Love & Scars

A Date Underneath The Stars

A few hours later, Izzie woke up and hopped off from the bed. She stretched her hands over her head. "That was a good nap." She smiled with her eyes still closed. But she opened them, she saw everyone looking at her worriedly. Then she noticed where she was. "Why am I in the hospital wing?" She looked behind her and saw Regulus pushing himself up from the bed where she had been lying in. "Reg, are you okay?"

"Izzie." Remus came over and put his hands on her shoulder, pushing her slightly down. "You don't remember what happened?"

"I was talking to Professor Flitwick." She frowned as she looked up to Remus. "And I went outside, I needed a bit a fresh air, I wasn't feeling that well but that was the last of it. Why?"

Remus didn't answer, but she turned when she heard Sirius voice, and her heart involuntarily skipped a beat. "Reg, what do you remember?"

"I was at potions, with had a double. And I wasn't feeling that well either, not for the past few hours and then I woke up just now, like Isabelle."

"What's going on?" Izzie asked as she leaned against Remus. Remus shifted until they were sitting against the headboard, Remus left leg hung outside the bed.

"Sirius figured out something about the ceremony." James said apprehensively.

Reg and Izzie turned their heads towards Sirius in unison. So, he started telling them his suspicion. Izzie and Regulus frowned as they took in this information. Then they turned to look at each other and at the same time they said.

"The Latin phrase!"

"It must be." Regulus said.

The two of them started to converse in low whispers while the others looked at them with raised eyebrows. None of them could follow their conversation. It was in a fast speed, with short sentences, inaudible words.

"It looks like they have their own language." Evan mused with a chuckle. That made Izzie and Regulus snap out of it.

"Sorry, Reg and I -"

"It's okay, you don't have to explain." Remus kissed the top of her head. She smiled softly up at him before nuzzling her nose in his chest.

"It makes sense what Sirius said." Regulus spoke, breaking the silence. "Isabelle and I – We need to do research first, but I think we're on the right track."

"Uhm -" Remus scratched his neck nervously. "We kinda told Professor McGonagall and Pomfrey."

"What?!" Izzie nearly pushed Remus out of the bed.

"We had to, you two fell unconscious in class at the same time. They knew something was up." Remus said defensively. "Besides they can help."

"I- fine." Izzie crossed her arms over her chest. Sirius couldn't help but smile at her stubbornness. "So, Reg and I need to touch each other every hour or so, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, you fall unconscious again or worse." Lily said. "Did you feel your magic drain?"

"I did." They both said with a frown.

"But I wasn't sure it was connected to touching each other." Izzie said as she summoned a piece of parchment and started to write things down. "Can I go back to class?"

"No, Pomfrey was adamant you two stay here until dinner."

"Everyone worries too much. We're fine now, we can go to class." Izzie huffed. Regulus laughed softly and wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.

"It's just the first day of class, love. You won't miss a thing." He kissed her temple. Oh, how Sirius wanted to take his brother's place.