"Sam?" Sam didn't move, "Come on Sam! You've been up here since the masquerade. Its time to get up and face the world." Sam had ran to her room, jumped onto her bed, and only got up to change into pajamas and use the bathroom, since the ball. The house elves had been bringing her food. It was now Sunday afternoon.
"No!"
"For Merlin's sake get up, take a shower, brush your teeth, repeat, get dressed and get downstairs Samantha Rose!" Sam buried herself further under the covers. Kylee flung her hands up, "Fine Samantha! I give up! Tonight we're supposed to dress up for dinner, and your not even doing that!" Kylee slammed the door and ran down the stairs.
"No hope?" Fred and James were sitting on the couch. She glared at James.
"I see you've risen from the dead finally."
James looked down.
Fred looked at Kylee, "Come on Ky. Be nice."
"I don't want to! He's the idiot that kissed her!"
James put his head into his hands, "Was it that bad?"
Kylee softened, "From what I gathered, no. James," She sat down on Fred's lap, not even realizing, "She's confused. You've had a while to think over this, she hasn't. She had a day to realize that she cared about you more than a friend. Right now, she just needs to someone to talk to. And right now, that's not me."
"What do you mean?" Fred rubbed her back.
"Well, believe it or not. Sam would send a letter to her mother twice a week. Her mom would give her boy advice. Especially about Rodger. But still. She's not only having a breakdown about James, but about her mom too."
The boys nodded then James's head snapped up, "Whose Rodger?"
Kylee's eyes got big, "I didn't say that."
"Yes you did. Whose Rodger?"
"Sam's going to kill me." James melted at Sam's name.
"How is she doing?"
Kylee was relieved with the subject change, "She's... I don't know. We talked a little last night. She's scared to death over the fact of love. I think a better way to put how she's doing is by saying this. She's letting me call her Samantha."
The boys winced.
Sam sat looking at the wall.
"Your insane." Sam jumped and looked around. There was no one there.
"I'm not there." Sam looked down, her chain was glowing, "There ya go." An orb separated from the chain and took the form of... David.
"David?" Tears were streaming down her face.
He waved his hand in front of his nose, "Kylee's right. You need a shower. Maybe ten."
Sam rolled her eyes.
"Just kidding. You smell like the usual. Just with a layer of grime.. Anyway!"
"David.."
"I'm here for a reason Sam." He had the same curly chocolate brown hair that she had, and the same eyes. All of the same features, but his were still boyish and five.
"David, I'm so sorry." She hugged her stuffed phoenix David to her chest, "Its all my fault!"
"Sam," He looked sad, "Please don't cry, you always knew I was a sucker for tears." He sat next to her, "Please stop." She wiped her eyes.
"Its my fault. It should have been me! I'm-"
"So help me Merlin Sam if you say sorry again, I'll throw that phoenix away!"
She gave a wet laugh, "Same old threat."
"Sam, it wasn't your fault. It was an accident. Those wizards were drunk, and they were after Silver blood. It was never your fault."
"Davie, yes it was!"
"No it wasn't. Please for me, just stop blaming yourself." She nodded. He smiled again, "Good." He fingered the phoenix, "I see you still have that old thing. I heard its new name. Gotta say I like it." He grinned and Sam smiled, but then frowned.
"Davie why are you here?"
"Always to the point. Well, I'm here because your about to throw away love." He turned serious and looked into her eyes, "If you don't admit that your in love with James, then you'll miss your chance."
"I'm only fifteen."
"Yet your in love."
"In love is a pretty str-"
"Samantha Rose. You are. If you let him go now, Ellie will ask him out."
"He'd never say yes."
"Yes he would. He thinks you don't care about him, no matter what your friends say, he needs to hear it from you that, you do care." She looked down, "She'll ask, he'll say yes. Then you won't have to courage to ever say anything. Kylee and Fred won't do anything, they'll be mad at you, but they'll try to understand. Then at the end of seventh year, he'll ask her to marry him, because that's what's expected, not because he loves her. She'll say yes, and you will just become a distant memory. A shadow of what you are."
"What will happen?"
"To you? You'll marry that Rodger guy. He'll say he loves you, but behind closed doors its not love. He'll cheat on you. You'll have a daughter, she'll look exactly like you. But she'll leave one day, because she can't handle it anymore. Soon Rodger will die, leaving you at only thirty seven, and a widow. You'll die an old widow. Your daughter stops visiting you, your grandchildren will be confused of what happened. But that won't matter, because you'll be dead."
"Geez laying it on thick." Sam looked down and shook her head, "I don't want that."
