I'M BACK THANK MERLIN YOU CAN ALL RELAX
I really wanted to give you guys some juicy content so I made this a bit longer than the previous chapters. Please review how big or small you'd like chapters. OKAY- a small shoutout to my friend who is at a school right now half way across the world (Miss you Ellie (You too Hannah)) and also one to my gorgeous and supportive friends who are totally supportive of my flunking school to write fanfiction (HI GUYSSSS). OKAY so to the most of you that don't read this, that's chilled, but I'm just expressing gratitude for the fact that this now has over 850 VIEWS and I honestly cannot tell you how excited that makes me.
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The moon shone high in the sky, illuminating the grounds and causing the large pine trees to cast a gloomy shadow over Hagrid's hut. Lea and Marlene were lying on the soft soil. Staring at the star, splattered, night sky, Marlene telling Lea about how Sirius said they could be together one day. Remus and Peter were sitting on the stairs of the small cottage, engaged in a rather heated discussion on animagus vs animals in the forest. Hagrid was slightly taken aback by their vast knowledge on the subject. The boys wore matching knowing smirks. Their detention was so far, very uneventful.
The soil was damp and crumbled as Lea pushed it through her fingers. Everything around her was green and earthly and it reminded her of her new friends' eyes. Lea knew Lily was different to everyone else in almost every way. Her upbringing. Her accent. Her blood. And Lea found that for someone who was so different, she and Lily seemingly had a lot in common and for the first time in her life, Lea was genuinely excited about the possibility of a blooming friendship.
Marlene and Mary had always been polar opposites and still two peas in a pod, but Lea was like a tomato sitting on the bench next to the peas. But maybe Lily was also a tomato? At least her hair was red.
Lea looked over at Marlene, who's quiet beauty was magnified in the moonlight. She couldn't understand Marlene sometimes. Why she would invest so much of herself into her fantasies where her and Sirius were together when in reality she knew too well that Sirius would break her heart, over and over. Marlene, if she let herself stray from Sirius, would rack up plenty of guys, probably almost as many as Mary, almost. Still, Marlene was loyal to Sirius, like a dog that he owned, and without ever verbalising it, Lea would admit that she pitied Marlene for this.
Just then a rustle was heard in the bushes. A snap of a twig. A tipsy bark like laughter.
Of course Marlene had recognised it first. Then the boys. At first, like most things, Lea couldn't really care to turn and see whichever idiot had decided to stroll the grounds at night, but after seeing a perfect 'o' form from Marlene's lips and her eyes ever so slightly glaze over, Lea slowly turned to see two bodies pressed up against a nearby tree.
A shrill, high pitched laughter was heard, drowning out the warmer bark-like laughter. Two figures could be seen. One more shielded by the large oak tree in front of it, and the other more visible, with shoulder length, perfectly styled shaggy black hair and an undone Gryffindor tie. A squeal was heard as well as a moan and Lea turned back to see a single tear slide down Marlene's cheek as her watery eyes remained fixated on the couple against the tree.
Lea, never being one to be good at consoling friends, looked desperately over at Remus who was already making his way over to his cousin.
"Marly.." Remus said with a knowing sadness. He was close enough with his cousin to know this would affect her so, and he knew that Sirius' careless actions always took a toll on his outgoing, fun-loving cousin, whether she would admit it.
"I'm fine Remmy, honestly." Marlene said, rubbing both her eyes with her fists. She took a sharp inhale as another audible groan was heard from behind the tree.
Lea and Remus both turned to Hagrid who nodded at once and smiled consolingly as Remus put his arms around Marlene's shoulders and helped her up and began leading her towards the castle.
Lea and Peter followed in silence, watching as the two cousins walked together, Remus chatting and Marlene looking over her shoulder every few seconds, attempting to catch a glimpse of the boy who had stolen and continually broken her heart.
"OI MARLENE! REMUS! PETE! LEA? IS THAT YOU?" His loud voice rang over the hill and instantly Marlene turned around, her tear stained cheeks glistening in the moonlight. Remus' face was turning red with anger as Peter and Lea turned to see Sirius grinning widely, arm in arm with a leggy, blonde Hufflepuff.
"Oh fuck," Peter whispered under his breath as several things happened at once.
Remus went to grab Marlene's wrist but she shook her arm out of his grip, causing Remus to swing backwards off balance.
Peter went to greet Sirius when the blonde reached her perfect little claws and gripped Sirius' shirt, pulling him into a kiss. The wind left Marlene's body as Sirius caved to the kiss and a bright white light shot from the end of Lea's now raised wand as the blonde was thrown into the air and landed several feet away from the group.
