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I am so sorry guys that this took me so long to write and upload. It was hard for me to write this chapter up until the boys reach the common room :). I really hope you enjoy this one and another will be up, hopefully soon.

-Rachel

Chapter Thirteen

"Just a little bit longer, mate." Blaise stated while he nudged an eating Draco.

Draco watched as a piece of his meat pie fell off of his fork for the third time. "Could you please not include me in your celebration while I am eating? Thank you."

Draco tried once again to get his meat pie into his mouth when Theo reached across the table and knocked the fork out of Draco's hand, causing him to lose his food again.

"That is it!" he yelled while slamming both hands on the table. "I'm going back to the common room. The two of you are acting like bloody animals. It is now up to you to collect the Gryffindor's after dinner." Draco stood from the table and walked out of the Great Hall.

Theo heft out the laugh he was holding in. "He is high strung sometimes."

Blaise let out a small laugh and nodded. "I'm about done, you?"

Theo looked down at his half full plate. "Yeah, I let my meat pie get cold and it just isn't the same if I use a charm."

Blaise and Theo left the Slytherin table together and made their way towards the Gryffindor's. "We're ready, are you guys ready to hand over all your galleons?" Theo taunted.

Ron glared but kept his mouth shut. "Dream on snake!" one of the twins joked back.

Harry rolled his eyes and stood up. "We're finished."

"But I haven't had dessert yet!" Ron complained.

"You barely ate any of your dinner, you aren't going to eat dessert. You're stalling." The other twin pointed out.

Neville, Fred, and George stood as well. "You coming Ron?" Neville asked his sulking friend. Ron crossed his arms as his answer.

Harry sighed in frustration. He grabbed his best friend by his shoulders and pulled him off of the bench. "Let's go, Ron."

"Oi! What the bloody hell is your problem?"

"You're being a child. Just walk, tonight will be fun."

Ron grumbled to himself but followed behind his friends and the two Slytherin's.

"I'm excited about tonight, aren't you excited about tonight George?" Fred asked his twin as they descended the stairs towards the dungeon.

"Very excited, Fred."

The walk down to the dungeon was a quiet one. The silence was amusing to Fred George, Theo and Blaise, but to the remaining Gryffindor's, it was awkward. When the odd group of boys reached the wall that doubled as the Slytherin entrance Theo leaned forward to whisper the password so the lions couldn't hear it.

The wall started to shift and groan, exposing the dark and elegant common room behind it. The twins looked a little shocked. "Why is it so dark and green?" one of them asked.

It was Harry who answered. "The Slytherin common room is under the black lake."

George laughed. "Thank you, I was unaware that Hermione had joined us in our little game night."

The boys walked a little further into the grand room before them, all the while taking in the elegant surroundings around them.

"Do you snakes ever change your stuff around?" Ron muttered quietly, but not quietly enough. A near-by Draco over heard his off handed comment.

"What was that Weasley?" He asked.

Ron's face started to turn red in embarrassment. "All I was saying was that the Slytherin common room hasn't changed since second year is all."

Harry elbowed Ron in the stomach. "Ron, shut up."

Theo looked at Blaise, then asked. "How would they know what our common room looked like?"

Ron looked down at his feet and mumbled a reply. "Sorry Weasley, I don't think we heard you. Try again."

Ron stood still for a few minutes, shuffling his feet. Harry rolled his eyes and answered. "We were down here, that's how we know what it looks like. Can we get on with tonight now please?"

Theo scoffed. "Who would be stupid enough to let you guys in?"

"Malfoy did." Ron confessed.

All the boys looked at Draco in shock. "I most certainly did not!" Draco defended.

Harry looked over at Malfoy. "We were under the influence of polyjuice. Hermione, Ron and I thought that you would be able to tell us who the heir of Slytherin was. But all we got was bad tastes in our mouths and a cat as a friend."

Fred looked at George in confusion, then back to Harry. "A cat for a friend?" he questioned.

Harry let out a big breath and whispered. "Forgive me Hermione." Louder he said. "Hermione plucked hairs off of Millicent Bulstrode's robes, but they turned out to belong to a cat."

Neville looked horrified. "Hermione is going to kill you for telling everyone that, Harry."

"I know. Now can we please begin? I am a little uncomfortable with this conversation."

Blaise clapped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Right, three Weasley's, Potter, and Longbottom, get the chairs from across the room and put them around the bigger table by the window."

"Why do we have to do everything?" Ron asked.

"Because I just got my nails done. Now move." Blaise retorted. Ron rolled his eyes and made his way over to the opposite table with his brothers and friends.

