every year first night back we would play a game. we would pour 5 glasses at a time, 4 with firewhiskey, and one with the veritaserum.
we take turns and choose a glass, then one of us asks a question for the group to answer. the point is for us to shout out the first thing that comes to mind. we all take a shot of whatever we choose and shout out our answer. The catch was we didn't know who got what and the people that got firewhiskey could lie. so we would never really know the truth.
we take turns on who asks questions and go until the veritaserum is gone but we always ended up finishing the bottle firewhiskey by the end of the night too.
i sit up and cross my legs, draco sits next to me because apparently this was his bed. theo sits on the floor in between blaise's bed and dracos. arabella makes blaise sit with him and she lays on her side resting her face on her arm.
"who's asking first?" theo calls out
"we need to fill them up first," arabella calls out.
"right, i'll get the glasses. someone get the firewhisky." theo stood up and dug through his trunk again.
draco gets up and leaves the room for a minute.
theo pulled out one shot glass at a time, when he pulled one out he'd keep searching for the next. he pulled out the last one when draco finally came back with the fire whiskey.
"shall we" he smirked and started pouring the alcohol into four of the glasses and theo poured the veritaserum into the last one.
"ok now who's asking first?" theo asked the group.
" i will," arabella answered. "i've got a good one i've been saving since march."
"go on then," blaise said. we were all so intrigued to hear her question.
"ok ready?" she waited for everyone to nod or show assurance that they somewhat were "who have you missed the most? 3.. 2.. 1.."
we all took our shot and i felt the burning sensation down my throat.
i call out, "rowan."
"pansy" i think that was draco
"my mom" theo of course but i felt my heart feel heavy when he spoke about her. i saw the corners of his lips sink down.
"my father" arabella's own answer was the most basic of them all
i never heard blaise's answer, he said it so quietly i wonder who he said.
i see theo and blaise refilling the drinks after our first round.
"aw i remember rowan!" arabella perked up
"next!" draco called out before i could respond to arabella. "she is quite fine though." he just had to mention it.
"i'll go," draco told the group. "favorite DADA teacher, not snape obviously"
"lame!" i hear blaise shout
"go!"
we took the shots and i got yet another burning down my throat, it tasted so good though.
"lockhart!" i was kidding. but after a thought all of the other teachers seemed quite odd. luin was the best teacher, but there was something off about him too.
"umbridge!" blaise said. he better be kidding.
"lupin," it was draco, sense when did he like him? i would always remember him saying that the class was ridiculous with him teaching it.
"mogonagal!" theo can be so stupid sometimes.
"lupin!" arabella said
we all burst out in laughter and i fall back on the bed. i missed this. behind all the laughter i began to hear the rain pick up outside.
"lockhart?!" blaise called out in question
"umbitch!" i say in rebuttal. "you have to be joking!"
"ok ok next question!!" i knew blaise wanted it to end, this round exposed no one, unless draco got the veritaserum.
-
we finished the bottle of firewhiskey, it seemed smaller then all the times before but maybe we just weren't as experienced then with drinking as we were now.
i layer back on the bed and closed my eyes. it was pouring rain outside, i could hear it so clearly even through all the noise we were making.
"ah i love the rain," i say
"let's go enjoy it then," i sit up and look at blaise.
"you're crazy. it's pouring and pitch black out!"
"since when we're you afraid of the dark?" blaise got up from his sitting position. "get up!
we're going to have some fun!"
i playfully roll my eyes and let out a chuckle. maybe it would be fun.
we all got up and headed for the door, blaise opened it and we walked inside the common room. we reached the door and quietly opened it. i was sure i was past curfew, but i wasn't quite sure. i didn't check the time before i left. we walked through the dungeons and up the stairs. when we got near the courtyard we all ran to feel the rain soak in clothes and feel the water drip on our skin. when i reach the end of the roof towering over us, i pause. draco shows up behind me.
"afraid?" he says and i look up to see him smirking.
"of course not!" i lightly punch his arm. "i've just missed this."
"well don't miss it too much!" and with that he took my arm and pulled me out into the rain. he lifted his arms and spun around with his head pointed to the sky. i could hear him laughing. an actual laugh. he pauses and looks and me. i squint my eyes up and the rain and put a huge smile on my face. i loved the rain. i started jumping and spinning and dancing and draco did too. we all were enjoying ourselves. i ran over to arabella and took her hands and spun in a circle with her. our laughter was so contagious and i felt free. alive.
"excuse me." we hear a voice boom from across the courtyard. we all pause and look at one another. our first instinct was to run, and we did. we ran through the cooridoors and watched the rain pour. our laughter increasing with every step we took. i never knew what professor was chasing us. i never got the chance to look.
we made it past the stairs and through the dungeons to the common room door. we whisper the password and swing the door open, we all rush inside. i'm the last on in and i try to take a glance at who the professor was before theo pulled me in. we lay our backs on the wall and take a breath. we take a moment to catch our breath before we burst out laughing again.
we all head to our rooms for the night and say our goodbyes and wish each other good night. but our goodbye would only last until the next morning in the great hall for breakfast.
