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𝐌𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐌 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆, it was wrapped up by a white elastic crepe bandage, a black eye, a bruise on my cheek, my head wrapped up in a bandage like a sports headband. I was sitting on the wooden bench waiting to pay a visit to our headmistress Minevra McGonagall along with my friends.

Val had a black eye, a fractured arm, bruises all over him accompanied by some cuts and the tips of his hair was burnt. Lorcan was no better, his knuckles were bloodied, left shoulder displaced, bruises and cuts all over his arms and minor burns. Jared whimpered in pain of a fractured thumb and minor injuries from physical violence. Hugo on the other hand had a broken nose and with minor burns.

Yeah, so crazy shit happened. Opposite to us sat Asher, Leo and Keanu who were equally injured as us and rest in peace to Mattheo Nott, who was admitted in the hospital wing in a serious life threatening condition because of this whole incident.

I looked at the clock as it struck 2:00 am. I felt a sudden sharp pain in my back as I tried adjusting my seating posture. "I can't sit any longer" Jared complained as she groaned in pain. The doors banged open and Mongrel came into the room along with Professor McGonagall.

"What in the happened Merlin's beard happened?!" she exclaimed looking at our pathetic condition. "Professor those fuc- those bastards broke into our dorm in the middle of the night thinking it would be fun" Val sneered as Asher started defending, "We were asked to come to their dorm because they said they'd sell me fire whiskey" he lied.

"We don't smuggle fire whiskey, bitch. Stop bluffing" Val said, getting worked up as he got up to punch him. "Mr. Anderson! BACK TO YOUR SEAT!" Mongrel barked. "We paid the money and we went to collect our drink and they suddenly atta-" Keanu started and Lorcan lost his cool as he screamed, "DO YOU THINK WE'RE PSYCHOPATHS TO ATTACK YOU FOR FUN?! YOU FUCKING BITCHES-" Lorcan screamed as the other group started cussing at us and Mongrel yelled, "STOP AT ONCE!"

The room fell silent. "Mr. Scamander, please elaborate on the situation. If I get any interruptions that would result in immediate expulsion so please remain silent" McGonagall said as I stood up weakly to answer. "They were drunk, they broke into our dorm and started abusing us. They started yelling non-elite words and were behaving undignified. Our humility was at stake and we had honour so we gave them what they deserved" I said as I sat down with an attitude.

I can't believe they think we're the bad guys. We're the victims here. They were drunk and caused public nuisance and disturbance. "What do you have to say?" McGonagall asked Asher. "They're lying, we just came for fire whiskey" he lied casually. "You-" Val said as he got up and pulled Asher's hair as Asher started screaming. "VAL!" Jared said as he pulled him back.

"MR. ANDERSON! DO YOU REALISE THAT MR. NOTT IS NOW IN A SERIOUS CONDITION BECAUSE OF HOW YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS BEAT HIM UP? THIS ISN'T A JOKE- IT'S LIFE OR DEATH FOR GODRIC'S SAKE" McGonagall screamed as her angry eyes protruded out of her wrinkled skin.

"But Profess-" Val started as Hugo and JJ muttered, "Shut up, don't fight back". "50 points from both Gryffindor and Slytherin" McGonagall said. We hung out heads in disappointment. "Professor we are the victims here and I hope we get our justice" Leo said and me and my roomies gave a glare at them.

The things they said when they broke into our dorm- It was just illicit, racist comments about Hugo's crush Ajax, homophobic comments, mockery of one's appearance, bringing up comments about my mother, calling us prostitutes, insulting every way possible- They're victims apparently- Victims my ass. People like them deserve to live a sinful life and die purposeless.

That bitch Nott- I lost it when he started making comments about Val and Diana, Me and Lily, Jared and Judy. The nasty words from his mouth commenting about girls who are deeply respected by us. Calling Lily such undignified words which I would not like to elaborate on due to sexual terms I shall not dare utter. Nott deserved it- I'm happy, I did the honours of displacing his jaw and attacking him with fancy blood art spells as they attacked us with high range flame spells.

I didn't think they would go this far. Two days ago Val got caught up in some scandal and we proved Val's innocence and completely roasted Asher's gang with concrete evidence and humiliated them in front of the whole school. So their reputation was draining, so I guess this is kind of a publicity stunt to come back. It's shameful to know that I belong in the same species as these 'THINGS'.

This case was further investigated for two hours and came to the conclusion that both of the groups were at fault. Asher, Keanu and Leo were suspended for 1 month for underage drinking, assault and break in. Me and my roomies were suspended for two weeks for violence and attacking. I mean we beat up Nott till he almost died. He had a broken leg, broken nose, broken fingers and two broken ribs-

The clock struck 5am and we were dispersed. Suspension had started off today, we were not allowed to leave our dorms or attend any classes, someone would come every evening to give us our homework and some notes so we can get our school work done.

