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"Oh shut up James! You're such a bloody hypocrite!"
"Me? ME? How am I a hypocrite Natalya? He hugged you!"
"No he didn't! He grabbed me from behind!"
"I saw you hug him back!"
"You're obviously bloody blind! Besides, I SAW you flirting with Sapphire Brown!"
"She dropped her books! For Merlin's sake Natalya! Get a grip!" James screamed at me. I flinched but only slightly. Not enough for him to notice.
"That's the biggest bull and cock story I've ever heard! She giggled! GIGGLED! You said something funny because you were flirting and she giggled and tossed her hair! Don't you listen to your uncle Ron? She's a desperate flirt just like her mother." I spat and went to stomp up the stairs. I was only about half way up to my dorm when the stairs gave a loud creak.
Suddenly, they turned in to a slide. I cursed Godric Gryffindor for placing that bloody enchantment on the steps. I growled angrily as I plopped to a stop at James' feet.
"Stop running away before we're done talking!" James glared at me. I rolled my eyes and pushed myself off the ground. When I stood, there was only a centimeter of space between James and myself. The entire common room was watching us. Like I cared. I would fight in front of the minister of magic himself and not give a damn.
"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I'm done talking to you! Was the stomping away not enough to show you that?" I screamed at him. He glared at me so viciously that I thought I was going to melt in to nothingness.
"You're such a child! You know who stomps away and throws a tantrum when things don't go there way? A bloody five year old Natalya!" he shouted. I worked my jaw from side to side.
"I hate you." I said finally. He looked murderous.
"Good! I'm glad! I hate you too!" he spat. Then, without any warning or pre-meditation, our lips collided. It was a searing kissed filled with all the anger both of us had. Unlike when Brett had kissed me while we were fighting, I didn't want to pull away and beat James within an inch of his life. I just wanted to kiss him more. We pulled apart after a few minutes and just stared at each other.
"Love," he started but I cut across him.
"Please, don't say that word. I can't handle you being so upset as to use that word. Call me anything but love." I pled. But the fiery anger in my heart was already dying down. I could never stay made at him. His eyes softened and he put his hand on my cheek. I leaned in to it and closed my eyes.
"Natalya, please." he whispered. A single tear slide down my cheek through my lashes.
"I SAW you Jamie." I whispered back in a choked voice. His other hand came up to my other cheek. I opened my eyes but they were blurry due to the tears that filled them.
"Natalya, I swear on my life. She may have been flirting with me but if she was I didn't notice. I was just being nice. Besides," he suddenly pulled his hands away and crossed his arms over his chest, "you're the one who got kissed by another guy." I narrowed my blurry eyes.
"He kissed my cheek James. For Merlin's sake. If he had even attempted to kiss me on the lips I would have punch him." I stated angrily. He sighed and let his arms fall to his sides.
"How do I know you're not lying?" he asked. I had a sudden sense of deja vu. No, I was not Brett! I would not cheat on my boyfriend. It wasn't happening.
"Go get the bloody veritaserum! Get it!" I yelled as more tears spilled over. Soon enough, I was sobbing.
"Natalya you're so overdramatic! I swear..." James began to shout.
"JAMES! STOP IT!" Lily yelled. Her, Dani, and Bridget had all just come in through the portrait hole. She wrapped her arms tightly around me. Bridget smacked the back of James' head and hugged my other side. Dani stood next to Bridget, glaring at him. "Can't you see she's not lying you moron?" Lily seethed as I continued to sob. Maybe she had been there longer than I thought. James stuttered and looked at the four of us.
"What are you all staring at? Disperse! Get out of here!" Dani yelled. It was late enough that everyone left to go to their dorms. All the girls squeezed past me. Well, all but four. Alice stood next to Lily and was giving James the same death glare as Dani. I knew I was being so stupid and irrational, but it hurt me that he would even question if I was lying. I slid down to the ground with the help of Lily and Bridget as they kept their arms around me.
"You're such a git." Alice sniffed as she got down on the ground with the rest of us. My throat felt raw and I looked up at him.
"Get out of here." I breathed. He looked at me with sad eyes. I blinked furiously at my tears. "Was I not clear? I said GET OUT!" I nearly yelled.
"No." he stated, "Natalya, I can't leave you while your like this. Please, this is breaking my heart." he whispered.
"Oh, since when did you get one of those?" I spat. My eyes widened as his gaze hardened and he turned to leave. I hadn't meant that. I was just so angry. He was already beginning to climb the staircase and had just left my sight when I sprung to my feet and chased after him. "James! Jamie! Please wait!" I huffed as I ran up the stairs.