Theo came to stand beside Draco and Blaise. "Where do you suppose they got Polyjuice?" he asked.

"Granger most likely made it." Draco commented.

Theo laughed. "A second year making an intermediate potion?" he joked, but Blaise and Draco didn't laugh. "Come on, you don't think she could have? Do you?"

"Potter?" Draco called out.

Harry looked up from positioning the two chairs he had moved around the bigger table. "Yes Malfoy?"

"We are having a little debate over here and-"

Harry cut him off. "You want to know about the polyjuice don't you?" Draco nodded, Harry sighed. "Hermione brewed it in the first floor girl's toilets. She stole the stuff we needed from Snape. Now can we please drop it?"

"Fine. Pick a chair everyone. I'll get the cards." The seven boys moved to sit around the table while Draco grabbed the cards from one of the bookshelves near the biggest window, over-looking the bottom of the black lake.

When Draco took a seat at the table he noticed everyone's choice of seating and rolled his eyes. "Tweedle twins, separate." He stated.

Fred and George shared a look before George got up and switched places with Neville, who was sitting beside Harry. Draco shuffled the cards and looked at everyone in turn. "You all know how to play right?" he asked, everyone nodded. "Good. One galleon small blind, two galleons big blind. They go up every fifteen minutes. Let the fun commence boys."

Draco had just finished dealing the first hand when Theo stood up. "I call pause."

"You can't pause while a game is going Theo." Blaise stated.

"Uh, I can if I don't have a drink in my hand." Theo conjured up eight glasses and made his way over to the fireplace mantle where the boys had left their many bottles of alcohol. "Beetle berry whisky is best for this little party." Theo grabbed the bottle and poured some in each glass. The Slytherin's treated the amount in their glasses as shots, and downed the blood red liquid in one. Most of the Gryffindor's were a bit sceptical at first but ended up nocking it back after a sample taste, all except Neville, he was just looking at his glass like he wasn't sure what to do with it.

"You drink it, Longbottom." Blaise volunteered.

Neville looked at Blaise like he was stupid. "I know what to do with it. It just doesn't look like alcohol. It looks like blood."

"I think that's the point, Neville. It's good though so try it." Harry urged. Neville nodded his head, took a deep breath and tipped the liquid down his throat.

"It's good. Kind of tastes like cranberries." Neville said as he licked his lips and handed the glass back to Theo for a refill.

Draco rolled his eyes at the antics of the lesser Gryffindor. "We all have full glasses now. Can we please get on with the game? Potter, you're small blind, ginger one, you're big blind." The two boys played the galleons that were due so the play moved onto Ron who looked at his cards and threw them into the middle of the table.

"You fold so easily, Weasley?" Blaise asked.

Ron shrugged. "You can't do much with a two and a nine. Your turn. Are you in or are you out?"

Blaise put his bet in, moving onto Fred, who like his brother threw his cards into the middle.

"It looks like the Weasley's don't want to play this round." Theo laughed. Neville put in his bet with Theo following quickly behind him. "You're up Draco."

Draco nodded and looked at his cards, a queen and a seven, and threw them into the middle with the other discarded hands. "So Potter, do you want to add to your blind and stay in, or quit?" Harry put the remainder of his bet in and the play resumed with George checking.

"Alright Blaise, bet or check?"

Blaise looked at his cards again and said, "I'll check." Everyone around the table agreed to check so Draco discarded the top card and turned three face up, revealing the nine of hearts, ten of diamonds and the queen of clubs.

Harry made a noise in his throat and threw in four galleons. "Oh a raise is it Harry? I won't bite, I'm out." George threw in his cards as well.

"I'll take your bet Potter, four galleons." Blaise put his money in the middle of the table with the other bets. Moving the play onto Neville.

"I don't think I want to stay in, I fold." He said while throwing his cards into the middle.

"I'm joining you there Longbottom. Looks like it is just Potter and Blaise left. Slytherin vs. Gryffindor, snake against lion. Who will win?" Theo commentated.

"That's enough Theo." Draco said and discarded another card and turning one up, the five of clubs. "What is your play Potter?"

Harry looked at the cards in his hands, then at the cards on the table. "I'll check." Blaise knocked on the table indicating he checked as well.

"Alright, last card guys." Draco discarded again and turned over the six of spades. "Potter, what's your move?" Harry checked, Blaise followed suit. "Hands over, flip your cards." Harry turned over the king of spades and the queen of hearts.

Blaise looked at the cards in his hand and smiled. "Looks like I win this one boys. Two pair!" Blaise turned over the ten of hearts and nine of spades, indicating he did in fact, win.