"I have excused you this once, I'll be calling your parents and meeting them to avoid further such incidences and if this repeats, straight expulsion no questions asked, we need disciplined students. Also your wands will be confiscated for these two weeks" McGonagall said as she left, giving a look of disappointment.

"I'll be taking this" Mongrel said as she tore off the prefect badge from my uniform. Wow, finally good news, I'm not a prefect anymore. "I tried my best to discipline you, but a wild animal is always wild and dangerous no matter how well trained it is, it has risks and has to be tamed the hard way" she said.

"Sorry Professor" Asher apologised. "Apology? For after what you did? Don't joke around darling. NOW GET BACK TO YOUR DORMS AND IF I SEE ONE OF YOU OUT- THAT WOULD BE A STRAIGHT EXPULSION!" she barked as we slowly started walking to our dorm.

"The world has lost it's good" Jared said, he looked furious. His eyebrows arched and his cheeks fuming in red.

"Good never existed. Good is when you do bad things which are excusable than the bad things others do. It's all the same, just a comparison which makes the difference" I said. "Those bastards, I'm going to beat them up to my satisfaction after those fucking bitches go back to bitching" Lorcan said biting his teeth.

"Like seriously imagine stooping that low. I just felt like smashing that glass vase on Nott's face when he started talking about Lily, Diana, Judy and Ajax like what the fuck" Hugo said as his hair glowed flaming red.

"It's over, there's no use" I said. "I'm gonna beat those fuckers up to death, I don't care if I go to Azkaban" Jared said as he walked quickly and went into the dorm and laid on his bed immediately. "That psycho Mongrel really said that we can't get treated at the hospital wing so we don't fight again and get scared of getting hurt, like bro that's just straight up psychopathy" Val complained.

"Can you all just shut up, I- I don't know. I have a feeling I might just kill someone right now" Jared said. "ARGHHHHHHH! I JUST WANNA DIE MY MUM'S GONNA KILL ME" Hugo exclaimed. "Fuck, they're gonna call our parents right? Sheesh, I'm like gone. RIP guys" Val said. "I love you all so much but my end has neared" Jared said.

"I'm calling funeral services" Lorcan said. "Fuck, those bitches robbed me" Jared said taking a look at his wallet. "Rich kid to poor kid overnight, welcome to the gang of broke boi vibes" Val said. "We deserve much more than this- suspension? seriously? I just can't do this anymore, just go fuck yourselves everyone. I can't believe we can't even have our wands" Jared said, annoyed.

We kept yapping and complaining for the rest of the next hour as we eventually fell asleep to take a rest from the whole drama yesterday night.

-TIME SKIP-

"Lysander Alexander Bitch" Lily said as she burst into the dorm as I saw the clock strike 1pm. Lily then realised the presence of my roomies as I indicated to change her dialogue as she was completely ruining the plan of our relationship being a secret.

"I mean Lorcan-" she said changing her statement as she rushed towards Lorcan and started choking him, "Lil- I-" Lorcan staggered. "WE HAVE A QUIDDITCH MATCH TODAY AND YOU GET SUSPENDED?! ARE YOU CRAZY?! WHY TODAY?!" she screamed. "I had a rough night ok?" Lorcan complained.

"What do we do about today's match then? I can't find a replacement. You're like the only decent player in the whole team, we're screwed, we're gonna lose terribly" She complained.

"What do you want me to do? You want me to dress up like some girl and play?" Lorcan asked absurdly. "I DON'T KNOW?! BUT SERIOUSLY BE RESPONSIBLE, HOW COULD YOU-" Lily said tensed as she lost her breath.

"You're just saying that because you're scared you're going to lose your first match as captain Potter" Lorcan said. "Of course, you think I care about you? Do you think I'm your girlfriend?" she snapped. "I mean if you're free we could-" Lorcan started as Lily removed her crocs and threw it on Lorcan.

"Sportsmanship comes with discipline and responsibility" she lectured. Then she turned to us and yelled "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? GETTING IN FIGHTS, ALMOST KILLING A GUY? DO YOU GUYS ASPIRE TO START A SLAUGHTER CLUB? GET A HOLD OF YOURSELVES".

"None of your business Potter- Stay outta it. You have no idea what happened" Val snapped. As much as I was despising the way this conversation was going so against Lily and my roomies are not behaving very friendly to their sister- I hate to admit that Lily should really stay out of this.

