IT'S MAGIC ❤︎ WHY DONT WE

twenty eight

all third year students were gathering together, about to head on their way to hogsmeade. the group of eight stood giggling together as mcgonagall spoke to all students. "first stop is honeydukes for sure! all the candy ever." corbyn whispered to zach and daniel, "watch me crash from a sugar high tonight." zach giggled. filch lead all the students to the carriages and they were on their way.

"so, professor lupin, you're telling me he is gay. i mean you know that for a fact?" gabriela questioned zach, "i know it for a fact. he told me." the blonde ravenclaw then spoke, "but why would he have told you? i mean that's a bit random to just tell your students like that."

"because... he asked about you know, what the boggart had turned into for me–" christina interrupted him, "yeah what was that? i was expecting the clown from that movie you showed us. you know because you are scared of it." she teased him. "you're talking about the it mini-series. yeah that clown is scary. but no."

"it was my father. i– i keep having this dream of him yelling at me and-and hurting me when he finds out that i'm... and my brother and sister are standing there, reese is crying and my brother is just frozen there. my mum does her best to help me but it doesn't work. i– i'm terrified of what my family will do when they find out." zach explained.

"when professor lupin asked me, i told him and he let me just confide in him and to make me feel a bit better he told me that he had a boyfriend when he was at school here. and that he's still in love with him to this day but he's gone." all the girls sighed sadly, "that's awful!"

•••

they arrived in hogsmeade and instantly scrambled to find honeydukes. "woah! this place is packed!" daniel geeked out at the amount of candy in almost every inch of the store. "you ready for a sugar high seavey?" corbyn teased, "you're on besson." and the four boys all rushed off to gather as much candy as they could afford.

"you lads are going to be so sick tonight." tate shook her head at them, "well you are more than welcome to join us tate." jonah told her. daniel walked out of the store momentarily, breathing in some fresh air when someone bumped into him. "hey! can you–" he stopped speaking when he met eyes with jack.

neither of them said a word, they just stared at each other; and for a split moment, daniel could have sworn he saw something in jack's eyes. regret. his eyes seemed to show pain and guilt. but it was gone in an instant, covered by a rude scoff and walking away.

jack walked away feeling guilt, missing his best friend. but there was nothing to be done. they're not friends anymore. jack is with draco and daniel has his group of friends. but jack found himself thinking back to before they started at hogwarts, their friendship was everything to the both of them. clearly not anymore.

•••

returning to the school, the four boys rushed to the astronomy tower, laying out all the candy they bought and wasting no time in digging in. "dani, you okay? you've been quiet since we left honeydukes." corbyn wondered, "y-yeah, i'm fine. just... i bumped into jack and it was weird."

"did the git–" "jonah." zach stopped him, the gryffindor stayed silent for a second before speaking again, "did he say anything?" he corrected himself. "no, it was just... it was weird. he looked almost... sad." daniel thought back to the encounter, plainly seeing the regret in the boy's eyes.

"don't get sucked in okay? he's a real git for treating you the way he did." said corbyn. the four carried on stuffing themselves with candy and chocolate until they felt like puking.

they spent hours in the tower telling stupid scary ghost stories, ridiculous jokes and teasing one another. it was a fun night until zach got a severe stomach pain that made him want to scream bloody murder. he clutched his stomach and doubled over in pain.

"zach? are you okay? what's going on?" jonah inquired, worried for their friend. but zach couldn't speak he was in too much pain. he was panting and groaning from the severe anguish he felt. "hey, hey... let's get you to the hospital wing okay?"

although, before they could help him up, the pain stopped. "wait.. wait. i– i'm okay." he said in a breathy tone, "no you're not. what the bloody hell was that?!" daniel disagreed, "p-probably from too much candy. i'm okay. really."

he wasn't okay. but he didn't want to concern his friends. so he decided to talk to professor lupin tomorrow instead.

•••

jack couldn't sleep that night. all that was on his mind was his encounter with daniel earlier that day. he had his guard down, his emotions –his real emotions– were showing in that moment.

he can't stop thinking about his old memories with the gryffindor. before they separated. before they hated each other. as much as he wanted to turn time back and keep them from being torn apart, he couldn't. but he didn't necessarily want to turn back either.

all he knew is that he's torn. unsure if he made the right decision two years ago. and as much as he and draco were friends and had each other's back. talking to draco about whatever bothered him... it wasn't the same as talking to daniel.

he can see in himself that he's changed, but he is unsure if he likes the new him. the him that was created when finding out about his real father.

jack has never even met the man, but he wants to make him proud in some way. he just felt this desperate want to make him proud of his son.