Chapter 1
1977
She’d known she was different, for a long time she had known that she couldn’t stand around waiting for a man to be handed on a silver platter to her. She’d liked sirius in second year, and even offered to make out with remus. But none of that was serious, Marlene knew that, she’d known she was pretending. She wasn’t pretending with Mary though. Every time Mary kissed her on the top of the head to say goodbye she’d felt butterflies all over, like life would never get any better. Then she would catch Mary in the broom closet with Roman Rotherhide and realise that was just Mary’s way of saying goodbye to her friend. After all, Marlene had seen Mary with Sirius, she did a-lot more than kiss him on the head goodbye.
Marlene took a great, deep shuddering breath. She held the blade in her hand, she hadn’t realised that accio could be so powerful. Another great breath, followed by a small incision on the inside of her thigh. She deserved to hurt. Of course there couldn’t be some sort of hitch to her life. Marlene Mckinnon, Muggle-born quidditch player and healer with excellent grades and a brother that plays for the Chudley cannons. The cannons for gods sake, why couldn’t she just have a nice, normal life like her brother. Instead of looking at her best friend everyday and just wishing she wasn’t the way she was. She was in love with Mary, and there was nothing that she could do to help that.
Another cut.