Chapter 7
SPOV
The next morning Vic, Molly, and Rose are making breakfast while the rest of us sat around the kitchen watching. Vic is making pancakes, Molly is cooking the eggs, and Rose is cleaning and watching the bacon.
"Do you want me to get drinks?" I ask from where I'm leaning against the door frame.
"Yeah," says Vic, flipping a pancake.
"What does everyone want?" I ask walking over to where the cups are kept. The answers were, orange juice, milk, water, tea, and coffee. So I quickly went to work.
After breakfast we hear several large bangs from where we are changing upstairs.
"What was that?" yells Dom through the bathroom door.
"I dunno!" I call from the bed. "I'll check!"
The other girls keep getting dressed (I'm already dressed) while I pull out my wand and walk down stairs.
I walk quietly down the stairs. At the bottom I start looking into the rooms to see if anyone is in them. The lights are off in the living room so I walk in and feel around on the wall for the light switch. I find it and flip it on.
No ones there. That's so weird… We obviously heard something. I walk farther into the room and peer behind all the furniture. Then I look under some things and check the closet. Nothing. I check the kitchen as well, all there is in the kitchen is some left over food waiting to be put in the fridge. Nothing was on the floor so obviously nothing had fallen.
I'm getting a bit worried as I leave the kitchen and head over to the den type thing. It looks empty. Just your standard desk and book shelves with a couch by the window. I'm starting the search of the room even though it's obvious nothing's in here, when I hear something in the hallway. I whirl around, but no one is out there. "Weird," I mutter. As I'm about to turn around and finish looking someone's hands go over my eyes and mouth. I try to hex them, but someone else took my wand.
"LET GO!" I yell, but the sound is muffled by the hand.
The person leans over, I can feel their breath in my ear. "Shhh," they whisper.
I try to scream. I flail around trying to get away. I hear laughter.
"Stop trying to get away," I hear a person chuckle from across the hall. What the hell is going on?
"Guess who?" the person whispers, in my ear.
They let go of my mouth and I take a deep breath, so I can scream when the person behind me speaks again. "There's no need to scream."
I realize that I recognize the voice. I should've known. "JAMES YOU GIT! LET ME GO!" I flail around and smirk when I feel my elbow hit something soft.
I hear him groan and suddenly I can see again.
"That was mean!" I say whirling around and hitting whatever I can reach.
He dodges me, his hands clutched to his stomach. "You didn't have to elbow me so hard."
I ignore him and turn around. Louis, Fred, Teddy, Albus, Hugo, Scorpius, Lysander, and Lorcan are all standing in front of me. "Give me. My. Wand." I hold out my hand and glare at them.
Scorp walks forward slowly and places it in my hand before backing up.
"Hmm," I murmur, twisting my wand in my hand. "I wonder..." I quickly point my wand at them and blast them out of the way. They all fall to the ground in the hallway in a heap. I smile and throw a couple stinging jinxes over my shoulder. My smile gets bigger when I hear James cry out again. Serves him right.
I walk into the room as Kat asks, "So? Who or what was it?"
"The boys," I sigh.
"What boys?" asks Lily, looking up hopefully.
"Our boys," I say rolling my eyes as Lily jumps up and runs out of the room.
I sit down on the floor. "Do you wanna know what they did to me!"
"Of course," says Kat.
"Well..." I tell them the story and by the end they are laughing hysterically.
"Guys!" I whine. "You're supposed to say they are absolute pricks and how dare they do that to me!"
"They're absolute pricks!" says Dom between laughs.
"How dare they do that to me!" laughs Roxy. "I mean you!"
"Hmph," I say crossing my arms and pouting.
"At least you got them back," points out Mandi before her and other the others follow Lily downstairs.
When we get down there the boys and Lily are all sitting in the living room. They look relatively unhurt except maybe a few bruises I can't see. James however has an ice pack pressed to his face.
The girls go and sit down and I sit next to James. "What's up with the ice pack?" I ask holding back a grin.
"You hit me with the stinging jinx," he mumbles.
He seems a bit paler than usual as I pull back his hand and the ice pack. I let out a small gasp. "I really did hit you didn't I?" The whole left side of his face has a rather nasty looking bruise. "I didn't think stinging jinxes could do that."
"Well now you know." He presses the ice pack back to his face as the others talk around us.
"James, I'm sorry," I bite my lip. "I didn't think it would be so bad. I also didn't really mean to hit your face…" I say softly.
"It's fine, it'll heal," He turns to look at me, and rests his free hand on my leg. "I'm fine."
"Really?" I ask. "You're uh, kind of pale to be honest."
"Oh really? I mean my head is spinning a bit," He mumbles softly.
I stand up and hold out a hand. "Let's get you home then." I can't help but help him. It's in my nature. I've always been there for him, even if I'm the one that hurt him.
He takes it and stands up slowly, wobbling a bit.
"Just let me grab my bags okay?" I ask, walking him to the entry way of the living room.
He nods and I run upstairs quickly, grabbing my stuff. When I get downstairs we say goodbye to the others and I apparate us home.
JPOV
Unfortunately Rena did not take to kindly to the joke and now I'm in quite a bit of pain. My head is spinning and my face is throbbing from where the jinx hit me. She's always been good at jinxes, I should've been more careful.
I'm sitting on the floor in the living room when the girls come into the room. Everyone is talking loudly as Serena sits down next to me.
