#melotte

It was the hottest day of the summer. Charlotte and Melvina were lying in the garden behind Charlotte's parents' house in Cragcroft and drinking ice-cold lemonade that quickly became warm as piss. "I'm melting," groaned Melvina. "Me too," Charlotte agreed. An annoying squeak from Bob and Frank agreed with the two girls. "We should go to the beach," suggested Melvina. "Then we can cool off a bit." "Great idea. Let's invite the girls." Charlotte reached for her cell phone. "Or not?" Melvina giggled and nodded. "Come on, write in the group chat." Grinning, Charlotte typed the message and sent it. "Let's go!"

The girlfriends quickly packed their bags and prepared some snacks. Of course, Bob and Frank couldn't be missing. The two creatures climbed into Melvina's bag and made themselves comfortable between a pack of oat biscuits and a lunchbox full of watermelon.

As soon as everything was prepared and packed, they used the floo flames to get to the beach. So far, Alienor, Cornelia, Poppy, Imelda and Natty have promised to come to the beach. Well, Alienor had only sent a "thumbs up". That was all you could expect from the grumpy Ravenclaw.

"I can taste the sea," Charlotte sighed contentedly as they stepped out of the green flames. And soon we'll be able to see and feel it too," Melvina chuckled and intertwined her fingers with Charlotte's. Hand in hand, they strolled around the sand-coloured wall to the beach. The hot sand trickled into their sandals, and the two girls decided to get rid of their shoes and go barefoot instead, accompanied by a few ahs and ouchs.

"Look! Three are already here." Charlotte nudged Melvina with her elbow and nodded towards the three figures struggling with a large green checked blanket. "Why can't we just do magic?" Imelda could be heard moaning from afar. "That would be much quicker. And it wouldn't be so tiring." "Says the one who sits on the broom all day. As if that wasn't tiring," Cornelia countered. "It's tiring differently," Imelda replied. "Now shut your mouths and stand still!" Veronica snapped. "I'm trying to do magic, but you have to hold the blanket tight, you idiots."

"OUCH! The blanket bit me!" Cornelia screamed and let go of her corner. Imelda was immediately wrapped in the vast blanket. "GET IT OFF ME!" she screamed and thrashed around wildly in an attempt to free herself. Veronica sighed and waved her wand. Immediately, the blanket fell off Imelda and folded neatly on the floor. "Please remind me never to buy anything from Borgin and Burkes again if that crazy guy wants to recommend something to me."

Shocked, Imelda looked at her with wide eyes. "You bought that thing from Borgin and Burkes? No wonder it wanted to kill us," she hissed, angrily straightening her ponytail. "It didn't want to kill you. It just didn't want us to spread it," Veronica tried to calm the black-haired Slytherin. A growl from the blanket made her flinch. "Well. And above all, it didn't want us to sit on it," she added, looking suspiciously at the blanket. "Too bad I don't have the receipt anymore. Maybe I can scare some first years with it. Or I can set them on the Gryffindors. These losers can use a bit of excitement. Let's see how brave they really are.

Charlotte stepped behind Veronica and cleared her throat. "I didn't hear that, Hem." Veronica turned around, beaming with joy. "Hunter! Bitch, you're the exception. You know you're my favourite lioness. But I'd pay money to see Prewett shit himself in fear." Charlotte stifled a laugh. She would like to see that too.

Veronica waved her wand and made a giant picnic blanket appear, big enough for two Quidditch teams. She stuffed the grumbling blanket back into her bag. "Sit down, kids," she giggled, pointing to the large blanket. The five girls spread their things on the blanket, and a small buffet was set up in the middle. Each had brought something. Poppy, Natty, and Alienor had now joined them. The latter had put up a parasol and was dozing in the shade.

Bob and Frank had climbed out of Melvina's bag and enjoyed the light breeze in their fur. "You were able to keep the puffskein?" asked Cornelia, looking at Frank. Melvina shrugged. "He got on so well with Bob. We just couldn't separate the two of them. So I asked Professor Howin if Frank could stay with us." "And she said yes straight away?" Cornelia asked. Melvina laughed. "Merlin, no. She said I was crazy. He was school property, blah blah blah." Melvina pulled a face and made a mocking gesture. "But after a few days, she came up to me and said that she didn't like Frank at all. He didn't eat and didn't want to play with the other puffskeins. She said that he gave her the impression that he was longing for someone. Of course, he was! But she didn't want to listen. So I was allowed to take Frank back with me. You should have seen Charlotte's face when I took both rascals out of my bag that evening." Grinning, Melvina bit into a piece of watermelon.

"You didn't know about it?" Poppy asked Charlotte in surprise. Charlotte just shook her head. "Mel completely surprised me. I had absolutely no idea." "And it was our first date," Melvina added with a smile. She gave her girlfriend a loving look, and Charlotte immediately returned. "That definitely earned you some brownie points with me." "Oh, how romantic," Poppy enthused and touched her chest.

