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“ old town road ”, chapter xxx  [ read here ]

━━━ «   yeah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road I’m gonna ride ‘til I can’t no more I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road I’m gonna ride ‘til I can’t no more (…) can’t nobody tell me nothin’ you can’t tell me nothin’ can’t nobody tell me nothin’ you can’t tell me nothin’   »  

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Hermione shot him a reproachful look. "See that you also have back-up before you get yourself killed because of your testosterone", she sneered.

"If you have to trust me on just one thing for the rest of your life, Granger, let it be this one", Draco said. "Just because I don't particularly enjoy violence, it doesn't mean I can't stand up for myself if it comes down to it. The last time someone underestimated me, Death Eaters got into Hogwarts".

"Just promise me you'll be careful, then", she conceded. "And that you won't drag my brother into a midnight duel anytime soon".

"I suppose Blaise will have to do– ".

"Call me, Malfoy", Hermione whispered. She added, louder, "I'll help you. Let it be next week or next month. Even if I'm in Australia, call me and I'll help you. Regardless of how things are between each other at that point".

"Do you think they'll change?", he asked.

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“ my strange addiction ”, chapter xxxi  [ read here ]

━━━ «  don’t ask questions, you don’t wanna know learned my lessons way too long ago to be talkin’ to you, belladonna shoulda’ taken a break, not an oxford comma take what I want when I wanna and I want ya bad, bad news  one of us is gonna lose I’m the powder, you’re the fuse just add some friction »  

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Harry smirked. "I couldn't help but notice it's Draco now".

Hermione stopped with her cocktail in mid-air, mockingly arching one brow. "I couldn't help but notice it's Draco for you, too", she teased. "He's Theodore's best friend. Besides, it's not all that bad".

His smirk grew wider.

"Of course. I mean, I'm sure there's plenty to appreciate in him for the female eye", he said, suggestively.

The witch emptied her glass in one sitting, and he followed shortly after.

She stuck her tongue out at him. "Ow, sod it!", she cursed. "I knew Pansy would tell you".

"Actually", Harry grinned. "Pansy didn't tell me shit. You just did". ━━━

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“ believer ”, chapter xxxv  [ read HERE ]

━━━ «  I reckon immaculate, sound about accurate I know that strength, it don't come without strategy I know that sweet, it don't come with cavities I know that passages come with some traffic I start from the basement, end up in the attic (...) is you a believer? I get a unicorn out of a zebra I wear my uniform like a tuxedo( ...) I know that bloomin' don't come without rain I know the losin' don't come without shame I know the beauty don't come without, uh »  

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So here Draco was, with half a boner inside of a hospital.

Attention still captured by the sway of her hips as she walked just a step ahead of him, he was so distracted he almost headbutted the door when she abruptly came to a halt.

She giggled, albeit mockingly. "If you're quite done checking me out, Malfoy..."

Granger released his hand to knock on the door, bringing it to the handle when a female voice invited them in. As it was half on its way down the witch paused and turned to him with a smirk.

"The sooner we're done, the sooner you can get me out of this thing".

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“ throw it back ”, chapter xxxiv  [ read here ]

━━━ «  flip it and reverse it, stupid with the verses, man, I got the coat and shoes just to match the purses I don't need rehearsing, the way I throw it back I show the whole crowd how I work it  »  

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"At first I wasn't really sure I was going to tell you, but it's been like, what? Seven years? Anyway, Tracey was told by Gregory who was told by Zabini who actually has firsthand experience of the matter at hand..."

Astoria didn't like where this was going.

"It appears Draco and our cousin are an item now".

Fuck.

"Can you believe it? It's such an odd pair if you think of how they used to be in school".

"It's not so odd if you think of how they are now", Astoria disagreed.

It actually made perfect sense.

She only wished she'd known this when she'd tried to kiss Draco.

