Why am I like this? || Dorlene ||

Chapter 8

6th of October 1975

Marlene was cuddling with Dorcas in her bed. She felt safe.

"Would you still love me if I was a worm?" Marlene questioned her girlfriend.

"What..?" Dorcas giggled confused.

"Would you?" Marlene asked again, very seriously.

"Yes, I would. I'd also fuck you" Dorcas replied, very seriously. Marlene didn't know if she was joking or not.

"You guys aren't alone in the room" Mary said.

"Then leave" Dorcas shrugged.

"It's my dorm!" Mary replied, offended

"Well you will want to leave when we-" Dorcas said.

"Do not finish that sentence" Marlene said, covering her girlfriend's mouth.

"I'm leaving" Mary said, got up and walked towards the door.

"Mary! It was just a joke!" Marlene assured her. "Merlin, you're insufferable" Marlene giggled and looked at her girlfriend.

Dorcas tackled Marlene on the bed and started placing small, soft kisses on her girlfriend's neck. Marlene blushed and started giggling, all she felt was pure joy of being with the person she loved the most. When Dorcas took a break from kissing Marlene's neck and looked her deep in the eyes, Marlene used the opportunity to sit up and start kissing Dorcas on the lips, it started as a soft kiss and evolved into a passionate and long kiss. She was still flustered from the long, deep stare. They were interrupted by a knock on the door and quickly pulled away.

"Come in!" Marlene shouted to whoever was at the door.

"Oh, thank Merlin you guys weren't actually... You know" Mary said with relief

"We weren't going to" Marlene said, calmly.

"I'd still do it" Dorcas shrugged.

"Ew, you pervert!" Marlene said and hit her girlfriend with a pillow.

"Don't call me that!" Dorcas

"Mary! We've got Cas a nickname! 'The pervert'!" Marlene exclaimed.

"No!" Dorcas protested.

"Yes! Marlene, I love you!" Mary replied.

"You guys are not calling me that! And the only person that gets to love Marls is me!"

"Of course" Mary said

"Alright but you being a pervert is true!" Marlene teased her girlfriend.

"It's not!"

"It is!" Marlene laughed and cuddled into Dorcas' arms. The two girls hadn't realised Mary left the room.

Marlene relaxed in Dorcas' arms. For hours they were talking, giggling, being overly affectionate with each other and just genuinely having a great time.

"I have to go now, it's getting late" Dorcas said, slowly getting up from the bed.

"No, don't leave, '' Marlene whined, dragging Dorcas back down on the bed.

"Alright, I didn't know you were this clingy," Dorcas said, giving up.

"I'm not, I just love you" Marlene said hugging her girlfriend tight.

"Oh" Dorcas said "So this is what love feels like..?"

"What?" Marlene looked at Dorcas more than slightly concerned. Her smile faded slowly and her gaze softened.

"Oh... uhm, nothing" Dorcas stammered.

"Cas..." Marlene said, hugging the other girl even tighter, gently stroking her hair.

They didn't speak but they just embraced each other in a tight embrace. Marlene felt concerned for her girlfriend. So this is how love feels like..? What did that mean? Has Dorcas never been loved? Or never been in love? Marlene didn't want to overflow her girlfriend with questions or make her uncomfortable. Marlene didn't want to question it anymore but the thought wouldn't stop lingering in her mind. Why am I like this?! I get too concerned about people. Marlene thought to herself.

"You know when you asked if I was obsessed with you? I truly am" Dorcas broke the silence.

"I'm completely crazy about you," Marlene breathed into her girlfriend's ear. "Like totally mental, head over heels in love with you"

"And yet I still love you more" Dorcas whispered back into Marlene's ear.

"You are making me blush so hard," Marlene said.

"I know," Dorcas said slowly, lowering her voice in a somehow hot way.

Marlene wanted to scream at the top of her lungs and run around the whole castle about seventy-three times. Her heart was beating at the speed of light if not faster.

"Don't fluster me!" Marlene shouted.

"Why not?" Dorcas asked.

"Just because," Marlene answered.

"Now I actually have to go," Dorcas said, getting up.

"See you tomorrow, right?" Marlene questioned.

"Of course!" Dorcas replied. "Bye!"

"Bye, love you!" Marlene blew her a kiss and flopped back onto her bed.

Bloody hell, how I love this woman. Marlene thought to herself before slowly fading into peaceful sleep.

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A/N: this chapter was kind of short but I hope yall enjoyed it.