"Potter, get a life- Just fuck and go play Quidditch, Lorcan's not playing" I said and I got a death glare as a reply. I think that was my queue for 'Meet me outside'. Lily walked out as she slammed the door hard. "You guys went hard on her" Jared the gentleman said.

"I'll use the restroom" I lied as I walked out of the dorm to the only other place I had access to which was the bathroom. I walked in the corridor to the bathroom when on the way, Lily popped from behind a pillar and held my hand and pulled me inside the boys bathroom.

"Lily you're not supposed to be in the boys-" I started when she pulled me inside a cubicle and locked the door. "Shut up" she snapped furiously. She looked away from me stubbornly and I stood there awkwardly trying to figure out why she was angry. Maybe it was because I supported my friends and put them over her? Maybe she was offended?

"Lil-" I started when she cut me off and asked, "Are you crazy?"

"Well-" I started and she cut me off and said, "How could you get into a fight? That too beat up a guy till death? You realise you could have ended up Azkaban charged for murder? You realise there was also a possibility that you could have ended up in that condition?" She said frowning.

"They started it- they broke in, started cussing things about us and personal things which were sensitive. They attacked us and we defended and attacked them back" I said truthfully.

"So? You went too far, beating up Nott. I'm also scared that you might get hurt if you keep messing with them" she said. "Well, now that they got their ass kicked they won't face our direction. It's a good thing" I defended myself. "That doesn't justify your actions. Just tell me you won't get into fights again" she said caringly as she held my hands and saw the bandage.

"Fine" I said unsettled, I don't know why but I just felt so controlled by her. Why is she telling me what to do and what not? I know what's best for me. She touched my black eyes and ran her fingers as her face flinched, "Does it hurt?" she asked. "Oh no, it's pleasing" I said sarcastically. She gave me a blank stare and slapped my shoulder as I exclaimed, "Ouch!"

"Shit, sorry" she said patting my shoulders. We were in silence for a long time, for some reason I still didn't like the way she was controlling me. She did tell me that to me because she was concerned but still.

Then Lily started pouting, "I'm scared for today's match, Lorcan's not playing I think we'll lose and I'm the Quidditch captain so I just have so much pressure on me right now, I'm sorry if I overreacted with the whole lecture to your friends. I didn't mean to but I was just upset and I don't know where to vent. I crossed the line-" she said. I suddenly felt reassured, "Sorry for worrying you, but seriously I'm not a kid. I can take care of myself" I said as I pulled her in for a hug.

"I'm sorry I won't be able to cheer for you, I'll be rooting for you ok? You'll do great" I said. "Quidditch is like a relationship, one person being dedicated isn't enough" she said. "Come on you're a Potter, you can do it" I said as I let her go and messed up her hair. "I'll meet you here in the same cubicle after the match ok?" she said.

"So is this going to be our new meeting spot for the next two weeks?" I asked. "I guess so" she giggled weakly. "Good luck babe" I said as I bent down and pressed her against the cubicle door and kissed her cheek. She smiled nervously as she put her arms around me and kissed me.

-TIME SKIP-

I was waiting in the cubicle waiting for Lily's arrival, the match must have gotten over around one hour and 30 minutes ago, I wonder what's taking her so long? She must have won and must be probably celebrating with Michelle and Diana with an alcohol overdose.

I came out of the cubicle as I lost hope and washed my hands for no reason. Novah and Zayn walked in quite disappointed with their lion face painting. "Can't believe we lost terribly" Zayn sighed as he washed the paint off his face. "Lorcan should have been there" Novah said. My heart sank, Lily has lost the match.

A shiver went down my spine. I wonder how she's doing, I wasn't even there to support her- I rushed to my dorm, I have to see her. I banged the door open, Jared was missing, "Where is my cloak?" I asked about digging my trunk. "Where are you going?" Lorcan asked. "I'll have the right back cover for me" I said as I put on my cloak along with some black shades and a 'Go Gryffindor!' hat as I ran out of the dorm I stole Lorcan's broom.

I'll get caught if I run through the castle, the only way is jumping off with a broom from Gryffindor towers. I climbed up six flights of stairs and climbed a creaky ladder as I reached the roof of Gryffindor towers. I mounted the broomstick and took a flight and headed towards the Quidditch stadium.

I had a hard landing outside the stadium as I ran inside going against the crowd of people who were exiting. I looked around as my eyes searched for Lily. I dashed inside the Gryffindor cabin. I ran inside as I kept a low profile and checked the dressing rooms one by one. Then I saw Lily undoing her ponytail in the seventh room.

"WHO ARE YOU?" Lily screamed as she turned back seeing my reflection in the mirror. "Tis I your Italian Aunty" I said in a funny Italian accent in a crude voice. Lily pulled out her wand and I said, "It's just me" I said changing my voice back to normal.

