Draco Malfoy and the Hufflepuff [Discontinued]

Hangover

I just sat there, knees pressed against my chest, desperately sucking in air between muffled sobs.

"Chloe? Are you alright?", someone asked tentatively. They kneeled down in front of me, took my hands from my face and wiped my tears away with their thumb.

"H-Harry... it was... Dr-Malfoy... h-he", I blubbered. He shushed me and pulled me into his lap, where my head fell onto his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me, rocking me side to side slightly.

We both stayed there in the corridor wrapped around each other, my breathing returning to normal and the tears no longer falling.

"Come on", he said pulling me up.

"Where are we going?", I whispered as he guided me off somewhere.

"You'll see", he smirked, hugging me from the side.

••••

"Chloe, I think you've had enough to drink now", giggled a tipsy Hermione.

"Don't be silly, I've only had, err-", I slurred, straining my eyes at the blurry, multiplying bottles of fire whisky that were laid on the table, of the Gryffindor common room.

"You've had more than Seamus, and that's saying something", chuckled Ron who was in the same drunken state I was. His laugh was contagious which only meant we both went into hysterics.

"You two should probably sleep it off", suggested Harry earning a nod of approval from Hermione. "We've got school tomorrow and you're both going to be hungover as it is"

"Chloe, do you want me to walk you over to your dorm?", Hermione asked pulling me up off of the couch.

"'Mione, even if we get there without me passing out, I can't remember the password", I hiccuped, throwing my arms around in the air.

"Maybe you should take her and Ron to your room, Harry", she advised, supporting me as we I stumbled up the stairs.

"Good idea. Ron, Chloe's gonna share your bed tonight, okay?", he asked, although Ron didn't really have a choice.

"Okily-dokily", sang Ron, who was also being dragged up the stairs by a very exhausted Harry.

As we reached the top of the stairs, Hermione passed me over to Harry, who was now trying to support the two of us. She waved goodbye before disappearing to the girls dorms. Me and Ron practically fell into bed. Harry sighed and tucked us both in, before he got into his own bed.

••••

"Both of you, get up, now", shrieked Hermione, as she tore the covers off of us. "You're both going to be late for breakfast as it is". I groaned in response, forcing myself to stand. "Wake up, Ronald!", she yelled.

"Hermione, stop yelling, please", I grimaced. My head felt like someone had hacked into it with an axe.

I left their dorm, leaving a screaming Hermione and now Harry, behind with Ron. I got a few odd looks leaving their dorm in the clothes I was wearing the night before, but I was in no mood to tell stories. After getting ready, in my own dorm, I raced to the great hall as fast as my aching body would let me.

"You look terrible", murmured Hannah, as I slumped down next to her.

"Thank you sweetheart, so do you", I said caustically, smiling at her sarcastically and piling bacon onto my plate.

"I just meant you don't look well, we didn't see you come back last night", she said apprehensively.

"I bet she was with Malfoy, I caught them making out the other day and I bet that wasn't the only thing they did", Susan sneered.

This drew attention from other members of the table, a handful of them now looking in my direction. Great.

"No, Susan. I wasn't with Malfoy. But if you really must know, I was with Harry, Ron and Hermione. I stayed the night because I was too drunk to get back to my own common room. But thank you ever so much for bringing that to everyone's attention", I huffed. I heard a couple of low-whistles as I finished off my plate.

Just as I had finished, a letter flew onto the table in front of me.

DETENTION NOTICE:
STUDENTS NAME: Chloe Page
DATE OF INCIDENT: 27th October 1994
YEAR GROUP: 4
TEACHER: Professor McGonagall

REASON FOR DETENTION:
Fighting____________________________________________________________________________
PUNISHMENT: Clean room 1B - Without Magic!______

You've got to be kidding me, I've got to stay behind and clean McGonagall's classroom. All I want to do is sleep.