Sweater Weather // Regulus Black

chapter eight // the surprise

Estella and Regulus were two drinks in, and bored out of their minds.

The two stood around aimlessly, trying to spark conversation every once and a while, then quickly falling silent as the realize they had nothing to talk about.

"Can we go yet?" Regulus asked through a sigh as he leaned his head on Estella's shoulder, making the girl blush. "I wanna stay a little longer," She murmured. She was bored, sure, but she liked the environment. Watching drunken teens make fools out of themselves? Estella loved to see it.

"Okay," He muttered, clearly frustrated, but choosing not to say anything. It was rare for him to express his anger.

"D'you know where Mary and Marlene went?" Estella asked after a while, noticing the two had been gone for longer than she thought. She wanted to know what the two giggling witches were up to.

"No. I-I don't think you should look for them," He said hesitantly, making Estella raise an eyebrow. "Why not?" She questioned, unclear on what he was thinking. Reg sighed. "I just...Don't think it's a very good idea. I've seen them, around the castle, and it's—I just think they don't want anyone finding them right now."

Estella laughed, shaking her head slowly. "That only makes me more curious, Reggie. I'll only be a minute, don't leave," She said with a grin, before walking out of the common room, going in the direction she'd seen the two girls go previously.

She could hear Regulus groan as she left, but she just wanted to find her new friends. She really liked them!

Estella made her way through the halls, before spotting a familiar redhead that she thought could give her the answers she needed.

"L-Lily?" The witch peeped, her voice so quiet that Lily could barely hear it.

"Oh, hi. What's up?" The Gryffindor questioned, barely looking up from her Potions book.

"I was just—Erm—wondering if you know where Marlene and Mary went? I-I can't find them, they left the party."

Lily nodded, a small smile on her face as she looked up at Estella. "They went that way," She said, gesturing her head over to the left. "Maybe check the D.A.D.A classroom? Dorkas says they go in their a lot," She explained, making Estella smile.

"Great. Thanks," She said, happy at how smoothly things went over, before walking towards the classroom that Lily had mentioned.

Estella was surprised to see that the door was locked when she arrived. She wasn't sure if this was something the professors did after hours, or if it was Mary and Marlene up to something.

  Either way, Estella knew what to do.

  "Alohomora," The witch murmured as she flicked her wand towards the lock, before quickly sliding the wand down into her boot and creeping through the door.

Estella wasn't sure why she was so curious about the two girls whereabouts, but she quickly knew that she regretted ever looking.

"Mar," She heard a familiar voice whisper, though she couldn't figure out where from. "I think someone's—I think someone's here," The voice panted again, making Estella's brow furrow.

"You're so paranoid," A second, Scottish voice, laughed, her tone low, yet louder than the other one.

Estella could tell now where the voices were coming from—The wardrobe. The wardrobe? She thought to herself, quickly catching onto the fact that she should not have snooping in the first place.

The witch hesitantly reached a hand out to open the wardrobe, despite every thought in her head that was currently screeching No!

Her eyes widened as she opened the door, but she wasn't nearly as startled as the girls inside.