Pay Attention Jauregui! (Harry Potter!AU)

Chapter 28

Exam week arrived much quicker than anyone anticipated, luckily most of the students were more than ready for it, there were of course the last minute panic attacks. Camila forgot to put socks on the morning of her Arithmancy exam, Dinah managed to wear her shirt inside out for the whole of one day without noticing and even the normally laid back Normani ended up wearing odd socks for the potions exam.

It was as they moved out of the potions exam that Normani, Camila and Lauren relaxed, Dinah having not taken Potions as one of her NEWT options was due to meet them in the dining hall. For once, Lauren was the most organized and in control of things, between her Quidditch practices and the exams she was too busy to give thought to worrying, Normani of course found this extremely annoying.

"How are you so together about all of this Lo? I mean you are the same Lo that I had to physically stop from panicking before her first date right?"

Flushing slightly, the Ravenclaw sat down at the long table they usually frequented and shrugged.

"I guess this stuff doesn't bother me, I mean tests aren't scary compared to...well, other stuff that can happen. I mean if you fail a test, you just retake it."

Camila smiled happily, proud of how together her girlfriend was, more so as she now knew exactly how much stress the Ravenclaw normally carried around with her, or had until they'd gotten her away from her parents. She leant into the older Latina and kissed her cheek, Lauren smiled at her while Normani made what she thought of as the appropriate gagging sounds.

"That's gross, you two do know that if you don't stop soon then you could end up stuck like that?"

Her only answer was for Lauren to pull Camila in for a proper kiss, one she deliberately deepened as she heard her older friend make a sound of disgust. Camila smiled into the kiss and eventually pulled away shooting a triumphant smirk at the exhausted looking Slytherin.

"I believe that such a fate would not actually bother us. You however are unusually grumpy today Normani, is it just exam stress or are you feeling sexually frustrated?"

Normani glared hard at Camila while Lauren choked on her mouthful of tea, sadly it was becoming an all too familiar theme for the older Latina as Camila was making it a habit to say inappropriate things at inappropriate times. As such the little Gryffindor merely reached out and patted her back soothingly as she looked at Normani, waiting for an answer.

"Cabello, first of all my moods are none of your business and secondly even if I were sexually frustrated, do you honestly think I'd tell you?"

Camila sighed and handed Lauren a tissue so she could wipe her streaming eyes.

"I'm only asking as your friend Normani, I would hope that if you needed any help you would at least consider asking me."

The Slytherin shook her head, but this time it was with fond exasperation. Camila Cabello certainly took some getting used to and she had a lot to learn about when it was appropriate to say certain things...hopefully before she inadvertently choked her girlfriend.

"Cabello, you and I have gotz to have a conversation sometime about conversational barriers, and how you need to learn some!"

They both saw Lauren nod in agreement and two sets of dark brown eyes swivelled towards her, one amused and the other looking slightly apologetic, Camila sighed and tried not to pout.

"I don't see why it's such a big problem...but I certainly didn't mean any offence, I just wanted to make sure things were okay between you and Dinah. You are both of our friends and we worry about you."

Smiling at the worried tone, Normani reached across and lightly punched Camila's shoulder, which was basically the Kordei version of a hand squeeze.