𝕴 sighed softly, turning to Alice who was scanning over her herbology notes, the group of us girls relaxing around the fire in the common room, Lily also studying whilst Mary stares into space and Marlene and Dorcas talk quietly to each other. The brunette turned to me with a soft smile, lifting her arm up and allowing me to cuddle up to her, my head resting on her shoulder, her fingers raking through my hair.
"Why don't you just talk to him?" She voiced quietly, my face consorting into a frown again.
James and I had an argument about the Order and everything going on. He knows Regulus and I are keeping a secret from him about our theory on the prophecy, even though Minnie was trying to find things out, we didn't want to tell him to make him worry. So he believes we are keeping a massive secret from him and he did not like that, not at all. He trusts Regulus and I but he didn't understand why would keep a secret from him. Therefore we got into a huge argument, in which I haven't seen him in two days, and it was making my heart ache. Two days without feeling his soft touch, his warm lips and his warm chest. That goofy grin and messy hair whilst his glasses slide down his nose.
It was the Easter holidays, meaning that most people had gone home for the holidays, although the group of us decided to stay to enjoy most of our time left at Hogwarts, our idea was to have fun like the old times, no problems of war weighing on our minds.
This was not fun.
Arguing with James was not fun.
"No, he blew it way out of proportion, he made it out like you were cheating on him, Mel. Make him apologise first, make him grovel" Marlene chirped, Dorcas nodding her head in agreement.
"Better yet, angry sex-"
"What is it with all of you and angry sex?" Lily chuckled, a smirk on her lips as she eyed the group of us, "But I do agree, make him grovel to you"
"He's so whipped, he'll fall at your feet" Mary piped up, Alice shaking her head.
"Angry sex doesn't fix anything, it isn't healthy, you need to talk it out"
"Alice Fortescue, the voice of reason for us all-"
"Keeping us sane for seven years-"
"Well someone had to keep you all grounded" She laughed lightly, still playing with my hair as I looked up, reaching up and kissing her cheek.
"Soon to be Alice Longbottom!"
"Yeah, right, Melody Potter" She scoffed, squeezing me tighter, my heart fluttering until I sighed again. Potter. James Potter. Why does he have to be so stubborn?
"We're supposed to be enjoying the last of our time here and he's being a prick" I grumbled, pouting my lips together, Lily sitting up straighter when we heard something outside if the common room doors, all of us eyeing each other carefully.
"I'm sorry" Peter apologised looking at me directly, rushing into the common room before we heard a bang, my nose scrunching up.
"Oh bloody hell" Lily muttered, when Sirius and Remus came into view, carrying James, virtually taking all of the weight off him.
"We didn't think he would-"
"Let go of me, or I'll stomp on you!" James slurred out, my eyes closing briefly as Sirius and Remus sent me apologetic looks, my head lifting up off Alice's shoulder as I stood up, staying by the couch as he lifted his head, "Oh look who it is, Elodyyy, you're bloody beautiful even- even when you keep things from me. H-he hah, how do you do that?"
"How much have you drank?" I quizzed, watching him lift up three fingers, "Yeah, I refuse to believe that"
"No, he means three bottles. Three bottles of fire whiskey, himself" Peter uttered, my eyes widening, much like all the other girls.
"What an utter toe-rag" Lily mumbled, his head snapping towards her, as I groaned in irritation.
"H-hey! That's like, that's like old times. Remember, merlin you were- you were awful, horrible to me b-but I, I had Elody there, she, but now I lost her...." He trailed off, barely able to enunciate his words, "You look like her, do you know her?" He turned back to me, after I turned around, mouthing an apology to Lily, Marlene and Dorcas snickering as I locked my jaw.
"You fucking idiot, James Potter" I growled, pointing my hand to his chest, causing him to stumble back slightly until I caught him.
"D-Don't be mean to me, she'll kill you for being mean to me. I-I love her, you know? I love her more then anything, you look like her, do you know her?" He went on, as I stared up at him, gripping onto his biceps to hold him up, "Oh- shit....you are her"
"Really?" I remarked sarcastically, widening my eyes as he nodded his head, grinning at me, "Go to bed, i'll handle him" I told the others.
