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❝ your future mother in law❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th 1977

Pandora and I sit by the black lake, the blonde leaning against a large oak tree while I lay on the grass with my head on her lap. I hum a soft tune to myself, making a flower crown with daisies as she reads over her homework for the third time, determined to make sure that it has no mistakes.

"Dora, do you believe in love at first sight?" I question curiously.

The blonde girl finally puts down her homework and looks down at me with a fond smile.

"I do, yes" She nods.

"I believe I'm in love" I admit and her smile widens as she strokes my hair like a mother would.

"Can I tell you a secret?" She asks.

"Of course you can" I assure her.

"I believe I'm in love too" She admits.

"Oh, Dora. That's wonderful" I gasp, sitting up straight with a happy grin on my face "Who is the lucky person?"

"Xenophilius" She answers with a bashful smile.

"The Lovegood boy?" I query and she nods "He's lovely. I think he'd be really good for you"

"You think?" She mumbles sheepishly.

"I know" I counter.

I lift my now finished crown of daisies and gracefully place it on top of her head, making her smile widely at me.

"Pandora!" A voice calls out and I turn my head to see a grinning Xenophilius Lovegood.

"Speak of the devil" I hum in amusement.

"Xeno" Pandora greets him, her cheeks tinging a deep red colour.

"Malfoy" The blonde boy smiles at me.

"Lovegood" I chirp.

"Do you mind if I steal Pandora away from you?" He asks me.

"Not at all" I wave him off "We were only chatting about nargles anyways"

"Nargles?" Xenophilius frowns in confusion.

"Dora, you haven't told him about the nargles?" I gasp at the girl and she giggles, shaking her head at me "Well, you must go at once and tell him all about them"

I push her playfully and she pulls herself to her feet allowing the Lovegood boy to take her hand and whisk her away.

A sigh escapes my lips and I lay back on the grass, closing my eyes as the sun beats down on me.

I lay there for a while until the sun seems to evaporate and I'm suddenly in the shade. My eyes pry themselves open and I see Remus Lupin towering above me, stood directly in the way of the sun.

"Are you an angel?" I question teasingly.

"Far from it" He scoffs.

"Oh, so you're the devil?" I grin, propping myself up on my elbows.

"Something like that" The brunette shrugs.

"Don't put yourself down, Rem" I pout.

"It still astounds me that you're so positive about my...condition" He admits.

"You think that I'm just pretending to be nice to you because I'm afraid of you?" I guess and he nods, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

"I was kinda thinking that, yeah" He says.

"Lay with me, Lupin" I tell him, patting the grass next to me.

He sits down in the space I patted and we both lay back, staring up at the white candy floss looking clouds in bright blue sky.

"That one kinda looks like a frog" I speak up, pointing up at the cloud in question.

"It does, actually" Remus chuckles.

"And that one looks like a tree" I hum.

"Well..." Remus drawls off, disagreeing with me.

"Hey, it's a bit skewiff but it's definitely a tree" I argue.

"Okay, okay" He grins at me in amusement "I believe you, cub"

"I like that" I blurt out and he raises a brow.

"You like what?" He questions.

"The pet name" I elaborate "It's nice"

"Oh, yeah?" He smiles almost smugly.

"Shut up, Remus" I laugh, elbowing him playfully and he laughs too.

For the second time today, the sun is blocked from my view and I turn my head from Remus to see that Sirius, Peter and James are stood at our feet, looking down at us with suspicious looks.

"Can we help you?" I ask curiously, leaning up on my elbows.

"Evangeline Malfoy, why are you targeting my friend?" Sirius demands.

"I'm not targeting anyone" I scoff.

"You've been following Moony around for weeks now. What cruel prank are you trying to pull on him?" James asks me with narrowed eyes.

"I'm not trying to prank him" I answer and they all raise an unbelieving brow, making me huff as I stand up "Is it really so hard to believe that I just like him?"

James and Sirius share a look before bursting into laughter and I cross my arms over my chest, glaring at them.

