Chapter 7: What You Want / What You Got

A/N: Hey!

Announcement: Chapters will be posted every weekend now. School has started up again for me, and I'm a senior now. Auditions for the fall play are next week as well. I'll be too busy during the week with school, homework, rehearsals, extracurriculars, college apps, ect to post during the week. Occasionally I'll be able to post an extra, shorter chapter during the week, but it won't be very often.

So let's get on with the story!

James' hand was curled around mine, pulling me forward.

"Where are we going?" I complained, my other hand firmly around Noah's wrist.

"To see Professor Jenkins." James replied dully, glancing back at me for just a second.

"Why?" I asked, wrinkling my nose.

"Because you're clearly under a love potion." He responded, just as emotionless as before.

I snorted, shaking my head.

"I am not under a love potion." I laughed, looking back at Noah and smiling sweetly at him. "I;m in love with Noah, and you can't just make that with a potion."

"Uh, yes you can, that's why it's called a love potion." James said dryly.

"She's referring to true love." Noah piped up, walking quickly to keep up with us. "Love potions can't recreate true, actual love. They just create an obsession similar to that of love."

"Isn't he so smart?" I sighed, fluttering my eyelashes at him.

"Uh, Adelaide, you might want to watch where you're going." Noah said, pointing in front of me.

"And so nice!" I cried, still looking back at him when I tripped over the step.

James rushed down to me, kneeling next to me.

"Ada, are you okay?" Noah asked, moving closer. I smiled up at him, starting to get up, only for James to tug me back down.

"Fine now that you're here." I crooned, winking at him.

"I've been here the whole time." He said slowly, giving me a weird look. He's so adorable!

"Piss off Summerby, you've done enough damage." James muttered from next to me.

"You think I did this?" Noah asked, raising an eyebrow. James started to stand up, ignoring the annoyed look I was giving him.

"Yeah, yeah I do. Am I supposed to believe that you just happened to be the first person Ada saw and fell in love with? She was talking to me, it had to have been made for a specific person." James said, crossing his arms across his chest. I stood up, walking over to Noah.

"You leave Noah alone!" I said, waving a finger at James.

"Ada, you have got to be kidding me." James' eyes darted back and forth between us.

"You have got to be-" I began, only to have Noah's hand fall over my mouth. I immediately stopped talking and looked at him lovingly. If Noah wanted me to stop talking, then he had to have a reason, right?

"Adelaide, I advise you stop talking right now." He said, looking back at James. "Look, why don't I go find Rose, and James will take you to Professor Jenkins." I furrowed my eyebrows, starting to shake my head. I don't want Noah to leave me! "It'll be fine, I will be right back." He said, giving me a look. He dropped his hand, letting me speak.

"Fine." I said slowly, glancing back at James. He was just standing there, silent, watching us. "I'll go with him. But I'll miss you." I leaned in to give Noah kiss, but he moved away just in time. Aw. I pouted at him, but he left so fast he didn't even really see it.

"I miss him already." I sighed, looking off into the distance.

James held his hand out to me, and I took it with a sigh.

"Come on, Ada, let's go."

I am totally mortified. Actually, mortified doesn't even begin to cover the level of embarrassment I am currently suffering from. I'm horrified. I cannot believe that I actually flirted with Noah Summerby. Noah Summerby! Of all people. He's on the Quidditch team. How can I ever look him in the eye again after I attacked him with my lips? The poor guy had no idea what was coming.

Of course, I have to look him in the eye now, because I need to apologize for about five years. I sat down across from him in the Great Hall, tossing some pancakes on my plate. Alright, now I'm ready to beg for his forgiveness.

"I am so sorry." Time to ramble apologies. "I am so, so, so, so sorry Noah. I don't know what came over me." I said, waving my hands around.

"It's okay, Adelaide." Noah responded, giving me an uncomfortable smile. Whoops. Yeah, it's confirmed, we'll never be able to look each other in the eye ever again.

"I'm just really sorry." I said, tucking my hair behind my ear.

"And it's really okay. It wasn't your fault. You were under the influence of a love potion. You can't control that." He said simply, shrugging his shoulders.

"That's true . . ." I looked down at my food. Merlin, this is awkward.

"Did you ever find out what kind of love potion it was?" Noah asked, taking a bite of his waffles. Oh, he's a waffle guy? Clearly it never would have worked out.

"Uh, I'm not sure. You'd have to ask Rose. Or James." I trailed off, glancing at the Gryffindor table. I scanned it, looking for the familiar black hair. Nothing. I just really wanted to talk to him . . .

"It was on first sight." Rose announced, sitting next down next to us and snapping me out of my reverie. "But, weirdly enough, specified so that it's the first guy you see. If it's a girl it won't work until the first male you see. Normally when you make unspecified love potion you don't go through all the trouble. It's pretty complicated potion making. But, no, Noah, it wasn't made specifically for you." She explained, piling food on her plate. I could see Noah's shoulders physically relax at her words. I smirked slightly, taking a bite of bacon.

"Who would do that kind of thing?" Noah asked.

Rose shrugged. "I have no idea. But we need to find out so we don't eat any more surprise packages."

"Would someone do that?" I asked, looking over at her.

"Well, they didn't get who they were looking for. They were my chocolates, but I didn't eat any. Only you did. So, they might." Rose explained, waving her fork around. "So I was thinking of trying a handwriting spell on the note. See if it can tell me who wrote it. I have to do some research about it, though. I'm not sure if they even work like that, and I know they're at least pretty complicated. Want to help?" She asked, pointing her bacon at me.

