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Thursday 11:02
lily: come to zumba with me 🥺
cas: lol no 😘
lily: u get to watch marls dance for 45 mins
lily: it involves lots of hip swaying
cas: 11:45 right?
cas: i'll meet you there
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"Does Marls always play so much Shakira?" Dorcas whispered to Lily as she stumbled through the choreography, the faint tune of 'Waka Waka' sounding over Marlene's voice.
"Sirius does the playlists, actually," Lily replied, moving her arms back and forth above her head.
"And hand, hand, hip, hip! Step out! Step in!" Marlene shouted from the front of the room, clapping their hands as they observed the class. Beside them, Sirius demonstrated the movements, looking much more well-practiced than the rest of the lot.
"Dorcas! Sharper!"
"Sorry! Sorry!" Dorcas said, stiffening her shoulders, her eyes blown wide. Lily stifled a laugh as she punched her fists up into the air, earning a thumbs-up from Marlene.
"Jump to the side!" Marlene ordered, facing the mirror now and moving along with them.
Dorcas caught on quickly after that, getting into the groove of things and having fun with it. Lily caught (on multiple occasions) her eyes locked with Marlene's in the mirror, the both of them smiling like idiots.
"Incredible class you two!" Lily applauded Sirius and Marlene as the other students filed out of the studio, while Lily and Dorcas made their way up the front.
"Definitely a good workout," Dorcas said between deep breaths, leaning her head onto Marlene's shoulder.
"Think you'll sign up for the weekly lessons?" Sirius grinned, unplugging his phone from the aux and beginning to scroll through his missed messages.
"Eh, we'll see," Dorcas winced, "Depends on how sore I am tomorrow."
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"It's like, half of the song is just her saying 'La la la' over and over again," Dorcas whined as they walked out of the campus gym, workout bags slung over their shoulders.
"You better not tell Marls or Sirius any of this Shakira slander," Lily joked.
"I'd never dream of it," Dorcas laughed back.
They took the long way around the circle of university buildings to get to the cafe, enjoying the relatively nice weather the beginning of spring was dragging in. Caught up in conversation, Lily herself was surprised when James' voice came calling them up to the counter.
"Dorcas! Evans force you along to the gym?" James said jovially, already scribbling an order onto a cup.
"Mm yeah. She had to bribe me and everything," Dorcas nudged Lily, who simply rolled her eyes.
"Same as last time, Evans?" James said, raising an eyebrow. He spun the cup around to face her, where she could see where his handwriting had scrawled out her order perfectly.
"Um— yeah, thanks," Lily nodded. She grabbed a granola bar from the stand in front of the register and tossed that onto the counter as Dorcas ordered.
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The Story Of Us
FanfictionJames and Lily meet through their respective best friends teaching zumba at the university gym together. As their friend groups merge, it becomes harder and harder for Lily to deny that she's warmed to the posh-boy's affections. A modern-day, Muggle...
