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‘ your plan sounds like heaven right now. ’ the girl ran a hand through her hair, her eyes blurry from hours spent reading. ‘ even the hog’s head would do. ’
“the hog’s head?” benjy questioned, feigning a look of blatant disgust before a teasing smile settled onto his features. “i think you’re taking it a bit too far now, vance, i’m not that desperate.”
"I wouldn’t be using you, I’d do the house work and cook and stuff but to buy the food and clothes and rent, I have some money but most of it would be yours, yeah.” She teased “it was your idea love, besides exams are that bad it’s almost worth having no career in the future if we run away together.” She laughed
“mhm, you’re making a good case, i’d be living in a tip,” he admitted with a soft chuckle. “fine, who needs a career anyway, eh? i’m perfectly fine with minimum wage.”
“I can imagine. Hogsmeade is an interesting wizarding town, draws in all sorts of people. The conversation would be wonderful.” Xeno paused at the question. humming quietly as they thought. “Sweden. There’s supposed to be a lot of interesting magical creatures there.”
“sweden,” benjy repeated as though mulling over the idea, to be perfectly honest, he hadn’t thought anything interesting existed in sweden. “i reckon i’d go to australia. magic or no magic, it’s hot and the accents are class.”
“Honest.” She corrected.
“the fact that it’s honest doesn’t make it any less rude, it’s just an excuse to get away with saying it.”
“Just as long as you’re well enough out of the way for me to take that job from right under you next year.”
“where’d you reckon i’m gonna go, hm? i’ll have no career, i’ll be serving pints until i die.”
their conversations felt more like a power struggle at times, a game of cat and mouse with no end because marlene truly didn’t know what she wanted from the chesnut haired boy who continued to grow on her with each interaction. the girl still wanted the upper hand, desiring it to the point where she actually thought about her actions before they permanently altered things between them. “if you insist.” she accepted his challenge without missing a beat, her hazel eyes ablaze with nothing but trouble.
with the alcohol steadily flowing through her bloodstream, marlene slowly dipped underneath the surface, emerging even closer to him than she was before. it was a spur of the moment decision, as most things in her life usually were. her lips were almost brushing against his, a hand resting on his bare shoulder for extra effect. but the tranquility between them was interrupted as soon as she spit a mouthful of water in his face, exploding into a burst of laughter soon after. “gotcha !”
benjy wasn’t sure what he expected as he spoke those fateful words, but his pulse raced in anticipation of what was to come and his eyes fixed upon the girl intently. goosebumps rose across his skin as her hand gripped at his shoulder and it took every ounce of self-control he had to not just close those few centimeters between them. and then instead he was met with a face full of water and the ring of her laughter.
“cheers mckinnon,” he managed to breathe out, half chuckling as he attempted to clear the water from his face. god, he looked pathetic. playing it off with a smirk, his eyes glimmered with the same mischief that hers had as though determining the best way to get back at her. he could pull her back under, toss her over his shoulder and yet his mind was already made up. “fuck it,” benjy muttered, his fingers tangling in her wet locks to pull her lips against his in a heated kiss.
“ I know, I know…I’ve been told that before.”
“you’re the ultimate mum friend, it’s official.”
laughing the blonde shook her head. “well, maybe i’m not flattering you because i know that you’ll do it yourself. it’s your self-flattery that’s ruining your chances of getting me to flatter you, it’s a vicious circle.” she teased lightly, happy to have something else on her mind. “i’m going to try, because it’s not septima’s fault and it’s not my fault, or anyone’s but his.” she shrugged, “i’m not going to understand it ever but, it is what it is and whatever was is gone.”
“you’ve put a shit load of thought into this,” benjy observed with a chuckle, shaking his head in disbelief. “it’s alright though, i’ll forgive you. but only ‘cause i’m the bigger person here, beyond the obvious 6 inches height difference.” teasing aside, a soft smile settled on the boy’s lips and he gave her an approving nod. “exactly, as usual lily can do no wrong.”
“yeah, because of you.” she retorted, giving her eyes a roll as she raised her hands to send a small splash his way. marlene never had to think about much whenever she was with him, even now in her drunken state. everything was just so easy with him. maybe that’s why she enjoyed spending time with him more than she liked to admit. “whatever, at least i’m not a cheater like you. besides, i thought the squid was scared of you.” she narrowed her eyes at him, resisting the urge to splash him again as she wrapped her arms around herself in attempt to warm herself up.
“no. i’m actually having a great time, thank you very much.” she scoffed, shaking her head in defense, even though he had assumed correctly. the warmth the vodka had brought her disappeared as soon as she quit drinking, making her regret not taking the drink out with them. but then again, she was so clumsy, it would’ve been at the bottom of the lake within minutes. “are you cold ? i know of something that might warm you up.” she raised a brow as she inched closer, enough so that they were almost touching. she knew very well that any physical contact between them could be fatal, but at this point, she was too drunk to care.
