Chapter 8
The next morning was tense.
Rowena roused from a deep sleep and her eyes wandered over her sleeping boyfriend - he looked peaceful when he slept, but she saw a very light sheen of sweat and groaned. The full moon was Friday, and he would gradually grow worse as the week went on. Shuffling closer to him in the bed, she threw an arm over him and kissed his shoulder before resting her head on his chest. She hadn’t meant to wake him, but he began stirring as she snuggled up to him.
His thick-lashed eyelids fluttered open and he looked down at her with his amber eyes which seemed less bright than usual. It made her heart wrench and she wanted to make everything better, but she knew she couldn’t. He kissed her forehead and shifted so that he was laying on his side, looking at her fully. Thinking for a moment, he didn’t know whether to breach the subject of the last night’s events. In the end, he didn’t need to.
“Alright, we should get up.” Rowena smiled and kissed him before tugging on a pair of shorts tucked underneath her pillow and opening the curtain of the bed.
Once she was standing up, she looked around and saw Sirius getting up as well - she craned her neck to try and look into his bed. He met her eye and she flushed pink, he looked hurt. She looked briefly at James’ bed, the curtains still drawn, and then crossed the room to Sirius, reaching a hand up to touch his cheek, but he flinched away from her. Her hand fell to her side and she stepped back.
“You thought that was me?” his eyes were sad and his brows furrowed.
“I didn’t know- I’m sorry, I just… I didn’t want to think of you with- it’s not an excuse. I should have trusted you,” she admitted and he nodded, grabbing a shirt and trousers from his bedside table.
“You should trust me. I lo- I care about you, and Remus. I’m not about to jeopardise that for the sake of a one night stand!” he whispered angrily and she nodded, looking down.
“I’m sorry, I just get insecure, Pads.” she wrapped her arms around herself, wanting the ground to swallow her up in that moment.
“Yeah? So do I.” he walked into the bathroom and left Rowena standing there, tears threatening to spill.
She didn’t move, she didn’t speak and she didn’t even properly cry - she felt so stupid as she heard the water from the shower. That’s when there was movement coming from James’ bed and the curtains opened. Expecting to see Lily flushed with embarrassment and James looking proud of himself, Rowena turned to face them. Except that wasn’t what she saw at all.
“Mary? What the fuck are you doing here?” she put her hands on her hips and Mary’s eyes went wide.
Instead of seeing James and Lily, Rowena had come face to face with Mary MacDonald and James. This was Lily’s supposed friend, and the man that Lily had finally agreed to date. James looked awkward as he stood up and he went to make his way around the bed to Rowena. She didn’t know what came over her, but she walked right up to him and slapped him square across the cheek. Mary shouted for her to leave him alone.
“What the fuck is wrong with you? Years it took you to even get Lily to agree to one date, and now you’re fucking her friend because- what, she wouldn’t put out? You’re a pig, Potter-“ she went to push him and he grabbed her wrists, stopping her from inflicting anymore pain.
“It’s not what you think, Ro! Just calm down and I’ll explain-“ she gritted her teeth, emitting an almost growl-like sound.
“Explain! Explain what? That you’re an arse that doesn’t think of anyone but himself? Don’t you even start to think that I won’t be telling Lily.” she struggled against him and he glared down at her.
“Don’t you fucking dare, Rowena. Me and Mary had been seeing each other for a while, this was the last time!” he tightened his grip on her wrists and she tugged against him, trying to free herself.
“Does Lily know, then? That one of her best friends and her - I don’t know what you are - have been screwing for possibly months?” she spat and Mary spoke up now.
“Look, Rowena, James had come to tell me that we couldn’t see each other any more. We decided we may as well have one last night - for old times’ sake.” Rowena glared at the girl, wanting nothing more than to hex the both of them into the new year.
“You disgust me, both of you. Now, let me go, Potter.” Rowena focused her glare on him now and his jaw clenched.
“You won’t tell her.” he released his grip on her wrists and she tumbled backwards.
“What the fuck is wrong with you?” she asked as she thudded to the floor.
Remus got up now, walking quickly over to Rowena and helping her up before turning to James. He was livid, and he didn’t hold back. Fist clenched, he brought it up to punch the bespectacled boy on the nose, knocking him backwards. Mary rushed to him and he clutched at his nose, there was blood seeping through his fingers and he scowled up at Remus who was walking back over to Rowena already.
James got up, dressing quickly and left the room, tailed by Mary.
