Sweet Misery
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Lauren laid curled in a ball in a corner of her cell sleeping. She had been held captive for two weeks now and had just about given up any hope of someone rescuing her. Lauren was startled awake by the door opening. She watched as a Death Eater placed a small portion of food down. After he left, Lauren eyed the food cautiously.
"It's not poisoned," the Death Eater replied. "Do you wish to starve yourself?"
Lauren looked away and hugged her knees to her chest. The Death Eater rolled his eyes and walked down the corridor. Lauren looked towards the plate. She hadn't eaten anything for the past few days. She only ate the food she was given when the hunger really was killing her. She crawled over to the plate and slowly ate the food. Once she finished, she crawled back into the corner and stared through the bars. She was awakened from her trance when she suddenly heard loud sobbing and shrieking. She looked up and saw that the Death Eater had returned with the prophetess. Lauren watched as the Death Eater threw her into the cell next to Lauren's and walked off, most likely to get Voldemort. Lauren scrambled to the front of her cell.
"Loni!" she said. The girl stopped crying, or at least wailing. Lauren heard her feet scraping against the ground.
"Who's there?" she asked.
"It's Lauren," Lauren replied.
"Lauren? You're here? ...You're talking to me again?"
"I can't completely forgive you for what you did four years ago, but I know you could use a familiar voice right now."
"Four years ago? What happened?"
"You couldn't possibly have forgotten! It's your fault he's gone!"
"You can't still be bitter about Scott!"
"How can I not care about our brother?"
Loni fell silent. "I care about him too..." she said softly. Lauren leaned against the wall that separated their cells. She stared with pain-filled eyes at the wall across from her.
"Then why?" she asked.
"I don't-" Loni's reply was cut short by the slamming of the door to the dungeons. Loni scrambled back into a corner of her cell while Lauren kept her ground. She watched from the corner of her eye as Voldemort and a few henchmen appeared into the torchlight.
"There she is My Lord," said one of the Death Eaters, pointing to Loni.
"She looks like the seer," Voldemort said, shifting his cold glare from Loni to Lauren.
"They're related," the Death Eater. "I found the prophetess in the same house as the seer." A small grin grew crept across Voldemort's lips, like he knew something that Lauren didn't think he knew. He walked up to the bars of her cell. Lauren diverted her eyes as she felt his cold stare upon her.
"Prolonging your suffering all to protect little Loni's secret," he hissed. "But why, Seer? Didn't she take away the one thing that was most precious to you?" Lauren's breathing became heavier. "He would've been in his second year wouldn't he? Possibly on the Quidditch team? Your life would be so normal wouldn't it? Scott was your ticket to at least being half way normal." Tears welled up in Lauren's eyes as memories of Scott filled her mind. "Pity your brother was too weak to stop a little girl from killing him. Well at least with him out of my way, I can use to powers of the seer and the prophetess. His death was for the greater good." Lauren launched herself at the bars and managed to get a shot at Voldemort's face before the Death Eaters reacted. She was struck with at least three different Cruciatus curses. She fell back on to the ground of her cell.
"You killed him," she said in a pained voice. "Scott's dead because of you!"
"I knew nothing of your family or your powers then. You know who killed your brother." Voldemort left Lauren's cell and walked over to Loni's. "Now, prophetess, tell me this prophecy." Loni cried, not responding to his demand. "Answer me!" Loni's sobs only got louder. Voldemort glowered. "Put her in the cell with her sister. Malfoy, keep watch and inform me the second she says the prophecy." The Death Eater Malfoy nodded and watched Voldemort leave the dungeons.
"Leaving me to watch over some stupid kids... I should be out destroying mudbloods..." mumbled Malfoy. He sat down in a chair and slowly drifted to sleep. In no time he was snoring loudly.
Loni looked at Lauren and noticed how much she had changed since she had saw her last. Her once bright eyes that always were full of mischief and determination were now dull and lifeless. She looked as though she hasn't ate or slept in weeks and she was all skin and bones.
"Lauren?" Loni said. Lauren looked up. Loni couldn't read what Lauren was feeling.
"What is it?" Lauren asked, her voice very flat.
"H-how did he know about Scott?"
"I don't know. He probably found it out to use it against us."
"He even knew who killed him... But how? Not even the ministry knows."
