TRAGEDY || R. BLACK ✓

seventeen | scars, scratches and bruises

THE HOLIDAYS WERE going by quickly. Christmas and the New Year had come and gone, and it was now Flo's final night with her friends before her return to Hogwarts.

Although she was dying to tell someone, she kept her friendship- or, alliance, with Regulus, a secret. He had begged her to tell no one of their plans... if the wrong person heard, Regulus would be personally killed by You Know Who.

Flo had returned to Remus and Pete's apartment for the last night. She sat on their small couch, sipping away at her hot chocolate with her feet propped up on Sirius' lap.

"How're you and Remus?" Flo asks, resting her head against the couch.

Sirius smiles, a blush creeping onto his cheeks.

"We're all right. Anyone more special than myself happen to find their way into your life?" Sirius questions back.

For a split second, Regulus' face pops into Flo's mind. She pushes his face aside, deciding that that was from all the firewhiskey she had drunk earlier that day.

"Nope, no one will ever replace you as the number one boy in my heart." Flo smiles, taking another sip of her hot chocolate.

Sirius stays quiet for a few moments, before continuing the conversation.

"Have you seen much of Regulus lately?" He asks quietly, not looking at Flo as he asks.

Flo grins.

"I've seen him enough to know that he is doing just fine," Flo assures him, resting her hand on his shoulder and squeezing it assuringly. "How about you lot?"

Sirius looks at her in confusion. Flo rolls her eyes.

"Don't think I haven't noticed the new scars, scratches and bruises on you all."

Sirius sighs.

"We've been fighting... but I think you knew that already, and I have a feeling the second you graduate you're gonna be fighting right along side us."

"Indeed I am," Flo smiles. "This is our fight to win, you know. A few years from now the war will be over, and we'll get to live without the fear from You Know Who and his followers."

"Yeah... I just hope we'll all stick around to see that day come."

nearly done! six more chapters to go :)

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