Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"Merry Christmas!" Margaret rushed into the secret hut exclusive to the three of them like a whirlwind, with a strong festive smile on her face, her cheeks were slightly pale because of the cold weather, but there was a slight smile on it. The red is not a very natural red.

"You've been drinking, Meg," Max concluded without even asking. "I just drank a little red currant wine." Margaret waved her hands indifferently, and as if she was addicted to it, she ran behind Barbara who was about to escape with her agility, one arm She clamped down, ruffling her hair with the other hand.

Barbara's face was flushed with anger, and she tried her best to break away from this annoying guy, and ran to Max to watch her warily. "Today's reaction is really great..." Margaret didn't know if it was because she was drunk, she blinked her eyes in a daze, as if she couldn't understand Barbara's resistance.

"You've had too much to drink, drunkard!" Barbara snarled.Margaret scratched her head, frowned and thought about something, and suddenly said: "Yes, why didn't you go to the dance at the Christmas party? I was so bored there by myself, I thought you would come, I just waited and drank a lot. That idiot Justin must be trying to drink me, but I won't be fooled!" But her current state is completely after being fooled.

"Have you forgotten? Only students above the fourth grade can participate in the Christmas ball, and Barbara can't go." Max said, holding Barbara's hand reassuringly.

"Well, what a pity. I bet you don't know how to dance at all. How about it? If you beg me, I will teach you." Margaret snickered. Her mood was particularly high today, maybe because of drinking reason.

"I refuse. Max will teach me." Barbara looked at Max expectantly and anxiously, and was delighted that the other party agreed without hesitation.

"Why do you stick to Max all the time? Do you want to grow on her?" Margaret said impatiently, her mood seemed to slip in an instant.She covered her head for a long time, and finally remembered the purpose of her running here.

"Here, Christmas presents." She threw a small gift box with the same packaging to each of them, and Barbara caught it, obviously surprised, she didn't know that this person would prepare his own gift, Margaret didn't Should he hate himself too?

"Did you jinx the gift?" she blurted out.

Margaret's face darkened in an instant, "So I have such a despicable impression in your heart?" The behavior of running away, in the end, he could only snort loudly.

Max has given up on making these two people live in peace, Barbara has too much prejudice against Margaret, and Margaret likes to tease her, as long as they don't tear their faces, everything will pass. "What is this?" She shook the box in her hand, and heard the crisp sound of something colliding slightly inside.

"You can open it and see for yourself..." Margaret sighed, "Well, it's actually a pendant."

Max opened the gift box and took out a string of necklaces. Her face suddenly became weird: "Meg, should I explain the meaning of moonstone to you? It's usually something that lovers give as gifts." Barbara on the side Bara's face changed drastically, and she quickly snatched the delicate necklace from Max's hand. Margaret didn't seem to realize it: "What are you grabbing? You have it too."

"Barbara too?"

"Is this strange?" Margaret didn't calm down, and took out a necklace of the same style from her arms, but it was slightly different from Max's, "I don't care about the meaning of this stone. What is it, can't the friendship between us send this kind of thing?"

Max thought about it. Although moonstones are usually used as tokens between lovers, they are actually just to show the deep friendship between the two parties, and there is no standard answer.But she could fully feel the uneasiness of the girl beside her, and she still sighed, "Why do you want to give this all of a sudden?"

"I found it in Hogsmeade, isn't it beautiful?" Margaret said lightly.

"You are a pig!" Barbara couldn't help roaring, "This is all an excuse, you must know the meaning of this stone, you just want to provoke me! You will not succeed, Mike and I Has already—" She stopped abruptly, because she remembered that their relationship was a secret, and whether Margaret would reveal this secret or not, she should not reveal it without Max's consent. It speaks out.

Max will definitely not want to say it, because dating girls or ordinary girls like herself will be an indelible stain, and she can't stand others looking at Max in a strange way, everything is her fault , Max only agreed to her because he was too gentle.

"You, and Max? How about it?" Margaret looked at the two suspiciously. Barbara felt that she had made a mistake, and she couldn't help avoiding her eyes, but she found that her hand was being held.

Max naturally raised their intertwined hands: "I'm dating Barbara, Meg." Her tone was like saying "Give me a butterbeer", "But I'm glad to receive Your gift, I put my gift in your dormitory, have you received it?"

"Accepted, received..." Because of her too casual and natural attitude, Margaret replied blankly before she recovered her senses.But then she suddenly stopped in place, and then stared at the two of them dumbfounded.

"Acquaintance, dating? You two?!" She was frightened, jumped up from the spot with wide-eyed eyes, stretched out her hand tremblingly, pointed to the two of them, and then got another affirmation from Max in despair.

"Yes, yes! We are dating, so you have no chance!" Barbara was also surprised by Max's directness, but she didn't think as much as Margaret, and just let the unprecedented ecstasy and happiness overwhelm her Submerged, she took the initiative to shake the intertwined hands of the two as if she had gained courage. She finally won a confrontation with Margaret, and it was still in such a decisive battle.

Margaret's face was pale, and she seemed to have woken up completely from the drink, "It's impossible...it doesn't make sense, why do I obviously..." Her eyes, which were always full of confidence, unexpectedly showed pain and anger. Begging, "Hey, it's not April Fools' Day—ah, that's for Muggles—tell me you're kidding, aren't you?" she said weakly.

How could Barbara not take advantage of the victory: "We're not kidding, Margaret." She said triumphantly, with a victor's slack, "I confessed to Max, and she promised me. As a friend, I I think you should bless us too, don’t you?” She looked at Margaret who was acting pitifully in front of her for the first time, and felt that all the grievances in the past disappeared, and every part of her body felt light.

Margaret covered her face, she didn't know what she was talking about, but she seemed to lose all her brilliance at once, bent down in frustration, and even the strength of her whole body was about to be taken away.She took a deep breath, trying to get back the calmness of the past, but her face showed uncontrollable pain: "Uh, well... I just want to ask, are you happy now?"

Max didn't answer, but Barbara nodded instantly.Margaret watched them for a long time, stammering and saying: "I wish you, I wish you——I'm too dizzy, I must have drunk too much alcohol, damn it, my head hurts, I'll go back to sleep first I'll talk about it after I wake up, if I'm dreaming..." With her head drooped, she staggered out of the doorway.

Although winning this time was particularly fun, when Barbara saw the sparkle in the corner of Margaret's eyes when she turned around, she found that this narcissistic stupid lion seemed to be really sad this time, and the other hand was still pinching someone else For her Christmas present, she couldn't help but reflect on her actions a little bit.

But when there were only the two of them left in the room, she still couldn't help but want to ask Max: "Max, I didn't expect you to be willing to expose this matter with Margaret... I thought You'll have a hard time opening your mouth."

Max, on the other hand, found it difficult to understand what she said: "Why should such a trivial matter be hidden? This is not a shameful thing. Although there is no need to say it everywhere, if someone asks, I will not feel ashamed."

Barbara's body relaxed, and she suddenly felt like crying.Even though Max agreed to her confession, she still couldn't get rid of the anxiety and pain in her heart: "But others will think this is abnormal!"

"Even if this level is abnormal, it would be too much fuss. They are just boring people who like to talk about boring things." At that time, she failed to understand the true meaning of what Max said with a smile, just as her comforting She, but when everything really came, it was already too late.