"How can you say that? You know perfectly well who killed him!" Lauren's voice suddenly was filled with anger and hatred.
"What?"
"You killed him! It was you! And you act as though you loved him!" Tears flowed from Lauren's eyes. "But you never loved him! You despised him! That's why you suffocated him! And you never felt any pity. You don't pay your respects at all. I, I go every year. And I plan on getting out of here before Saturday." Lauren glared at her sister as Malfoy shifted in his sleep. Lauren walked over to the bars, and saw no keys on Malfoy.
"What are you doing?" Loni whispered, watching Lauren reaching towards Malfoy's pocket. Lauren pressed her finger to her lips and pulled out Malfoy's wand. She crept away from the bars and back towards a small bar window that sat just above the ground outside.
"Please work," Lauren whispered, more to the wand than anyone else. She tapped the bars. "Evanui!" The wand snapped and fizzled for a moment before the bars disintegrated. "Yes!" Lauren said softly. She tossed down the wand and crawling out the small opening. Loni ran to the window and jumped to get out but couldn't quite get a hold of it. She slumped down and hugged her knees to her chest.
"Are you coming or not?" Loni heard. She looked up and saw Lauren reaching down.
"You're helping me?" Loni asked.
"I may hate you, but you're still my sister." Loni took Lauren's hand and Lauren used all her strength to pull her up. Once they were out of the castle, they ran towards the lights of a village that were just visible above the tops of the forest.
They weren't too far into the forest when Lauren collapsed.
"Lauren!" Loni shouted dropping down next to her.
"I'm fine," she replied. "I just tripped. Quick get going, they've probably noticed our disappearance."
"No, you're coming too." Loni draped Lauren's arm over her shoulders and helped her up.
"Why are you doing this?"
"You helped me. So now, it's time for me to pay you back."
"You don't have to."
"Yes I do. You're still my sister." Loni smiled at Lauren. "Sometimes you can be a pain... And a little selfish... And sometimes you're a real-"
"Bitch?"
"I was going to say wet prat, but okay, your word works too." Lauren rolled her eyes, and they continued through the forest. The night grew darker and the air turned cold, but the girls still pressed on. They had been walking for just over three hours or what seemed like it when they heard voices to their left. They quickly ducked into some brush and held their breath as the voices grew closer.
"There's no way either of them could've made it this far."
"Especially that seer. Come on let's head back towards the castle."
"Just wait till I find them..."
When Lauren and Loni couldn't hear the footsteps or voices anymore, they climbed out of the brush and continued down in the direction they believed to be the village. The girls continued on through the night and on through the early morning. Around dawn, they took a break at the foot of a tree. Loni climbed up to see how far the village was while Lauren sat down and kept watch. Loni saw the village and it seemed they were halfway there. She looked back towards Voldemort's castle but saw no trace of it.
"Lauren," Loni called down. "I can't see Voldemort's castle." Loni heard no response from Lauren. "Lauren?" Loni climbed down and saw Lauren still there, but breathing heavily. "Lauren what's wrong?"
"I'm... Fine." Lauren's breathing returned to normal. "So how far?"
"Lauren, I think we should rest."
"No, no, come on." Lauren got up from her resting place, supporting herself with the tree. "We gotta keep going. He could catch us." Lauren started walking, but stumbled and caught herself on a tree.
"Lauren-"
"No! Come on Loni!" Loni was taken aback by Lauren's sudden anger. She stared confused at her. "I'm sorry, Loni... I just don't wanna go back. You don't know how horrible it was! Nearly everyday they'd find a new way to torture me... But I held strong till they let their guard down and finally started placing guards outside my cell again. Those were the worst weeks of my life. You wouldn't understand... you were there for less than an hour! I don't care if it kills me to get back to Hogwarts! I'd rather die than go back, so we're not stopping now!" Loni nodded and followed Lauren through the woods. She could tell Lauren was getting weaker by the hour and if they didn't reach the village soon, she could die.
They walked straight through the day. By dusk, they had reached the edge of the woods when Lauren fainted. Loni caught her before she hit the ground. The village was still a good hour's walk, but having to carry Lauren would slow her down. She could leave Lauren here and run there, but what if there was a Death Eater? Running to the village was her best chance.
