-cora fawley-

Gryffindor, using slytherins suitcase as a footrest and eating their food: But you didn’t.

“Nastiest pumpkin juice, I ever had.” Oliver joked, letting out a weak laugh. He then pulled away from Cora to look at her. He simply couldn’t believe that all this happened. He couldn’t believe it was tricked so easily, and for that manner that it had never happened before now.

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

Once they left Cora ran to Oliver and hug him as tightly as she could, beginning to sob finally. “Are you okay-? What did she do to you??” Cora frantically started checking Oliver like a mother would to her child after losing them for an hour.

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

“Give him the antidote Miss. Brown.” Snape ordered, handing over what seemed like a flask of pumpkin juice. “Uh... here Oliver... it’ll make me happy if you drink this.” She mumbled, handing over the flask to Oliver. Cora watched, still seething from the whole ordeal.

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

Right away Cora knew something was off. Her Oliver would never treat her with that amount of disrespect. “Oliver!!” She yelled at him once more; before watching him stare at Lavender. “What did you do to him!?” Cora shoved Lavender hard on both shoulders, pushing her back so that she could stand between her and Oliver. “I didn’t do anything.” Lavender protested, Seamus and the others were rather quiet throughout the whole ordeal. Fay shuffled uncomfortably with Romilda; the three girl glanced at each other. Instantly, the galleon dropped. Cora knew what they had done. “You spiked him with a love potion!!” Cora hissed in disbelief. Thats why they were huddled all together yesterday surely, they were planning how to do it. Cora didn’t even get her wand out, instead, she right-hooked Lavender in the face with a satisfying crunch when her fist connected with the girls nose. 

* * * The next day was even hotter than the one before- global warming truly was a bitch sometimes. She had told Oliver to meet her around 11am to go to Hogsmeade together; given she had skipped breakfast to sleep in longer, she was yet to see Oliver or any food- so she was hungry and ready to go. Cora wore a pale blue summer dress and some white converse; her dragonscale bag slung over her shoulder. Somewhat excitedly, Cora made her way up from the cool dungeons up to the warm ground floor- waiting at the statues by the Great Hall for Oliver. It was 10:50 so she was 10 minutes early. She sat next to the statue waiting for him. 10...20...30... The minutes passed by. Cora knew sometimes Oliver could run late but 30 minutes?? She figured she’d grab a piece of toast or something whilst she waited for him some more. After a little to eat, it was 12pm- he was an hour late. She was worried. Where would Oliver go...? Normally it was wherever she was. Or maybe he went to the quidditch field and had forgotten he was supposed to meet her- it was a nice day after all. Anxiously, she made her way down to the field- scanning the sky and field for him. Still nothing. She searched the changing rooms, the Great Hall again, near the lake, the owlrey, the prefects area and even near the room of requirement before heading to the Gryffindor common rooms. Where the hell was he? She was thinking of all sorts of ways he had gotten himself in trouble or possibly killed. She had never looked paler. It was 1pm- she was exhausted from trekking the castle and trying to find her Gryffindor boyfriend. “Okay okay keep calm, he’s such a ditz sometimes he probably got roped into going with the guys...” she muttered under her breath, heading back down to the Slytherin common room and rifling through her belongings to find something with his scent on.  Soon enough she found all the little letters he had written to her stashed neatly in her nightstand. “Okay Salem- you’re going to help me track Oliver.” She placed the letters in front of him. If he wasn’t a magical cat this had no chance of working- but Salem was magical and thank goodness for that. She followed the fluffy brown cat through the castle, out the gates and towards the path of Hogsmeade. “Wait Salem, you’re confused- he can’t be in Hogsmeade I didn’t meet him--- hey! Salem!” She had tried to stop him from charging ahead but she was forced to sprint after him, eventually coming to The Three Broomsticks Inn and following it to a grass bank where quite clearly there were a group of Gryffindors- including her Oliver. Fear turned to relief, but relief turned to rage. Her face turned bright red, her expression livid. What the fuck was he playing at? She was so worried about him and here he was- where they were supposed to be. “OLIVER LEWIS WOOD!!!” Cora’s voice thundered as she approached the group. There was Oliver, Lavender, Seamus Finnigan, Fay Dunbar and Romilda Vane; all hanging out near the river. “Where the fuck have you been!? It’s be 3 hours!! I’ve been worried sick!!!” She demanded, her normally shy demeanor blindsighted by the current anger and hurt she was feeling. She didn’t care if they stared at her for once.

A while passed before Cora finally sighed with satisfaction from the feast they had devoured. “Did you want to go find your friends... it’s getting late in the day and I don’t want to keep their favourite lion from them?” She offered, assessing the carnage she had reigned upon the dessert selection. Pudding was the most important meal of the day. “Anyway, you’ll see me tomorrow when we head out to Hogsmeade.” She reminded him, somewhat sleepy from the amount of food she consumed.

