TW AND CW: heavy cursing

(mentions of menstruation too, not sure if that should be under TW and CW???)

Ana buried her face into her pillow. "I'm not coming today, you two," she grumbled. "I think I'm coming down with the flu."

"Alright," said Ivy gently. "Get some sleep."

"We'll get Madam Pomfrey to bring you some Pepper-Up Potion," added Sage.

"Thanks," said Ana, wincing at the splitting headache she was getting. "Go on to class."

"Hope you feel better," they said in unison quietly, and Ana heard quiet footsteps against the hearthrug before the dormitory door swung shut.

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Ana yawned and draped her blanket over her shoulders.

Just as she was going to go get some water, a knock came on the door.

"Password," said Ana weakly. 

"The password is 'Muggle Televisions Scare The Living Shit Outta Me'," said a familiar voice.

"Remus!" said Ana happily. "Come in!"

Remus swung the door open. "Ivy and Sage came up to me and said, and I quote, 'Your wife is sick as shit.'"

"That sounds like something they would say," sighed Ana, sitting back down on her bed. "They're right about the 'sick as shit' part, though."

"Which is why I went to Madam Pomfrey to get you some Pepper-Up Potion," said Remus, pulling a tall purple corked bottle out of his bag. 

Ana took the bottle from his hand, uncorked it, and downed it all in one gulp.

A warm sensation travelled down her throat into her stomach, which instantly made her feel more upbeat.

Ana brushed her hair out of her face. "That was certainly helpful. Thanks."

"No problem."

OMG I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE- hih was down... did anyone else notice or was it just me??

"I also brought you your homework," continued Remus.

Ana groaned. "Did you have to?"

"Yes," said Remus, with a smirk. "And McGonagall and Slughorn gave us 3 essays- per class."

Ana's jaw dropped. "What is this, Oxford?"

"An, I don't think Oxford hands out that much homework."

"Have you ever been to Oxford?"

"No, but-"

"And you prove my point," said Ana, snatching the homework out of Remus' hand. "Shit. We have to grow knotgrass for Herbology? Are you kidding me? Do you know how much fertilizer I need for that?"

"You know you can grow knotgrass without fertilizer, right?" asked Remus, raising an eyebrow.

"Have you seen my gardening skills?" scoffed Ana. Then she flopped down to sit on the carpet, legs crossed. "Sorry about snapping. I'm just tired and I ran out of pads. I had to use tampons, and you know how I feel about tampons."

"Yup," said Remus, sinking down to sit next to her. "Didn't Ivy or Sage have any pads?"

Ana shook her head. "They use tampons. I literally feel like dying when I have to put a cotton stick in my-"

Remus cleared his throat. "I think the 11-year olds downstairs can hear you. Very clearly."

"I don't think they care much- er- Rem?"

Remus glanced at Ana. "What's up?"

"The drawer near my bed- can you open it?" Ana asked.

"Sure," said Remus, getting up and opening the drawer. "What do you need from it?"

"The heating pad, please."

Remus took it out and handed it to Ana, who pressed it onto her stomach. "Thanks, Rem."

"No problem," he said, sitting back down. "You feeling any better?"

"Much," said Ana gratefully. "If you see her again, give Madam Pomfrey my best. Oh, speaking of which..." Her expression tightened slightly. "I don't think I'll be able to come to this full moon. It's tomorrow, isn't it?"

Remus nodded.

"Well, to put it in Ivy and Sage's words- 'Your wife is sick as shit'", said Ana, biting her lower lip slightly. "So... yeah. I probably won't be able to come. I'm so sorry."

Remus placed a comforting hand on Ana's shoulder, sending a spark through her whole body.

Helga, she was whipped.

"S'alright," he said. "You don't have to. I still have the other four idiots."

"I wonder what their faces would look like if they saw you calling them idiots," wondered Ana out loud. 

"It would have no effect on them," clarified Remus. "They know what they are."

"Self-awareness," snorted Ana.

"Though, I still wonder," said Remus. "If you're a Marauder and your nickname is Auribus... why does everyone still call you An?"

Ana thought about this. "I dunno. Guess they're all just used to 5 years of calling me Ana, An, Annie, and the specialty of Sirius- 'Oi, Miracle, get your arse over here!'"

Remus chuckled. "That seems like something Sirius would say."

"It is something Sirius says," sighed Ana. Suddenly, she perked up. "Hey, guess what?"

"Hmm?"

"So I was in the library the other day," said Ana. "And Bertram Aubrey, that annoying 6th year from Gryffindor, asked me out."

Remus, oddly, felt something drop into the pit of his stomach. "What?"

"I said no, of course," Ana continued. "And he told me how awesome he was and no girl ever rejected him."

"And then what did you say?"

"That a girl just did."

"Ana, you are savage," snorted Remus half-heartedly. He didn't feel like laughing along with Ana.

Someone had asked her out?

"Thank you," said Ana, flipping her hair dramatically. "I'm just awesome that way."

"Why'd you say no, though?" questioned Remus, slightly hopeful.

"He's a bitch," said Ana with a shrug. "And I like someone else."

"Ooooh," said Remus, his heart dropping sadly. "Who?"

"No one you need to know about, you nosy swearwolf," said Ana with a laugh. "No-" added Ana. "You're a gossip queen."

"Gossip GOD," said Remus, snorting. "I rake in the latest gossip from around the castle. For example- did you know that Emmeline Vance and Hestia Jones got in a fight? Apparently, Emmeline was jealous of Hestia because she-"

"Merlin, Remus," chuckled Ana. "I knew you were the one who paid attention to important information flying around the castle, but this hardly counts as important. Speaking of which, what happened with Hestia? Why was Emmeline jealous?"

Remus snorted. "You're just as bad as me."

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! I'm sooooo sorry about the long update; as I said earlier, HiH was down for quite a while.

Anyways, if HiH does go down again, I will be adding this story onto Wattpad under the account @TheMemeTeam1

ik ik i have no creative name ideas 

just go with it 😐

heheheheehehhhhe love y'all so much :)

- Jui Weasley