Apartment 3B

10. Hayley

A/N

Hi guys. This 'Author's Note' is before the chapter because I wanted to tell you (again) that the upcoming chapters will only be from one POV each. The narrator's name is the chapter. I've added some reminiscing to give more depth to our lovely roommates and build their roots. Hope you enjoy. Love you guys so much. All 5 of you.

I'm also revealing the cast I've chosen to play our characters, you're free to disagree and help me find someone more accurate.
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Presenting:
Young Mila Kunis as Hayley

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Luna and I had hugged our differences away after the terrible fight. I slipped away from Apartment 3B without any conversation when Kabir was in his room and the others had left. Even at work, I couldn't stop thinking about what Luna had said. You stole Derek from me. She knows why it happened, I don't understand why she'd bring it up. She's the only one who knows about my crippling need to be loved and to get approval. I sometimes couldn't even admit it to myself but even the boldest Hayley needed a rock. Ninety-nine percent of the time, she was it. But one percent also secretly wanted the whole monogamy charade. But for some reason, boys were often a big part of why we argued. I wondered why it affected her so much to bring it up years later, as I held my head in my hands, unable to work.

Six years and a few months earlier

"Hi, welcome guys," Luna opened the first doorbell and hugged the guests that had come for her sweet sixteen. We planned this for what felt like an eternity. It took both of us an entire evening to pick out (and create) decorations to have a Harry Potter themed party. We had grown up with these books and movies, so it didn't feel right to do anything else. We served apple juice and called it butter beer, the streamers out in her backyard were lined with handmade cut outs of lightning bolts, the snitch, Dobby's silhouette and Harry's glasses, all painted gold. We're extra, I'm not ashamed. The dining hall inside had four sets of streamers in each corner representing each house. We had divided ourselves into the four houses based on the colour of our clothes and Luna's mom organized team games. It sounds like we did it for a 12 year old but she was definitely turning 16. It was unbelievable how all the guests seemed to love this theme party because if I did it, I'd probably be made fun of but everyone loves Looney too much. My very own Looney Lovegood.

The games were going on and we had to choose partners for dancing on a sheet of newspaper. I went up to Derek and asked, "Hey, do you wanna dance with me?" And he nodded and took my waist. My Ravenclaw blue dress flowed from the waist down as his strong arms pulled me in. He had the most mesmerizing brown eyes and brown hair, the white shirt he wore became so much more sexy when he rolled up his sleeves. We hadn't even started dancing, I put my arms around his neck and he pulled me in. Before I could process it, he leaned in for a kiss and I was happy to be paid attention to. His lips were soft but felt rough, I liked how his tongue tasted against mine. The kiss was quickly cut short by an angry Luna and her golden-red Gryffindor coloured dress that pulled me apart from him.