"What.... the fuck.... is this monstrosity?" I asked Blaise quietly as I stared around the great hall with a look of complete repulsion. The walls were all covered with large, lurid pink flowers.
Worse still, heart shaped confetti was falling from the pale blue ceiling as me and Blaise looked at each other, both looking absolutely disgusted as we slowly walked in and down to where we usually sat as I stopped, standing behind Flint before sitting down next to him as Blaise wandered off and me and him shared the same look, Miles and Adrian taking the seats opposite us
"What the fuck has he done?"
"Made even more of a fool of himself?"
"I didn't think it was possible"
"Let's look at the professors, shall we? Who do you think is going to curse him first? McGonagall or Snape?" I asked them with an amused look as we turned to them, both looking just as stoney faced as one another as I muffled my laughter
"How come you aren't drooling at him then Amelia-?"
"Because I- unlike the majority of lassies staring at him- have standards" I told Lucian after he had dropped down next to us with an amused look while Flint opened his mouth, getting cut off by Lockhart who had stood up
"Happy Valentine's Day!" Lockhart shouted, grinning from ear to ear as I looked at him disgusted
"Fucking spare me-"
"And may I thank the forty six people who have so far sent me cards!" He said loudly again as I lifted my head and leant forward, staring at both Pansy and Daphne who turned away, pink in the face as I shook my head disappointed
"Please tell me you didn't send him one Lia-"
"No! Do you not have any faith in me?" I hissed at Adrian as he grinned at me
"Did you send him one?"
"No. I sent him two-" he told me quietly as the bunch of us tried to muffle our laughter, hiding our faces in our sleeves as I shook my head, our faces ever so slightly red
"Fuck off-"
"Yes, I have taken the liberty of arranging this little surprise for you all- and it doesn't end here!" Lockhart cut across us as he clapped his hands and through the doors to the hall marched a dozen surly looking dwarfs. Not just any dwarfs, however. Lockhart had them all wearing golden wings and carrying harps. Watching them continue to walk forward I started shaking with silent laughter as I gripped at Flint's shoulder and turned to look at him as he started laughing to himself as I hid my face with a groan
"Somebody give me a knife: I am so unbelievably tempted to stab myself-"
"My friendly, card carrying cupids!-"
"Oh this just gets better-"
"They will be moving around the school today delivering your valentines!-"
"Of course they will be-"
"And the fun doesn't stop here!-"
"Really? That's a shame-"
"I'm sure my colleagues will want to enter into the spirit of the occasion!-"
"Oh fuck me gently with a chainsaw, this'll be good-"
"Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to whip up a Love Potion?" Snorting in laughter I clamped my hand over my mouth as I pressed my head against the table as Flint hit me, him and the others turning away as they tried to stop laughing
"And while you're at it, Professor Flitwick knows more about Entrancing Enchantments than any wizard I've ever met, the sly old dog!" He called out as I started laughing out loud, lifting my head as a couple of people turned to me and Miles covered my mouth with his hand as I felt tears fill my eyes, my face burning as I watched from the corner of my eye as Lockhart sat down. Moving his hand away I looked to the teachers table, Flitwick having buried his head in his hands while I turned to Snape, looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force fed poison.
"Amelia? Have you got potions today?"
"Last thing-"
"Do it! Ask him for one!"
"You can go and fuck yourself!"
"If you ask Snape for a love potion I'll ask Lockhart if he got the cards I sent him" Adrian said to me as we both continued laughing and I stood up, walking away from them while I shook my head as I looked at Pansy and Daphne
"I have lost so much faith in you both"
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Storms Ahead
Fanfiction**trigger warning: this story will contain scenes of a violent relationship, self harm, attempted suicide, depression and anxiety** (I understand that this may be personal and emotional towards readers and that's why I'll leave it up to you to decid...
