The Consequences of Boredom

By GCandTKandFF.Nobsession

Hey sorry for the wait, and here is the final chapter to the consequences of boredom. There shall be a sequel, which I think will be called Night Howlers. Hope you have enjoyed this fic! Please tell me via review; it's the last chapter to be reviewed! I will try and make this chapter as long as I can; it is my longest to date! Hehe yay! You should be thankful! Tell me what you think about this by reviewing (HINT!) lol.

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Now on with the story,

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Harry looked around the common room, ignoring the stares from fellow Gryffindors who were still getting over their fact that he was: a) gay, b) Going out with Draco Malfoy, c) taken. None of these matters were helped at that moment for Harry was sitting across Draco's lap on an armchair, his legs over the left arm with his head resting on Draco's right shoulder. They were discussing their options of bedrooms. They knew that neither would agree to be seen in a Slytherin/Gryffindor dorm room every night, although they had so far switched each night. The teachers were a problem at first, but many turned a blind eye when they caught one in the common room of a separate house after curfew.

On the second night of school, when they had decided to stay in the Gryffindor dorm room, Professor McGonagall had come up to the common room to tell them to go to bed since it was almost one in the morning and every one was still up and making a din. She also said that no one was to leave the common room until morning. This surprised many people, since she had walked in when Harry was straddling Draco's lap and was kissing him with more passion then some could sum up in their life.

Something that many people had not realised or picked up on was that they were Anamchara, in other words, you say some thing to one, the other knows of it, you makes one feel strongly in some way, the other will know, and finally, they are very protective, especially the 'dominant' of the couple, which turned out to be Draco in this instance. There had been an incident in the Slytherin common room on the first night when a second year boy tried to pull a prank on Harry, but Draco had noticed. Let's just say that Poppy had her first patient that night. Snape did however turn a blind eye, not wanting to anger Draco further and knowing that he had no control over how he reacted when he found someone trying to harm his Harry.

Flitwick also had a situation much like this, but it was during class time. Harry overheard Terry Boot muttering some thing about Draco, Snape and 'private lessons' in the dungeon the year before. It was soon followed by snickering and continued muttering from those he was speaking to. Harry turned in a flash to look at those insulting and insinuating such vile things about Draco and a teacher, not bothering to grab his wand, he reached for Terry's throat, knocking multiple chairs and tables over in the process. This caught Terry off guard and the larger boy was swiftly pinned to the stone floor, his head meeting it with a sickening crack. As Harry pulled his hand back to begin his first blow, Flitwick was next to him, with a string of charms already leaving his mouth. Harry was lifted to the air and forced to let go of Terry, while the Ravenclaw was charmed to the floor, unable to move or stand. Flitwick sent Terry to the hospital wing with another Ravenclaw. Harry was lowered to the ground once the injured left the room, and was greeted by Draco who first clouted him then began checking if he was alright, second by his teacher who asked him to meet him after class in the sternest voice he could.

Class had resumed as normal after that and once the bell went, Harry and Draco waited in the room, until every one else left, Hermione and Ron saying they would meet them in the Great Hall later on. Professor Flitwick looked disapprovingly at Draco for a second but said nothing about his presence. He just said sternly but with a hint of kindness that could almost always be found in the friendly man, "If you ever get the urge to do that again, try not to do any thing, just walk out of the room and leave it to me. Okay boys?" Both nodded, knowing he was talking to both of them and was fully serious.

There hadn't been many other incidents quite as bad as this, the word of what they could do if the other was insulted, even in the slightest spread like wildfire, which suited them just fine. Many students who were muggle born and/or had never seen the strength or effects of the bonded accused the teachers of favouritism, but all the while there were people who stood by them, such as Ron, Hermione and Blaise who had been very supportive and had helped control them if any thing did happen, or just distracted them. The five of them were in the Gryffindor Common room, Blaise creating quite a bit of commotion at first but with five death stares, all coming from seniors, no one had any thing to say on the matter. They had been talking about various things, but the conversation usually turned back to the predicament fairly quickly.

"Why can't we just…"

"No Draco, we are not staying only in the Slytherin Dorm room."

"What if we…"

"Dray we can't keep swapping from room to room, it's too much work, especially when we have to get our books and we forget one, usually being Potions."

"Fine."

As Harry and Draco continued their banter back and forth with the occasional input from Blaise and Ron, Hermione suddenly jumped up. She looked off into the distance, as if in a trance, a look that Harry and Ron had grown accustomed with and knew straight away what it meant and as if on cue, Hermione muttered some thing about having to check something and how could she have been so stupid to have missed some thing like that. The four left behind watched her leave, Ron with a look of shock, confusion and mild disappointment.

Ron then turned his gaze to Harry and Draco, "Yep, we're definitely back at school." Harry burst out laughing and Draco looked between the two confused, "You know she has probably realised a way you can get a room? But the problem is, if she takes as long as she usually does and as time consuming as usual, I'm not going to see or talk…"

"Or touch," Harry interrupted that was what annoyed him the most, the comment causing Ron to blush one of the strongest Weasley blushes Harry had seen in a long time, which said a lot since Ginny had only recently gotten over her crush and he had stayed with them quite frequently.

Ron just grinned after a moment, glad that his friend understood him enough to know that bit and knew how to tease him without going too far, "And touch her for a while. Gyeahhh." Ron said before standing up and walking to the stairs and up to bed. Harry shook his head before resting it back on Draco's shoulder.

