Love and Betrayal: Chapter Two
Summary: Christina-Lee Potter is a 16-year-old pure blood Gryffindor, She's the cousin on James Potter, and she has her eyes set one of his best friends. Little does she know that two boys like her, which one will she chose?
(Thoughts in brackets. Please don't hate if I get something's wrong I'm not very good with the marauder time period).
Chapter Two: Quidditch Crisis
(Happy, happy, happy, isn't life grand? Wow, should I wake him or just get up alone?)
I turned to look at Sirius sleeping next to me. Even with his hair messed up he looks so cute; like a little puppy.
(He looks just like an angel, as if he doesn't have a care in the world. Oh, I just want this moment to last forever.)
'Argh!' Lily's scream filled the dorm room.
'What's wrong?' I asked, jumping out of bed.
'Oh, there you are; I was so worried that something had happened to you,' Lily sighed with relief.
'Huh? What's going on?' a very tired looking Remus poked his head out from behind his hangings. 'You girls alright?'
'Yeah, we're fine; you can go back to sleep now if you want,' I said and Remus nodded and slipping back behind his hangings gratefully.
I turned back to Lily. I sat down next to her and gave her a hug. 'You know that if I left the room, I would have woken you, that's our promise.'
'Yeah, but you weren't here and I thought maybe you'd be taken or hurt by something,' Lily looked at me with upmost worry.
'Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you,' we hugged again.
James threw a pillow at us. 'Shut up, too early for talk, sleep now.'
Lily and I laughed as he turned oven and went back to snoring. We decided to go back to our rooms and I told Lily about what happened last night with Sirius.
She nodded as I spoke. 'He so likes you, oh my gosh, and what about that kiss at the pool? He's just making it obvious.'
I laughed. 'Really you think he likes me?'
'No doubt. So James has that game today, who's playing?'
'Gryffindor versus Slytherin. We have it in the bag, who's better than James?'
'No one.'
'My point exactly, Gryffindor has it in the bag.'
Lily and I then changed into our red and gold Gryffindor cheerleading outfits. Sometime last year, Lily had come up with a great idea that we cheer the Gryffindor team on with a cheer team, We set up try outs and we made a team of six girls; Lily and I included.
Lily, Rachel Brandon, Tammin Carter, Ashlee Chapman, Natalie Woods, and I.
We held practice once a week, Lily and I we co-head cheerleader. I wanted Lily to be because it was her idea, but she didn't want to do it on her own.
Lily finally got her beautiful auburn curls the was she wanted them and I got my straight blonde hair at perfect length and straightness, it always hung ten centimeters above my waist line; it was kind of an obsession for me.
We hurried down to breakfast. There we met the, now refreshed, marauders.
Peter was eating at an extremely fast rate; Sirius was slowly pushing down his pancakes, but seemed to me more interested in stabbing them with his fork. Remus wasn't eating much as he was reading and seemed to be thinking about something (He always has that weird thinking look on, Rachel thinks it makes him look cute, fifteen year olds - so young.)
James however hadn't even touched one thing on his plate, I took a seat next to him, and Lily took his other side.
'Well, well, well, if it isn't our wonderful head cheerleaders. Come to cheer us up?' Sirius said with a smile.
'We'll get to you later,' I said turning to James. 'Look, James, if you don't eat I'm going to shove it down your throat with my fist.' (He knew it was true, when he were little we used to play fight and once I made him eat worms, I even used my fist.)
James slowly raised a bit of toast to his mouth and to a little nibble.
'Please James, eat something for me,' Lily pleaded with puppy dog eyes. (They always worked on James; well at least they did when Lily did it.)
'Lil, I've already tried the puppy dog eyes, no chance,' Sirius teased.
Suddenly James ate two pieces of toast and an apple. Lily and I turned to Sirius and smirked. I heard him mutter something like 'Girls' under his breath.
Remus looked up from his book. 'Oh good, you guys made him eat something,' he said then turned back to his book.
'Well I better go,' James said and he stood up and walked to the end of Gryffindor table.
'We're rooting for you, James,' Lily called.
James waved and disappeared out of the Great Hall. 'So, did you guys sleep well,' Sirius said with a smile, mostly directed at me.
