for @quidditchleaguenetās december challengeĀ
lavender brown and parvati patil make fast friends because the first thing that lavender opens with when theyāre on the train isĀ āhey, do you want to see a picture of my bunnyā and parvati, lover of all things cute and fluffy, says yes
eleven-year old lavender was very insecure at the beginning about parvati and padma, because sheād been the third wheel many a times before and how could you be anything butĀ a third wheel with twins?
except parvati was her dormmate and very eager to spread her wings away from her twin and spent the first couple of months filling lavender in about all the pureblood gossip and wizarding families and their respective alliances
(for which she is thankful for, in hindsight, during the war)
and one day parvati had shot her a grin and said very shylyĀ āIām really glad we managed to become such good friends so early onāĀ
and Lavender echoed that sentiment because Fay and Eloise had become fast friends as well, and Hermione was too much head-in-the-books for them to even get to know her
and Lavender chimes in, equally as shy,Ā āyouāre my best friend hereā
Parvati beams at that, and starts chattering away about matching bracelets and future Hogsmeades trips andĀ āall the things we can do in the next seven years!āĀ
Lavender is thrilled, and later on she drops theĀ āhereā and Parvati just becomesĀ ābest friendā, alongsideĀ āconfidantā,Ā āshoulder to cry onā,Ā ātransfiguration partnerā andĀ āgirl who tells me when I step out of lineā
(and if later on they become a little more than that, Lavenderās not too worried - theyāre best friends, through and through, and nothing can ever change that).