"I'm gonna get going, I unlike Herm, do not have privileges of a head student, and so can't stay out after curfew and it's getting quite close. Anything you want me to say to Pansy? I'm writing a letter to her bout how school is going so far, I can't believe she came on the train just to see the school's response to your relationship." Harry and Draco just laughed. It was true, the day after they arrived at Hogwarts; Pansy went home to Percy, all the while cackling about the night before.

"Just tell her hey from us and that we will most likely end up getting a room of our own." Draco said as Blaise began to get going. He nodded and left the room. Harry continued resting his head on Draco's shoulder, he rose his right arm up and began playing with Draco's hair. After half and hour of silence between the two, Hermione re-entered the room, smiling triumphantly. Harry was asleep by this time and so was oblivious to this but Draco saw her and waved to her as she wandered over. She glanced down at Harry and noticed he was asleep, which made her smile falter for a second as she resisted the temptation to coo. When she reached Draco she handed him a book, which was very familiar to Harry and Ron but not quite so much to Draco.

Looking to Hermione, Draco asked softly, "I'm guessing you run off to the library often?" Hermione chuckled and shrugged. She pointed to the title, "Hogwarts: A History… Herm how is this going to help us?" she smiled mysteriously and opened the book to a page she had book marked with a piece of parchment. She then pointed to a paragraph in the middle of the left page and with that nodded to him once and walked off unnoticed by anyone up the left set of stairs. Looking down to the book, Draco began to read, trusting that she had found something that might help. He read mouthing the words subconsciously:

'There are come circumstance in which students of Hogwarts can have a dorm room other then that of their house and year. It is not frequently done, however when the time calls for it, the headmaster can arrange for the student(s) to sleep elsewhere. Those with the blood of a magical creature and have their inheritance, such as a Veela, may dorm elsewhere, along with their mate, should they find them during their school years. There are also those with bonds of a different kind, such as those who are fortunate enough to have an Anamchara, or better known as a soul mate, can also apply for a shared room, if their bond is too strong to stay apart and are of separate house and/or years."

As much as Draco found it interesting, he was too excited by what he just found to continue reading. He prodded Harry in the ribs, who jerked and almost fell off his lap, but was caught by Draco before it was too late. He glared at Draco, "Why did you wake me? You could have just carried me up!" Harry said before noticing the book sitting on his lap. A split second later he recognised the book and then Draco's look of excitement and happiness. "What has Hermione found out?" Harry said waking up a bit more and looking to Draco intently.

"We've found a way we can have our own room!" Draco said excitedly but quietly, stating what Harry had already guessed. Draco had spoken quietly, trying not to attract too much attention; however his attempts were in vain when Harry whooped loudly, gaining much attention. He then leant down and kissed Draco passionately, not caring about the wolf whistles and yells of "get a room." This only made them smile when they eventually separated.

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The next day, during lunch time, Harry and Draco finished early so they could go see McGonagall before she had class again. The look on her face when their answer to her question of "What can I do for you?" was absolutely priceless. Draco said to her in his most polite voice, "We were wondering, Professor, if you could arrange a meeting between myself, Mr Potter and Headmaster Dumbledore, in accordance to our dorm room." She had been quite shocked, as both of the boys were known to just barge into the headmasters office, either guessing the password or by chance of a teacher entering or leaving. Once she got over her shock she assured them she would see what she could do and sent them on their way.

From her office, they headed down to the kitchens and picked up some snacks and a blanket. They then headed outside, as neither had classes for the remainder of the day. Once they chose a nice place under a tree by the lake, Harry laid the blanket out on the grassy embankment as Draco placed the basket of goodies on the ground as he sat on the blanket, just as Harry had it lying more or less flat. He then also sat with his back to Draco, before laying and resting his head on Draco's lap. They spoke little, but preferred just being in each others company and having the little privacy they had at that moment while most students were in class or otherwise occupied. They munched on some of the food as time went on.

After almost an hour and a half, and most of the food consumed, the two were now lying next to each other, drifting in and out of each others consciousnesses watching the sky, the clouds, listening to the wind, rustling of the leaves in the tree above them, both completely relaxed, when they were both distracted and focused on a streak of gold and red flowing through the sky. Both recognised it almost immediately knowing that it was good old Dumbles phoenix, Fawkes. A piece of parchment flew through the air, against the wind, and spiralling towards them. Draco reached up and picked it out of the air, and after flattening it out he began to read the loopy writing of which was their beloved (aka crazy) headmaster.

"Dear Mr Malfoy and Mr Potter,

Please meet me in my office at three thirty this afternoon, as I know you do not have any lessons for the remainder of the day. I am please you decided to make an appointment, is this sign of maturity, or just an attempt to soften me up?

Yours

A. Dumbledore"

Harry looked to Draco who was packing up the basket and grinned childishly. "We're getting our own room." Draco looked up and looked to the sparkling green he loved so much, laughing softly as he stood up. He picked up a corner of the blanket, shook it and laid it across his right arm, the basket in his right hand, with his left hand he reached out for Harry who grasped is tightly in his own. They turned and headed up the rolling hills of the grounds that filled much of their memories, and they realised at that moment, this was their last year at their home.

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They headed inside, Draco hoping that he didn't get burnt from all that time in the sun and Harry getting more nervous about the meeting they still had an hour to wait for. They returned the basket and such to the kitchens; they didn't need to, but decided it took up some amount of time, which was in their favour. They then headed to the Slytherin Common room to figure out what to do for another hour. Inside the room Harry once thought was gloomy and dark they headed towards the plain black couches in front of the fire. "What do you feel like doing for the next hour until we have to go?" Draco said plopping down in the centre of the three-seater.

