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❝ it's cute when you ramble ❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th 1977

"You are a bloody idiot, Evangeline Nyx Malfoy" Mallory scolds me as we walk to the library.

"I know" I sigh.

It's been approximately a week since I made that stupid bet with Barty and I so badly would love to go back in time to tell him to go fuck himself.

"Prefect duties start today as well, and we've been chosen to do rounds tonight around the castle" I tell my friend who shakes her head at me.

"You look like something is bothering you, Angel" Evan points out as Mallory and I sit down at the library table with him, Regulus and Pandora.

"Of course something is bothering her, you toad" Mallory quips.

"Don't let it get to you. Barty is a bully" Pandora tells me.

"He's a bloody bastard" Regulus grumbles.

I look away from my seething friends and like they often do, my eyes lock onto a certain brunette Gryffindor. Remus is sat across the library, cross legged on the floor and his attention is solely on the book in his hands.

"You're staring" Regulus hums.

"Am not" I scoff, my gaze snapping from Remus Lupin to my friends.

"You were totally staring" Evan argues.

"She wasn't staring" Mallory quips.

"Thank you" I huff.

"She was admiring" Pandora corrects and the boys chuckle while I glare at the grinning girls.

"What's so special about Loopy Lupin anyhow?" Evan asks curiously, staring at the boy.

"Don't call him that" I frown and Evan grins, looking back at me.

"Are you upset I called your little boyfriend a name?" Evan coos, pinching my cheeks and I slap his hands away.

"He's not my boyfriend. It just wouldn't kill you to be nice" I retort.

"You literally aren't nice to anyone" Regulus buts in "Other than Lupin, that is"

"Because she's in love" Evan sings teasingly.

"How'd he get the ugly scars?" Mallory abruptly asks.

"They're not ugly" I counter and my friends all give me a knowing grin "Oh, piss off"

They all laugh at me and I stand up, getting ready to walk away when Pandora grabs my arm.

"You don't have to go through with that nasty bet, Angel. It's gonna be you that gets hurt. You know that's why Barty made it" The blonde explains to me.

"I appreciate it, Dora, but I don't need the excuse of a bet to talk to him" I assure her and she nods, letting me go.

I approach Remus who is lost in his own little world as he reads his book, still cross legged on the floor with his belongings tossed carelessly behind him. I gently kick his foot and he jumps in fright, looking up at me.

I quite like the way he looks below me with wide puppy dog eyes looking up at me, but I'm quick to shake the dirty thoughts from my mind and smile at him.

"Do you mind if I sit with you?" I ask confidently and he looks at me in shock before looking behind me at my friends.

"Is this a dare? Or some kind of prank?" Remus asks in confusion.

"Do you really think a girl would have to be dared to sit with you?" I ask with a giggle.

"Yes" He deadpans and my smile falls to a frown.

"It's not a dare. I just thought you may like some company is all" I shrug, suddenly feeling guilty as he stares me down.

"Oh. Well, in that case, you can sit" He tells me and I smile widely, plopping down next to him.

"What are you reading?" I ask curiously.

"Romeo and Juliet. It's a muggle book" He answers, showing me the red book with beautiful gold cursive writing on the cover.

"I don't think I've ever read a muggle book" I admit.

"I have tons. My mum's a muggle and she loves to read which is probably where I got it. She sends me books all the time" Remus explains and my heart tugs a little at the look of admiration on his face as he talks about his mother "Sorry, I don't mean to ramble"

"Don't apologise, Remus" I assure him, leaning my head back against the book shelf behind me "I think it's cute when you ramble"

His scarred cheeks flush a pink colour and he looks down at his book, causing me to smile at how adorable he looks.

"Your mother sounds lovely. The most my mother has sent me is a howler" I add and he frowns.

"You could borrow my books, if you'd like" He offers.

"Really?" I smile softly.

"Sure" He shrugs.

"I'd like that" I tell him.

"Moony! Oh, Moony!" Sirius sings loudly as he enters the library with James and Peter.

"Mr Black!" Madam Pince scolds him.

"I should go" I tell the brunette as his friends make their way over.

"I'll see you tonight" He says and I pause.

"Tonight?" I question him.

"We have the eleven to one shift for prefect rounds" He elaborates.

"Oh, yes. Of course" I laugh, nodding and he smiles "See you later, Remus"

I pull myself up and come face to face with Sirius Black, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew.

"Malfoy" Sirius greets me with narrowed suspicious eyes.

"Black" I sneer "Get out of my way"

"Don't let the door hit you on the way out, snake" He retorts.

"Are you asking for a bloody slap?" I growl, making a move to lunge at him.

"That's quite enough, princess" Regulus declares, grabbing my waist and tugging me away from the marauders.

"Listen to your little boyfriend" James speaks up.

"Prongs, enough" Remus warns him.

"Yeah, Potter" Evan smirks.

"Do you want a fight, Rosier?" James spits in anger.

"Is there a problem here?" Rabastan asks, approaching us "No? Didn't think so"

Sirius opens his mouth to speak but Remus elbows him harshly and I roll my eyes.

"The toxic masculinity in the air right now is suffocating me. I'm out" I declare, saluting the group of Gryffindor and Slytherin boys.

My raised hand turns into a middle finger as I walk away from them and Mallory wolf whistles at me from the table with Pandora as I exit the library.