"El- we can-"
"Go to bed Remus, i'll sort him" I cut him off sharply, not taking my eyes off the boy as he giggled, looking down at me with a lovesick smile.
"Alright, don't kill him"
"Get one of us if you need us" Sirius muttered, him, Remus and Lily leaving to go towards the head girl and boy dorms, everyone else trailing up to the dorms, Regulus already up there in bed.
"I'll tell you a secret" He whispered giddily, leaning down to my ear, his hair tickling the side of my face as he giggled again before moving away, "You kept secret from me, Lunes, you kept a secret. Why do you keep a secret?"
"We aren't having this conversation whilst you're drunk, James" I told him, "You're incompetent in holding yourself up, never mind having a mature conversation about something serious"
"Padfoot's involved too?!" He yelled, until I slapped my hand over his mouth, trying not to get to mad at him right now, which was proving very difficult.
"Let's go to bed" I decided, leading him out of the common room, thinking about going to the room of requirements because he'd wake everyone up in the tower and merlin knows what he would say to Regulus in this state.
"You're pretty, really really pretty" He whispered, my eyebrow quirking up as I walked him towards the room, having a sense to leave him in there until the morning. I couldn't do that though, I loved him, I couldn't leave him on this state on his own,
"Right from the start
I gave you my heart
Oh-oh I give you my heart"
He sang loudly, my lips twitching before I nudged him, ushering him into the room before Filch found us wandering around, especially whilst he was drunk.
"So don't go breaking my heart
I won't go breaking your heart
Don't go breaking my heart!"
"I won't break your heart, James" I sighed softly, sitting him down on the bed, as he grinned up at me, his eyes lighting up.
"I'd hope not, considering I-I uh, you're beautiful" He whispered, bouncing his leg up and down as I found a glass of water, urging him to drink it, "What's this?"
"Vodka" I answered, nodding my head for him to drink it.
"I-I can't have vodka"
"It's water, drink the water, James" I told him, a grin on his face as he downed the glass, hiccuping after he finished it, his eyebrows furrowing together when he hiccuped again, making me laugh.
I reached over, taking his flannel off his arms, before lifting his t-shit over his head, revealing his athletically toned chest. He gripped my hips, sitting me down on his lap making me face him, his eyes darkening at me.
"How can you be hiccuping like an eight year old and now you're turned on?" I muttered to myself, as he smirked, scanning over my face, most predominantly my lips. He leaned forward, pressing sloppy kisses to my jaw line, rocking my hips over him, my eyes fluttering closed, "James"
"Mm" He hummed, sucking and nipping on my throat as I gripped onto his shoulders, trying to hold him.
"James, stop. You're drunk" I told him, biting my lip when he groaned, swirling his tongue around on my sensitive skin, continuing to move my hips around on him.
"And you're fucking sexy"
"I'm not going to have sex with you whilst you're drunk" I told him, pulling back from him as he whined, pouting at me, "I'm pissed at you"
"You- you shouldn't be. I'll make it up to you, I-I promise" He mumbled, leaning forward and peppering kisses all over my face, the sweet and bitter smell of the alcohol on his breath. And it was strong, "You know what we, we should do?"
"What's that?" I murmured, holding his face in my hands, caressing his cheeks as he gazed into my eyes.
"We should- we should make a baby" He spoke quietly, causing me to swallow thickly, "We should make a baby, Elody"
"Yes, we tell them they were conceived when their dad was highly intoxicated and him and his mum we're arguing whilst they were in their last year of school. I'm sure they'll love that" I replied, his eyes rolling playfully as I leaned forward, planting a delicate kiss to his forehead, "I'd happily have a baby with you James, but we're not ready yet, love"
"Snog?" He asked hopefully, hiccuping again as his eyes lit up, my heart swelling despite how annoying the situation was.
"I'll snog you when you're sober and we've talked over everything, okay? Let's go to sleep now" I returned, standing up off his lap and helping him unbutton his jeans before tucking him in the bed, taking his glasses off.
"Where are you going? Don't leave me" He uttered, as I began taking my clothes off.
"I'm not leaving you, i'm here" I hummed, sliding in beside him, the boy immediately cuddling up to me, burying his face into my chest, clinging onto me tightly.
