gimme some good news baby, give it to me

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[madamemckinnon]

molly-prcwctt‌:

“Well, I’ll come with you then. Make sure you don’t walk into any walls, or through any ghosts.” Molly shuddered, laughing all along. “You think I don’t know that? My hair isn’t this straight when I wake up, y’know?”

“Well, it is definitely worth it. You have gorgeous locks and the world envies them,” she complimented, “I would also love your company.” Dramatically, Marlene held out her hand for Molly to take, as if to lead her around the school.

[madamemckinnon]

ollivandriel‌:

Marlene raised her hand and Ariel mirrored her, ready to stop the girl if she tried to take hers, “Maybe? I mean, if I took ‘em off I couldn’t read something that’s like yea far in front of my face,” She moved the hand to a foot or so in front of her face, “So is Potter just stumbling around the grounds about to fall in the Lake or something?” 

“Oh, um, I don’t really know. He was asleep when I snatched them. Might still be asleep,” she admitted, turning around behind her as if she would see him stumbling behind her. “I should be a good friend and return these posthaste...” 

[madamemckinnon]

fierylittleevans‌:

* / OPEN to all.

“ there you are, ” she said triumphantly under her breath, seeing the golden letter etched on the spine of a book. one lily had been searching for of course. she reached up on her tiptoes, hooking her finger on top of the book and pulling it toward her - only to have it slip and come heading toward the ground. luckily, she was able to catch it it before it made contact. embarrassing. “ please tell me no one s — ” she looked up, letting out a sigh.

“Look, I know neither of us are tall but if you could please make it not quite so embarrassing,” Marlene groaned at her friend, dramatically rolling her eyes before the flash of a smile began.

[madamemckinnon]

milomckinnon‌:

milo couldn’t help but let out a laugh. “i suppose being obnoxious runs in the family.”

“At least fast healing also runs in the family, with the amount of times you get your ass kicked, “ she sighed, feigning embarrassment of him once more, “I feel like I need to drag your ass down to the dungeons and teach you to duel. Right now. Actually, that’s not a bad idea...”

[madamemckinnon]

molly-prcwctt‌:

madamemckinnon‌:

“You do. I reckon you could waltz into an Ancient Runes class and no one would bat an eyelid.” She joked. “Do it, I’d like to see him turn around and try and do something to me.” Molly laughed. “He doesn’t have the guts.”

“You say that like I could waltz into anywhere with these on my face. I’m as blind with them as he is without them,” she laughed, taking them off and blinking several times to adjust her eyes, “Beauty is pain though, is it not?”

[madamemckinnon]

milomckinnon‌:

milo let out a groan – apparently the news have reached marlene’s ears and as usual, she was disappointed. “will you stop it? it was an accident and from now on, i’m staying out of trouble. i’ve learned my lesson.”

Hardly anything got through the castle without Marlene hearing about it - especially when it came to her big brother. “Do you just tick off everyone who breathes? I thought that was my job,” she huffed.

[madamemckinnon]

ollivandriel‌:

“Did you think he worse the glasses as… A trick? Or something? Usually people wear them for a reason,” Ariel raised an eyebrow looking over at the younger McKinnon, slightly adjusting her own glasses ”Probably. How’d you get ‘em away from him in the first place?”

“Not a trick, but I maybe just thought he could see a little bit more without them. I can’t see a damn thing with these on,” she marveled, “Are yours like this?” Her hand raised slightly as if to try to take the other set of glasses, but she thought better of it. As harsh as Marlene tried to make herself seem, she did have some respect.

[madamemckinnon]

milomckinnon‌:

“what are you now, a thief? come on, marlene, give the poor lad his glasses back. we need him to have his sight on the pitch.”

“I’ll give him his specks back when you quit getting your ass kicked,” she compromised.

[madamemckinnon]

molly-prcwctt‌:

“Oh, for sure. He’s blind as a bat without them, right?” Molly laughed. “You pull them off though, I don’t know if you should give them back.”

“I do look quite intelligent, don’t I?” she joked with a flash of a smirk, “Thank you for the encouragement. When I have to explain why he can’t have them back, I’ll explain that you preferred me with glasses and I just can’t let you down.”

[madamemckinnon]

“I don’t think I understood how much James really can’t see,” she marveled, sticking her hand in front of her face as she squinted her eyes, “Do we think he’s stumbling around blind since I have his glasses?”

[madamemckinnon]

prcngsxpcttcer‌:

This was getting him nowhere.  He’d been sitting in the library for hours now, books in front of him, and… absolutely nothing written on his parchment.  Fed up, James stood up and started talking.  “Listen, I’m not technically offering you money to write this essay for me.  But, I will personally finance your next Honeydukes and Three Broomsticks trip.  Everything you want.  On me.”

