Different

parties

"Claire!"

The three boys grimaced at Ginny's ecstatic voice. She had a huge smile on her face and Claire couldn't help but smile back.

"Congratulations!" Claire exclaimed, giving the young girl a hug.

"Party in our common room?" Ginny asked. Claire hesitated and Ginny gave her a look. "Please! For me? I want you there. You can even bring them."

"Nice to know that you haven't forgotten us," Theo joked, throwing his arm around Claire's shoulder.

"Oh, never," Ginny said mockingly, causing the other boy to roll his eyes.

"We'll be there," Draco spoke up. Claire looked at him questioningly and he just nodded at her and gave her a look.

I don't want to talk to Harry.

Claire did her best to communicate that thought into his head, and she smiled to herself when a confused look went over his face. He looked right at her and furrowed his eyebrows and then looked to the red-head.

"Potter will be there?" Draco questioned.

"He's at detention with Snape now, but I assume so," Ginny replied, a faint blush filling her cheeks.

"We'll be there," Draco repeated. Claire rolled her eyes at how stubborn he was. He had noticed how upset she was with Harry and how they had last talked, especially since Hermione and Harry were talking again. He knew that Claire missed her friend, and Draco hadn't fully forgiven the Gryffindor, but there were no hard feelings anymore. Claire respected how mature Draco was being, but she wasn't sure that she was ready to feel the same.

"Great!" Ginny squealed, running off to hug Ron. Claire was happy to see the two siblings so excited to win, especially after the year that they had.

"I'm going to shower before the party," Blaise told the group. "Let's just hope they have alcohol."

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Luckily for all of them, there was alcohol and a lot of it.

Claire had basically moved into the room with Draco to avoid Pansy, so she shared a bathroom with the boys. The only problem other than the fact that boys are disgusting was that she refused to take the first shower because she felt bad that she was an extra person in their room. She hadn't felt like waiting for everyone to shower, so she decided to just go to Hermione's room. Luckily for her the other girls were busy setting up the party so she didn't have to wait.

"'Mione, is this dress too slutty?"

Claire stepped out into the room, awkwardly pulling down the bottom of her dress. A wolf whistle made her look up, her cheeks red when she saw that Ginny and Ron were in the room. Ron's eyes went wide as he looked her up and down before they were down to look at his shoes as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.

"Where did you get that dress?" Ginny gasped.

"Daphne got it for me," Claire replied. It was a deep black and hugged all of the right places. It fell at mid-thigh for most people, but she was tall enough that it fell a lot higher. She had black fishnet tights on underneath for some extra modesty, although the dress was lowcut in the front and basically backless, so there wasn't much she could do.

"Let me put it this way, Professor Lupin would have a heart attack if he saw you in that," Hermione replied. She was also dressed up, but her dress was a light pink and much more modest. Ginny, on the other hand, was wearing a crop top and a skirt and neither item of clothing was covering much skin.