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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟕𝟕:
𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒
❝ 𝑵𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆
𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅. ❞
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❛ 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀
𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀. ❜
━ king of my heart, taylor swift
━"I'm off too, Moony." said James, following right after his girlfriend. All of them had spent a night with Remus on the shrieking shack - tired when all they did was run in the woods to keep Remus company. "Headboy duties." he smiled.
"Please-" scoffed Sirius. "Ever since you've popped your cherry you two have been doing the dirty deed." he added, playfully rolling his eyes.
"Dumb arse." muttered James, though he didn't deny it. "I really did and do have headboy and Quidditch captain duties." he reasoned to all of them, grabbing the Marauder's map so he can avoid any students up early this morning.
"Your nail scratches on your back says otherwise." said Remus, putting on his beige jumper.
"Oh, shut up, Moony." mumbled James, turning red like a tomato. "I also have to prepare our first Quidditch match this year." James then scowled to Sirius. "I'll sacrifice you to a dementor if you're late."
With that empty threat of his, James Potter strutted back to the castle. Hopefully wishing that he sees Stella before she goes to class.
"I'm going too." said Peter, grabbing his food before immobilizing the tree, leaving Remus and Sirius behind.
Merlin- even the heavens could feel the thick tension in the room.
Sirius cleared his throat, walking closer to Remus to brush something off his face. Remus stepped back, but still let Sirius touch his cheek.
"Oh- um, you just had something - on your cheek."
What a big fat lie, Sirius.
"Oh- thanks." mumbled Remus, making eye contact with Sirius. It has been a while when Remus had been this close to him, let alone look at him. It feels like every wall that he built came crumbling down in this exact moment.
With his hand still placed awkwardly on his cheeks, Sirius wanted nothing but to kiss him - have him in his arms again - for Remus to forgive him - to trust him - and to love him again. "Can we talk?" he whispered, his tone pleading Remus to.
But Sirius' hope was crushed right in front of him when Remus pulled and walked away from him without saying anything.
Sirius kept his head hung low. He didn't want to see his lover's silhouette fade away. No matter how many times he had seen it, he could never get used to it.
Just as he was about to walk away too, his vision of his feet was covered by a box... more like a gift?
Sirius immediately snapped his head up - how stupid of him to think Remus left him, when he stood there, absolutely tinted pink, holding a gift in his hand.
If Stella was here - she would've gotten mental at how surpressed elated emotions she was feeling. God- Remus and Sirius were so happy right now and yet they still managed to keep a straight face.
"I know your birthday is tomorrow but I wanted to give it today." said Remus, as Sirius took a hold of his gift. "It's not much but-"
"Thank you, Moony." Sirius cut him right off. Talking to Remus after 7 whole crucial months was already good enough for Sirius - and now that he sees Remus opening up to him as well, Merlin must've really favored him. "I'm sure I'll love it."
"I love everything that you give and do anyway." mumbled Sirius, quietly enough for inky himself to hear.
Remus smiled warmly at him. It was too damn hard to forgive Sirius - but seeing that smile that he missed and loved so much...
Remus was willing to try.
"Rosier has the snitch- GRYFFINDOR WINS!" shouted Remus, before going over to the field to congratulate his friends - more so, to Sirius.
Though, Remus didn't get the chance to walk farther to the field because Sirius already flew to him with a big smile plastered on his face.
"Magnificent game, but that doesn't convince me enough to play Quidditch." said Belle, hugging Stella as she mounted down her broom, even though her whole body was covered with snow.
"Thanks." laughed Stella - between the two of them, Belle was always the most princess-y one. The Slytherin smiled at her in return, but didn't get the chance to talk to her as she was whisked away by her boyfriend.
"Absolutely brilliant you are, love." said James, planting a kiss on Stella's forehead before kissing her on the lips, erupting cheers from their teammates.
"Whipped!" shouted Sirius, Remus, and Peter.
"We heard that!" said the couple, rolling their eyes at their friends, but they didn't deny it - both of them knew it was the truth.
"Any plans for your birthday today, Snuffles?" asked Stella, letting James place his hand on her waist as they walked near them. "We could arrange a quick party?"
Sirius Black always agrees with him having the most extravagant party ever, but this year, he wanted something different. Just the 5 of them. "I think I have something better planned."
Dressed in their warmest clothing, the 5 marauders were sat at Three Broomsticks, clanking their Butterbeers, with Madam Rosmerta giving Sirius a free cake for his 18th birthday - while contentedly eating, all of them were writing down a 21-inch essay for D.A.D.A. class because their Professor Selwyn is a bitch.
