Chapter seventeen- I wish I knew french :(
I walked through the halls, standing in front of the Hufflepuff common room. John had went inside the place a long time ago, so now I was disguised as John. After I said the Hufflepuff passcode, the picture opened up and let me inside the common room.
The common room was heavily decorated with yellow. The walls where all brick, with a couple small circular windows letting in the sunlight. there where many plants in the large room, adding some green to pop out. There was a small fireplace, with some couches facing it like the Ravenclaw common room, except they where yellow and black couches.
It looked like a humble happy place. Cozy, nice, yellow with many plants. There where a couple chairs around, huge rugs, and the entire place was warm. I saw John walk up to me. I was still disguised as him, so I changed back to my normal self.
"Welcome," John said, smiling.
"Its so... cozy," I said, looking around again.
"Really? I thought all common rooms looked like this, maybe you could steal Lafayette's camera and take pictures of your common room. Laf can take pictures of his and then Angelica can take picture of hers," John said.
"Sounds like a plan," I smiled. "Yeah, Ravenclaw common room is ALL huge windows, its in a tower near the top of the school, blue cloth draped from the ceiling, bigger fireplace."
"Anyway, lets go start the sleepover!" John said, grabbing my hand.
He pulled me away and through a door. On the other side of the door was much like Ravenclaws boys dormitory, except yellow and a bit more packed together with less huge windows and much more plants. Now I was inspired to decorate Ravenclaws dorm with plants.
There was a Hufflepuff on every bed, some people sitting together and talking. It took them a moment to notice me.
"You're Alexander Hamilton?" Someone asked, standing up and walking over to me.
"Um, yeah," I said.
"Welcome! I heard you where coming over here. I don't know how you did it, but I wont ask," They said, shaking my hand.
"Lets throw a party!" Someone shouted.
I looked up at John. What where Hufflepuff parties like? I'd guess they don't get drunk like every other house, I mean, Ravenclaws just get drunk and addicted to coffee more them alcohol. But then I saw someone wheel in a large glass container of beer. oh.
The Hufflepuffs excitedly went to drink some. Although, a couple still sat on their beds, not wanting to get drunk. I decided I was going to go sit on Johns bed, I don't want to get drunk and do something weird at a Hufflepuff party.
The Hufflepuffs took small amounts of the beer, excluding those who didn't want to, who where quietly talking together and laughing. John sat next to me, a cup in his hands.
"Hufflepuffs just drink and quietly talk," John explained.
I looked around. Most Hufflepuffs where just sitting together and talking, while also drinking.
"Well, Ravenclaws are certainly more crazy," I laughed.
"Yeah, well, the games have not started yet," John said.
"Games?" I asked.
"Every party has games. At least one round of truth or dare, a round of either tag or hide and seek, and then two other games we vote on," John explained.
"Fun," I said quietly.
We talked for a while quietly. Some Hufflepuffs where already really drunk after ten minutes.
"WHAT TIME IS IT?!" Someone suddenly shouted.
"SHOW TIME!" John shouted.
"GAME TIME!" Everyone else shouted at the same time.
Everyone sat down in a circle on the floor. Some of them where laughing as they made the circle more of an oval, they where probably drunk, because its not that funny.
"Ravenclaw, guest of honor, you go first," Someone said.
"Oh I've never played this game before," I said shyly.
They paused and stared at me in shock.
"Truth or dare? You've never played truth or dare?" Someone gasped.
"I've never played any game before except tag. Tag with real knifes. That was really scary," I said, remembering the time I had started that game when stealing a small knife. I got impaled that day.
"John, you go first," Someone said.
"Right, Sou, truth or dare?" John asked a tall kid.
"Dare, all the way," The tall guy said.
"Noooo you sound like a Gryffindor!" Someone gasped and a couple people laughed.
"I dare you to break something over someone else's head," John said.
The tall kid, Sou, got up and walked around the room. They settled on grabbing a pot halfway filled with dirt, then walked up to a Hufflepuff.
"Not me!" The Hufflepuff laughed, trying to get away from Sou.
But Sou already smashed the pot over their friends head.
"OoOOooOW," The Hufflepuff complained.
"Understand how to play now?" John asked.
"Sure," I said.
"Right, um, Pete, T or D?" Sou asked a muscular looking boy.
