Draw The Line

The Fifth Party: Chapter 26.1

After a week of awkward tension between Harry and Draco, Friday rolled around and with it came the weekly party. Draco started towards the alcohol as soon as he got into the room, and Harry eyed him from across the room.

By the time Pansy was calling them all to gather up for games, Draco was dizzy.

The game was decided to be Never have I ever and pansy had brought along a little bag full of never have I ever questions that she placed in the middle.

"-And we'll go clockwise around the circle, taking turns to draw a paper. Any questions?" Pansy finished up telling the rules and everyone nodded in understanding.

"I'll go first this game," Seamus announced and drew a question from the bag, "Never have I ever ridden a Hippogriff."

Hermione and Harry were the only ones to take a shot and Hermione shuddered at the memory. She did not like flying.

Parvati went next, "Never have I ever stolen something."

Ron was sitting smugly as about half the circle took a shot when Hermione elbowed him.

"What? I've never stolen."

"Your dad's car?" Hermione reminded him, laughing as his face pinkened and he picked up a cup.

"Never have I ever fallen asleep in Binns' class," Padma said with a laugh. Just about everyone drank at that and murmurs of how boring the class was circulated. Hermione - who was the only one who didn't drink - shook her head as Harry and Ron guiltily took a shot.

"Never have I ever gotten detention," Lavender said. She hadn't gone to the last few and most were just fine with that, and where kind of bummed that she decided to show up again.

Hermione was about to put the cup to her lips when Ron said, "Wait, when did you have detention?"

"First year, remember?" When Ron still looked clueless, she lowered her voice and leaned towards him, "When we smuggled Norbert for Hagrid."

Realization dawned on Ron's face and his mouth made an 'ohhh' soundlessly and lifted his own glass to his lips.

"Never have I ever slept naked," Goyle said with a blush.

Harry went to tilt his glass back when he caught sight of Draco taking a shot as well and he almost choked. Had he slept naked in the dorms this year? Did I just not notice? His mind was suddenly a whirlwind of questions that were less than appropriate and he almost missed the next question.

"Never have I ever gone skinny dipping," Draco had said, his words slightly slurred from the alcohol and he then tipped his glass back, shameless.

Harry nearly choked again and Hermione looked at him funnily. Where was I for all this? He wondered.

"Never have I ever kissed on a first date," Pansy said happily and downed a bit of alcohol. She then looked 'round the circle to see Lavender, Blaise, Dean, and Seamus taking a shot.

"Alright, my turn!" Blaise said as he reached for the little bag, "Never have I ever kissed more than ten people." Blaise, Pansy, and Lavender all took a shot shamelessly, and looked rather proud of the fact.

Harry was watching Draco though, wondering if he'd drink. When he didn't, Harry felt oddly happy.

"Never have I ever had dyed hair," Neville said. Lavender took a shot and so did Goyle. The former didn't look very happy about it though and sent a glare around the circle, his hair was still slightly orange.

"You think the color is ever gonna wear out?" Ron snickered to Harry and Harry chuckled in response.

"It'll grow out, but whatever spell Seamus used was a strong one," Hermione imputed, "Even McGonagall couldn't get it completely out."

"Think he'll give us the spell? I got some people I wouldn't mind giving a new look to," Ron snickered and Hermione shook her head at him.

Luna and Ginny went next and Harry's turn came after. The pile of paper slowly dwindled as they went through all the papers.

"Okay, last question," Hermione said, picking up the last piece of paper. "Never have I ever liked someone in the circle." Everyone took a shot except Goyle who blushed from the embarrassment.

"Okay I have another game idea since it's not midnight yet," Pansy said and an evil smile crossed her lips.

A/N: First, thank you all so much for over 3k reads, that's crazy!

Second, Sorry about how short this chapter is, to keep with the spacing I wanted it ended up being shorter than I had wished. The second part to this chapter will be up Saturday, but it will also be shorter than usual. Sorry about that guys, but my online school is a killer hah!

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