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"That was almost as bad as Potions with Snape" Ron puffed as he dropped himself onto the now clean library sofa, "how the hell did Fred and George weasel their way out of helping."

"I believe they were assisting Lafontaine in the attic" Hermione told him, taking a seat in one of the comfier arm chairs.

"Which is code for, 'we've roped Laf into helping us with our annoying joke products'" Carmilla added from where she stood leaning against the wall while Laura leant against her.

Laura observed the conversation from where she leant against Carmilla, the raven haired girl unconsciously wrapping her left arm around Laura's waist, as she watched she thought about how much Carmilla had changed for the better since escaping her mother's clutches. She'd been distant and reserved from everyone in her first few years at school, partially because of her mother's reputation, in fact the only people Laura could really remember Carmilla having more than a five minute conversation with those first few years were Lafontaine and Tonks. In fact Laura and Carmilla probably hadn't even had an entire conversation before being partnered in potions in their fourth year. Of course to begin with Carmilla had been snarky making a couple of comments about how working by herself would have been far more favourable, but in the end she came around and now here they were.

Even once they became friends if you had told Laura back then that Carmilla would be stood joking with a group of Gryffindors of her own free will, there's a good chance she would have laughed at the suggestion. The reputation of Carmilla's family was no secret meaning she was often judged on her family name alone, Gryffindor house especially had judged her on the pretence that she was related to at least one widely known Death Eater and two high ranking Ministry workers who were known to be prejudiced.

Laura hadn't known why people were so reluctant to talk to her in the beginning or why they'd been so shocked that she was sorted into Ravenclaw since Laura herself had been brought up mainly in the muggle world. Her mother had been a witch, something that her dad never kept from her but made sure she knew was a secret. She loved hearing stories about her mum and the parts of the wizarding world her dad could remember visiting and she couldn't wait to go to Hogwarts and be a witch like her mother, to have something in common with the woman she could barely remember.

She felt Carmilla's fingers flex against her side as she gestured with her other hand while talking with Ron and Ginny about Quidditch seeing as they were both trying out for the Gryffindor team this year. Laura perked up and began listening more intently now, she'd played as Chaser alongside Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson something she hadn't told her dad, he was known to be a little over protective and Quidditch could get pretty brutal though she loved it regardless. She knew that Ginny was going for her now vacant Chaser position and learned that Ron was trying out for Keeper, the role was previously held by Laura's friend and classmate Danny Lawrence, tough shoes to fill for the Weasley boy. Danny had also been captain of the team, the title was now sure to go to Angelina given that this was her last year at Hogwarts and she was the most experienced on the team besides Harry.

"Well I think you two will do great" she smiled at the two youngest Weasleys.

Carmilla smirked before adding her own comment "and if you don't you could always use the overwhelming amount of gingers to blind your opponents."

Ron's ears turned bright red while Ginny laughed, she was more than used to Carmilla's comments at this point and took them all in her stride, so much so that she was actually quite fond of the pale dark haired girl.

"Lola dear, what a surprise" Mrs Weasley called to the curly haired woman when she entered the kitchen, "how are you?"

"I'm doing fine, thanks Mrs Weasley" Perry replied while removing her coat "been quite busy but I didn't expect it to be easy, especially the first few months."

"Well being a healer is demanding job but there's no doubt in my mind that you'll do great" the older redhead smiled, "and please call me Molly."

"Sorry Molly" Perry apologised, she was having trouble calling some of the older Order members by the first names and had more than once called Remus 'Professor', "I'll try and remember, need any help?"

"That's all I ask dear, if you could help set the table that would be lovely."

Perry set about neatly setting the table while Mrs Weasley finished making sure everything was ready. Today had been one of the less stressful days Perry had experienced since she begun training as a healer at St Mungo's, it was a labour of love for her, her mother was a nurse and Perry had always known she wanted to follow in her footsteps and work in the medical field. Unfortunately all of the training was extremely time consuming leaving her very little time for the Order and even Lafontaine. The two had been best friends since childhood and had finally gotten together when they were sixteen after about two years of treading the line between friends and something more.

She was brought out of her thoughts by two familiar arms wrapping around her waist, "her Perr" Laf spoke into her shoulder.

Perry turned on the spot and enveloped her shorter partner in a hug, "I'm sorry it's been over a week since I was last over, I've just been really busy at work" she rambled feeling guilty for not having been around as much as she wanted to be.

Lafontaine chuckled "it's okay Perr, really I understand" they moved out of the hug to look Perry in the eyes, "you're working hard and doing something you love, how could I get mad at that?"

Perry instantly relaxed and let out the breath she wasn't aware she'd been holding "thank you" she sincerely told Laf who responded by kissing her on the cheek.

There moment was over when others started to come in for dinner, both of them receiving a warm greeting from Sirius and cheery hellos from Fred and George. Perry and Lafontaine moved to help Mrs Weasley dish up the roast she'd cooked, their offers being gratefully accepted while the rest of the usual dinner guests took their places at the table, minus Mr Weasley and Tonks who were still to return from the Ministry.

Once everyone was sat down and the food had been served they began to break off into various conversations, occasionally making comments on what others were saying at the other end of the table. They didn't have to wait long for the arrival of both Mr Weasley and Tonks to return. After her talk with Madeye, Tonks had gone into the Auror office to get someone to get some papers to work on from home the following day and had bumped into Mr Weasley allowing them to travel back to Grimauld Place together.

Tonks took a seat between Carmilla and Fred and helped herself to a made up plate from the middle of the table, she caught Hermione's eye from where she sat diagonally across the table with Ginny. Tonks opted for starting her meal rather than starting a conversation with the girl across the crowded table. She only looked up from her plate when Carmilla elbowed her in the side, she looked up to see her cousin smirking at her and rolled her eyes.

"You know, talking to her would help more than staring at that chicken" Carmilla said so only Tonks could hear, "I didn't take you for a coward."

Tonks sighed "I'm not a coward Carm" she looked her in the eyes "it's just a little complicated, she's going back to Hogwarts soon… we're trying to prevent a war… I just, don't know if I should."

Carmilla was silent for a second pondering Tonks' words, "actually… I think that's all the more reason why you should."

Tonks continued to stare at her, thinking through all of the reasons she could be wrong but ultimately knowing she was right when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around, coming face to face with Fred Weasley, her hair starting to redden as she got embarrassed.

"For what it's worth I agree" he told her before turning to join a conversation George was having the Remus.

When she turned back Carmilla's face was plastered with her signature 'I told you so' look.

"Okay fine" Tonks relented "I'll do it soon."

And with that Carmilla turned back to Laura having accomplished what she set out to do and Tonks was called to join Remus and George's conversation, though she couldn't help but feel like she'd played right into Carmilla's hand.

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