Why am I like this? || Dorlene ||

Chapter 5

20th of September

Marlene woke up sweating. She just had a dream about her and Dorcas. Why was she freaking out? She didn't know. The dream was extremely short. It was just Dorcas telling her "I love you". Short but stressful. Was it true? We'll never know, will we? Marlene looked over at the clock that was hanging on the wall across the room. 04:47 am, great, too early to wake up. The girl didn't want to get up. Fuck yeah!! She thought. She had quidditch practice. Yes! She had an excuse to get up. The practice started at 05:20 am. Perfect timing for her to shower, eat and fix her hair. She took a warm, refreshing shower. Then she went down to the great hall where she saw James and some other people on the Gryffindor quidditch team.

She sat next to James and started chatting with him. They practically grew up together; they knew almost everything about each other and were best friends before Hogwarts. They were still great friends, their parents were best friends so they often had sleepovers in the summer. They sometimes had karaoke until 3 am, sometimes they snuck out and sometimes they went up and fell asleep on the roof. Their friendship was something most people would pray to have. The time went by and they finished their food and went over to the quidditch rink for practice.

– time skip–

At the quidditch rink, it was cold, I mean what did you expect? It was 5 am. Marlene was surprisingly not tired at all, which was of course great. Marlene was doing great and she had fun. Her and James were practising passing the quaffle. (ik James was a seeker in canon dont come at me) James tried a new stunt, which was receiving the quaffle while flying down in a straight line. He did quite a good job. Marlene tried later. She did it even better. She felt the wind, whizzing through her hair, she felt free. Just like a bird. She felt excited for the match later today, but also kind of nervous. She was very keen on winning. Marlene felt the need to win because they were playing against Slytherin. Then she went back into the castle for breakfast. It was still early in the morning so the great hall was almost empty which meant she could eat in peace. When she had finished her toast and tea, she went back up to the Gryffindor tower. She hoped that Mary or Lily would be up so she could talk to them. She wasn't on the absolute best terms with Lily because of the small "fight" a couple days ago. As Marlene walked past the library she bumped into someone slightly shorter than her, Dorcas Meadowes. At this point Marlene was sure a hundred percent sure that the other girl was stalking her.

"Watch where you're going, Mckinnon!" Dorcas scoffed, in an offended tone.

"You should, you are stalking me at this point" Marlene answered, with a triumphal look in her eyes

"Am not" Dorcas hissed "Maybe you're just obsessing over me?"

Marlene was speechless so she walked away humbled. That was somehow attractive? Marlene didn't understand anything now. She hurried back to the tower. When she walked into the living room she saw two familiar figures, Sirius and Remus, kissing. No no no, making out. What the actual fuck, we broke up like two days ago.

"Uhhh.. sorry for interrupting, but do you guys mind?" She said while trying to walk past them to get to the fifth year girls dormitory. The two boys looked at her almost immediately and jumped away from each other.

"Uhh.. yeah sorry" Sirius said, out of breath, face red.

"Just please do not tell anyone" Remus said with a kind of scared look on his face.

Marlene quickly ran up the stairs and jumped onto her bed. Lily wasn't in the dorm room. She probably went to the library to study. Mary was up though. Marlene didn't tell her what she saw on her way up because she thought that it's better if no one else knew. It was weird to her how quickly Sirius had moved on. Every time she had ever broken up with anyone it took them quite some time to get over her. She was especially surprised about it now because Sirius had practically written her essays as letters over the summer which was not like him at all.

–Time skip–

It was time for the quidditch match, which Marlene was excited for. As she was getting ready for the match she realised that Dorcas Meadowes was going to play on the Slytherin team. Well, this is going to be fun, very fun. Marlene thought, sarcastically. As she walked out on the rink she heard a crowd chanting Gryffindor and another one chanting Slytherin. Marlene felt the most determined she's ever been. All the players got ready on their brooms and lifted off. She felt the breeze flowing through her tight ponytail. Her and James were passing the quaffle. Passing two of them in fact. Marlene was fully focused on the games. 10 points... 20 points... 50... 130... Marlene got distracted by a bludger. She tried to dodge it but it hit her, while trying to get control of her broom she flew and fell right on a player in green quidditch robes. When she hit the ground she realised she was basically on top of the Slytherin beater, Dorcas Meadowes. She quickly got off and brushed the dirt off of her. She felt heat rushing up through her cheeks but tried to ignore it.

"Merlin, McKinnon, you really are obsessed with me" Dorcas mumbled under her breath and smirked teasingly.

"I- uhh.. No" Marlene tried to protest and lifted off on her broom.

Marlene couldn't focus on the rest of the match. Her thoughts were pulling her towards the Slytherin beater. Griffindor ended up winning the match and Marlene finally could finally get back on the ground. When she finally got out of the shower she felt someone pulling her into the broom closet. She tried to make out who it was that pulled her into there. Marlene had her wand at the ready but then she realised who it was. It was Dorcas Meadowes. Marlene was frozen in shock, unable to move.

"Who is the obsessed one now?" Marlene joked, trying to save herself from being embarassed.

Marlene felt the other girl pulling her in and closing the gap in between them. Marlene felt happiness filling her body. As the feeling of warmth and joy was spreading through her body, Dorcas pulled away and ran out. Marlene stood in the broom closet shocked over what just had happened.

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A/N: Hiii, sorry for not updating in a while. Hope you guys are doing great <3