Chapter Thirty-Four: Heat

Mya lead the way to the kitchen and slowly walked down the stairs, dragging James the whole way. She stopped when she reached a small door and knocked. James stared at the door and then at his friend.

"You found this without the map?" He asked in amazement. He always seemed to get lost in the halls, along with everyone else he knew.

"My father's a teacher; I know this place like the back of my hand." Mya smiled before knocking on the door again. A small smile was appearing in the corner of James' mouth and she knew she could get him back to normal, it just might talk a little while.

The door to the kitchen slowly opened and a pair of big eyes stared back at James. He had seen house-elves before and heard so many stories about them from his aunt, but he had never been this close to one before. His parent's House-Elf, Kreacher had died before he was born.

"Miss. Mya!" The house-elf squeaked bending over into a bow

"How many times do I have to ask you to just call me Mya?" Mya asked the house-elf smiling. She then turned to the stunned James. "James this is Winky. Winky this is my friend James Potter."

"Potter?" The house-elf stuttered out

"Don't tell me she's heard all the rumors too?" James whispered to Mya

"No even better," Mya smirked "she knew your father."

"Figures." James sighed shaking his head

"Winky, do you think you could let us in and fix James something to eat? He hasn't had anything to eat in a few days." Mya asked

Winky looked back up at James with wide eyes. She turned back to Mya and then bowed, before letting the two first years into the kitchen. Mya took James' hand and lead him in. All around James hundreds of house-elves ran around the kitchen. They barely took notice of James, which he liked. If they even took notice, they just bowed before continuing on with their work. Mya pulled James over to an empty corner and forced him to sit down on a bench. She plopped down next to him, just ask Winky appeared carrying two hot chocolates. Mya grabbed them from her and smiled, handing one of them over to James.

"Winky's been making me hot chocolate for as long as I can remember." Mya said before taking a sip out of her mug

"What can Winky get for Miss. Mya and Mister Potter?"

"I'm good, I ate. James?" Mya asked her friend

"I don't know…" James said slowly

"I told you, you're eating. Don't make me order for you." She teased

"Fine, I'll have a stupid sandwich." James grumbled

"No you haven't eaten anything in a day; you're eating more than a stupid sandwich." Mya said shaking her head "Get him some chocolate chip pancakes Winky; those are his favorite."

Winky nodded and walked off towards the stove. James gave Mya a look. "I said I wanted a sandwich."

"Can I have a sandwich while you're at it please? Someone just has to be picky." Mya stated before giving James a smirk

"Someone just has to be a smart-aleck." James responded crossing his arms. Mya noticed that the corners of James' mouth were twitching; he was so trying not to smile.

"You know you love me." She teased leaning forward

"Your lucky I do love you." James responded rolling his eyes

"Hey think what you want, but I got you to smile." Mya laughed

James sighed, but he couldn't help but smile; her laugh was contagious. Mya took another sip from her mug and looked back at James. The light was starting to come back into his eyes, but he still looked empty. Winky soon came back with two different plates; one with a huge stack of pancakes and one with a small sandwich on it. She handed them to James and stared at him. James started to dig into his food. Mya gave James a look and then elbowed him in the ribs. James looked up from his food.

"Ow! What was that-" He noticed her look. "What?" Mya pressed her lips together and glared at him. "I'm not psychic Mya, I don't understand your facial expressions."

"Say thank you James! They're not slaves." Mya said rolling her eyes

James blushed. "Right, thanks Winky."

"It was Winky's pleasure Mister Potter. Winky hopes Mister Potter enjoys his food."

The house-elf disappeared and James continued to stuff his face. Mya stared at him. "Food tastes good now, doesn't it James?"

"Oh shut-up Mya." He laughed rolling his eyes and continued to stuff his face.

Mya watched him as he ate and saw her James returning. She didn't want to suck his happiness from him, but she also knew she had to talk to him. She just had a weird feeling that bad things were going to start happening again and if they weren't careful, the fingers were going to come to them. She noticed James had finished his pancakes and was reaching for the sandwich. Mya snatched it away before he could grab it. James stared at her with wide eyes.

"Mya! You're the one who told me to eat." He protested

"James can we talk?" Mya asked softly

James gulped; something was wrong. "What is it?"

"I want to talk."

"About?"

"I saw Alex with a box-"

"Out of all the things we could be talking about; you're telling me you saw Alex with a box." James interrupted reaching for the sandwich, but Mya kept it out of his reach. "Come on just give me my sandwich."

"No, this is serious, and you should let me finish before you interrupt." Mya pouted "Anyways he gave it over to Abby; apparently it's hers. I don't know what's in it, but I don't trust her at all."

"Mya it's just a box, you worry too much." He leaned over Mya trying to reach the sandwich

"Seriously James! There could be someone plotting against you and all you want is this stupid sandwich! I don't trust her! She turned against you and that's not right. I wouldn't turn against you because you kissed me, but thought of another girl. It would hurt and I would probably kill you, but I couldn't turn against you."

James sat up straight and looked her in the eyes. "It was you."

"What are you talking about?" Mya asked looking at him

"You were the other girl." James responded

"You kissed Abby while thinking about me? I should kill you!"

"I thought you'd be happy." James stated confused

Mya shoved his sandwich into his hands and stood up. "Here's your sandwich; I have to go."

She stepped over him and walked towards the door. 'Mya wait!' He shouted after her. She kept walking towards the door without flinching. She reached the door and turned around before reaching for the handle.

"I don't trust Abby James, and you should be careful around her." Mya said shaking her head

She disappeared leaving James alone surrounded by house-elves. He looked down into his lap and saw the sandwich staring back at him. He picked it up and stared at it. "Girls are going to be the death of me."

Yay! Done with this chapter finally. I love how stubborn Mya is in this chapter; its based off of me. James and his stupid sandwich; men only think about food in a dire situation, but at least he's eating. I don't really have a lot to say. Oh I'm going to write a Valentine's Day special with James, Mya and Kaylee I think. I have practice for the musical everyday, so I will put it up this weekend, so be on the look out for that. I'll make sure to let you guys know what it's named in my next The Slytherin Inside chapter. Please REVIEW and SUSCRIBE! I love to hear from you guys. Oh and as a preview for the next chapter Abby is in it.