Amortentia

by TheNextFolchart

He noticed her beauty from all the way across the train station. / How Sirius and Marlene found, loved, and lost each other - in only 100 chapters. Written primarily for the "100 Prompts, 100 Drabbles, 100 Words Or Less Challenge" on HPFC. Dedicated to Safari (wouldtheywriteasongforyou). [Word Count: 9,839]

37. Truth

XXXVII. Truth

"I know something you don't know," James sang in Sirius' ear. "I know something you don't know!"

"If this is about the superglue on the toilet seats, let me assure you, I already know."

"It's not. But I'm glad you've seen my handiwork."

"That was you?"

"Sirius, focus. I know something about Marlene McKinnon."

"Oh. What about her?"

James was grinning. "She has a plentiful supply of extremely illegal love potion."

Sirius finally looked up. "How do you know?"

He held up a tiny bottle. "Because I've just nicked it from Slughorn's office."

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[100 Prompts:

1) "I know something you don't know! I know something you don't know!"

2) "This is worse than when someone put super-glue on all the toilet seats." "Sorry about that." "That was you! I had to go that day!"]