Chapter One: Silence in the Smoke
James POV
I took a drag from my cigarette. The night air was crisp and bitter. I pulled my jacket closer to me trying to keep out the chill. Between my fingers the cigarette burned away, as well as my worries.
"You know how much trouble you could get in if the headmistress found out about this?" A stranger's voice came through the door of the Astronomy tower.
"Tell her, I dare you." I said, not even looking toward her.
"Oh, I won't on one condition," she said.
"And what would that be?" I glared at her with an unamused smile.
"If you let me bum one off of you," she smiled.
I almost laughed. Getting the pack out of my front pocket I toss it toward her as well as my lighter. She gracefully picked it up and took one out and placed it between her lips. Her features glowed as the flame lit the cig. Taking a few puffs, she tossed the lighter and the pack back to me.
"What brings you out here?" she asked after a couple of drags.
"Smoking. If it wasn't obvious," I said in a curtly.
"No need to be harsh." She bluntly stated.
"Sorry, this is just my alone time." I quietly mumbled. "What are you doing here?"
"Prefect duties," she laughed giving air quotients.
I laughed with her. "I never thought you would be a smoker."
"You don't know a lot about me. Hell, the whole school doesn't know shit about me," she said bitterly.
"Even your father?" I asked in regards the Herbology professor.
"He probably knows less about me than you do." She puffed the cigarette quickly before putting it out.
I sat there for a while thinking about it. People considered her perfect. She kind of was. She was nice to everyone, she was top of the class, she was a prefect, she had never been seen with a hair out of place.
"You're not as perfect as everyone thinks you are," I said suddenly.
"No, and that's the problem with people thinking that your perfect. That's all they will ever see you as."
"Well, I can relate to that in some ways. People always expect so much from me. To be as good as my father. They think because I'm Harry Potters son, that I should be a seeker, be good at DADA, have all the Gryffindor traits; it's a lot of pressure to put on some one. Expecting me to be as perfect as the Boy Who Lived."
"I agree. You aren't you father, and people shouldn't expect you to be like him."
"Exactly."
"Well this has been fun, maybe we should do it again? Its up to you. I think that the couple in the broom closet should have stopped having sex by now, so I am going to go deduct some points. See you later James Potter."
"See you later Willow Longbottom."
Willows POV
After the awkward deduction of points from the two Ravenclaw 7th years, I promised them I wouldn't tell or give them detention, seeing as being caught in such a vulnerable state was punishment enough, I headed back to the Hufflepuff common room. I walked into the girl's entrance and down the cast iron spiral stairs until I reached the 6th year dorms. It was a simple, circular room, grey stone walls with rich wood furniture. Sunflower yellow blankets on each bed and a dresser and desk on either side. Each space was its own. Mine had books everywhere, an old Hufflepuff tapestry my mother passed on to me, and several plants my father and I nurtured together. My room mates were propped up on their respective beds, doing what they loved most. Gossiping.
"Hey Willow," they all greeted.
"Hello by beautiful puffs," I smiled.
"Hey Lo," my best friend Marley started, "Who do you think is hotter, Bradly from Slytherin, or Alfie from Ravenclaw?"
"That's no contest, Bradly is my vote." I said getting my pajamas out of my dresser.
"I told you!" Tiffany practically yelled, adding a dash mark on the Bradly's side of the chalk board. Now it was tied, three to three.
"Where is the loyalty?" Marley faked pouted. I just laughed.
"Who hasn't voted yet?" I asked. There were seven girls total in our dorm. Everyone looked at Abby.
"You know I don't play for that team," Abby said, with her nose in a book. It was no secret that Abby was gay.
"I play for both teams," Grace said looking at her. "You may not want to fuck them, but on physical facial features alone, who do you think is better looking?" I asked.
Furring her eyebrows together, "I think Alfie's a better person, but his facial features don't fit as well in to the golden ratio as well as Bradly's do."
"They don't my balls!" Marley cried.
"Sorry Lee," Tiffany said adding one more dash to Bradly's side, circling his name, marking him as the winner. "Alright, who is next?"
"I have one!" Abby said. "Alyssa vs Daphne"
"Okay," Tiffany said erasing the previous match and writing 'Alyssa vs Daphne'
"You guys start, in going to go change." I said walking into the bathroom. The light gray walls welcomed her in with the dark wood counter tops and the gold lined mirror. The walk-in shower had a grey- black mosaic pattern, a soaking tub adjacent to it and a toilet in to corner. I washed my face and brushed my teeth. I pulled my long curly hair into a bun and stripped. Stepping out of my clothes, I looked at myself in the huge mirror. I caressed my breast and looked at my body. It had changed. It was full of curves, long legs that went on for miles, and cheek bones that could cut glass. I slipped on black t-shirt and soft grey shorts.
I walked out of the bathroom and sat on Marley's bed next to her as I usually did. Holly was giving her vote.
