Different

birthdays

Just a warning that there is a small part of this chapter with a trigger warning. It's marked and it's not very long but please read the section with caution!

"Life is meaningless. What is the point of even living anymore?"

"They're just cramps, Claire," Hermione sighed. Claire whined and clutched Luna to her chest as she started crying. 

"What now?" Ron grumbled. They were all hiding in Claire's room while Mrs. Weasley was yelling at the twins for some prank.

"She's just so small!" Claire cried. Luna tilted her head and then nuzzled into Claire's neck.

"Claire's right," Ginny whimpered, tears in her eyes too. "How can something be that tiny?"

"Not you too!" Ron complained.

"Shut it, Ronald!" Hermione snapped. Ron and Harry both looked at each other with wide eyes when all three girls were suddenly crying over how small Luna was.

"My uterus hurts so much," Claire groaned through her tears.

"Okay, I'm out," Harry announced, deciding that chores would be better than this.

"Bring us chocolate!" Hermione gasped.

Harry's trial was the next day, so Claire especially was already worried. She had tried to see what would happen, but she just came up with a mental block. When you add on her being on her period, she was crying all the time.

"What did I just walk into?" Tonks asked with a bright laugh as she passed the boys while they ran to find chocolate.

"My uterus is killing me," Claire explained. The two other girls nodded in agreement as they all sat on Claire's bed. Ginny was sprawled out at the bottom while Hermione was hanging over the edge, her hair brushing the ground. Claire was laying normally, her legs curled into her chest.

"Oh, no," Sirius gasped when he saw the scene. "Moony, love, it happened."

"Did I mention I'm on my period too?" Tonks added, curling up next to Claire, sitting up against the headboard, grabbing Luna and holding her. Remus smirked at the girl, who smirked back.

"Do you need tea? Chocolate? Flowers?" Remus asked the young adult playfully.

"Some flowers would be lovely," Tonks laughed. Claire lifted her head and looked back and forth between the two with a suspicious look. Sirius didn't look happy either, grabbing Remus' hand and showing it off like he was warning her to stay away. Neither Tonks nor Remus looked too upset at the looks they were receiving.

"Well, you don't get any from me," Remus told her. "But Mrs. Weasley wants all the kids downstairs for dinner. It's a big night with Harry's trial tomorrow."

The three girls all groaned as loud as they could. Hermione basically flipped over, sitting on the floor until Ginny forced her up, leaning on each other as they made their way downstairs. Tonks winked at Remus as she passed him, which didn't go unnoticed by Sirius, who huffed and stomped off. Remus looked at him with clear confusion on his face, furrowing his eyebrows as he tried to figure out what he did.

"You're so oblivious," Claire sighed when Remus sent her an inquisitive look.

"What did I do?" Remus questioned.

"You were just flirting with Tonks in front of him. It was gross," Claire said, a hint of anger in her voice.

"What? That wasn't flirting," Remus said, sounding very confused. "Tonks and Charlie Weasley have a thing. We're just friends."