“Are you okay, love?” Remus asked, wrapping his arms around Rowena’s waist.
“I am. He’s such an arse! How could he do that to Lily?” she sighed and rested her head against his chest as they heard the bathroom door open.
“What was all that about? I heard shouting,” Sirius looked between the two of them and then he noticed the split skin on Remus’ knuckles, “are you okay?”
“We’re fine - it’s James you need to worry about. Moony managed to get a good punch in after he pushed me over. Lily will want to hex him into is thirties, too.” Rowena snorted a little and Sirius’ eyes widened, he almost reached out to wrap his arms around the two of them, and then remembered their previous conversation.
“What happened, though?” he asked, he looked concerned and it almost made Rowena cry - they had argued and now he was by their side.
“It wasn’t James and Lily. It was James and Mary.” Remus said and Rowena nodded, turning to face Sirius, her back to Remus now.
“I confronted him about it and he got angry. Really hurt my wrists, the git. Then he pushed me, I fell, Remus punched him.” she confessed and Sirius grabbed her hands, turning them over in his own, he clenched his jaw.
“I have some soothing balm somewhere - let me get it for you. Sit down, Twitch,” he whispered and she nodded, sitting on his bed while he rooted through his trunk and the drawers by his bed.
“I’m fine, honestly,” she smiled weakly as she looked down at the bruised skin of her wrists.
“Listen to him, bunny,” Remus leaned against the bed post of James’ bed as he watched Sirius crouch before Rowena, between her legs.
He unscrewed the lid of the soothing balm. It was a sickly green paste that smelled of dittany, wormwood and something else - it smelled like bitter metal. Something with blood, clearly; more than likely, it was dragon’s blood. He dipped two fingers in the paste and gently smoothed it over the bruises before gently pulling her hand towards him, kissing her forearm and looking up at her. She let out a gasp and she grinned down at him.
“Thank you, Pads,” she bit her lip and he shook his head, chuckling at her as he rose, kissing her lips softly on the way up.
“Now, I think there’s another redhead we may need to speak to,” Remus gestures towards the door and Rowena nodded, standing up and going to walk out of the dormitory.
“Um, bunny? You might need to put some clothes on first.” Sirius coughed and Rowena spun around, her cheeks pink.
Rowena marched herself up to the girls’ dormitories and threw open the door, seeing Lily talking to Dorcas and Marlene. She bit her lip as she thought about the best way to approach the subject. In the end, she asked to speak with Lily privately. So, they went into the bathroom for some reason. Lily felt her palms sweating a little bit as she thought about her slip-up the day before; she assumed that this was why Rowena wanted to talk to her. Rowena was nervous too, not wanting to upset her friend but also not wanting to let her get fucked over like she was.
“What did you need to talk to me about?” Lily asked as she looked in the mirror briefly, running a hand through her ginger hair.
“Look… I’m not sure how to say this. Not exactly, I-“ Lily placed a hand on Rowena’s and smiled warmly at her.
“You can tell me anything, Ro,” she whispered and subconsciously took a step forward.
“Okay, look- James and Mary had sex last night in the boys’ dormitory.” she spoke quickly, trying to get it all out before she lost the nerve.
“Oh…” Lily trailed off, looking down as she processed what Rowena had just said, “I-I thought James liked me?”
“He does! I think. But apparently they’d been fooling around for a while and last night was their last time. That’s what they said, anyway,” Rowena bit her lip as she watched Lily closely, “he may have got quite mad at me for saying that I’d tell you. Remus ended up punching him, so you can always laugh at that?”
“Yeah, right…” she seemed truly upset which Rowena wasn’t quite expecting, “we should get to breakfast.”
“Are you okay?” Rowena asked, smiling sweetly at Lily.
Lily threw her arms around Rowena’s neck and burying her face in the slightly taller girl’s shoulder. Rowena slid her arms around Lily’s waist and she felt her heart swell in a bittersweet sort of way. She was feeling terrible that Lily was so sad, but she loved the feeling of Lily in her arms. Not thinking it through properly, Rowena kissed Lily’s forehead and whispered in her ear that she was there for her. Lily breathed in deeply and smelled the faint jasmine scent of Rowena’s perfume.
“Thank you, Ro. What would I do without you?” Lily smiled sadly and Rowena ran a hand through the other girl’s hair, they were standing too close to each other.
“You’d be screwed without me, wouldn’t you?” Rowena smirked and she briefly looked down at Lily’s lips and then back to her green eyes.
“I would,” she did the same, and then she let out a shaky breath, “thank you, again.”
