"You're scaring me." Nini's looking at me worryingly.
"No no there's no need for that. It's not like I'm a vampire or anything, it's more like a family thing.." I paused, trying to see if she wanted me to say it.
"Go on."
"Ok, well my great great great great grandfather was a bit of a traveller and an idiot. He apparently thought that it would be fun to hunt down a Gamayun in Russia -don't look at me like that, it wasn't to kill it just to throw rocks at it. Fuck, it sounds even more dumb when it's said out loud. You know, these creatures, they don't really like to be found so no one knows a lot about them. And if there's something that no one knew is that the blasted thing's curses are very fucking efficient. So, when dear old grandpa lied to the bird, saying it hadn't aimed it, it cursed my family and the next hundred generation to not be able to lie. That's it. That's my secret. I can't fucking lie." Nini was shocked for a second before-
"HaHA Fucking rocksHaAH-oh fuck! That's good!" Nini's now laughing, her face red and tears forming in the corners of her eyes. Okay now we're both laughing, he was indeed stupid.
"So you can't lie? Like ever? That's tough."
"I mean, it can create some awkward situations, but besides that it's fine. At least I won't go to hell for being a liar." We both laughed, again.
"You always have to say the truth? Even if you don't want to?"
"Nini it's like the whole point of the curse. No wonder you're not in Ravenclaw."
"We all know the hat wanted you to be a Hufflepuf, you kind soul." She got up with a sneer and started to fetch her books for tomorrow.
"Hey what's a Gamayan by the way?"
"It's a Gamayun, and I don't know it's a kind of old russian bird with a woman's head I guess."
"That's it? That's all you know about it? That thing cursed your family and you don't want to know what it is exactly?" I shrugged at that, she's right, why don't I know more about it?
"I don't know, I was just so focused on the curse that I didn't look into the roots of it. Mom and grandma always told me there wasn't much to know about it. Merlin, I feel so stupid!" I shoved my face into her pillow, trying to smother myself in it.
"Come on, stop the drama, it's not like you're twenty and still don't know what a Gamayun is. Now get that small body of yours out of my bed, we have history first thing tomorrow."
"I'm going to kill myself, honestly whose idea was it to change the timetables?" I whined, throwing myself in my bed.
"You should be happier about it, at least you don't have to find some twisted shit not to come at flying lessons." I can hear sadness in her voice, I know how much she loves to fly but I can't help but be happy that those torture classes aren't happening anymore, I was running low of excuses.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Nini asked while I was covering myself.
"Yeah sure."
"I perm my hair."
"YOU WHAT?!"
It's been three weeks since Nini told me her secret. Three weeks that I 'm begging her to let me see her natural hair, she just ignores me whenever I mention it now. Three weeks that Reg seems to be glue to Violet Gamp's hip, or the other way around, I never know. At least I have Severus and William to complain with, Nini thinks I should talk to him about how I feel. As if. Willy seems to have some grudge against the girl, they know each other since they're like, born and she used to make fun of his freckles when they were younger. He's kind of sensitive about it. In those three weeks, I quickly found out that the only time I can be alone with Regulus, is in potions and herbology classes.
"Excuse me dear sir, will you please pass me the fish eyes?" I asked, imitating my desk neigbor's haughty look.
"Will you please stop this? It's getting ridiculous." Oh no. He did not just say that.
"Do you know what's ridiculous? The fact that a girl that probably had private lessons her whole life needs help with a stupid disarming charm essay!" I was now hissing furiously. I bet my ass I'm looking like Evans after a 'Potter episode'. Reg seems to think it's funny since he's laughing right at my face.
"Will. You. Stop. It's. Not. Funny!" I hit his arm at each word with my spoon. The guy barely talks to me and he thinks it's funny? I swear I'm never doing this 'open your heart to him' again.
"Are you jealous?"
"Yes I am! We don't have any alone time anymore, I swear that Pretty Gamp is tracking you; it's like everytime we're alone she sticks her adorable nose out of nowhere and asks you to do something and-" Fuck. This. Curse. I would chop my arm off to be able to lie right now.
"Do you wish to spend more time with me?" That bitch. He's actually enjoying this.
"I am not answering this." I wish I didn't want to.
"Actually, Violet and I know each other since forever, it's like her parents already bought her wedding dress and she has all the names of our children written somewhere."
"Not creepy at all." I said while finally putting the eyes into the potion.
"You seem to get closer to Wilkes." I can see that he tensed up, so I pass the bocal back to him.
