Bubblegum ➳ Remus Lupin

[08.] Bloody Owls

VIOLET COULDN'T HELP but frown slightly as Alice pranced around their dorm wearing one of her knitted sweaters. It was mid November and the climate had drastically changed, meaning that all her friends now had an excuse to wear every single one of Violet's oversized sweaters. Currently, Alice was wearing one of Violet's favorite sweaters, but the redhead refused to acknowledge that the sweater clashed horribly with the rest of Alice's outfit.

"I think I made a mistake Vi." Alice spoke as she spotted her best friend standing in the doorway.

"By wearing that sweater with those pants?"

Alice glared at her as she stomped her foot. "No! The outfit is fine, my issue here is with Frank!" She yelled in frustration. Violet closed the dorm door and led her best friend towards the middle of the room. "Sit." Violet commanded as they both sat across from each other. "What's going on with you and Frank?"

"We got into a huge argument two nights ago."

"What was it about?"

"Uh... You."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Frank thinks I'm spending more time with you than with him. And when I tried to reason with him stating that you were my best friend, and you need me just as much as he does, if not more, he started to yell at me and he went on and on about how I didn't appreciate him and that I preferred a friend over my boyfriend. He even nearly made me choose between you and him! And when I refused to do so,  he gave me a deadly look before he stalked off and he hasn't bothered to talk to me ever since." Alice cried out, tears brimming in her brown eyes.

Violet took in the information, anger slowly building up, yet no emotion was shown on her face. She had noticed that her best friend had been sad since Tuesday night, but didn't think much about it until now. She couldn't help but feel guilty that it was her fault that Alice was having problems with Frank. "So that's why he's been glaring at me non stop."

Alice sniffed and nodded. Violet sighed as she grabbed her wand off of her bed and she began to get up. "Well I'm going to go out and kill him."

"What? No! You can't kill him Vi." Alice spoke softly as she wiped her tears away quickly, not wanting to give her best friend another reason on why she should go hurt Frank. 

"He hurt you! He made you cry for Merlin's sake! Franks job as your boyfriend is to cherish you, and love you and make sure he never ever harms you in anyway, both emotionally and physically. But look at what he did. He hurt my best friend, even after I warned him, and I'll be damned if I allow him to get away with that." Violet ran down the stairs, as fast as she could, before she made her way towards the boys dormitories, barging into the exact dorm that belonged to the Marauders and Frank.

The five boys who sat around gossiping, suddenly  jumped at the sound of the door being slammed open. They all quickly shot up and turned their full attention to the furious redhead who looked ready to kill. "You bloody bastard." She growled as she spotted the poor boy sitting on the edge of his bed. 

Frank gulped as a look of fright flashed his face and he started at the angry girl before him. He knew he was in deep trouble, and there was no way he was getting out of this one. 

"You think you can just make my best friend cry whenever you bloody want to? Huh? Do you think it's okay to force her to choose between her boyfriend and her best friend? Why don't you enlighten me and explain why I was the cause of your bloody fight before I hex you until I'm certain you won't see daylight again, Longbottom!"

The other four boys watched in amazement as their  friend threatened Frank, not once lowering her wand to hear his explanation. They knew Frank was done for, whether he explained it or not, Frank will unfortunately be in the hospital wing for the remainder of the year. 

"W-Who, Who." Frank stared, not being able to get the words out. 

"Who? Who? What are you, a fucking owl?"

 When Violet replied to Frank's first sentence, Sirius and James completely lost it. They began to laugh uncontrollably, and regretted it the second Violet twirled around. "If you two don't shut up, I'll turn you two into bloody owls. Understood?"  The two boys shut up quickly and nodded.

"Who told you? And where is she?" Frank finally asked, holding his breath.

"Are you bloody stupid? In case if you have forgotten, your girlfriend is my best friend you dimwit! And thanks to you, she in our dorm currently crying because of you!"

Frank sighed as he tried to continue his explanation. "She's crying? Oh, Merlin what have I done? I didn't mean to get in an argument with her! I just had a really bad day and I took it out on the first person I saw, and it just happened to be Alice and I've been wanting to apologize but I'm not sure how to, and I'm terribly sorry that I included you in the argument, I was just jealous at the fact that you get to spend more time with my girlfriend than I can!" Violet,  can you just tell Alice I love her and that I'm sorry?" Frank spilled out quickly, panicking as he watched her process his words.

Violet stayed silent, no emotion written on her face. Without another word, she turned around and walked towards the doorway. Frank let out the breath he forgot he was holding. Frank was really glad Violet had decided not to attack him.

When she reached the doorway, she flicked her wand, sending multiple jinxes and curses Frank's way, not forgetting the Knee-reversal hex and her all time favorite, the Bat-Bogey hex. "Do enjoy your time in the Hosptial Wing. You'll be in there for a while Longbottom."