Rowena felt her breath hitch as Lily’s rosy lips brushed against her cheek and she instinctively reached her hand up to touch the place where they had been. Lily noticed this but didn’t mention it as she turned away from Rowena, grabbing a hold of her toothbrush. After a few minutes had passed and Lily had finished brushing her teeth, the two girls exited the bathroom and made their way over to the dormitory door. Thankfully, Mary still hadn’t returned.
Making their way down the stairs, Rowena spotted Sirius and Remus sitting on one of the seats by the fire. Lily was holding onto Rowena’s hand, following her down the stairs and over to the boys. Lily didn’t quite know how she felt about the whole James situation, but she knew she wanted to feel close to someone, and who better than her best friend? So as Remus and Sirius stood up, Lily continued holding Rowena’s hand.
“How are you holding up, Evans?” Sirius asked, trying his best to sound as sincere as he was.
“I’m alright. Myself and James hadn’t even been on our ‘date’ yet, so it’s no skin off my nose if he can’t keep it in his pants for longer than a day.” she snorted and Sirius barked a hearty laugh, taking a hand through his black curls as he threw the other arm around Lily’s shoulder and gave it a squeeze.
“Well, you can stick with us today. Not going to be much of James around. Not after this morning, the bastard.” Sirius spat and Remus and Rowena both looked around at him, their mouths agape as they heard the words tumbling from Sirius’ lips.
“I thought you two were close?” Lily asked and she looked up at Sirius, lacing her fingers through Rowena’s now.
“We were- we are, okay? But he needs to properly apologise for what he’s done. No one hurts- just, he’s in the wrong on this one, alright?” Sirius’ voice was strained and he seemed tense as he spoke about his friend, and Lily noticed the furtive looks he shot in Rowena’s direction.
Breakfast was tense. Rowena and Lily sat one side of the table and Remus and Sirius sat on the other side. Feeling guilty, Rowena had tried to apologise to Remus for not sitting with him like she had done for the past five years - at least the majority of the time. He had rolled his eyes at her, kissed her on the forehead and told her to do whatever she needed that day. To comfort Lily however she felt was best. To get whatever comfort she might need.
Rowena and James had never argued, not like that. Sirius and James quarrelled like siblings; James and Remus usually ignored each other completely; Remus and Sirius bickered like an old married couple; Rowena and Sirius shouted at each other till they were blue in the face, but they now made up for it in rather creative ways; Remus and Rowena tended to pretend that nothing was wrong, but things grew tense and one of them would end up snapping at the other. But James and Rowena… never.
Perhaps it was because of their personalities, or perhaps it was something different entirely, but they had never argued.
James was sitting next to Gideon and Fabian Prewett. Mary was sitting next to Elicia Hardy. They were at either ends of the Gryffindor table and it made Rowena furious. She couldn’t turn to face either end of the hall without having to see their stupid, selfish faces. So she held Lily’s hand still, giving it the occasional squeeze and receiving the occasional squeeze back. It was comfortable, the two of them being connected like that all day, and no one seemed to question it.
It was only when classes had ended and dinner had been eaten, that anyone spoke about the constant contact between the girls. It was Sirius who had broached the subject, and he tried to be as tactful as possible while he did so. After thinking out his question for a while, he asked the girls what they would do that evening. The girls’ dormitory was shared with Mary, so they probably wouldn’t like to sleep there. But the boys’ dormitory was shared with James, so that wouldn’t work either.
“I’ve got an idea, actually,” Rowena smiled comfortingly at Lily, stroking the back of her hand with her thumb.
“What terrible mischief are you getting me into now, Ro?” Lily bit her lip and Rowena rolled her eyes at the freckled girl next to her.
“No mischief, I swear it. Just a room to meet our very needs,” she smirked and flicked some of her auburn hair out of her face before glancing briefly at Remus and Sirius who seemed confused before they understood what she meant.
“I’m intrigued, so now you’ve got to show me whatever this idea is,” Lily rested her head on Rowena’s shoulder for a moment before the four of them rose.
Remus and Sirius followed the girls through the corridors, their shoulders brushing lightly against the other’s as they walked. They wished they could get away with holding hands like the girls did, but they couldn’t. Rowena and Lily giggled occasionally as they spoke to each other while they made their way to Rowena’s ‘secret location’. It turned out to be an empty corridor, and Lily thought the girl had finally gone mad. Until she had walked back and forth three times. A door was there, where it wasn’t before, and Lily gasped.