Harry looked down to him for a second thinking before he too sat down, he sat to Draco's right, close to the arm of the chair. He slipped off his shoes and sat cross-legged facing Draco, who then turned away from Harry and laid back and rested his head on Harry's lap with his feet on the opposite arm. Harry smiled down to him and ran his fingers through his hair. "Hmmm, we could go and study with Hermione in the library…" Harry said with a straight face. Their eyes connected, both with looks of seriousness. They held this for one minute… two minutes… Draco's eyebrow twitched… three minutes… Harry's lips quivered... four minutes… five minutes… Harry chuckled… after that neither could hold it in.

They didn't mean to be mean or anything, but the seriousness of how Harry said it combined with the unlikeliness of them going to study so early in the year when both had already finished their homework, was just too much for either of them and so they continued laughing for a few minutes until Draco sobered up enough from the laughing fit to ask as evenly as he could, "No… seriously… what… what do you want… to do?"

Harry calmed a little and stroked Draco's hair, "I don't know… what do you want to do?"

Draco shrugged and looked up to Harry, "I don't know… what do you want to do?"

Harry groaned "I don't know…"

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"I can't believe we are here…" Draco said looking around the library.

"Why are we here? Whose idea was it?" Harry said scanning for Hermione.

"Yours." Draco said spotting her weaving through the ancient shelves in search of a particular book.

Harry grumbled and followed after the Slytherin. Hermione looked up to the shocked. "What are you two doing here?" She said as she picked seemingly random books off the shelves.

Harry and Draco looked to each other and said simultaneously, "We are here to study," Their faces where completely serious, as were their voices as they said is. They looked at her as she stared back. Her mouth open, eyes wide, head cocked to the side. After half a minute of Harry and Draco looking at her, unsure of what she was going to do she suddenly started to laugh, quietly of course because of their location, but laughing none the less.

Harry and Draco smiled sheepishly as Hermione forced herself to calm down. "Let me guess, you are bored, and waiting for a reply or the meeting with Dumbledore?" Both boys blushed, confirming her guess. She just smiled and worked her way to the back of the library towards a desk that she had commandeered as her own on her second day in first year. Not many people would sit there, purely for their respect for her, there were a few times when someone would somehow get there before her, but in those circumstances she would sit elsewhere until it was vacant once more.

The area had a table already laden with multiple books, three wooden chairs cushioned with red velvet. A window was situated just above the table which was in a corner, illuminating the area in a golden glow, enriching the wood grain of the chairs and table, while also lighting the area during the day, making it one of the few places in the library where a lamp is not needed in the afternoon. Hermione sat in the chair right in the corner, sliding the pile of books onto the table, which in turn pushed the ones already spread over it towards the opposite side. Draco sat in the chair so he faced the window side of the library, and once settled soon found Harry sitting on him once more. "Umm, Harry you do realise that there is another chair just there?" Draco said, even though he soon wrapped his arms around Harry's waist anyway.

Harry just smiled sheepishly and placed his hands over Draco's, he then turned to Hermione and asked glancing at the books over the table, "So, what exactly are you doing here now Herm?" she just looked up and smirked, which then made Draco raise his eyebrow and mutter in Harry's ear, "You know what, I think she's been around me too much…"

This made Harry burst out laughing once more, causing many people in the library to shush him and receive a disapproving glare from Madam Pince. Harry smiled and coughed, forcing himself to stop laughing; he then turned back to Hermione and tried to regain his self-control. She just shook her head and said softly, "Nothing much really, just researching how I could get guys into the girls' dorms because I've had enough of the girls coming and complaining to me about the fact that they have to go and sneak into their dorms and get caught there by teachers or other students." Harry smiled and Draco shook his head, biting his tongue. "Draco… what dirty thought is now in your mind?" Harry asked poking Draco's shoulder.

Draco smiled and said, "That's one problem we'll never have to worry bout. And a few girls I know." Harry snorted and turned to face Draco, he clouted him up the backside of his head before turning back to Hermione as if nothing was different. She just looked at them and smiled shaking her head before reaching for a book and flipping through the pages once more. Harry and Draco looked to each other and shrugged; Harry reached for a book and also began skimming the books with Draco reading over his shoulder and taking notes, not allowing Harry to because of the illegibility of his writing.

They sat taking notes on anything that they thought might be helpful, murmuring between them about thoughts and ideas of how it could be done. Harry read a passage to Draco out of the book who copied it down swiftly in his small neat writing, once he finished the part they thought would be helpful Harry glanced at the window and realised that the sun had moved quite a bit since they came in, glancing at Draco's watch he saw that they were twenty minutes late for their meeting with Dumbledore. "SHIT! We have to go!"

Draco glanced at his watch too and swore under his breath, "Sorry Herm, we have to go, here's the info we collected, hope it helps… bye!" with that said he passed the papers he'd made notes on to the surprised girl and stood a second after Harry and picked up his bag. They then swiftly walked out of the library and once out the door broke out into a run. Harry half tripped up some of the stairs, missing one of the new trick steps which had turned up recently, around the same time the Weasley twins came to visit the school. He reached out and Draco, feeling through their link Harry's predicament, reached out behind him and grasped Harry's hand while still running up the stairs, half dragging Harry the rest of the way up. They continued to run through the halls hand in hand, earning some disapproving glances from teachers moving through the school between classes. They also had to dodge through many students and it was only as they reached the Gargoyle did Harry realise they could have just teleported there, at this realisation he burst out laughing, earning him a queer look from Draco. "We could have teleported Dray! We just ran all that way…" Draco's jaw dropped, he then returned the clout he had received earlier that day and tapped the statue with his wand and waited.