"Alyssa is really sweet but, I don't know, if I was ever curious about girls, I would have to go with Daphne." She said. Tiffany recorded her answer, and now the vote was 1-3 Daphne.
Lucy was next I could tell she was uncomfortable, seeing as she was the only one flustered by other people, she was shy and awkward about sex in general.
"I don't know, I think I'm going to go with Alyssa. She helped me study for my Transfiguration test and she has really pretty eyes." She blushed.
"I have to agree with you on the eyes part," Abby piped up. "I love when they undress me."
Everyone laughed, except for Lucy. She turned beet red.
"Oh, come on Lucy," Abby started, "Let your beautiful ginger ass relax a little bit!"
Abby flicked her wand, and the Wicked Witches started playing. Grace got up and went to her truck and got some bottles of Hard Butterbeer and started passing them around. We all got up and started dancing. Lucy started laughing hysterically and joined everyone. I looked at the clock and it read 12:26. Luck was on their side that tomorrow was Saturday and they didn't have to wake up early.
Lucy Weasley was dancing her heart out. I always loved her, she was shy. She was cripplingly shy, but every now and then when she let her hair down, she was the life of the party. Our small little Hufflepuff party.
A couple of songs later, we all sat on the huge black rug in the middle of the room, holding our drinks.
"Anything interesting happen on prefect duties?" Grace asked bringing the bottle to her luscious brown lips.
"Well kind of," I started, "But we are in the truth circle so what we say has to stay in the circle."
Everyone nodded in agreement. When I saw everyone agree, I stated.
"I smoked a cig with James Potter," I blurted.
"WHAT?!" Everyone cried.
"He was just sitting there smoking a cigarette and I joined him. I needed to pass the time to let a couple of 7th year Ravenclaws quit banging," I bluntly stated.
The reason I loved my roommates was because they didn't see me as the little miss perfect everyone else thought I am. They liked me for my quirks and faults. They didn't tell anyone I was far from perfect, because they liked the fact that I was only myself around them. My six roommates were so different that it was crazy we get along so well as we do. Marley was blond, blue eyed and beautiful. She was tin and tall, but she always complained about not having boobs. She was wicked at charms and dueling. Tiffany was a sweet girl. She has short spiky hair and a petite frame. She loved to gossip more than anything. However, she is a natural musician. Abby loved girls, all of them. Her hair is just above her shoulders with beautiful beach waves, and lovely tan skin. She loves reading and sex. Holly has a sharp tongue and the mouth of a sailor. She always has an odd hair color. Grace had wonderfully smooth chocolate skin and long box braids. She was the epitome of gorgeous. She was a great quidditch player, being the captain of the Hufflepuff team. Lastly, Lucy with the trademark Weasley red hair and freckles. She kept her hair just passed her shoulders. She was natural at DADA.
Looking at all my roommates as they stared at me, "What?" I asked.
"You smoked a cig with my cousin?" Lucy practically shouted.
"Yeah, it was nice. He is a nice person to talk too."
"Wait, you're telling me that James Sirius Potter, actually talked to you?" Marley questioned.
"Yeah. And before you ask he isn't Mr. Dreamy like you think he is."
"Bullshit," she mumbled under her breath.
"How would you know, you smoked one cigarette with him," Grace said.
"You learn a lot in the silence of a smoke," I joked.
"Okay," Grace stated as she fiddled with her nose ring.
"You know I hate doing this, but I need to go check on the little ones." I said getting up and walking out the door. Because the 7th year prefect was made Head Girl, her job of making sure that the lower years didn't stay up past 2:00 am on weekends fell on me. I didn't bother going down the last flight of stairs to the 7th year dorms, as I knew that they were a small quiet group. Making my way up the stairs to the 4th year dorms, as I knew that the 5th year prefect would keep things down, I simply knocked on the door of 4th to 1st years, indicating that it was time to go to bed. I checked to common room to see Teddy Lupin half-sleeping on the couch.
"He you," He smiled. He was in his 7th year and had always been a really good friend to me.
"Hey goofball," I responded. "I am supposed to tell you that being out of bed at this hour is against the rules."
"You wont though," he laughed.
"You're right. I won't." Teddy Lupin was a sweet person and had also been my long-term sex buddy whenever either of us were in need. However, he had his hair a deep purple color, which could only mean one thing. "What are you sad about Teddy?"
"It's my mom's birthday," he said sadly.
"Oh," I said.
"I feel stupid morning people I never even met," He practically breathed out wiping a single tear form his eye. "I mean there is the Portrait, but that only gets me so much.
"It's going to be okay," I said.
"I know."
"Do you need me right now?" I asked. Sitting next to him, I began to trace his exposed color bone with my figure. He shivered and nodded.
I know it was tacky, but that's just what we be both needed whenever we got like this. Human connection. We consider each other a sex therapist.
"Where should we go?" He asked.
"You know where we are going," I said.