"You must be joking. You have the same amount of commitment in you as rabid coyote" Sirius laughs out "The minute you get bored of your silly little crush, you'll chew him up and spit him out"

"How would you know? It's not as if you've spoken to me sober in the last few years" I argue.

"When we were kids, we got married under the oak tree in my back yard. Within the week, you had not only kissed my brother behind my back, but also Rosier" Sirius recalls with a glare.

"Are you seriously still mad about that? We were ten!" I retort in annoyance.

"I don't care. I will not have you marry Moony under an oak tree and then have you break his heart by snogging Regulus in the bathroom!" Sirius snaps dramatically.

"I only kissed them because you were were paying more attention to your hair than me and Bella said I had to make you jealous!" I explain "I know now that was wrong, but like I've already said, we were ten years old"

"So you're an attention whore?" Sirius replies and I groan loudly.

"Angel! Thank, Merlin. I've been looking all over for you" Evan's voice hollers as he jogs towards us with Mallory and Regulus following.

"I'm sorry" Mallory sighs, sounding out of breath.

"We tried to stop him" Regulus adds.

I raise a brow in confusion and look at Evan who is grinning at me mischievously.

"There's my favourite future Mrs Black" Evan sings, waving around an opened letter.

"Excuse me?" I scoff.

"Mrs Black?" Sirius questions from behind me and I turn my head to see the four marauders frowning.

"I'm sorry to break it to you, boys, but any member of the noble house of Black that I'd actually consider marrying is already married" I declare with an amused smile which makes Regulus and Sirius both shoot me a glare, the former more playful than the latter.

Evan dramatically takes the letter out of the envelope and unfolds it, causing me to notice my name on the front of the letter in Walburga Black's immaculate handwriting.

"Give me that" I demand, trying to snatch it from his hand but he lifts it up so I can't reach it
"E, I haven't even read that yet!"

"To my beloved Evangeline" Evan starts reading out as I glare at him in annoyance "I'm pleased to let you know that we received your invitation for your birthday and we would be delighted to attend the event you're holding at Malfoy Manor. I can't wait to hear back from you about how you are doing, with this being your last year at school. Don't worry too much about all that career nonsense that they try to drill into you, my dear. I am very sure that your father will make the right decision on a well respected boy to look after you. Speaking of well respected boys, how is my little Regulus doing? I hope you are keeping him company like you always have. I've always admired your relationship with my son. You would both be just lovely together, I must say. I can bet that you'd be exceptional parents to some very good looking pure blooded children. Waiting to hear back from you. Sincerely, your future mother in law"

Once Evan has stopped reading, I let out a loud groan and a laugh slips past Regulus' lips.

"This is not funny, Reg!" I shriek.

"You're right, it's bloody hilarious!" Evan howls in laughter and Regulus lets his laughter join, Mallory cracking an amused smile.

"For Merlin's sake, your mother is relentless" I huff, turning my head to see that the marauders are also holding in laughs "Go on, then. Laugh at me"

They let out howls of laughter that almost drown out my own friend's laughing and I stand back, looking at the lot of them with an annoyed glare.

"Oh, loosen up, Angel" Mallory giggles.

"I can envision it now" James says through loud boisterous laughs "Little Regulus' running around with blonde hair and Evangeline's awful attitude"

"Imagine the resting bitch face on those things" Sirius cackles.

That sends them into another round of laughs and I look at my best friend in disbelief.

"Shut it!" I snap.

"Must be hard, being a bore who can't laugh" Sirius says.

"I do have a sense of humour, you know" I retort.

"Well, I've never heard you laugh before" Sirius argues.

"Well, I've never heard you say anything remotely funny, dog breath" I state with a shrug and his friends grimace while my friends laugh louder.

"Then you're clearly deaf, my future sister in law" He smirks.

"I'm going to kill you, Sirius Black" I threaten the raven haired boy.

"Hit me with your best shot" He challenges me.