"Yeah, sure. Why not?" I responded, taking her bacon. She frowned at me, but just grabbed more off the serving plates. I love my best friend.

"Great. Meet me in the library after Potions?" She asked, gathering up her books and her bacon.

"Sure thing." I said, waving her off.

"Okay, thanks so much Ada. Got to run, I have to meet with someone before Ancient Runes. See you later!" Rose said all this while slowly leaving, then bolting out the door of the Great Hall. Weird. I'm gonna have to question her on that later.

Behind her, a familiar black haired boy entered the room. There he is.

"I have to go." I blurted out to Noah, standing up. Without waiting for a response, I headed towards James. I've been searching for him all morning, I needed to do it now. "I need to talk to you." I said, looking him straight in the eye.

"I have to eat." He replied, avoiding my gaze. No, no. I don't like that. I reached out, my hand falling on his shoulder.

"I know, but I need to talk to you. You can go to the kitchens later if you have to. Come on." I said, gently pulling him to the exit.

"Fine." He said simply, pushing open the door. Good. That was . . . Easy. "What do you want to talk about?" He asked, turning to me as soon as we were out in the corridor.

"I'm sorry." I said, expecting to feel a big weight fall off my chest. Except I didn't. James just continued to stare at me, his brown eyes losing their natural warmth. "I am. I should have just listened to you, and I'm sorry." I guess now is the time to ramble. I really wish I hadn't.

"Yeah, you should have listened to me. But you just blew me off. Do you do that every time you have a fight? Will Rose say the wrong thing one day, and you'll just toss her to the curb?" He asked, crossing his arms.

"That's . . . That's not fair." I said slowly, blinking at him.

"How is that not fair?" He didn't even sound angry. I don't like this, this isn't James.

"I apologized for not listening to you," I began, taking a step towards him. "And I'm apologizing for blowing up at you, and I'm apologizing for last night. What more do you want?" I asked, taking a few steps toward him which each statement.

"I want you," he began, stepping towards me so we were inches from each other. "To tell me what you want."

"What I want?" I asked, tilting my head. He just nodded, his brown eyes warming up again. "I want to be friends with you again. I miss you." I said slowly, but the sentence felt unfinished. Was that right? I don't know. But I did miss him, as weird as it was. We had pretend dated for like, a week, but I still missed him.

"Will you still pretend to be my girlfriend?" James teased. His hand caught a blonde curl, twisting it around a finger like he so often did.

I smiled slightly, nodding.

"Good." He said simply. His warm brown eyes met mine, hypnotizing in their sincerity. Almost of its own accord, my body couldn't help but move closer to him. "I'm going to kiss you now, is that okay?" He asked, still looking me in the eye.

"Just for show?" I offered.

"Just for show." He confirmed, leaning in even more. "Don't move." He said quietly, dropping the curl and brushing it behind my ear. I nodded, unable to stop staring up at him. James leaned in, his lips barely brushing over mine. They were there, but they were not. Every beat of my heart was audible, tangible. I couldn't help but move a little bit closer, trying to push my lips against his. Like a wave taking over a coast, James pulled my body against his, capturing my bottom lip between his. I wound my arms around his neck, hand tangling in the hair by his neck. My back hit the wall behind me as I leaned back, pulling him with me.

His hand were on my hips, my back, my hair. It was a blur of amazing feeling, like a wonderful dream you couldn't quite remember. His teeth caught my bottom lip, nibbling lightly. I could barely breathe, couldn't think. I pressed my lips against his forcefully, pulling him as close as he could get.

His lips broke away, trailing down to reach my neck. Oh Merlin.

"Quiet there, Goldilocks." James whispered, warm breath tickling my neck.

"Was that out loud?" I asked hesitantly, before his lips descended on mine again.

A loud whistle broke through my thoughts and James moved away from me. I looked behind me, only to be looking at half the school.

"Uh, I think breakfast ended." James whispered in my ear. As if on cue, my entire face turned bright red.

"Go James!" Fred Weasley cheered, and the Weasley family followed suit.

Oh, Merlin. I'm screwed.

Dominique Weasley's POV

I smirked inwardly as James talked at me. I had been one of the many people who saw him snogging Adelaide in front of the Great Hall, but he had yet to bring it up. If he kept talking about Quidditch, I was going to have to bring it up myself. A girl needs some gossip, okay?

"I think I might even let the team off practice a little early today." James said, his grin still plastered on his face.

"Woah there, calm down you rebel." I said with a laugh, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Funny." He said, giving me a look. His smile was still on his face, though.

"So, Jamesie, I heard you're back with a certain Ravenclaw." I changed the subject, smirking at him.

"It's true." He responded slowly, gave me a suspicious look.

"And how is that going for you?" I asked, glancing at him.

"Fine. Why?"

I stopped walking to give him an incredulous look.

"You have to ask me why? You haven't been in a relationship for more that a week ever since-" James cut off my rant with his hand.

"Enough, Dom. I know." He said, running a hand through his hair. "But I don't want to talk about this right now."

I nodded, and we continued walking in silence.

"If you like her-" I started again.

"Enough, Dom." He said, stopping in the corridor to look at me.

Thump.

"Wait, what was that?" James said, glancing around.

"Stop avoiding the topic, James." I ignored him, crossing my arms.

"I'm not. What was the noise?" He insisted, his eyes locking on a door.

"That's just a broom cupboard." I groaned, pushing my blonde hair off my shoulder. "Just leave it alone James." I said, walking to the cupboard with him.

Before I could stop him, James opened the door. Then out fell an entangled Albus Potter and Evelyn Wood.

Huh.

A/N: A bit shorter than normal, but I hope I made it up to you with the kiss. ;)