"Willy's a good laugh, besides-"
"Why is it empty?" He is looking into the bocal, eyes filled with shock.
"What do you mean why it's empty? I-"
"Don't tell me you put the whole-" A big explosion stopped us, and I banged my head against the table. Next thing I know, I'm knocked out.
Why does everything hurt? My head is pounding. I open my eyes to a white ceiling.
"Fuck my head.."
"Language miss Nolano, I can't believe you have a dirty mouth at such a young age."
"I can't believe you're working, what are you, 15?"
"At least that bang did not alter her personality."
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" The three dumbasses minus Severus are looking at me desperatedly. "I'm jocking, even if I wish I could sometimes forget about you." Nini hits me in the arm, hard. It's not a lie, I wish I could forget about one of them sometimes.
"You scared me you bitch! Never do that again!" She's now hugging me tightly, I tell you, she's crazy about me.
"Just so you know, as long as we're partners in potions, you're never touching anything again." I know he's relieved I'm okay. Even if he's not showing it. That's the most he can give right now.
"Well, now that everyone is relieved and fine and not dead, can Adil go talk to Rosier, please? I swear if he comes to me one more time asking what could he talk about with her, I will throw myself out of the window." Nini's properly blushing and Reg looks..bored. For a change.
"He's doing it again, you know 'the thing'. Well, there's an improvement now he actually sits next to me in the common room sometimes. Still doesn't say a word." That guy.
"That's super creepy, Merlin don't purebloods know how to flirt?" The two other boys in the room looked offended for a minute.
"Everyone out! Miss Nolano needs to rest." Nini kissed me goodbye while I whined about wanting to leave, both boys just waved at me with a sneer, probably thinking it was a good payback for my last sentence.
I am never sleeping in that nursery again, you won't believe the number of students that come whining in the middle of the night about some kind of pain they're feeling. Pussies. Thankfully I had permission earlier in the morning so that I could enjoy a nice shower in my dorm.
"I heard about what happened in you potion class. I don't know what to do with you anymore. Stop eating like a pig, don't you have any manners?" Severus was now looking a bit disgusted at me.
"Ihungchry." I like to eat big pieces of food, small pieces are for pussies.
"Don't you think Lupin is sick too often?" Nini asked, eyeing the gryffindor table suspiciously.
"Who's Lupin?" Is there a new student? Why am I never aware of anything?
"He's one of the Maraudeurs, the kind of blond one."
"The what now?" Is this like a sect?
"Please don't make me say it again, I swear it hurts to repeat it. You know, the new name Potter's gang gave themselves." Nini looks at me like I'm a three year old . This is just ridiculous I can't believe they have a gang name, hold on-
"Are you talking about Martapin?"
"His name is not-"
"Hello Regulus." I would gladly rip my ears off my head, if that meant not listening to that high pitched, melodious voice of hers. "I think your mother mislead your package into my own." She winked at that before she took out a black robe from the box she was carrying. "There you go." Why did she had to laugh at everything she said?
"Thank you Violet, don't worry this incident won't repeat itself." Pureblood Reg is on again.
"Oh no it's fine I don't mind." Of course you don't, gives you an excuse to talk to him. "Oh, that's my dress?" That laugh, I can't hear it anymore. What the fuck is that? It the most-
"Horrendous." Everyone is looking at me. Did I say that out loud?
"Excuse me?" Blue eyes are looking at me meanly. Did not expect that from that midget, who does she think she's looking at?
"Don't mind her, she got a big knock on her head." Thank Merlin for Anissa Adil, she just avoided me three months of detention for hitting a student.
She huffed a little at that and got back to her talk with Reg whose eyes are actually drilling into my skull. Nini and I quickly leave the table.
"What was that for? And don't play the innocent one on me." She actually looks angry. Fuck.
"I don't know, okay? I just couldn't hold it in!" I really couldn't. I don't know what got into me.
"I can't always cover for you! I thought you knew better than to do this type of thing!"
"You think I don't know? I'm the one that has to live with it! Why are you even mad?"
"Because I'm worried! You would have made a perfect Gryffindor you know? Never worrying about anything, saying whatever comes on your mind."
"We both know I'm not brave enough for that." She looks at me, her face blank for a second before she pulls me into a hug. "I'm sorry I yelled." I knew she couldn't resist my puppy-face.
"By the way, that dress really is horrendous." She said, her sly smile back on.
"Right? I'd rather come naked to wathever inbred party they're having". We both laughed loudly, causing a few students to turn around. Was this our first fight?
"What did you say Martapin's name was ?"