"What the everLivING FUCK BRILL!" Sirius roared, turning back to the blonde and rushing to help her up.
"You're an ass Black. The worse kind too. Selfish and pitiless and I hope that the bitch gives you an STD."
This caused Remus to cough out a laugh as the blonde turned a shade of red deeper than Lily's hair.
"You take that back Lea or I swear to Merlin I'll-
"She's right Siri."
The point of focus shifted to Peter as he stood nervously but self assuredly by Lea's side.
"Are you kidding Wormtail? This bitch," Sirius pointed firmly at Lea, "Just threw my date into the fucking air for no reason."
Remus had had enough. "Sirius. There's a reason. If you had bothered to be focused on anything besides yourself and the bimbo next to you, you'd realise."
It was then that Remus took Marlene by the wrist and pulled her back towards the castle. Peter followed, and Lea as well, after flipping the bird at both of the dumbstruck idiots standing at the bottom of the hill.
Marlene couldn't help the tears that started flowing freely down her cheeks. She knew that anymore of this would kill her. She knew she was done with Sirius. Or at least he was done with her. She turned her head to look at him once more.
Sirius looked up to his four friends walking up the hill but he's heart stopped at the sight he saw. He no longer saw the four. Only one. One beautiful girl with a messy ponytail and tear stained cheeks. And he couldn't help the sinking feeling of guilt that began forming in his gut. He realised instantly that he had fucked up, impressively.
"MARLENE!"
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"So, Mr Man-whore, if you filled a room with every girl you've ever snogged, would they fit in a) a broom cupboard, b) the Defence classroom or c) the great hall?"
Lily could practically hear him scowl as she trailed behind him, almost running to keep up with the ever-moving, currently sour god that was James Potter.
"Shut up Evans."
"Make me Potter."
This stopped him, James hesitated and tensed his shoulders as the redhead caught up to him.
"Stop doing that." The intensity in his voice was overwhelming. It was no louder than a strong whisper but Lily felt it echo through her skin as if he had screamed into her ear. His voice could only be described as frustrated. It made Lily's confident outside retract, slightly.
"Stop doing what?" Lily asked, the playful tone that had occupied her voice completely vanished, replaced with a tentative one.
James growled and turned around, and with one hand firmly gripped to Lily's shoulder, he grabbed her and pushed her into the wall.
Lily didn't move. She was frightened as hell. The boy that had been so fun-loving and casual appeared almost murderous. The spot where he currently was latched to her body was tingling, a mixture from his touch and the heavy pressure currently staining her shoulder. Lily watched as he attempted to calm himself down. He took several deep breaths before letting go of Lily's now rapidly bruising skin.
"You have to stop flirting with me Evans."
Was he fucking kidding?
"You kissed me Potter. You kissed me. Curiosity killed the cat? Ring a bell."
James sighed. "That was a mistake Evans. I already told you. I can't commit. I don't want to misconstrue you."
Lily actually laughed out loud. She pushed herself off the wall.
"You're scared Potter." She smirked as his features became slack. "You're scared because you like me."
James went to interrupt her but Lily was set.
"You like me, and you want me, and that's never happened to you before. You're scared."
James scoffed, though a very faint red hew had crept up onto James' ears. "You're wrong Evans. I'm not scared. I barely even know you, why in Merlin's sake would you think I like you?"
"I'll prove it to you James." Lily said, using his first name on purpose. It caught him off guard. "I won't stop till you admit you like me."
And with that, Lily flicked her ponytail and with a swish of her hips, began strutting down the corridor, leaving James standing idly, with an open jaw and a buzzing head.
Good Merlin she has a nice ass…
Shit
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Lily was smiling softly to herself as she made her way up towards the Gryffindor 6th year dormitory. She was confident that she could prove it to him. She knew James was aware of the connection they shared, she just needed to make him admit it.
She was running through plans in her head when she opened the dormitory door. She was certain she had opened the wrong one. This wasn't a dorm, this was a mental institution.
Mary lay passed out in her bed, a thin line of drool hanging out of her mouth, apparently completely exhausted from her third-wheeling Alice and Frank in detention. Marlene lay sobbing in a ball on the floor, rocking forwards and backwards as a small, wet patch began forming into the carpet from her tears. The worst of it wasn't either Marlene or Mary, but Lea.
