A/N: Aye it's been awhile, I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 14

SPOV

After James and I have our heart to heart in the kitchen we head back to the ballroom. "I'm going to get another drink!" I yell over the music as I head to bar that the Potter's had set up. I pop my last cookie into my mouth on my way over.

Before I can get there Louis grabs my arm. "Dance with me? Katherine's putting Lia to bed and we finally get to enjoy ourselves," he jokes, pulling me to the floor.

I smile. "Of course I'll dance with you."

We chat while we dance and eventually the conversation turns to James.

"Why do we always have to talk about James?" I whine.

"Because you need to figure out what you're going to do," he replies, walking over to the bar. He talks to the bartender and after a few moments hands me a drink. "Look. James still has feelings for you and I think you need to think about how you feel about him."

I groan and take a drink. "I thought we weren't going to talk about this until after the holidays."

"I just couldn't help myself. You still have feelings for him right? I mean you didn't really date anyone the whole time he was gone…" He pauses and smirks. "Except for when you were fu-"

"Ohhhhkay," I reply, interrupting him. " I get it." I finish my drink and set it down on the bar. "But I'm kind of drunk Lou and I'm not sure now is the time for this."

"Psh, that makes it the perfect time," says Fred, walking up to us. "You're always more confident when you're drunk."

"Yeah just go jump his bones or whatever," says Mandi, wrapping her arm around Fred's waist. "He definitely won't say no."

My eyes widen and I can feel my face turning bright red. "Guys I am not doing that!"

"It sounds like the perfect plan," says Katherine sarcastically as she comes up behind me. "Guys leave the poor girl alone."

"Thank you," I sigh in relief. "I'm going to go now." I grab Lou's drink from his hand and chug the rest of it before handing it back and walking away.

"She's totally going to do it," giggles Fred.

I roll my eyes and walk off to find James. It takes me awhile, but I find him talking to Teddy. When he sees me he frowns. "Didn't you go to get a drink? It took you that long and you didn't even get and drink?" He asks confused.

"I had two," I smile, linking my arm with his. "Louis stole me to dance, and then have a stern talk with me…"

"About what?" asks Teddy.

"James obviously. No one will leave me alone," I sigh. "It's upsetting."

James stands there uncomfortably while Teddy laughs. "Are you really surprised?"

"No," I reply shaking my head. "Wow that makes me dizzy," I giggle, doing it again.

"Well, maybe you shouldn't do that then," says James.

"Maybe you should take her upstairs James," laughs Teddy. "Or at least don't let her have anymore to drink."

"To be fair. James did this to me and he should have no say at all," I reply, wagging my finger.

James groans, and pulls me away from Teddy.

"What's wrong?" I ask, as he pulls me down the hall and into another room.

"Nothing," he answers, pulling me onto the couch next to him.

"Then why did we leave?" I ask confused.

"It doesn't matter," he chuckles.

I shrug and lean against his chest. "Okay."

He wraps his arms around my waist. "You're just a bit drunk, and I was tired of talking to people I've never met from Dad's work."

"I'm sorry James."

"Don't worry about it."

JPOV

By the time Serena is drunk it's only nine-thirty, so I take her to a back room so she can rest awhile before we have to go back out. I know my mum will be looking for me soon. Her and Dad have been introducing me to people all night, hoping to get me a job at the ministry. They think they're being sneaky, but they're not.

Even with everything that's been going on at this party all I can think about is how she said that she drunk because of me. I thought that we had moved past me leaving earlier, but apparently not. I guess I have more apologizing to do? I'm not sure what else I can do that I haven't already done.

After awhile of trying to come up with ideas I hear my name. I look up as my mom walks into the room. "James, please come ba-" She pauses when she sees Rena. "Serena are you alright?" She asks, as she sits down on the couch across from us.

"I'm fine," she giggles, before standing up. "I'll leave you to it!" She dashes out the door before I can say anything.

