Forever Young
Howdy! I hope you all enjoyed yesterdays chapter, I decided to update again today cause I'm waiting for my cousins to come over and I got bored. So I hope you all enjoy this chapter, it has some comedy and I really enjoyed writing and rereading it. So enjoy!
Chapter 4: Boy's Suck
Cassidy's POV:
"Wanna tell me what that was in there?" Sirius asks as we head upstairs to Transfiguration.
"What do you mean?" I ask him.
"What was that third smell you smelled?" He laughed nudging me. I blush and look at the ground.
"Oh it was strawberries, I told you." I said not looking him in the eye.
"No it wasn't." he stated simply.
"It was!" I exclaimed "I happen to like strawberries." I tell him matter-o-factly.
"I knew that, you've eaten them every bloody morning for the past 6 years." He muttered.
"How did you know that?" I ask him "How did you know I eat them every morning?"
Now it's his turn to blush, "You're my friend I take notice to what my friend eats."
"Uh huh sure. So tell me what has James eaten for breakfast every morning for the last 6 years?" I tease him. He rolls his eyes and lightly pushes me.
"He changes it up every day." He says quietly. I roll my eyes and laugh at him.
"Ok sure." I say. We continue walking until we get to the Transfiguration wing. I move to open the classroom door but Sirius stops me.
"Was it someone's cologne?" He asks. I roll my eyes at him and slap his hand away.
"Say please and I'll think about telling you." I say with a smile.
"Please!" He say's putting on a puppy dog face. I pretend to think for a moment before uttering my response.
"No,"
"Damn it!"
The rest of the day went by in a blur. The new DADA professor has already assigned a research project. He partnered Remus and me together. We were doing our project on the 3 Unforgivable Curses. After dinner we met in the library to start research.
"Do you think there would be more books in the restricted section?" I ask him. We were only able to find two books in the entire library on the Curses so far.
"Probably, we'll have to get Winkle to write us out a pass though." He said as we searched through the book stacks.
"Ok I'll go during my free period tomorrow morning." I said. We continued to talk and work on the information portion of the project the best we could with the resources we had found. We had managed to find another book and some old Daily Prophet articles involving the arrests of people using the Unforgivable Curse's. Around 8 o'clock Remus closed his textbook and gathered his things.
"I promised Julia we'd go on a walk before curfew." He said as he placed his things in his bag.
"Ok, well if you have time can you maybe look through old Daily Prophets?" I ask picking my head up but he's already moving towards the door. I laugh and shake my head. Before I can move my head Andrew walks into the library. We make eye contact and smile. I wave him over to me.
"Unforgivable curses?" He asked as he looked at the books sitting around me.
"It's for my defense project. Remus and I chose to work on the Curses. They were always fascinating to me." I laughed.
He nodded, "Diggory and me chose defensive curses" I wrinkle my nose at the sound of Diggory's name. He was my last boyfriend and let's just say things didn't work out to well for us. He's got a nice scar above his lip to prove it. Andrew must have noticed the face I made because he asked about it.
"Not a big fan of defensive curses?" He joked.
"More like not a big fan of Diggory." I said in return.
"That's right you too went out last year didn't you?" He said with a frown on his face. I nod my head and then change the subject. We continue to talk for a while until Sirius comes running through the door.
"Cass! James needs your help!" He sing-songed, "Williams" he nodded at Andrew. Andrew nodded back and smiled.
"Can't it wait?" I asked through clenched teeth.
"Nope, let's go!" He said grabbing my arm and yanking me out of my seat. I grab my stuff and put it in my bag. Sirius grabs my arm again and pulls me along with him.
"Bye Andrew!" I shout along the way. Sirius continues to pull my but then suddenly stops causing me to topple over. He looks down at me and laughs.
"Now what are you doing down there silly?" He laughed reaching down to help me.
"You're an arse." I snapped as I brushed myself off "Now what did James need my help with?"
"Oh nothing." He said as he continued to walk.
"What!" I hiss at him "Then why did you make me leave! I was having a nice conversation with Andrew!"
"But he's boring, I'm much more fun." He said giving me his signature smirk.
"I hate you," I mutter under my breath.
"You love me." He teased "Now are you doing anything for Hogsmeade?" He asked
"Nope just hanging with Lily and Marlene." I tell him.
"Wanna come with me and the boy's we never got to finish our lesson with Professor Cassidy." He teased.
"Sure that sounds fun." I tell him with a smile. We keep walking until suddenly Sirius stops again, he walks over to a broom cupboard and points at it with a smile.
"Uh-uh. No way in hell am I going in there with you." I hiss at him. He rolls his eyes at me.
"I know that dummy! Wanna scare the poor saps who already are?" he asks mischievously. I bite my lip and think for a moment. Then I let out a huge sigh and nod. He grins and makes a shushing motion and moves towards the door.
"1-2-3!" He whispered and yanked open the door. There were curses muttered and the two culprits tumbled out of the broom cupboard.