All four of them hurried inside and Rowena locked the door behind them.
It was a large room, with a large bed in the centre - it must have been double the size of the dormitory beds, Lily thought to herself. Rowena grinned and she dragged Lily over to the bed that was there. There were four wardrobes in the room, a few chairs dotted about and a large fireplace, too. There were bookshelves and stacks of parchment. Two writing desks and plenty of ink and quills. There was a cabinet with bottles and glasses, and a small kitchen area, it seemed. There was also a small door that was open, it led to a bathroom. Everything that they could possibly want, in one room. Lily was stunned.
“This has to be the Room of Requirements, does it not?” Lily asked and Rowena nodded as she kicked off her shoes and flopped herself down on the bed, sprawling out.
“That’s the one! We can sleep here and no one will be able to find us. Not even James.” Rowena sighed happily and Lily climbed onto the bed, sitting down and looking at Rowena.
“Looks like someone was still hungry when we got here?” Sirius asked as he gestured to the cabinet and kitchen area and he kicked off his shoes, hanging his robes on the back of a chair.
“Only a little, Padsy,” Rowena couldn’t help herself, she let his nickname slip from her pink lips and Sirius stopped in his tracks, eyeing Rowena, then Remus and then Lily.
“Oh it’s fine! I already know everything,” Lily laughed sweetly and Rowena propped herself up on her elbows, wiggling her eyebrows at Remus and Sirius who shook their heads in exasperation.
“C’mere now…” she poked her tongue out at them and Remus followed Sirius in taking off his shoes and robes before the two of them sat on the bed, their backs against the headboard.
Rowena wedged herself in between them, and Lily laid between her legs, her head resting on Rowena’s lap. Stroking Lily’s hair, Rowena turned to kiss Remus and then Sirius in turn. Sirius felt almost a little uncomfortable, but Remus’ hand in his helped, as they threaded their fingers together behind Rowena.
“So, how are you feeling now, bun?” Remus asked, burying his face in Rowena’s neck.
“Hmm? I’m fine, Rem, just upset with him more than anything. Years he’s been bugging me about Lils and now this.” she groaned and Lily rolled her eyes up at Rowena, “what?”
“I’ve been saying this for years, Ro. It was never going to work, okay?” she sighed and began wiggling Rowena’s fingers for some unknown reason.
“Well, in all fairness, we did all think he was serious about you.” Sirius grinned, grabbing his wand and summoning four butterbeers from the cabinet.
“So did I…” Lily trailed off, letting Rowena’s hand fall to her chest now, which caused Rowena to stiffen.
“I’m gonna need a shower at some point - didn’t manage to get one this morning. What with Padsy hogging the shower and then James,” Rowena grinned at Sirius who raised an eyebrow back at her.
“Watch your tone, bunny.” he reached out his free hand before shaking his head and leaning back against the headboard.
“‘M sorry Padsy,” she blushed and he kissed her softly, “I do need a shower though!”
“Me too, got rudely awakened by an equally angry redhead,” Lily teased and Rowena glared at her, “come on, I’m joking!”
“Fine… well, I’m going to check out the bathroom,” she rolled her eyes at Lily and climbed over Sirius’ lap before making her way over to the bathroom, “holy shit, it’s huge! Lils, come here!”
Lily clambered off the bed and over to Rowena who was standing just inside the large, pristine bathroom. It had two toilets in individual cubicles and two large showers, with an opaque partition between them. It was decided, Lily and Rowena would take the first showers. Both girls grabbed their wands and summoned a change of clothes.
“We’re going to shower now if that’s okay? There are two showers in there!” Rowena grinned as she stood before Remus and Sirius.
“Okay, but don’t have too much fun without us, kitten.” Remus mused and Rowena’s cheeks flushed a deep pink.
“I wasn’t- we weren’t- daddy…” she spluttered, looking down at her hands which were clasped in front of her; it was clear that he had caught her off guard.
“Sweetie, I know what you meant. But… if anything were to happen, I wouldn’t object. Would you, Pads?” Remus asked, tucking some of Sirius’ hair behind his ear.
“No, not at all. Just make us proud, princess,” he grinned and she felt her jaw drop and her eyes widen.
Rowena realised in that moment that she was being given free reign of what she could do with a ridiculously attractive girl in the shower, by her ridiculously attractive dominants. She almost couldn’t believe the two of them, and she felt her blood rushing to her head and her pulse quicken. A grateful smile danced along her lips as she reached forward to kiss each of them in turn before turning back to Lily and walking over to the bathroom again.