He was only half way up when I caught up to him. I gripped his wrist and pulled myself the rest of the way to him. I flung my arms around his torso and clung to him like I would die if I didn't. I was a koala and he was my tree! My face was buried in his chest.
"Oh Merlin, I'm such an idiot. I didn't mean that muffin. I swear. I didn't mean any nasty stuff I said. I'm so so so so sorry! I don't know what I'd do without you. You can't hate me. You just can't. I love you!" I cried in to his chest. After what felt like an eternity his arms circled around me and crushed me to him.
"I could never hate you Natalya. And I should have just believed you. I don't know why I even thought that you would hug the filth that cheated on you. You wouldn't go near him if someone paid you. I'm the one who should be sorry. I love you too." he said in to my ruffled brunette hair. I shook my head against his chest but kept quiet. After a bit more making up, we both decided that we should go to bed.
Alice put her arm around my shoulder as the two of us walked up to our dorm. Lily, Dani, and Bridget had gone up ahead of us. I looked at her to see she was smiling at me. I raised an eyebrow at her. She burst out laughing.
"You know, you and James-ie-poo would have great angry sex." she giggled. My eyes widened as I did a double take.
"You're crazy." I stated as I felt her forehead. She giggled a little more.
"No, I'm serious. Did you hear the wolf-whistles when you and him kissed while you were fighting. Merlin, you guys were oozing passion. I'm surprised no one has ever told you that before." she stated as we reached our dorm door. I looked her up and down with narrowed eyes.
"No one has ever been as drunk as you around me." I replied, crossing my arms over my chest. She giggled again and I had the sudden realization that this is what I was like when I was drunk at the reception. I was happy I was dating such a gentleman. I walked her in to the dorm and placed her on her bed.
"It's still true!" she nearly screamed. I shushed her and started to get changed.
"Tell me when you're sober." I rolled my eyes.
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James grabbed my arm in a sudden jerking movement and pulled me in to a broom closet, casting a Muffliato behind him. I glared at him as I put as much space between us as possible. He leaned against the wall opposite me. Yes, we were going to be spending our free period in the broom closet. But not for the reasons of most couples.
"Tell her to stop or I WILL!" I growled. He rolled his eyes. Sapphire Brown was the definition of flirty. For some reason unknown to any of us, she had her mother's maiden name. We were all told her mom wasn't married when she had Sapphire so she never got her father's last name. Every time I saw her she was trying to sink her ugly little manicured claws in to James.
"Natalya, she's harmless. Honestly, so the girl flirts with me? Big deal. It's not like I pay it any mind." he responded easily. How could he treat this like it was nothing? The girl was unbearable!
"It is a big deal James! Everyone is spreading rumors saying you're going to...break up with me." I shouted, thanking Merlin for silencing charms.
"I'm not breaking up with you? Am I? So obviously those rumors are false. Stop believing so much gossip." he shouted back. I narrowed my eyes at him and pursed my lips.
"Well how am I supposed to know that? You had no problem breaking up with Lindsey!" I yelled. My voice echoed ten fold in the tiny space. I realized that I had compared myself with Lindsey.
"Because she was a bloody nuisance! Then again, you are becoming just as possessive." he screamed. My blood was boiling. I closed the gap between us, which was only about a foot, and stuck my index finger in his face.
"Take that back!" I seethed. He rolled his eyes and slapped my hand away.
"No." he stated defiantly. So, instead of doing the logical thing and continuing to fight like most people would expect, our lips collided once more. It was a frenzy of heat and passion. He placed his hands on my hips and backed us up in to the wall behind me. As his hands slid down to my arse, I jumped up slightly, wrapping my legs around his waist.
"Don't you dare," I kissed him, "compare me to that," another kiss, "Little prat." I finished. He began to grind his hips in to mine as I moved to take off his robes. Once they were off I began working on his tie.
"Sapphire is nothing to me." he stated and he unclipped my bra from beneath my shirt.
"Well then tell her to leave you alone." I shouted as he pulled my shirt off along with my bra. I felt the cold walls of the closet on my back but couldn't care less. He kissed fervently down my neck.
"Don't tell me what to do." he stated. I finally got his shirt off and started working on his belt. When that was done it was easy to get him out of his slacks and boxers. His hands went up my skirt, feeling their way to the waistband of my knickers.
"She's coming between us." I responded as I shifted so his fingers found them sooner. He pushed my skirt up so it bunched around my stomach and tore off my knickers. "James! Those were my favorite pair!" I moaned.