"Marlene?!" I gasp
"Mooney?" Sirius barks out a laugh. They both stand and straighten out themselves and blush profusely. Sirius continues to laugh but stops once I shoot a menacing glare his way. I then turn back to Marlene and Remus.
"What the hell!" I yell at them "You have a boyfriend Marlene! And Remus you have a girlfriend!" They keep blushing, avoiding my gaze
"Marlene you know how heartbroken I was when Amos cheated on me last year. Imagine how heartbroken Sam will be when he finds out you cheated!" I yell at her my hands on my hips. She was silent for a moment but then broke out into loud angry sobs.
"H-he br-broke u-up w-with me!" she sobbed loudly. We all stand frozen for a moment but then I wrapped my arms around her.
"What happened? You two where perfect for each other!" I whisper into her hair.
"He said I was a prude and that he didn't want someone who wouldn't sleep with him." She snarled through her sobs. I let her cry into my shoulder for a few more minutes. I nodded to Sirius and Remus to head back and I'd stay with her for a while.
"Hey you're not a prude just because you're waiting for the right guy." I tell her softly as we sit on the floor "He probably would have left you as soon as he got what he wanted anyways. That's what guys do."
"Or they cheat, like Amos did." She said with a laugh.
"Well actually he did both." I muttered. Marlene looked at me with wide eyes. I nod and look away from her.
"I slept with him once and I said I wanted to wait to do it again. And the next day I found him and Addison half naked in a broom cupboard." I admitted to her.
"Why didn't you tell us?" She asked taking my hand.
"I didn't want you and Lily to think any less of me." I told her. We hugged one last time before heading back to the Common Room. When we get there Remus, James, Sirius and Peter are the only ones in there. I usher Marlene up the stairs to our dormitory and wave Remus over.
"Is she ok?" He asked looking up the stairs.
"She'll live," I say crossing my arms across my body "What about Julia?" I asked him trying to stand tall and look intimidating which is hard to do considering he's like 6ft and I'm 5'4".
"We broke up weeks ago." He admitted.
"But you were so good together!" I pout "And if you're good together you stay together damn it!" The other boys stop talking from their place on the couch and look at me. I roll my eyes and tell them to mind their own business.
"It was mutual. We didn't feel the 'spark' anymore." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Ugh fine but stay away from Marlene for a couple of days. She's in a fragile state." I tell him. He nods and smiles sadly. I say good night to him and the boys before heading up the stairs. When I walk into our dorm I find Marlene laying on Lily's bed with her head in Lily's lap.
"You can do so much better than him anyways." Lily said consoling Marlene. I jump onto the bed and lay my head on Marlene's legs.
"Boy's suck." I state to them.
"Agreed."
The next day we went to class, did homework, and goofed off. Repeat that about 4 more times and that's what our week was. Before we knew it Friday evening was already here and tomorrow we would be heading to Hogsmeade already.
"I still can't believe you got the Liquid Luck!" grumbled Lily on our way to the Great Hall for dinner. Today Slughorn announced that my potion was the best and I got the Luck Potion.
"Oh Lily quit whining!" I teased "If you want it so bad you can have it." Her eyes brightened at the sound of this.
"Really?" she beamed. I nod and reach into my bag to take out the potion and give it to her. Once she is in possession of it she hugs me and runs off to the dorms to stash it away. I giggle and continue my trek to the Great Hall.
"Hey Cassidy wait up!"
I turn and smiled as I saw Andrew jogging down the corridor to catch up with me. I smile at him as he approaches me.
"Hey Andrew, what's up?" I asked.
"Nothing really I was actually just looking for you." He said as we continued the walk to the Great Hall.
"Really what for?" I asked
"I know its last minute but, I was wondering if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow." He hesitantly asked. I looked at him in shock. Was he asking me out? I open my mouth to tell him I'd love to but someone answers before I can.
"She'd love to except she already promised the boy's and myself she'd go with us." Sirius said materializing next to me. My smile vanishes and I remember our conversation from the other day.
"That's right, I forgot." I said with a frown "Maybe next time?" I ask him.
"Sounds great." Andrew said with a smile. Then Sirius grabs my arm and sweeps me away from Andrew.
"Thanks for that Sirius," I grumbled
"Sorry I just didn't want to let the boy's down. They were excited to spend time with you tomorrow." He said putting his hands up in surrender.
"I hate you." I told him. He only barked out a laugh.
"I'm serious!" I say stopping in the middle of the hallway trying not to smile and laugh with him. He keeps walking and turns around.
"I pretty sure that's me love." He said with a wink turning back around and running to catch up with the rest of the Marauders "See you tomorrow Princess!" He shouts over his shoulder.
I stand there and smile for a moment before continuing my trek to the Great Hall.
Nothing to serious has been happening so far but it'll come soon enough. Please review! I got one yesterday and it made me very happy! Thanks a ton for reading my story! See you next time!
XOXO,
SophieElizabeth630