James was sitting on his bed staring blankly at the opposite wall. He hadn't talked to anyone much since he came home. Of course he knew that his parents too noticed that for two days. Tomorrow is Christmas and he didn't know how he was going to keep this up when he will go to the burrow. All he had in his mind was Emily. She couldn't get her out of his mind. Someone knocked the door and entered. James looked up to see Fred and Louis sitting on his bed and grinning at him. But all James did was just sigh and lie on his bed.

'Come on buddy, time to have some fun' said Fred trying to be cheerful.

'Yeah and don't be just like that till tomorrow at the burrow' said Louis

'I don't know what I am going to do' said James 'You know what Melody told me that day that Emily kind of likes me too, it would have been perfect'

'James its ok, everything is gonna be alright' said Louis 'and don't be like this because your mom and dad has noticed this and they probably will want to talk to you about this'

'Yeah and now what are we going to do' said Fred

'What do you mean?' asked James

'I mean that what's your plan for today?' said Fred leaning a bit on James bed 'You know Hugo and Rose are playing exploding down there with Al and Lily and here we are simply wasting our time by just acting like them'.

'Hey let's play snowball fight outside and I had planned a prank when we were at Hogwarts' said James

'And why didn't you tell us at that time'

'Well you know the reason yourself'

'Alright, alright let's go'

'OK James this is the third time the bludger almost hit you' said Teddy furiously. 'What's up with you concentrate in the game or I will ask Rose to play in your position'

'I…I will be careful next time' apologized James

All the Weasleys and Potters were playing quidditch. Everyone was enjoying the game in spite of the bad weather fact. So there were of course fourteen players and one referee. George was the referee and Teddy was the captain of one team and Dominique was for the other team. But James was having a hard time because he wasn't concentrating in the game. When he was about to forget the matter about Emily he heard his dad talking to his Uncle Ron about the Wilkins in the morning at breakfast. He couldn't help himself from eavesdropping.

'Well I met Steve Wilkins yesterday' said Harry taking a scoop of his ice cream.

'Wilkins? The Head of the Department of the Magical Law Enforcement?' asked Ron

'Yeah that's him, anyways we were discussing about the judgment of the previous case that I solved'

'You often talk with him? because I rarely gets to speak with him' said Ron 'you know he is busy and all'

James smiled at this because he remembered how Emily used be busy at school.

'Yeah but he is a nice guy actually you know and he has a daughter, I think she is James age' Harry looked around to see James staring at him with some odd expression. 'Um James do you know any girl in your year whose surname is Wilkins?'

'Well, um yeah her name is Emily Wilkins'

Well that was that. It completely made James to think about Emily all over again and he wanted to talk to her badly. It was like a stomach ache for him which is why he couldn't concentrate in the game. Far from somewhere someone called James. Before he could turn something hit him straight at his hand. He lost his balance and fell off from his broom. There were several cries and swears. Everyone ran towards him but Harry was the first person to reach him.

'James, are you ok? Man he is bleeding… uh…. Out of the way everyone' cried Harry. He hurriedly rushed towards the living room to place him carefully on the couch with George's help. Everyone gasped when they saw James lying on the couch unconsciously with bleeding hands. Molly and Ginny came rushing towards him with some potion and paste. Ginny sat at the edge of the couch and started to wipe the blood from his hands with Audrey's help.

After sometime they heard James moan. James groaned and slowly opened his eyes to see his right hand heavily bandaged. He felt a sharp pain in his hand.

'I damaged my hand again, didn't I?' groaned James trying to get up, but Ginny pushed him down and glared at him. 'You could have badly damaged your hand what were you thinking James?'

'Yeah and here after wards no one in the Burrow is allowed to play quidditch with bludgers, did you all get me?' said Molly determinedly looking at her grandchildren.

'Granma this is not fair. Playing quidditch without bludgers will be boring' whined James

Ginny gave him a glare then said 'Mum is right you are not allowed to use bludgers in the game after all these things and now everyone is going to have lunch but' she added to James when he attempted to get up 'you will be staying here while I go and bring you some food.' She got up and went inside the kitchen. Fred and Louis gave him a guilty look but James shrugged it off and gestured them to carry on.