"I love you" He whispered, tangling his legs with mine as I raked my hands through his messy hair, laying with him.
"I love you, now sleep. We'll talk in the morning" I murmured, already listening to his soft snores and subconscious mumblings, a soft sigh escaping my lips. "Bloody idiot is in for it in the morning"
•••
My eyes fluttered as I heard a deep groan, the boy increasing his grip on me and nestling his head into my neck, a smirk playing on my lips as I wrapped my arms around him, opening my eyes.
"Good morning!" I chirped very loudly out of nowhere, making him jolt and groan, mumbling his something about his head, "How are we this morning, pop star Potter?"
"How long do I have before you kill me?" He murmured, bringing his head out of my neck and on the pillow inches away from me, a pout on his lips.
"You are very lucky I haven't already" I scoffed, him wincing from my sharp tongue, "What the fuck were you thinking, you prat?!"
"I was thinking that we weren't speaking and it was hurting, much like my head is doing now" He muttered, rubbing his hands over his face, "How bad was I?"
"Well you told Lily how awful she was to you, didn't realise I was who I was at first, kept saying you lost me and you loved me. Then you said you wanted to tell me a secret-"
"What did I say?!" He shot up, wide eyed, my eyebrows knitting together. The boy was silently praying he hadn't mentioned planning on proposing to her, considering he hadn't had a ring yet and he wanted it to be a surprise and romantic, not something he blurted whilst drunk.
"You didn't. You didn't get that far, then you kept on saying how pretty I was, greatly appreciated by the way. Decided to sing 'Don't go breaking my heart' loudly on the way here, tried to seduce me oh and said we should make a baby" I informed him, leaving him agape, regret and guilt swirling around in his hazel eyes.
"I'm so sorry" He whispered, tightly gripping my hands, "I'm so sorry, Lunes, I wasn't thinking straight and because of the fight, I don't know, I was just sad. I didn't- i'm so sorry"
"You better be" I mumbled, frowning at him despite my lips twitching when he lifted my hand up, brushing his lips over my ring, "Listen about the fight I-"
"I shouldn't have got mad, it was petty and childish. I understand there must be a reason you're not telling me, I respect that now" He cut me off sincerely, reaching up to cup my cheeks, scrunching his face up from the pain in his head.
"No, I'll tell you. I just didn't because it was Reg's idea and we didn't want to worry you, plus we don't even know if it's true. So we didn't think it was necessary to mention yet" I responded softly, flickering my eyes between his, "You're still a fucking idiot"
"I know, my love, I know. I've missed you" He whispered, edging forward and capturing my lips lightly, having me completely melt into his touch after those long two days.
"I've missed you too" I mumbled against his lips before pulling back, leaning forward and wrapping my arms around him as we sat up in the bed, him lifting me up and moving me onto his lap, my legs wrapping around his torso as we relished in being so close, breathing in each other's scents.
"I-I I do have baby fever, don't I?" He whispered almost silently, causing me to laugh gently, my head nuzzling against his, "Sorry, you know I'd never push you, it's your body"
"I know" I whispered back, "Our time will come soon, when we're ready"
"I do remember something" He spoke after a while, my eyebrows raising again as I waited for him to continue,
"Yeah?"
"You said you'd snog me when I was sober" He hummed, huffing when I swatted his back, "Okay, I deserved that"
"You definitely did" I snorted, leaning back and placing the back of my hand to his forehead, hoping to soothe his headache, a dazed smile on his face, "Remember we have to go over care of magical creatures notes today"
"I know, darling" He nodded, pecking my cheek, "Let's go to breakfast"
"Okay...but a fair warning, they all saw the state of you yesterday, so they might mock you" I warned him, changing into some clothes provided by the room as he did the same, the two of us making our way towards the great hall, only our group and a few more students still here as most want to go home to protect and see their families when possible.
"Here they are" Sirius greeted loudly, all of them turning to look at us as he hid behind me, crouching to my height.
"I thought she would have murdered you, I had written the goodbye poem for the funeral" Remus sighed, snapping his fingers together as Peter snickered.