"Lysander, you aren't supposed to be here!" she said, pushing me. "I heard about the match" I started as her expression changed. "I don't want to talk about it" she said stubbornly as she grabbed a set of clothes. "Lils you sure you're ok?" I asked. "I was prepared for the worst, I'm fine" she said as she continued "I'm going to change, are you gonna watch?" she asked.

"Uh, no but-" I said as she pushed me out of the changing room. "Potts! You sure? I literally came here just for you! If I get caught I'll be expelled! I took such a huge risk" I said banging the door but she didn't reply. "Potter if you don't reply I'll come in" I said, she still didn't reply as I started to get worried. I waited patiently for a few minutes.

"Potts?!" I called out. I suddenly heard sobs, I broke open the door and saw Lily in tears sitting in the corner. "Go away, it's embarrassing" she said as she covered her face. "Don't be so hard on yourself" I said. "I don't want consolation" she said as she sobbed, hiding her face between her knees and legs. I sat down next to her as I leaned on the wall as I watched her sob, unsure on how to make her feel better.

I wrapped my scarf around her neck as I saw her shiver in the cold of November. I waited for her to calm down as I sat next to her holding her cold palms. "I'm not worth anything, I suck at everything" she said sniffing.

"It was your first time" I said, patting her head as I ran my fingers through her red hair. "The look on the Hufflepuff's face and that smug Keres gave, it's just SO INFURIATING" she said as she broke into tears again.

"I'm angry at myself, I should have done better. Just leave me alone. I want to die in regret and failure" she sobbed. "Can you stop being overdramatic? It's not like your life is over" I said as I got quite annoyed at how weepy she was. I swear, she's been crying a lot ever since I got together with her and it's giving me anxiety that I'm the reason for her misery.

"You don't know what it feels like when they write in the daily columns that I'm a person who just has a pretty face worth nothing, I have a reputation to uphold. I care so much about Quidditch and to think that I miserably failed as a captain it's just disappointing" she sniffed. "Just prove it to them the next time, crying ain't gonna change anything ok? And I'll be honest I don't like you weeping around like this- It's just hard seeing you crying always" I said.

"Always? You're- you- you just care about yourself- You just find me annoying don't you? I'm becoming a burden huh? Just leave" she said. "Can you stop talking rubbish? Lily, you're just angry and really mad. Just- take a min-" I started as she cut me off and said, "No, just go. I don't want you. You're just- I-" she said.

I calmed myself down. If this was a guy doing all this drama I would have straight up slapped him and put some sense into him. "Stop acting immature, stop crying like a toddler" I sighed. I'm never becoming a dad, NEVER, I CAN'T- HANDLE PEOPLE WHO CRY.

"I'm just worthless, do you think I should quit?" she asked. "Lily don't take any rash decisions, let it pass" I said as I placed my hand on her shoulder but she shrugged it off. "I disappointed everyone" she mumbled under her breath. "You must be hungry, that's why you're talking shit" I said pulling out my killer move, the 'mom card' of 'If you eat everything will be alright'.

"I don't want to eat- I deserve to starve, I don't deserve you- Just go-" she said weakly sniffing. I got up and said, "Get up and get your ass back to the castle". "No" she said. "GET UP!" I snapped as I tugged her arm and dragged her. "No, just leave me. You should break up with me and find someone better, this isn't gonna work out. I'm just annoying you and you know- ruining your life" she said. I rolled my eyes.

"Get changed, we're going out" I said as I planned a sudden visit to Hogsmeade and yes it's going to be an illegal visit. "I'm not coming" she said. "Get changed already ma'am, I can't keep begging you like this" I sighed. "Go by yourself" she said angrily. "If you don't change your clothes, I'll change it for you by myself, manually" I threatened. "Hah, like you would. You get scared when I come too close to you" she shot back at me wiping her tears ready to start bullying me.

"Quit the crap and get yourself changed" I said. "I'm not coming" she said stubbornly. I lost my cool, I had enough arguing and talking. I picked up her change of clothes and went close to her.

I picked her up like my bride put the invisibility cloak over us. "LET ME DOWN! HELP! THIEF! HUMAN THIEF! I MEAN KIDNAPPER!" Lily screamed and I put a silencing spell on her with my wandless magic. I took out the Marauder's map from her bag and checked a secret hidden route to Hogsmeade.

The Hogsmeade trip we had last week, we hung out with our friends so we didn't go on a date. I think it's time we go on an actual date instead of meeting up in deserted classrooms, shady corridors, the room of requirement and bathrooms.

