I woke the next morning with Marlene's hair splayed out over my chest. I couldn't move without waking her but I couldn't wake her when she looked so peaceful. I started playing with her dark ringlets to keep myself occupied. As I ran my fingers through her hair I couldn't help but think back to when I did the exact same action last night. That went so much better than I ever could have hoped. Yes, I had a feeling she liked me, but I had no idea just how much. I was loving the feeling of having her in my arms that when she shifted, I tightened my grip as not to let her go.
"Mmm, James?" She slowly flipped herself over to look at me. She rested her chin on my chest as she grinned at me goofily. "Morning." Her morning voice was so sexy, I couldn't help myself.
"Hi there." I shot her a cheeky grin before pushing her shoulders lightly so she fell back onto the sand. I followed and rested my body on my elbows resting by her head. "Sleep well?" I had to tease her a little.
"Mmmhhh" she nodded at me while her hands started to trail from my hips to my shoulders and back again.
"Good, you'll need it" I replied, paired with a wolfish grin. Just as I was about to lower myself, Marlene hooked her arms around my neck and pulled my down so our lips connected.
You're. Kiss. Such. Kiss. A. Kiss. Fucking. Kiss. Tease. I could tell she wasn't really angry as she smiled into the kiss. I grinned back, totally worth it though I mumbled against her lips. I bit her bottom lip and as she gasped I took the opportunity to deepen the kiss. An angelic sigh found its way from her mouth into mine as one of her feet travelled up my leg, hooked around my hips and pulled me impossibly closer to her.
I could feel myself pushing into her stomach and could tell she felt it too. She ground her hips against mine, producing a small growl from my mouth. Now who's the fucking tease? I knew she was doing it on purpose and so rolled my own hips back into hers, ripping a moan from the back of her mouth.
"Just what was that noise Miss Blackwell?" We jumped apart as the voice of my God-brother found its way down into our little cove on the beach. I could see Marlene blushing a deep red as Teddy rounded the corner and saw us. Damn, I was in some serious teasing when we got back. "Looks like you too had fun last night." He grinned at us and I could see a mischievous gleam in his eye.
"You're one to talk" I shot back "the amount of compromising situations you and Victoire have been caught in over the years has got so high people stopped counting"
"As true as that may be, she is my fiancé now so none of that matters." Teddy had always been quick at his comebacks.
"Alright fine, you win." I had nothing to say back that would conserve either mine or Marlene's dignity.
"So I take it the plan was a success then?" He asked.
"Well, du..."
"Woah, wait a second" Marlene's voice broke through our brotherly bantering. "There was a plan?" She looked oddly smug about this fact.
"What you seriously think this tosser here could get you without a bit of outside help?"
"Damn you Teddy she didn't need to know that." I was slowly turning redder by the second as Marlene started laughing at the statements. "It's not funny" She stood up and walked over to me, offering me her hands.
"It's kind of hilarious" she quipped back "and oddly flattering that you think I'm worth the embarrassment of getting your siblings involved" I looked up at her and saw in her eyes she was serious. I grabbed her hands and pulled myself up. I quickly removed my hands from hers and pulled her to me by her hips. I leaned in and our lips connect but just for a second before Teddy coughed to remind us of his presence.
"Just because I helped you get her doesn't mean I want to see the public displays of affection."
"Alright, alright we're coming" Marlene glared at Teddy as I took her hand and started walking back to the house.
Teddy got to the back gate of the house before and shouted out to patio "The love birds are back!" We both blushed furiously as we found not only my own parents but Marlene's as well.
"Hello you two, have a good night" Marlene's mother had always been a joker but I couldn't bring my self to laugh along with everyone else.
"Yeah, thanks mum we had so much fun" Marlene replied with a sickly sweet voice. I would have turned redder if I could.
"Okay okay enough teasing" thank Merlin for my mother "you kids hungry?"
"I'll bet they're starved after the night they had" I was going to murder Teddy.
I could feel the death glare from Marlene's dad burning a hole in my skull, but I couldn't bring myself to look at him.
"Teddy" the warning from dad was all that was needed to bring the metamorphagus to silence.
"Breakfast would be great, thanks Ginny" Marlene smiled sweetly at my mum as she started listing off the breakfast foods. I sunk into the chair next to Al and furthest away from Marlene's dad.
Most. Awkward. Family. Breakfast. Ever.
As awkward as the breakfast started, it quickly slipped away into our usual routine. Thank Merlin for chatty adults. Everything was nice and normal, we were talking the morning away, contemplating a swim in the sea later and a lazy day on the beach. But then Mr Blackwell broached the subject.
"What is the name of that school you kids go to in Scotland again?"
We glanced between ourselves and mum and dad, silently trying to remember if we had told them a name in previous years.
"St Nicholas'" Dad replied. "Very good school if I do say so" I could tell his breathing was hitching slightly as he spoke. Marlene looked curiously between us.
"It's just that with my declining health we've moved Marlene from her school in America to a boarding school in Scotland. I was just wondering if it was the same one." Mr Blackwell explained. It was true that his health wasn't great, but I didn't think it was serious enough to move Marlene from her talent school.
"Ah right okay" Mum interrupted the slight silence. "And which school is it that you're going to Marlene?"
"Hogwarts"