"I'll be back," she said. "I'm going to get help." Loni raced towards the village as fast as her legs could take her. Loni reached the village breathless and ran into the nearest building she could find.
"Help... please..." she managed to gasp out between breaths. The person who was in the building looked up.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"My... sister... help... edge of forest..."
"Oh my!" the woman said, grabbing her broom and her wand. She took Loni's hand and pulled her outside. "Hop on. Direct me to her." Loni pointed out the way to where Lauren laid. When they arrived there, Lauren staring vaguely at the sky. Her eyes shift to Loni.
"Loni..." she whispered hoarsely.
The woman who Loni had brought conjured a stretcher and carefully placed Lauren on it.
"Relax," she said, placing a binding spell to keep her on the stretcher. She placed a levitating spell on it and attached it to her broom. Loni and the woman climbed back on the broom and rode swiftly, but cautiously, back to the village. Lauren was taken to the local hospital and taken care of. It was about three days later before she was feeling strong enough to get up.
"Loni," she said early one morning. Loni, who had fallen asleep in a chair next to Lauren's bed, stirred and woke up.
"What is it Lauren?" she asked.
"Come on, let's go," she replied climbing out of the bed and grabbing her regular clothes before going to change in the bathroom. Loni got up and stood outside the bathroom door.
"Lauren, you're just getting better, don't you think we should stay till you're completely better?"
"I'm fine, plus there's a hospital wing at Hogwarts. I promise I'll go there the moment we arrive."
Loni gave her sister a suspicious look. "You promise?" Lauren stepped out fully dressed and looked Loni straight in the eye.
"Yes. Let's go."
Loni nodded and the two of them left the room, careful to avoid any staff members. They had a few close calls, but weren't caught. Once out on the street of the village, they walked around looking for some place with a fireplace.
"What day is it?" Lauren asked as they walked.
"Umm... Friday I think... Yeah, Friday."
"Really..."
Lauren and Loni entered the village's pub and made a beeline towards the fireplace.
"Hogsmeade, right?" Loni asked, grabbing a pinch of floo powder.
"Change of plans," Lauren said, grabbing some floo powder and tossing it in to the fireplace. She took Loni's arm and pulled her into the green flame with her and said, "Firan Valley!" They were swept up into the floo network and appeared in their hometown, in one of the shops.
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A doctor at the hospital went to the front desk to see if the records had come in for his new patients yet.
"Hi Grace, have those records come in yet?" he asked.
"For who, Dr. Matthews?" Grace asked.
"I don't know her name. Julia brought her in and told me she'd have the records sent over once they could figure out where she's from."
"Oh, the girl in room 143. Fonseca, Lauren." Grace handed over the records.
"Wait, isn't she the girl the Ministry has been searching for about two weeks?" Grace looked back at the missing children notices they kept on a board behind the reception desk.
"Oh my, she is!" Dr. Matthews dropped the records on the desk and ran down the corridor to room 143. He was shocked to find the bed empty.
"She's gone," he said returning to the reception desk.
"That's impossible! They couldn't leave with out taking that entrance," Grace said.
"Where would they go anyway?" asked Dr. Matthews.
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"Perfect," replied Lauren dusting herself off.
"You told me we were going to Hogwarts!" Loni said, stamping her foot.
"There's something I have to do first." Lauren left the shop and ran up the road towards the graveyard. Loni quickly ran after her. When she caught up with Lauren, she was kneeling at a tombstone running her fingers over the letters engraved into it. Loni stood back and watched her. Despair dwelled in her eyes, but a smile pulled at her lips.
"I love you, Scott," she whispered, before getting up. Lauren blinked back her tears and turned to head back. "Let's go, Loni." She walked past Loni and out towards their home. Loni followed after her. Once they reached home, they found their mother not home. Lauren went straight upstairs to her room and changed into her school uniform and packed her trunk. She dragged it down the stairs to the living room where Loni was waiting.
"Get packed, you're not safe here," Lauren said setting her trunk down. Loni nodded and ran up to her room. Lauren pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill. She wrote a note to her mother.
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Dear Mom,
Loni and I are all right. I know you're worried sick about us. We're fine. By the time you read this letter, we'll be at Hogwarts. We wish we could stay here longer, but Hogwarts is the best place for us at the moment. I'll explain more next time I see you.
