That Goddamn Twinkle - ENZO BERKSHIRE

࣪𖤐 Y5 | 2 . the commencement of fifth year

➵ LITTLE FREAK- HARRY STYLES
'i was thinking about who you are, your delicate point of view, i was thinking about you.'

The full moon wasn't as bad as Rory had anticipated. Victoria managed to heal multiple of her wounds as soon as she arrived back at headquarters the following morning. After she gave Rory permission to leave her pestering care, she went straight upstairs to greet Harry.

Rory hobbled her way up the stairs, clutching her stomach as the wounds stretched. This time, she didn't have any deep wounds on her face. They were all over her stomach and legs.

She carefully opened the door to Ron's bedroom, hearing chatter inside. Rory's lip curled into a wide grin as Harry spun around to see her. "Rory!" He grinned, bringing her into a hug.

"Careful, full moon last night." she managed to get out.

He immediately loosened his grip, pulling away. "Sorry."

After Rory and Harry calmed down, she sat next to Enzo on the carpet whilst Harry explained everything. He had only come back from his hearing fifteen minutes ago. He was attacked by dementors in Little Whinging— he used the patronus charm on them but Harry's cousin, Dudley, was in his presence. At first, he was expelled from Hogwarts. But luckily, Dumbledore scheduled a formal hearing at the ministry to decide the outcome. Fortunately for Harry, Dumbledore fought hard and got Fudge to drop all charges.

"Good thing Dumbledore was there, eh?" Rory smiled. As much as she hated the bastard, he did manage to get Harry out of a lot of trouble.

"Yeah, I probably wouldn't be going back to Hogwarts this year if it wasn't for him." Harry replied. As Rory spoke to Harry, Enzo wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into his chest. He drew circles on her hip with his finger as she laughed.

He kept kissing her cheek or her collarbone every time she didn't pay attention to him for two seconds. He knew exactly what he was doing. "Why are you being so flirty?" Rory chuckled, turning to face Enzo, their faces dangerously close.

"I don't know what you mean." he smiled.

Rory laughed, "You're lucky I am extremely, utterly and completely in love with you, Berkshire."

This only made him smile more, leaning closer to her face. His lips skimmed mine and Rory leant in to kiss him- but he stopped her, his lips still against hers. "I love you." He whispered.

"I love you more. Now shut up and kiss me."

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Rory's heart pounded with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. It felt horrible arriving on platform nine and three quarters without her brother at her side. Every year for the past four years, Cedric had walked through that wall with her. This year, she had to do it with his ghost.

Rory took a deep breath, bracing herself. Her knuckles had turned burgundy from her unintentional tight grip on her trunk trolley.

In reality, Rory wasn't going through the platform alone. She had Enzo and her dads. If anything, she was the complete opposite of alone.

Rory wasn't alone. Rory was lonely.

She was lonely in the sense that her brain was so against her that it had convinced her into being more glum and low-energised. She was lonely in the sense that there was one person that she didn't have by her side, and that completely sabotaged her own mind. Rory was lonely in the sense that she didn't have the comfort of her big brother with her, which was something she had gone her whole life with.

"Can I speak to you quickly, pup?" Sirius asked, motioning to a room off the side of the platform. Rory nodded and followed behind him into the dull room. She took a seat next to him, unsure of what he was about to say. "I know going back to school this year isn't going to be easy, Rory. I can see it on your face, you hate the idea of wandering the Hogwarts halls without the comfort of knowing your brother is alive and well. You hate the thought of being an only-child and it's killing you."