Dream on Baby

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Chapter 5-The Missing Half

James sprinted through the barrier and abruptly was pulled to a stop when he crashed into an unknowing bystander.

"Watch where you're going, you-" he started to say when he realised who he had bumped into.

"It's fine," she waved him off without even a glance.

"James Potter. Pleasure to meet you," he stuck his hand out good-naturedly and grinned.

The girl turned around and raised an eyebrow at the stuck-out hand, "Mmm," she mumbled in slight agreement-or so James thought.

"Sorry? I didn't catch your name," he turned his head slightly and subconsciously brushed his hand that was stuck-out through his hair.

The girl's eyes narrowed, "I didn't throw it to you," she snapped and stalked off.

James lifted his head back in utter surprise.

"Sorry mate, first rejections are always a bit hard," Sirius chuckled, clapping his shoulder.

"Yeh, course you'd know," he punched his friend in the shoulder.

His friend pushed him tumbling into the carriage.


"Lily, who were you just talking to just then?" Her loyal friend Marlene leaned into a bored Lily.

"Some dim-witted, unfortunately unattractive loser," her, Marlene's, thinking of 'how to word it nicely' went to waste as Lily responded with hardly the slightest ounce of expression who had just started to do her hair.

"Incorrect Lily Evans!" Marlene raised her hand in triumph then sighed. "You were talking to James Potter!"

"Oh, come to think of it, I think he mentioned his name somewhere in our brief encounter," she raised her hands and started to pick her nails.

"He what?" She grasped her chest in mock-anguish. "That is so romantic!"

"And you would know what about romance?"

"Everything! That was just beautiful! He introduced himself to you!" Marlene sighed again and went to a dreamy state.

"Well for all I care, you can have him!" and with that she went off to the bathroom to cool down.

Marlene sighed and her eyes glazed over.


"James?" a recognisable shrilly voice filled the carriage.

James glanced at Remus who raised an eyebrow in humour. He shrugged and gave a sly smile to Siruis and Remus.

"Hey Courtney!"

The unexpected 'cheerful' greeting surprised Courtney as much as it surprised his carriage-mates. Sirius was hit by a rather large coughing fit.

"I-I-I'm go-o-od!" he gasped out spraying chocolate bits everywhere.

Courtney stepped back out of the firing line and wiped fake bits of chocolate off her face, "Sharing is caring," she reminded him, giving him a white smile.

She strutted in, squeezing her slim figure through Sirius's and James long legs. She waits in front of James and Peter. Peter obliges her glare and backs to the corner of the carriage. And she gracefully places herself to James side of the space between him and Peter.

They all shifted to the side substantially.

But that only made Courtney sidle up next to James more.

James had to make a split-second decision, push her out and risk the rest of the female population or follow on.

Option C was chosen.

"Hey Remus and Peter, Craig Thomas has this mad thing he wants to show us!"

James gave a one-finger salute next to his leg to his fellow friends as they trooped out in silent laughter.

"Soo...James how has your summer been? I've been so looking forward to the train ride back to Hogwarts you know..." she said softly staring right up to his eyes, her hand that was previously on his thigh heatedly, was slowly creeping up.

James sighed inside and placed his arm around her shoulder, "Uneventful without you."

Courtney giggled, "That's so sweet James, only you would say that kinda stuff to me."

He looked into her eyes and saw two blue donuts with black holes...


Lily splashed her face with cold water ten times before being interrupted by three quick knocks.

A pink face appeared on the other side of the door.

"Could you take any longer?" Courtney said, placing her hands on her hip, as she stared at her.

Lily wasn't much of a self-conscious girl, but this time she wasn't sure whether she was staring at her because she was her or because of the state she was in with water dripping down her face and onto her white shirt.

"You might not be aware of it as it probably can't penetrate that far into your head, but there is another bathroom on this train."

"I am aware of it, for your information."

Lily looked at her out of the slits her eyelids had made, "Well use them!"

"These, were closer," her body edging up closer to the door. However, it was still impossible for Courtney Esse-Dulcedo to enter as Lily had strategically leaned against the door and had her arm holding a firm grasp onto the door, which was a good ten centimetres away from her.

"Well, I'm not quite done yet," she smiled and closed the door in her face.

Courtney screamed at the door in annoyance and stomped her foot.

Lily was quite done with the bathroom and her reason to stay there was purely to annoy her. But she was also sure that she was outside sitting-impatiently-for her to come out.

She tapped her foot.

She sang.

She talked to people really loudly about how people take so long in the bathrooms outside in the corridor. Talk about hinting.

She drummed her fingers on the door.

She tapped her foot...and the cycle began again. One can only have so much patience. Lily's mouth began to curve upwards, a plan just forming in her head.


"What the hell is that?" Sirius plucked the glittery medallion out of James' hands.

