you're my best friend - marauders
You and Richard started dating just before the end of 4th year, you met up a lot through break. That was a relief to the marauders, knowing they didn’t have to sit through Richard and you being in the honeymoon phase, all cutesy, and adorable, and totally vomit worthy to watch.
By now it had been 6 months of the both of you together and it seemed as though what they thought was the ‘honeymoon phase’ was not just the beginning of the relationship. It just didn’t stop.
The common room cuddles, seemingly never-ending goodbyes when leaving for a class, kisses on the cheek and the nose before bed, and the worst of all, the baby voice. Oh, how the boys hated that baby voice.
The baby voice is supposed to be just that, a baby voice! To be used when talking to a cute little baby only, not two fifteen year olds dramatically parting with each other until morning, or for an hour in a class they didn’t have with each other.
But they put up with it, they didn’t say anything, and they kept the knowing looks subtle (or Sirius thought his looks were subtle, when really Remus had to make an excuse for him, that ‘Sirius was sick’, when you asked why he was looking at you and Richard in the common room with a grimace and a scrunched up nose)
But you were happy, and that’s all that mattered to them, no matter how annoying it could get, secretly they all were happy to always see you with a bright smile on your face, especially when Richard was ever brought into a conversation, how your eyes lit up. They couldn’t help but be over the moon for their friend.
2 days it had been now.
2 days of you cooped up in your dorm, luckily today was Sunday so you hadn’t missed any classes.
2 days since you walked in on your boyfriend Richard McLaggen snogging some 6th year Ravenclaw.
2 days since you slapped him right across the face (when James and Sirius found out that happened, they were so upset they didn’t see it)
2 days since you had your heart broken and torn to shreds by a person you put all your trust into.
2 days since any of the marauders have seen you.
They have been worried out of their minds once they saw you storming down the stairs of the boys dormitory in tears on Friday afternoon, they had just seen you 5 minutes before in the common room and you were as happy as could be.
So they knew that the only possible reason you could have gone from happy rainbows and butterflies, to steam out of your ears, water fountain from yours eyes … in a 5 minute time bracket, was because of that idiot you called a boyfriend.
They’d never liked Richard, thought he was a git ever since second year when he ‘accidentally’ tripped over in potions class, consequently spilling James’s potion everywhere. James went bald for a whole week.
But when you two became friends in 4th year after meeting in Remus’s study group, (the rest of the boys were livid that Remus allowed Richard in the study group in the first place). They had to act friendly to him whenever you were around, because c’mon it was you! How could they ever say no to you?
But when they found out the source of the problem at hand, they found no problem in shooting a few ‘harmless’ hexes at him.
A few days in the hospital wing was what he deserved after battering their sweetest friends heart.
It took Lily a whole lot of convincing to keep the 4 boys out of your dorm over the weekend, telling them ‘she needs space’ ‘you lot can see her in a few days’ ‘she doesn’t want to see anyone’
And although all they wanted to do was keep you company with ice cream, chocolate and movie marathons and cuddles up in your dorm, lily was a very stubborn human being, and so they waited it out, for 2 whole days.
It was Monday morning when they first saw you, it happened to be a no class day, since the roof of the great hall starting raining with no warning and it flooded, somehow even in a world of magic, even spells can’t fix some things, so they needed a day to clear out all the water.
With red rimmed and swollen eyes, you trudged down the girls stairs into the common room where the boys were sitting on the couches. You’d decided to just be comfy today, so you had on your (Remus’s) warm sweater and some old jeans you had in your trunk.
You knuckled at your sleepy eyes and finally as you had a few steps left to go, the 4 boys looked up at you. It was Peter who first stood up and met you halfway for a hug. You basked in his warmth for a minute before you felt more pairs of arms around you and peter, making it a big group hug.
‘you feeling a bit better?’ James asked softly, to not disturb the quiet atmosphere around them
You just shrugged your shoulders a little and mumbled a ‘eh’,
‘never liked that guy anyway, y’were too good for him’ Sirius said, a hint of malice in his tone directed at Richard.
‘he’s stupid to think he could have anyone better than you, I promise darling, if he even had the thought running through his mind to go and do this to you, then he wasn’t the right one’ Remus murmured warmly above you, his chin resting on your head.
‘I’m really sorry y/n’ it was peter who whispered this time, as he was the closest to you, your head resting on his chest, you could hear him the clearest.
‘s’fine’
‘it isn’t though …. Don’t know if this is the right moment to bring it up, but we got him pretty good, Madam Pomfrey had to give him some of those revolting potions to make the big headed hex to go away, bugger deserved it’ James said, twirling some of your hair with his fingers.
You had to let out a little laugh at that, imagining Richard with a head twice the size of his body was quite the amusing thought ‘I hope you didn’t do anything too bad’
‘Us? Never’ Sirius replied cheekily
‘hey, since we have an off day, do y’wanna go get some ice cream and chocolates from the kitchen? You have the pick of whatever movies we watch, we aren’t even allowed to complain. Sound good?’ Remus asked you with a smile you could hear from his voice
You smiled into peters chest, you all still wrapped up in the massive hug, not ready to pull away just yet. ‘I would love that’
Internally, you thanked the universe for giving you the best friends you could possibly have, as you all got ready for a movie day filled with chocolates and ice cream