Shouldn't be here

Date: October 1975
Location: Prefect's Bathroom
Status: Open only to other Prefects

Incomplete



Marlene cast a small worried glance around her as she swiftly walked across the empty school corridors. She stopped at a corner, tilting her head lightly to make sure the way was clear before turning around to make sure Dora was still following. It was well past their curfew, and she knew they could both get into trouble for being out of their common room at this time of the night - and getting into trouble was the last thing Marlene wanted to do. And yet, here she was, walking around the school at night, which was forbidden. And the reason why she was doing so was to sneak Dora into the prefect's bathroom, which was also forbidden. Overall, if they got caught, there'd be several detentions included in their punishment. Marlene didn't even want to imagine the scolding she would get for breaking the rules, considering the fact that she was a prefect. Of course, she wasn't all that uptight - she did break the rules once in a while and rarely put her foot down when her friends did so as well, but most of the time it was nothing important really, and they were sure they wouldn't get caught. This time, there wasn't only the risk of being caught by a professor or Filch, or even that stupid Mrs. Norris. If a Prefect happened to come across them in the bathroom, that would also mean trouble. And she really didn't want to be caught either. She knew she probably should loosen up a little and be more adventurous, but her childhood had taught her otherwise and she couldn't help but be the girl she had grown up to be.

Sighing lightly as she arrived in front of the door that lead to the Prefect's bathroom, she looked around one last time before glancing at Dora, raising an eyebrow lightly. Her friend was holding their costumes, which was the main reason why they had come all the way here. Dora wanted to try her costume without being seen by other people and the Prefect's bathroom seemed like a rather good place to do it - the fact that Marlene was a prefect had obviously helped with that plan, and when she had given in she had decided to do the same as her friend and bring her costume along as well.

"I'll check inside to make sure nobody else is there," she told her before turning to face the door and whispering the password that unlocked it.

Instantly, the door flew open and Marlene stepped inside the room, her footsteps echoing around the room as her heels clicked on the white marble floor. She looked around and sighed in relief when she noticed the room was completely empty - luck was on her side. Even the flirty mermaid, which never failed to tease her every time she came, was sound asleep in her portrait. Marlene turned around and headed back to the door, grabbing Dora's hand and hastily dragging her inside the room before closing the bathroom door, completely forgetting to lock it as she was still feeling slightly nervous.

"Alright so let's do this quickly," she said, biting her bottom lip lightly.

Marlene smiled at her friend's amazement when she saw the room, taking a glance around as well. With it's white marble walls and floor, along with the enormous bathtub and several decorations, it was a really gorgeous place. She loved coming here, especially for the peace and quiet that could be found. Most of the time, she came early in the morning - unlike the under prefects who prefered coming at night - so that she could relax just as much as she wanted to. Of course, she did not always come here, most of the time she used normal showers and bathroom, just like everybody else, but sometimes it was nice to be able to be alone a little. "It is very pretty," she agreed, smiling lightly.

She then held out her arms and took the costume Dora handed her with a light sigh, biting her bottom lip lightly. It had been one of the prettiest costume she had seen in the catalogue, and not too revealing - the others had seemed to have a cleavage that went too low, or a skirt that was too short. She wasn't really one to show her body very much - it was an habit she had taken in her earlier school days, when she still lived at home and had to wear longer shirts and pants to cover her bruises. And, since old habits die hard, she was still used to wearing clothes that covered most of her body, not really liking to show her skin though she wasn't exactly unhappy with her looks. However, whenever something looked too sexy for her to wear, she instantly dismissed it. The costume she had bought seemed just perfect, it didn't cover too much of her body but it didn't show too much either, and she was happy with this. Of course, she hadn't tried it on yet, but it had seemed nice on the pages she had been looking through with Dora. She then smiled at her friend as she asked if she would be able to do her hair just the way they had seen.

"Don't worry, I will," she said, smiling. "That is, if you can stay still long enough for me to manage it," she added slightly teasingly.

She looked around one more time and then sat down on the step that was next to the bathtub, taking off her shoes and socks before getting back to her feet to slip her jeans off, putting the skirt of her costume on and adjusting it on her hips. That part of the costume seemed to fit as she noticed happily. She pulled her shirt off, hastily putting on the one that went with the costume. She was not all that comfortable with being in only her underwear even in front of other girls, though she had had to often enough in the last few years. Finally, she put on the last part of her costume and turned to look in the mirror, tilting her head slightly and turning to the side to examine every part. The skirt was just perfect , though it was a bit tight but not too much. The top, however, seemed very fitting and it hugged her body curves a bit too much for her taste.

"I'm not sure about this Dora," she said after a small hesitation, biting her bottom lip lightly. "Don't you think the top is too tight?"