"Racking in the Galleons my friends!" Blaise laughed as he started stacking his winnings with the rest of this galleons.

Draco handed the deck over to Harry. "Your deal."

Harry shuffled the deck and dealt. "So, any other interesting stories about our dear Granger that we don't know about?" Theo asked.

"Loads." Ron responded while throwing in his big blind. "But we're not telling you anything."

"She set Snape on fire once." Fred volunteered, offering up his bet after Blaise finished his turn.

"Fred!" Ron reprimanded.

"Seriously?" Blaise raised his eyebrows in shock.

Harry sighed, "We thought he was trying to knock me off of my broom during my first Quidditch match in first year, but it was actually Professor Quirrell. Now can we please stop talking about Hermione? It's making me a little uncomfortable, and I don't want you guys to get the wrong idea about her."

"Oh, no need to worry about that Potter… We already have the wrong idea about her it seems." Theo stated.

Harry rolled his eyes. "Your turn Malfoy."

Draco threw in his two galleons and looked around the common room. "Where's Scorpius?" He asked. "I just now realized he is missing."

Harry looked up from his cards. "He never made it to dinner. He might show up in a bit." As if on cue, the entrance to the common room began to shift and groan, revealing Scorpius behind it.

"Hello fellas. Sorry I'm late. I got my money, is it too late for me to join?" Scorpius asked while holding up a little leather bag filled with money.

"Where have you been?" Draco sneered.

"Caught up with Snape." He answered. "He was approving my notes for the potion project." Scorpius grabbed the chair from the desk by the couches and pulled it up to the table and inserted himself beside Blaise and Fred. "So, can I be dealt into the next hand?"

Draco grumbled but agreed. "You're lucky this is only the second hand. For now you can be the bar bitch. Pour us a round."

Theo handed the bottle of half full beetle berry whisky to Scorpius as the play moved onto George who checked. Harry burned a card and turned over three, revealing the ace of clubs, eight of clubs, and the three of hearts. "I'll bet two Galleons."

"So, who won the first hand then?" Scorpius asked as he handed out the now full glasses, filling up a newly conjured glass for himself as well.

Ron matched George's bet when Blaise answered. "I did my man. Call." Blaise threw in his two galleons.

Fred looked at his cards in thought. "Raise, six galleons."

"Call." Neville said.

Theo downed his glass of beetle berry and folded his cards. "Not a chance, red."

"Fold." Draco threw his cards into the middle right behind Theo's.

"I'm going to have to join you guys, fold."

"Seriously Harry? Don't you trust me?" Fred asked.

"Never." Was Harry's answer.

"I fold. Sorry brother."

Ron grumbled but said nothing as he too threw his cards into the middle.

"Not a chance Weasel twin. I'm out."

"Everyone but Neville sucks. I guess I'll check." Harry burned a card and flipped the ten of diamonds face up. "Six Galleons." Neville threw his cards in without a word. "I take it back, you suck too Neville" Fred put his cards in the middle and started stacking his winnings.

"What in the bloody hell did you have?" Theo asked.

Fred smirked. "Not telling."

Scorpius grabbed Fred's cards out of the center of the table and flipped them over. "You bugger!" Ron stated. "Three eights."

Draco smirked as well. "You could have gotten way more than forty-four galleons out of that hand if you played small at first."

Fred shrugged. "This is the most money I have had before me since Harry gave us his Triwizard winnings."

Ron looked at Harry, a bit surprised. "You gave them your winnings?!" he almost yelled.

"He invested." George clarified.

Ron grumbled and sat back. "Hand me the beetle whisky." He snapped at Scorpius, who handed the almost empty bottle over to his uncle, who downed the rest in one go.

After one bottle of beetle berry whisky, and two bottles of Theo's firewhisky were empty the nine boys were having a great time. Draco, Scorpius, and Blaise were leading in galleon count. Harry wasn't far behind, and Neville was just out altogether. "Full house!" Ron cheered and he started to collect his winnings.

"Well played Weasley." Theo congratulated.

Fred was about to deal out the next hand when the common room entrance opened once again, this time revealing a bunch of girls in their pajamas, arguing. Hermione and Pansy being the two who were going at it the most. "Come on Parkinson, were here, now do it!"

Pansy scoffed and crossed her arms. "Oh don't you even think for one moment that I won't." Pansy turned on her heel and marched over to the table of on looking boys. "Hello boys." She said before she grabbed Blaise by the neck and kissed him with all she had.