"We'll fix them later." he stated and took the first plunge almost immediately. It wasn't like all my other times with James. This was rough and riddled with a new kind of passion. It only took a couple minutes to reach sheer bliss. He was pounding away and I was panting. I screamed out his name and he placed his mouth back over mine.
"Oh my god. Alice was so right! Woah, did I just say that?" I continued to pant. The sentence came out more like: "Oh-my god- Alice- was- so right- woah- did I-just-say that?" James leaned his forehead against mine. We were both sweating and sticky but reaching that pure bliss was still fantastic.
"What was she right about?" Jamie inquired, pressing a soft kiss to my lips. I smiled.
"About us having great angry sex." I laughed. He seemed to soak that in for a minute and then burst out laughing with me. We sunk to the ground and he pulled me on to his lap. I picked up my torn knickers and sighed. "Jamie, fix them." I groaned. He reached and pulled his wand out of his robes and mended them. I smiled and kissed him.
"No more jealousy, okay? You're the only girl I'll ever think of like that." he questioned. I nodded and began to pull my clothes back on. When we were both fully dressed I looked him up and down. I reached my hands up and began to straighten his tie.
"You're always such a mess with this thing." I joked. He chuckled and swatted my hands away.
"Leave it be. If my tie is straight people will think I've gone off the deep end of insanity." he moved the tie so it was askew again. I pursed my lips and reached for the tie once more.
"Well then you can explain how your girlfriend hates things not being neat and that she fixed your tie." I stated as I smoothed his shirt collar. Why was it that dressing the guy was somehow just as sexy as undressing him? He grumbled and loosened the tie.
"I hate this bloody thing." he stated. I rolled my eyes. Once we were both throughly presentable, he opened the broom closet door and looked out. He grasped my hand and pulled me out with him. His arm wrapped around my waist and I grabbed that hand in mine. We began walking to the Great Hall for lunch. "Alice was right." he said with a large smile. I smirked and hip checked him.
"We have Quidditch trials tomorrow. We're stating the obvious because?" I inquired, my voice dripping with sarcasm. He rolled his eyes.
"You're such a pain in the arse." he replied. I snickered but kissed his cheek.
"It only makes sense. I'm a pain in the arse, you have a nice arse. It all works out." I grinned as we moved through the huge doors in to the Great Hall. He smiled and kissed my forehead.
"I love you." he stated as we got to our spots at the Gryffindor table. He kissed my lips softly. We both sat down.
"I love you more." I whispered and kissed him with equal tenderness. We both turned to our sandwiches and Alice smiled at us across the table.
"Were you guys not fighting only twenty minutes ago? What happened? Why so lovey dovey?" she asked. I beamed happily at her.
"Let's just say, you were right." I laughed and winked suggestively. She smirked and took a sip of her drink.
"I told you. Sober or drunk, I can tell." she laughed. I laughed with her. She had only told me that all morning and then followed with 'now that I'm not tipsy, do you believe me?'. I was happy that she didn't have a hangover. I knew I sure had a hell of one the day after my sister's wedding. I hadn't touched firewhiskey since. James did a spit take and we both stared at him.
"Since when does Alice Longbottom get drunk?" he asked with his eyebrows in his hairline. Alice rolled her eyes but I pondered that for a moment.
"No, seriously Ally. When DID that start happening?" I asked. She shrugged and looked down in to her drink like it was the most interesting thing in the world. "Alice?" I asked again in a stern voice.
"About the time I started going out with Garett. But it's totally fine. I mean, it's not like I do it all the time." she muttered as she stared down at her food. My eyes narrowed slightly as I saw Garett walking in.
"Ally, don't let him pressure you in to drinking. It's not healthy. Speaking of drinking, where's the massive hangover you should have?" I rushed through my words as her boyfriend started to chat with someone at the end of the table. She looked up guiltily.
"I got a potion for it." she stated and took another sip of her drink just as Garett sat down next to her.
"Don't think I didn't notice you didn't respond to her first statement." James stated blatantly, looking at his plate. Garett raised an eyebrow but Alice just shook her head. I looked between all three of them and then placed my head on James shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Ally. What did you say?" I asked. James caught my eye and his eyes narrowed just the slightest bit. We had an entire silent conversation with our eyes in a span of two seconds. He knew I was protecting her from questioning by her boyfriend but I would bring up the subject later when I got her alone.
"Oh, just wanted to know if you understood anything that Filtwick said in Charms today?" she tilted her head to the side. I was happy she had caught on.
