Canine Lovers - an original Hogwarts fanfiction

First preparations

Abby POV

The next week we got really busy with Julie's wedding preparations.

Since she worked at Madam Malkin's dress store, we 5 got free dresses – Mum's was a beautiful maroon gown, Olivia's was a maroon-purple one, Amy's was lilac and mine was a peachy pink one. And Julie's was – well, obviously – white. And since Mum and Julie had almost exactly the same body shape, we all decided to wear the same gowns to Mum's wedding – except that Julie and Mum will swap with each other.

It was a bittersweet feeling to have only Scorpius as my stepbrother. I always wanted to have Bianca as a sister, and now she could never be.2 days before the wedding Louis came over to help, and he was a sight for sore eyes.

At day I'd been working with him and with Mindy, the Malfoys' house-elf, in the kitchen, and we made together the finishing touches for the catering, which was our responsibility since we were a power couple in cooking.

"Needs more salt", Louis said, after eating half of the Bouillabaisse.

"You call THIS tasting???", I threw a spoon towards his face. "You ate half of the whole thing!" I laughed, and laughed even harder when I realized: "And look at your face, it's all swollen!!!""But it's trop délicieux!"

Louis and I share the same passion for seafood, but also share the same allergy.

"Master Weasley," Mindy spoke up quietly, "forgive Mindy for interrupting, but Bouillabaisse is not good for Master Weasley. Master Weasley should avoid eating Bouillabaisse if he cares about his health".

"I know, Mindy," Louis answered, "but I couldn't resist! It's so good!"

I took him out of the kitchen, along with a potion to reduce allergy swelling. I lay him on the couch, spread some of the potion on the areas of his face that were swollen, and gave him the rest to drink. Meanwhile, I was kneeling beside him.

"You big baby", I shook my head at him. "why do I need to be the mother of the group all the time?"

He laughed. "Sorry. Now give me a kiss".

I flinched. "Ew, you're all swollen and sticky now, no way!"

Just then, his face shrunk back to normal and all of the potion sunk in. It looked like he didn't even have an allergy reaction.

And as fast as this happened, I found myself pinned to the floor by him. "Et maintenant?" He whispered, his lips and tongue brushing mine.

"Oh, get off you elephant", I laughed. "I'll kiss you when I can breathe."

At night, we lay in bed and stared at the ceiling, talking nonsense as usual, like normal best friends do.

Then I remembered that neither Lily nor Bianca will be able to attend tomorrow, and I started to cry.

I explained Louis why I was crying, of course, and he pulled me close. "I know", he said shakily. "I miss Lily too."

"I really hope they find the prisoners soon", I sobbed.

"They will," he reassured me, however he didn't seem sure himself. "I know they will. They're the Ministry of Magic, after all".

"yeah".

We stayed like this for a long time, silent, until I broke the silence again with a whole other topic. "Mum and Draco are getting married too in the summer.

"He sat up and looked at me. "You're joking, right?"

"No, I swear!"

"Mon Dieu!! This is amazing Ab! Congratulations!", he hugged me.