Everyone was watching the spectacle were shocked to see the two Slytherin's virtually making out in the middle of the common room. Pansy was the first to break the kiss, Blaise stared at her is complete shock. "What was that for?" he asked.

"Granger has a superiority complex going, I had to prove a point."

"Would you like to prove that point again?" Blaise asked as he pulled Pansy onto his lap and reconnected their kiss, but only for a brief moment before he said. "I quit. Take my money and disperse it evenly among yourselves." Blaise stood up, taking a smiling Pansy with him.

"Where are you going? You can't just leave, you and Draco have the most money." Theo complained.

Blaise rolled his eyes. "If you don't want to divide my money, then find a replacement. This witch and I are going to retire to our dorm room. Goodnight everyone." Blaise grabbed Pansy's hand and pulled her in the direction that lead to the boy's dorm.

Hermione huffed. "I did not have a superiority complex! You all tricked me." She complained.

Ginny laughed and crossed her arms. "In all honesty Hermione, I did try to warn you."

"Tried to warn her about what?" a slightly buzzed Harry asked his girlfriend.

Hermione looked down at her crossed arms and realized she still had Draco's Quidditch jersey on. She yelped and pulled Lavender in front of her to hide the evidence.

"LAVENDER!" Ron shrieked when he saw what his girlfriend's choice of pajamas. "What are you wearing?"

Lavender looked down at her nightgown and slowly crossed her arms to cover herself from the gaze of the boys around her. "My nightgown. I would have chosen something else if I had known we were leaving the room of requirement."

Ron sighed and removed his plaid button up and gave it to Lavender so she could cover up. "Here, button it up."

Lavender smiled. "Thank you Won-won." She said then kissed his cheek.

Theo smiled. "What are you covering up there Granger?" Hermione shook her head, she was still hiding behind Lavender. "I see green. Are you secretly cheering for us snakes?" he asked.

Cassi snickered. "More than you think." She mumbled.

Hermione glared at her new friend. "I hate you." Cassi laughed.

"Oh for the love of Merlin." Ginny stated as she grabbed onto Lavenders arm and pulled her out of the way. Hermione still had her arms crossed so the number on the shirt wasn't visible, but you could clearly tell it was a Slytherin jersey.

Theo's smile grew larger. "You are cheering for us snakes. How did you get a hold of a Quidditch jersey?"

Hermione blushed and looked down at her feet. "Cassi, she dared me to wear it."

Realization hit Theo like a bludger hitting a wall. "That's the favour you asked Blaise at lunch?" Cassi nodded. "So, you're wearing his jersey and Pansy hasn't killed you yet?

Cassi and Daphne rolled their eyes. "Honestly, how thick are you?" Cassi asked as she walked over to Hermione and turned her around so that her back was facing the table of boys.

"Hermione!" Harry exclaimed.

Fred and George burst into laughter. "Looks like our little Hermione is a traitor."

Hermione dislodged her arms from Cassi's grip and turned back around. "How about you guys shut it." She snapped.

"I'm kind of surprised Ron hasn't blown his lid yet." Ginny stated.

Ron shrugged his shoulders. "I am a bit too drunk right now to care to be honest. We will see how it goes in the morning." Ron walked back to his chair and sat down grabbing the bottle of the dragon barrel brandy that Blaise had beside his empty glass and poured himself a glass and offering it to anyone who would take it. "Let's get back to the game." He stated as Daphne took the bottle from Ron and took a swig.

"We're down a player." Neville pointed out.

"You play for him then Longbottom. This game would end a lot faster with you playing Blaise's hand." Theo made fun.

Neville's cheeks turned pink in embarrassment. "No, I don't want to be responsible for losing all his money, you know now that I am bad at this game."

"Hermione, why don't you take over for Blaise?" Scorpius asked.

"Me? I'm not good at these kinds of games. Ginny, you play."

"Don't be so modest Hermione, just play." Daphne said. All at once everyone's voice rose over each other's trying to get Hermione to agree.

"Okay everyone, that's enough!" Hermione cut everyone off. "I don't really want to play."

Draco, who hadn't said anything while everyone was yelling smiled slowly. "What's the matter Granger, scared?" he teased.

Hermione's eyes narrowed. "I'm not scared."

"Then I dare you!"

Hermione looked surprised. "Excuse me?"

"I said I dare you to play."

Hermione stood up straight, walked over to the table and sat in Blaise's vacated seat. "Deal me in." Draco's smile turned into a smirk as Theo dealt the cards.

Okay, so this one is over... I played mock hands of poker to get this chapter right... Please review and let me know how you like it. I am already working on the next chapter. ENJOY

-Rachel