way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y4 | 5 . Side-effects

SEX, DRUGS ETC — BEACH WEATHER
'Break the air to feel the fall, or just feel anything at all.'

Cassie walks down to the dungeons by herself, the murmur of students in each common room she passed. She tries to ignore how the scratching of the torches on the walls are pounding in her ears, and how she can still smell the leftover food from the feast in the hall. It's frustrating really, having no control over your senses. Perhaps she'll speak to Madame Pomfrey after classes tomorrow.

But for now, Cassie trails down to her dorm with the girls. They're all already in their pyjamas and chatting across the room. Cassie supposes she should tell them about Enzo, and maybe get some advice. It's not easy keeping all of this for yourself, Cassie thinks. Yes, Pansy already knows, but she hasn't had to the chance to exactly discuss it. Cassie wanders into their bathroom and changes into her pyjamas, then lays on her bed.

"Anything exciting happen with Berkshire that we should know about?" Tracey teases, a knowing smirk on her face.

"How the fuck does everyone notice that?" Cassie exclaims. "I literally looked at my brother and he could tell something happened with him."

"What happened?" Daphne demands, sitting up from where she was previously lying on the carpet doing her nails.

Cassie sighs, all of her dormmates' eyes on her. "When we went to Cornwall, it was late and neither of us could sleep. I was sitting downstairs by the fire and Enzo just came and sat next to me." Cassie explains. "We were just talking, nothing interesting." she shrugs. "But I asked him why he couldn't sleep, and guess what he said."

"Err— 'You were on my mind'?" Lexi guesses.

"Not quite— but bloody close." Cassie laughs, and immediately the girls' eyes widen. "He said 'Couldn't stop thinking about you, if I'm honest.' and then, erm— I might've kissed him."

Everyone squeals at once, and Cassie thinks she might go deaf. They all jump up and hug her at once, even Pansy, who already knew all of this. "That's amazing!" Daphne cries. "I'm so happy!" Lexi follows. "About time!" Tracey adds. Cassie has no choice but to laugh.

"So are you two like... together yet?" Pansy asks after everyone pulls away and sits closer.

"No, we said we'd talk about it another day. We still haven't talked about it. I almost kissed him again at the World Cup, but of course, Cedric had to ruin it." Cassie sighs.

"Classic big brother antics, I s'pose." Lexi shrugs.

"Yeah, but bloody annoying. I don't know what to do now, though. I can't just talk to him about it, not yet anyways." Cassie frowns.

"I say just see how this week goes, if you decide you don't want to be in a relationship with him by the end of the week then tell him that. But if you do..." Daphne smiles, raising an eyebrow for dramatic effect.

Cassie brings her knees to her chest and rests her head on her arms. "It's all too much for me to think about." she groans. "But yeah, I'll give it a week."

—

The first day of classes go smoothly, Cassie thinks. Their particular trio terrorise poor Sinistra in Astronomy as per, and get taken 20 points away from their house by Snape in Potions, but what's their life if not a little exciting?

After last period, which was a very boring Transfiguration theory lesson, Cassie heads to the Owlery with a letter she wrote to Sirius. It reads:

Dear Padfoot,

How are you both? I'm doing alright here, but still wanted to talk to you. Hogwarts has been chosen to host the Triwizard Tournament this year! Exciting, right? Mattheo is annoyed he can't enter, but he wouldn't last anyways. Only students over seventeen are allowed to put their names in. I bloody hope Cedric doesn't enter because we all know how that'll end.