Hogwarts Express Corridor, En route to Scotland
September 1st.
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"Gigi! Gerry!" a voice called out as the twins walked down the train corridor. They turned and saw Charlotte Burke waving them over from a compartment. Charlotte, or Lottie as she preferred to be called, was an inch taller than Gigi with Jean Shrimpton inspired golden brown hair with a wispy fringe falling into her emerald eyes that had gold and orange specks. She had on some dark eyeliner that made her already enticing eyes look more feline. Her heart-shaped, pretty face had a sprinkle of adorable freckles across the nose, thick eyebrows, and full, ruby red lips that were always curled into a small, coy smile, as if she was having more fun than anyone else, and knew people wanted to know what she was doing. Her "no fucks, rock 'n roll" London attitude made her the perfect partner in crime for Gigi, as they were always getting into crazy adventures together. Her slender limbs were constantly tapping or kicking to a beat looping in her head, her long, feminine fingers perfect for instruments were adorned with heavy silver rings. She had on a "I love NY" T-shirt rolled at the sleeves and tucked carelessly into her jeans.
Lottie came from an affluent pureblood family who was known for their passion in the creative arts. They owned and curated many wizarding museums and art galleries in Britain, as well as sitting on the board of directors for the Magical Orchestra and Opera House of Great Britain in London. Lottie was so well connected in the musical scene, both wizarding and muggle, that she was the one who got her friends into concerts this summer. The artistic talent was evident with Lottie, she had a knack for any instrument she picked up. She was in a band with Gerry and some of their other friends, The Thunderbirds, named after the beautiful magical creature Lottie saw when on holiday in Arizona. The Thunderbirds had all been taking Music together since third year and often performed at school events and random gigs at the Three Broomsticks. Though Lottie loved to perform and write songs, she knew it was not a practical career and aimed to become the creative director and board of directors chair at the Magical Orchestra and Opera House of Great Britain.
"Hey babe." Said Gigi, playful bumping hips with her best friend. Lottie gave the twins them a radiant smile, to which Gerry blushed slightly. Merlin, he's blushing now? When will the two start dating already? Gigi thought glancing at her brother. Her brother and Lottie had always been flirtatious towards each other and this summer they had shagged at a Rolling Stones concert in Paris. Any further romance that was to be investigated was cut short as Lottie had to leave for New York City for an internship at an art museum. After Lottie left, Gerry stopped pursing other girls for the rest of the holiday, a shock to Gigi, as she was use to him having a slew of annoying, dim, Barbie girls on his arm wherever they went. Lottie really had him whipped. "Cute shirt, Lottie, where did you get it?" Gigi asked teasingly.
"Oh haha, Gigi. Get ready for our room to be decorated in New York City souvenirs, I brought an entire trunk of vinyl's, T shirts, posters, and a little Empire State Building figure!" said Lottie.
"I can't wait for our floor to be covered with your New York shirts." Said Gigi, poking fun at Lottie's notoriety for being the messiest roommate, her items strewn on the floor, her bed, and desk.
"I can't wait till she spends thirty minutes frantically looking for her vinyl's buried in her piles of clothes." Another voice called from inside the compartment as everyone laughed at the comment. The voice came from Alexa Harrington, Gigi's other roommate and best friend. Alexa was about 5 inches taller than Gigi and had legs that went on for miles, toned from playing Keeper on the Quidditch team with Gerry. Her long, thick, blonde hair fell down just before her waist in gentle waves. She had electric blue eyes that had a ring of black around them, making them seem brighter, an adorable round nose, and smooth, porcelain skin that was flawless, except for a small scar on her chin from a Quidditch accident in fifth year. Gigi had always thought that Alexa was beautiful, sweet and caring, often being the balance for Gigi and Lottie's risqué behaviour. Even though Alexa was the more responsible figure in their little group, she did know how to party hard, getting thrown out of a bar that the Thunderbirds were playing at this summer in Toulouse for getting caught having sex with a hunky French stranger in the loo.
Alexa's mother was a Fawley, a pureblood family affiliated with the Hufflepuff house, who married a Ravenclaw muggleborn. Even though had her father's brains, it was evident that she also inherited her mother's Hufflepuff traits. She was patient, fair, and hardworking, wanting to go into Magizoology after graduating, having the biggest heart for magical creatures. She had in her lap her adorable, sleeping white cat, Cleopatra, not caring if white fur got all over her pretty, bell sleeved red dress. Cleo was the girls' unofficial roommate since second year.
"Alright, I'll see you guys in the Great Hall for dinner, yeah? Going to go say hi to the boys. Apparently there's some kind of party going on later tonight." Gerry basically stated the last part directly to Lottie, making her blush.
"Okay, see you later Gérard." Gigi stating his name with an exaggerated French accent as he walked away. "At last, mes amies, we are alone." Said Gigi dramatically, flopping beside Alexa, her brown corduroy skirt rising up a few inches. Gigi's eyes glinted with mayhem shoving up the sleeves of her thin linen button up, causing her many silver and gemmed bracelets to clank together, waking up Cleo. Her favourite red lace bralette was just visible through her shirt and her cleavage become more prominent when she leaned forward to Lottie. Gigi pointed her finger with her family ring, a silver ring with an eagle over two interlocking wands, towards Lottie. "You, my friend, have a lot of explaining to do. And we have to decide what we're going to do for tonight."
"What do you mean?" Lottie said pretend-innocently widening her eyes and tilting her head to the side.
Alexa laughed. "Please, Charlotte, we all saw how you and male-Gigi were eye-fucking each other. Gigi and I should have left so you two could go at it."
Lottie burst out laughing while Gigi smirked. "Okay, okay… Yes, we have always got along well. And yes, I think doing the Thunderbirds together really helped make us connect in a way that I just can't explain or have ever experienced. We did amazing sex in Paris. And he does this fantastic thing with his hips – Gigi, you need to tell me if this is too much information for you."
