A/N: Meh.


Title: Friend like me

Summary: Sue, Terry and Anthony are all failures. Oh well. At least they have friends.

Word count: 456

Genres: Friendship

Characters: Sue L., Terry B., Anthony G.


"I'm a wreck, you see," moaned Sue Lee and she brought her head into his hands. "I've failed everything in my life."

"Oh, honey so am I, so am I," sighed Anthony Goldstein before taking another swig of his fire whisky.

"Please, I'm pretty sure my life is even worse than both of yours combined," groaned Terry Boot.

The three Ravenclaws were sat around a small table in the Leaky Cauldron, in Hogsmeade, empty glasses of butter beer and fire whisky already piled high, and at least fifteen candles lit all around them. All of them were looking for the worst.

"Terry, there is no way your life is worse than mine," said Sue, "I saw the announcement in the papers, you're clearly happily married."

"That doesn't mean my life is good!"

"Yes it does. I've been divorced twice now! And I'm not even 30."

"Well, you at least clearly managed to get the better end of the deal. Isn't that a channel coat?" commented Anthony.

"Oh Anthony, you could always tell what I was wearing," laughed Sue.

"You can laugh, by I would kill to be wearing those sort of clothes again, my start-up went bankrupt after barely two years."

Terry scoffed: "We all know you're living with your family again, there's nothing to be ashamed of."

"I'm almost thirty and still living with them!"

"At least you still have a family! Mine died shortly after the war! All of them in a freak accident!"

All of them stayed silent after Anthony's revelation, and all drank heavily with their friends.

"What a reunion this is turning out to be…" Sue commented lightly, although with a slight slur.

"Yes, but, we might be absolute failures in every sense of the word, but at least we've still got each other!" Anthony tried to cheer them up.

"Please, who would care about losers like me?" Terry wailed.

"Losers like us that's who?" Anthony retorted.

"Yes definitely losers. We're getting atrociously drunk in the Leaky Cauldron while surrounded by dozens of candles, surely this is a major fire hazard. There is only one way this is going to end."

"Yes, very badly, we know Sue," said Terry. "But hopefully it'll end up better than the time you got so drunk you started making out with the Giant Squid."

"Shut up! That was only one time! And in sixth year!" shouted Sue.

Anthony laughed. "Oh, I missed these times together, we should do this more often."

"Group cuddle!" shouted Terry as he bright his friends into his arms despite their protests.

Yes, they might be drunk, they might be absolute failures, but at least they still had each other, they all thought as they enjoyed the cuddle.


FOR HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

House: Ravenclaw

For august auction: Day 31/ Auction 2 - "Who would care about losers like me?" / "Losers like us that's who!"

For writing club; character appreciation: 8) A group of three friends

For writing club; record club: 3) Gorilla - drinking alcohol

For writing club; book club: luzhin (setting) the Leaky Cauldron

For writing club; elizabeth's empire: 18) Safe - "I'm a wreck, you see."

For writing club; Liza's loves: 3) Grown ups - write about a group of friends reuniting

For writing club; lizzy's loft: 16) Friendship

For writing club; scamander's case; 11) Friendship

For writing club; marvel appreciaton 8) H - Hogsmeade

For writing club; forecast: 13) Windy - "there's only one way this is going to end."

For founder says: Godric says 2) "Shut up, that was only one time."

For pick a wick: 7) whole grain - the Leaky Scamander

For Gobstone's: Bronze stone - Failure - 17) only ravenclaws - 16) cuddling - 18) candle