After a few seconds, the statue moved away and they made their way up the stairs, Harry stifling his laughter enough to finish regaining his breath from the run they just had. When they reached the top they found the door open and so walked in with their heads held high. Dumbledore was standing by Fawkes' perch, stroking the bird who was trilling happily. Harry and Draco said together, "Good afternoon Sir. We are sorry for being so tardy; we were in the library with Hermione." Dumbledore looked at them and smiled, the blasted twinkle as strong as ever.

"That is quite alright boys. Now, would you please have a seat and we can start to talk about this proposition of yours." Dumbledore said walking over to his table and taking a seat in his high backed chair and gesturing to the chairs which had not been there a few seconds before. Draco sat in the chair on the left, placing his bag at his foot and Harry soon followed suit, but he first moved his chair closer to Draco's before sitting. Dumbledore smiled at this and his eyes twinkled even more, annoying both boys, however they hid it, even as he offered them a lemon drop, which they both declined politely.

Leaning back in his chair Dumbledore gazes at the two students before him. "I have heard quite a bit from various teachers about your behaviours so far this year and while I am not pleased about this, I would much prefer it if you at least tried to keep it much more private and away from young eyes, and ears for that matter. Now I believe you have an idea to resolve this issue, am I correct in this assumption?" he said with his eyes shining with the twinkle which many students hated in such situations like this. Harry nodded and left the explaining to Draco.

Draco said nothing as he leant down and picked up his backpack and pulled a book out from within. Dropping his now empty bag to the floor, Draco flipped the book open at the bookmarked page and began speaking in a polite and persuasive voice. "As you know sir, Harry and I are Anamchara, or more commonly known as soul mates. This bond formed during the summer holidays and since then we have grown accustomed to each others presence at all times, especially as we sleep. Because of the bond's strength we are unable to keep away from each other for long and are so finding it difficult during classes and out of classes to perform as we need to, educationally and socially while keeping to the school rules, because of our house differences. We have come here today to ask to have our own private room."

Draco paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. During this break it appeared that Dumbledore was going to interrupt, but was stopped by Draco who had started to talk again. "Now we realise that much of the school populus would see this move as an act of favouritism on your part, we have found a way around the rule of dorm rooms being set to only same house, year and sex - with the help of Miss Granger of course. I hold here, 'Hogwarts: a History'. Within this book are all the rules of the school and such. On page two hundred and eleven, the following is said…" Draco then continued to say the passage found by Hermione the previous night. Once he finished quoting the book, he then passed it over to Dumbledore who glanced down to the text and smiled. Draco sat down and waited for a response or some form of recognition from the headmaster.

All the old man did however was nod and say to them in a plain voice, hiding all emotions, "Thank you for bringing this to my attention boys, I will see what I can do. You will know more by tomorrow, once I converse with other staff members. Thank you for arranging a meeting, rather then barging in, and good afternoon to you." Taking the hint, although still curious, Harry and Draco stood and left the office, Draco almost forgetting his bag, but picking it up and walking out the door, closing it behind him.

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"How did it go?" Hermione asked plopping down on Ron's lap in front of the fireplace in the Slytherin common room. Blaise shook his head, trying not to laugh at all the death glares their group seemed to be oblivious to. Harry looked across from the three-seater and shrugged. He and Draco were sitting as they had been before they went to the library earlier that day. "Harry, how is that an answer? You could surely elaborate more then just a shrug?" Harry just shook his head and continued to comb his fingers through Draco's hair, while Draco just hummed softly, feeling completely at peace.

"Dumbles didn't say anything; he just said that he'd let us know tomorrow. No emotion though, he just said it and bid us goodbye." Harry said simply. Hermione nodded and accepted the summarised telling of the meeting, although she didn't fully accept the behaviour of the Headmaster at the end of the meeting and not telling them of his thoughts, she still had a feeling that they were going to end up with a room of their own.

"Guys, I'm getting hungry, can we go to dinner yet?" Ron complained earning himself an elbow in the ribs from Hermione and a snigger from Blaise. Harry glanced at the clock above the mantel, 6:45, he was quite shocked that Ron had only just started complaining about being hungry; he usually was by 5, especially on a school night.

"Let's head down now; there shouldn't be too many people there by this time." Harry said nudging Draco to sit up, receiving only a groan and no co-operation. Blaise shook his head as he watch the two squabble silently. The boy stood up and followed Ron and Hermione towards the exit. Quickening his pace and catching up with them, he heard what they were discussing and their sniggering. They were betting on how long it would take for Harry to get Draco down to dinner. Ron said that they would probably need to take a trip down to the kitchens, while Hermione said they would probably come in while they were having dessert. Blaise smirked and said they would be seated and beginning to eat by the time they got there.

They all shook on it once out the door and out of sight of the two in question. The deal was the winner got to order the others around for the rest of the night. Harry and Draco were still inside the common room, in the middle of a tickle fight, some how positioned with Harry half off the couch and Draco tickling him while keeping Harry's hands from tickling him. Eventually Harry got a hold of both of Draco's hands, and was able to drag Draco onto the floor and then proceed to pull him to his feet and drag him out of the room and towards the Great Hall.

