddled circle. Lavender and Parvati swam over to Hermione and Ginny.

"What do you think they could be planning?" Lavender asked.

"I think they want to try and get even with us," Ginny stated.

"If that's what they're doing, I think it's a little childish," Hermione said folding her arms across her chest.

"Now hang on, Hermione. It might be childish to you, but let's see what they have up their sleeve. This might turn out to be wild after all," Parvati said, the four of them smirking.