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Chapter 25
"Fryman… you have to listen to me. Vic IS human as is Remus." Sirius tried to stress the tenth time, "Only during the full moon are they wolves."
"You can't stop being human. You either are or you aren't." She replied.
"C'mon! I'm being serious here!" Sirius shouted.
"Black, this conversation is going nowhere." Kelsey drawled, "I think instead of wasting my time with your useless banter, I'll go do something more productive." Kels began to walk off, but was grabbed by biting words.
"You are a Slytherin. So convinced anything less than perfection is dirt. Even your best friend." Sirius spat, and stalked off to the Gryffindor tower.
Lucius slumped in his seat. "No Narcissa, no Prewitt, no anybody."
"Oh, cheer up, Lucius." Vic exclaimed. "Its not as if everyone's abandoned you! You've still got Severus and I." She flicked her eyes to the boy sleeping deeply next to her.
"Do I want to know why he's sleeping in your bed?"
"He has separation anxiety." Vic said flatly.
"Has Kelsey come to see you yet?" Lucius asked suddenly.
"No. I was wondering what was keeping her, actually." Vic thought a moment, "Is she ok?"
"Yeah. I'm sure she just has something that's keeping her like detention or something." Lucius replied quickly.
Vic's eyes flashed with fear, "O-ok."
"What about Lupin, what's your schmoopy wolf been up to lately?"
Vic huffed indignantly, but changed her demeanor, "Y'know, I haven't seen him either."
Lucius groaned, "What is this world coming to?! The dead sexy blondes like you and I are being left out in the dark!"
"You're full of yourself as ever, Malfoy." Vic sighed.
Lucius smiled and took out a mirror to look at himself. "How can I be full of myself if I look so damn good?" he whined.
Vic giggled, "Let me see that thing. Madame Pomfrey keeps rubbing this ointment all over my face and I don't know why."
Lucius' face fell, "You don't know why?" He handed the mirror to Vic, "I thought you would've felt that."
Vic gasped at the already scarred over gashes across her face. "I… I didn't feel them." She ducked her head under her blanket and buried her face in Snape's back. "I need a mask!" she yelped.
"Oi Moony! I've decided we're going to set you up on a date tonight!" Sirius shouted as he walked into his shared dorm.
"Oh really?" Remus blinked, mildly interested.
"Yeah." James replied, "She's a one of a kind bird."
"But you guys are definitely birds of a feather." Peter chimed in.
"Let me guess, you found a puppy somewhere." Remus guessed monotonously.
"Regrettably, no." James chimed, "But it is someone who's smart, cuddly and loveable."
"Oh Merlin." Remus sighed, "Let's have it, then. Who is she?"
"Miss Molly Prewitt!" Peter laughed hysterically.
"Molly Prewitt?" Remus replied, "That one girl who hangs out with the Weasley boys a lot? Isn't she dating Arthur?"
"No, he's dating one of my abominable cousins- Narcissa." He shivered in disgust. "She's available and on the rebound."
"What're you guys talking about?" Remus asked.
"We found her crying, walking down the Muggle Studies Hallway. She was 'just crying over some rude boy.'" James mocked with fake tears.
"And you think that's grounds for me to date her?" Remus looked at them in awe, "You three are all so shallow!"
"I'm not shallow!" Peter squeaked.
They looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"That's because if you were shallow you'd never date." James replied very seriously.
"Hey!" Peter whined.
"In any event, I don't want to go out with her. She's too much of a mother to me." Lupin replied in haste.
"Come on, Remus! On little casual date." Sirius goaded.
Remus stared at them unwaveringly with a determined frown.
"Vic, you can't keep your face against my back forever. You'll need to breathe eventually." Snape warned.
"He's right." Lucius agreed, "Besides it's not that bad. I mean who really cares if you have a few little scars here and there?"
Vic heaved a sob, "It's not a few! They're huge!" Her voice was muffled.
"You know we'll still befriend you no matter what you look like." Snape prodded.
"Get me a damn mask." Vic whined.
The girl was waning on Lucius' patience. "No."
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