𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐀 ᝰ 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤

☽ 𝟎𝟎𝟐 ☾

THE GRAND CLOCK IN the ravenclaw common room hour hand struck 12. The sound emitting from it distracted a 5th-year student who several seconds prior was carefully writing down the answers on her potions homework due the next day, or well actually that day.

Levine was wearing her usual pyjamas, fluffy pyjama pants which this time were a very nice lilac colour with a cute narwhal design on it and a white tank top. Covering her very cold body was her absolute favourite soft grey blanket.

As she looked up from her parchment paper to look at the time, a small frown graced her face. It wasn't unusual for her to be awake at this hour. You would only need two hands to count the number of times she's been asleep at this time, excluding childhood. The few times she did have more than 8 hours of sleep it was when she took a potion that Madam Pomfrey had made for her. Sadly, after each time she'd get horrendous migraines and feel extremely dizzy. After about four times of taking the said potion, she'd refuse and just deal with her insomnia in the only way she knew, by busying herself till her need for sleep overcame it.

Alayah knew that by the time she finished her homework, it wouldn't even be 1 o'clock. She'd probably be fully awake and she did not want to leave the comfort of the fireplace, but all the heat would do is keep her awake even longer.

She'd have to leave her comfy blanket too. How annoying.

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Alayah Levine did in fact not leave her very comfortable blanket and instead brought it with her. She'd be damned if she was gonna walk these very empty freezing corridors in a tank top.

The girl was walking around and observing the designs and paintings she believed she'd never get bored of. Levine was so in thought that she didn't hear the multiple hurried footsteps coming from behind nor did she hear the loud gruff voice of the school caretaker chasing after a student.

When she finally heard the loud commotion coming from behind her it was too late, Filch had spotted her as well and she needed to run. That was when someone grabbed her hand and started dragging her with them. The boy who seemed to be trying to run ahead pulled her with him and they both started running.

As they dashed around the corridors looking for an escape the boy saw a familiar corridor and turned without any warning pulling her with him. They then hid behind what seemed to be multiple knight armours on stands.

Alayah, who had enough, then opened her mouth to tell him off for dragging her by the arm the whole time when he put a finger on his mouth. Filch then ran past them looking annoyed, the only thoughts in his head were of different ways to punish them.

When the caretaker was finally far enough for them to talk without worry the boy next to her started laughing and all Alayah could do was roll her eyes.

"That was fun, though we did almost get caught." The boy said and then he introduced himself. "I'm James Potter Gryffindor, Chaser extraordinaire. " He said with what seemed to be his signature smile.

"What the bloody hell is wrong with you I swear on merlins left butt cheek that-" she then caught herself, breathed in a bit and tried again. "I'm Alayah Levine a 5th-year Ravenclaw, and I wasn't going to get caught thank you very much." She said and sighed now there was a chance that Filch would recognize her. Potter lightly laughed a bit at her first comment, already enjoying her company.

"Yeah but you can't deny you had fun, I know I did."

"Hey, aren't you that guy who's crazy in love with that other Gryffindor girl since like your second and you keep proclaiming your love to her every second of every day and all she does is reject you?" The girl asks genuinely wondering and also half laughing at how unreal what she said sounded.

"Hey! Her name is Lily Evans." He said proudly and she couldn't help but laugh at him, she felt bad but it was absolutely hilarious.

The Potter boy pouts a bit but then seems to have an amazing idea. "How about I make it up to you for ruining your walk." The girl was puzzled at that, wasn't he doing something? "No, it's alright you can go back to what you were doing before Filch ran after you." "I was setting up a Prank and can do that with the other marauders whenever, come on please." She thought about it for a bit but then decided to just see what happens. "Alright then, where are we going?" and all the boy answered was, "How do you feel about hot chocolate?"

It seemed like they ran for hours but after walking down a bunch of steps the two finally arrived in front of a painting. Alayah was about to ask what they were doing when James went and tickled...the pear? She was very confused until a doorknob appeared and they arrived in a kitchen, the Hogwarts kitchen.

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James Potter was very much enjoying himself. He made a new friend whose company he truly seemed to enjoy and he was able to freely talk to her like they'd been close friends for years. Now they seem to be talking about James and his crush.

"So you really like Evans?" He replied with a quick 'Of course' "Then why don't you try showing her you love her in a way that she understands instead of doing it in the way you'd like to be loved." Potter paused, and it seemed like he took her advice to heart when he finally asked her.

"Do you like anyone?" "Nope!" She said while smiling. He then found the perfect question to ask. "Find anyone attractive, boyfriend material?" James asked and somehow started wiggling his eyebrows which made the poor girl almost snort out her hot cocoa.

"There are so many people, you do not want to hear the list." He quickly protested and so she continued.

"Ok starting with my house, there's Tina Benson and Spencer Mays. Hufflepuff there's Ted Tonks, though he did graduate. In Gryffindor there are a lot of people; Mary MacDonald, Remus Lupin, Marlene McKinnon and Sirius Black and then in slytherin there's Regulus Black. Woah they are all soo pretty, especially Black he's insanely gorgeous, Regulus Black I mean." After her whole speech, James' mouth was left hanging open and she felt her face heat up in embarrassment so she drank her hot chocolate to calm down.

"One of my best friends, his little brother and one of my other best friends." He said and she nodded. "How is it my fault that they're all so insanely gorgeous."

Right after that, they both started laughing and dying in synch. James fell on the floor and Alayah was quick to follow suit both in so much pain from the lack of oxygen but still incapable of stopping.

A beautiful friendship blossomed that night, but unknowingly to her, it was also the start of a sad beautiful tragic love story.

trying to see if anyone got my taylor swift reference <33 

also, tina benson and spencer mays are made-up characters for the sake of the plot 

SORRY ABOUT ANY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING ERRORS