Flutter • James Potter

1.3

"That matter should be none of your business," Lucius said, walking away slowly, not wanting to stay around them any longer.

"Don't ever talk to me again, Malfoy,"Eloise warned the tall boy, watching him tense as he kept walking farther and farther away.

"Hot."

Eloise snapped her head towards the boy next to her who had a dreamy look on his face. A blush splashed onto her cheeks, as her heart gradually sped faster.

"You've gone insane, Potter,"Eloise muttered before turning and walking away from the dazed boy.

"Insanely attracted to you, Winters," James yelled before catching up to the girl.

"So you've been exchanging letters with Malfory?"James questioned, feeling an uncomfortable ache in his stomach. Not knowing why.

"No, he sends me letters to ask about my father."She replied.

"About your father? How come?"James wondered again. Not understanding the connection.

"His father and mine work at the ministry, Potter. They work together, but my father hasn't been going to work lately." Eloise replied, keeping her answers short and straight to the point.

James nodded, sensing that she didn't want to continue to talk about it. Although curious, James thought about asking the twins the same question.

"Well, I hope you know what you did was such a turn on." James teased as smirk was spotted onto his face.

"What's gotten into you, James--"

"James? We going with first name bases now are we, EL-O-ISE." James teased, sounding out her name. Eloise huffed but felt tingles down her spine while hearing her name roll out of James' mouth.

"I'm serious, Potter. You're freaking me out, the amount of flirty comments you've been making, makes me think you're using me to practice so you could use them on Lily."Eloise rambled, feeling agitated with the boy in front of her.

James frowned, upset with what she said. Felt almost offended that she'd think that way, but then again he couldn't blame her. All she knew was that he loves Lily, and did not have any sort of feelings toward her.

"Actually, kind of offended you'd think that way. I can't flirt with you? You're an attractive girl, Winters."James responded, revealing that he found her attractive. Causing the boy to freeze up, his mind running wild.

Eloise's eyes widen a bit, before watching James turn around and walk in the other direction. the girl was left dumbfounded.

"You're such an arse!"The girl exclaimed before huffing and running to catch up with him.

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"How do you think they're doing?" Remus wondered, walking with Lily by his side as they looked through Honeydukes for treats.

"Knowing Eloise, she's probably running around trying to scold James,"Lily replied as she picked up a chocolate frog, remembering that Junie asked her to buy one for her.

"Chocolate frog? Since when did you start eating that?"Remus questioned the short girl, watching her chuckle and roll her eyes.

"It's for Junie, she asked me if I could grab one for her."Lily answered.

Remus stood in his spot for a minute, not sure if he wanted to bring up the topic of the said girl. Eloise, Lily, and Junie had become friends in their early years at Hogwarts and had become almost like sisters to one another. Remus wasn't sure if he was in the right to question Junie, and who she was.