'Great, but there was this annoying thing clinging to me all night,' I said and I smiled back sweetly.
Sirius laughed and then turned to me. 'As Moony would say, you loved it.'
We all laughed. 'Oh, you know I did,' I joked and Lily and I left the table to rally up our team. We stopped right at the door and gave the boys our sexy wave. (I can't believe we called it the sexy wave.)
We rounded up our fifth year cheerleading squad and headed down to the quidditch pitch.
'So, Chris, what do you think our chances are today?' Ashlee said running up to my side.
'Ash, you know were gunna win, plus we have the best cheerleading squad ever,' I said and all the girls cheered.
We passed the changing room and we all yelled out, 'Go Gryffindor!' as we passed.
We had been given out own platform in the stands to do cheers and routines. We all filed onto the platform and spotted Remus, Sirius and Peter waving at us. We waved back.
After about two minutes it seemed the whole school was now sitting in the stands. 'Okay, ready girls?' Lily yelled.
We all nodded and took position. Lily and I were in the middle, from the center it went, Tammin and Natalie on our sides and them Rachel and Ashlee.
The teams filed onto the pitch. 'Ready okay,' Lily yelled.
We began our cheer and dance movements. 'Gryffindor will never lose, Slytherin can't fit our shoes. Because our team is far too hott, oh, so hott they beat the lot. Gryffindors the one to cheer, Slytherin get out of here.'
We continued to scream our cheer and do our dance routine until the game began. Lily and I stood back and looked up into the air as both teams rose.
James circled the pitch then positioned himself halfway across the pitch. The Slytherin seeker did the same thing and stopped opposite James.
'Come on Gryffindor, you can do it' I yelled.
'You can do it, James,' Lily screamed, causing James to look down at us as he recognised her voice. James gave us a thumbs up and then went back to scanning the pitch.
Gryffindor scored a point. The cheerleading squad yelled and screamed, and we shook our pom-poms.
Slytherin got a goal, we all booed.
Slytherin went in for another, but our goalie caught it and sent it flying towards one of the chasers. After a lot of back and forth catching and throwing I saw James dive.
'Lily! he's diving!' I pointed at him. Lily saw him and we all began cheering. 'Come on, James!' I continued to scream
'Just a little bit further!' Lily yelled.
He caught it. 'Yeah!' we all boomed and screamed and waved our pom-poms a bit more.
He pulled back up and went to land. Then I saw it come out of no where. A bludger came and hit James on the side of the head.
'James, no!' a scream escaped my mouth and I sprinted down to the pitch. James had fallen side ways and landed on the ground.
'James! James!' I yelled and then flung myself on the ground next to him.
His face was red and there was a large mark from where the bludger hit him. Teachers and students came running from all directions.
I could still hear him breathing but he wouldn't open his eyes.
'James, get up, James,' I looked up at Professor Dumbledore, or new principal. 'Professor, why won't he get up?'
'He's merely unconscious, Miss Potter, now please stand back.'
Dumbledore magickened a stretcher into existence and then levitated James on it. 'Professor, is he going to be ok?' I asked running along side him as he walked up to the castle.
Lily, Remus, Peter, and Sirius appeared.
'You'll be able to see for yourself, you all may come to the hospital wing to see if Mr Potter is okay,' and with that Dumbledore set off at an extremely fast pace towards the castle.
I fell back a bit to be with the others who were walking rather fast as well.
We were all silent. Lily had tears in her eyes and Remus, Sirius, and Peter all looked really worried.
(Oh no, what if James doesn't wake up? He did get hit really hard, and then he had that long drop, oh no James.)
We reached the hospital wing and the new nurse; Madam Pomfrey came rushing out to meet us. Dumbledore levitated James onto the bed and Madam Pomfrey began to fuss over James.
Remus stood next to me and took my hand. I looked up at his worried face and then hugged him; more for my needs than his, comfort was something I craved at this moment.
(I don't know what I'll do if something really bad happened to James.) Madam Pomfrey stopped fussing and looked up.
'He has been hit very hard and that fall didn't do him any good, I saw from my window. He just unconscious and I estimate he'll be here for about a week to twelve days, nothing to worry about,' She turned to us. 'You may sit with him if you like.'