“What, the boys didn’t want to join you?” Lily asked and Rowena rolled her eyes at the girl before shutting the door behind her and turning to face Lily.
“No, they didn’t. They’re more than likely going to cuddle while we’re in here, anyway,” Rowena pouted and Lily rolled her eyes, placing a hand on the girl’s cheek to rub her thumb across it.
“I’m sure they’ll miss you even though you’ll not be gone long, I would,” Lily smiled shyly and Rowena reached her hand up to Lily’s, her heart fluttering just a little.
“You’re too sweet, Lils,” Rowena’s voice was small, and she couldn’t help but stare at the girl before her, “come on, we’d better get showered before the boys think I’ve abandoned them entirely.”
Rowena cursed herself, frustrated that she seemed to be incapable of telling Lily how she felt. Lily felt stupid, she thought she was making it all quite obvious that she was attracted to Rowena, but the auburn haired girl simply didn’t bite. Perhaps, she thought to herself, this was the moment to do it - to make a bold move. They were in a bathroom with only a partition between the shower cubicles, no changing rooms.
So Lily undid her tie, slipping it off as she looked at Rowena through heavy-lidded eyes. The taller of the two couldn’t help but stare, transfixed, as Lily begun unbuttoning her white blouse, revealing a white, lacy bra. Her breath hitched in her throat as Lily let her blouse drop to the floor, and she took in the sight of Lily’s chest, the creamy flesh spilling from the white bra. A black skirt was taken off next, leaving Lily stood in her matching white bra and panties and frilly white ankle socks.
“Like what you see?” Lily bit her lip as she leaned against the door frame.
“I- uh- yes,” Rowena spluttered and reached for her own tie, but Lily’s hands stopped her.
Reaching up to Rowena’s neck, Lily slipped her delicate fingers around the tie and undid it, smiling innocently up at her as she did so. Next came Rowena’s shirt, which Lily unbuttoned painstakingly slowly, her fingers just brushing over Rowena’s heaving chest as she did so. Lily sunk to her knees, hooking her fingers in the waist band of Rowena’s skirt to pull it down. She then stood back, admiring the view of Rowena stood in dark green lingerie - silky with black lace.
“Lily, what are we-“ Lily cut Rowena off as she pressed her lips to the girl’s.
Rowena slipped her arms around Lily’s waist and Lily threw hers up around Rowena’s neck. Pink lips met red and they moved with such fervour, hungrily moving in sync with each other. Lily felt Rowena’s hands wandering up her back, fiddling with the clasp of her white bra before it pinged open and Lily slipped it off fully. She returned the favour now, unclamping Rowena’s bra and then slipping her straps down.
“Lils, are you sure-“ Rowena was cut off once more by Lily tugging at her dark green panties which were growing wetter and wetter by the minute.
Rowena sunk to her knees before Lily, hooking her fingers in the waistband of the delicate, white, lacy panties and she pulled them down. Slipping one finger between her folds, Rowena rubbed gently over Lily’s clitoris and revelled in the wetness, the slight gasp that escaped Lily’s lips. Lily’s fingers knotted through Rowena’s hair as she licked her fingers before licking tentatively at Lily’s sensitive clit.
Running her hands up Lily’s calves, then her thighs, Rowena’s hands finally settled on her round arse, where she grabbed the girl’s arse cheeks and lapped at her pussy hungrily. Lily stumbled back a little, leaning against the door as she felt Rowena’s tongue darting around her clit. The grey-eyed girl looked up at Lily as she now took a finger and slipped it in slowly to her virgin pussy. Lily moaned as Rowena started pumping her finger inside her, suckling lightly on her clit.
“Oh! Fuuuck, Ro!” Lily cried out as Rowena slowly began to work another finger inside, stretching her out perfectly around her dainty fingers.
Remus’ ears burned as he heard Lily crying out for Rowena and Sirius felt him shift beside him. The dark haired man turned to the brown haired man, his eyebrow raised as he tried to discern what was going through his head. Gesturing to the bathroom, Remus placed a finger on his lips and listened out for the girls. It didn’t take long and he heard another loud moan from Lily, followed by a string of curse words.
“Are they-“ Sirius stopped as he heard Lily that time, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped, his cock may have twitched in his boxers.
“They are… fuck, I’m gonna need to block that out somehow or…” Remus trailed off as he felt Sirius’ lips brushing against his neck, “or that, I suppose…”