Eccedentesiast

Chapter 4

TW: sexual harassment, non-consensual kiss.

Violet's pov

I woke up the next morning tangled with Lily and Marlene. Apparently in our drunken state last night we put two mattresses on the floor together, creating a huge bed. Once I untangled myself from Lily and Marlene, I sat up noticing the sun shining from the red curtains. As soon as I opened my eyes fully, my head started pounding. "Ah, shit." I mutter while rubbing circles on my temples with my forefinger and middle finger. "Vi! Why are you yelling." Marlene whisper-yells tossing a blanket over her head. "Marlene! That's my leg!" Lily shouts after Marlene kicked her leg to the side. "I'm gonna shower. I'll meet you for breakfast." I say before getting up and slowly walking to my wardrobe, I grab Remus' jumper, my black legging and clean undergarments. I open the bathroom door and walk over to the shower turning the faucet on to make the water warm, but still hot. After about 25 minutes, I finish everything and slide on some black sneakers before walking to the common room. Empty, again.

As I walk through the common room to the door I hear a door shut from the dorms behind me. Curious, I turn around to see Peter leaving his room. "Going down to breakfast, Lupin?" Peter asks, stepping closer. I nod before turning around to face the door. 'I don't know what it is about Peter, but he always gave me a bad feeling.' Before I could get the door to open Peter places his hands on each side on me, trapping me in between him and the door. "What, Pettigrew?" I sneered and turned to face him. "You know, Vi." He starts. "Don't call me Vi!" I spit. "Violet. James told me about your little interaction last night. I didn't know you were such a slut, Lupin." He says while plastering a smug smile on his lips.

"What the fuck did you just call me?!" I sneer, standing up straighter. "Don't act tough, Vi. No one is here to save you." He spits grabbing my neck and pushing me against the door. 'Damn it Vi! Why did you leave your wand upstairs?' I mental curse myself. He forcefully turns my head to the side as he places sloppy open-mouth kisses along my neck. "Peter stop it! Stop! Peter please!" I shout, stopping myself from crying. 'I will not cry in front of this pig.' I think to myself. He slides his left hand under my shirt. 'Vi , remember what James taught you. Come on snap out of it.' I shout internally at myself. Quickly, I rip my hands from his grip, I pull my knee up and swiftly kick him in the stomach. I knocked him back a few feet, enough to leave the room.

I run out of the room, searching for James, James is the only one who knows about mine and Peter's interactions. It's never gotten physical before, he just made nasty and inappropriate comments. As I run down the hall, I'm not thinking, just scanning the areas for James' face. So much for not paying attention, I ran straight into Severus. "Watch it, Lupin!" Severus sneers, making Bella and Lucius laugh. Narcissa notices my absent mind, she takes my hand. "Violet? What's wrong? What do you need?" She questioned in her caring tone. Regulus comes from behind her and notices my painking state. "James! Where's James?" I ask frantically. "Oh! Um, Great Hall. Come on, I'll take you." Narcissa says directing me to the Great Hall. 

Approaching the hall Sirius, Marlene, Remus, Molly, Arthur, Lily and James walk out in that order. "James!" Narcissa shouts for me. James looks up but notices my painked face and tears threatening to fall. He beats my brother taking off towards me. I noticed James running towards me, I let a tear slip before jumping into his chest. I wrap my legs around his middle, my arms tightly wrapped around his neck, and my head is buried in his neck. "H-he g-got physical th-this time." I stutter in between tears. "Fuck." I hear him mutter under his breath. He runs his fingers through my hair with one hand while the other rubs circles around my back. I pulled away slightly to show him the marks on my wrists as well as the hickeys he left on my neck. "Make them disappear! Please, I-I can't look at them!" I cry. He nods and pulls out his wand, he casts them away. Noticing the crowd forming, he lays my head back into his neck before taking me to the common room again.