"It's almost disgusting how cute you two are together," murmured Imelda. Alienor agreed with a hum. "Oh, you two are just jealous," Veronica interrupted, throwing a grape into her mouth. "You both have no one to smooch, and that's why you're bitter." "You don't have anyone yourself," countered Imelda. "Besides, it's not my fault that Weasley is just too stupid to understand that I..." She broke off her sentence. She almost admitted that she was in love with Garreth. But Veronica understood immediately. A mischievous grin spread across her face. "Don't talk bullshit! Really? You like Weasley!? Brave choice, Reyes." "Shut up," the black-haired girl replied. "Mind your own business." "Don't worry, I'll do." Veronica winked at Imelda, who rolled her eyes and snorted.

"Is anyone coming into the water with me?" Natty asked the group, clearly uncomfortable with the last topic. "Yes, me," Poppy cheered and jumped up. Melvina and Charlotte glanced at each other and stood up as well. "We're coming too." "Coco, what about you?" Melvina asked the brunette. Cornelia shook her head and dug her headphones out of her bag. "Nah, go without me. I prefer to tan." With that, she put her headphones on, loosened her bikini straps for a streak-free tan and lay down. "Hem?" Charlotte addressed Veronica. "How can I say no?" Grinning, the brunette Slytherin got up. "I'm coming too. I'll burn otherwise," Imelda complained. She took a ball out of her bag and was already stumbling towards the water. "Alienor, we probably don't need to ask you," Charlotte asked. "Too wet, too much sun," the pale black-haired girl replied curtly. Charlotte nodded and then followed Imelda to the water with the other four and the two creatures.

"Wait!" Melvina called and hurried back to the blanket. She rummaged in her bag and returned with a small pink swimming ring and an equally small pink air mattress. "For Frank and Bob," she explained. "Aw, they're perfect," Charlotte enthused. "Right?" Melvina grinned at her girlfriend and laid the two swimming toys half in the water and half on the sand so the creatures could climb on them peacefully. Frank sank into the hole in the swimming ring. Bob made himself comfortable on the air mattress, then rummaged briefly in his fanny pack and quickly pulled out a tiny pair of sunglasses with pink frames, which he immediately put on.

The other girls had already run into the waves and splashed each other with the cool water. Charlotte and Melvina followed them, the two creatures on their floating toys in tow. "Hey, Poppy! Think fast!" called Imelda, throwing her ball toward the short, black-haired girl. The ball landed before Poppy's chest, and the water splashed on her face. "Ugh! Imelda!" she squealed, and the Slytherin laughed maliciously. "Oh, come on, don't be like that. Throw it back instead!" And that's what Poppy did. The other four soon joined in. Sometimes, the ball landed deliberately in front of one of the girls to splash her; sometimes, it was thrown a little too far to the side, so the catcher had to throw herself to the side and land entirely in the water to catch the ball. The six girls had a lot of fun. Meanwhile, Bob and Frank were floating quite relaxed on the waves, a little way off but still within reach of Melvina and Charlotte.

After a while, the girls' stomachs were rumbling. They all agreed that it was time for a break and trotted back to the picnic blanket to get some strength. Alienor had dozed off by now, and Cornelia was just turning around when the other six reached the blanket. Veronica put a finger to her lips and motioned to the others to be quiet. Then she crept up to Alienor, leaned over her and wrung her wet hair over her stomach. Alienor woke up from her nap and screamed. "You stupid snake!" she cursed. She took her wand in her hand and, with a swing, made a few snowballs fall out of nowhere onto Veronica. Veronica squealed. "SHIT! It's c-cold," she shivered. "You deserve it," Alienor replied and stuck her tongue out at the brunette. The snowballs had already melted into a puddle, and Veronica had recovered from the cold shock. She just shrugged her shoulders and sat down on the picnic blanket. The friends enjoyed their picnic and digested before going back into the water. Cornelia and Alienor preferred to stay lying down again. One in the sun, the other in the shade of their parasol.

The small group spent the whole day on the beach. They splashed, swam, ate and played pranks. Bob and Frank were always there on their floating toys. As the day drew to a close and the sun slowly set over the sea, the friends sat together on the blanket and ate the leftovers from their picnic. They watched the sky change from purple to pink to orange. Bob and Frank slept cuddled up in front of Charlotte and Melvina. Charlotte laid her head on Melvina's shoulder, and Melvina put her arm around her girlfriend's waist. "That was a good idea," Charlotte murmured exhaustedly. Melvina chuckled. "Someone is tired," she remarked, brushing a black hair curl from Charlotte's face. "Mmmaybe," she mumbled, looking into Melvina's hazel eyes with her blue pair. "We could do that every day," she continued. Melvina pressed a kiss to Charlotte's forehead. "I'd be all for that."