"What's up with the ice pack?" She asks, as if she didn't already know.
"You hit me with the stinging jinx," I mumble, not really having the energy to be mad at her. Did someone charm the room to rotate like that?
I hear her let out a small gasp as she removes the ice pack. "I really did hit you didn't I? I didn't think stinging jinxes could do that."
"Well now you know." I press the ice pack back to my face as the room continues to spin. Would they stop doing that?
"James, I'm sorry. I didn't think it would be so bad. I also didn't really mean to hit your face…" she says softly.
"It's fine, it'll heal," I turn to look at her and rest my hand on her leg. "I'm fine."
"Really?" She asks. "You're uh, kind of pale to be honest."
"Oh really? I mean my head is spinning a bit," I mumbles softly. Not to mention the whole room and everyone in it.
"Let's get you home then." She offers me her hand and I take it, wobbling a bit as I stand up.
"Just let me grab my bags okay?" She asks as I lean against the entry way to the living room. I nod, my eyes closing as I try to keep my head from spinning. When she comes back downstairs we say goodbye and apparate back to our flat. As soon as I hit the ground I puke.
"Oh gross James!" she shouts, stepping back as I fall backwards.
"Merlin I feel awful," I dropped the ice pack when I fell. I wrap my arms around my stomach. "Serena, I think I'm gunna be sick again," I groan softly.
"Oh please don't," She begs, using magic to clean up my puke. "At least wait until we get to the bathroom." She grabs me and the ice pack and hauls me to the bathroom where I puke again in the toilet.
I hear her groan at the noise, but she stays and rubs my back, trying to make me feel better. "I'm sorry Jamie, I don't know how to fix it. You know I was rubbish at potions."
"Its okay," I mumble, resting my head against her knee when she sits on the edge of the tub. "Just don't leave."
"I won't," I hear her mumble before the puking starts up again.
I wake up in a bed, my head pounding. I try to sit up, but someone pushes me back down. "Lay still James," Serena says softly. "You're gunna feel worse if you sit up."
I do as she says and stay laying down. I blink a few times, my eyes adjusting to the light as I look around. "Why're we in your room?" I mumble, trying to focus my eyes on her face.
"You um, made quite a mess of your room when I put you to bed the first time. It's all clean now, but the blankets are in the wash, just in case. Plus I can't get rid of the smell so the windows are open and it's cold out…" She answers, looking down at her hands.
"That's okay, your bed is more comfy anyway."
She smiles at me and presses the back of her hand to my forehead. "You're still pretty warm," she mumbles, pulling her hand back.
"I feel much better I promise. I don't feel like puking anymore for one," I sit up tiny bit, and grab her hand. "Thanks for taking care of me… and my mess."
"Anytime," she mumbles, linking her fingers with mine. "I'm glad you feel better."
"Me too," I say quietly closing my eyes.
After a few moments of silence I feel Serena shift next to me. "James?"
"Yeah Rena?" I ask, turning to look at her.
"Do you want to change now that you're awake? I couldn't really do it while you were sleeping, but you're kind of… stinky." She wrinkles her nose. "You didn't get puke on you, but you were a bit sweaty."
I laugh quietly. "Yeah I'll change, I should probably brush my teeth too." I start to get up and she grabs my arm. Once I'm out of bed the two of us walk into my room, me leaning on her and we get some of my clothes.
"It really does stink in here," I say quickly shutting the door after us. She continues to help me down the hall even though I really don't need to anymore, but I don't tell her that.
"Do you um," she stands in the doorway awkwardly, her face turning pink. "Do you need help putting them on?"
I stand in the bathroom staring at my clothes in my hand. On one hand hell yeah I need help putting my clothes on, but on the other I don't really think she's comfortable with that. In all honestly I don't need her help so that's what I tell her.
"Alright well I'm going to get you another ice pack for your eye." She pulls the door shut quickly and I can hear her walking down the hall.
I groan at the fact that she couldn't bear to stick around for another two minutes. Was I really that bad looking? I mean I'm sick and a bit stinky, but I still look okay right? As I'm changing I realize that besides being a bit pale, I still look the same as usual.
I toss my clothes into the hamper and brush my teeth. I must've been brushing them for awhile because eventually Serena knocks on the door.
"Hey Jamie, you okay in there?" She opens the door a bit and peeks in.
"Yeah I'm good," I spit out my toothpaste and clean off the brush before walking towards her. "Do I smell okay now?" I ask, pressing my arm pit near her face.
"Ew James!" she backs up and into the wall. "You smell fine!"
I grin cheekily at her. "Fantastic."
"You should go back to bed though," she says, grabbing my hand and yanking me down the hall.
"What why?" I ask, I feel great why do I have to get back in bed?
"I want you to get better not sicker."
I groan and get back into bed. She pulls the covers up over me and tucks me in like a small child. "Will you at least stay with me?"
"Do I have to?" she pouts.
"Do you want me to puke again?" I ask, knowing I won't but at least it'll make her stay.
"Fine," she groans and crawls into the bed next to me. "But I'm moving to the couch once you're asleep."
"Fine by me," I grin, throwing an arm around her waist. I shut my eyes, waiting for her to pull away, but she doesn't. She scoots farther under the blankets and a little bit closer to me, to my surprise. But hey I'm not complaining. There's a pretty girl in my bed and I love her. I've always loved her.