This chapter is dedicated to joyfulchild96 who wanted a James Sirius Potter and Alice Longbottom bet. I really hope that you enjoy it and think that I did the characters justice!

Oh and the only reason I'm putting James's middle name in the name and year thing is because there are two James Potters and two Alice Longbottoms (and as Fred Weasley is it, there are two Freds as well), it's just so you can tell the difference.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter


James Sirius Potter and Alice Longbottom, 5th year
"
You're completely delusional!"

"You're barking mad!"

"How could you possibly think that?"

"How could you possibly not think that?"

"COULD YOU BOTH JUST SHUT UP?" Fred Weasley shouted over the top of his friend's bickering.

"Not until he admits he's wrong." Alice Longbottom huffed as she glared at her friend.

"Not until she admits she's being uptight." James Potter countered.

"Uptight? When am I ever uptight?" Alice rounded back on James.

"When are you not uptight?" James countered.

"You're so immature."

"Resorting back to insults, are we?"

"JUST SHUT UP!" It was Roxanne this time that had had enough; she glared at her two friends as they continued to glare at each other. "Right, now what's the real problem?"

"Well...he...she...Quidditch...exams..." James and Alice started talking over each other and no one could understand a word of what they were saying. "And obviously he/she is wrong!" they concluded together.

"I didn't catch any of that. So Alice, what happened?" Roxanne asked.

"Well, I was just sitting here; studying for our exams which are in 15 weeks by the way and James comes up and says that we're having an emergency Quidditch practice."

"Which we were going to until someone decided not to-"James started but was interrupted by Alice as she continued on with her story.

"Which is ridiculous because we had one this morning-"

"The pitch was free! We have the final coming up next week. I had to take the-"

"AND THEN I TOLD JAMES I COULDN'T GO," Alice almost shouted over the top of James. "Because I had to study. He then decided to tell me that the exams were ages away and I didn't need to study anyway-"

"Which is true." James rolled his eyes.

"And then he said he'd kick me off the team if I didn't come, which is completely ridiculous, because I 'wasn't committed enough' because according to him, the Quidditch match is more important than our O. W. Ls." Alice finished.

"It is." James rolled his eyes.

"How could you possibly think that?"

"How could you possibly not think that?"

"You're completely delusional!"

"You're barking mad!"

"STOP IT! YOU'VE GONE AROUND IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE!" Fred yelled, grasping his flaming red hair in frustration. "I'm trying to do my Transfiguration homework so that Harrison won't fail me and Mum won't kill me, so PLEASE be quiet!"

Alice and James stared at their friend, shocked at his outburst.

"He's right." Roxanne said. "You guys did go around in a complete circle. This isn't a big problem. James, Alice is right, exams are more important than Quidditch but Alice, the exams are quite awhile away so you could have gone to practice but James, we don't need two practices in a day to win the cup."

"Yes we do! Have you seen the team that Davies has put together? They're incredible. If we don't practice at least once every day then we're going to lose." James said hysterically, Quidditch had always been a big thing for him.

"Now you're exaggerating. We don't need a practice every day to win. That would be as ridiculous as you passing your History of Magic O.W.L." Alice rolled her eyes.

"I'll pass History of Magic just fine, thanks." James said angrily.

"You haven't taken a single note in Binns's class since first year!" Alice cried.

"I can still pass. I'll just borrow yours."

"Oh no you won't. You'll just have to fail."

"Fine! I'll bet you 5 galleons that I'll pass that exam with at least an E without your notes." James said defiantly. "You in?"

"Of course I am." She accepted, staring her best friend down.

"It's on." James said as he shook Alice's hand. He then turned to Roxanne. "Do you know if Molly has her notes from last year?"


The summer after fifth year

"JAMES! YOU'VE GOT YOUR O.W.L RESULTS!" Ginny Potter called from the bottom of the stairs at her eldest son. "GET OUT OF BED!"

In the kitchen, where Albus was reading a book and Lily was eating a bowl of cereal, there stood a tawny owl with a letter in its beak. It looked annoyed at having to wait for the addressee. Ginny was back at the bottom of the stairs as, 5 minutes later, James was still not up.

"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER! GET DOWN HERE NOW OR ELSE I'LL CONFISCATE YOUR BROOM!" she roared and then retreated back into the kitchen.

Needless to say, a very sleepy looking James Potter was down in the next minute. As he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes, he got the letter off the bird, which then proceeded to bite him before flying off. James just threw the letter on the table and grabbed a piece of toast off a plate on the table.

"Are you actually going to open it?" Al asked, peering over the top of his book.

"Yeah, once I've eaten." James shrugged. Then he saw his mother's glare (looking very much like his grandmother) and picked up the letter.

Ordinary Wizarding Level Results

Pass Grades:

Outstanding (O)

Exceeds Expectations (E)

Acceptable (A)

Fail Grades:

Poor (P)

Dreadful (D)

Troll (T)

James Sirius Potter has achieved:

Astronomy: A

Care of Magical Creatures: E

Charms: E

Defence Against the Dark Arts: O

Divination: D

Herbology: E

History of Magic: E

Potions: O

Transfiguration: O

"YES!" James yelled and threw up the letter in excitement and started doing a victory dance.

Albus picked up his brother's letter and read the results for himself.

"Well he did do well." He said. "Although I'm not sure the dance is necessary." He smiled.

Ginny next looked at the letter. "Well done James. These are excellent; I can see why you're pleased."

"Oh it's not the grades that I'm happy about." James grinned at his Mum and brother. "It's just that I was right and now Alice owes me five galleons!"

And with that, he almost skipped out the room to send a very important letter to his friend while Ginny and Albus stared at him weirdly.

"Ha! She was wrong!"


Author's note: Now I'm not too sure about this chapter. I liked the start bit but I felt the bet was a bit random. Ah well. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Reviews are always appreciated so thanks to everyone who has reviewed! It means so much!

And just to let everyone know, I've planned (roughly) up to chapter 29 so now that I know what I'm doing, I should get the updates out faster.

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