I nodded and took the seat right next to James.
I gently grabbed his hand. 'Come on, James, wake up soon.' At that moment tears dripped from my eyes.
Remus moved up to me and put his hand on my shoulder. 'He'll be alright,' he hugged me again.
Sirius sat on James' other side. 'Come on, buddy,' Sirius patted James on the arm then looked down at him sadly. Peter looked down at James as if he was dead. Lily, however, broke into hysterical tears and ran from the room. I looked up at Remus, who then took after her.
I turned back to James and gave his hand a squeeze; silent tears fell from my eyes still.
(I am so horrible, just yesterday I was complaining about how annoying he was and now he was hurt and I couldn't feel worse. What if he gets brain damage? What if there's something really wrong? How am I going to handle this? Look at him lying there, why does he have to play such a seriously dangerous game? Why?)
Sobs began to form in my throat. (No I have to be strong; I can't let this break me down. Well so much for that.)
The sobs erupted from my throat. I got up took one last glance at James and ran.
I didn't know where I was running to, I just ran. I could hear someone calling my name from behind but I didn't care, I needed out. I need fresh air, I need water. (That's it the lake.) I turned down a corridor and sprinted my heart out. I dropped my pom-poms and flung myself down the closest staircase.
I reached the Entrance Hall and bolted for the door. Someone was still calling my name from behind; I ignored them.
The sky was at the end of a sunset and the darkness was filling in. I saw the lake; I needed to feel the cold water on my skin. The grass sunk beneath my feet and became slightly damp as I came closer to the water.
There was about a metre of sand around the edge of the water. I kicked off my shoes and socks. I wadded in then as soon as I got waist deep I dived in. I rose and shook my head, water dripping from my hair and clothes.
The water felt so calm and natural, I felt one with the water, like I belonged in it. As if all my problems would be washed away with the current as it washed over the sand and back into the water.
Someone said my name again, I turned. It was Sirius; he took off his shoes and cloak and waded over to me.
'What are you doing out here? Are you crazy? You'll catch a cold, or worse, pneumonia.'
'Sirius, don't worry about me, we should be worrying about James. He's up in the hospital wing unconscious, in case you didn't notice. What am I going to do? What is Aunt Jackie gunna say? He shouldn't be playing such a dangerous game, what if he doesn't wake up? What if he gets brain damage? What are we gunna do?' All my thoughts and feelings came flooding out of me at that moment, Sirius stepped closer and put his hand on my cheek.
'Chris, I want you to listen to me, there's nothing we can do about it ok. He'll wake up, I promise.'
'But you don't know he will, he mightn't. He fell from really high up, and that bludger wasn't exactly helping. He could get brain damage from the bludger alone. I shouldn't have let him play that stupid game, it's my entire fault,' more tears fell down my make-up streaked face.
'It is not your fault, Chris look at me. James would have killed us if we stopped him from playing quidditch. It's his life, it's what he lives for,' I looked up into his sincere eyes.
'But I can't help but blame myself,' I wiped my nose and Sirius handed me a hanky.
Sirius took a napkin or something from his other pocket and dipped the end in the water. He then brought it up to my face and wiped the make up from under my eyes.
'You're an angel and angel's should never cry.'
He leaned in and kissed me. First it was soft then it grew stronger and I felt myself kissing him back with passion. (No, I can't stand in the lake and kiss someone while James is suffering.)
I pulled away and turned my head. 'Sirius, I'm sorry but I can't do this, not with James still up their hurt. I'm sorry,' I turned completely and dived under the water again.
I came back up. 'Wait!' Sirius called then he dived over to me. 'I wanna swim with you,' he smiled. I smiled back; it wasn't a strong happy smile, half-forced and just part of the moment, but a smile none the less.
The night grew darker and then it began to rain. We had been swimming for about an hour.
Someone was coming across the lawn. 'Sirius, stop moving we'll get seen,' Sirius immediately stopped moving.
'Christina-Lee, Sirius, where are you guys? Lily, I can see them on the map, but I don't understand, where are they?'
I noticed it was two people, one was Lily, and the other was Remus.
I jumped up.
'Hey, you guys over here,' I called waving my hands.
'What are you doing?' Sirius looked at me.
