Pay Attention Jauregui! (Harry Potter!AU)

Chapter 4

As soon as the bell signaled the end of Arithmancy class, Lauren groaned exaggeratedly in relief and forgoing her usual methodical tidying just swept her quill and scroll into her bag, at her best friends chuckle, she glared.

"It's not funny Mani, this subject is just...nonsensical, I mean, why use numbers in place of words in the first place, they're meant to be different! It's the whole point of numbers is making more numbers and words making sentences."

Normani looked on with amusement as Lauren continued to rant, unaware that at the desk next to them, Camila was smiling slightly at the normally academically excellent Latina's meltdown.

"I mean...it's like putting a shark in with a...an elephant, it's not right and it doesn't work, ugh! Why did I ever let my parents talk me into taking this stupid class at the advanced level when I only just got past the OWL's!"

Rolling her dark eyes, the Slytherin examined her nails and blew out a bored breath as she waited for Lo to stop ranting.

"You agreed because you wanted to keep your fucktard of a father happy and as Arithmancy has numbers in it and he can understand it, it's the one subject he insisted on, I'm telling you Lo, it will all change when you find your balls."

It really was just poor timing that Camila walked over to join them along with Louis when Lauren let loose the next sentence.

"Why are you so obsessed with my balls Mani? Seriously, first you threaten to give me an elephant dick, then you keep going on about my balls, if I didn't know better I'd say the idea of me with balls and a dick is something you think about far too much."

Taking the silence as a sign of victory the Latina smirked and looked up from fastening her bag...to find Normani grinning evilly, Louis gaping and Camila looking unaccountably flustered.

"Oh...dear, um hey Louis, Camz, ah, we were just um discussing...some stuff?"

The Ravenclaw trailed off and paid more attention to the strap of her bag than was actually warranted, and although the sight of the normally unflappable Lauren Jauregui dying of embarrassment was amusing as hell, Louis couldn't leave his friend to flounder alone and so he wrapped an arm round her shoulders and pausing to squeeze her shoulder comfortingly. He turned his gaze onto Normani.

"You know Kordei, she does have a point, for someone who spends all their time in the company of Dinah, you do tend to talk an awful lot about male genitalia."

Lauren smiled gratefully at Louis as the focus of the bizarre conversation switched to Normani, for once the dark girl was not in control of things and it was fun to watch...well it was fun for Lauren to watch anyway.

"Shut up Tomlinson! Besides which I don't bat exclusively for either team as you know, it just so happens that at the moment I spend all my time with DJ as she's the only one in this school worth my time."

So saying she grabbed up her bag and with a dangerous swish of her dark hair she stormed out, Camila was the only one it had an effect on, the others were used to it by now.

"Wow...she's really mad, isn't she?"

Louis laughed and shaking his head, patted Camila's shoulder.

"Nah, you just have to get used to her. Normani would be nothing if not for her attitude. We all know she's softer than a marshmallow but she insists on projecting this mega bitch attitude, and it's important that she thinks we believe it."

He shrugged and Lauren nodded, before adding.

"We all know she knows that we know that she isn't really that tough, but we all have to pretend...uh could you follow that because when I hear it in my head it makes sense but out loud...not so much."