Eva ended up coaxing Rosemary into a green sweater and a tanned skirt that reached her knees. The makeup was kept to minimum, despite the blonde girls insistence, but she did get to curl her hair into big loose curls. Even Rosemary had to admit that she liked her hair like that.
Eva, on the other hand, wore a deep blue dress that had a small ribbon that tied in the back. Her usual curls were tamed into tightly wound ringlets. Her makeup was also pretty minimum, with the exception of the heavy eye shadow and eyeliner.
Both girls grabbed Will, who had changed into normal clothes. Will and Eva flocked to each other as soon as they were reunited, to which Rosemary laughed at their mutual blindness. They swung back to Rosemarys room so she could feed Bast before leaving for the astronomy tower. Sneaking out was not easy to say the least and they'd almost been caught twice.
Finally getting to the astronomy tower, the trio all dropped in relief." I don't know how you guys do this all the time. It's a pain in the arse!" Will groaned from the floor.
"There's a reason we're called the master pranksters of the school, it's not just because of our dashing good looks." Sirius boasted and high fived James.
"All right mates, no need to rub it in," Will rolled his eyes at the boys' cockiness. All the boys began laughing and began boasting about their own looks. The two girls just sighed at the boys and relaxed against each other.
The astronomy tower was much nicer at night. The room they were in seemed to be an old classroom that was used as storage now, for it was filled with many boxes and old furniture. Everyone settled into whatever furniture they could.
"Here Mary, I grabbed some snacks on the way out. I knew none of these fools would think to bring any food." Eva grinned opening her purse. 'Some snacks' was an understatement, the girl had a black hole of food contained in her purse. There were sweets and meats, crackers and cheese, and drinks.
"Eva! You didn't have to bring a feast, where did you even get all this?" The brunette girl had to hand it to her, it did look tasty though.
"Does it matter where I got it? Now eat up before the boys come over and eat it all," the blonde shoved a platter of sausages and crackers to the girl. Rosemary took the food and gave her thanks.
Not long after, like dogs to a delicious steak, the boys perked up and noticed the girls eating. It was like watching a stampede of bulls come at you, the way they barreled over.
"Bloody hell girls, didn't know you were bringing snacks," James almost drooled out. The rest nodded with the same face.
"Mates, we can't run them over though. We have to be a little more patient," Remus tried to reason.
"Shut up Mooney, you ran over here like the rest of us," Sirius playfully shoved the boy. Remus had the descency to look semi embarresed at that, which just caused the boys to begin picking at each other.
"Boys! Sit down in a circle and relax! Give us a minute to pull out some more," Rosemary burst out.
Each boy dropped, nervous because of the usually calm girl shouting. Will didn't look as surprised as the others but obeyed non the less. He knew from experience that once the girls limit was met, you'd best do everything she said. She was scary when she wanted to, it reminded him of his mum.
The circle began with Peter and then Remus, then Will, then James, then Sirius, then Eva, and finally Rosemary. Smiling satisfied, Rosemary helped Eva unpack some of the other snacks and drinks. Soon, each person was settled in with full plates and smiles on their face.
'This is nice,' Rosemary thought contentedly. It was nice to have all her friends get along so well. She glanced at each person chatting and laughing together. She stopped on Remus, who caught her eye from her left.
The girl grinned brightly, to which he glanced down before looking back up and returned her smile. His smile was always so warm, his eyes would scrunch up and his face just seemed so open. The girl blushed and quickly looked down at her drink.
"I think we should play a game. Make things a little more fun," Will announced.
"I'm not playing truth or dare if that's what you have in mind," Eva rolled her eyes at the boy.
"I was thinking more of 'never have I ever,' but we could use these nasty cookies you brought to eat each time." Will grimaced holding up a bag of raisan oatmeal cookies.
"Hey! They arn't that bad, right?" The blonde girl looked to each person pouting. Nobody said anything and avoided eyecontact with the blonde girl. She huffed but said nothing else.
"Now that we are all in agreement, let's start!" The boy gave out five cookies each." Now whoever is the last person with cookies wins!"
"Who is going to start?" Peter questioned.
"I'll go first. Never have I ever, broken any bones before." Will smirked at everyone. James, Remus, and Rosemary all grimaced and took a bite of their cookies.
"Never have I ever, let's see. Nope, I've done that. Ah! Never have I ever played an instrument before," James said proudly. Eva, Sirius, and Peter all eat their cookie, even Eva couldn't keep the disgusted face from being seen.
The game went on for a bit longer before Sirius and James got out." Prongs, I'd say even though we lost, I still feel like a winner," Sirius joked loudly. Everyone rolled their eyes but laughed nonetheless.
The game came to a close a few turns later, Eva coming out on top as the winner." You guys aren't making me feel like a winner right now," the blonde girl complained referring to the fact that everyone was happy when the got out.
"What can I say, we are just a little more fun than you that's all," Will teased the girl. Eva glared, turned and punched him straight in the gut.
"Bloody hell," Will groaned out holding his stomach. He was bent over for the next couple minutes and was ignored by Eva for the rest of the night.
The party began wounding down after that, and everyone began cleaning up. Rosemary gathered everyone around before they left so she could give them her thanks.
"I wanna thank all you guys for everything you've done for me. You guys are such amazing people and I'm glad to have met you," Rosemary spoke a little awkwardly but with as much feeling as she could give. They all grinned and hugged her goodnight.
"Goodnight Mary," Will and Eva said goodbye first, wanting to get a head start back to their dorms.
"Goodnight Rosie!" All of the Griffindor boys shouted giving her a group hug. They all began making their way out, Remus staying a minute longer.
"Goodnight Rose," Remus said hugging her and pulling away to peck her forehead quickly.
Rosemary blushed furiously and stumbled out a nervous "G-goodnight!" He smiled brightly at her waving goodbye, walking out a second later.
'Calm down you stupid heart, it was just Remus being sweet.' Rosemary tried to tell herself tripping on her way back to her dorm.
A/n: Hey guys! This is kinda a filler chapter but I just wanted to put some emphasis on each other characters growing friendship. Some real fun stuff will be coming in the next couple of chapters, so get ready! Thanks again guys for reading!