𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚖

11 ~ "Bottoms Up!"

Hermione enthusiastically flicked through the pages of her book, it was something about Animagus... Alice had no care for books so she simply rested her head on Hermione's shoulder, her eyes fluttering closed every now and again.

Harry and Ron stood on the opposite side of the Hall, examining the huge cup in front of them. Harry whispered something in his friends ear, making a hand gesture. Ron blushed and giggled loudly, nodding his head vigorously.

"What do you suppose they're talking about?" Alice asked sleepily.
"Sex." Hermione said bluntly, not taking her eyes off her book.
Alice smirked a little as she continued to watch the students place their parchment in the Goblet of Fire, clapping her hands weekly in applause with the others. A large group entered the Hall.

"Come on, Cedric! Put it in!" Yelled one of the boys in a cluster of others surrounding Diggory. They pushed him towards the Cup. Ron and Harry straightened up as Cedric strode towards them.

He slowly through in his name... another big applause. He jumped back into his group of mates, passing Ron. He brought his hand up in a waving gesture, however swiftly lowered it after being ignored. He watched them make their way a little further down from the Cup.

"Eternal glory. Be brilliant, wouldn't it?"
Ron asked his friend, eyeing off the cup. "Two years from now when we're old enough to be chosen."
Harry through him an obnoxious look. "Yeah rather you than me." He said nervously.

"It's really quite incredible," Hermione started. "It says here that an Animagus can transform into their Animagi at any given moment, any whatsoever! You know... i read that..."

"Yeah, yeah real exciting..." Alice thought to herself as her friend blabbered on. She was constantly thinking about the party, and what had happened. Most of it was still a blur, until...

Alice gasped as she jolted upright off of Hermione's shoulder. It was all of a sudden so clear now...

She had kissed Fred fucking Weasley.

"Alice! What is it?" Hermione said worried.
"I- i..." Alice couldn't help but giggle and clap a hand over her mouth.
Hermione's jaw fell open and she hit her playfully with her book.
"What? What aren't you telling me?" Hermione said, now getting excited.

"At the party... oh 'Mione please don't be mad." She ushered.
"Be mad about what? Go on!" She insisted.

"Ha-Ha Yes!!" Two booming voices yelled loudly as they galloped into the Hall.

Fred and George. Who else would disturb a perfectly calm, quiet room?
Many started clapping at the two's grand entrance, some whooping and cheering. Alice's heart skipped a beat.

The red headed boys jogged towards a line of people just behind where Alice and Hermione were sitting. They high fived along the row of students.
"Thank you, thank you." Said Fred proudly. "Well lads, we've done it!"
"Cooked it up just this morning!" George informed the impressed group as they both showed off the vials of liquid they had in their big, hands.

Hermione smiled cheekily before chirpily singing;
"It's not going to work."
The two boys exchanged looks of worried sarcasm and sat down next to the girls. Fred beside Alice and George next to Hermione.

"Oh yeah?" Fred said teasingly.
"And why's that Granger?" George asked, looking at her with a snicker.
"You see this?" She gestured in pointing to a circle surrounding the Goblet. The boys looked between the circle and Hermione. "This is an Age Line. Dumbledore drew it himself." She said in an obvious voice.

"So?" Fred asked shaking his head a little and raising his eyebrows. Alice scoffed at his stupidity and massaged the bridge of her nose.
"So," Hermione continued, closing then slamming her book on her lap in annoyance. "A genius like Dumbledore couldn't possibly be fooled by a dodge as pathetically dimwitted... as an Ageing Potion."