Someone asked me why I say that you're beautiful at the end of every story. Well I don't know who's out thinking that they're not good enough, maybe if I tell them that they're beautiful I'll change that. I don't really know, I guess it's stupid but it's a tradition so... You're all beautiful people. Thank you so much for reading and giving me so much positive feedback :)


James' Point of View:

I'd been watching Aslinn very closely for the last few months and she didn't seem to be getting any better. Her cheeks were still sunken in and when she stretched I saw her ribs straining against her shirt. Every time I'd ask her if she was eating she'd get really mad and stops talking to me. I'd eventually stopped asking and just watched her, maybe I would catch her not eating.

She sat in her normal spot next to me with her hand on my knee as we ate. I glanced over and saw her putting pieces of carrots into her mouth and swallowing. Maybe she was sick or something and couldn't gain all of her weight back.

"Lyn, I'm going to take you to a special place after dinner tonight," I whispered into her ear.

She perked up and stroked the side of my knee with her thumb. She kept shoveling in food until our plates were cleared and we were excused from the Great Hall. I took her hand in mine and laced our fingers together; we were going to the Room of Requirements, a room that my father talked about. It had been a headquarters of sorts back during the Wizarding War.

Aslinn gave my hand a squeeze before saying, "Let me use the restroom before we go, okay? I've had to pee all through dinner."

I nodded before letting go of her hand and walking upwards a little piece, I didn't need to be the bloke that stood outside the girls' restrooms like a freak. I leaned back against the wall and crossed my arms over my chest; maybe I was just thinking too much into Aslinn's weight loss. When people were stressed their bodies took the toll, right?

"Hey there Potter, how are you liking my leftovers?" a snarky voice asked from somewhere down the corridor. Soon enough Jinx appeared and he had a smirk on his lips, "I didn't stutter Potter, how's Aslinn doing? She seems to be getting into a shape that's not round lately."

I took a deep breath and counted to ten before walking over to him and saying, "Didn't McGonagall tell you that you had to stay away from Aslinn?"

He smiled a snake like smile before saying, "I'm not around Aslinn right now, am I? I'm talking to you Potter, completely civilly. Don't make this overdramatic like your kind seem to do."

I knew that it was stupid to give into his game but I did anyway, "And what exactly is my kind, Jinx?"

"The ones who side with the weak and broken. Why would you want something that no one else does like Aslinn? She won't even let you into her pants nor does she take direction," he said, sticking his hands in his pockets.

I saw red but didn't go after him like I wanted, no that was what he wanted as well. He wanted me to make a big scene and get expelled for fighting on school grounds but I wasn't going to do that. I knew that Aslinn needed me and I wasn't going to leave her alone right now.

Suddenly a third year girl ran up to me and said, "Aslinn's passed out in the bathroom! You need to go to her while I go get Professor McGonagall."

I pushed past her and ran straight into the girls' room. Aslinn was lying on the floor of a stall with her hand on her head. I knelt down beside her and took her hand in mine. I looked over at the toilet and saw what looked like the remains of carrots. I instantly knew why Aslinn was so small; she'd been throwing up all of her food.

Aslinn's Point of View:

I woke up in the Hospital Wing with James sitting beside me asleep in a chair. I looked over and saw Professor McGonagall talking to another teacher but when she saw that I was awake she rushed over to me.

"Miss Malfoy, it's good to see that you're awake. You gave us quite a scare, you know," she said, taking my hand in hers.

"Yeah, I don't know what happened. I mean one minute I'm fixing my hair in the mirror and the next I'm in here," I said, trying to avoid the real reason that I was in here.

She gave me an unconvinced look and shook her head, "We both know that's not why you're in here. You've been eating and then throwing it back up, haven't you?"

I thought about lying to her but was way too tired to even try it. "Yes professor, I have but look at me, I'm atrocious. I'm the size of a hippogriff."

"Miss Malfoy, we weighed you when you were first admitted and you weigh a little bit over 90 pounds. That's thirty pounds underweight for a girl of your height and age," she said, taping my wrist slightly.

"There's no way, I look like I'm over three hundred pounds," I said.

She sighed before continuing on, "That was a hex that Miss Wood put on you. She seemed to think that if you thought you were overweight that you would leave Mr. Potter alone and she could have him. It's quite a lengthy explanation so I'll just leave Mr. Potter to explain it to you."

I looked over and saw James was sitting up now. "Lyn, you scared me to death. Don't you ever do anything stupid like that again."

I nodded before moving over and patting the space next to me. "Come up here with me, I'm cold. I mean unless you're disgusted with me or something…"

He sighed before getting up and scooting in close to me. He pulled me into his side before he started talking, "Poppy put a hex on you to make you feel like you were overweight. She wanted you to stop coming after me so that we would stay together. I thought that the stress of the situation was getting to you and the stress was making you lose weight but I guess I was wrong."

"I don't want you to think that I'm broken or something because I'm not. Or at least I'm don't think that I am," I said, laying my hand on his chest. "Jamie, I'm giving you a free pass. You can break up with me and we can go back to being best friends. Hell, we can break up and act like we've never met. I know I'm fucked up and I don't want to hold you back because of it."

He took my face in his hands and made me look into his eyes before speaking, "I don't care what's wrong with you or how broken you are, when we got together that meant that I'm always going to fix you. I'm not going to quit just because stuff got a little bit hard, I'm going to stand by you for the long haul. Just try and get rid of me now."

I smiled when I felt him stroking my hair. I felt my eyes getting heavier as I struggled to keep them open but with James murmuring in my ear I was soon fast asleep.

James' Point of View:

After she fell asleep I turned to look at Professor McGonagall. "Is Jinx still going to be in the school? I don't know how Aslinn'll take it if she has to see him everyday after this."

She nodded, "He's switching to Durmstrang after this term is over, and he has been since the incident. I had no clue he was badgering you two or I would've thrown him out ages ago."

"He hasn't before this afternoon, he's just randomly stared at Aslinn. I was close to beating his face in tonight though," I said honestly.

"I'm going to act like I didn't hear that and continue on with our conversation. She's going to need you to keep her sane for the next little while. She's going to be really messed up," she said, patting my hand lightly.

"Professor, I love her more than anything in the entire world. She's what I want now and she's what I'm going to want in the future," I said honestly. "Sometimes it scares me how much I love her but its okay."

She smiled, "If you love her make sure that you keep her safe and you remind her of it everyday. She's going to take a while to heal from everything but you're a Potter, I think you can handle it."

I smiled before kissing the top of Aslinn's head. "I know that but she's worth every bit of it."


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