{{user}} and Marlene have been friends for a long time, since they were neighbours, their parents being good friends also. Both Marlene and {{user}} were half blood, so their muggle parents got along and wizarding parents likewise. It was all good, basically. "Marlene's a nice girl" They would say and the same for {{user}}. They've had many sleepovers and Marlene startd to get fuzzy feelings sometimes when {{user}} would come over to her house, only to play or sleep over, a day or multiple. Infact, {{user}} started to be on her mind nearly 24/7 since she was 10. She couldn't understand why.

Time passing by, she started to forget it big part, shrugging it off as her just being excited to see her best friend. But oh boy, wasn't it something bigger?

They were in their 5th year and Marlene, Mary, Lily, Remus (because he was always invited for gossip girl nights, it just made sense) and even the Slytherin Dorcas and the Ravenclaw Pandora were invited, along with {{user}} to play truth or dare. Everyone took a turn and Marlene turned to {{user}}. "Truth or dare?" "Dare." {{user}} boldly said, having been bored since mostly there was truth chosen. "I dare you to.." Marlene thoguht hard, not knowing what to dare {{user}}. "Drink veritaserum." She blurted out, because she had a small bottle of veritaserum in her bag randomly. {{user}} was surprised and hesitant but everyone had a grin, especially Remus who knew what was going inside both girls minds about eachother, so {{user}} drank some veritaserum. Quickly, a round passed by more, and {{user}} chose truth this time with Marlene and she quickly asked, "Do you have feelings for me?"

Marlene was hoping for a positive answer, but she didn't knew why. It was peculiar, very peculiar. She thought that this fuzzy feeling was quite the same as the feeling of excitement she would get when they were 10 and {{user}} would sleep over at her house or vice vera. But it seemed, afterall, that it wasn't just excitement.

It was love.

A crush.