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“ press ”, chapter xxxii  [ read here ]

━━━ «  they throwin' shade 'cause they see me on top tell that bitch to pull up, I'ma send you the drop press, press, press, press, press cardi don't need more press kill 'em all, put them hoes to rest walk in, bulletproof vest (…) ding dong must be that whip that I ordered  »  

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"Mum".

Tears were piling up in the corners of Theo's eyes, too.

"My boy…", she trailed off, uncertainly, as her gaze turned to Eloise. "He found you".

There was a happiness in her voice which her husband had all but forgotten, and it rekindled the flame in his heart, hearing again such a sound after so many years of cold stares and silence.

At last, his family was reunited.

Only its members seemed to be rolling for two opposite teams, and his own, he feared, was made of a single person: himself.

"I call bullshit", Hermione said. "Really, I don't have time for this".

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“ fetish ”, chapter xxv  [ here ]

━━━ « take it or leave it, baby take it or leave it, but I know you won’t leave it, ‘cause I know that you need it, uhh, look in the mirror, when I look in the mirror, baby I see it clearer, why you wanna be nearer  »  

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“What the hell is The Scarlett Order now?”, asked Harry. “Allegedly, the only reliable source to oppose the great evils of contemporary wizarding society”, Ron quoted, reading from the magazine in his hands. The editing of the entire thing could have used some help, but the paper was exceptionally heavy for wizarding standards. The Prophet had seventeen, The Quibbler twenty-one, while The Scarlett Post, that the title written in bold characters on top of the description Ron had just read, had at least fifty or sixty pages. “What those evils would be? I’m curious now”, Anthony chimed in. “You should ask it to the people who write this stuff, but it looks like the articles are all anonymous”, Weasley replied, browsing through the pages of the magazine as he spoke. “There’s even a ten-thousand words dossier on Hermione and Nott”. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this paper before now”, Harry said. “Me neither”, added Dean. “From the looks of it, there’s not a legitimate publishing house behind it”. “Anthony, Dean, take the first few hours of tomorrow’s shift to do some research about it. We’ll have one of the other Aurors fill in for the garden’s patrols”, Harry started to give his orders. “I’ll take it home with me and read through it before I go to bed, hopefully by lunch we’ll know if we’re supposed to take these people seriously or if they’re just the magical version of conspiracy theorists”. “We do have conspiracy theorists, thank you very much”, Ron snickered. “Sometimes you act like Muggles invented fucking everything”. “No, Ron, I just act like the two worlds aren’t two entirely different realities whose paths never cross, because they aren’t”. ━━━

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The wizarding world had never given much attention to the after-life: over the centuries new faiths and beliefs had come around, but they’d usually died in short periods of time, crushed by the oldest cult of them all, that of magic itself.   Wizards and witches had been cheating death since the beginning of time, and it would have been weird to dwell on such things when ghosts with unfinished business, the Philosopher’s Stone and etiquette lessons with the paintings of your ancestors were a well-known reality. Though those who practiced the Dark Arts showed to their craft a grade of devotion that was easily comparable to the muggle concept of religious fanatism, magical people as a whole thought of time as a circle rather than a straight line. They weren’t concerned with the purpose of their existence, what really mattered was what you did with it, and how you expressed the magic you were gifted by nature during your time walking the earth. Magic itself was their deity. If Draco had been a muggle, perhaps he’d have thought of his current situation as the tragic moment his eternal fate was being decided, but since he was not, he merely found it a bit odd.

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“I can’t really tell you right now”, Tracey replied. “Susan didn’t mention it. But I can totally ask her the next time she comes to the gym. I’m not teaching any classes until the baby is born, but I still spend most of time behind the desk, and she works out at our place twice every week. I’m sure I can casually bring up the subject”. “And if she’s not there, I’ll try to get it out of her”, Goyle intervened from her side. He was protectively surrounding her shoulders with one arm, and by the way he continuously turned to look at her – at the way she smiled, and the way she talked, and how Tracey smiled a little brighter, and talked a little faster in return – it was crystal clear they loved each other dearly.

chapter 26th: “WOW”