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❝ a nonce ❞
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𝓔𝓿𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd 1977

I sit on the grass, leaning my back on the Slytherin stands of the quidditch pitch with a book in my lap as I wait for Evan, Regulus and Mallory to finish practice.

"How are you liking the book?" I hear a familiar voice ask me and I jump in surprise, looking up to see a grinning Remus Lupin "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you"

"Don't worry about it" I smile warmly, closing the book "And the book is really good, thanks"

"Where's your friends?" He asks me.

"On the pitch with your friends" I answer, pointing up to Mallory and James who are currently throwing insults at each other in the air.

"What about that Lestrange girl? She doesn't play" Remus points out.

"Turn around" I tell him.

He turns and immediately spots Pandora against the Ravenclaw stands with a flustered grin on her face as she laughs with Xenophilius Lovegood.

"Where's Peter?" I then ask him.

"Over there" Remus answers, pointing to the Gryffindor stands.

I spot Peter sitting next to Lily and Dorcas with wide interested eyes as he watches the practice, popping sweets into his mouth without tearing his eyes from the pitch and I laugh in amusement.

"Do you...Uh, do you maybe want to do something?" Remus asks awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck "With me, I mean"

"What do you have in mind?" I hum in response.

"I- I didn't really get that far in the plan, honestly. I thought you'd say no" He admits.

"Remus Lupin, are you thick?" I ask seriously.

"No" He answers, furrowing his brows in confusion.

"Are you sure? Because I don't think there's many more ways I can possibly show you that I'm interested in you" I explain to him.

"How do you feel about surprises?" The brunette questions.

"I love the good kind" I answer.

"Then it's a surprise" He states with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to it" I grin happily.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see the Slytherin quidditch team approaching us and I pull myself to my feet. Evan rams into me, wrapping his arms around me and I look up at my sweaty friend in disgust.

"What the bloody hell are you doing?" I snap at him.

"Appreciating the little things in life" He answers and I push him off me.

"Bellend" I huff in annoyance, making him smile as Regulus and Mallory laugh.

"What are you doing over here, halfbreed?" Amycus sneers and I turn my head to see him in Remus' face.

"Get lost, Loopy Lupin" Maximus, the Slytherin keeper taunts.

Before Remus can reply himself, I push myself between him and the ginger boy, shoving Amycus harshly.

"Don't you two twits have something better to do?" I ask them with a glare.

"Get out of my way, Malfoy" Amycus demands.

"Or what, Carrow?" I challenge him.

"Evangeline, stop it" Remus warns me under his breath, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"Is there a problem here?" Sirius Black's voice joins the conversation and I look over to where he stands with James, Peter, Marlene, Lily and Dorcas

"We were just about to watch Evangeline kick the shit out of Amycus" Evan chirps excitedly.

"No, we weren't" Regulus corrects as Mallory slaps the Rosier boy upside the head.

"Come on, Moony. Let's go" James beckons his friend over.

Remus squeezes my shoulder and listens to the Potter boy, heading over to his friends. Amycus pulls out his wand to hex the Lupin boy but I'm quicker than he is, pointing it at him.

"Expelliarmus!" I exclaim.

The Carrow boy's wand drops from his hand, hitting the grass and he looks at me with a murderous glare. He lunges towards me, shoving me into the dirt and I can't manage to catch my balance before I fall, causing me to gasp in surprise.

"Oh, hell no!" Evan hollers but before him or any of my other friends can react, Remus beats them to it.

Remus throws his fist at Amycus' face and I hear the satisfying crunch of the ginger's nose from my spot on the ground.

"Holy shit!" Marlene laughs.

"Go, Moony!" Peter cheers.

Before Amycus can recover from the pain, Remus pulls me to my feet and flashes me an adrenaline filled smile.

"We should probably run" He tells me.

"Good idea" I nod, not being able to hide my wide grin.

I glance at my friends who all wave at me, Mallory whistling at me through giggles and the boys shaking their heads at me with wide smiles. Remus tugs my arm and we both take off in a sprint away from the pitch, towards the school.

"This isn't over, Malfoy! Amycus screams in rage.

"Suck my dick, Carrow!" I scream back at him, laughing loudly.

"What the fuck, Moony?!" Sirius barks.

"Later, Padfoot!" Remus shouts, letting out laughs as loud as my own.

The crowd we left behind is quickly out of sight and we rush into the halls of Hogwarts, racing through students socialising and teachers supervising.

"Miss Malfoy! Mr Lupin! No running in the halls!" McGonagall warns us.

We stop dead and she gives us a stern look to which we grin at her innocently, causing her to sigh tiredly.

"Walking" She states sternly before passing us.

I turn to Remus and he looks at me, the both of us bursting into a fit of laughter.

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"I cannot believe you punched him" I declare with an amused smile from my seat on the bean bag.

"What kind of brain dead wanker shoves a girl like that?" Remus mutters in annoyance, leaning against the shelves opposite me.

"That's Amycus for you" I shrug.

"Fucking twat" He huffs.

"Oh, come on, Rem. Loosen up a bit" I coo teasingly "If you need help, I'm right here"

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asks curiously.

"What do you want it to mean?" I counter with a flirty smile.

"I heard that your birthday is soon" Remus states, changing the subject and I smile in amusement, letting him.

"Who told you?" I ask curiously.

"I may have overheard your friend talking about it" He shrugs.

"It was Evan, right?" I then ask.

"How did you know that?" He asks me in surprise.

"Because he has a giant gob" I answer simply and we both laugh at that.

"How does it feel to be leaving seventeen behind then?" He questions.

"I wouldn't know" I shrug and he looks at me in confusion so I elaborate "I'm sixteen, not seventeen"

"Shit, really?" He replies.

"Yup" I hum with a soft nod "I got my letter early because of one too many magical accidents so I ended up being the youngest in our year instead of one of the eldest in the year below"

"You're just a baby" Remus coos teasingly and I throw a book at him which he dodges easily.

"Well, you know what that makes you?" Angel retorts matter of factly "A nonce"

"I was having a laugh!" He assures me with a nervous laugh, looking around to make sure no one heard my statement.

"I get enough of that baby shite from Mallory and Regulus, I do not need it from you too" I tell him.

"Aren't you older than Regulus?" Remus asks in confusion.

"Yes, thank you!" I gasp in frustration "He acts like I'm a child, but I'm literally three months older than him"

"What a prick" Remus says dramatically.

"I know, right?" I huff as he watches me with an amused smile on his face.

"Stop staring at me, weirdo" I tease him.

"You're one to talk, creeper" He retorts and I gasp.

"Wanker" I curse.