Rumours & Lies
Written for 2 Week Drabble Wars; International Women's Day.
Task: Write your character doing something bad/bad for/bad to someone.
Dialogue Prompt: "Throw me to the wolves. I'll return leading the pack."
Entry for Word Prompt Express.
Prompt: (640) Pregnant.
Lavender stormed angrily up to her ex-boyfriend, Cormac McLaggen, as she'd just found out the fool had been spreading lies about her. He'd been angry when she didn't graciously forgive him for cheating on her with Pansy Parkinson, so clearly, he'd decided to get revenge. Cormac looked at her and grinned slyly, making her want to slap that smug look off of his face.
"If it isn't the cheating bitch herself," he said in his usual arrogant drawl.
"How dare you! We both know that you're the cheat!"
He smirked and whispered in her ear. "And yet, everyone else thinks that you are; sleeping with a boy from each house behind my back, really, Lavender."
She saw red at his words and pushed him away furiously. "Throw me to the wolves. I'll return leading the pack."
Cormac snorted and rolled his eyes as he stared at her with mock pity. "I'll believe it when I see it; try not to sleep with any more boys on the way to the common room." He walked away laughing at his little joke, leaving Lavender seething and plotting her revenge.
Seamus was surprised when he walked into the common room to find Lavender crying. "What's wrong? Is it the things that McLaggen's been saying? No one who knows you believes that crap."
She wiped her eyes and smiled at him. "Well, it's got something to do with that."
He sat down next to her. "Do you want to tell me, or should I look for Parvati?"
"No need to look for Parvati, but thank you for the offer; I want to tell you all about it."
"Okay, I'm listening."
"So, as you know already, Cormac is spreading lies about me." Seamus nodded, and she continued. "The real reason for our break-up is…my pregnancy."
Her friend gasped and looked at her in shock. "What!"
"I'm having his baby! I thought that he loved me and we'd get through it together; he dumped me instead. The rumours he started are, so people will assume that someone else is the father, and he'll be let off the hook. What am I going to do?" Lavender sobbed while Seamus patted her back sympathetically.
"I won't let that bastard get away with this! Let me round up the others, and we'll go teach Cormac McLaggen a lesson he'll never forget." He stood up and headed up the stairs, stopping at the top. "I'm going to be there to help you; everything will work out well in the end." When he entered the dorm and left her alone in the room, Lavender giggled gleefully at her successful plan; unknown to Seamus, everything had already worked out flawlessly.
