They end up at least thirteen kilometers from the Burrow, hungry and tired and oh so cold. In the middle of a forest where the snow reaches Lily to her thighs and with an overhanging danger of being hit by falling snow from the trees. The icy air makes Lily's lungs hurt and she feels dizzy after their apparition. As the squib she is she quickly whips out her phone from her pocket and with stiff fingers she tries to find their location on google maps. She swears as the blue dot lands in the middle of fucking nowhere, the nearest road is even farther away than the Burrow, making calling a taxi an impossibility.
"Sweet jesus!" she exclaims at Lorcan, who's sitting down on the snowy ground like a child, staring up at the still dark morning sky with dead eyes. "Did you even pass your apparition test?"
It takes a while for him to answer, and when he eventually does, his voice sounds far-away; "Yes"
Lily scoffs, thinks about leaving this sorry excuse of a wizard in this sorry excuse of winter wonderland. He would probably be missed, but in the end he's just another low-budget idol. After thinking it through she decides to not be a bitch and shoves the brick of a phone into her pocket and grabs him by the shoulder. The task of getting Lorcan up on his feet turns out to be harder than expected and Lily's almost grateful that there's no one to see them in this moment.
As she grits her teeth and pulls on him with every little muscle she owns, she wishes she were anywhere than this.
she's a fireball
my girl
she'll burn me alive
She wakes up in a small bedroom, painted in a pale yellow. It's dark outside and the only light she sees is the once slipping in from underneath the door spring. She has absolutely no idea where she is or if it's morning or still night. The only thing she knows is—
oh
for the first time in maybe nineteen years, Miranda's so shocked of herself that she's unable to speak. But after all, that's probably just what happens when you wake up in the same bed as the most beautiful girl in the world and the idol you've had adult crush on for like three years.
A bit sad and very much hangover, Miranda realizes she needs to get out before Lucy wakes. She's no fool, she knows that Lucy has a fiance, a really pretty boy too, and that Miranda has to end this before 'this' actually begins. With a sigh she sits up in the bed, looking down at the beauty lying next to her. It almost aches in her to run her fingers through the red hair that's spread out like a halo around the sleeping girl.
Just as she readies herself to de-tangle her limbs from Lucy, the other girl opens her eyes. Damn, Miranda thinks before burying herself in Lucy's brown eyes, that girl has really beautiful eyes.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" Lucy groggily asks, and if Miranda didn't get the tickles in her lower regions because of her raspy morning voice, she probably would have come up with a better answer. As it is now, she just shrugs with a "dunno" on her lips as she wiggles her foot out from underneath Lucy's body.
After a quick glance from Lucy, Miranda feels obliged to give her girl a better answer; "Well," she stars, suddenly feeling a bit nervous, which is quite unusual for someone like Miranda; "I, uh, I don't really know where I am, so I don't really know where I'm going," if that makes sense.
Lucy squints, reaches up a hand which she places on Miranda's bare thigh. She says something but Miranda can't really comprehend the words, she's way to focused on the cold fingers against her skin. She wonders why it is that Lucy can break her bones and build her up again with just a touch.
Miranda doesn't get a chance to recover from the leg touch before Lucy's dragging her down to the bed again. And well, she's still got time to end this, right?
she's the hurricane
my girl
always slipping through
Her phone's down on 3% and Lily's about two seconds away from screaming into the void of this forest. The only positive thing Lily can come up with in this situation is that she didn't choose her stilettos and instead put on her sneakers for this party.
When her phone eventually shuts down, she angrily spins around to look at their surroundings and in some way find out where they are. Surprisingly there's only fucking tree's around her. Because of the child she still is on the inside, Lily angrily stomps on the snow covered ground. It hurts a lot and just makes her more angry.
Behind her, Lorcan's trying to catch up. His damp hair lies plastered to his forehead and his eyes are constantly blinking away the melted snow that runs into his eyes
Lily almost feels pity when she looks at Lorcan, but then she remembers that it's four in the morning and they're lost in a forest, and that it's all his fault. When he finally catches up to her he almost falls into her because of his tiredness. Lily notices that yesterday he was much taller than her but right now he's so small of brokenness and self loathing that she probably could fit him into her palm. Then she notices that she turns into a pretty shitty poet without sleep.
"Hey," Lorcan slurs, and if Lily weren't so tired she would probably have jumped him, because fuck him that's why. But Lorcan continues as he reaches out his hand against her, "I think I can try it again now, apparate, I mean. "
Well, that wasn't what she expected, Lily thinks. And because she's dead anyway and YOLO and all that, Lily accepts his hand.
she's a flighty bird
my girl
can't catch her
i've tried/i've tried
This time they end up in the garden behind the Burrow, and Lily grips onto Lorcan for dear life while she waits for the spinning to stop. She's never felt this sick since all the ballerina's at the studio caught the flu and and she had to spend the whole february in bed.
"you okay?" Lorcan asks her but Lily doesn't have any kind of energy left in her body. So instead of answering she just rests her head against his chest and closes her eyes. The only thing she's capable of doing is breathing, and even that is kind of hard for her tired soul.
it takes a while for her to notice that Lorcan's rubbing her on the back, which is, honestly, kind of nice. And that the morning sun is finally up and shining on the two of them.
"How you feeling?" Lorcan asks again, and she just shrugs as she lets go of Lorcan and takes a step back. His eyes are blue, she notices.
Suddenly Lorcan's leaning forward, and well, he's clearly going to kiss her. His hand is still on her lower back, and she can feel him trying to pull her closer.
"no" she gasps, millimeters away from his lips and he stops. They stare at each other, his eyes are blue, hers are dark brown, she won't kiss him.
He turns away, apparates without a word. Lily stares at the spot he disappeared from, she wonders if this actually happened, or if she's going to wake up in her own apartment soon.
she really hopes so, this nightmare has to end some way
she's walking on trippy toes
my girl
won't let me kiss her
Lily finds Miranda on the porch, her packed bag next to her and a lit cigarette stuck between her lips. She's looking down at her phone, and Lily guesses that Miranda's trying to contact her.
"Guess we're both ready to leave" she says and Miranda looks up, she looks clearly shaken, who wouldn't be, Lily thinks, with a family like that.
"yeah" Miranda sighs as she stands up from the porch, she grabs her bag and throws it over her shoulder. She follows Lily through the garden but stops when Lily opens the door to the small shed. "what are you doing?" she suspiciously asks, but Lily just shushes her. it's been years since she last went in here, but she's quite sure that she's looking in the right place.
"aha!" she exclaims as she kicks at an empty basket, revealing a worn and dusty tire. Miranda turns on the flashlight on her camera, and in the sparse light they both look in awe at the black motorcycle. The same dangerous machine that's lasted through two wizarding wars and even survived a complete crash. The reason that it's still in here is because Harry gave it to his daughter when she turned fifteen, and the daughter completely forgot about it.
"Do you know how to drive?" Miranda suddenly asks, breaking the silence, and Lily smiles at the amused undertone in her friend's voice.
"of course, let's get out of here"
my girl
my best girl
my girl
will probably post the epilogue some day