"We planned for everyone to wear orange-"
"What?! Why?!" He cried, turning to me as I smirked, knowing he was thinking about our private conversation about his favourite colour and the things he have that are orange.
"Because it's your favourite colour?"
"Oh right....." He mumbled, sliding into the seat beside me, glancing at me out of the corner of my eye as I chuckled to myself, the boy plating me up some breakfast before plating up his own.
"So?" They all muttered together, glancing between us as we stared at them.
"Oh they definitely had angry sex"
"I wish"
"James?!" I exclaimed, hitting his arm as he shrugged unbothered, shuffling closer to me, the group snickering, "No, we didn't have angry sex but believe me he tried"
"Elody?!"
"What? It's the truth, I was trying to put you to bed and you sat me on your lap, kissing-" He cut me off, slapping his hand over my mouth, a blush forming on his cheeks as they all laughed.
"I was drunk"
"We know" Lily mumbled, his head moving towards her as he bit his lip,
"Oh, i'm sorry, Elody told me what I said. I didn't mean it-"
"Drunk words are sober thoughts, it's okay. I was awful to you, you're much more mature and tolerable now, James. Perhaps I had the growing up to do as well as you" She commented as I popped a grape in my mouth, my eyes locking on Regulus' in front of me as he raised an eyebrow, James and Lily having their conversation.
"You tell him?" He whispered, leaning forehead and propping his elbows up as I edged forward too, our faces inches away from each other.
"No, but I think we should, it's just a theory, right? He should know" I whispered back, the both of us turning towards the front of the room where Minnie was talking with Dumbledore, the pair looking at us suspiciously, to which we plastered a grin and waved, before turning back to each other, talking through our teeth, "He deserves to know what we think"
"Okay if that's what you want" He mumbled, "Prick, I should punch him, you know?"
"Yes"
"Can I?"
"No"
"Why the fuck not?!" He cried, leaning away from me, flailing his arms around, drawing the attention of the group.
"Because I love him, Reg"
"You love me more"
"Yeah...Don't tell him though" I joked, James snaking his arm around my waist and snapping me in towards his side, pressing his lips to my ear.
"You're walking on thin ice, my love" He whispered, a shiver running down my spine, "Tell me, darling"
"Tell you, what?"
"You know what. Tell me" He uttered, bringing me closer to him, any further and I'd be on his lap.
I breathed out a soft breath, turning to face him, our noses brushing against each other's his eyes sparkling brightly as I lightly pressed my lips to his, the two of us ignoring the world as he instantly kissed me back, humming in content, pushing our noses further together.
"I'm yours"
"Oi! No PDA thank you" Sirius yelled, throwing an orange at James, "Fucking payback"
"This is my girl and I'll snog her when and wherever I like" He claimed, pulling me onto his lap, enveloping me into his arms, "With her permission of course, i'm not a dick" He added on the end quietly, making me smile, nestling my head into his neck.
"That is my twin and I'd appreciate if you didn't snog her when and wherever you like" Remus spoke back in the same tone, "Without your permission of course because I frankly don't care"
"What was that, Remmy? Did you hear that, James?"
"You want us to snog?" James chirped, grinning as I lifted my head up, the both of us leaning in and kissing each other as they all groaned, repeatedly throwing items at us.
"Melody, James"
"Evelyn" We both mumbled, drawing out of the kiss quickly to the blonde who was stood there, her eyebrows raised up on her forehead as we grinned.
"You're not fighting anymore?"
"It was a minor disagreement-"
"You poured chocolate milkshake over his head"
"She's right you did do that" He whispered to me, pursing his lips together when I glared up at him.
"He deserved it. We've sorted it out, don't worry" I promised her with a soft smile, James nodding his head after planting a kiss to my forehead.
"Yep, mum and dad are back together again"
"Er- we never broke up"
"Imagine if you had, whatever would we do. We need mum and dad of the group together. I refuse to be a child of divorcees" Sirius replied, twirling his hair around his finger, humming a soft tune.
"What about a child to cousins-"
"Monty and Mia are a lovely pair of parents"
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106 chapters and i've lost the font I usually use for the flower....how frustrating. I'll probably change the titles soon now then. It's a shame, I liked it.