"Then don't let it."
"If I admit.."
David smiled, "You'll be happy. Truly happy. You'll get married to him, have children. Lots. One named David by the way. But you'll be happy. Your kids will want that happiness, and when you die, it will be happy and with James. Personally, I think you should go for it. I like him. He's the guy that I would've wanted for you."
Sam smiled and blushed.
"Sam, you don't have to admit your in love. Let that come in time, but do tell him you care. And kiss the poor fellow, he thinks he's a bad kisser."
Sam laughed and got up, "Well I better go then."
"Uh Sam."
"What?"
"You might want to take a shower and pretty yourself up a bit." She looked down at her stained pajamas and blushed.
"Good point." She looked back at him, "I love you Davie."
"I love you too Sammy Pammy. I'll tell Mom you send your love. Speaking of, she sends her, and she says she's proud of you."
Sam smiled and wiped away a tear, "I miss her. I miss you both."
"We miss you." David kissed her forehead, "I'm here when you need me Sam." And with that, he was gone.
Sam wiped away another tear and then ran into the shower. After the shower she wrapped her towel around herself and walked out of the bathroom.
"Come on Sam, please talk to me."Kylee was standing over her bed.
"Hi?" Kylee jumped and looked at Sam.
"Oh, I thought you were still in bed. I didn't hear the shower running."
"Yeah." There was an awkward silence.
Kylee wiped her hands on her jeans, "I just came up to.. Umm.. Yeah. So, is this a good sign?"
Sam gave her a small smile, "Yeah."
Kylee smiled, "Well good... Now what?"
"Well, I was gonna get dressed."
Kylee laughed, "Yeah I guess that would be fitting." She motioned to the door, "I'm just gonna go." She started walking to the door.
"Ky?"
Kylee spun around, "Yeah?"
"Thanks."
"No problem." She smiled, "Your my best friend Sam." She walked over to her bed, "I was just gonna go get ready for the dinner."
"This early?"
"Yeah, we were gonna go pull some pranks before dinner."
"Well give me a minute to get dressed."
"You want to go?"
"I am still a Marauder, right?"
"Of course! Your Nix!"
"Hahaha wow, love you Aqua."
"I know. Now let's get ready."
Sam pulled on matching black and red underwear, a black midthigh skirt, her snitch converses, a deep purple sweater, and black onxy earrings.
"Look good Ky." Kylee was wearing a deep blue sweater, the same black midthigh skirt, her yellow converses, and yellow studs.
"Hahaha wow. We both look good. Just leave our hair down and curly?"
"Sounds good to me." A few minutes later they were walking down the stairs.
"Hey guys." Both boys looked up. Fred was wearing a deep blue shirt and a black tie with black slacks, while James was wearing black slacks, a deep purple shirt, and a snitch tie. Both were wearing black converses.
"Hey." Fred smiled at Kylee, then at Sam, "I see your finally here. You both look very pretty."
"Thank you." Kylee blushed.
"So what have I missed on the OKAF?"
James smiled, "Well Fred has yet to ask her. But you can tell it will be soon. He's gonna ask her on a date Friday."
"Ah. So are they letting us play Quidditch soon?"
"Yeah tryouts are tomorrow. You have to tryout."
"I told you I would. I'm just happy the weather is sunny enough for Quidditch again."
"We'll have to makeup games though."
"Who cares? That just means it will be exciting."
"Haha I guess so."
The two watched Kylee and Fred for a moment.
"Hey Jamie?"
"Yeah?" He looked down to see Sam biting her bottom lip.
"Can I talk to you privately for a moment?" He froze.
"Sure." They walked over to the fireplace, "So what's up?"
"I ... Will you promise me to never say yes to Ellie?"
"Sam you don't have to worry ab-"
"Please."
"Okay, I promise. But why?"
Sam gathered her Gryffindor courage, "Because I do care about you."
James decided to be a jerk, "Well don't all friends care about eachother?"
"Not that way Jamie."
"Then what do you mean Sammy?"
"I ... James Potter I like you okay? I really like you."
James grinned, "I really like you too Sammy."
Sam let go of the breath she was holding onto, "Good, so where does that put us?"
"Boyfriend girlfriend?"
"I don't want to take things too fast though."
"So how about this?" He put her hands in his, "I'm yours, your mine, and we slowly make the transition from friends to whatever you want us to be."
"I like that." She blushed.
"Good, me too." He kissed her cheek and rested his head on her forehead, "You don't know how long I've been waiting for this."
Both blushed and grinned.
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