From Eden - Regulus Black (Complete)

Chapter Forty-Four

ARGUMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Anne's grin was certainly a lot creepier than Lily Evans had expected once she woke up in the middle of the night and went down to the Common Room once she saw the bed beside hers empty, only to find Anne perched up on a chair, legs near to her chest with an odd grin and a piece of parchment in hands.

"Anne?" she called out. The girl jumped, smile disappearing as she turned with her eyes wide. "It's three in the morning, you cannot spend the night reading love letters. Go back to bed. Read them during the day, please."

Anne chuckled.

"Not love letters," she said. "Good news."

"And it cannot wait?" Lily asked.

"Too good of a news to be ignored, Lily," she answered, smiling at Lily this time.

It's still a bit out of place, the excited smile in the middle of the night being illuminated by the dying fire of the Common Room fireplace. The mess of red hair and white skin blushed out of the heat of the fire made the situation even weirder.

"What news?"

"Let's just say that I know where something I've been looking for is," Anne said. "Now, I only need to find a way to get it."

"And you can tell me what it is or where it is?"

"No," Anne answered sincerely. "If I told you, we would both be in danger. So, I'll keep that to myself and all the danger to myself, thank you. What I can tell you is that this is good for a lot of people."

Lily sighed, going to sit down on the sofa, looking at Anne smiling at the letter like a maniac.

"It's late. Come on, let's go back to bed, okay? I was worried when I didn't see you bed. I thought you had gone to Regulus," she said, pulling her feet up on the couch, knees touching her chest.

Anne folded the letter and laughed a bit.

"I don't think I'm that quick to jump on people's bed, Lily," she said, eyebrows arching to not let her see the actual hurt that she felt. "I just needed some alone time. I might go up later, but I don't know. I'm not all that sleepy anymore." Lily sighed again, head resting on her knees now as she tried to keep her eyes open. Anne noticed it, of course. "You don't need to worry about me. I'm going to be alright, just can't sleep right now. Go back to bed, we'll talk more later."

"Are you sure?" Lily asked.

She would've insisted on staying, making company to Anne, but she was so tired that her company would be completely useless. She was about to fall asleep at any second.

"Yeah," Anne said, nodding.

Though not so sure, Lily got up from her seat and went up the stairs again, leaving Anne alone in the Common Room.

That was the moment Anne got up as well, going up the stairs, but to the male dorms without hesitance. She opened the door without knocking at all, just walking into the very dark room and trying not to trip over anything as she stumbled towards James' bed.

"Dad?" she whispered, opening the curtains just a little bit. James was completely asleep, mouth open with drool pooling on his pillow. "Jamie? Dad?" he made a few noises, eyes fluttering. "James!" she called out.

His eyes opened at once.

"What? What happened?" he asked, looking around.

His hands were going around, trying to find the small bedside table where his glasses were resting. Anne took it and gave it to him with his wand accompanying it.