“Like, boys can be assholes, but girls can be straight up terrifying. I’m glad I’m not a lesbian.” She decided, crunching on her crisps again. “Listen here Keeper of the Magic Balls-” she poked his cheek playfully. “Do you know how bitter I am? I need the sugar to compensate the sweetness I lack.” Cora reminded him, before almost jumping out of her seat in surprise when Lavender Brown gave a shriek of excitement. Cora turned to see what the commotion was about, only to see the girls surrounding Lavender hushing her but still giggling among themselves. “If she doesn’t end up in Azkaban when she grows up I’ll be fucking shocked and appalled.” Cora rolled her eyes, before taking a sip of her lemonade in a shaky hand- for someone who mentally threatened to fight people she was certainly skittish. 

“Woah woah woah- that was 3 whole crisps buddy boy- that was basically a petty crime.” She gasped, “The Ministry will be informed.” She had tried to do a serious voice but Cora couldn’t help but laugh afterwards, taking a bite of her sandwich. “We could go, yeah-” she raised her hand to her mouth as she spoke before finishing chewing to talk without her mouth full. “I want to go to Honeyduke’s anyway, my sugar supply is lower than I’d like.” she nodded, finishing her sandwiches. Cora couldn’t help but look behind her briefly at the group of girls, something wasn’t right to her. They were huddled around a piece of parchment as one of them scribbled stuff down furiously- they were giggling rather loudly. She assumed they were probably planning to raid the Quidditch locker rooms or something, so turned her head back- even if she felt uneasy. “Girls are scary.” She muttered, adding more crisps to her plate to compensate for the ones she had stolen.

“You know I wouldn’t ask normally, but those girls are vicious.” She added quickly, knowing how much he adored his house. “We can move to your table once they leave.” She squeezed his hand again, leading him to the end of her house table where there was nobody sat within at least a good 12 chairs of them. Once they sat she kissed his cheek quickly again, before sitting on the opposite side so she could face him; unfortunately she wasn’t facing the Gryffindor table so she couldn’t keep an eye on her targets. “Are you going to Hogsmeade this weekend?” She asked, taking his mind off the fact he had sat at the enemies table (though she couldn’t help grin at thinking of him wearing her tie). Cora began loading her plate with jam sandwiches and salted crisps; she then poured them both a glass of lemonade with ice in. 

The hallways were surprisingly bare all things considered, which meant Cora didn’t have that anxious feeling she always got in crowds. She was easily knocked over which wasn’t surprising when you looked at her height. The Great Hall from Friday evening to Sunday evening had a mostly relaxed meal time schedule since it was the weekend and lessons were done. Students could come and go as they pleased to eat and therefore once they arrived a spread of mainly cold foods were presented (given the warm weather nobody would really want hot food). Spreads of sandwiches, salads, cold pastas, cold cuts etc were laid out on the tables of each house- with hovering jugs and goblets of iced beverages. Cora noticed the Gryffindor girls from before were huddled at the end of their table giggling and gossiping over something with each other. Immediately Fawley started to feel a little insecure despite her knowing how much Oliver adored her, she couldn’t help tighten her grip a little on his hand. “Can we sit at my table?” She asked, trying to seem as normal as possible when she spoke. She double-checked who was on her table, but luckily it was just Millicent Bullstrode and a few other girls from her class. Overall there were little students in the hall as of the moment. 

She was silently grateful he knew her inside out. The picnic would’ve been appealing if there wasn’t hundreds of students outside already- she could’ve sat in the shade after all. Cora stuck out her tongue once he poked her nose. “The Great Hall works- I’m craving some lemonade.” She kissed his cheek sweetly, pulling her legs tiredly off him and she stood up- she adjusted her skirt for the hundredth time and fixed her school blouse. She would go get changed but she didn’t want to leave Oliver for a moment- even if it was to go get changed for 2 minutes. She also adjusted her necklace she always wore with the number 28 on it. “Besides, I really don’t want to look like a tomato.” She nodded at his sunburn comment. “Also the sooner I get out of here the sooner we can avoid getting detention.” Cora chuckled.

“Clutter- riiiight.” She rolled her eyes for what was probably the millionth time in her life as she copied him. She moved even closer, adjusting her skirt as she did to avoid it lifting up involuntary. Cora then nuzzled her cheek into his chest, so she was essentially cradled by him. She inhaled the comforting scent from him; allowing it to completely calm the thoughts that where running around her mind. She missed these moments, where they were comfortable in the silence; close to each other. It had been a while since they last had the luxury of being like it with everything going on around them. She missed sleeping next to him like she used to over the christmas break. But it was a Friday, the weather was nice and the lessons were over for the day- of course everyone was going to be outside. “We should take a picnic or something and sit by the river...” she mumbled at last, at some point she had closed her eyes- too comfortable where she was. She was supposed to sign up for Duel Club but she knew that it’d be full of morons, so decided against it. Allegedly there was a new Defense Against the Dark Arts Club being banded together, but given her lineage she would probably be discriminated against.