The Marriage Law//Neville Longbottom

7

The door appeared in front of us and I pushed the doors open. Blaring music instantly hit my ears and flashing lights were filling my senses. It brought back painful but happy memories. Ginny immediately departed to the drink table but Mione' stayed glued to my side. We waved through the crowd of people until I spotted Pansy.

She almost immediately sensed my gaze and whipped her head in my direction. Her eyes were covered by her Prada sunglasses, but I could still feel her beady eyes on me. She was wearing what looked to be like a knock-off Cartier green Princess Polly dress.

"Pansy," I smirk at her. "I hope you don't mind, but I brought Ginny and Hermione," I pull her into a  hug with a fake smile plastered on my lips.

She laughs elegantly and waves her hand in dismissal, "Of course not."

"Lovely party," Hermione tells her.

I see Pansy's smile falter, "I know," She tells her, pursing her own lips.

I have to physically stop myself from rolling my eyes at her, "We are going to get drinks," I scrunch my face up in a fake grin."See you."

Pansy says nothing and turns her back on me. Hermione and I make our way through the crowd again and make it to the drinks table. There, we find Ginny downing shots of expensive vodka like it's water. I snort at her and pour myself a shot. Surprisingly, Mione' follows suit and also makes herself a shot. We clink our glasses together and down them quickly. 

I see some punch on the table which has been no doubt spiked, and grab a red solo cup, putting the drink into my cup. The alcohol is evident as soon as I take a sip of the punch. I was about two cups in when the alcohol began to hit me.

Finding my way back over to pansy, I find her sitting on a couch with our old friend group. She's laughing as a proper pureblood would. It infuriates me, so I sit down opposite of her and send her an evidently fake smile. She does the same back.

She finishes her conversation with Theo and faces me, kicking her legs up onto Blaise. 

"I'm so glad you made it, El," She flashes her white teeth at me.

I smile but it comes off more as a sneer, "Me too."

She pulls off her shades and rests them on the coffee table in between us, "How are you and Longbottom getting off?" She asks me with a note of sarcasm in her voice.

I bite the inside of my cheek before answering, "Quite well, actually. How about you and that Ravenclaw bloke?" I grit out through my teeth.

Her jaw ticks, "Fine. Anywho, isn't it lovely having the gang back together again?" She quirks a perfectly manicured eyebrow at me.

I nearly scoff at her pathetic comment. Good to ha gout with the people who used me as security during the war? The people who betrayed me when it was time to choose? Yes, why would it be anything other than fucking lovely?

"Oh yes, amazing. I especially loved when you abandoned me on the battlefield like a fucking coward, but that's just my personal opinion," I smirk smugly at her.

Her jaw is slightly ajar and she says nothing. To avoid any more on the topic, we both pick up our cups and take drinks. Daphne cuts in and starts a new conversation about something I didn't bother to listen in on.

After about twenty minutes of Daphne talking to Crabbe and Blaise about fucking nothing of importance, I get up to go refill my drink. Blaise gt up after me and followed me to the drinks table.

I cock an eyebrow at him as I fill my cup up. He fills his cup up before speaking.

"You hate us?" He asks.