FOR EMMA — BON IVER
'For Emma, forever ago.'
Over a week after their first day back at school, Cassie dutch-braids her hair and applies her usual mascara. She wears a pair of short denim dungarees with a red top underneath, red converse to match. It's still warm for September ninth, to her delight. Pansy gets ready beside her, lazily tying her hair up in a high ponytail.
It's a Saturday— not just any Saturday, however. The first Saturday back at school means their monthly sweet restock from Honeydukes. On the first Saturday of every month, the group visit Hogsmeade to stock up on sweets for the month. They put all of their money together and spend pretty much all of it on sweets— a few school supplies if necessary.
Cassie wears a pair of silver dangly earrings, one with a half-moon and the other with a sun. She puts on her star-shaped necklace to match. Her morse code bracelet sits around her tanned wrist as per usual; the only time she takes it off is to shower.
When Pansy and Cassie leave their dorm and climb up the millions of stairs, they bump into a familiar blonde in the common room exit corridor. Daphne Greengrass is a gorgeous Slytherin with hair almost as white as Draco's. She has the most beautiful pair of blue eyes, ones that Cassie has always secretly been jealous of.
"Hi! I don't suppose you two have seen Tracey anywhere?" Daphne exclaims, very out of breath.
"No, we assumed she was with you or Lexi." Cassie replies.
Daphne groans, "I can't find her anywhere!"
"You tried the lake? Loads of people are down there cause it's a Saturday and it's bloody sunny." Pansy suggests.
"No, but I will now. Thanks anyway." Daphne smiles.
Cassie and Pansy have shared their dorm with Daphne, Tracey Davis and Lexi St. James since first year. They all get on, the five girls. They're notorious for their girls nights, as Daphne calls them, where they just sit and gossip whilst doing their nails and hair.
"You slept well last night, I noticed." Pansy says as they approach the back exit of Hogwarts, the one that leads to Hogsmeade.
"I did, actually. It was a friday and it was hot so I was in a good mood. Plus, I was so excited about today that I couldn't help it." Cassie replies with a smile.
Pansy laughs, "You're just as bad as the boys, y'know."
"I know." Cassie grins.
Speaking of, the boys are stood at the bottom of the path that lead to Hogsmeade. It's a fairly long walk to Hogsmeade from here, but they didn't mind. They're all such chatty people that they pretty much never ran out of things to talk about.
All of the boys are in shorts. Draco, with his designer shorts and shirt, stood out like a sore thumb. Enzo simply wears a dark green t-shirt whilst the others wear pretty similar things.
"Fucking finally! I've been itching to go from seven o'clock in the morning!" Theo exclaims.
"He woke up our whole dorm by jumping up and down on his bed and chucking pillows everywhere." Draco says flatly.
Cassie and Pansy laugh. "In my defense, Pansy takes ages to get ready." Cassie defends.
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do Pans."
"Okay, enough, I need sweets." Mattheo interrupts, his hunger consuming him.
"Alright, alright. Let's get going." Cassie declares.
Mattheo and Theo lead the way and Pansy walks with Blaise & Draco, leaving Cassie with Enzo. "You look happy today— did you do something different with your face?" he asks, smiling as he teases her.
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way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire
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