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❝ i feel like the dumb blonde ❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th 1977

"She almost took poor Lupin's eye out with her wand" Mallory giggles and I roll my eyes as my friends laugh.

"Did he take you somewhere nice?" Pandora asks dreamily, pushing her breakfast around on her plate.

"Yeah, somewhere quiet" Evan winks at me suggestively.

"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone" I snap at Mallory in annoyance.

"They don't count" Mallory waves me off as Evan, Pandora and Regulus give me smug looks from across the table.

"They're people, aren't they?" I argue, elbowing her.

"But they're not just anyone" Mallory counters "We're best friends, Angel"

"Yeah, it's our job to tease you" Regulus agrees.

"So tell me, Angel, did he whisk you away to do the devil's tango?" Evan teases mercilessly and I throw a spoon at him, causing him to gasp in disbelief as he dodges it.

"You did look a little ruffled when you got back to the dorm" Mallory hums in deep thought.

"Not as ruffled as she looked after he tugged her out of the library the other day" Pandora comments.

"You're right" Mallory gasps, looking at me with wide eyes.

"Oh, Merlin" I groan.

Before the four of my friends can continue to tease me, I feel a tap on my shoulder and I turn to see the skittish looking face of Peter Pettigrew.

"Peter" I greet him in a confused tone.

"I need to tell you something" He says nervously, his eyes flickering around the Slytherins who are definitely glaring him down.

"Can't it wait until later, Pete?" I frown, shooting a fierce glare at Alecto who has her eyes narrowed threateningly at Peter.

"Not really" He shrugs.

"Not really?" I question.

"It's Moony" He says, concern clear as day on his face.

"What about him?" I demand, jumping to my feet and ignoring the confused stares of my peers.

"He's in the hospital wing" Peter declares and my eyes widen.

Without hesitation, I swing my legs over the wooden seat and make a move to start running but I slip, cursing loudly as Peter catches me. I mutter a thank you, darting towards the door of the great hall and Peter rushes after me in surprise at my fast pace.

"Slow down!" Peter squeaks in surprise as I take a sharp turn around the corner.

We reach the hospital wing and I burst through the door to find it completely empty except a bed containing Remus Lupin and two chairs pulled up next to it, containing a tired looking James and Sirius.

"Evangeline?" All three boys question in confusion as I rush over to the side of Remus' bed.

"What happened to you, Rem?" I frown, pushing his hair back to take a look at the cuts on his face "Did you have a run in with a bloody hippogriff or something?"

"How did you know I was here?" He replies, avoiding the first question.

I turn to look at the sheepishly smiling Peter and Remus glares at the blonde boy in annoyance.

"Why did you bother her?" Remus huffs.

"You were miserable, Moony! And she makes you smile" Peter defends himself and Remus face palms himself in embarrassment while James and Sirius snort loudly in amusement.

"I make you smile?" I tease, smiling down at the brunette who groans.

Before anyone can say anything else, Madam Pomfrey enters the room and her gaze immediately goes to me.

"Evangeline Malfoy!" She smiles warmly "Just the seventh year Slytherin I was searching for. Come with me, deary"

I avoid the marauders' gaze as I follow after Madam Pomfrey to the large cabinet at the end of the room holding shelves upon shelves of potions. The woman opens the cabinet and grabs a shimmering lilac coloured liquid in a round glass jar. My eyes light up and I smile at the woman in happiness.

"Is that it?" I gasp, reaching out to take the jar but Poppy lifts it out of my reach.

"How have you been eating recently?" The woman asks in concern.

"Well" I lie.

"Don't lie to me, Evangeline" Madam Pomfrey snaps sternly.

"I've been eating fruit" I admit sheepishly and the woman frowns at me in disappointment, causing my stomach to twist in an uneasy way "Poppy, you've got to understand. It's almost Christmas and my father has bought a gown two sizes smaller than myself in hopes that I'll slim down before then. If I go home and it doesn't go on, he'll have a bloody fit"

Madam Pomfrey gives me a sympathetic expression and sighs, handing me the potion.

"This should make you drop three dress sizes at maximum, but please be careful, my dear. I shouldn't even be giving you that" The woman explains.

"My father will be thrilled. Thank you, Poppy!" I sigh in relief, throwing my arms around the woman.

Madam Pomfrey pats my back and I pull away, turning to walk to the boys when the woman grabs my wrist gently.

"Those boys are good for you, Evangeline. Don't waste that" The woman advises me and I nod with a small smile.

I approach the boys and they all stare at me quizzically except Remus who looks a little sympathetic, almost as if he heard the conversation from across the room. My stomach turns at the thought of the Lupin boy hearing about my issue with food as the only people who know are Regulus, Poppy and Minerva, and I'd like to keep it that way.

"Whatcha got there, Whiskers?" James asks curiously, eyeing the potion in my hand.

"Whiskers?" I question with an amused grin.

"Well, yeah. Your animagus is a lynx and they have whiskers, don't they?" The Potter boy explains himself.

"I like it" I assure him and he smiles proudly as I glance down at the potion "This is just for period cramps"

"That bad, huh?" He grimaces.

"You have no idea" I laugh but there is no humour in my tone.

My gaze falls onto Remus and he shoots me a supportive smile, his hand gently intertwining with my free one.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there last night" I apologise guiltily.

"It's okay" Remus shrugs nonchalantly "How was your study date?"

"It wasn't a date" I counter, playfully glaring at him.

"Fine, then how was the studying?" He corrects himself.

"Boring" I groan in annoyance "Severus and Reg are so much smarter than me. I feel like the dumb blonde"

"I feel that" Peter hums from next to me and I shoot him a reassuring smile.

Before either James or Sirius can open their mouths to bash Severus like I can tell they're itching to do, I turn fully to Remus with a warm grin.

"I should go before I'm late for class, but rest up and I'll come see you later, okay?" I tell the brunette.

"See you later, cub" Remus grins tiredly.