A/N: This chapter is a bit softer, slower, shorter and quieter than the last one because everything was really dramatic then … But I hope it is all good ;) hehe
Chapter 5
Mary Macdonald
I sigh; my best friend can be such work sometimes, like seriously.
Marlene had gotten herself a detention once again and this time with Black. – Yes, I'm starting to call him Black as well, but that's Lene's fault, she only talks about him as "Black." And it' isn't like he doesn't only refer as me as Macdonald, I think seriously that Remus, Peter and James are the only ones he doesn't call by their last names – and he doesn't even call them by their first names! They have some kind of really strange nicknames for each other.
Marlene sighs beside me on the couch and stands up "I should be going then…"
"Have fun," I tell her and she scowls.
"Sure! Cause I'm not only cleaning the room, wandless but I have to do it with him" she exclaims.
I roll my eyes "Just go Lene, sooner you go sooner it's over."
Marlene sighs "Yeah, bye."
I laugh as she exits the Common Room, knowing that I will come and save her.
I wait for ten minutes before I also walk out the portrait and walk towards the DADA classroom.
I see that the door is open and when I'm just about to knock I hear Sirius voice;
"We have to clean up the mess we made…"
"… Or we could just shag," Marlene responds so casually that I half expect her to shrug her shoulders.
"Okay," Sirius breathes out and I see when he grabs her and kisses her before he pushes her up against the wall.
I roll my eyes in disgust before I take the door and firmly close it so no one else will see them, they really have nerve shagging at detention! I can't believe professor Aldrin left them alone.
"Hey, Mary!" James greets me as he walks towards me, where I stand with my back pressed against the wall next to the door.
"Hey,"
"What are you doing here?" He asks me and I hold up my wand
"I was gonna loan it to Marlene to make detention quicker for her, you?"
He holds his wand up "Same, I was gonna give mine to Sirius"
"I wouldn't go in just yet," I tell him when he reaches for the doorknob.
"Why?"
I sigh, "You have one guess,"
He looks at me half stunned, "Seriously? They're shagging in detention?"
"Mhm," I respond half laughing.
"Godric, they've really lost it, haven't they?"
"Yep, so I would stay away for twenty minutes or so," I laugh and James nods.
"Wanna go for a walk, Mary?"
"Sure." I respond half questionably. Usually James and I don't hang out alone much, I used to spend some days off the summers with him, Sirius and Marlene but that's really out off the picture now, isn't it?
I love Lene, I really do and that's why I hate what's she's doing to herself, but I also know Lene loves Sirius, even though she wont admit it, it's just because she's so scared he'll once again reject her, it's like his sick little game. When she comes crawling back, he finds it mildly amusing to reject her, but the next minute he suddenly wants her again.
"Thinking about Marley and Sirius?" James asks me.
"What else? I think we seriously have to stop thinking so much about them… It's driving Lene insane."
"Padfoot too," James agrees. "it's just, I'm afraid where this is going to go."
"But they are happy, you know some of the time."
"Yep, the time when he isn't a total bastard to her." James sighs.
"Yep," I respond popping out the 'p'.
"I'm dreading Quidditch practice tomorrow, me James Potter doesn't want to go to practice tomorrow!"
"Maybe they'll behave…" I try
"We can hope… anyways, let's talk about something else, alright?" James says
"Okay… what about you and Evans?"
James laughs. "Nothing going on there, sadly, like there has been for the last five years, though I do think she wants me." He smirks
"And yet she keeps saying no, even though you ask her out everyday."
James sighs "Sometimes I wish she was more like Marlene, you know just says yes-" he stops when he realizes that was really not good to say.
I sigh frustrated and turn to leave
"Sorry Mare, I didn't mean to say that, I know she your best friend, she's my best friend too… or was… she doesn't talk to me anymore."
"It isn't her fault" I say sticking up for my best friend.
"You can't just blame Padfoot-" he says also sticking up for his best friend.
"I'm not blaming him," I admit "Not Marlene either, not even 'them' together." I continue "I blame their reasons for doing this to each other and I blame us, you, Lily, Alice, Remus, Peter, me – even Emmeline who never meddles in anything. It's our fault."
"Why?"
"Because, if we had been better rocks for both of them back then, they wouldn't have went out for each other and ended up in this mess."
"But why do we have to blame someone? Can't we just try to fix it?"