"Aw man, give it back!" James jumped back and tried to wrestle it out of his hands.

Back in the carriage, Sirius, Remus and Peter had come back from 'being shown that mad thing' precisely after Courtney had left leaving a very steamy carriage and a disorientated James (to Peter's disgust-What did you do? Only for him to answer his question-Actually, I don't want to know! And to Remus's raised eyebrows-You look crap man, it seemed though that James didn't think so-You think? I reckon this look is kinda sexy. Siruis obviously didn't agree-Which mirror ya looking at pal? James responded-Oh, Courtney told me. His friends just stared and laughed.). Despite Courtney's notorious background, James had to admit, she was fun-which, he thought, might have been the reason for her 'notorious background'. And he didn't have to think, all he had to do was kiss her. Actually he didn't do much of that, Courtney was leading basically the whole way. So this is what it feels like to be some kind of hooker James thought, must be easy money..., chuckling at his own private joke, nah mum would chuck a fit! He seriously could just imagine his mum if he came home one day to say he was going to work in some brothel.

Mrs Potter's eyes widened, "Oh dear," and she dropped to the floor out cold.

"Well what is it?" Sirius dangled it out of James outstretched arm's reach, also in everyone's view.

"Some sort of necklace? James...something you not telling us?" with a glance at Remus's amused face-especially his mouth that was unsuccessfully hiding back a grin, he made a swipe for Remus's arm. Of course, when James was angry, he couldn't exactly concentrate and ended up taking his CloudFluff.

"Sorry dude-Reparo," and all the white foamy drink that was on the floor was instantly back in the cup.

"James ya know, I've seen girls around school wear them. They like say how much they love their bestfriend or boyfriend. That's kinda weird how your ones kinda blank but that's not the point. Or, some jinxed ones say really embarrassing stuff when their crush walks past them. Except I haven't heard anything weird all day, of course you might not necessarily have a crush right now but Courtney...Are you telling me...?" Peter eyed James thoughtfully as he crossed his arms and legs.

"Peter, you think I would buy those pathetic Chains. And give the other part or parts to some girl?" James rolled his eyes and sat back in the seat.

"Well you coulda given it to us!" Peter replied indignantly.

"Are you telling me you want one?" he opened one eye and looked at Peter pity.

"No...I mean," he held onto the 'n' as he thought of a reason.

"Screw it, just tell me what it's for," Sirius said waving his hand impatiently. "Us I mean, we all want to know what it's for."

"Are you telling me that-" Peter jumped up thinking he had uncovered the truth.

"I haven' told you anything!" James threw his hands up in frustration.

"Well tell us," Remus stated with a neutral expression on his face. James looked at him and sighed.

"Ok, well," he took a deep breath.

"Well..." Sirius prompted, "Sometime today would be nice."

"Ok sure. Until laters boys," James stood up and made his way out the door.

Sirius stuck his leg out like a barrier, "You know what I mean, sit down."

He looked at his friends steadily and ordered, "Don't laugh."

His friends looked and nodded, realising this might be more serious than what they thought.

"Well, my parents have quite a fair bit in Gringotts right?" He sighed, trying to imagine how much worse could life get. He couldn't. "Well, they want someone to pass it on to..."

Peter looked at him strangely, "Um James you could always come to my place."

James turned around and faced Peter with his face covered in confusion.

And the light bulb turned on in all of them and they all blabbed out, "Oh! I'm not adopted." "You could come to mine too James!" "Peter! What are you thinking of?"

And then the carriage was quiet once more.

James dipped his head and blushed, "Yeh well. Yeh, so they'll pass the money to me when they die," he held his breath again, waiting to see if he should continue.

"And then the medallion comes in..."

"Yeh well, you know my super prepared parents, they're thinking a hundred years down the track already. And they're like what happens when I die?"

James eyed his friends again and finding no mines, he continued on, "So they thought they might speed up the process and give me a freaking Chain."

Sirius had had his eyebrows raised the whole time till they finally let off, with his mouth opening in reflex and hooted out a laugh.

"Hey it's not that funny!"

"You're thirteen!" Peter said pointing out the obvious.

James grabbed his hair in annoyance-even Peter figured it out!

"So your thing is gonna call out your crushes name? That's gonna be a total joke."

"Nah this is thing is more advanced than those dodgy things Peter's girls wear," prodding his chain smiling at the only thing it appeared to be worth being proud of. "This Chain will find my partner." He closed his eyes and bathed in the glory of possessing something so valuable.

Remus took the Chain and studied it, emotions ran past his face until he tentatively said, "Um James, you're missing part of it."

A/N: Oh dear. I don't have an excuse except that I have been pure lazy and irresponsible. Sorry. I have been trying to re-evaluate my priorities. I also have a livejournal now. And have discovered that I can't keep a diary. Like the past ten lying around in the house. Ah well. I'll try to update asap.

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