I used floo powder to get to the stairway of Hogwarts and I went to a statue of a one-eyed witch. I muttered the activating spell and the crystal ball in her hand glowed sapphire blue as a secret tunnel opened up. I walked inside and as the tunnel closed I put Lily down and removed the silencing charm.

"YOU CRAZY BITCH!" she screamed. "I really expected you to say, thanks for being such a boyfriend Lysander. I must be crazy" I said. "You are crazy" she muttered as she cursed me under her breath. I stared at her zoned out by HOW CUTE SHE LOOKED WHEN SHE WAS ANGRY <3

"Change, I'll buy you a drink and we can hang out" I said. Lily changed her clothes using her wand. She was now wearing a maroon autumn coat with a beige shirt inside, she looked so cute like an owl with her gorgeous green eyes. She looked away from me angrily with her pupils in flames. "I'm only coming for booze" she said.

We both kept walking, I was trying so hard to catch her off guard and pull a move but Lily didn't even look at me once and was stubborn, she even maintained a two feet gap with me which was basically killing me. I tried holding her hand as my fingers tickled her palms but she pushed my hand away.

I walked, hanging my head down following her. We eventually reached a wooden underground room. We found a trap door on the top of this secret underground cabin and managed to climb out of it.

"Where are we?" Lily asked as we entered another room filled with smelly mops and broomsticks. "You need to disguise yourself" I said as I handed her my shades. I didn't need any cover, I was an unpopular person, no one would recognise me. Lily put on my shades and peaked through the creek of the wooden door of the room.

"Three broomsticks" she said as she opened the door up to a lively environment of half giants, wizards, witches and goblins. Lily's mood seemed to change after she saw the bright lights, lively environment and the smell of alcohol lingering in the air "Let's grab a drink somewhere quieter" Lily said as she grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the three broomsticks. We exited the lovely cold climate of November to a village beautifully decorated by warm white LEDs ready to welcome Christmas.

Many of its residents were cycling and selling the last of their pastries to close up for the cold night. Lily took a deep breath as her mood lightened up. Lily started walking towards somewhere as I walked right beside her as I held her soft hands, "Pretty right?" she said, smiling looking at me. My heart skipped a beat as we exchanged glances.

"Yeah, but snow would make it way better. Let's hope we get to see the first snowfall I guess. I saw on the news it might be today" I said as my eyes twinkled. The sky was darkening up and was clouded. I looked at the time, 4:34pm.

It would be so romantic if we experience the first snowfall. I really wish it would happen. We walked along the cobblestoned path through the lovely little town. There were a few run away Hogwarts students enjoying their lives roaming the villages, many woodcutters returning from the forest and many goblins gambling on alley corners.

I liked how every step we took, the more Lily's smile grew, she seemed pleased and she calmed down as evidence of her tears had evaporated away. I looked at her little red head and the slight essence of joy and calmness in her eyes as the flames in her pupils extinguished.

Then we reached an old wooden Inn. Lily then stopped at the entrance of Hogshead an unpopular Inn. "Places like these are unhygienic" I complained. "Come on, I know the owner pretty well, that old man has good discounts on booze" Lily giggled as she went in and a welcome bell rang.

The room was poorly lit with dripping candles everywhere, it was a bit dusty and looked old, I felt like I had time travelled to the 1930s depression. There were four tables with the wood all worn out. How can wood get worn out if it's left unused? I saw two men who were playing solitaire staring at both of us as we entered.

"Mr. Bancroft, what a lovely day isn't it?" Lily said to the oldman standing behind the countertop. His weird Einstein hair and grey eyes startled me a bit, "Hm" said Mr. Bancroft. "Butterbeer and firewhiskey please" she said. The old man walked inside the pantry as we seated ourselves on a table which might fall apart any second.

One of the house elves served us some complimentary snacks. "I don't think it's safe to eat-" I started as Lily ignored me and took a munch of the chips. "Mhmm, that's good" she said. I didn't know what to say further so I just awkwardly sat looking at her. "I guess I did sound a bit insane back there, it's just that, I don't know- I'm just not good enough. I'm a failure, I should just quit trying to be perfect and maybe just stick to academics. I'm such a drama queen. I hate myself" she went off.

"I really don't want to have this conversation again. We came here to get your mind off that so can we just enjoy the peace?" I said as I put my palm on hers. "You're right" she said as she looked at me and apologised, "I'm sorry for giving you such a hard time and being a bitch. I'm just crazy you know that right? Also my mood swings and shit- I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU LIKE ME. WHAT DID YOU SEE IN ME? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS I'M THE MOST HOPELESS KID IN THE WORLD AND YOU LIKED IT" she said.