Love,
Lauren
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Lauren folded the parchment up and set it on the side table. Loni came down with a suitcase and said, "I'm ready."
"Okay, replied Lauren. "You first. We're going to Hogsmeade. I don't think Hogwarts is linked to the network."
"Okay." Loni took a pinch of floo powder, but turned back to Lauren. "You are coming, right?"
"Of course."
"Not like last time."
"Not at all."
"Okay." Loni turned back to the fireplace and threw the powder into the fire and stepped in. "Hogsmeade!" Lauren followed after her. She fell out of the fireplace in the Three Broomsticks. Loni was standing a little way away dusting herself off. Lauren shook the soot out of her hair and brushed it off her uniform. She picked up her trunk and signaled for Loni to follow her out. The two girls stepped out of the pub and on to the bustling street.
"Um, Lauren," Loni said, pulling at Lauren's arm. "How are we going to get to Hogwarts from here? It's kinda far."
"I know exactly how," replied Lauren. Loni helped her carry her trunk up to the Shrieking Shack. Before Loni could ask any questions, Lauren told her to keep quiet and trust her. Lauren found some loose boards over a window near the back and pried them off with much effort. She tossed Loni's suitcase through and then, with Loni's help, pushed her trunk in. Loni climbed in first and closely followed by Lauren. Lauren grabbed her trunk and lead the way to an opening on the first floor.
"This," Lauren said, gesturing to the hole, "is our way to Hogwarts."
"Are you sure?" Loni asked.
"Yes. I'm positive."
"Okay, lead the way oh fearless leader." Lauren rolled her eyes and started down the dark corridor with Loni right at her heels. The walk was long, but not as long as if they had walked the path from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts. Loni whined a good portion of the trip on how her feet hurt and pleading to know how much further.
"Ren…. How much further?" Loni said.
"For the millionth time, I don't know!" Lauren snapped.
"Well how can't you know? You've must've been down this tunnel a bunch of times…"
"No, I haven't." Loni was about to question her further, but decided that it'd be better for her health if she didn't. Loni grew antsy and was dying to get out of the gloomy cavern. Lauren sighed at her sister's impatience and begged Merlin for it to end. No sooner than when she started praying, she felt the path start to head up.
"Loni, we're here!" she said setting her trunk down and feeling around the door. After examining the entire area of the door, she found a knob. She hit it and the door slid open. She climbed out first and pulled her trunk out. Loni crawled out and dropped her suitcase on the ground, then sitting down next to it. Loni looked to where Lauren was standing but saw her a few yards away.
"You might wanna move over here," Lauren said, sitting down on her trunk. Loni sat puzzled till she heard a strange noise behind her. She turned and ducked just in time to miss being hit with a branch. Loni shrieked, grabbed her suitcase, and ran over to where Lauren was.
"What," she panted, "was that?!"
"The Whomping Willow," Lauren replied, before getting up again.
"You knew?! And you didn't tell me?!"
"You didn't ask before." Lauren shrugged with a smirk on her face.
"We better get going before you really do need to go to the Hospital Wing..."
"Oh is that a threat?"
"Just get moving!" Loni pushed Lauren forward. Lauren grabbed her trunk and lead Loni to a doorway on the side of the castle.
"We're heading in this way so we can get to Professor Dumbledore quicker," Lauren replied before Loni could ask about taking the front entrance. Loni followed quietly as Lauren lead her through a series of secret passages. In no time based on Lauren's standards (meaning they only went down two or three wrong paths), they were standing before a large gargoyle statue.
"This is the entrance to Dumbledore's office," Lauren said.
"How do we get in?" Loni asked.
"Simple," replied Lauren. "You say the password."
"And what is the password?"
"I don't know."
"That helps..."
"Help me guess."
"Okay then."
"Pumpkin pastry!"
"Cauldron cakes."
"Bertie Botts!"
"Cockroach clusters."
The statue sprang to life and jumped out of the way, startling Loni. Lauren was unaffected and grabbed her trunk.
"You coming?" Lauren asked. "I need help carrying this up." Loni nodded and grabbed the other end of Lauren's trunk. Lauren led the way up the spiral staircase. Once they reached the top, she gave a quick knock on the door.
"Come in," a voice said from inside. Lauren opened the door and walked in. She took a seat in front of Dumbledore's desk, while Loni stood over by the door.
