Chapter 2

James POV

-"Right, so Emm how you've been?" James asked.

-"Like you care." Ellie responded

-"Yeah I do, more than you know," he whispered.

-"What?"

-"What, what?" Oh shit she heard me.

-"I thought you said something."

-"No I didn't"

-"Ok fine, bye." Ellie said and left without looking back.

Bloody hell, it had been close. What's wrong with you man? You and she are over, you made sure of that by being such a git. He missed Ellie like crazy they had been best friends for as long as he could remember and then that friendship had turned into a relationship a great one by the way, they had had so much fun together, everything was perfect for a while, he had been able to ignore the comments about how the untameable James Potter had finally been tamed, or the girls throwing themselves at him, apparently when you're in a committed relationship you're even more desirable than when you're single, or the teachers thinking that he was gonna behave now because he was dating the most "responsible" student they had, ha! If they really knew, or his parents, especially his mom who thought that Ellie was the perfect girl for him. But at some point he couldn't handle it anymore and let it all go to his head, he started flirting with other girls and standing Ellie up when they were supposed to hang out, being a total jerk to her. And then that night in the common room where everything had finally ended, where he had said some really hateful things, that he regretted instantly. Everything had fallen apart because of him and he had been left without a girlfriend and a best friend.

-"James darling, breakfast is ready." His mother yelled

-"You sound like you actually just made us breakfast." James said as he walked

into the kitchen.

-"Haha very funny. For your information I can cook, it's just that your father

enjoys it so much I just have to let him cook."

-"Riiight." Said Albus, Lily and James at the same time.

Everyone in the kitchen laughed as James sat down on the table next to his brother.

-"Who was that at front door I thought I heard Voices" Al asked

-"That was probably Ellie, mum made her help me carry my stuff over here" Delia said "She was definitely not happy about that, I don't know why she doesn't like you anymore James, you used to be all she ever talked about." she added as an afterthought

James shifted uncomfortably in his chair and avoided everyone's gaze. His father looked at him with concern; he knew that his dad would want to talk later and find out how he was feeling and James wasn't exactly too thrilled about that, his father had the irritating ability to make James realize things that he really, really didn't want to, like that maybe he was still in love with Ellie, but he couldn't be so he quickly discarded that thought.

"Well that's probably because my dear brother was a total ass to her" Al said as James scowled at him and Lily and Delia laughed.

"Albus language, that's enough" his mother said "let's have some breakfast.

-"So James, Al what time do you guys want to leave for Diagon Alley today?" his dad asked

-"I don't know, I guess around noon because I have to meet Scorpius and Anton there so we can go buy Quidditch stuff and beat Gryffindor again this year."

Albus had been sorted into Slytherin, and was the best player they had on their Quidditch team. He played seeker just like his dad. Al was unbeatable and very skilled that's why they had won the Quidditch cup the year before.

-"Yeah well this year Gryffindor is gonna win, since they have just appointed the best captain in Hogwarts history… me!" James smiled as he said that.

-"Thanks son" Harry said sarcastically

"Sorry dad, I bet you were great but I mean it's me here were talking about"

Lily and Delia rolled their eyes.

-"And then people wonder why Ellie broke up with you" Lily said "You really are full of yourself you know that right?"

-"But you love me anyways"

-"That I do, I have to admit you're the best big brother in the world"

-"Hey!" Albus said in protest "What about me, I'm your big brother too"

-"I'm just better" James said as he stuck his tongue out at his little brother.

-"Boys what are you five?" their mother said as she and their dad laughed

-"Al you're the best middle brother in the world"

-"Ha, take that James"

Delia and Lily looked at each other and shook their heads, boys.

-"James time" his dad said

-"Yeah I guess noon is fine, I'm also meeting my friends there I'll just owl them with the time." At this her mother spoke up.

-"That's perfect, then us girls can have the house all to ourselves" she winked at Lily and Delia

"We just need to wait for the rest of our friends" Lily said excitedly "This is going to be the best slumber party ever"

James was walking through the streets of Diagon Alley looking for his friends. His dad and Albus had stayed at the Quidditch shop with Al's friends buying new equipment for the Slytherin team, so he had left to meet his friends, who were probably at Weasley's Wizarding Weez buying every new product his uncle George had come up with. As he entered the shop it was really crowded as usual, so he had to push people in order to move around the shop, he kept scanning the crowed to see if he could spot anyone of his friends. After about a minute, that felt like ten, he spotted Fred II in the back he was talking to a couple of identical looking guys he recognized. HE made his way to the back of the shop.

-"Oi, I've been looking for you guys for the past half hour"

-"I bet you have" Fred said as he rolled his eyes. "How are ya mate?"

-"All's good, you know me, what about you guys? How was your summer?"

-"We went to Scotland to visit my grandparents, that was basically our summer right Greg"

Timmothy and Greg Finnigan were James best friends alongside Fred. They were inseparable and called themselves the new marauders. They played pranks and they had fun and when things got a little out of hand Timmothy or Tim as they all liked to call him, always new how to make them see reason.

-"Yeah pretty boring, but you know us we always make the best of everything, although someone over here couldn't stop moping around until he saw his girlfriend"

-"Hey" Tim protested "It had been almost a month since the last time I had seen her."

-"Man, you started moping the day after we got home from Hogwarts!" Greg exclaimed with a laugh

-"Yeah , well whatever I love her so" he said shrugging his shoulders.

-"Awww man that was deep" James said fluttering his eyelashes at Tim

-"I don't know what your talking about" Greg interrupted "You used to be worse, whenever Ellie was around you'd..." But he stopped as he caught the look on Fred and Tim's faces. James demeanor had completely changed from a relax joking guy to a serious stony faced one. They never talked about Ellie anymore, after what had happened Ellie was taboo subject in the group. They all had been so close, James, Ellie, Alice, Andrea, Lucy, Fred, Greg and Tim. And after James had screwed up, because they ALL knew this was James fault, the relationships had become a little strained, so they decided to make a pact. It consisted of never ever speaking of James and Ellie's relationship ever again. And after that they had been able to live in peace for the remain er of the last couple of months at Hogwarts. But this was going to be a new year and they hoped everything would be okay. Of course they new that Ellie would probably never forgive James but they hoped she could at least stand him for the next two years, so they wouldn't have to divide their time with each of them.

"I'm so sorry man It just kinda slipped" Greg said apologetically

"No worries" James said "No point hiding the truth, I was a love struck puppy when it came to Ellie until I fucked up. But whatever I'm over her now" James said convincingly a little to convincingly if you asked his friends. They all looked at each other not believing for one second that James was over Ellie but for his sake they decided not to mention that little detail.

"Right well, lets go buy stuff that we don't need for school" Fred said and they all agreed, this year was going to be an interesting one.

A/N I'm so sorry I took this long to upload, I had a little of writers block. Next chapter you will find out who Tim's girlfriends is. Yes it is one of Ellie's friends but who? Haha lets see if you can guess. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Suggestions and reviews are always welcomed.