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❛ — i’m not scared of him ! ❜ mary nearly had to shout to be heard over the din of the party, wisps of hair coming loose from its ponytail in a way that would’ve bothered her had she been fully sober.
but then again, if she was fully sober, she wouldn’t be rehashing her trauma almost half a year after the fact to try and prove herself to people she’d just met. if she was fully sober, she’d probably be taking some other route to try and prove herself to people she’d just met.
❛ — it was literally, like, SOOO long ago, and it wasn’t even that big of a deal. plus, it might not even have been him. ❜ but even she could tell how her words fell flat, and her newfound ‘ friends ’ glanced at each other with a look that was a mixture of pity and poorly hidden amusement.
it was the pity that got her the most – being seen as a victim, even after an entire summer had passed. glancing around, she could see remus, deep in conversation with a pretty ravenclaw ( allison, she thought her name was ? something along those lines ? ). sirius and peter were losing at darts to marlene, and fabian ( or was it gideon ? ) was serenading an unimpressed-looking lily very drunkenly and very loudly. nobody was pitying any of them, and mary ached with envy.
she looked back at her listeners and smiled too wide, brown eyes too bright. she was a gryffindor, wasn’t she ? ❛ — well, fine, then, i’ll PROVE it. ❜
and before she could change her mind, she’d downed the rest of her cup, tightened her ponytail, and marched up to the slytherin in question, ignoring the icy stab of dread that shot through her veins as she neared. one tap on his shoulder, and he turned around. she only had time to catch the beginning of a confused look in his eye before she stood on tiptoe to crush her vodka-bitter lips with his.
and despite the fact that she was still alive and unscathed when she broke away, despite turning to see shocked looks on the faces of the people she’d been trying so hard to impress, despite the fact that she’d quite literally faced her fears scot-free —
mary couldn’t help but feel that she hadn’t proven anything at all.