"Do you really think you could managed to behave long enough to become a prefect?" she asked a bit teasingly. "And this sneaking in thing is a one time only Dora, especially if we get caught, which I really hope we won't," she said, looking around and biting her bottom lip. "Any other prefect could come in you know, most of them use this room during the evening," she sighed. She then shook her head lightly and re-adjusted her costume, pulling at the top lightly with a hesitant glance at her reflection. She then turned to her friend as she saw she was done changing and headed to her with a light smile.

She zipped up Dora's dress as she asked and smiled lightly. The dress was simply perfect for her, she looked like a queen in it - the color, the form, everything was simply flattering her body type. "You look amazing Dora, Sirius is simply gonna drop down at your feet when he sees you," she said, smiling softly at her friend. "And the mask you chose is so beautiful as well," she added. "You are gonna look amazing at the masquerade, especially with the hairdo you want, it goes along perfectly well with the rest of the costume," she said, nodding approvingly.

She then blushed lightly and tugged at her costume a little more. "That's my point Dora, I think I fill it a little too well. Maybe I should get something which will be a little more loose around my body, this looks like a second skin," she said biting her bottom lip.

Marlene sighed and rolled her eyes slightly, though she could feel herself giving in. She always did, and she knew that if her friend once more asked her to sneak her into the prefect's bathroom for whatever reason, she probably would even though it was forbidden. However, she couldn't help but have a bad feeling about all this. The last thing she wanted to do was to get in trouble, but she didn't want Dora to either - though she herself would probably be in more trouble than her friend, considering she was the one who was the prefect, and so who knew the password and had let her friend in, though she was no suposed to.

Then she smiled a little mischievously, raising an eyebrow at her friend. "Sirius behaving himself? My dear Dora, you don't actually believe that possible at such a big event, do you?" she asked teasingly. She knew perfectly well Sirius could behave himself, sometimes, but she did like to tease her friend. Besides, even though he could behave, would he really miss such a great oportunity, with so many people to prank in the room? Marlene couldn't quite believe that. "And I promise I will try my best for your hair, even if that means having to tie you to the chair," she said with a light grin.

She let out a small sigh at her friend's comment about her dress, blushing slightly when she mentionned Remus and frowning when Dora stopped talking, not quite understanding why until she turned to look at the door and saw it opening. She had thought she had heard a noise in the corridor but she hadn't been quite sure - now she knew what that sound had been. Her heartbeat quickened as Dora hid behind the curtain and she stood in front of it, hoping her presence there would keep the other prefect's attention away from the hidden form of her best friend.

"This was a bad idea, this was such a bad idea," she kept repeating mentally to herself, taking deep breaths and trying to calm down. "Please let it be Remus, or Ted, or anybody but a Slytherin Prefect, please God," she pleaded in thought, shutting her eyes tightly before opening them to see who was entering the room, biting her bottom lip so hard that it hurt a little as she played with the skirt of her costume nervously. "I'm in trouble..." she muttered to herself.

Marlene couldn't help but let out a small whimper as Severus Snape entered the room. She knew she should have said something to make her presence known as he had obviously not noticed her, but she was frozen on the spot and couldn't get any word to come out of her mouth. When he finally did notice her, her face paled visibly at the wicked smirk on his face. "I... I'm sorry," she said weakly at his comment, wishing she would disappear as his eyes drifted to the floor. She quickly glanced down as well and noticed that Dora's shoes were visible even though the rest of her body was hidden by the curtain. She looked back up to see Severus making his way toward the curtain and quickly moved before he moved her himself, knowing if she stayed where she was - which was right next to the curtain - he wouldn't have been able to open it. She closed her eyes and waited for him to say they were both in trouble, but when she heard the words that left his mouth, a shocked expression appeared on her face, quickly replaced by one of relief as she opened her eyes again, nodding feebly as Dora thanked him.

As he complimented Dora on her dress, the look on her face returned to one of shock, but she decided to make no comment. She didn't want to get herself into trouble considering she had just gotten out of it. She listened to Dora carefully as she spoke to him, nodding weakly as she apoloziged for asking her to sneak her in.

"It's alright, I should have said no in the first place," she managed to say before her friend said that they should leave now. Marlene glanced sideways at Severus and then down at her costume, biting her bottom lip lightly. "We... we have to change first," she said shyly, not able to directly ask him to leave while they did so. She knew that if he didn't get the poor hint she had just given, she would most likely leave with her costume on.

Marlene stood very still as he talked, feeling uneasy to say the least. This was definitely not what she'd have expected from him but she was somehow glad of the way it had turned out. At least, she wouldn't be in trouble. She felt a bit angry at Dora for making her do it, but she was mostly angry at herself for giving in - after all, it was not Dora's fault if she had accepted to sneak her in. She should have known better than to do it and she really shouldn't be mad at her friend. As Severus turned to her, Marlene found herself very interested by her shoes as she looked down shyly, feeling very uncomfortable. She knew he was right - she shouldn't have brought someone here, and it was her own fault that she had done so. And they were indeed lucky that he had decided not to say anything, though it seemed lightly out of character. She was not going to push her luck though.

