Round Three, Challenge Two; A Girl's Best Friend
Challenge: A girl's best friend.
We know that Hermione is close with Ron and Harry, but a girl needs a girl friend. Some things you can't discuss with the boys. So your challenge is to write a drabble in which Hermione has a close girl friend. Whoever you choose it to be.
- Drabbles must be between 500-1000 words
- Please do not post your drabbles ( Read more... )
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Lavender Brown and Ron Weasley's snogging sessions in the Gryffindor common room were like a punch in the stomach to Hermione Granger. Parvati Patil makes her see things in a whole new light.
Pairing: Hermione Granger-Parvati Patil
Word Count: 946
She couldn't stand watching them paw one another any longer. The tears refused to stay pooled in her eyes and had started to slip down her cheeks before she could exit the common room. She only hoped no one had noticed. She grabbed her things for a shower and left her dorm room. The girls' showers were the safest place for a good cry. There was no chance of running into Harry or Ron there, and Lavender was far too preoccupied with-she really just couldn't think about that anymore.
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When she finally emerged from the shower after a good, long cry, she was startled by an unexpected voice.
"I was becoming concerned that you might be trying to drown yourself in there."
"Parvati! You startled me."
"Sorry about that. It took me a while to find you."
The pretty girl with dark hair and eyes was sitting on the counter next to the sink, and had apparently been waiting for her, though Hermione could not imagine why. They had never been close, and Parvati was, after all, Lavender Brown's best friend.
She was jerked from her thoughts by Parvati's voice. "Then I started thinking about where I'd go if I needed a good cry and I thought you might be in here."
"I wasn't-" The red, swollen eyes in the mirror told her that there was really no point in denying that she had been crying.
"I guess you wonder why I'm here. I mean, it's not as if we've ever talked much before."
"So why are you here?"
"To the point, aren't you? Fair enough, I guess. I wanted you to know, she doesn't mean it. To hurt you, I mean. She's not with him just to hurt you."
"If you've come to defend Lavender's acting like a common slag, save your breath. I'm not interested."
Parvati turned to walk away, or at least that's what she'd thought, when she heard the lock on the door click into place.
"I didn't. The way she's throwing herself at him doesn't make me any happier than it makes you."
"Oh!" She hadn't expected that.
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