He nodded and we both got up and got out of the common room.
The abandoned head dorm was in the next hall over. It's probably been there for a long time, but when they moved the head dorms closer to the great hall, it was forgotten and hidden by a tapestry. Teddy and I found it whenever we were snogging behind said tapestry in my 5th year and his 6th and the door suddenly opened.
Making our way over there the second we got in there he crashed his lips on mine and I immediately responded. I through my hands in his hair and started to pull on the tips. He put his hands on my ass and behind my thighs and pulled. I had my legs wrapped around him and began trailing kisses down his neck. He moaned in response and began walking towards a wall. My back slammed against it as his body pressed up against mine. I felt his member grow at the contact. I moaned as he began to grind our parts together. I fiddled with his t-shirt, and he moved us over to the bed. Slamming me down, he took off his shirt to reveal his toned body. He climbed on top of me and ran his hands under my shirt, grabbing my bare breast. His mouth found mine again, and while he pulled and pinched my nipple, I took my hand and ran it over his groin.
"Fuck," he responded.
"That's what we are doing," I laughed and rolled so I was on top of him. I took off my shirt exposing my bare breast. I leaned over and kissed his collar bone, our bodies pressed up against each other. Teddy rolled me over and started to kiss the crook of my neck. He left a trail of kisses down my collar bone and chest. After spending a generous amount of time on my nipples he then trailed down my stomach and pulled my night shorts down. Leaving me completely naked, he took his figure and brushed it over my clit. My legs twitched in response. I looked him in the eye and pulled him over to me. I hooked my fingers on top of his sweat pants and pulled them down, boxers and all. He climbed on top of me and slid his full length inside me. My walls clenched around him, as it was so much to take at first. But as he kept moving faster and faster, it got easier. Pleasure coursed through my body as the thrusts became more powerful as we both got closer. The closer I got the louder I moaned until we both tipped over the edge of bliss and our body fluids mixed.
James POV
I can't believe what just happened. I just smoked a cig with Hogwarts' little princess. I didn't even think she knew I existed. Well, that's going far, but why did she just let me go. She is a runner up for Head Girl next year. Making my way to the Gryffindor common room, I am happy to say that I didn't run into anyone. I made my way up to the dorm I shared with my best mate, Sean Thomas.
"By the look on you face, I'd say you got caught," he smirked. His fingers twisting the ends of a joint together.
"No, I didn't get caught per say, but I did happen to share a couple of stogies with a certain girl."
"What do you mean?" Sean replied.
"Willow Longbottom."
"Willow Longbottom smokes?"
"Your reaction was the same as mine," I joked.
"You know you can always just open a window in our dorm, Its just us, so what's the harm?"
"I don't know mate, I like going up to the Astronomy tower. Its peaceful. Gives me time to think." I stated.
"Well, I can't blame you for that." Sean started. "Am I going to have smoke this whole joint by myself, or you going to help me?"
I laughed and put my hand out. I took the lighter from my pocket and lit it up. About half an hour later, we were feeling good.
"You know mate, its not even that far in the semester, if we keep our weekends like this, I'm going to run out of weed by the end of October." Sean giggled.
Because it was just the two of us, our beds were on opposite sides of the room. In 5th year, Sean thought it would be fun to sneak a couch from the common room into our dorm. I was ratty and tattered, but it was comfortable. Everyone just assumed it was too old and that the house elves took it away. It sat in front of the fire place in the center of the room.
"I know," I said, answering Sean's question.
"At least we don't have to use our own weed and cigs for tomorrow night," I stated.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm dragging you to the party in the Room of Requirement." He said in a matter of fact kind of way.
"You know I hate going to parties. I get hit on my all the birds, because I'm Harry Potter's son. It gets annoying."
"I wish I had that problem." He laughed.
It wasn't that Sean was a bad looking guy. I would say he was a handsome bloke, but he was just very selective with his birds and blokes.
"You know, for a guy that is bisexual, you would think that you would get laid more considering that you play for both teams," I stated.
"Just because I play for both teams, doesn't mean that I don't have standards for the players I cheer for."
"True. What is the occasion for the party?" I asked.
"Well, because today we had our first tests of the term, a party is thrown to celebrate the beginning of the school year."
"Why wait till after the first tests are over? Why not just have the party at the actual beginning of the school year?"
"Because that's when the teachers are most likely to catch us. They expect us to have party in the very beginning of the year, but after about two weeks they think that we either got away with it or we didn't have one."
"That's pretty smart. What's the year cut off?"
"For this party it is just 6th and 7th years. We ask the 4th and 5th years to stay in their common rooms. Whether they have a party is up to them, but because of the likely chances of intoxication, we don't want to handle the 5th years."
"So, is there no way I can get out of this?" I asked.
"Nope."
AN: Hey guys. This is the first fic that I decided to publish. If you like it then let me know, but if I have any errors please bring them to my attention. Thanks!