Gigi carelessly waved her hand, telling her to continue. "It's fine Lottie. Music is the way you speak, it's in your blood, of course you feel closer to him if you connect on that level. It's not too much, maybe just don't tell me the sexual description of his anatomy." She said as Alexa snorted.
"Well, I don't mean just that…" said Lottie tentatively. She chose her next words carefully. "I just mean, I know you had to deal with a really shitty experience this summer after I left, and I feel awful for being in New York when it happened. You know I would have hexed Antoine so that he would be cross eyed for the next week… And I just don't want to make you feel sad because I'm experiencing this great thing with Gerry…"
Gigi smiled. "Oh Lottie, you are so sweet. I'm okay, really. Well not okay, but I'm on my way." Alexa looked at her raising a brow. "Really, Lex, I know you were there to see the unfortunate, on drugs, rebound Gisèle, but I think I needed that. It's fine. I don't want love; I don't want to be with anybody after the summer I've had. I'm so happy for you Lottie, it's about time you and Gerry get together, we've all been waiting since third year."
"Really? Okay, well just know that we're here for you Gigi. Okay well, anyways, we..." Lottie continued to tell the two about how she wished she could have continued travelling with the group so that her and Gerry could spend more time together, how they exchanged owls all summer, and she wanted to explore this relationship more. Gigi was only half listening, her mind thinking as fast as the Hogwarts Express. She thought about the gold fleur-de-lis necklace that Antoine had given her for the third anniversary, the Christmas before he started cheating on her. She thought about how she told herself she was going to go chuck the stupid thing into the Canals of Venice from her hotel window. However, when the moment came, she couldn't do it. She stood at her balcony with a nearly empty bottle of red wine in one hand and the beloved necklace in the other and couldn't bring herself to do it. Alexa found her staring into the canals crying silently and saw the necklace, understanding immediately. She brought Gigi down, hugging her the entire night. Alexa never asked about the necklace, which was currently in a small, black necklace box in her trunk. She had no idea why she even brought the bloody thing to Hogwarts. After that night, she vowed to herself she would not cry over Antoine anymore. She wouldn't cry over anyone ever again. Nobody was going to break her heart.
Gigi was brought out of her train of thought by the sounds of laughter coming from the corridor and glanced through the sliding door window. Then four boys, the Marauders, Gigi thought with an internal eye roll and the self-proclaimed nickname, stopped in front of the door. Gigi locked eyes with a pair of familiar, smouldering smoky grey eyes behind the glass. She couldn't look away. She was falling into those eyes. Falling fast, and deeper, and dee-
"Gisèle Cartier, just the French lady I was looking for." James Potter said grandly. The fellow Marauders were standing behind James. Remus Lupin, the only Marauder Gigi found bearable, and Peter Pettigrew, who was currently staring at her chest were on either side of James. The fourth Marauder was furthest away, half hidden in the shadows still staring intently at Gigi. Sirius Black, aristocratically handsome, tall and muscular from Quidditch, and notorious ladies' man. Oh and also equally obnoxious and immature as the rest of the Marauders, pulling pranks on Alexa and Gerry because they were on the opposing Quidditch team. But still, there was something about him ever since that party… Gigi quickly composed herself, focusing on the other tall, handsome Quidditch player calling to her. Her lips pulled into an alluring smile and her wild blue eyes staring directly into his hazel ones, raising a brow at him.
"Um, er – right, Gigi, you're needed in the prefect's carriage… for a meeting. You're brother's already in there." Said James after a pause. Gigi's smile pulled into a smirk. Even though James was head over heels in love with Lily Evans, he was still not immune to Gigi's kittenish stare.
"And why, pray tell, are you informing me of this James? You aren't a prefect, last time I checked." Gigi said in a bored tone, not breaking the confident stare.
"Um, well actually… I've been assigned Head Boy this year." James said.
"Really? Well, that's interesting, isn't? I guess I better be on my way boss." Gigi said teasingly. She got up, winked to her friends, walked out of the compartment, Peter nearly falling over himself to get out of the way. She nodded to Remus, having been friends with him since they did their first prefects rounds together. She paused at the fourth Marauder, giving him a small playful Cartier smirk. "Sirius." While Sirius stared back with wide eyes, clearly thrown off by her confidence, as he was usually the one wooing girls, Gigi sauntered off, leaving the Marauders behind.
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"What a hell of a woman…" Remus muttered as the Marauders walked down the train corridor.
Peter nodded eagerly along. "I'll say. She's all eyes and lips, don't you think? And did you see her breasts? They –"
"Wormtail, are you seriously going to talk like that about a girl?" Sirius interrupted impatiently. "Yes she's fit, but she also has a boyfriend, remember? Some French wanker? Otherwise I would have gotten with her ages ago." Gigi was somewhat of a forbidden fruit for Sirius. He was always infatuated with her deep blue-violet eyes, jasmine smell, and that smirk that seemed to say 'I know you want me, but you can't have me' that only made him want her more. She was also the star of several pornographic thoughts, with her small body that he wanted to throw onto the bed and ravish her till next week. Sirius was a lot of things; amazing Quidditch player, Transfiguration natural, genius prankster, and suave ladies' man… but he was no prick that went after other guys' girlfriends… unless of course, they came onto him.
"Actually, I overheard Gerry's friend, Bryan, you know, one of the Ravenclaw Chasers, say that Gigi dumped her boyfriend over the summer. He's planning on asking her out." James stated.
"Hm. That sure makes things interesting." Sirius said as the Marauders continued down the corridor. As they walked, Sirius thought about those beautiful, wild eyes back in June, and that stolen moment they shared in the empty staircase.
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