James tapped his girlfriend's arm with his quill while slightly opening his mouth for her to feed him cake. "Such a baby." grumbled Stella, jokingly rolling her eyes before writing again.
James just snuggled close to her and kissed her on the cheek. "Anyway love, how do you spell 'orange'?"
Sirius lifted up his head. "The color or the fruit?"
"What an idiot." gasped Stella and Remus.
Peter was just laughing in the corner, forgetting all his problems to spend a happy day with his friends as if it's his last time to do so.
"What?" asked Sirius and James. They don't see any problem at all.
"You're dumb sometimes." said Stella, giving James another bite of the cake. "Honestly, how did you even get 2nd place on every class? I remember on our 4th year, you barely passed charms!"
Now, the marauders blinked at Stella. It was now her time to ask. "What?"
"Yeah... you didn't tell her, Prongs?" asked Sirius, sitting comfortably beside Remus, wearing the new jumper that he made which was his gift.
"Tell me what?" questioned Stella, getting curious as Peter and Remus just kept giggling like kids.
"You said that your type was someone intelligent - Prongs was far from that so he became one - to be your type." Remus explained through his laughter that sounded like pure melody to Sirius' ears.
"Oh." mumbled Stella, her cheeks turning absolutely red. She had noticed that James suddenly became one of the class achievers on the start of their 5th year, and she might have found it teenie-tiny tad bit attractive.
"Well, it worked, didn't it?" said James smugly, draping one of his arm on Stella's shoulders.
"Merlin- I can't believe our 'I will not date James Potter!' Stella is already with Prongs." Sirius overdramatically sniffled. "Nugget Potter will be the concrete proof that you two shagged." he said leaving Stella's mouth agape.
"Make me the godfather, by the way." he added. Remus shook his head with small smile.
"Padfoot!" shrieked the couple.
"You can not say no. That is my birthday wish."
November started to fall of the tree like its leaves on winter. 7th year students were busy - busy enough to be hectic about their O.W.Ls or their N.E.W.T.s. - meanwhile the students that weren't taking the nasty exams are just chilling since winter break was around the corner.
"You're all dismissed." said Stella with a yawn to all her seven 4th year tutees. She didn't how she just managed to tutor all of them while being on her first crucial day of menstruation.
"This is our last meeting for this year." she announced, gathering her books before walking to exit the library.
That is until Sybill Trelawney, her 4th year Ravenclaw tutee held her hand.
Stella has always been odded out by the girl. She knew they were both seers, but Sybill just keeps warning her about something that Stella has not seen in her visions yet. "Did you need something, Sybill?"
The Ravenclaw pushed her thick glasses back while struggling to say something. "I- I've seen another one!" she shrieked.
"What other one?" asked a voice behind them that beloved to James Potter. He stood behind Stella, snaking his hand around her waist.
"You- you both are going to face great tragedy on a Hallowe'en night." muttered Sybill lowly, suddenly frightened as she glanced around the place.
"Why would something bad happen on my favorite holiday?" asked James, not liking how this girl was talking.
"I just- I saw you both!" whisper-yelled Sybill. "On the floor! like your dea-"
"Look, kid." snapped James. Stella held his hand so he doesn't lash out on the kid, which he definitely won't be Doing. James was better than that. "I know you're a seer as well, but please don't go spreading lies like these."
Stella knew why James acted that way, she felt his emotions - he was scared like her too.
"But, it's true." mumbled Sybill, she has been seeing James and Stella, but with their eyes looking void because it was lifeless - Sybill also heard a baby crying in the distance.
"Maybe it was." admitted James. "But it won't happen." he assure the Ravenclaw. "I've read 21 books about seers and trust me, not every vision comes true." he said patting the girl's shoulder.
James didn't know if he said that to comfort the girl or to comfort himself.
"Okay." mumble Sybill lowly. "I apologize." she said.
"It's okay, Sybill." smiled Stella before waving at the girl as she was once again pulled by James Potter in a more secluded place.
Pushing all their negative thoughts away, James pulled Stella for a kiss, a passionate one to be exact. "What was that for?" asked Stella, as James traced her lip with his thumb.
"I have to go somewhere, love." said James, now hugging her. Stella found it suspicious but just let him hold her. "But I'll be back before you know it."
"Where?" asked Stella, concerned.
"Just- somewhere." he answered before planting a kiss on her forehead and walking away, not seeing how Stella was frowning.