"Ah, Miss Fonseca," Dumbledore said, with a slight smile. "I see you've managed to find your way back?"
"Yes Professor," Lauren replied, wringing the hem of her robes in her hands. "Um, Professor?"
"Yes?"
"Is Sirius okay?"
"Yes, Lauren, he's fine."
"Also, I was wondering if-"
"If your sister could stay here? Of course, she can. We'll find room for her somewhere."
"How'd you know she was my sister?"
"As headmaster, I'm expected to know these things." Lauren nodded, showing she understood. "Now, I do believe I have your class schedule somewhere..." Dumbledore rummaged through some drawers in his desk and pulled out a piece of parchment. "Ah, here it is." He turned it over and wrote something on it. "And there's the Gryffindor password. Lauren, why don't you head up to the hospital wing so Madam Pommedeterr can give you a quick check up. I'll have the house elves take your trunk to your room. I'd like to have a few words with your sister..."
"Loni," Lauren replied, standing up.
"Thank you. Loni, come have a seat."
As Lauren passed Loni, she ruffled her hair in a reassuring way. Loni brushed her hair down with her hands and took a seat in the chair Lauren had been sitting in. Lauren left Dumbledore's office and walked down the stairs. Once back in the corridors, she walked in what she believed to be the direction of the Hospital Wing. Lauren became rather annoyed with herself when she kept appearing at dead ends. She still couldn't find her way around Hogwarts. After many failed attempts, she reached the Hospital Wing. Lauren pushed open the door and stepped in.
"Madam Pommedeterr?" She said looking around.
"Just a moment!" Madam Pommedeterr shouted from her office in the back of the Hospital Wing.
"No hurry," Lauren replied, taking a seat on a bed. Madam Pommedeterr stepped out of her office.
"Okay what seems to—oh my! Miss Fonseca!" Madam Pommedeterr did a double take when she saw Lauren.
"Hi," Lauren said, grinning widely.
"How, how can I help you?"
"The headmaster sent me here to get a quick check up. Just to make sure I'm okay."
With in twenty minutes, Lauren was declared perfectly fine and was released rather reluctantly from the Hospital Wing. Lauren decided to head up to Gryffindor Tower to get a little sleep. She, of course, found herself lost five minutes after leaving the Hospital Wing.
"I really, really need a map for this place..."
Lauren reached the tower as a bell rang either signaling the start or end of a class. Lauren pulled out her class schedule and looked at the back.
"Midsummer's Dream," she read. The portrait swung open and Lauren climbed in. The common room was empty. Lauren walked straight up to the third year girls' dorm and walked in. She jumped into the bed where her trunk was placed and closed the hangings around her. She laid down and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. She hadn't realized how tired she was until then.
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Lily and Gwynn arrived back at Gryffindor Tower after they're final lesson for the day and went straight up to their dorm.
"That was so boring," Lily said, dropping her book bag on top of her trunk.
"I know," replied Gwynn. "I thought Arithmancy was going to be way more interesting than that."
"Maybe it'll pick up," suggested Lily.
"I hope. Hey, whose trunk is that?" Gwynn pointed at a trunk at the foot of the once empty bed.
"I don't know, but it sounds like she's sleeping."
"We'll find out later, dinner's starting."
"You know, we should wake her up... She probably doesn't want to miss dinner..."
"No, she's tired. We'll take her to the kitchens if she's hungry when she wakes up."
"Okay then. Come on let's hurry, the guys said they had a great prank set up and I don't wanna miss it!"
"Great!"
Lily and Gwynn ran out of the dorm and down the stairs. Lauren stirred when the door slammed shut.
"Huh?" she said groggily. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and flung her feet over the edge of her bed, parting the hangings around her bed. She fixed her hair and straightened out her uniform. Lauren walked down the corridors towards the Great Hall, making sure to follow people who she knew were heading down that way. As she was walking down the grand staircase and into the entrance hall she overheard the Marauders talking about their latest prank on the Slytherins. Lauren smirked and stopped in the middle of the staircase.
"Black, Potter, Lupin, Pettigrew!" shouted Lauren, in an incredible Turco impression, her voice echoing in the Entrance Hall. "Fifty points each from Gryffindor for doing that to the Slytherins!"
