TRAINING WHEELS | draco malfoy ✔️

35. leon holloway

TRAINING WHEELS
LEON HOLLOWAY.

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Amora had only been in the boys' dormitory once before, and that was back in the first year when Leon gave her a small tour whilst the other boys were hanging around inside the common room. She would have shown him the girls' in return, but there were defence mechanisms that stopped the boys entering the girls' dorms. She remembered the room to be exactly like the girls', just messier.

Now, four years later, Amora was surprised to find that it was relatively tidier. Other than some unfolded uniforms sprawled upon unmade beds, it was up to Amora's standards, or rather the standards that she had picked up from her mother who liked the 'overly clean' lifestyle Muggles had.

Amora sat down on the floor, her legs crossed as her friends all did the same thing. It was a tight squeeze for the ten Hufflepuffs, their knees all brushing with the exception of Kathy and Leon who were leaning into one another like always. The brunette watched with curious eyes as Justin grabbed the bottle he'd been holding and unscrewed the cap from the top.

Amora had had Firewhisky only once, and that was right after the first task when Cedric had completed it and the older years allowed the fourth years to have a sip each. She hadn't minded the taste, but she remembered how it had warmed her chest and made it feel slightly uncomfortably tight. Amora wasn't opposed to drinking, not at all, but she'd never been drunk before, and she was relatively certain that some of her other friends around the room hadn't been either.

Unless Leon had with his Muggle friends in London, then Amora was pretty sure he'd never been drunk either.

"I'm not sure about this," Ernie admitted as Justin began to pour some into the goblets they had taken. "I really want to get prefect next year, and if I get caught underage drinking--"

"We're all here, Ernie," Hannah reminded him, "Dumbledore can't just stop all of us from being prefects next year. He'll have to pick two."

"Malfoy and his lot are definitely drinking right now anyway," Zacharias grumbled in agreement. "And nobody will ever find out. If anybody's going to get caught, it's them-- they're the ones probably blasting music and all that."

"If you don't want to drink, you don't have to, Ernie," Kathy said softly, her eyes glancing over the boy sympathetically.

Ernie hesitated, looking between his circle of friends and biting down on his lip. "Fine."

"Aye!" Justin grabbed his best friend's shoulder and shook him proudly. "Atta boy. We didn't get this cheap either."

He passed along all of the goblets and Amora took hers, spinning it around gently and peering inside. She bent her face towards the cup and inhaled, cringing back slightly at the intoxicating scent that felt as if it was already infiltrating her bloodstream. Amora took a sip, not realising that she had been the first until her friends started to childishly hoot around her.

She found it was easy taking small sips, just slightly bitter on the tongue. Leon grabbed her wrist.

"Down it, 'Mora," he said.

Chanting filled Amora's ears and she grinned under the attention before she did as she was told. It spilled past her lips and down her throat in one swift tilt of the goblet, causing her belly and chest to feel warm. Amora's face scrunched up once she'd finished and she raised her goblet to the air.

"Come on then, you cowards!" She laughed, nudging Leon. "You down it too!"

"Your wish is my command." Leon threw his 'shot' back like it was nothing, only a small wince once he had swallowed.