"I'm crazy too" I said as I interlock my fingers with hers and she smiled at me and blushed. "I can't believe I was crying like a moron 45 minutes ago, I'm just stupid. You should have slapped some senses into me" she said. "I'm better than alcohol, to be honest" I said, smirking. "No shut up" she snapped as she continued "Sometimes I feel crazy, why do I like a bitch like you? YOU'RE JUST URGHHHH SO ANNOYING AND URGH" she said.

"Not something you're supposed to be telling to your boyfriend but ok" I said nodding my head. Lily's eyes turned coquettish as she softly rubbed and tickled my palm with her fingers. Her ocean green eyes looked at mine. I looked away as my heart went crazy.

"You're so pretty like damn- " she said softly with a deviously lustful face. "It's hard to believe you haven't had a couple of girls before me" she said, buttering me up like a bagel. "Why so cheesy?" I asked, chuckling at her odd romantic behaviour usually which is inhibited by me. "Just in the mood" she said as her feet rubbed against mine.

"Your moods change faster than the speed of light" I said smirking cheekily as I rubbed my foot against hers as I clutched on her hands harder as we stared at each other until it got awkward and we untangled our hands as our feet was still flirting as we looked away from each other.

"Your drinks" said an house elf serving the drinks along with two glasses. "Want a drink?" She asked. "Enjoy spoiling your liver by yourself" I said as Liy poured herself a glass and chugged it. "Mhmm, Life- just so bitter" she said as she put down the glass. "I'M GOING TO QUIT!" She announced as she poured another glass.

"Bet ya 100 galleons you won't" I said confidently. "Just wait and watch me get 100 galleons. I guess, you're going to be in debt from the age of 16" she giggled like a psycho as she chugged another drink. I looked at her rosy cheeks and the pink tint on her nose. The golden flecks on her green eyes, I want her- Oh wait she's mine-

I got up and put my chair next to hers. "Ok so how would you like to pay 100 galleons?" Lily asked. I looked at her drunk eyes. "I always win, you're going to be in debt, Potts. I know you love Quidditch and I know you'll not quit. You might torture the people around you telling them I'm going to quit because of your dilemma but you're not gonna quit at the end of the day. We all know that" I said as I ran my fingers on her soft skin.

"Nah" she muttered. I touched her silky red hair and twirled it. "I love your hair" I commented. "Want a wig like mine?" She asked as I straightened up my straight face. "Are you kidding?" I asked. "No jokes, I can ask my uncle George if you want" Lily asked. "Sometimes I really question my taste in girls- I guess I have a thing for fucking hot girls who are smart but just so fucking stupid and dumb" I said.

"Well let's be honest, those kinda girls are hot" Lily said. "You're bi?" I asked randomly just to clarify my doubt. "I haven't told anyone but, yeah" Lily whispered. "Why are we whispering?" I whispered back. "I don't know" she whispered back.

"Wait, won't you be in trouble? You're suspended aren't you? You should be in your dorm" Lily said. "Ehhh, My Lily pad is way more important" I said leaning and placing my head on her shoulder as she pushed me away. "NO! YOU CAN'T GET EXPELLED AND LEAVE ME IN THIS PRISON ALONE!" She yelled. "Shut up, I have it covered, I'll sort it out" I said. We had quite a chat as Lily was having multiple rounds of firewhiskey and beer.

An hour had passed and night had struck. The night sky was clouded by dark clouds and it seemed like a storm was coming. Me and Lily exited Hogshead and went to explore the village. Many villagers were gathering at the centre of the town where there was a huge bonfire.

Then I saw the most unbelievable shit in the world, Jared and Judy- WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE? AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD KIDS WHO DON'T BEND RULES? "JJ and Judy, shit" I said as I pulled Lily and we both ran through a dark alley and reached farmland. We stepped on the grass and a bunch of winter fireflies flew above into the night sky as they lit up the cloudy skies.

"Pretty" Lily said as she leaned on me, taken by the view. Lily turned to me as she held my hand and looked into my eyes. Her green eyes are mine, she is mine. She's the best thing that has ever been mine. "You do too much for me, you're hurt and you're still recovering" she said touching my bruise in my eye. "Take care of yourself, you're more important than me" she continued. "Thanks for today and I'm really grateful for keeping up with my worst times" she said.

"There's no thanks between lovers, it was my duty" I said as I patted her head. Yesterday the night was fucked, but this night wasn't cold and dark, her radiance, her warmth and the glow in her eyes showed me a path that wasn't there before. The darkness in my life cleared out.

Sounds cringe, but it's not. We might not be forever and maybe I should find another guiding light but she just shines so bright and I chose to be blinded, I don't want to open my eyes till she's here with her starry eyes, sparkling up my darkest nights.

