Disclaimer: I only own Carly. Also the song is the Best of My Love by The Emotions
Thank you to Erin and MaRoOnCoOl for replying to my last chapter and thanks to everyone else. I really appreciate your reviews they mean a lot. Oh and sorry this took so long, i'm not even going to make up an excuse i am just lazy. Also i am staying with my orignal idea. I am not going to add anything from HBP.
Recap:
By the time Carly and Sirius got to the third floor James' door was slammed shut. Carly shook her head,
"Nifflers I say." This caused Sirius to laugh,
"Can I say it now?" He asked staring at her.
"What?" She said looking back into his eyes,
"How beautiful you are." He answered leaning her against his door. Carly grinned and shook her head.
"I love you." He whispered,
"I love you, Sirius Black." She whispered back before she fell asleep next to him. Sirius grinned again before falling into a peaceful sleep.
The next morning Sirius awoke with the light from the windows shining on his face. He put his hand out and came in contact with mattress. He sat up quickly looking around for Carly. Suddenly he heard the shower running and Carly's horrible singing voice coming from the bathroom. Sirius rolled his eyes and flopped back down listening to Carly's shower singing.
"…That you give so openly, yeah
I like the way ya make me about you, baby
Want the whole wide world to see…
Whoa, whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa, whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa, whoa, you've got the best of my love
Whoa, whoa, you've got the best of my love…"
So on with the show!
Chapter 42: James Talk
Enjoy:
"Well you deffinatly made someone happy last night." James said walking into the room as Sirius pulled on his pants. Sirius let out a bark of a laugh. The shower stopped, but the singing didn't and James was soon joined by Lily who watched the door as it opened to reveal a (fully clothed) dancing and smiling Carly,
"Goin' in and out of changes
The kind that come around each day
My life has a better meaning
Love has kissed me in a beautiful way
Oooooooh, yea (my love, my love)
Oooooooh, yea (my love, my love)
Oh, you've got the best of my love
"Whoa, whoa, you've got the best of my love…" She trailed off as she saw James, Lily, and Sirius watching her with amused looks on their faces. Lily was holding back her laughter with her hand and James wasn't even trying to hide it,
"I wouldn't pursue singing as a career." James said laughing. Sirius rolled his eyes,
"Glad I could make you sing." Sirius said standing up and grabbing Carly's hand. She grinned widely, "But now its time to eat!" He said sprinting out of the room,
"Wait what about a shirt?" Carly said trailing behind him. Sirius stopped for a minute really thinking about it before picking up one of the random shirts on the floor and putting it on.
"Are you always hungry…after…?" Carly asked in a whisper as Sirius stopped on the ground floor. He turned towards her,
"It's only happened with you." He said slightly nervous. Carly grinned and walked into the dining room. Adrianna was sitting there with a smile on her face waiting for them to come down to breakfast.
"Where's papa Potter?" Sirius asked sitting in his usual spot. Adrianna's smile slowly faded,
"He was called to the ministry early this morning. Don't ask me because I don't know." She added seeing James' mouth open. He shut it and sat down. Adrianna's smile started to appear back on her face, "Nice shirt Sirius." She said as breakfast appeared on the table. After Sirius loaded up his plate he looked down seeing one of Carly's quidditch shirts. Maybe that was why it was so tight…he shrugged looking over his shoulder and seeing Mullet sprawled across the back and the number thirteen,
"It's mine now." He said stuffing his face with toast. Carly rolled her eyes.
After breakfast James and Sirius dragged Carly and Lily outside for a tour of the Potter estates. Sirius was still wearing Carly's shirt. When Sirius decided he was hungry the boys started to walk back to the house walking a little ahead of the girls (AN: we all knew this was coming)
"How was it?" James whispered. Sirius ignored him, "Come on, you always tell me." Sirius ignored him still, "So it was bad?"
"No I just don't want to talk about it, but if you must know it was amazing." James grinned,
"Look at them." He said pointing at the girls who were whispering to themselves, "Their talking about it." Sirius frowned when he looked. Carly caught his eye and smiled. He grinned back,
"What do you think?" Sirius asked, "She seemed well off for only her first time." James smiled,
"Well that's good."
"What about you last night? You two seemed to be rocking the house a little too." Sirius said nudging James a little. James grinned and pushed Sirius back.
/Girls POV/
"Wait, Carly, hold on a second." Lily said pulling Carly away from the boys. Carly stopped, "So…how…?" Lily asked. Carly shook her head,
"How was what?" Carly said. Lily groaned,
"You know what I'm talking about."
"No I don't."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't." Carly looked over at Sirius and smiled when he looked at her.
"Damn it Carly How was your first time!" Lily said.
"My first time…what? Being at James' house. He has a really nice-"
"Fine, if you don't want to tell me about it be that way!" Lily said throwing her arms in the air and stomping off towards the boys.
When they returned back to James' house Adrianna was not there. She had left a note saying how she had to go to work also. It also said that she and Mr. Potter would not be back until late tomorrow. When James read this he sighed running a hand through his hair,
"It's bloody Christmas." He exclaimed. Carly looked at her feet. She knew what was happening and it was her fault. If she had not been stupid enough to run away from her father instead of fighting him Mr. and Mrs. Potter could spend Christmas with their son. Carly slowly edged out of the room and ran out of the house. Lily and Sirius where to busy comforting James to realize that Carly left.
Once outside Carly slumped onto to the step pulling her knees to her chest. 'Why James?' She asked herself, 'Why not someone else?' She asked yet again, but suddenly regretted it. It was what Mr. and Mrs. Potter loved to do. It was what James was some day going to do. It was a noble job doing what they did. That's right. Deep down James understands why his parents are gone. Believe me he is very proud of his parents and looks up to them. So does Sirius. I know, so do I, but look at where that got me. I looked up to my mum. That was different. Your mother made stupid mistakes. She thought Voldemort actually loved her so she stayed with him. Your mother had no one to look up to when she was younger, so when Voldemort came along he tricked her into believing he did. Voldemort is incapable of love. And this makes me feel better how? I don't know…I'm here to guide you and make you feel worse about the things you do. This whole cheering up thing is new to me.
Carly rolled her eyes and shivered. She reached into her pocket for her wand, but it wasn't there. She had tried not to use wandless magic, because she believed Voldemort would be able to track her with it. Of course that was stupid, but she was superstitious and right now very cold. So without really thinking she ran her hand down her body and it instantly heated up.
Staring out onto the Potter massive land Carly sighed. She watched as a rabbit ruined the non-touched part of the snow and fell into one of James' foot prints. She didn't turn to look when someone opened the door and sat down next to her, "I don't blame you." A deep voice whispered. Carly turned her head to see James sitting next to her and flicking snow off the stair.
"I never said-"
"But that's why you came out here." He answered. This was odd to Carly. It was really the first time her and James actually talked alone outside of quidditch. She felt awkward,
"I have a match in two days…on Christmas morning." She said. What was she supposed to say?
"Sounds good. I want you to know that even though we usually don't talk much, and you can relate more to Sirius then me, but I am…um," he yet again ran a hand through his hair. Carly stood up and helped him up as he struggled to find the right words,
"Thank you James." She whispered giving him a hug.
"Any time." After a few seconds James broke off the embrace, "Now enough of this fluffy stuff it seems like my parents left me to do all the decorating so…you are really warm for being out for that long." Carly laughed,
"We need a tree." Carly said running off towards the woods trailing James behind her,
"We could always transfigure one." He said behind her,
"But where is the fun in that?" She asked. James rolled his eyes and followed.
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