The Prewett Girl

This is Love

I was damn near beat up when I get back to Hogwarts.

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" I complain.

"Good." They say in unison.

"Do you know how scared we were?" Talia demands, hugging me.

"I'm sorry."

"Are you okay now?" Nikki asks, hugging me.

"I think so. I'm better than I was though, at least a little bit." I say as the boys pass me from one to the other.

"You're aware we're going to be watching you now, right?" Talia demands.

"Yeah, I saw that one coming."

"Good." She says.

The next day Nora and her friends make an appearance.

"Oh come on, Prewett. You can do it. Say it with me 'hell-o No-ra'." She says.

"You again." Charlie's voice says. I look behind Charlie to see him with his friends, which includes two females.

"These are the girls?" One asks. I raise an eyebrow at Charlie questioningly and he shakes his head.

"This is them. They seem to like targeting those better than them."

"At least Andrea and her friends know how to do make up without looking like it's all caked on." The other says.

"Oh, Andy doesn't own make up." Charlie says. The girls look at the Ravenclaws expectantly.

"What's the real reason you're bullying people? Is it daddy issues?" The first girl asks. I press my lips together to keep from laughing. Charlie walks so he's behind me with his hands on my shoulders.

"No one messes with my family. I may not be able to retaliate for her-"

"But we can." The second girl says.

"Bullying? Seriously? Have you nothing better to do with your time?" Charlie's male friend that is with them asks.

"Leave my cousin alone. 'She's a waste of space no one cares about' she's like my little sister. She's not intelligent-looked into school records-she's in the top three while you aren't even in the top ten. She's an 'eyesore'-"

"Bitch please." The girls say in unison.

"All four of you are going to protect this one girl?" Samantha demands.

"No. We're going to protect anyone you ever bully again. And Andrea has quite a few friends to help her through things. Charlie here is just very protective of his family." The male says.

"Come on, guys. I think they get the idea." The first female says.

"Charlie!" I call, running after him. He turns, catching me in the hug I give him just in time. "Thank you."

"Never again. Swear it." He whispers to me as we separate. I nod my head.

"I'd say let's make an Unbreakable Vow, but I'm reckless and who knows what the vow would consider." I say, making him chuckle.

"I'll see you later, Andy. Take care of her." Charlie says, looking over my shoulder.

"She's our sister too. Thanks for saving her." Jacob says, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"Always." Charlie says before we go our separate ways.

"Whenever you feel like that again I suggest inventing."

"Really?" I ask as we get back to the group waiting to be let in; Charlie and his friends approaching Nora and her friends have already gotten around.

"Yeah. Whenever you're trying to invent something we have trouble getting you to just eat you get so distracted." He says. I look at them with raised eyebrows as the truth of his words hits me.

"Okay, experimenting as an outlet."

"Although it'll then probably become a habit." Jacob says and I laugh.

"Probably." I confirm, looking around. My eyes catch Oliver Wood's and I hold them for a while. He smiles back shyly before looking away.

"No." Jacob says sternly. I scoff at him. As if he gets a say.