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"what the fuck?" laura asked loudly once dumbledor and marina left the classroom. even professor mcgonagall seemed confused, so she didn't comment on it.
"professor, sorry for interrupting, but do you know what just happened?" hayden asked, not bothering to raise her hand. "i'm afraid i do not, miss eliz." she sighed, before continuing the lesson.
"did she not tell you guys anything?" remus asked the girls in front of him, who all turned around and shook their heads.
remus let out a deep sigh and looked towards the front, but his mind was racing. what happened to marina? was everything alright?
during lunch, laura ran up to the dormitory and came back, stating her trunk was gone and her other stuff. amelia, hayden, remus, james, sirius, and peter were all standing outside of the great hall, listening to her.
"is she going to come back?" amelia asked in a fearful voice. "marina wouldn't just leave without saying goodbye!" hayden exclaimed. "i bet we could find something in her part of the room. maybe like a clue?"
"this isn't some detective show, there aren't going to be clues just walking by." james scoffed, rolling his eyes.
just then, charity walked by the group, batting her eyes at remus and rolling them at the others.
"i'm going to kill her." laura hissed, walking towards her. sirius put his hand out and stopped her, pulling her towards him. "i'm not letting you kill anyone on my watch." he muttered.
"then look away!" laura snapped.
"marina wouldn't leave without a reason." remus said thoughtfully. "i agree." amelia sighed. "maybe there was an emergency at home? something happened and she had to be pulled out?" peter suggested. hayden shook her head.
"she would have been confused, but she didn't seem surpirsed or anything. it's like she knew." she explained. "okay, we are definitly overreacting. she'll probably be back tomorrow or something, there is no need to be dramatic." james sighed. amelia elbowed him the the ribs.
"don't call us dramatic." she snapped, before the three girls turned around and walked into the great hall. "i was calling moony pathetic, he looks like he is about to piss is bridges."
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that night, remus was lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling. he could hear james and sirius having a pillow fight, and while he wanted to join in, he couldn't bring himself to it. he wanted answers.
"moony, mate, it's not like she's dead." james sighed, walking over to his bed and looking down on him. "i know, but what if she never comes back? laura said that all of her stuff was gone." remus muttered, sitting up.
"may i remind you that you hated her?" sirius asked, walking over and sitting on the edge of his bed. "i have a vivid memory of you in fourth year saying you would jump for joy if she left the school."
"you said the same thing about laura." remus spat. "that was last night! and i was joking! i said it to her face!" sirius said defensively. "what were you guys doing together last night?" peter asked. sirius stayed quiet.
"what's the big deal about marina, anyways?" james asked. "i mean, you said it was a small crush."
"i don't know what it is anymore." he muttered.
"i do." said a voice coming from the door. all the boys jumped and turned, surprised to see lily standing in the doorway.
"evans?" james asked. lily ignored him and walked over to remus' bed and sat down on the edge of it, her back to sirius.
"yeah, totally come in we definitely invited you." sirius muttered sarcastically. lily once again ignored him.
"remus, you don't have a crush on marina." lily informed him.
there was an instant uproar.
"woah, woah, woah!" peter snapped, looking at lily like she was insane. "evans! how could you?" sirius exclaimed as he stood up. "lily, i love you, but what the hell!" james yelled.
"you toe rags didn't let me finish." lily snarled, and the three boys immediately stopped talking. "remus, are you sure you aren't...in love with marina?" lily asked hesitantly.
remus' eyes widened to the size of saucers and he looked appalled. "in-in love? no...no that couldn't possibly-i mean-no, no." remus spluttered out.
"are you sure? just think about it." lily said. remus looked down at his lap and thought hard.
there was no way he was in love with marina. this time last year he had hated her, right? sure, he had had that small crush on marina when he was thirteen, but that's it! did the crush really ever go away.
remus looked up, his eyes swimming with fear. "i'll let you sleep on it." lily said quietly, before walking out of the dorm.
"holy shit." remus whispered. "i might be in love with marina."
