IT'S MAGIC ❤︎ WHY DONT WE

thirty

more and more over the next week, zach felt as if he had no control. his emotions were everywhere, the necklace couldn't even help him. that pain he felt in his stomach kept appearing. so he went to professor lupin after classes one day.

he knocked on the door to the professor's office, it opening seconds later. "zach, hello. interested in a cup of tea?" he welcomed the student inside his office.

"uh, professor, i came to ask you a question." zach nervously spoke, "of course! what is it?" professor took a seat next to his student, awaiting the question. "lately i've been getting these... these pains. in my stomach but it's not like a stomach ache. and-and my emotions seem to be spiraling." he started.

"christina gave me this necklace first year that is charmed to help keep you calm because i am quite an anxious person. but the necklace doesn't seem to be helping with this, i feel like i can't keep control. and i was wondering if you knew what this meant."

professor lupin sat silent for a moment, "well i think your question is better to be answered by madam pomfrey–" but zach cut him off. "professor i know you're a werewolf." he stated, shocking the older. "h-how?" he stuttered.

"oh please. i was raised in the muggle world. do you have any idea how many films i've seen with werewolves? teen wolf was the best film. i know that when you disappear and don't teach your classes it's always right around the full moon. i see the scars that seem to appear every time you come back. i know, professor."

lupin was shocked, none of his students knew. not even his friends back in school knew for the first year. but this student figured it out in the first several months. "okay, well then. zach if i'm being honest i don't know what it is you're experiencing. but i can do some research and do my best to help." lupin suggested, his student nodding. "okay, thank you professor."

•••

corbyn and christina walked side by side through the corridors. they quietly talked to each other about sneaking out after hours together. "so it's a date." corbyn smiled as she blushed, "it's a date besson." christina agreed, giggling.

"we need to find someone for zach! who do you think?" christina changed the subject to their hufflepuff buddy. "i'm not sure. but it has to be someone who is a good person, you know. not like avery or any of those gits." corbyn cringed.

the hufflepuff shook her head, "of course not. you know zach, he'd never go out with any of them. they're all too mean, especially to him." as they continued walking, they ended up being joined by daniel and kay.

"did you guys hear what happened in the courtyard?" kay asked the two, "no, what happened?" christina asked back. "we don't know! everyone's talking about something that happened in the courtyard but no one will tell us what happened!" daniel let out an exasperated sigh.

corbyn only chuckled, "i'm sure it's just peeves playing jokes like always." he shook his head. "hey where's the others?" christina asked the two gryffindors. "tate's probably in study hall. i'm not sure about gabriela or jonah. but zach's running around with loony last i saw." the brunette answered.

the four continued walking through the corridors, passing by jack and draco with their little slytherin posse behind them. thankfully today, nothing was said. to each other at least.

once they were out of hearing distance daniel mumbled, "sick rotten git." the words were like venom, getting it out of his system feels better. "what's that daniel?" kay inquired, "jack. he said he'd hurt zach if i told anyone–"

"told anyone what?" corbyn questioned before daniel could even finish. "memories. of how he was as a kid. before he was sorted to slytherin." the brunette sighed. "like what?" christina chimed in.

daniel shook his head quickly. "no. no i can't. if anyone were to hear me, i don't know what he'd do to zach." he denied them, "so you're just gonna let him control you?" kay scoffed.

"what would you do if he told you he would hurt zach. or any of us." the other three stayed silent, daniel was right. they all would do it. "i would go as far as dying for any of you. if that's what it took to keep you lot from being hurt."

"okay no. don't go off dying okay daniel?" christina wagged her finger at him and they all chuckled. "i'm not gonna die chrissy don't worry." daniel shook his head again.

as the four walked further down the corridor, gabriela came rushing up to them. "merlin! did you hear about the courtyard?! it's preposterous!" the hufflepuff's eyes were wide of astonishment. "you know what happened? what is it?"

gabriela had to catch her breath for a moment before speaking again, "cedric diggory kissed a third year boy!" she exclaimed. "isn't diggory a sixth year?" corbyn inquired, "yeah and he's like... super popular too." christina told.

"who was it? who was the boy?" kay was desperate to know. she had been guilty of stealing a few looks at him. he was quite dreamy. "i don't know. no one does." gabriela shrugged.

in that moment zach had come to join them, "hello you lot. what's the topic?" he asked cheerfully. "cedric diggory kissed a third year boy in the courtyard but no one knows who it is." christina enlightened him. "oh really? lucky them, he's so cute." zach giggled.

truth was, zach knew exactly who it was. he knew because it was him. cedric had kissed him. zach couldn't be happier right now. only reason he didn't tell his friends is because he finds it fun knowing something they don't.

"where's tate and jonah?" zach asked, changing the subject. "tate's in study hall no doubt. but we honestly have no idea where jonah is." daniel told the hufflepuff. "maybe he's in the common room?" kay suggested, thinking of places the boy could be. "he's probably reading some book zach gave him." gabriela added on.

"oh that's true. i did give him a really good one the other day." zach nodded, chuckling lightly.