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Entering the great hall, Hermione groaned, Blaise smirked and Ron paled to a sickly white so light it would be visible even in the dark. Sitting at the Slytherin table was the happy couple, halfway through their meals, both vegetarian from Harry's insistence. They were talking between themselves quietly, trying to seem more normal in front of the school. The two were completely oblivious to their friends' bet and the consequences of Harry's hungriness and wish to get food before Ron nicks the best.

Ron and Hermione began to make their way to the Gryffindor table when Blaise grabbed them by the shoulders and led them towards his house table, the only thing stopping them from protesting being the bet. Forcing three forth years from their places across from Harry and Draco, Blaise pushed Ron and Hermione into two of the three now unoccupied spaces before sitting in the third and picking up a clean plate and beginning to serve up his food.

"Why did those forth years move for you with out any comments or argument?" Hermione asked as she too began to load up her plate.

"Simply because Draco, Pansy and I are the richest out of the students in Slytherin and our folks had once been some of the highest in Voldies ranks, and in this house that's all they think matters or at least did, but things stick, they don't really like change much. Draco was once the king of Slytherin, but since the war and now his relationship with Harry, he is not seen as being so grand. And since Pansy is not here anymore, Draco and I are now the equal leaders of the students in their minds. We don't choose it, but as you just saw, it has its advantages." Blaise said simply between mouthfuls.

"That is so… messed up… but I suppose it works…" Hermione said uncertainly. Ron just shrugged and let them be, too hungry to bother discussing the governing of the Slytherin house. Harry just smiled and looked around the room. Many of the teachers were missing from the staff table, only two left, Sinistra and Hagrid, Harry guessed the other teachers were attending the meeting about the room arrangement, although he didn't know what all the teachers would be needed for, possibly just their own heads of houses, but just tried to ignore it and attempted to be patient for the next day.

Draco finished his dinner and was waiting for the others to finish, not in the mood for dessert. After about a minute of talking about things other then the following day, his leg began to jiggle unconsciously, just a nervous twitch that he had developed recently. Harry noticed it after a minute and rested his hand on Draco's thigh, "Calm down Dray, there is no reason to be nervous, there in no way that he will say no." The warm touch did its work and Draco's leg stopped its bouncing, although he could tell that Harry was also nervous, and was just trying to keep him relaxed. Although the touch calmed him, there was no way he was relaxed.

Meanwhile, Blaise was trying to think up what he could do to the two left under his power for the night. Hermione was on his left while Ron was on his right and they were talking to each other in front of Blaise, not helping his attempts at thinking. Blaise smirked and said to Ron and Hermione, "Shut it you two." They looked like they were going to reply but stopped, remembering their bet. Hermione huffed and ate in silence, while Ron looked angry and continued stuffing his face.

"Uhh, Blaise, what is going on here? Since when does either of them listen to you?" Draco said, looking at the three before him. All three of them just shrugged in reply, not wanting to see the reactions of the two if they realised that they had been betting on them. Draco raised his eyebrow, but didn't push the subject. Draco then turned back to Harry and they talked about the classes they had been to so far that year, trying to keep from mentioning dormitories as much as they could.

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When dinner finished the five of them made their way back down to the Slytherin Common Room, Blaise had forced Ron and Hermione to go down so that he could use his winnings to the best of his advantage. Something he had forgotten about until Draco spoke the password was that that night was games night in the Slytherin house. Grinning, Blaise walked through into the room and began to plot how to handle it all.

Ron and Hermione had noticed the grin and began to worry, while Draco and Harry talked about anything they could about the past without hinting onto anything to do with dorm rooms, in an attempt to reduce and ignore their excitement and nervousness. Once they got onto the topic of the past week did they find it fairly difficult and instead looked to the other three sitting with them who hadn't really been speaking much. Blaise looked thoughtful and excited, while Ron and Hermione kept glancing at each other then at Blaise then to the fire and repeated this action. Draco was the first to get some clue as to what was happening, but he didn't really want to know why the visiting Gryffindors were still so nervous.

"So Blaise, how and why did you do it?" Draco asked sitting up slightly and looking at the dark boy.

Blaise looked up to Draco from the flames and cocked his head to the side, "What do you mean Draco?"

"You know what I mean Blaise." Draco said ignoring the looks from all three Gryffindors present at that moment; he even ignored Harry's curiosity through their link.

Blaise smiled and just said simply, "Oh you know, I thought that they would like to see the way that the 'dark' side lived for once, feel the culture difference. And it was simple enough, just needed the right kind of leverage." Draco could tell that Blaise had deliberately kept him and Harry from knowing what was happening, but not to let Hermione or Ron know either. Draco could tell it was going to be an interesting night.

Harry kept asking what they were talking about, but after seeing the smirk on Draco's face as he said, "You will see." scared the brunette enough to stop his pestering and instead turned to talk to his oldest friends, in an attempt to figure out why they would do what Blaise asked.

The night wore on and soon it was seven thirty and Hermione was starting to look uncomfortable and wanting to get back to the tower, not wanting to be stuck in the Slytherin Common room for the night, but the look on Blaise's face showed her that this was probably part of his plan for the night. She sat watching the clock hands tick on and at precisely eight o'clock she heard shuffling and then multiple feet running up the stairs from what she guessed to be the dorm rooms. A few seconds later, a few students came out into the room, one holding a box that reminded the girl of her muggle game, Twister but slightly bigger, another held several bottles of Butterbeer, the third student holding a cube about 10 cm wide. The three students turned and headed through a door that Harry had seen but hadn't been into.

