𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚 || 𝘳.𝘢.𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬

047. jamie diggory

No.

Why not?

Maria huffs at his response and looks at him, swing he's already looking at her.

We're in lesson

After lesson

I'm busy after lesson

You're never busy after lesson

Fuck you Regulus

when and where?

Maria lets out an annoyed breath from her nose as she pushes her tongue against her lip, before smirking slightly.

Tonight

"Wait—really?" Regulus whispers almost excitedly and she looks at him.

"No, of course not." Maria rolls her eyes and goes back to writing her notes. Regulus huffs, going back to twirling his ring around his finger before his eyes widen and he looks at Maria's hand, his lips twitching when he spots the serpent ring still securely on her middle finger.

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Walking down the almost empty hallway towards the library, Maria suddenly collided with someone taller and her books and notes fall messily onto the ground making her groan exasperatedly and look up to give the person a piece of her mind but sees nothing.

Frowning, she looks down and sees a boy with light brunette hair scrambling to pick up all of her stuff before he stands up with a breath of success and hands them to her. She notices his Hufflepuff tie and robes as well as the fact he has dark brown eyes.

"Hi—uh wow—you don't know me, I mean you probably know my cousin—but he's gone now—not dead! But just left here a few years ago—"

"I know who you are, Diggory." Maria says with an amused look and the boy in front of her lets out a breath with a smile.

"Oh, right." He says, rubbing the back of his neck. "It's good, the book." He points at her copy of 'Pride and Prejudice' and she smiles slightly.

"Yeah, I know." She shrugs, the books feeling heavier now. "I should, probably—get to the library."

"Oh—yeah, of course." Jamie says quickly and she laughs quietly as she passes him and he gives her an awkward wave.
Finally reaching the place she dreads going every day, she sees Alyssa sat with Stan as she looks to be tired and talking slowly to the blonde boy who looks half asleep — probably just trying to get him to understand.

She smiles at the sight before walking over and sitting opposite them, letting her books drop onto the wooden table with a loud bang that got them looks from Madam Pince.

"Oh, you're here." Alyssa says in relief. "He won't listen—I'm trying to explain the benefits of wolfsbane potion for werewolves but he's not—are you sleeping?"

Maria rolls her eyes as Stan frantically claims that he was just 'resting his eyes' from all the reading as she opens her muggle studies book but frowns as something dawns on her.

"If you're here, where's Reggi—Regulus?" Maria asks inquisitively and Stan shrugs.

"Said he was going some place to think."

Maria knows exactly where he is so she excuses herself from the duo who look after her not needing to question her whereabouts as she hurries out of the double doors. Dropping her books off at the Gryffindor tower on the way, she arrives at the astronomy tower and folds her arms tightly, hugging her jumper closer to her skin that's already decorated with goosebumps. She feels her breathing hitch when she sees him how he always is, his elbows resting on the railing as he leans forwards with a cigarette between his lips and a black hoodie covering his top half.