IN RUINS- James Potter

chapter one hundred and twenty two

Someone had been praying on her downfall from the beginning of time, which she assumed was her god awful mother stabbing her in the back any time the woman felt the need to. However this was a different type of downfall, a downfall Peter Pettigrew wanted from Nora since sixth year, needing James and Lily together in his books.

She won't lie, she always thought James and Lily were perfect together, but that's because James had an image of her that was so far off from reality, seeing what's she's truly like when being headboy and girl together.

For a short period of time Nora was jealous of Lily, she imagined Lily was jealous of her the minute she heard about Nora and James dating. Nora wondered if she was happy to hear they broke up for almost 5 months because of the things Nora chose to do with her life and paying the consequences for it.

But she was given a second chance, and she cannot screw this up anymore, entering Bulstrode manor with seeing their house elf in the kitchen. "Hello Miss.Black , want to try these cookies?" June asked, handing the girl one.

"Oh sure." Quite surprised with her baking, Nora took two more before she left, heading upstairs to see Atticus finally back at his home, wondering if he's tried their cookies.

Opening the door and letting out a blood crushing scream and dropping the cookies out of her hand, the image will forever stay in her mind, staring blankly with no thoughts.

Seeing both Betty and Atticus on the bed in positions Nora never thought she would see, the girl just wanted to eat her cookie, looking at her two best friends. Both of them decided to put on clothes as they covered themselves up on the bed, looking at Nora.

"Why didn't you knock?" Atticus asked her, Betty slapping his arm with that comment. "You invited me for lunch." Nora told him, her mouth going dry as she stared at the two.

"We'll be down in a few." Betty said in a timid voice, Nora looking at them both and knowing that image will never leave her mind. "I'm definitely gonna need therapy for this." She told the two, Betty furrowing her eyebrows at what that meant.

Turning around and shutting the door, Nora shook out her whole body, going back downstairs when Theo and Damon came through the front door, Nora rushing towards them. "My eyes are forever burned." She told them, the lads taking off their shoes.

"Why what happened?" Theo asked her, all looking up at the top of the staircase, Damon bursting out into a laugh as she connected the pieces, Theo rolling his eyes. "Did you knock?"

"No." Nora frowned; Betty's face red as it can ever be, Nora seeing things no friend should really see, especially her best friend who's a lad. "This just made our friendships that more interesting." Theo said with a smile, wiggling his eyebrows at Atticus and Betty.

"I'm so glad I came— oh... too soon?" Damon laughed, Theo laughing with his best friend, hitting each other with their jokes. Nora's first thought was when the two became an item, and how quick they were to do something— like that.

"Alright, let's just eat." Atticus said to them, Nora looking at the couple. "Want to eat some— OW!" Damon whined, getting punched in the stomach by Betty, groaning.

"What was it not funny?" He asked, Nora's eyes widening when she realized what he meant by that, punching his arm as well. "I was going to laugh, but I didn't want them punching me." Theo told his friend, patting him on the back.

"So uh, when did this become a thing?" Nora asked, June coming with a plate of pasta, the other house elves helping her as they all thanked her for doing so. "We weren't going to tell anyone, not yet at least." Atticus spoke, grabbing his fork.