"Oi McKinnon,"
Marlene grunted as she rolled over in her bed mentally thinking about killing her brother for letting James into the house. It was too early to have him barking in her ear. She felt him grab ahold of her comforter and rip it off her. She was all too aware of how cold her house was. "Get up Marlene!" She heard him whine. Sitting up she let her baby blue eyes adjust to the bright light that James had turned on. "What?" She hissed at him as she stretched before hoping out of bed.
"You're going to be late." She heard him say matter-of-factly through the door of her bathroom as she examined herself in the mirror.
Marlene shook her head, knowing full well he couldn't see her. "No I'm not James. Just give me five minutes to get ready, geeze Potter get your knickers out of a twist." She heard silence on the other end and decided not to wait for an answer. Quickly she ran a brush through her hair and pulled it back into a ponytail. Brushing her teeth she heard James begin talking, "Marlene, listen I need to tell you something important." Marlene spit the mint paste out of her mouth, wiping her mouth with a towel. "Oh?" She questioned as she stepped out of her bathroom and back into her room.
"Yes, and I need you to not be dramatic." Marlene glanced at him with a raised brow as she made her way to her closet. Now the area was relatively empty, all her clothing packed away in her truck for school. "Okay James, talk to me." She answered as she stepped out of the closet with a pair of dark blue jeans and a white button up blouse quickly stepping back into the bathroom to change.
"Well, I got a letter from Hogwarts a couple days ago and blew it off." Marlene rolled her eyes. That was such a James thing to do; she could imagine him right now running a hand through his hair. "So I opened it today when I woke up, Sirius joked that he thought it might be McGongall telling me not to come back this year." Sirius was now living with the Potter's it pissed her off really, now that he was so close to her she was aware of how much more she hated his existence. He was such an arse, thinking he was God of the world because every good-for-nothing at school wanted to get in his pants.
"Obviously, that's not what it was but.. I.. I got Headboy." Marlene buttoned the last two buttons of her shirt quickly before walking out of the bathroom to look at James. "Seriously?" She questioned him. He nodded, "James, that's wicked!" She exclaimed. "This is seriously great. Between you and Lily my detention rate just went down a few points!" She beamed at him as he scratched the back of his head with a roll of his eyes. "Marlene, that's exactly what Sirius said."
The blonde wrinkled her nose at the boy in front of her. "Hold your tongue Potter. I will not be compared to someone like that." She crossed her arms at him as she pursed her lips, an evident look of distaste on her face. "Marlene, stop it. I don't understand you two sometimes. Why can't you two just get along?" The blonde turned away from him as she opened a drawer pulling out a pair of socks and wiggling her feet into them. She pulled on her black converse's before turning to shrug, "C'mon Potter. We're gonna be late."
Marc was the one who had volunteered to take the three seventh years to the train this year. Both Marlene and James's fathers were off on official auror business. Marlene's mum was a healer, and she was off on Order business. James's mum had died his fifth year.
For Marlene it was weird, this was the first year she would be boarding the train without her brother. The first year since his first year that the two would be separated. Black was making quite a show out of making a fifth year Hufflepuff laugh as they boarded the train, Marlene rolled her eyes as James smiled before leaving with Remus to board the train. "I'll save you a seat McKinnon." She nodded in approval before turning to look at her older brother, his brown hair was getting longer, falling into his eyes that matched those of his baby sisters.
"I'm gonna miss you, Marls." He said as he wrapped her in a rather huge hug. She took in a deep breath smelling the boy who was surrounding her in such a big hug. "Me too, Marc." She felt him release her but she couldn't bring herself to let go of him quite yet. Something told her to not let go of him, something told her to hold on to him and never let go.
"Come on, let go before you miss the train." Marlene looked up at him with wide watery eyes, seeing that his two were threatening to spill over. She smiled at him before letting out a little giggle. "Love you, Marc." The boy nodded before kissing his sisters forehead, "Me too, Marls." He said before pushing the girl on to the train.
Marlene walked to the compartment she knew James would be in, finding him with Remus, Peter and of course, Black. She resisted the urge to smack him as she snorted when she entered at sat beside James. "Was a touching moment out there McKinnon." She heard him tease her. Her eyes narrowed, "Oh stuff it Black."
Hearing the knocking on the compartment door she looked to see a familiar red color enter. "Lily!" Marlene grinned as the Gryffindor entered, Mary close behind her. "Mac!" She said quickly. Both girls grinned at her before Lily looked at James, "Potter, I'm supposed to let you know that we're supposed to meet in the Prefect compartment in fifteen minutes."
Marlene looked over at James who seemed more interested in his nail bed than anything else. "Thanks." He murmured as Marlene looked over at Lily again, the look of confusion on her friends face made her want to giggle. Lily quickly brushed it off as she looked back at Marlene, "Marley, we'll see you at dinner right?" She nodded as she watched Remus and James get up to follow Mary and Lily, looking over to see that she was left with Black and Peter.
"Great." She thought bitterly to herself, "This is going to be an awkward ride."