"Um, yeah. We can go over it in the library tonight if you want?" I offered. However, it was more of a demand with the look I sent her after Garett looked away with disinterest.
"Yeah, that'd be great." she nodded. I sipped my pumpkin juice and rested my head back on James shoulder.
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James and I walked to the Quidditch pitch, hand in hand. He drew invisible patterns on the back of my hand with his thumb. I held my new broom that I had gotten from my father close to me. They hadn't shown up at the platform on September first. They were still going to be in France for a week. I missed my father terribly.
"So how did your little, er...talk, with Alice go?" he asked me as we walked. I sighed.
"She's completely insistent that there is nothing wrong. She just started to drink more when she started going out with Garett because it was summer and she is convinced she started on her own. But, come on, Alice Longbottom is the most innocent girl I know when it comes to drinking. Before Garett, she could just barely handle a butterbeer.
I asked her how much she drank on Thursday night. Do you know what she said? She said about five butterbeers and four shots of firewhiskey. Jamie, I'm worried about her. Do you think we should tell your uncle Neville?" I asked as my mind ran twenty billion miles a minute. He pulled me closer and put his arm around my shoulder.
"I don't know, love. She's obviously having some issue that she won't own up to. On one hand, if we tell my uncle, he'll make sure she never gets the chance to go near alcohol again unless it's under strict supervision. On the other hand, she would never talk to you or me again. She would officially hate both of us. I think I need to talk to Garett." he finished as we arrived just outside of the pitch. I nodded.
"CAN YOU BELIEVE OUR LITTLE SISTER?" Albus shouted, appearing out of nowhere. My eyes widened as I saw him fuming. I placed my hand on his shoulder.
"Albus, what happened?" I asked at the same time James muttered, "Of course she has to start stuff before practice." I elbowed him in the ribs and he shot me a hurt look. I pursed my lips and looked at him knowingly. He sighed and leaned against the outside wall to the pitch.
"She told me she's in love with Scorpious! Can you believe that?" he said in a strangled voice. I sighed and pat his shoulder.
"Albus, I think you have over-protective brother syndrome. You'll have to get over that. He's sixteen, she's fourteen. You don't know if they're truly in love or not." I stated. Albus stared at me desperately.
"But what if they're not and they only think they are and then one leaves the other broken hearted? What do I do then?" he asked in a worried tone. I frowned slightly and sighed.
"You can't go through life expecting the worst. Especially when it comes to love," I glanced at James and saw him smiling at me, "you simply have to let Lily and Scorpious be. Nothing is set in stone. Expect a happy medium. They're happy for the time being. That should be good for you for now. Live in the moment Albus. LOVE is an in the moment emotion." I stated, feeling a bit like a therapist. He nodded and hugged me.
"Thanks Natalya. You'd be a great therapist." he joked and left to go to the field. Okay, now I was completely convinced that the Potters had wicked magic mind reading powers. They just had to. James came over to me and wrapped both arms around me from behind.
"I really appreciate that." he whispered in my ear as he kissed right under my earlobe. I sighed and leaned in to him.
"Appreciate what?" I asked. I had a feeling I knew what he was talking about but his hit breath just felt so good fanning across my neck. He chuckled.
"You caring for my siblings the way you do. Every girl I've been with hasn't given a rat's arse about them. You're so amazing. I'm so glad you're finally mine." he sighed and tingled went down my spine. He nibbled lightly at my earlobe and I let out a tiny groan.
"Come on, it's like, seven in the morning. Can't we just wait until tonight to do trials. I bet you and I could come up with a thing or two to do." I stated as I pushed myself as close to him as I could. He chuckled.
"Tempting. Very tempting, but I booked the pitch from seven to ten. We have to get in there and we have our two beaters, being myself and Garett. We have our keeper, though I think she could use a little healthy competition." he laughed.
"Bite me." I scowled. He kissed my cheek.
"Love to. Anyway, we have Al as our seeker. So we really only need two chasers. The other two graduated last year." he stated. I nodded and turned in the circle of his arms.
"So, since Al is going to be captain next year, he can do trials. Then we can have a little fun." I got up on my tiptoes and kissed his nose. He sighed and rested his forehead against mine.
"Natalya." he said in a exasperated way. I sighed.
"Yeah yeah. I get it. Later then?" I asked. He smirked.
"Of course angel." my heart beat just the tiniest bit faster. He hadn't called me angel since two weeks ago on our first night at Hogwarts. I smiled happily.
"Oi! Get a room!" Garett called with a laugh. I scrunched my nose at the sight of him. I knew it was his fault that Ally was drinking like she was. I just had to figure out what he was doing. I kissed James full on the mouth and then turned to go in to the pitch.