School didn’t come easy to Marlene. In fact, she had to work exceptionally hard for her marks. That wasn’t something she liked admitting, though, so she tended to make everyone believe she didn’t care about her grades. James’s offer was almost comical. Even though she ended up with excellent grades at the end, the fact that James was asking that of her made her confident it was a joke. “You know Hogs Head is much more my style.”

[madamemckinnon]

incandeum‌:

the dismissal was as callous and confusing as the dragging, “i’m sorry, why is it you think you can treat me this way?” she blurted out, tired of holding her tongue for whatever reason. the yellow of her robes didn’t mean she was some meek and useless thing, someone to be used and then tossed out. 

Marlene raised an eyebrow, not expecting that. “Not what I meant, love,” she reassured the other, “I meant you did the right thing not letting me off on my own and I shouldn’t take up any more of your time. But, kudos for sticking up for yourself. I like a girl with moxie. Hope I didn’t wig you out too bad. My personality is 100% in whatever direction it goes. All or nothing.”

[madamemckinnon]

rczier‌:

“marlene —i’m head boy.” he was starting to believe she was rather daft, though he wasn’t fond of that gryffindor stereotype that they were all brainless oafs. still, she had no care even now, caught red handed. she’d tried to flirt her way out of trouble and when that didn’t work she still seemed unconcerned. evan wondered what that was like, to not have to worry about consequences. no one cared about getting detentions, something he’d spoken to the professors about changing this year, consequences that actually deterred the rule breaking.

“Head boy doesn’t put you above all the rules and you aren’t on patrol duty nightly,” she reminded him curtly. If she couldn’t flirt and she couldn’t simply distract, perhaps logic was the way to go. “You don’t want to waste your time dealing with me and I don’t want to waste my time dealing with whatever consequence you have cooked up,” she rationalized, “So, why don’t we both turn one eighty and go back from where we came?”

[madamemckinnon]

tbbedgar‌:

He threw his hands up in surrender, “Fine, fine, fine, fine,” has he said fine too many times in a row? “I promise not to bring up how you’re the little McKinnon anymore today then.” He made no promises about the rest of the year. “Soooo, if you weren’t out drinking, what are you doing out?”

“I heard that addition,” she accused, narrowing her eyes, “Today.” Deciding to drop the subject, though, she straightened back up and shrugged her shoulders. “Sometimes I just can’t sleep and sitting in bed is far less entertaining than seeing what I can get up to around here. Besides, who are they to set a curfew. No one is in control of me and my actions. It isn’t as if I’m harming anyone. Maybe I just wanted a little bed knocking to tire me out,” she exaggerated, wondering if she could fluster a drunk Edgar.

[madamemckinnon]

w-crmtails‌:

“I’ve shared a dorm with him since I was eleven, trust me, I know just how much of a prick he is.” Peter laughed. “What a coincidence, so am I.” He replied, following along after Marlene. “So, any particular reason you’re out after curfew, or is it just for snacks?”

Marlene slowed her steps slightly, falling in line beside Peter and slipping an arm through his. “I couldn’t sleep, rather. Lily snores horrifically. Pass that on to James,” she joked, knowing full well Lily did no such thing. Regardless, it amused her terribly.

[madamemckinnon]

milomckinnon‌:

“no, no, STOOP!” milo dramatically exclaimed, covering his ears to stop himself from hearing anything else. “and i know you’re messing with me marlene, but let’s hope all of this remains a lie because you’re too young for that stuff. you’re sixteen and you’re supposed to wait until you’re.. like thirty.” the boy declared, crossing his arms over his chest, instantly entering ‘big brother mode’. despite everything, marlene remained his little sister and he’d always be protective of her, even when she was being an enormous pain in the ass to him.

Even though most of it was a lie, she still found herself bristling up when he proclaimed she was too young to be engaging in such adult pleasures. “Excuse me,” she interrupted, nearly crossing her arms over her chest before stopping herself lest she look immature, “I am old enough to be making those decisions whenever and however I choose. Besides, I’ve been making those decisions for years.” Technically, she had. She had just chosen not to until this summer.

[madamemckinnon]

w-crmtails‌:

“Then you’d just get him back worse.” Peter shrugged. “Even he’s not that stupid. Of course. We can get the house elves to make us a whole feast.”

“Oh, you have no idea how stupid he can be,” she smirked to herself, a hidden look behind her eyes. Obviously Sirius had not told anyone what happened over the summer or she and Pete would be having a different conversation at that moment. “I’m always down to eat more food than I should,” she agreed, turning in the direction of the kitchens and walking like a woman on a mission.