Smirks were all that could be seen on older students faces as they followed their lead. In the room were several beanbags. scattered around the area big enough for easy movement for the three top years of Slytherins, plus guests. The ground was stone, as it was almost everywhere in the castle, but there was a thick black carpet rug in the centre of the room, covering much of the floor. The walls could not be seen as they were all covered by heavy velvet drapes of black, which seemed to shine green in certain lighting. Next to the door was a podium with a large book sitting on it, an ink pot and an impressive quill lay beside it. Harry could feel pulsating magic from the book and ink and could tell that by signing they were promising something. It was only when he figured that out that he realised that people would murmur to themselves. A seven year guy stood behind the podium, directing people what to do if they did not know, Harry knew he wouldn't have to talk to him because Draco would step him through it all anyway.

Hermione and Ron on the other hand had to be taken through the steps, all the while getting many queer looks. Once everyone had signed in and were settled in, either leaning on the walls, sitting on the floor or having scored a seat, one of the girls stood in the centre of the room and smiled broadly, her perfect white teeth shining. "Good evening my fellow Slytherins, and guests!" she said cheerfully, glancing at the few students who had come, of their own free will or other wise, before continuing on. "Now, most of you know the deal, but for those who do not, I'm going to go through the basics." Turning and pointing to the back of the room, she told them the different areas for different games. The back left corner was for spin the bottle, the middle right was for truth or dare and the area to the front was for twister, and as she spoke, the room seemed to expand, but no one moved or seemed to get any further apart. The areas left over around the room were for the times when you just want to sit around and chat, a bar would be set up, but no alcohol was able to be supplied for that night due to the supplier having left the school the year before; Harry had a hunch that the suppliers happened to be red heads… and twins… of whom he knew very well. (Not that they let him on in it), and so only normal and legal beverages were available.

Once all the rules had been gone through, people started to move towards the games they wanted to play, all looking very happy and excited, but it all seemed normal to them, they had done this multiple times previously. Blaise turned to Hermione and Ron and 'suggested' twister, and with grins, the three made their way to the twister game that was about to start, two of the grins nervous, one scarily knowing. Harry and Draco on the other hand went to the bar first and grabbed a glass of Fanta and began talking about what they should do first, neither wanting to play spin the bottle though. Seeing that Twister had already started up, they headed over to truth or dare and joined the circle. The girl who had done the announcement was having her go at that point in time, one of the guys in her year asking her truth or dare. She answered dare and so was dared to pash one of the guys near her, something she didn't want to do, since her girlfriend was sitting next to her, a piece of information given to Harry by Draco to help him understand why that caused the girl so much hassle.

The girl, Rikki, looked around at those in the circle, her eyes lingering on him and Draco for an instant before grinning. "Harry Potter, truth or dare?"

Harry's eyes widened, before he too grinned and said after conferring with Draco, "Truth." Not wanting to risk having any dares too risky, although they would later on once some of the people had gone to bed… whether alone or with someone was their business.

Slightly put off, Rikki still continued grinning and said in a very dirty voice, "How far have you and do you want to go with Draco?"

Harry was stumped for a second, completely flabbergasted, the others in the group looked at Rikki, then Harry, then Draco, just to start the cycle again. Draco said to Harry what he should say, he knew Rikki, he knew what she wanted, so he'd give it to her, and so much more. Harry just smiled seductively, and said in a voice much like she had used, "So far, kissing, touching, grinding and licking. But what I want, I want to go all the way. Get fucked. Nice. And. Hard." By the time Harry had finished speaking, his voice was nothing more then a rasping, lustful whisper.

After the question, mouths had dropped, but when Harry answered and the way he answered, both he and Draco had been shocked that no jaws had been dislocated. Only Rikki didn't have her jaw to the floor, instead she was chuckling. "How nice of you to tell him what to say Draco." She said mirthfully.

Draco looked to her and just said simply, "I may have told him what to say, but he did say it, so it must be true." Harry blushed slightly at this, he was never one to kiss and tell, let alone fantasise and broadcast! Remembering the game, Harry turned to one of the other people in the group, they didn't seem as affected by his statement, so after learning his name from Draco, Harry said like he would any other time, "Jim, Truth or Dare?"

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As the night wore on, Blaise took the two Gryffindors from game to game. Once they had played Twister multiple times, Ron usually getting out fairly quickly, while Hermione stayed in for a surprising amount of time, usually the only one left against Blaise by the end of the game. She muttered to Blaise when he asked how she could do it, "I sit at a table for many hours a week, do you not think that I am used to sitting in uncomfortable positions for long amounts of time holding a book up while writing and keeping the candle light at the right angle to see what I'm reading and writing?" he thought about it for a minute and shrugged, it still amused him.

From Twister they went to Truth or Dare. Here many learned that Hermione was no where near the geek they thought she was; she was just a crazy, freaky, curious, strong headed, obsessive and talented chick. All this learnt from one truth and two dares which many believed she would back out of, but surprised them all by answering straight up with passion, smiles and complete truth. The first time she was asked, she chose dare, showing them she was not scared of whatever they threw at her. The first dare was easy enough, and she scoffed at it when they told her what she had to do, Ron on the other hand thought that it was really bad. Basically, all she had to do was wear a pair of conjured black leather pants which were tighter then blood circulation and sitting would normally allow, a tight green shirt, platform leather boots with buckles up the side and a studded collar.