"See you in there muffin." I smiled but it was strained. He nodded and then turned to Garett. Ugh!
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"Congrats to our two new chasers, Leah Jordan and Ash Creevey. Now, practice will begin next Tuesday out here on the pitch. We have to be prepared. The first match is against Slytherin and you all know how foul they play. We have to get in all the practice we can. That's all. Thanks everybody." James announced to the team. The other five players left the pitch just as Slytherin was coming on.
I saw Scorpious come on and waved him over. He looked at his team and then sighed. He jogged over to James and I. I smiled broadly.
"So, exchanging declarations of love with little Lily are we now?" I raised an eyebrow. That was when I saw something I never thought I would see. Scorpious blushed. I squealed happily. He looked back at the Slytherin team, who were all staring at us like they hated us with a passion. I sighed. "See you later Scor." I replied with an eye roll.
"Sorry about them." he said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Oi! Look fellas. Scorpious has a thing for James Potter's girl!" an ignorant boy who I recognized as being a fifth year called. I narrowed my eyes.
"Angel, don't do anything irrational." James warned. I pretended I didn't hear him.
"Hey you!" I called. James sighed.
"And there she goes." he mumbled. Scorpious pat his shoulder as I stalked over to the idiot boy. I was the same height as him of not an inch taller. I prided myself on my height at the moment.
"Listen you sniveling little cockroach, and listen good." I said through gritted teeth. "If you don't leave me and my boyfriend alone and leave your captain alone I can guaranty that you will be in a world of hurt. Do you understand me? Did I make myself clear?" I hissed venomously. He backed up a step.
"Crystal." he said in a timid voice.
"Good." I said with a smile and turned to walk back to James and Scor. "They all love me. I can just tell." I laughed as I looked back at them and all of them quickly averted their eyes.
"We won't even need practice. They'll be too scared to throw a quaffle at you." James chuckled as he pulled my under his arm. I smirked.
"Great. Just lovely. Now I have a spineless team. Just fabulous." Scor joked and left to go back to trials. James and I took that as our cue to exit the pitch. Instead of going back to the castle, however, I pulled him to the Gryffindor locker room.
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James pulled me close to him as we sat on the couch in the Gryffindor common room. I was currently helping Lily with a potions essay. Slowly but surely, James was moving me closer to sitting on his lap. With a final tug, I was there.
"So you just finish with why wormwood is valuable to that specific potion and you're good." I smiled at Lily. She nodded and rolled up her scroll. She thanked me. Bridget ran over with a question about Charms. As I began to answer it, James started to nip playfully at my ear. I giggled halfway through a sentence.
Bridget continued to listen, acting as if I hadn't done it at all. He moved my hair to the side and began to kiss up and down my neck. I sighed. As did Bridget but for an obviously different reason. I mouthed 'sorry' to her and she just nodded and walked away.
"That was very rude Jamie." I scolded as I flopped back so I was lying on the couch. He immediately laid on top of me but propped himself up on his elbows to support his weight. He moved to kiss down my neck again. He kissed the dip in my skin above my clavicle and I groaned.
"I wanted your attention." he said against my skin as he kissed back up my neck and started nipping at that as well. I swallowed harshly.
"Well you most certainly have it." I muttered. I threaded my fingers in to his ever-messy hair and he bit down a bit harder. "I'm going to need a lot of coverup for that." I joked as he growled. He obviously wasn't having any of that tonight.
I loved nights like tonight. Ever since two weeks ago on Friday, when we had our little scene in the broom closet, he had been like this every so often. He was, hungry, for lack of a better word. I was totally okay with that. I pulled his lips up to mine and his hands slid just slightly in to the waistband on my skirt.
"Jamie, we're in the common room." I whispered and pushed him back slightly. He growled again and went back to what he had been doing. I moaned as his hips ground in to mine. I tried to push him back again but failed miserably. "Jamie." I whimpered.
"Merlin, Natalya. Everyone went up to bed. No one is even down here." he grumbled and began to unbutton my skirt. I sighed a quick sigh of relief and pulled his lips down to mine. Well, this would be a good night.
A/N: I'm really sorry I haven't updated since Monday. The thing is, I just went back to school and it is hell. Well, I shouldn't say hell. I love it when I'm in school because my teachers are great but my English teacher gives WAY too much homework! Totally obnoxious! Anywhos, the updates probably won't be AS frequent as they were but I will still be updating! Don't worry lovelies! Please Review!