[1] 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 ― h.potter

009.

「009. harry-hunting (the highs and lows)   」

USUALLY, IN the mornings, honey was kidnapped by hermione granger and brought to the gryffindor table for breakfast.

this morning, she was kidnapped by emmery instead.

"morning!"

"jesus christ- emmery?" muttered honey, a bit blurry-eyed, "it's a sunday- why are you so loud?"

"i'm not, i think you've just had terrible sleep." replied the redhead. she was picking at the underside of her nails and lining them with another nail. she was fidgeting, basically. emmery never fidgeted from what honey knew. "want to sit with me at the ravenclaw table today? your cousins can join if they want."

"sure," replied honey, her brain a bit slow. they walked to the hall, passing people muttering and whispering.

"harry potter as the other champion-"

"wants to steal the glory-"

"cedric's the real champion-"

"it's terrible how people are putting two fantastic students up against each other, isn't it?" emmery said too loudly. a few people they walked past stared at her as if she were mad. "harry potter and cedric diggory are both hogwarts students- i thought we'd all be happy we have an extra chance of winning."

"you're mental this morning," mumbled honey as they finally walked down towards the ravenclaw table. she tried her luck at the blueberry jam sat there and spread it on some toast after sitting down. she took a bit after saying, "i've never seen you this bold."

"people change," was her slightly ambiguous reply. then, she perked up a bit, blinking a few times. honey noticed her eyes looked a bit red. "how about we go to hogsmeade together? we've never went before, i think it would be fun. it's next week, isn't it?"

honey's ever slow morning-brain took a few minutes to absorb emmery's words before she let out a slow reply, "...sure?" she squinted at her toast before taking a sip of cold pumpkin juice- trying to wake herself up a bit- "don't you usually go with kai?"

she knew that was the right answer- she'd seen the two of them in hogsmeade previously this year and the year prior.

"this will be our first time," confirmed emmery, "we always promised each other we'd go together, didn't we?"

"we did," nodded honey before frowning, "but-"

"brilliant!"

"hold on-"

"the blue table!" came the voice of fleur. she waltzed to honey's side and sat, "you sit here today, why not always?"

"this isn't her house," explained emmery lightly before she smiled. "i'm emmery, by the way."

"her neighbour," added maeve, sliding down next to emmery, "nice to meet you. i'm maeve and-"

"i'm fitz," said fitz with a little cheeky grin. he sat down on the other side of honey and snatched the jam jar she was holding in her hands, claiming it as his own. gabrielle slide down next to maeve, a bit bleary eyed like honey and looking far too tired of being around people older than her.

maeve smiled as she rolled her eyes. she gestured to fleur and gabrielle, "that's my friend: fleur, and her younger sister: gabrielle."

"slept well?" honey asked the four beauxbaton students.