i wanted to update on sunday, i rly did, but i spent all day writing an essay on the catcher in the rye which did not come easily. so here's a monday update.
"A date?" Dorcas gaped. "Marley, you know that we're only in third year, right? There's plenty of time for dates when we're older."
Marlene adjusted her shirt and brushed the wrinkles from her jeans. "I know, Cas. It's not like I expect anything to come of it, but he's quite cute." She shrugged. "He asked me to be his date for the first Hogsmeade trip of the year, so I said yes. We'll probably just buy some sweets and walk around a bit."
Dorcas sighed. She didn't know why she was so upset about Marlene's "date," only that she was. Her next sigh was heavier, and Marlene heard it. She turned to look at Dorcas and continued to brush her hair.
"Tell you what," Marlene said, "if it's completely awful, I'll ditch him and come find you and the girls. And if you're having just the worst time without me, which I doubt you will, you can come find me and tag along with us, and Dearborn will just have to deal with it."
Dorcas nodded. Marlene turned back to the mirror, put her brush down, and used two clips to pull her hair back.
"Tell me about him?" Dorcas requested. "Dearborn."
"His name's Caradoc Dearborn. He's a fourth year Ravenclaw, supposed to be near the top of his class. He's always been nice to me when we've crossed paths, which hasn't been that often, but I've heard he's quite nice. He's tall and has very pretty blonde curls."
"Sounds nice," Dorcas replied. "Do you really fancy him?"
"Hmm… I don't know just yet, but I'll figure it out." Marlene smiled at her reflection and adjusted her shirt once more, then pulled a light sweater on. She held a hand out to pull Dorcas off of her bed. "Come on, Cas, let's go meet everyone."
They walked in silence, arms barely brushing every so often, until they met up with their classmates. Marlene stayed with her friends for the walk to Hogsmeade, then met up with Dearborn. He was cute, Dorcas had to admit, and looked like a nice person. He smiled shyly at Marlene and said something that made her laugh, then waved to Dorcas, Amelia, Lily, and Emmeline, who waved back. He and Marlene walked off soon after. Dorcas stared after them, unsure as to why her stomach felt like it was in knots. The other three girls noticed, and pulled Dorcas along to the sweets shop.
As Dorcas looked through the shelves of different types of sweets, Amelia came up behind Dorcas and threw her arms around Dorcas's shoulders. She perched her head on Dorcas's left shoulder.
"What's got you down, Cassie?" Amelia asked quietly. "Marls will be back soon enough, and Dearborn will treat her right in the meantime."
"I know that," Dorcas responded as she idly played with the three rings on her necklace. "I don't know. Maybe it's just that kind of day." Dorcas wiggled out of Amelia's grasp, grabbed two chocolate frogs, and headed for the check-out counter.
Amelia huffed quietly. "I'm going to get that girl to admit her love for Marlene bloody McKinnon if it's the last thing I do." She shook her head, grabbed as many licorice wands as she could fit in one hand, and followed Dorcas.
if you want an idea of what dearborn looks like, i'm picturing loras tyrell from game of thrones.
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