“is that so?” benjy teased, attempting to fight back the grin tugging at the corners of his lips. “must be the good company, there’s nothing fun about hypothermia.” freezing to death wasn’t in question, of course, but he was nothing short of dramatic. shooting a longing glance back at the booze left on the grass, the burn in his throat and another boost would have been welcome in that moment. his attention snapped immediately backed to marlene when she spoke, leaving him eyeing her curiously as her skin near brushed hers.
merlin, he was trying not to ruin things but the proximity had more control over him than any fear of rejection. “oh yeah?” he exhaled in his drunken daze, seemingly incapable of a witty remark or something equally as suggestive to continue their little game. raising a hand to push back his wet hair, benjy felt decidedly brazen, a characteristic not uncommon to him. “do it,” he challenged with a nod towards her, a smirk on his lips as he closed space lingering between them.
Her irises dropped in avoidance, the warmth of his familiar hand enveloping her much smaller one and she secured it with a tight squeeze. The pain had mostly settled. “I just––” she began, her voice cracking. “Lily, James, Sirius … they all have this look on their faces.” The humiliation she felt was surreal and the pitiful stares did nothing but fuel it. “They’ll ask if I’m okay,” her eyes met his, “and I really don’t want toｌｉｅ to them.” She didn’t know what to say to them, what was there to say? But it was different with Benjy, it had always been different. He was her constant, through and through. “Anywhere ｎｏｔ here,” she plead in a small voice, searching his eyes desperately.
the squeeze of her hand provided him with comfort that he wasn’t aware he needed, warm and reassuring in all the ways septima was. benjy nodded as she spoke, his heart aching at that look in her eyes and the lack of control he had over it. “alright,” he replied softly, pressing his lips to her temple, allowing them to linger there for a moment before rising. “we’ll go up to the astronomy tower, yeah?” his eyes sought out hers, searching her for any signs of protest as his thumb brushed over the back of her her hand. “get some fresh air... until i decide to have a smoke, but it’ll be quiet too.”
“ of course, don’t you worry about it. i’ll make sure you eat healthy food. we’ll make a good team i’m sure about it. “
“eat healthy food? fuckin’ hell, you’re a terrible friend, molly.”
“I can feel you here….” Kelian nodded, a long sigh leaving the girl’s lips. “But I also think of becoming an auror all the time, so - dropping out seems to be no option now. But then, I am most likely not surviving Potions anyway…”
“mhm, i’m considering auror training too but it seems like what everyone wants to do,” benjy admitted, nipping at the inside of his cheek. “fuck knows, i suppose we’ll figure it out eventually. i always have the option of going back and getting a muggle job.”
“You’d meet rather a lot of interesting people, probably. It must be a much different place when there aren’t students around.” Xeno nodded thoughtfully, this hadn’t occurred to them. “Oh. That is quite sad. I hope there isn’t, then, I can imagine the hypothetical goblin would be very lonely.”
"people from everywhere, i suppose,” benjy mused, the job no longer sounded so unappealing. “hypothetical goblin aside, i reckon people would have some fuckin’ good stories. where’d you travel to given the chance?”
lily rolled her eyes but despite that she laughed as she threw a pillow at him. “you flatter yourself.” she told him but at least his words had managed to cause a cheerful tone to appear in her voice. it had been a long time when lily had to remind herself of what he’d just told her. but now she wasn’t sure how that would change the mantra she’d repeated to herself. “you’re right, i don’t need him.” she nodded, and for the first time in long lily didn’t hesitate because that was the truth, she no longer needed him or wanted him in her life.
“i have to,” benjy pointed out with a boyish half grin, laughter peeling from his lips as he caught the pillow. “you won’t flatter me.” it felt as though a weight had been lifted upon seeing lily return to her usual state, even if the events of the night left him slightly on edge. placing the pillow behind his back, the boy relaxed back into the sofa with a sigh, tilting his head towards the girl. “you going to stop blaming yourself now?”
“That’s fair, I suppose. The way I see it, the Leaky Cauldron’s getting a lot more people in once you drop out of school. What’s troubling you, though? It’s just some exams after all, aren’t they?”
“are you saying i’ll bring in customers?” he teased, “yeah, i suppose they are just exams. but i’d like to do well, opens more doors and all.”
“Than perhaps we can just run away from these horrid examinations. Or I could just live off of the money I have saved and your wages until I’m old enough.” She teased the boy
“and now you’re using me for my money?” he gasped in mock offence, “all this to escape some stupid exams, huh? that’s dedication.”
“You’re ridiculous.”
“and you’re rude.”