After that one, which she did with ease and left it on, putting a spell on the pants to allow her to sit on the ground, she then chose truth, to show that she was willing to tell them anything. And they met her challenge with Rikki, one of the people who stayed in the circle almost all the night, asking her, "Who was your kinkiest kiss and when was it?"

Hermione hadn't even looked at Ron, instead she just said with a grin and glassy eyes as she remembered, "Don't know if you'll believe me, but for a bi, Dean and Seamus give some very erotic kisses, the best was Seamus beginning of last year when we were drunk and he caught me when I tripped and our eyes met and one thing led to another." It was only then that she blushed before winking and not telling any of them where it led, although many could imagine. Ron knew that it had only been a kiss, but he could still feel his blood pressure rising.

As time went on, it lead back to Hermione once more, many people curious about her, and so she did another dare, this time she had to do the can-can singing Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of her lungs. Thing was, by doing this one, she also got the respect of any in the room who had worn platforms before, and by being able to keep her breath and the tune, many people from the circle had also gotten up and joined in after watching her for a few moments. Let's just say that falling out of her top was the only thing that stopped Hermione dancing, much to the disappointment of many in the room.

During all this, Ron and Blaise had sat out of the circle and weren't really payed much attention to, they were happy just to see what was done to Hermione, Ron trying not to get angry or jealous, only because he didn't want to make her angry and because Blaise had told him not to, and anything Blaise told them to do that night, they had to do. Once Hermione finished doing the can-can though, Blaise could tell that Ron was getting annoyed and would lash out soon, so he decided to get them to move on to the next game.

Where things moved on so much more.

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While this was going on, Harry and Draco were in the middle of a very interesting game of Twister. Both concentrating on it, and soon had all their opponents out and they were soon both left on the mat, their minds locked together, coming close to being one mind, four arms, four legs and two bodies, twisted together holding themselves and each other up. It was a scene many were crowding around to see, especially when the two ended up face to face, with competitive grins and sparkling eyes.

Eventually though, they gave up, they couldn't be bothered, plus they had been in such close proximity of each other that they needed to do something more then hold themselves up while pressed against the others shaking straining body. In the middle of their heated kisses and grindings in a shady corner, they got interrupted by loud singing, cheering and laughter, making both of them to look over to where Hermione and multiple Slytherins were starting to scream "I'm just a poor boy, no body loves me," this made them smile and Harry turned from his straddling position to sitting on Draco's knee facing towards the attraction.

At first Harry wondered how the Slytherins would know the words to the muggle song, until Draco explained that it was one song that Slytherin had embraced as their own, as Freddie Mercury had dated an ex-Slytherin many years before. Harry looked around at the people in the room, seeing who was joining in, figuring out what kind of personalities they had from how they reacted. Suddenly, as he looked back to those in the line, he saw something he really didn't want to. Hermione's top slipped and all was exposed. He heard Ron yell out and saw many cheer as she realised and pulled her arms out of the loops they were in with Rikki and Stacey who were on either side of her. She blushed slightly, but was laughing along with the rest, not really all that ashamed or embarrassed… much.

With her shirt back in place, Hermione and the other performers returned to their places. As Hermione was about to sit however, Ron and Blaise were just looking at her in shock and slight disbelief and decided that it was time to move on from that game if that was just the beginning of truth and dare.

Before going to the circle for Spin the Bottle, the three went and got some drinks and sat and talked for a bit. Blaise's respect for Hermione had increased - while he had known that she wasn't what most saw her as, he never expected for her to be so open and comfortable with her body and past experiences. He also had to admit that her body was very attractive and he was stating to fall, not that he would do anything about it while she was with someone, let alone Ron who was becoming quite a good friend also, making Blaise feel all the worse, but man, Hermione sure did look hot in those pants.

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The three had been part of the circle for quite a while, many kisses shared, many leaving the circle to continue elsewhere, but none of the three were landed on until a fifth year girl spun the bottle and it landed on Ron. Half reluctant, but knowing that it was part of the deal, Ron kissed the girl, for the required three seconds. He didn't really mind it, but he couldn't really judge her from three seconds. The girl then moved back to her position and it was Ron's turn to spin the bottle. Placing it on the floor close to the middle, he spun it and suppressing his nerves watched it as it slowed to a stop. Turning to see who is was pointing at, he grinned when he saw it had astonishingly stopped on Hermione. They held back a laugh, leaning in they kissed, it was soft and longer then the three seconds, but they both felt it was different. They didn't know what, but a change was on its way.

Picking up the bottle, Hermione looked at it curiously, wondering what tinkering had been done to it by the Slytherins, but as she was about to put it down to spin is again, she noticed the flash of the Weasley's logo, with a smirk she placed it down, head tilted down, eyes glancing over the faces in the circle, and spun. Watching it as it made its way round the circle over and over and over, slowing down after seconds and she began to think of whom she would like it to land on. She knew that she wouldn't mind if it was any of the people in the circle, but looking around, she knew the one she would prefer, and she was slightly shocked at it, but she knew it was true. The bottle began to slow and it stopped, all eyes followed the line to the chosen.

