Saturday,
September 3rd, 1977
12:30 p.m. Next to the Lake.
"So, now that we finally have a bit of time to ourselves before school really starts I think the question that begs to be asked must be asked." Marlene Mckinnon said smiling, looking around at the small group of girls that had gathered. Lily nodded in agreement, laughing slightly.
"Did everyone go see Star Wars?" Lily asked jokingly, knowing full well that wasn't the intended question to be answered. The few that had experience with the muggle world laughed slightly, murmuring a bit and explaining to their pure-blood friends about the movie that everyone was seeming to fall in love with.
"Okay- but seriously though, how was everyone's holiday? Did anyone meet any cute guys? Give me details." Marlene said earning a few gentle teases from the other girls at her 'need' for gossip. There were a few different stories about summer romances, crushes, and potential crushes making their way around, as well as the latest creation of the potentials list. It might be a strange thing to share, but the potentials list served two main purposes for most girls in their year; potential romance and potential disasters. The list kept girls safe from hurting each other as well as from getting hurt by boys who they knew hurt girls in one way or another.
"James Potter. R or D?" Dahlia asked the group. Most of the girls looked to Lily, who shifted a tad and hummed.
"Seeing as we're Head Boy and Head Girl, I think it's safe to say he's mainly potential, without affiliation." Lily stated. Destiny smiled a little bit and it was easy to understand- if one could pick up on the little signals that had been given since last year, it could be noticed that Lily didn't quite seem to dislike James as much as she previously had expressed. In fact, she really didn't seem to mind hanging out with him a bit more and more at all.
"Sirius Black." Marlene said and several girls groaned, murmuring 'disaster' even though most had never actually dated or known much about ones who had dated him.
"Romance." Came the quiet voice from off to the side. All the girls looked to Destiny, surprised a bit at her forwardness. Most assumed that she was mostly there because of Lily anyway, and for the past few years she had never really spoken at these meetings. There were some 'dawws' murmured quietly. (And yes, maybe one of them came from yours truly.)
"What happened to that one boy you were dating- back home?" Alexa- a rather inquisitive Ravenclaw- asked in confusion.
"The long distance was too much for us." Destiny explained shifting a bit awkwardly. She seemed a tad uncomfortable with all the girls around nodding and looking at her, some giving their apologies for something that they couldn't control. Marlene stood up.
"Alright then. Sirius Black, welcome to the Romance side of potentials." She announced, and a few girls giggled as they all got up and gathered their bags and such. They made their magical copies of the list and exchanged class schedules while making a few final notes and comments to each other. This year would definitely be an interesting one.
Thank you for reading, and feel free to ask any questions you like Lovelies.
Here's a picture of the girls in this chapter as cats.
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