The guys jumped and looked towards the entrance to the Great Hall, where they had last seen Professor Turco. When not seeing her there, they looked around trying to see where she was. Their jaws dropped when they saw Lauren standing on the staircase. She cocked her head to the side, placed her hands on her hips, and said, "You look as though you've seen a ghost."
Sirius was the first to respond. "Ren, you made it out!"
"Yeah, only took me two weeks," she said, walking down towards the guys. "They wouldn't place a guard in front of my cell after the first escape attempt for the longest time."
"W-wait, wh-who's th-they?" Peter stammered.
"Voldemort and his henchmen," Lauren replied.
"You sound pretty upbeat for a girl who just spent the past few weeks as Voldemort's prisoner," James commented.
"Well, I figure," she said, "now that I'm here, he'll have a hell of a time getting to me or Loni while we're here."
"Loni?" James asked.
"Um, yeah... Long story, who's hungry?" Lauren said, changing the subject. She walked off into the Great Hall.
"Hey! You're not getting off that easily!" Remus said going after her.
"Who's Loni?" Sirius asked catching up to her.
"Long story," she replied, pushing open the door to the Great Hall. She paused a moment, scanning the Gryffindor table for Lily and Gwynn. When she spotted them, she made her way over to them, with the Marauders right on her heels bugging her about Loni.
"Come on! We have time for a long story!" Remus begged.
"Yeah, we deserve to know!" Sirius said.
"Well hound you till you tell us!" said James.
"What are you guys trying to get out of Peter now?" Gwynn asked, turning towards the Marauders. She nearly fell out of her seat when she saw Lauren. "Lauren!" Lily whirled around when she heard Lauren's name.
"Oh my god! You're okay!" Lily said jumping up and hugging her.
"Wha- How? When?" Gwynn asked baffled.
"Long story," Ren answered, with the guys chiming in.
"We have time," Lily said. "Sit down and tell us."
"I'd rather sit down and eat," Lauren said, sitting down between Gwynn and Lily. The guys took a seat on the other side of the table and stared expectantly at Lauren. Lauren looked at them all over the rim of her goblet.
"Fine! I'll tell you," she said. "Just stop staring at me while I eat!"
"Yes!" the others said. They looked at Lauren expectantly.
"Not yet! When we get back to the common room." Lauren rolled her eyes and continued eating.
After they finished their dinners, they rushed Lauren up to the common room. Lauren and Sirius sat down on a loveseat while the others pulled up chairs.
"So?" Gwynn asked.
"Who's Loni?" inquired Remus.
"Loni," she said, pausing, "is my little sister."
"I thought you said you were an only child," said Lily.
"I lied," replied Lauren. "I was ashamed to have anything to do with her. I hated her so much."
"What did she do?" James asked.
"She murdered my brother and never felt any pity," Lauren said looking away from the eyes of her friends.
"You had a little brother?" Sirius said.
"Yeah, his name was Scott. He and I were so close. We were each other's best friends. We never needed anyone else. He was eight when it happened. He was resting in the tree house we had in our backyard. I was inside doing my chores. I saw Loni go up, but I didn't think too much of it. Five minutes later, Loni came back down and came inside. The afternoon faded into night and Scott still hadn't come down... My mom told me to go wake him up for dinner. I walked out and called up to him, but he didn't answer. I didn't like going up to the tree house; it never felt that safe to me. I called up to him again and still no answer. I reluctantly climbed up the ladder and crawled across the floor to where Scott was laying. I shook his shoulder. He was so cold. I rolled him onto his back and his fear filled, cold eyes stared blankly at me. I screamed. My brother was dead... My best friend was dead." Tears flowed from Lauren's eyes, but unknown to her. Lauren bowed her head rested her head in her hands. Sirius, the closest person, placed an arm around her shoulders and hugged her.
"Ren, we're sorry..." Gwynn said.
"W-we should've list-stened wh-when you w-wanted us t-to dr-drop the subject-t," Peter stammered.
"No, I actually feel kind of better," Lauren said, looking up, the tears slowing. "I've kept that bottled up for four years." She wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sirius asked.
"Mhmm," she said nodding and standing up. "Well, I'll see you all in the morning, I need to catch up for the classes."
"Okay, we'll leave you to that," Lily said.
"Night!" Lauren waved to the group and went up to the third year dorms.
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