Note: Alex's dress: https://pin.it/5WCq48W

TW Alcohol Use

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December 31st, 1997

I open the door to see Theo, standing on the front porch. This time he has his trunk with him since he's spending the night before we go back to Hogwarts in the morning.

I pull him inside by the front of his coat and kiss him firmly on the mouth.

"Hello to you too," Theo mumbles against my lips before kissing me again.

"Ugh-, get a room," Someone says. Theo and I break apart and I look over at Matthew, who's passing through the foyer and shaking his head.

I flip Matt off then grab Theo's hand and lead him upstairs. He brings his trunk up to my room and I close the door behind us as he sets it in the corner of my room.

I sit back on the edge of my bed and leaned back on my hands as I watch Theo. Once he gets his stuff settled he crosses the room and stands between my legs. Theo rests his hand on my jaw and tilts my face up to look at him.

He smiles, "You look nice."

"So do you," I say, staring up at him.

Theo leans down and kisses me and I sigh against his lips. "I really like that dress you've got on," Theo says, his lips brushing against my cheekbone.

I tilt my head slightly to look at the clock on my nightstand. "We have some time before everyone else gets here," I suggest.

"Oh, do we?" Theo teases.

I nod, and then Theo is kissing me again. I move back further onto my bed, bringing Theo with me by the belt loops of his pants. My head hits the pillows and Theo is on top of me.

I part my lips slightly and Theo deepens the kiss. He runs his hand up my outer thigh, his fingers pressing lightly against my bare skin. I run my hands through his hair, properly messing it up.

Theo shifts his hips slightly and I gasp into his mouth. He does it again, moaning quietly against my lips.

There's a knock at the door and Theo rolls off of me, groaning. I sit up and curse the world before pulling my dress down from where it had ridden up.

I quickly smooth out my hair. "Come in," I say.

My bedroom door opens and Daphne, Pansy, Blaise, and Draco come in.

"Shit, did we interrupt something?" Blaise asks.

Pansy takes one look at us and bursts out laughing.

"Oh, I'm so glad we knocked," Draco mutters, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Theo rolls his eyes. "I'm not," He says, sounding extremely annoyed.

I stifle a laugh and avoid eye contact with Theo. "No, you totally didn't interrupt anything," I lie.

Daphne grins and walks over to me. "Your lipstick is all smeared," She teases. She fixes my lipstick for me and smiles. "Alright, we should get to the club before they stop letting people in for the night."

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When we get to the club it's already filled with people. I have to push through a crowd of people to get to the bar, and by the time that I get there I'm in much need of a drink.

Everyone else went to go try to find somewhere to sit, so I stand at the bar alone.

The bartender, an attractive looking guy who looks only a few years older than me, leans on the bar in front of us. "Hello," He smiles, "What can I get for you?"

"Can I get 12 shots of firewhiskey?" I ask, leaning my elbow on the edge of the bar.

"Rough night?" He teases.

I laugh, "No, they're not all for me. Though it probably will be a rough morning tomorrow."

The bartender laughs, "Probably. New Years' Eve tends to end with a wicked hangover, at least in my case." He takes out 12 shot glasses and starts filling them with firewhiskey. "So are these shots for friends? Or-"

"For my friends," I say. I glance over my shoulder to see that my friends ended up finding a booth in a more secluded area with less people. "Right over there," I point.

The bartender looks over to where I pointed as I turn back around to face him and the bar. He smiles then looks at me. "The tall one looks like he's going to have an aneurysm," He jokes.

I glance back to see that Theo is staring over at me. His jaw is slightly clenched. Draco says something to him and Theo responds with a short answer, still looking at me.

"Is he your boyfriend?" He asks.

I frown, "That's a very loaded question."

"Well, if you ever figure it out," The bartender says, "My name is Louis and I'm here working almost every night."

"I'm Alexandria," I repond. I only let my friends and family call me Alex. So, to Louis, I'm Alexandria.

Someone comes up behind me and rests their hand on my waist as they stand beside me at the bar. "Here, let me help you carry some of these, love," Theo says.

Louis smirks, "Have a good night you guys."

Theo doesn't say anything as he grabs half of the shots and I grab the rest. He leads me through the crowd and back to the table.

I set down the shots and sit down in the booth. Theo sits next to me, close enough that our legs are pressed together. Everyone grabs a shot of firewhiskey.

"Okay, someone make a toast," Pansy says.

Blaise looks at Daphne briefly then sets his shot glass back down on the table. We all stare at him, and then I start putting the pieces together at the same time that Theo does, and he squeezes my knee.

"Daphne Greengrass," He starts, "I love you, and I want to spend the rest of my life loving you." Blaise gets on one knee and reaches for a ring box in his pocket at the same time that Pansy slaps her hand over her mouth in shock and Daphne's jaw drops. "Will you marry me?"

Daphne kisses him hard on the mouth. "Of course I will, you idiot!" She exclaims.

The two of them get caught up in kissing each other so Theo raises his shot glass. "To Blaise and Daphne," He says.

"To Blaise and Daphne," We toast.

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We're minutes away from midnight.

I can feel the bass of the music as I dance with Theo in the crowd of people. His hands are on my hips as I dance against him. The music is so loud that I can't hear my own thoughts and my brain feels a little fuzzy from the alcohol.

Daphne and Blaise are still in the booth, practically melding into each other at this point. They've been living in their newly engaged bliss for the whole night. Draco and Pansy are dancing a few feet away from Theo and I, and surprisingly, both of them look like they're having a good time.

The music stops and someone's voice replaces it. "Alright guys, we're thirty seconds from the new year. Let's start the countdown!"

I turn back around and face Theo. I wrap my arms around his neck and Theo's hands are on my hips.

"10... 9... 8... 7..."

"We should get out of here soon," I yell just so that he can hear me over the crowd.

"6... 5... 4..."

Theo grins, "We should."

"3... 2... 1..."

The club bursts into loud cheers.

Theo leans down to kiss me. I cup the back of his neck as Theo kisses me with such intensity that I feel like my knees might buckle. I lean into the kiss and part my lips to deepen the kiss.

We don't break apart until we're both out of breath.

"Happy New Year, Theo," I say.

Theo presses a quick kiss against my lips. "Happy New Year, Alex," He says.

We kiss again, not an inch of space between our bodies. I can smell Theo's cologne and feel his body heat radiating through his clothes.

I pull back and ghost my lips against Theo's jaw.

"We should leave now," I suggest.

Theo nods quickly. "Yes, we should. Whatever you want, love."