Blackinnon_love
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James knew when to pick his battles with Lily, and this was not one worth pursuing.
He took a deep breath and looked to his best mate with defeat. "Can't win 'em all."
James sighed as Sirius went on his mini rant on how much Marlene over-reacted. He seemed beyond annoyed at Marlene's actions. He had to admit his childhood friend was in the wrong and that she acted rashly.
Still, he knew Marlene and was certain that she had her own reasons for acting like that. He also felt a bit protective of her as Sirius gave attention to the birds he would usually ignore. No doubt he was a flirt, he knew his friend had a bit of an ulterior motive. He shook his head as Sirius engaged the girls.
"Pads, Marlene over reacted. I agree with that." He also reached for more bacon and took a small break to chew on a few pieces. After taking a long sip of his pumpkin juice, he continued.
"I know Marlene. She doesn't often act like that. She can have a temper and is really irritable when she's on her period." He learned first hand that roughhousing with her was a major no-no when she was around her time of the month.
He took a banana from the fruit bowl and started to peel it. "still, I sense that she was upset by much more than some silly prank and a few puns. It's not like her to be upset by this. She typically would bust your chops back or just tell you to shut the hell up"
He then remembered their trip to diagon alley. Sirius had run off to console Marlene after Lily made a silly joke about being pregnant. Perhaps the two incidents were alike?
"You know mate....she acted this same way in diagon alley...or at least very similar. Did you two discuss anything that might explain this strange behavior?"
He didn't want Marlene and him to be over before they even started. Marlene seemed so happy with Sirius. His best mate seemed happy too. In fact, it's possible that Sirius felt differently about Marlene than he had about any past affairs.
Marlene heard someone entering the loo and rushed to snuff our her cigarette. She was waving the air in front of her when Lily's voice was heard. She then used her wand to clear out the smoke. After using a sanitary charm in herself, she walked out of the stall to join her friend.
Her hair was still stringy, her eyes were filled with water and she looked down feeling like a complete jerk.
"I don't want to go to class today...or this week...or ever"
She choked back her tears and sat on the porcelain throne.
"I-I didn't mean to overact...something came over me and"
She bawled Roderick used to poke fun at my body.....I starved myself to fit into an uncomfortably small dress and he still called me porky
She sniffled and blew her nose.
"I-I think he used some of the trigger words...he-he used. Plus...I'm not feeling well at all...and I look terrible"
Marlene wasn't often self conscious- in fact she was often over confident. It was the lowered self esteem Roderick gave her that made her self-conscious about her looks at times.
"Knowing Sirius he probably wants to dump me and thinks I'm a bitch"
He took a deep breath and looked to his best mate with defeat. "Can't win 'em all."
James sighed as Sirius went on his mini rant on how much Marlene over-reacted. He seemed beyond annoyed at Marlene's actions. He had to admit his childhood friend was in the wrong and that she acted rashly.
Still, he knew Marlene and was certain that she had her own reasons for acting like that. He also felt a bit protective of her as Sirius gave attention to the birds he would usually ignore. No doubt he was a flirt, he knew his friend had a bit of an ulterior motive. He shook his head as Sirius engaged the girls.
"Pads, Marlene over reacted. I agree with that." He also reached for more bacon and took a small break to chew on a few pieces. After taking a long sip of his pumpkin juice, he continued.
"I know Marlene. She doesn't often act like that. She can have a temper and is really irritable when she's on her period." He learned first hand that roughhousing with her was a major no-no when she was around her time of the month.
He took a banana from the fruit bowl and started to peel it. "still, I sense that she was upset by much more than some silly prank and a few puns. It's not like her to be upset by this. She typically would bust your chops back or just tell you to shut the hell up"
He then remembered their trip to diagon alley. Sirius had run off to console Marlene after Lily made a silly joke about being pregnant. Perhaps the two incidents were alike?
"You know mate....she acted this same way in diagon alley...or at least very similar. Did you two discuss anything that might explain this strange behavior?"
He didn't want Marlene and him to be over before they even started. Marlene seemed so happy with Sirius. His best mate seemed happy too. In fact, it's possible that Sirius felt differently about Marlene than he had about any past affairs.
Marlene heard someone entering the loo and rushed to snuff our her cigarette. She was waving the air in front of her when Lily's voice was heard. She then used her wand to clear out the smoke. After using a sanitary charm in herself, she walked out of the stall to join her friend.
Her hair was still stringy, her eyes were filled with water and she looked down feeling like a complete jerk.
"I don't want to go to class today...or this week...or ever"
She choked back her tears and sat on the porcelain throne.
"I-I didn't mean to overact...something came over me and"
She bawled Roderick used to poke fun at my body.....I starved myself to fit into an uncomfortably small dress and he still called me porky
She sniffled and blew her nose.
"I-I think he used some of the trigger words...he-he used. Plus...I'm not feeling well at all...and I look terrible"
Marlene wasn't often self conscious- in fact she was often over confident. It was the lowered self esteem Roderick gave her that made her self-conscious about her looks at times.
"Knowing Sirius he probably wants to dump me and thinks I'm a bitch"