Hermione had already seen who it was, their eyes locked, Ron completely forgotten, leaning forward together, Blaise watched, not really believing until her lips met his and the world dropped away. Their eyes closed and she raised her hands and began running it through his hair before resting on the back of his head. The kiss heated and tongues battled as they were sucked into their own world of new sensations and feelings, only being drawn out when air was needed and their minds began catching up with the rest of them. They panted heavily, heads resting on the others, eyes caught together, not going anywhere soon. Hermione blushed slightly and bit her lip softly, still sensing tingles, and by the flushed look on Blaise's face he was feeling very much the same.

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The next morning, Hermione, Ron and Blaise sat around in the Slytherin Common room, just talking about light stuff, such as the weather and things, keeping from what happened the night before, no one really sure what to think about it or what would come from it. Harry and Draco were still upstairs, supposedly still getting ready for the day, or more correctly giving the others some space, well that and spending some much needed time together alone.

After twenty minutes of waiting for the couple to come down, Ron had had enough, he knew that eventually things would change. Things had been dwindling between himself and Hermione for a while now, they loved each other but now it was just a friendship really, she was a friend with benefits. Suddenly he said in an exasperated voice, "So, what's going to happen after last night?"

Hermione looked over at him from the other lounge, each of them had sat on separate seats, for each their own reasons, she looked to Blaise, as he looked to her, and their eyes met. She rubbed her forehead and said quietly, "I don't know…"

Ron looked to Blaise, and the Slytherin boy just shrugged and said, "I don't know, but I think that you two should talk between yourselves and sort some things out without a third party to worry about." He then got up and walked up the staircase to the boys' dorm room. Hermione watched him walk away and was glad that he accepted that they needed to talk and didn't act as most guys in his position would have and made it as hard as possible for the other involved.

Ron watched her do this, and smiled, she had once looked at him like that. Feeling eyes on her, Hermione turned and looked at the red head. She saw his smile and cocked her head to the side questioningly. He just said simply, "We've been friends for a while now, we both know this." She smiled softly, sadness in her eyes, but they both knew that it was the end of that part of their relationship.

Hermione stood and walked to Ron, cupped the side of his cheek and pecked his lips, "Thank you Ron for understanding. It would be best if we did end now," she paused for a second and ran her hand through his hair, "We don't want to lose any friendship just because we fought for something that wasn't there anymore." Her hand then dropped to her side and Ron stood up and gave her a hug.

Ron muttered in her ear, "You know, it's alright with me if you go out with him. I know he is a good guy and won't hurt you."

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Blaise knocked on the door of the boys' dorm and waited, hearing Draco's call to come in, Blaise opened the door and entered. He then walked to his bed and sat, Draco watching him from his own bed where he and Harry had been sitting and talking, or so they wanted people to believe. He could tell that Blaise was nervous about something; he could guess what that something was, but he knew that it usually helped him to talk about things. "What's up Blaise?"

Blaise looked up and met sparkling silver ones, "Oh sorry, if I interrupted anything, I think that Ron and Hermione need some time to talk about stuff…" he then shrugged and continued to say, "if you would like some privacy I could go somewhere else…"

Draco smiled and just said with a dirty voice, "Well you know you could always watch…" just waiting for Harry's and Blaise's reaction, and succeeding he laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry Blaise I'm just messing with you, there isn't much need to worry about that right now, things will sort themselves out eventually…" Draco said not really sure of what to say, since he didn't really know all that much of Ron and Hermione or how they would react when a situation like this arose.

Harry smiled, he knew his friends, he had a feeling of what would happen, "Don't worry Blaise, I don't think that their feelings have been all that powerful as they used to be, they were once joined at the hip, but lately things just haven't been the same, I can't really say what will come of all this, but Ron won't be a jerk to you just for kissing Hermione, it was just a game after all, and he had kissed some other girl for it, although no where near the passion that you two had." He then winked and began to stand. "Hmm I'm guessing they would be ready by now… and anyway I'm hungry, and I know that Draco is." He then laughed and slipped his shoes on and pulled Draco up by the hand and waiting for him to get his on too.

Blaise smiled as they brushed hands against each other's before linking fingers and moving out of the room, followed by a still slightly nervous Blaise.

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The group, once meeting up with the two Gryffindors, made their way up to the Great Hall for breakfast, Hermione and Blaise unsure around each other still slightly, but Ron happy that their friendships hadn't been jeopardised, although he had warned Blaise strongly about hurting Hermione. He had just said that he would do all he could not to hurt her and that seemed to give Ron some peace. By the end of their walk to the Great Hall, the two had already joined hands and had given each other a few secret glances with shy smiles.

Entering the Great Hall, Hermione forced Blaise to go eat with them, as he had forced both her and Ron the night before to sit at the Slytherin table. Harry and Draco also joined them, as the day before they had been sitting with the Slytherin. Sitting and beginning their breakfast, the group relaxed and chatted, except Harry and Draco from their nerves about Dumbledore's announcement, they knew that he was going to wait until most people had turned up before announcing, so as to reduce the changes through gossip and misunderstandings, games of Chinese Whispers were fun unless it is in a boarding school, then it just gets out of hand.

Once most people were in the room, Dumbledore stood and quiet ruled soon after. With a smile and that damned twinkle, Dumbledore began, "Good morning, I have a special announcement to make. There are going to be some changes in this school, starting with living arrangements of students…"

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AN/ and that's the end of that chapter! And story! Lol

Sorry for leaving it there, but it fits with the sequel I want to do. You know of the consequences of their boredom, next you'll find out about the night howlers! So farewell for now and I shall tell you the tale another fic… hehe…

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