As he left the room, she sighed of relief and pinched the bridge of her nose lightly before turning to her friend, a light frown on her face. "Like said, first and only time we did this Dora," she said, shaking her head. "This could have turned out so much worse, we could have been caught by a professor, or he could have told on us. Now I know I'm being annoying but wanting to stay out of trouble so much but that's just how I am, so sorry but I'm never bringing you here again," she said, shaking her head. She didn't want her friend to be annoyed or mad at her, that was for sure, and she knew that what she had just said would probably be of no importance if Dora asked her to bring her one more time - she was not known to say no. But at the moment she was still feeling nervous and her heartbeat hadn't yet gone back to its normal speed.

"Now we have to leave," she sighed, glancing at her watch. It was very late and if they got caught while walking back to their Common Room, or if another prefect decided to come for a late night bath, they might not be as lucky as they had just been. She bit her bottom lip lightly and ran a hand through her hair nervously. "I hope I won't fall asleep in class tomorrow, I know I won't get much sleep tonight," she sighed as she started taking off her costume, tossing the several article of clothing aside.

Remus was annoyed, or well maybe not annoyed, frustrated would be the most correct term to describe how he was feeling. Eyebrows were drawn together, and his lips were thinned pressed together. He was thinking about the ball, and was actually a bit nervous about it. Not sure about the costume he had picked out, and he didn't know what Marlene would be wearing either. There was that whole comfort level that was shot to hell. A sigh escaped him, and he tried to relax his shoulders. Having been tense he was a bit sore, and he had decided that a hot bath would relieve him of most of the kinks or at least would relax him.

It was also rather quiet there. Arriving, he reached out and turned the knob and pushed the door open. He took a step forward only to drawl up short. Dorcas was dressed, but Marlene was still in the process of undressing. "O -oh.." he stuttered, his cheeks turning red.

Marlene sighed as she nodded at Dora, knowing she hadn't meant for this to happen... well obviously she hadn't meant for this to happen. She bent down to grab her costume, folding it neatly before looking around for her own clothes. "You know, I'm still not sure about this whole Masquerade Ball thing," she sighed. "I don't even know what Remus is going as, what if I spend the whole evening standing alone in my corner and looking silly? Real fun that's gonna be," she said, shaking her head. She really was not one to go to those kind of events, and she knew that she probably wouldn't even have considered going if Dora hadn't talked her into it... and there was also the fact that Remus had asked her if he would see her there and she had not been able to say no.

As Dora spoke up, Marlene sighed. "Well now I'm just gonna get dressed if you don't mind, and then we're going back to the Common Room and..." she stopped in her tracks when she noticed the doorknob turning once more and her breath caught in her throat as the door flung open to reveal Remus. She sighed of relief, glad that it wasn't someone else, but the relief was short lived as she realized she was still wearing nothing but her underwear. She froze down completely, her face turning a very deep shade of red as her breathing sped up slightly and she bit her bottom lip, unable to look away, move or say anything.

The lack of clothing did not go unnoticed, and Remus' face felt as if it was on fire. Realizing that it was probably rude to gawk he turned around swiftly, his hand upon side of the door. He cleared his throat.

Honestly, he doubted she wanted him to just ogle her. Their relationship, whatever it might be titled, was still tentative. He'd rather he not run her off just now, and so he did the gentlemanly thing and said, "I'll just .. wait outside then, until your decent." Remus felt like hitting himself for sounding so stupid.

As Dora came closer to her and spoke up, Marlene didn't say a word to answer her question. Instead, she simply grabbed her friends arms and pulled her to stand in front of her so that she was shielding her from Remus' view, who looked as though he was just as embarassed as she was. As he turned to face the door, his words hardly even reached her ears - she was feeling too embarassed to hear or understand anything. As he left the room, she let out a sigh of relief and let go of Dora's arms, taking her face between her hands as she shook her head.

"Well now it doesn't matter what I wear to that stupid Masquerade anyway," she muttered to herself, groaning slightly.

She bent down to pick up her clothes and quickly got dressed, making sure that almost every inch of skin was hidden from view except for her face and hands. To a certain extent, she was glad it was Remus who had entered the room and seen her that way - had it been another boy she would probably have died. Yet, it didn't make her feel any less uncomfortable to know he had seen her wearing almost nothing, especially considering the fact she hardly even was comfortable with being seen in her underwear by other girls. When she was younger, she remembered hiding in a corner when changing for gym classes, and she sure had less to hide then than she did now. She bit her bottom lip lightly as she nervously played with her hands, turning to look at Dora.

"What should I do now?" she asked, a hint of panic in her voice.