"Thanks Mum," I sigh, slumping farther onto the couch. "She's a little drunk, I was trying to keep her in here."

My mum laughs. "Honey she's fine. She doesn't really look that drunk. You should see your Uncle George and Ron. Now there's some drunk party guests."

"Good point."

"Won't you come back to the party? Your father was looking for you," she says standing back up.

"I don't feel like meeting more of his coworkers, mum," I sigh. "I think I'm just going to go find Serena and the others."

I stand up and walk with her from the room.

"Honestly, I don't really blame you." She gives my hand a squeeze. "Good luck with Serena." She smiles at me and walks off to find my Dad I assume.

I walk around the edge of the room searching for my friends, when I hear Fred calling my name. I turn around and see them sitting at a table nearby. I fall into the chair between Mandi and Rena. "What're you guys doing?"

"Wishing this party was over," sighs Katherine. "I'm so tired of taking care of Lia. Now I just want to go to sleep."

"We've gotten kind of boring haven't we?" Louis groans. "I'm twenty-five and it's ten o'clock and all I want to do is sleep."

Serena laughs and pushes a drink towards him. "Just drink more! You can have mine because I really shouldn't have anymore…"

"No you should not," I chuckle as I throw my arm around her shoulders. "You're in a decent drunk state. If you stop now you'll be ready for bed in an hour or two."

Louis grabs the drink and takes a sip. "I'm not sure this will help."

Fred shrugs. "It couldn't hurt. This party is pretty boring. Except for that," He laughs pointing over at Ron and George who're being yelled at by Hermione.

Mandi smiles. "I love it when they get drunk. It makes me feel much better about my drinking."

I nod. "Same."

Around midnight all that's left is family and it's gotten way better. The music isn't as terrible for one, and my aunts and uncles are more relaxed. Everyone seems to be having a much better time. Including me, Freddie convinced me to drink more. He said something about making a move on Rena and it really didn't take much convincing after that.

I look around and find Serena laughing with Teddy while they're dancing about. I walk over to them both and grab her hand. "May I have this dance?" I ask with a bow. She laughs before agreeing and I pull her away from Teddy with a quick "Sorry mate!" However, he just turns to his left and grabs Mandi's hand and then I don't feel as bad.

We dance to a couple songs before she speaks again. She looks a bit nervous as she glances over at Fred and Louis before turning back to me. "I have something to show you, come with me!" She grabs my hand and walks briskly towards the exit.

I pause, looking over my shoulder and seeing Louis and Fred laughing amongst themselves, before turning back to Serena. "Where're we going?" I ask confused. Is this some sort of trap? Fred and Louis were pointing at us and laughing. That doesn't really seem like a good sign, but she doesn't answer.

I pick up the pace, trying to keep up with her as she tugs me into a back room. "Serena what're we do-" But I don't get a chance to ask because she's pressed her lips forcefully to mine. Oh so this is why we're back here.

After a moment she breaks away and pushes me onto the couch before sitting on my lap and kissing me again. I wrap my arms around her waist, very content with the current situation.

I'm not sure how long we're back here when I hear a giggle from the doorway. Serena pulls back and whirls around looking at the couple standing in the entrance.

"I thought you guys weren't together!" giggles Rose as she leans against Scorpius. I can't wait to tell Lily!" She grins.

I feel my face turning red. "Rose, please don't," I groan before pushing Rena into a standing position. I stand up next to her.

"Oh, please don't say anything Rose, it's not what it looks like!" Rena says quickly. "Please don't."

I frown at her. How is it not what it looks like? We were clearly making out.

"Alright, alright," Rose laughs. "Scorp I guess we'll have to find another room." She winks at us before pulling him back down the hall.

Before I can say anything Rena turns to me, her face red. "I think I'm going to go to bed. I'll see you later Jamie." She stands on her tiptoes and kisses my cheek before leaving me there, completely confused.