𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 ➪ 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐍

𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟

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the next day everyone had classes, so marina was woken up my amelia poking her many times on her cheek and eyelid.

"i'm awake!" she said, shooting her eyes open and smacking her hand away. "she's alive!" amelia called to everyone else, making marina roll her eyes. she was a deep sleeper but not that deep.

marina looked around the room. charity wasnt there, but she always left way early, hayden was taking her hair out of braids, laura was walking around with a toothbrush dangling out of her mouth, and amelia, who had just walked away, was pulling out her clothes from her trunk.

marina slowly got up and stretched, hearing her bones pop. "did every bone in your body just snap in half?" hayden asked, laughing slightly. marina stuck her tongue out at her.

marina went into the bathroom with laura and splashed warm water on her face. "so you can splash water on yourself but when i do it, it's rude?" laura asked. "yes!" marina said in disbelief, grabbing her toothbrush and putting toothpaste on it.

laura gave her the finger before walking back out, and hayden walked in. she started to brush out the curls her braids had formed, humming a song marina didn't recognize.

after everyone had gotten dressed, and marina had tied hayden's tie, for she never learned how to do it herself, the four girls made their way down to the common room, where charity was waiting for them.

"there you are!" she said, falling in line with their group. "why were you waiting for us?" laura asked, eyeing her suspisouly. "i actually need to talk to marina." she said. "privately." she added, and then pulled marina back as the rest of the group walked on.

"what's up?" marina asked. charity sighed. "so, you know how i'm a prefect?" she asked. "it's your only personality, char, of course i do." marina said. charity rolled her eyes. "right, i need you to take my rounds tonight." she said. marina looked at her oddly.

"why?" she asked. "i have somewhere to be. just take my prefect badge when you get back from the great hall after dinner, it'll be sitting on my bed." she said. "go down to the great hall and the person i do my rounds with will be there, just say you're my substitute."

"who do you do rounds with?" marina asked. she would do it, of course. she always wanted to be prefect, but of course, charity suck-up burbage got it.

charity bit her lip, then smiled. "let's not focus on that. you'll do it?" she said. "who do you do rounds with?" marina repeated. charity sighed.

"i do them with remus lupin."

"no." marina said. "oh, come on!" charity said. "you wanted to do it!" marina shook her head. "that was until lupin was put in the picture!"

"please! i need someone to do it!" charity begged. "why not laura?" marina asked. "laura would hex remus, or run off making trouble."

"hayden?"

"hayden is scared to be out in the corridors at night."

"amelia?"

"amelia doesn't talk to anyone but us. she wouldn't be a very good person to spend two hours with."

"two hours?!" marina said. "are you off your rocker? there is no way i would spend a minute with that toe rag! let alone two hours!"

"come on, marina!" charity said. "i'll do it if i get something in return." marina said. charity's eyes lit up. "i'll do anything!" she said. marina raised her eyebrows. "okay, not everything, but just tell me!"

"help amelia with her herbology homework." she said. charity looked at her, puzzled. "isn't hayden the really good one in herbology?" she asked. "yes, but hayden has been moved to an advanced class, you would know that if you talked to her." marina said. charity looked at her feet.

"so, just help amelia pass the class, and i'll do your stupid prefect thing." marina said. "i'll do it!" charity said eagerly. marina put her hand out, and charity shook it.

she was now going to be spending two hours with remus lupin.

reminder that this is a slow-burn, so don't get mad at me for the next chapter xx