You're My World
“Come on D!” Marlene tugged Dorcas’s hand and pulled her along the path behind Hagrid’s hut.
“I’m coming, I’m coming,” Dorcas said, almost tripping over a tree root as Marlene dragged her along, “Where are we going?”
“I can’t tell you,” Marlene sang, grinning cheekily at Dorcas.
“Ugh. Whyyyyyyy?”
“’Coz it’s a secret. A surprise.”
“It better be a good surprise. I have a charms test to revise for.”
Marlene abruptly stopped walking and spun around, giving Dorcas a hard kiss on the lips. When she broke away, she grinned at Dorcas.
“Will you be quiet now? ‘Coz otherwise I might not show you this. And that would be such a shame, since Mary, Alice, Lily and I spent ages getting this right and making it all perfect for you. Honestly, it took us so long to set everything up.”
“I... Okay. I’ll be quiet,” Dorcas smiled shyly at her girlfriend, “How perfect is it?”
“Well, I think it’s perfect, perfect, but I guess you will be the judge of it,” Marlene smiled hard and hugged Dorcas close, burying her nose in Dorcas’s frizzy hair, “You are going to love it.”
Dorcas smiled as Marlene pulled away and followed her down several paths hidden by trees and bushes. They walked for a further five minutes, before Marlene stopped and placed her hands over Dorcas’s eyes.
“Hey- Marls!” Dorcas cried out, trying to pry the hands away from her eyes.
“Stop,” Marlene said softly, “I want this to be a proper surprise. We’re almost there. So, let me cover your eyes?”
“Kinky bastard,” Dorcas mumbled, and Marlene laughed, kicking her leg lightly.
“Shush you. I’m only kinky in the bedroom.”
Dorcas let out a startled giggle and reached out to tug on Marlene’s hair.
“Now who’s the kinky bastard,” Marlene said, laughing, “So, can I keep my hands over your eyes?”
Dorcas giggled again, “Sure thing love,” She allowed Marlene’s hands to stay on her eyes and carefully stepped forwards, letting Marlene direct her down the final few meters of path.
“Okay,” Marlene said, “I’m gunna take my hands off your eyes but you keep them closed until I say so, alright?”
“Okay,” Dorcas said, keeping her eyes firmly closed as Marlene’s hands left her face. She heard Marlene walk away from her, then some rustling. Then, she heard Marlene call out.
“Okay love. You can open your eyes.”
Opening her eyes, Dorcas gasped and looked all around her. There, before her, sat Marlene on a fluffy grey picnic rug, a few bits of food beside her, lights littered around them on bushes and in trees and two wine glasses with a bottle of fairy wine in a cooler next to them.
“Oh,” Dorcas breathed, a look of awe on her face, “Marls, this...”
“Is it alright?” Marlene asked, biting her lip.
“It’s... It’s bloody perfect,” Dorcas walked towards Marlene and planted a firm kiss on her lips, sitting down next to her. Marlene breathed a sigh of relief and wrapped her arm around Dorcas’s shoulders.
“I’m so glad you like it,” She whispered, “Worth not revising tonight?”
“Definitely,” Dorcas replied, grinning.
Marlene then reached out to grab some food, “Fancy some supper?”
Dorcas laughed lightly and accepted the food, a sausage roll, taking a big bite. She leant back against Marlene and smiled. She was exactly where she wanted to be; In the arms of her lover, out at dusk, eating their supper and watching the sun set. It really was perfect.
She sighed happily and closed her eyes, dropping her head back onto Marlene’s shoulder. Marlene’s arm tightened around her.
“You okay?” She whispered into Dorcas’s ear.
To answer Dorcas opened her eyes and looked up at Marlene, whose face was framed by a halo of lights in the trees above them. She smiled and lifted her hand to Marlene’s face, brushing her thumb across her cheek. She then cupped the back of Marlene’s neck and bought her head down, pressing their mouths together softly.
When they separated, they both smiled and Marlene dropped a kiss to Dorcas’s forehead, before reaching out for the wine and glasses.
“Want a drink?” She said, holding a glass out to Dorcas, who took it and sat up properly, facing her lover. She held her glass out and Marlene poured some fairy wine into it, then into her own. They both raised their glasses and took a small sip out of them, their eye contact never wavering.
The sun had set, and the darkness had settled down for the night, the only brightness coming from all the lights around the two Gryffindors. After a while, a star flew across the sky, then another, and another. The two girls finished their wine then laid back on the rug, chatting, laughing and watching the stars.
“This is beautiful,” Dorcas mused, turning to look at Marlene, “I can’t believe you went to all this trouble just for me.”
Marlene propped herself up on her elbow and looked down at Dorcas, “I would do anything for you,” She said.
Dorcas’s eyes glistened with tears and she reached up to run her hand through Marlene’s hair, “But... Why?” She whispered.
“Because you’re my world,” Marlene replied, stating it as if it was the most obvious fact in the world.
That was all Dorcas needed to hear, for she then wrapped both her arms around the blonde-haired girl and pulled her downwards for another kiss. This one was not soft, tender and loving, like the last. It was passionate and heated as both girls tried to express their love through the kiss.
They parted after a while and there were tears dripping down Dorcas’s cheeks. Happy tears. She smiled, for at that moment, she was happier than she had ever been while she had been at Hogwarts.
“And you are mine.”