4. Marlene McKinnon
She was jealous.
She didn't mean to be, but she was only sixteen. And if there was one thing sixteen-year-olds were good at, it was being jealous.
Marlene tried very hard you know – her mother always told her that jealousy was nothing more than a slimy, green monster that the patriarchy invented to create divisive binaries in order to further capitalist machinations. Her father always rolled his eyes, but Mum said it was because he was a man.
She liked to think she agreed with her mother, but it was just so hard to push that monster away when Evans traipsed all over the place like she owned the halls of Hogwarts… or something.
It's not as though she hates Evans… she just hates the attention she gets.
Mind you, it's not all good attention – some of those pureblood pricks have been pretty twitchy with their hexes around her. Marlene always feels awful hearing some of girls in the loo.
Mudblood, they call her. Filthy, they throw at her. Dirty slut was the latest slur travelling around the girls' loo these days. Not that Evans had anything to do with it, of course.
But that bloody Potter and that imbecile Black.
Boys ruined everything – even her mother said so.
Marlene was still jealous though.
I think this is my favourite one so far... x