"T," They said, It took me a moment to catch on that T stood for Truth.
"What do you think of the Ravenclaw being here?" Sou asked.
"I think its pretty cool, I've never talked to a Ravenclaw," They said nervously, casting a smile in my direction. "So, Ravenclaw, Truth or Dare?"
"Oh- Probably truth," I said and some Hufflepuffs sighed in disappointment.
"Are you guys really all nerds?" Pete asked.
"I mean, no. I'm terrible at anything related to calculations and math," I said honestly.
"Whats your common room look like?" Someone asked.
I began to describe our common room, and eventually the party just became them asking me questions. After an hour or so, we all went to sleep. I laid down on a blanket on the floor, looking up at the ceiling. John was laying next to me, also looking at the ceiling. He has insisted on sleeping on the floor with me. Hufflepuffs, am I right?
"Wheres Hercules?" I asked, suddenly realizing I have not seen him.
"He snuck into the Gryffindor common room through a window," John yawned. "We rarely see him here anymore, that's why his bed is... we might have used it to start a fire."
I laughed quietly, holding Johns hand as we stared at the brick ceiling together.
"I'll probably sleep now," I said, curling into a ball and letting go of his hand.
"See you in the morning," John said.
I didn't respond to him, as I fell asleep quickly.
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I fluttered my eyes opened. The first thing I saw was Johns face inches away from mine. All my blood rushed to my face and my face turned bright pink, along with my hair. His arms where wrapped around me. I rolled away from him and sat up on my knees.
All the Hufflepuffs where still asleep. I guess they did not live by the same sleep schedule as Ravenclaws; Study until eleven, wake up at five thirty in the morning. I yawned and then stared at John for a couple minutes. He was so beautiful. So peaceful. After realizing I was being a creep I took out my wand and decided to summon my patronus, because I was bored.
I imagined a happy memory. The one of me and John on the perfect little island. I barely had happy memories from before Hogwarts anymore.
I watched my mystical glowing slightly see-through swan fly around the room for a while.
"Hey," John said quietly.
My partonus disappeared as I lost focus on it, looking down at John. He blinked a couple times then yawned and sat up.
"Sleep well?" I asked him, blushing a bit.
"Yeah, surprisingly well for sleeping on the floor. Actually, that was the best sleep I've had in years. I wonder what made me sleep so well," John said.
"Who knows?" I laughed nervously, guessing he didn't realize he had been holding me like a teddy bear.
"Ready to sneak you back into the Ravenclaw room?" John asked.
"I'd rather spend more time with you," I blushed.
"Doing what?" John asked me.
"What do Hufflepuffs do in the mornings?" I questioned.
"Oh um... Talk, help each other study, mostly make each other laugh and practice skills," John said.
"Got a piano?" I asked.
"Sure, in the common room. Its pretty small, though," John said.
"Yeah. We've got a grand piano in the Ravenclaw common room, but its so loud nobody plays it," I laughed. "Can you teach me to play?"
"Sure," John said, standing up.
I followed him outside of the dorm and over towards a small brown piano. John and I sat down on the bench, and John took out a piano music book. He flipped through the pages, and then found what he was looking for and set the book on a stand-like thing on the piano.
"So, I'm not good at teaching and I have not played in years," John said.
"That's fine," I smiled up at him.
"So this is middle C," He started, placing a finger on one of the keys.
He showed me the names of the notes, and then played a song as demonstration. Then he instructed me to put my fingers on a couple keys and play in a pattern. I began to play, and after a while he taught me a short song.
"I should probably get going," I said after a while.
"Okay," He smiled at me warmly.
"See you in class," I said, standing up.
"Bye," John said. "Love ya."
"Bye Mon Amour," I said, then turned around and headed for the exit.
"Je t'aime ma petite fille," John said in french, it meant 'I love you, my little girl'.
(A/N I used google translate for the french I understand it probably makes no sense XD)
"Attends, petite fille? et vous parlez français?" I asked him, saying 'Wait, little girl? and you know french?'
"Je parle couramment," John responded, 'I speak fluently'.
"Cool, eh bien, je t'aime!" I said, 'Cool, well, love you!'
"T'aime," He said, 'Love you'.
"Bye," I said, finally leaving.
I really love that man.
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