Ginny carried some of his mother's special and sat down. 'Ok now I will feed you because your right hand is hurt so you will have to eat like a good boy' Ginny smiled at him but James didn't return the smile. 'Mom I am not three year old or something I can eat by myself' whined James. But Ginny was not going to leave like that. She shook her head and took a spoonful of soup and showed it to his mouth. James had no choice but to accept it. 'Now James for at least two days you are going to take rest in your room ok'

'No way, I am not going to get stuck in my room for two solid days'

'Oh yeah because for the past two days I saw a boy with black hair and hazel eyes spending all his time inside his room' smirked Ginny. She was determined to get the stuff out of him. 'James I know what's going on well not exactly but I got a pretty good idea about it'

James blushed. Of course he got busted but he is Ginny's son, he would be as determined not to tell his mother as she was to get the matter out of him. 'Oh I'm just frustrated mum I'm fine '

Ginny raised her eyebrow but thought better to leave it. James sighed and said 'Mom fine I may take rest just for one day because we have planned to spend our day in Uncle George's joke shop after that'

Emily was browsing in a bookstall. She had convinced her mother to go shopping by herself. She was looking for a good novel book. She spent most of her Christmas break in her room reading her academic books. Her mom and dad were little worried about her behavior but she convinced them that she has to read for her coming NEWTS exam. She worked hard spending her time with books because she wanted to forget the incident that happened in school. She wanted to forget a boy who has black hair and hazel eyes. She closed her eyes and bit her lips. She ran her hands through her hair and opened her eyes. When she opened her eyes she saw the exact person whom she wanted to forget. Instead of turning her back to that scene she stepped forward towards the window of the shop to get a clear view of the scene. She sighed and she started to walk towards the door, wrenched it open and stepped outside.

She saw James struggling with a girl of some two years old who was crying. She looked at James closely to examine his bandaged hand. Maybe that's why James was struggling to hold that little girl. She guessed what was happening. Emily thought oh that poor little girl seems to have lost her mother. Maybe James might have found her crying and wanted to help her out but of course she wasn't coming with him because she wanted her mommy. And look at James, it seems like he got hurt. But how did he get hurt. Poor James…..uh what no way why should I care about Potter. And why am I even standing here looking at him? But she couldn't, instead she walked towards them.

James tried to get hold of the girl with his left hand but she cried 'Mommy, I want mommy'. He also tried to convince her that they will find her; she just started to cry harder. He was also worried about the cold and the snow which may affect the little girl. He suddenly heard a voice near them. When he looked up Emily was coming towards them.

'Emily thank goodness, please, help me she seems to have lost her mother' said James breathing heavily. 'When I was coming by this side I found her crying and all, so I thought of helping her but she seems not to trust me'

'Ok I will try, here sweetie what's your name? Why are you crying dear?' cooed Emily. Surprisingly the girl stopped crying a little and looked up. 'What happened?'

'Mommy I los mommy, I want my mommy' cried the girl. Emily took the girl in her hand easily. James was surprised to see the girl not complaining about it. James smiled as he saw such an adorable scene in front of him. It was the cutest scene he had ever seen, Emily cuddling the child and was convincing her to stop crying.

'Don't cry dear don't cry its ok we will find your mommy dear' said Emily 'What's your name sweetie?'

The girl sobbed 'Sarah'.

'Oh Sarah don't worry' said Emily. 'James let's go to the other side of the street and find out'

They started to search every shop. Soon after that they found a woman sobbing and frantically searching her child by calling the child's name. They heard her calling Sarah's name.

'James look she is calling Sarah's name'

'Mommy' called Sarah bouncing in Emily's hand.

The woman seems to have heard Sarah's voice because she hurried towards them. The first thing she did was scoop Sarah out of Emily's hand and kiss both her cheek and cuddle her. She looked up and thanked Emily and James for their kindness.

'It's ok, well we need to go' said Emily. 'Goodbye Sarah'

Emily smiled at both of them and started to walk towards the street. She heard James calling her name. She sighed and turned.

'Emily thanks a lot for coming and helping her' thanked James. 'Emily that was so kind of you'

Emily just looked at his arm and said 'Well how did you get hurt?'

'Oh just got hit by the bludger while I was playing quidditch'

'Oh that explains'

'How...How are you?' breathed James. Emily just shrugged and turned back and started to walk.

James smiled at her. At least she cared to ask about him. Well someday she was going to find out the truth. Maybe she will go out with him someday.

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