'It's Remus and Lily,' I said and I began wading out of the water.
Remus ran up to me when I reached the sand. He flung his arms around me.
'We looked everywhere, you got us so worried,' He said and I looked up at him. Remus had always been so much taller than I had.
'I'm sorry,' I said and I hugged him back. Sirius appeared out of the water.
'Glad to see you both have your clothes on,' Lily teased. We all turned to her. 'Sorry, just trying to lighten the mood.'
'Come on, let's get you inside, your gunna get sick,' Remus said pulling me towards the castle after I grabbed my wand and shoes. Sirius and Lily followed.
SIRIUS' POV!
(I don't understand, first she wants to kiss me; now she doesn't, then she does. Geez, girls.)
Lily and I slowly followed as Remus half-dragged Christina-Lee back to the castle.
(What was she doing in the water in the first place, is she crazy? She is seriously gunna be sick. Oh, what am I going to do about James? I can't believe I almost broke down in front of Christina-Lee. She's so perfect and probably doesn't like me as it is. I bet she likes Moony, they're always hanging together. Look at them when she got out of the water, she ran straight into his arms. I bet they don't even study in all those precious study sessions, sure, she pulls off great grade; but she's naturally smart. I can't believe Moony would do this to me, I thought we were best friends. I so need to talk to James.)
We entered the castle and then Remus pushed us all into a cupboard to the side and pointed to the map.
I looked down and saw three dots labeled, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva Mcgonagall, and Jacqueline Potter.
I looked up Chris, her face froze. James' mum was here.
'I have to go see her,' Chris said and she made for the doorknob.
'Chris, you can't, you've just been in the lake and it's dark, your aunt will kill you,' Remus said and he pulled back her hand. She nodded.
(Look at him touch her, I bet he's loving it. No, stop! Moony's your best friend.)
I tapped my head. 'Hey, Padfoot are you alright?' Remus asked.
I just nodded. (No, I'm not all right, you back stabbing asshole, no wait; it's not his fault.)
The three adults passed and I stepped out of the cupboard first, I was followed straight away by Lily then Remus and Christina-Lee. We made our way back to Gryffindor Tower. I said I had things to do upstairs and the set off for my room. I sat down on the window-sill and stared out into the deep blue night. The stars glistened and the moon was half full. This reminded me of Remus.
(Poor Moony, here I am thinking I should always get the girl and he's always trying to, but never does; I wish I didn't love Chris so much, then I would willingly give her up, what am I going to do? Oh Prongs, I wish you were here.)
CHRISTINA-LEE'S POV!
Sirius seemed to be acting really strange. When we reached Gryffindor tower he went straight up to his room. (I think I'll give him some time, then I'll go see how he's doing. He looked so sad. Here I am worrying about myself and what I'm going to do and he's hurting too. I'm so selfish, I'm gunna go see him now.)
I stood up. 'Hey, you guys, I'm gunna go see how Sirius is doing,' I said to Lily and Remus. They both nodded and I set off for the sixth year boys' dormitories.
I had just gotten changed out of my wet cheerleading outfit. I knocked on the door. No one answered, so I decided to go in anyway. (I sure hope he's okay.)
I stepped into the room and saw Sirius sitting by himself at the window.
'Sirius, are you ok?' I said quietly. He didn't answer just continued to gaze at the stars. 'Sirius, did you hear me?' I put my hand on his shoulder and he jumped.
'Sorry, I didn't notice you there,' he said.
I sat down next to him. 'So, are you ok?'
'Don't worry about me, I'm not the one lying in the hospital wing,' he looked back out at the stars.
I noticed he was still wearing his wet robes.
'Hey, you better get changed, you're gunna get sick.'
'I don't care, I won't be as bad as Prongs,' he didn't even turn when he talked.
'Sirius, look at me,' He turned, his beautiful eyes stained with sorrow. 'I care. Now please get changed.'
Sirius hesitated then nodded and grabbed some clothes, before heading for the bathroom. He emerged later fully dressed and almost fully dry. His hair was no longer dripping, which was a start.
I walked over to him. 'That's better,' though he still looked so sad.
I hugged him. I just leant in and put my arms around him. And to my surprise he put his arms around me too.
