❁ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀᴄᴜᴘ - ʀ.ᴊ.ʟ❁

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"Aren't you happy to see me?" He questioned, a smug smirk still playing on his lips, until it slowly dropped when I replied simply,

"No"

"Oh shit" Scarlette muttered, extremely surprised at her best friend's answer to the question, wondering if something had happened after she left or over the holidays because Willow was fairly happy with Theo beforehand, and now she was treating him like she treats any boy luring over her. Though she didn't have much time to ponder because her eyes flickered down to where the Slytherin boy grabbed on to her wrist harshly, pulling her closer to him, Scarlette stepping forward, trying to get his hand off her wrist though he just added more pressure, not that Willow was reacting.

"Are you trying to hurt me?" I asked rather uninterestedly, feeling his hands secured tightly around my wrist no matter how much Scarlette tried to pull it off, it was sure to leave a bruise. It hurt, but I wasn't going to let him know that, or he'll think he has power over me and will do it whenever he wants to get me to submit to him, which is not who I am.

"Did you miss me, Willow?" He spoke through his gritted teeth, narrowing his eyes at me, as I merely looked up at him,

"Do you think my answer has changed? I'd stop if I were you, you'll draw attention to yourself and this isn't the place for this conversation. I suggest you go away on your own terms before I charm you to do so" I told him quietly, my eyes scanning around the platform, spotting the three Lupins looking at the scene, my lips tugging upwards at them, they didn't return the smile though, they looked concerned and worried....Remus looked angry.

"Find me later" He ordered before letting go of my wrist and strolling off in the direction behind me, my eyes casting down to my wrist where there was a red handprint and mark already appearing, causing me to cover it with my sleeve,

"That mother fucker i'm going to fucking kill him" Scarlette spat after seeing my wrist, a knot forming in my throat, when the family of three approached us quickly, a smile forcing its way on to my lips, nudging Scarlette to stop swearing and speaking rather inappropriate insults for when they stood in front of us, Remus' eyes focused on my wrist even though it was covered by my sleeve,

"Willow, are you okay?" Hope quizzed, peering over my shoulder to the direction Theo left in, Scarlette pausing and turning to me with a confused expression, not aware of my meeting of the older Lupins,

"Yes, Hope, I'm okay. Are you?" I asked softly, travelling my eyes over to Remus and hiding my hand behind my back, his honey eyes meeting mine, a flash of worry overcoming the anger for a second, his lips parting as he blinked at me, tilting his head to the side,

"Did that boy hurt you?" Lyall inquired with narrowed eyes, my eyes tearing away from the werewolf at the last moment when I moved my head towards his dad,

"No, he didn't. I'm okay-"

"The red handprint on your wrist says otherwise" Scarlette scoffed, not even caring who's presence she is in, her arms folding over her chest, glancing to where Theo was stood with Avery and Mulciber, pointing out people and talking about them, "I swear to fucking Merlin i'm going to fuck him up, that fucking cunt. Oh, how rude of me, I'm Scarlette" She introduced, holding her hand out to Hope and Lyall, replacing her sour look with an innocent smile, Remus and I exchanging an amused look despite the circumstance,

"The other half of Willoette, it's a pleasure to meet you Scarlette, we've heard a lot about you" Hope replied, bringing her into a hug like she did with me, causing me to move out of the way and stand beside Remus, not meeting his gaze when he looked to me.