𝓐𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓶 |𝓢𝓲𝓻𝓲𝓾𝓼 𝓑𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴|

Chapter 12

"Ugh" Laura groaned softly as she rolled over uncomfortably in her bed, she was having a nasty headache "I told you the third glass was a bad idea," Regulus said in a matter-of-factly voice from where he was sitting at the end of her bed. Even through the intolerable headache, she was having Laura grabbed a pillow and threw it in his direction without looking, Regulus easily dodged it and the pillow fell on the floor with a 'thump'. He rolled his eyes and said "Here" as he held a glass of something that looked quite dodgy and was very stinky, Laura peeked at it with eyes filled with suspicion "What's that?" she asked. "It'll help with the headache, silly." he answered handing her the glass, "You sure?" Laura sat up slowly and asked disgusted "Absolutely, Lucinda Talkalot has brewed two cauldrons full of this, it's being handed to everyone who's hungover" he explained. "Now come on, finish it" he egged on and a groan escaped from her lips before Laura gulped the whole thing down, and almost instantly she stood up handing Regulus the glass before hurrying towards the bathroom, Regulus nodded his head slightly as he heard his best friend retching and throwing up.

After a horrible start to the day, Laura was now all huddled up in an oversized hoodie sitting by the tree beside the black lake whilst Regulus was now throwing stones into the lake. "Thanks for bringing me back to my dorm," she said and even though Regulus knew it wasn't him she should be thanking him he said, "Don't mention it." Laura couldn't remember anything all that well after she lost Regulus in the crowd, "Well I should be heading back, I've got a long essay to finish for McGonagall." she said standing up and looking at him. "I'll stay for a bit," Regulus said looking back at her, Laura nodded as she started heading back towards the castle, the early December winds were softly nipping at her face and tugging at her hair.

Laura took her scarf out wrapping it around her neck as she walked through the courtyards and corridors making her way to the library. Laura hummed to herself softly looking for the book she needed, once she found it she settled down taking out her quill, an ink bottle and scrolls of parchment. Marlene was having a 'study' date with Sirius today they were sitting at a table towards the back, so far Sirius and Marlene hadn't gotten a lot of work done, they were simply fooling around. Gossips could be heard now more than ever in every common room, courtyard and hall about Sirius Black's new fling. Today Laura saw that they were seated a few tables away from her nevertheless, she started writing neatly on the piece of parchment she really had a long way to go.

Sirius hadn't noticed Laura sitting there at all, Marlene seemed pretty good at distracting him. After two hours of writing incessantly, Laura finally finished her essay she stretched her arms which had gone stiff from all the writing. As she stood up putting her belongings in her bag Sirius saw her, Laura was walking away already, so he stood up abruptly and told Marlene that he was tired before she could say anything he grabbed his bag swinging it around his shoulders he hurried after Laura. Though he wasn't quite sure why he did, Sirius was however very sure of the fact that Laura had no memory of their encounter the previous night, but even then a part of him still hoped that she did. After he finally caught up with her he didn't really know what to say, so he awkwardly said "Hello" Laura looked at him and raised an eyebrow "Hello" she responded, not sure why the latter had walked up to her. "Are you going home for winter break?" Sirius asked trying to make conversation walking beside her as Laura started walking but he regretted saying it as he realized that it was none of his concerns and that she had no reason to answer him, they weren't friends. But Laura did answer him "I will if I have to," she said, "Of course, right." Sirius nodded. And when Laura was starting to walk towards the staircase that led to the Slytherin dungeons Sirius said "I had a good time last night." the words just fell out of his mouth before he could stop them. Laura looked around at him raising an eyebrow, she thought Sirius was referring to their silent cigarette sharing "Yeah it was nice." she said before slowly walking away. Sirius' heart skipped a beat 'she remembers!' a voice in his head spoke but the warm feeling inside was almost as instantly wiped away as he realized what she was referring to was something entirely different than he had thought.