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Rate: Rated K+ for mild swearing
Summary: James Sirius Potter has his eye on one girl. But what happens when that girl is Rose's best friend.(Rose and James are in the same year.)
A/N: Sorry if this story is really bad it's my first one so don't judge
Chapter 9: Bad News
It was Monday morning and Rose, Aoife and James were sitting at the Gyriffindor table. The post owls were swarming around looking for their owner. Aoife, James and Rose didn't look up until a large barn owl landed in front of Aoife. It was carrying a black envelope. Aoife opened it with shacking hands. It read:
Dear Ms. O' Neill,
We are sorry to inform you that at 12:00pm on Sunday the 22nd your parents were murdered. We have reason to believe this was the work of remaining Death Eaters.
Your Sincerely,
MOM
Aoife re-read the letter. 'No this isn't true. It can't be' she kept telling herself. Then it sunk in her parents, her beloved parents had been murdered.
Rose and James must have read over her shoulder because in seconds she was enveloped in two pairs of arms. She knew it was them. She turned into one of them and cried until she couldn't cry any more. She looked up to see it was James she was crying on. She saw tear marks on his shoulder. "Sorry" she croaked. She rubbed his shoulder.
"There's nothing to be sorry for." James smiled at her.
Aoife felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see Harry looking down at her. "Aoife will you please come to my office?" Aoife silently got up and followed him.
"Please sit Aoife." She sat. "I heard what happened to your parents and as head of Gryffindor I say you can take a couple of days off school to attend the funeral, and as your best friends dad I invite you to stay with us over the summer or until you find a family member to move in with." Aoife looked up at him teary-eyed. She got up and hugged him. "I would like that thank you."
"And em.. speaking as student can James and Rose go and speaking as your sons best friend PLEASE?" Harry had to laugh. "Of course they can."
As Aoife was walking back to common room when she met Bulstrode. "HA is it true. Are mummy and daddy gone?" she shrieked with laughter. Aoife ran and ran until she found herself staring at the fat lady.
"Owls." She ran in. She couldn't see properly thanks to the tears in her eyes. Then she ran into something hard. She stumbled backwards. "Aoife?" It was Teddy. Aoife burst she fell into him crying. Teddy soothed her. "Shh it's ok, It's alright."
After awhile she thanked him and walked up the staircase to her room. She sat staring unseeingly at the wall. She only looked up when Rose hugged her. "Come down stairs when your ready. James has been worried sick about you," Rose hoped to drop a hint for her cousin. "Yeah."
Once they were sitting in the common room with Aoife squashed in the middle of the two she asked "look you guys are my best friends and I was just wondering if you guys would go to the funeral with me?" Aoife looked down. "Of course we will." With that Aoife hugged James.
"And guys just...Thank you so much."
A/N: Sorry again for the short chapter
A/N: Please tell me if I made any mistakes. We also have a new fan account on instagram : james_sirius_crush
Until next time...
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