One Lifetime

Frog

-i'm the last person-

"Eww, eww, eww!" She backs away in disgust, shaking her head, a hand clamped over her mouth. "No way," she says, her voice muffled behind her hand. "There is no way in hell you're going to get me to touch that, that thing!"

Seamus shakes her head softly at her, chuckling. "It's just a frog, Lavender."

She glares at him, taking her hand off her mouth. "Well, maybe, but it has warts. Warts!" She stresses the word, looking at him with an eyebrow raised. "Warts."

He shrugs, letting the frog hop back down onto the rock he scooped it off. "So? It's not like it's diseased, Lav."

Her mood instantly changes, and she sits down on the grass, plucking at it. "I'm the last person you should ever talk to about things beginning diseased," she murmurs softly, head bow. He's beside her in an instant, arms wrapped around her and her head buried his neck.

"Oh god, I'm sorry, Lav. I didn't mean it," he whispers in her ear.

After the attack, all the healers and the experts had been certain that she had been bitten, and was now a werewolf. On the night of the full moon, they locked her in the cage in the basement of St. Mungo's, bolting the door shut. She had paced around for hours, trying to peer out of the small window, with little success. The moon had come and gone, and somewhere in that time, she had fallen asleep, curled up on the concrete floor.

They had come back bright and early in the morning, as soon as the moon had disappeared.

She hadn't changed.

She shakes her head, and smiles up at Seamus, placing a hand on his cheek. "It's alright," Lavender tells him, before standing up.

She walks over to the murky pond, and scoops the frog up.

She is able to hold it for a count of two long seconds, before she drops it into Seamus's lap, a look of disgust on her face, wiping her hands frantically on the grass.

He just laughs, patting the frog softly.

She glares at him.

"You're washing your hands a billion times tonight before you even think to touch me again," she tells him smugly.

Writing these 100 drabbles is going to take foreeeeeever, so just be patient, okay? And god, I swore I wouldn't take on anymore long challenges until I finished the chapter fics, but this one was to good to resist, and I think Lavender & Seamus are so cute together! These are for the 100 Drabbles/Oneshots Challenge on HPFFC, check it out! And remember, reviews are love, & I adore them!