Summons

v e r i t y 1

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"If you had to pick a place in the school besides a dorm to sleep with someone, where would it be?" Malfoy read. "Ah, one of my own questions. We'll answer starting with the person sitting to the left of whoever drew the card. You're up, Blaise."

Zabini looked directly to Ginny, grinning at her. "The quidditch pitch, definitely," he answered immediately, not an ounce of regret on his face. As he reached forward for his venture card, I pondered his speed, thinking he had to have thought about it before...

Zabini didn't have to say anymore. We all knew that he and Ginny had it out for each other every match that Gryffindor played against Slytherin. Every time, Ginny had always come back to our dorm complaining, saying Zabini cheated, Zabini tried to knock me off my broom, Zabini did this or that. Their quidditch rivalry was infamous among our two houses.

Ginny hid her face behind her hand, her face turning red at having him admit that in front of everyone. But then again, we knew what we had signed up for.

Moving on to Nott, he also answered very quickly.

"I would say the Head girl's dorm, but the card does say it can't be a dorm at all," he said, grinning at Hermione (the Head girl), "so I think it'd have to be the Gryffindor common room." Nott reached for the stack of venture cards, grabbing the one at the top.

Then it was Parkinson, sitting on the left side of the Slytherin girl's sofa. "The Great Hall, probably on one of the tables," she said without hesitation. I had to give it to her, Pansy was bold. It was one thing for Zabini or Nott to admit something like that, but there was a lot more judgement when you were a girl. She leaned forward for her venture card and I looked back at Ron, who also seemed shocked at her boldness.

Davis was next, but she seemed extremely reluctant to answer the question. Eventually she leaned forward to the stack of loss cards.

"Um.. I think I'll forfeit this question," she murmured with her cheeks flushing. She seemed very innocent for a Slytherin, honestly, it was odd to me. The turn moved to Greengrass.

"The library," she said with confidence. I admired both her and Parkinson's nerve; they really had no fears about sharing these kinds of things. Harry wasn't surprised either, as it was clear that she would have no problem speaking the truth since we started the game.

Now it was the Gryffindor girls, starting with Hermione, who on the other side of Ginny. I expected her to forfeit the question like Davis, but to my surprise, she spoke up.

"The Divination classroom," she said very quickly, her words running together.

I loved Hermione, but this was too good. I turned to see Nott's reaction immediately, but he seemed in just as much of a state of shock as I was. His eyes were widened and his normally relaxed demeanor stiffened. He quickly snapped out of it though, returning to his normal Slytherin personality.

"All you have to do is ask, babe," replied with a wink. "You know I'll do whatever you want me to." He was grinning, of course he was. These Slytherin men really do get off on making their partners flustered. Hermione said nothing, finding the floor very interesting, and reached for her venture card.

Ginny had a smug face as she opened her mouth to answer, and I knew she had an answer that would make Zabini shove it.

"The quidditch pitch."

Wait, what?

"What? No, I meant," she hesitated, "thequidditchpitch!"

What the bloody hell is going on? Zabini's eyes were wide for a second, but then a feral grin spread across his face.