Persuasive

twenty-five

I was seated on the couch in the Slytherin Common room, crossing one leg over the other as I had a book in my hands.
It was old, and the pages were crinkly and filled with dust, like nobody has touched it in years.

It was the Horcrux book Tom and I read together when I was in first year.
As I turned the pages, the warm feeling of nostalgia took over my body as memories filled my head.
I remembered everything.

There was this one time where I knocked a glass of butterbeer all over one of the pages, I expected Tom to be angry with me but we couldn't control our laughter.
That was the first ever time he laughed around me.

I flipped through the book, trying to find that same page, until I finally found it.

As I was tracing my finger down the page, I heard footsteps trudge through the entrance and come near me as I was sitting on the couch.
"Is that the book?" Tom pondered as he stood behind the couch, gazing his eyes over to the book.

"It's the book." I answered, squeezing the book tight in my hands.

"Wait.. whats that I see.." he pleaded as he made his way over to the couch and sat next to me.

"What?" I questioned.

"Is that you smiling as you're reading through it?" he smirked as he raised his eyebrows at me.

"Nope." I snickered as I turned my head back to the book, trying to hide my smile.

"It's strange seeing that book after three years." Tom mumbled, his voice trailing off.

I nodded my head in agreement as we sat for a while, flipping through the book and talking about memories.
Until Pansy strolled in, holding Draco's hand.

"Hello everyone." Pansy called out as her heels clicked against the stone floors.

Tom turned his head towards Pansy and half smiled at her.
"You've brought the weed I suppose?"

"Of course of course." Pansy grinned as she dug into her pocket and pulled out a small, plastic bag filled with weed.

She walked over to where Tom and I were sitting, and sat herself next to Tom. As she brushed past us, a scent of tequila trailed behind her and traveled up my nostrils.
She must've drank before she came.

Draco stood across from us, glaring at Pansy like he was disgusted, and disappointed.

"Pansy, you should move to the other couch. I'm squished." I suggested.

"No i'm okay." Pansy chuckled as she started crushing the weed.

"I said move." I snarled as I pushed into Tom, who pushed into Pansy causing her to fall to the floor.

"What the fuck Avalon." she fumed as she glared into my eyes.

She fell to the floor and started laughing uncontrollably, as she grasped onto her stomach.
"I think i'm gonna throw up."

"Get up Pansy, what the fuck are you doing." Draco hissed quietly, trying not to let us hear.

"She's crazy." Tom whispered into my ear, causing shivers to travel down my spine.

"Mhm." I gulped.

"Oh yeah, in case you didn't know I brought some tequila too, just so we can get crossfaded you know? Woohoo!" Pansy muttered lousily as she tried sitting herself up, but flung back down to the floor.

What the fuck.
How drunk was she?

"Pansy are you alright?" I questioned as I stood up from the couch.