XX~𝐿𝓎𝓈𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇~XX

EXCLUSIVE LILY'S P.O.V:

The fireflies flew away, the night was dark. I looked into his eyes. His brilliant starry eyes, icy blue with grey and silver shades, the love in them, the passion in them and the dedication. Today was supposed to be a dark night for me, what would I have done without him?

I touched his wounds as I healed them with my magic. I tiptoed as he bent down to my height, he lifted up my chin as his cold palms crept to my cheeks, his starry eyes sparkling up the starless night sky. He brought himself closer as I tugged on his shirt, his breath on my forehead, I put my hands around his neck and felt his soft golden hair.

I was glued onto him as he wrapped his hand around me and I felt a sudden comfort. Our foreheads touched as our lashes met and our lips lingered over each other. "Next time it rains, we should have a rain kiss" my drunk thoughts blabbered.

I'm scared of tomorrow, I want to just run away, I don't know what I'm going to do about the whole Quidditch situation and whether I'm going to quit. But for now, I should just enjoy the present. Lysander cares so much for me and I can't just keep complaining- He puts in so much effort, and I feel like I might just die if he's not around.

I love him. I love him so much. I've made many decisions in my past but maybe having him was the best. He kissed my lips as I kissed his soft delicate lips back, the depth, the passion, I could feel him- He loved me, he was done with my flaws but he wanted to embrace them- "I love you" I muttered into his lips. "Love you more crazy girl" he muttered. "Psycho boy" I giggled as we continued kissing. I grabbed his neck and pulled him closer till our gaps were closed air tight.

I couldn't even breathe, but I loved the feeling. We broke apart and I muttered, "I award you an order of merlin for that kiss". We looked at each other as I felt something cold touch my nose. "Snowflake" Lysander muttered as I saw the sky-

Glittering snowflakes falling blessing us from the sky. "Oh dear" I said, pleased as the cold flakes touched me. "IT'S SNOWING!" I screamed in over excitement as I stretched out my arms to feel the flakes. I felt them disappear as they touched my face and I felt Lysander hug me from the back and snuggle into my neck as I felt his soft hair on my jaw.

"We should go" Lysander said, half asleep on my shoulders. "Let's take the longest route" I said, smiling.

Both of us walked in the beautiful streets once again as we heard the crunching on the cobblestones on the path. I rested my head on Lysander's arms and I held his hands. I love being in his protection.

"You should really stop spoiling me with dates like this, babes, don't threaten me with a good time" I said. "I'm not spoiling you, I'm giving what my girl deserves" he replied. My heart warmed, "You're too sweet" I said, clutching onto his arms harder.

"We should really go on actual dates like this more often" he said. "Sure, I'm ready" I giggled. "Today was really refreshing" he said as he once again came close to me and started rubbing his lips on my cheek. "Hmm" I said as he placed soft kisses on the side of my hair and my cheek.

☆꧁✬◦°˚°◦. 𝕃𝕚𝕝𝕪.◦°˚°◦✬꧂☆

EXCLUSIVE HUGO'S P.O.V:

"Things have been rough for me, my grades are going down and I'm piled up with detention for bad performance in tests" Ajax complained. "It's just life dude" I said, sighing. We both were walking in the corridor hanging out on our unofficial date. I managed to sneak out at night to hang out. Heh.

"You ok?" He asked as he touched my scarred arms and his rough fingertips touched my burn marks on my face. I blushed as I looked away from his chocolate brown eyes. "Wounds caused by magic are painful and take time to heal" I said.

"You have such mesmerising blue eyes you know? It has such meaning to your personality" he said and my heart rate started elevating. "Eh, I- I'm a simple guy to be honest no one likes me and I'm not that special or hot or smart- I'm just ordinary" I said.

"I like ordinary simple people" Ajax said with confidence looking at me but my eyes could never meet his. For some reason I felt unworthy hanging up with him. He's so cool and popular and I'm so basic. He deserves better.

"How are you so confident about being gay? I was so scared and confused. I faced a lot of discrimination initially" I said, opening up a bit. "What's wrong with being who you are? Fuck people and their opinions. I know who I am and how to define myself. I don't need others telling me what's good for me. I'm done being controlled by this society. I was once like you, easily manipulated and afraid but I realised no one can fight for my rights except me" he said looking at me with a bold look.

"I admire you and your courage, I wish I was like you" I muttered. "It's all in your heart. If you know what you want. Work on it, fight for yourself. Don't let others get to you" he said. I suddenly felt overwhelmed. I'm weak, I'm frail, I'm not strong, I'm not manly. "It's ok for you to say, I'm not smart, I'm not handsome, I'm just- weak, lame and-" I said as I started tearing up.