Clearly out of her element, the brown-eyed girl looked like a mad woman as she ran around the dormitory, occasionally throwing a tissue or a hand sanitiser in Marlene's general direction.
"Do you want a pillow, or a toothbrush, do you want me to call Remus? Do you- Oh Lily thank fuck!"
At the mention of the new girl, Marlene's head shot up from it's fetal position and Lily saw the true devastation of whatever hurricane had taken place. Marlene's entire face was red, with impressions from the carpet on her cheeks and forehead. There was a mixture of melted mascara, tears and other unknown fluids mixing on the once clear skin that made Lily a little queasy.
"Oh L-l-l-lilyyyyy-y-y" Marlene said wailing and returning to her rocking. Lily shot a look to Lea who instantly ran to her and explained. Through Marlene's wails, Lily could only hear snippets of Lea's explanation. "Detention… Sirius… Tree… Gross… Hufflepuff… Flying bimbo… Bitch… Remus… Stupefy… Confused… Marlene has been like this for half an hour.
"You did well Lea, thanks for trying," Lily said it genuinely and it actually made Lea feel a little better about the whole situation.
"Marly sweety… it's okay… shhh honey you're better than him." Lily now sat next to Marlene, cradling her in her arms and soothingly stroking her hair. She continued this until Marlene's breaths evened out and she eventually fell asleep in Lily's arms.
"Pssst… Lea… can you get my wand? It's in my trunk."
Lea, who had been sitting awkwardly in the corner, slightly bored but mostly recovering from the closest she'd ever been to comforting, quickly snatched up the opportunity for a distraction and practically leapt for Lily's trunk, like a gazelle in the African Savanah.
Stifling her laughter, Lily took her wand and muttered a basic enchantment, "Wingardium Leviosa," and Marlene very slowly followed the path of Lily's wand through the air, until she was lying softly on her sheets. Lily tucked her in and wiped away the crap on her face and turned around to face Lea.
"How the hell did you do that?"
Lily smiled, "When I was little, my sister used to torture neighbourhood cats, so I would comfort them and hide them in the park near my house.
At first Lea chuckled at this, but soon grew sober as she noticed Lily's expression.
"You don't talk to your sister anymore?" Lea questioned.
"Not since I was eleven."
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"I'm done with girls."
James entered his dorm room still in a state of shock from the occurrences of the hallway. At first the room was quiet, excluding the unmistakable snoring of Peter Pettigrew.
"Tell me about it mate."
James turned to Sirius' who was sitting on the window sill, not bothering to look at James. "I think I blew it with Marlene tonight."
"Oh really? I would never have guessed." A sarcastic voice filtered through Remus' closed bedspread.
"Moony, what did the git do this time?" James said moving the unbutton his shirt and put his uniform on his trunk.
"Trust me mate, you'd rather not know. Besides, if I retell the story I'll probably hex him. I'm going to bed, it's full moon in just over two weeks. I'm gonna sleep while I can."
"Night Moony."
"Night Prongs."
"Nice Moony."
"Fuck of Sirius."
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"You What?" Lea practically shrieked as Lily retold her recount of her evening.
After an awkward but short silence after Lily's confession about her sister, Lea decided they should chat about something else, or go to sleep.
"Oh my god you actually think you can make James Potter, the glorified sex monkey, fall in love."
"Well," Lily said readjusting her pillow, "Love for now is a bit out of reach, but maybe one day."
Lea sighed, attempting to get comfortable next to Lily, after Lily surprisingly having offered to share her bed and Lea even more surprisingly, obliging. After having both taken their dreamless sleep potions, the girls were conversing under Lily's soft covers.
"I have to say red, you've got balls."
"Thanks," Lily laughed before yawning softly. "Brill I reckon I'm off to sleep. If you need me wake me up."
"Alright Lily. If you need be, don't wake me up, or you wont have balls for long."
Lily chuckled before returning to her familiar blank landscape of black nothingness as she drifted off to sleep.
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"She what?" Sirius' eyes practically fell out of his scull.
"Yep," James said climbing into his bed, while Sirius rolled in his own, "Thinks she's gonna convince me of my feeling for her or some crap like that."
"Well I mean, you did snog her Prongsie so you gotta let her down easy. She's new. She'll cope just like the rest of them."
James sighed before closing his eyes.
"I don't know Padfoot. She doesn't seem like she's a girl who gives up, she's… she's… different."
Only a few moments later James nodded off to sleep and was welcomed by a new dream, one filled with colours. A bright emerald green and an overwhelming, captivating red.
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