Walking back to her common room with her thoughts filled with questions, Stella now stood in front of Severus Snape as if things couldn't go worse. "Can we talk?" he asked.
He has been desperately waiting for Stella for at least 2 hours outside the library, like he usually does, not that she had knowledge of it.
"No." said Stella, dismissing Snape rather harsh than the usual and walked right pass him as he called her repeatedly by her name.
"Please- I'll explain everything." pleaded Snape. He wanted nothing than to be with her again, even if they were just friends. Anything to have her back, seeing as he has no one now.
"I'll apologize, explain, everything you want me to do, just please- talk to me again." he said, sounding like a whisper.
Stella finally stopped in her tracks and faced him. She wouldn't lie - she missed Severus badly as well, but Stella also noticed that he was starting to change, and not for the better. She wanted to mend their friendship but it was broken beyond repair. "There's nothing to talk about, Snape." she muttered.
"Of course there a lot to talk about!" he exclaimed. "Why I acted like that, why I called you those things, why-"
"Why you called Evans a 'mudblood'?" questioned Stella. She took a sharp step closer to him. "Yeah, I know, Snape." she spat. "I saw her crying in the lavatory last month because you called her that! just because she refused to help you to try and get me to talk to you doesn't mean that you can call her that!" exclaimed Stella loudly.
Luckily, there were no students around... or so she thought.
Snape was left speechless. He did not mean to call Lily that word for he heard it everyday in his own common room, but he was just so angry at Lily for refusing to help him so he poured his anger out on her, which he really shouldn't have done.
Now, that the damage was done, not only he had lost Stella, but Lily as well.
"I don't know what's happening with you, but I really hope you figure it out. You're smart enough to make the right choices, Snape - and yet, you choose to hold grudges and pick the wrong decisions." muttered Stella, leaving those words to bewilder him or maybe understand it.
Wiping one tear on her cheek, Stella walked away. If Snape wasn't like this, she would've let him in her arms again, welcoming him as her friend - but no - everything between them was not the same as it was.
Sybill, who was the witness of the scene turned her head sideways as she saw the Slytherin boy walking away as well.
She swore he looked like the man in her vision that was hugging Stella's body as he was crying.
Stella Rosier and Remus Lupin was livid when they found out that not only James had disappeared, but Sirius as well. It turns out that their mission was today and left no foreword so that both of them wouldn't worry.
Sirius was already finding ways to apologize to Remus. James was too but he was really having a hard time to.
"I'm sorry, love." groaned James beside her, hegging her body sideways as she refused to look at his face that has a bandage in his forehead. "Talk to meeee~" he whined.
Stella didn't budge, even Bambi looked like he wanted to bite James' nose from his mini-house.
"Sleep on the floor, Potter." said Stella, upset that when she saw James earlier, his head was covered with blood. Merlin- she could've had a heart attack right there.
Though, she helped him get healed first and when he was alright, Stella decided to ignore him for not saying anything to her nor to Remus.
"Please? I'll make you strawberry pasties?" asked James, pouting even though Stella couldn't see it.
"No."
"I'll buy you strawberry jelly slugs?"
"I have my own bloody money, so no thanks."
"I'll take you out on a date?"
"You take me on dates atleast everyday. I can live without them for a whole month."
"Harsh, but okay." said James, now peppering her cheeks with soft kisses. "Please talk to me? I just thought you'd pass out when you knew where I was going! I promise i won't keep any secrets from you again." He swore, with his hand on the air, pledging.
"Okay, but still no." grumbled Stella.
She heard James sigh before he got off the bed. Stella missed his warmth that he gave, but she fought the urge to turn around and look, so she just layed there.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps again, but this time really loudly - she didn't want to turn around until something sharp, like a knife poked her arm. So, she finally turned around and-
"Holy Merlin!" shouted Stella in a high-pitched voice. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!" she exclaimed, throwing pillows at James. "You stupid arse, James Potter!"
Well, not James as a human, but James as a stag, who leaped around the room - who was also having so much fun at his girlfriend's reaction.
Transfiguring back to himself, James Potter fell in their bed, clutching his stomach as he curled on the laughters that he let out. "You should've seen your face, love!"
"Real funny, James." said Stella sarcastically, rolling her eyes at him as he hugged her again.
But this time, Stella hugged James as well.
"I hate you." said Stella, letting her head rest in his chest, inhaling his lemon-scented soap.
"No, you don't." said James, his head resting on top of hers, almost falling into a slumber.
"No, I don't." mumbled Stella after a while as they both started to fall asleep.
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