Fuck it was embarrassing. I held back my tears as I covered my face. Ajax touched my shoulders, "I think you're cool, you're so awesome. You're stronger than you think Hugo" he said as I looked at his eyes. He called my name- I turned pink.

"Thanks for being there for me" I said. He looked at me with his starry brown eyes. I saw outside, the first snowfall had arrived. A sudden chill breeze and his dark skin and black curly hair was all I could focus on.

He placed his hands on my shoulders and touched my flaming red hair. "Those sapphire blue eyes are to die for" he muttered. He moved closer as I got nervous and my heart skipped a beat. I looked at his eyes which seemed to light up my entire world. The touch of his hands- His skin.

"Sorry I-" Ajax said as he snapped out of the trance and turned away a bit embarrassed. My heart fluttered as I looked at him.I wish he kissed me-

"Hugo I'm sorry if I crossed-" Ajax started and I cut him off and said, "Don't be sorry". I suddenly felt so embarrassed as my heart exploded. WAIT DID I JUST SAY THAT TO HIM? "I- just-" he started. I couldn't handle the tension- I- "I have to go, bye" I said as I ran away leaving him alone.

I ran into the common room painting. I shouldn't have run away- but- I- I love him, but Lorcan- I- I don't know. I want my Lorcan too, my Lorcan.

-𝐻𝒰𝒢𝒪-

EXCLUSIVE LORCAN'S P.O.V:

I think I'm slowly turning crazy. My roomies were just joking around about me and Hugo but for some reason, I kind of feel like it isn't a joke anymore and it's just a disgusting thought to think that. Hugo is my friend. How can I ever love him?

But he was always there for me no matter what, he never gave up on me. His priceless red hair, those twinkling sapphires. Ever since he's been hanging around Ajax, I'm really questioning my sexuality. Maybe- I like guys-

I don't know what he sees in Ajax, I mean Ajax is hot and WAY OUT OF HIS RANGE- He should just give up if he doesn't want his heart broken. I care about him but do I care about him more than a friend? I don't know-

But everytime I see him smile with him, I feel happy, like really happy. I feel jealous of him ditching me and not giving me the attention he used to give me and hang out with Ajax. I don't like him replacing me with Ajax, I want to hang out with him but-

I heard a knock on the door. "Open the darned door" Val barked lazily laying on his bed. I opened the door and saw Mongrel, OH FUCK, LYSANDER, JJ AND HUGO RAN AWAY- HOW THE FUCK AM I GOING TO COVER FOR THREE PEOPLE.

"Where are the others?" Mongrel asked. "They are in the bathroom" I lied. "Bathroom? The house elf who served you lunch and the student who delivered you homework told me that Lysander and James weren't there and now also they're missing" Mongrel said, stating facts.

"James?" I asked. "Yeah James, James Jacks right?" she said. "Jared Jaques" I corrected her proudly, OMG I CORRECTED MONGREL, I'M SO SMART. "Look, I need to see them now, go call them from the washroom" she demanded.

Hugo will come back soon. I haven't seen Jared and Lysander for the past 4 hours. I don't know how I'm going to manage. I acted like going to the restroom and searching for them. Oh shit, what am I going to do? Mongrel's gonna kill me if she figures out I lied. I hung around for a bit in the bathroom coming up with a suitable excuse.

Maybe I'll say that Sugars started throwing up so Lysander went to the forbidden forest for some herbs to cure her. I walked out of the bathroom nervous of how my performance was going to play out. I took a deep breath and walked toward the dorm as my heart was palpitating.

I saw Lysander, Hugo and JJ talking to Mongrel and giving lame excuses. PHEW! I'M SAVED. I joined the conversation as Lysander was explaining about how he got super sick and spent almost the whole day in the bathroom with JJ and Hugo said that he went to ask a doubt to someone.

"I DON'T WANT ANYMORE EXCUSES. GET INSIDE!" Mongrel yelled as we went in and she locked out the dorm door from the outside.

"So where did you go the whole day?" I asked Lysander. "Well, just hanging around" he said. I don't know why but it's quite obvious that he's up to something these days, he randomly disappears and then appears at the end of the day and claims that he was always here with us. Something is suspicious and I'm going to find out and tell the world.

ANYTHING TO FIND DIRT ON LYSANDER!

Jared said he was hanging around with Judy at the castle and Hugo said that he was meeting Ajax and having a chat which kind of triggered me. AJAX-

I looked at Hugo's eyes, hiding much more than a chat as my heart burned, he was so close to me- now he's fading- I looked at his blue eyes which seemed to warm up my night. What am I doing with my life? After all these years- Am I going to realise 'it' was Hugo all along?

-𝐿𝒪𝑅𝒞𝒜𝒩-