Rosekiller

Sixth Year|Twenty-Eight|What The Fuck, Evan?

All you gotta do
All you gotta do
All you gotta do now
All you gotta do now
Ooh sing out Hare Hare
Ooh dance the Hoochie Koo

Monday, January 10th, 1977

Evan hadn't spoken to anyone in a week. Barty was beginning to get worried.

Regulus suspected it was another one of Evan's episodes, triggered by Pandora's absence. And it very well could have been, but Barty sensed there was something else going on.

Evan hadn't attended any classes since he came back from being home. Every day, Barty grew increasingly more worried about him.

Barty and Regulus had been bringing Evan his homework (which one of them ended up doing for him), and didn't tell him anything about Pandora.

Pandora had been hanging out with Lily Evans. Barty had had one conversation with Panda, and it ended up with Barty and Pandora standing outside Barty's dorm, hesitating to go in.

Barty chased after Pandora after their potions class was let out.

"Panda!" He shouted after her. The blond girl turned around and stiffened when she saw Barty.

"Uhm. Hi" Pandora said in her usual dreamy voice.

"Where the fuck have you been?" Barty asked, embracing her roughly.

"I've been staying with the Evans, because I was kicked out. I figured Evan would have told you..?" Pandora answered, hugging back.

"He said you got kicked out. Does he know where you've been?" Barty asked.

"No. I haven't been able to tell him, seeing as he hasn't been attending his lessons. And I don't have the courage to actually face him" Pandora explained.

"Merlin. Evan is literally falling apart because of your absence. He's not doing his homework, he's not getting out of bed, he's not talking to anyone, like he's mute. He's been wearing the same jumper since he got home! And your excuse is you don't have the courage?" Barty felt his blood boiling. He didn't know it was possible for him to be angry at Pandora, but here he was.

"I-He's been wearing the same jumper? For a week?" Pandora asked, disregarding everything else Barty said.

"Yeah"

"Fuck," Pandora rubbed her eyes, stressed. "It's not one of those sleeveless ones you have, is it?".

"No? It's too big for him, if anything. The sleeves are past his hands"

"Oh fuck, Evan" Pandora muttered to herself. She buried her head in her hands for a moment and then started walking away.

Barty followed her, confused. She walked to the Slytherin common room, and to the boys dorms. She was going relatively quick, but when she reached for Barty's door handle, she just couldn't touch it, let alone turn it and enter.

So now they were here. Barty got sick of standing there, so he turned the handle himself and pushed her in.

"For fucks sakes, Barty. I don't wanna hear you with a random hookup right now" Evan groaned from behind closed curtains. Of course that was the first thing Evan would've said to him after awhile.

"One, that would mean I would be cheating on you. Which I would never do. Two, it's your sister" Barty responded, trying to sound as kind as he could.

Evan went quiet again. After a moment, they heard rustling from his bed. They watched him get up and go into the bathroom.