I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_draco]

So who of us has been invited to CCF camp? I already know that Harry and I have been, and Daphs told me yesterday that she was in, too.

I wonder what sort of excitement is in store for us this time around.

Harry, you missed an utterly posh gathering at Avery's yesterday. Plenty of drinks, food, music, and games. No deep topics of conversation whatsoever. It was restful, in a way.

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[alt_draco]

Sometimes I'm not sure I've ever had mates, aside from Harry. Even when I used to bash about more regularly with Blaise and Teds and some of the others, it felt more like a social game, of sorts, only I was less aware of it.

Doesn't mean I can't still play it.

There's nothing outright terrible about it. Good food, enough liquor to keep things cheery, decent music, even some interesting conversation. But then when it comes time for the "real fun," you realise that all the pleasant chit-chat you've had is with people who enjoy some rather unsavoury things.

And I don't just mean the stupid "green bottle" games, either.

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[alt_hermione]

Aren't you lot a little too old for that game?

Oh. No, that's 'Green Ghost' I'm remembering you used to play.

What's a green bottle game, then?

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[alt_draco]

Ha, right. I forgot about Green Ghost. That was what Harry and I played at Buckingham when we were small.

There's a stack of brown bottles on a table, plus two green ones. Someone casts a spell that sends the bottles shuffling and flying around so that a bottle lands in front of each person. The two people who get the green bottles - either they snog, or, if it's two blokes, or two girls, then they get to make each other perform a dare.

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[alt_hermione]

Oh.

You're right: That sounds incredibly stupid.

Re: Private Message to Draco

[alt_draco]

More or less. Snogging someone that a bottle matched you up with... well, it's just a bit of spectacle, really.

As for the dares, they don't tend to hold back, and some of them have vivid imaginations.

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[alt_hermione]

So...did you snog Daphne, then?


Sorry. I just had to ask.

Re: Private Message to Draco

[alt_draco]

Believe me, I already know by now that if you want to ask something, you'll ask it.

Why does it matter if I did? Or didn't?

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[alt_hermione]

Can't I be curious without having some nefarious motive?

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[alt_draco]

Yes, I snogged her.

And Antigone Fletcher.

The bottles also tried to pair me up with Melinda, but thankfully cousins aren't expected to follow through.