"But how? They are so stuck on hurting each other, like what he said today, seriously James, that was so over the line! It's her dad you know how touchy that is for her… -"
"I know, I was there for her when he left," he reminds me "but she hurt him and he hurt her, that's what they do, they have this wall and they have to –"
"Break down the other to feel better them selves, yeah I know."
"But we can always try to fix it?" James tried
"Yeah, we can try," I agree but still I don't really know if there is anything we can do at this point.
- Hunting for Happiness –
"How was detention?" I smirk as Marlene and I walk towards the Library together
Marlene frowns "Intense," she then answers and I smirk again
"Yeah I noticed."
"What do you mean 'noticed'?" Marlene question and my smirk doesn't move
"I saw you Lene, or more like heard you – I know you shagged Sirius in detention."
"Lower your voice!" she commands and blushes
"Oh honey, I think plenty of people know about you two already –"
"It wasn't my fault!" She whines.
"Oh no? If I heard right it was you who started it –"
"Shut up Mare!"
"Just telling the truth here Lene,"
"Who else knows? Did you tell Lily? What about Alice? You know they wont ever shut up if they –"
"Slow down Lene!" I laugh "No one knows … well except me and James."
"Wait, why does James know?"
"He almost witnessed it."
"Almost?"
"He almost walked in on you two but I stopped him" I shrug.
"Oh … okay… I guess it's okay that he knows."
I roll my eyes "You know this isn't really going well for you –"
"I know, I know," now its her turn to roll her eyes "I know I said I was just going to ignore him and stop, but what he said to me … I don't know, I just kinda slipped – out of anger of course!"
"Well you might possible have to stop slipping" I scowl as we enter the library "What book are we getting anyway?"
"I need that Fantastic beasts and where to find them or whatever its name is, for my essay…"
"You're always writing essays! That's the reason why I quit Care of Magical Creatures, professor Kettleburn has way to much homework"
"I like COMC … it's a good class," Marlene shrugs and her eyes roam over a bookshelf "Ah, there it is!" she pulls a big book from the bookshelf, "I might as well just study here," she sighs and takes a seat at the nearest table.
"Aren't you coming for dinner?"
"Not hungry," she shrugs "but you go, I'll try to stay alive!"
"Haha, yeah I'll come back when I'm done eating!" I tell her and turn to walk away
"Oh and Mare! Please do not greet Black for me if you see him!" She yells after me and we both laugh. I smile and shake my head as I exit the Library.
- Hunting for Happiness -
"So Mary, the next Hogsmeade trip is on Sunday…" Gilderoy Lockhart informs me, not that I don't already know.
"I know," I tell him shortly and keep walking towards the Great Hall for dinner.
"And I was thinking," Lockhart continues and follows me much for my despise "Don't you want to come with me?"
I turn to look at him, "Why?"
"Because, you haven't dated anyone for along time and I think you are hot Mary, so please will you come to Hogsmeade with me?"
"Okay. I'll go to Hogsmeade with you, but don't think we're a couple; we're not even dating. One date and then I'll decide what will happen." I have no idea why I'm agreeing to go out with him, but still I just stand there and give him something that resembles a smile, though it's even faker than Rebecca Hallyberry's boobs.
"Great!" He exclaims and combs through his blond hair with his hand "Wear something hot and gold," he then tells me "So we can match, gold will make you look even slimmer" he adds before stalking off.
I stare after him, the familiar tingle appearing in my stomach.
"Mare!" Emmeline exclaims behind me and I turn around to see her and Lily walking towards me, So Em is hanging with Lily now... That's a… shock and she's calling me Mare? When exactly did Hell freeze over?
"You going to dinner?" Lily asks,
I shake my head "I already ate," I lie to them and they smile back, buying my lie.
"Okay, see you back in the Common Room?" Lily asks.
"Yep" I answer before walking away from them and into the next bathroom.
First I look at myself in the mirror, watch my disgusting figure before I make sure the bathroom is empty, then walk towards the next booth and kneel down beside the porcelain toilet bowl.
Slim. Pretty. Hot. Sexy. Beautiful. Perfect.
Chubby. Ugly. Disgusting. Drama queen. Fat.
A/N: Woho, one more chapter has ended, next up is Marlene – and then is chapter 7 who is my personal favorite chapter yet I think, even though it's actually from Emmeline's point of view … It's just a pretty nice written chapter if I may say so myself… hehe! Anyways I plan on putting chapter 6 up as soon as I finish writing chapter 9, so probably on Thursday or Friday!