He then walked me over to his bed and sat me down. 'Chris, I want you to know that I care about you. Well not just care, I really care; I really like you and I was thinking if you would be my date for the dance, I wanna be your Mr Lucky.'
I looked into his sad deep blue eyes and my knees felt weak. (Oh god he just asked me, hurry up and say yes! No wait you don't wanna sound desperate and you don't wanna sound like you hate him either, you do it now.)
'Yeah, I want you to be my Mr Lucky too,' a relieved smile and leant in.
I tilted my head and he kissed me. It was a kiss that really meant something, a kiss that made me want him, a kiss that made me need him. It was just that kiss, the one you dream about when you're a little girl; the kiss that woke Sleeping Beauty, the kiss that saved Snow white, the kiss that ends all happy fairytales. Just that kiss.
We broke apart and Sirius laid my head down on his pillow then moved his body so he was directly over me, just feeling him near me made everything feel like it was going to be okay. He kissed me again, and again, continually the same kiss, the kiss of life, of love.
He moved his hand under my top and the other rested on the pillow next to my head. My feet tangled in his and we rolled so that we were both on our sides. Sirius leant back over for another kiss. This time I hesitated a bit.
'What's wrong?'
'Oh, well... I just feel like something wrong is about to happen,' I looked down.
'Am I moving too fast, you know I'd never do anything to make you feel uncomfortable.'
I nodded. 'I know, but it's not that, its something else. Don't worry, forget I mentioned it.'
'Okay,' Sirius said with his sheepish smile and he kissed me again. His hand rubbed up my back and stopped on my bra strap, the other found its way to my legs, which rested upon his upper leg.
Someone opened the door.
(Oh shit, how am I going to explain this?)
Aunt Jackie followed closely by Remus and Lily came in. Sirius and I jumped and separated.
'What do you two think you're doing up here?' She said angrily.
'Um - nothing,' I lied, knowing she wouldn't believe that.
'Christina-Lee Potter you get off that bed, wait until your parents hear about this, and Sirius I never thought you the type; you were always such a sweet boy.'
(Like Mum and Dad will take the time to care.)
'I know you two think just because you're sixteen means you can-'
'Aunt Jackie, we weren't going to do anything.'
'Yeah, honest, Mrs Potter; we weren't gunna do nothing' Sirius accidentally said.
'Well, what are you doing in a boy's room, on a boy's bed, young lady. You were always such a sweet girl, what happened to my sweet little niece. Well, anyway, are you coming back with me to see James?'
I nodded. 'We were just taking about going back to see him,' I said hurriedly; half in shock over what had happened, and how quick Aunt Jackie had dismissed what she had seen.
'Yeah right, after your make-out session,' Lily muttered.
Sirius and I looked at the ground. (She sure knows how to make you feel ashamed of yourself.)
'And why do you both have wet hair? Did you two have a shower together?'
'No, its raining outside, we were out there,' Sirius said quickly.
(If he tells her about the lake, I'll kill him.)
'Yes, well that better be so, you're not the type to lie to me Sirius; so I'll believe you. Now lets go, I want you both to walk infront of me,' She said and she waited for Sirius and I to walk infront of her.
Lily giggled as we passed. I gave her a "shut up" look and she stopped giggling.
We walked down to the hospital wing, the whole time Sirius and I kept at least two metres apart. We entered the Hospital wing and walked over to James. He looked exactly the same; Peter was still sitting with him.
'Oh my poor baby,' Aunt Jackie rushed over to James. (She's probably already seen him, because she hasn't fainted yet.)
I felt someone grab my hand, it was Sirius. He mouthed, 'I'm sorry.'
'Why?' I mouthed back.
He pointed at Aunt Jackie. I nodded. (He was sorry for getting me in trouble as if it was his entire fault, oh he's so sweet.)
I mouthed 'It's okay,' then turned back to James.
Mcgonagall entered and walked over to Aunt Jackie. 'Mrs Potter, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you'll have to come to the headmaster's office,' She said.
Aunt Jackie nodded. 'Please stay with him, and no funny business,' She added at Sirius and I.
(I wonder why she has to go to the office, Oh God, something bad must have happened. What could it be?)
(A/N: Alright there it is, now read and review as always, love Angel xox.)
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