Dirty Mouth, Dirty Blood [h.g]

twenty two

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Then

Daphne flopped down on her bed, letting out a light laugh.

"Wasn't the Yule Ball simply fantastic? Blaise and I had the best time, oh, and the music!"

Carina was pretty sure Daphne had gotten into the boys' stash of Fire Whiskey, and her suspicions were confirmed when she tugged her dress off, laying on her bed in only her underwear.

Carina's breath caught in her throat, looked up, down, at her hands, anywhere but Daphne. If the other girls got suspicious Carina was ruined.

But Daphne's eyes were the bluest Carina had ever seen, and her gaze kept straying to the brunette.

Carina finally decided to leave the dorm, preferring a late night stroll in her pajamas to the risk of having her sexuality be discovered.

Carina's bare feet padded along the stone hallways, hair still curling slightly around her fingers.

Someone clearing their throat brought Carina's attention away from her hair and to a young Asian girl Carina recognized as from Beauxbatons.

"May I help you?" Carina asked casually, examining the girl's dyed red hair appraisingly.

"Yes, actually. My name is Alouette. You go to 'ogwarts, yes?"

The girl's French accent was music to Carina's ears as she sashayed towards Alouette. "That I do. What do you need?"

"I was vondering if you could, 'ow you say, show me ze ropes?"

"The ropes? As in, how Hogwarts works?" Carina questioned, leaning against the wall next to Alouette.

"Yes. Ze ropes. I vill repay you, I promise." Alouette said, running her hand down Carina's arm gently.

Carina raised an eyebrow. "All right. To your left you have the Transfiguration room."

Carina lost her virginity to Alouette that night. The next day, they nodded at each other in passing, but no words were exchanged. Carina found the concept of virginity pointless, and Alouette wasn't new to the way a girl's body worked.

A simple nod was all that was needed.

Now

"You sure you want to do this, Granger?" Carina asked, hand in hand with Hermione.

"Yes. It's the only way to keep them safe while the four of us go off on a hunt for Horcruxes." Hermione said shakily.

"Once again, I did not agree to that," Carina teased, but it lacked the usual malice. She was about to meet Hermione's parents.

"Let me do it, 'Mione." Carina said after a moment of silence

"I can do it myself!" Hermione said indignantly.

"I never said you couldn't," Carina reassured, "I am simply saying that, were it not to work, it would be best for your parents to think that a stranger used horrible magic on them, rather than their own daughter."

Hermione nodded slowly. "Alright, let's get this over with." Hermione opened the front door carefully. "Mom, Dad, I have someone I want you to meet."

Carina waited patiently while they embraced their daughter, commenting on how grown-up she looked. Hermione was near tears when she stepped back next to Carina. A discreet nod was all the conformation Carina needed.

"Obliviate."