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Chapter 57:
On the last week of February James and Sirius received invitations to another Slug Club party. The invitation had told them to bring dates so James arranged to take Adrianna whilst Sirius took Louise. They both wore black dress robes. James met Adrianna in the common room. She was wearing beautiful gold dress robes. "You look beautiful Adrianna."
"Thanks James," Adrianna smiled as she kissed him on the cheek.
"I wish I could go to this bloody party with someone I bloody like instead of bloody Louise Mitchell."
"I just wish I wasn't going to the party all together," James frowned.
"Ah come on Jim boy," Sirius laughed, "It's not the worst thing in the world. It's only a party."
"It's a Slug Club party, full of people sucking up to Slughorn," James replied, "I can't stand it."
"Alright, alright," Sirius laughed but his laughter quickly turned sour, "at least you get to take pretty Adrianna here. I'm stuck with Louise fucking Mitchell."
"Ah come on Si," James said, hitting him on the back, "you have to admit it; you don't exactly hate her."
"Don't talk crap," Sirius looked deviant, "I can't stand the bitch."
"Oh well," James laughed, "not long now. Keep it up one more night and then we'll come up with a plan."
Sirius nodded, "righteo captain." He stood to salute his best friend, barely holding his laughter in. "Right, I'll meet you guys at the party.
Lily and Alice made their way down to the common room to meet their boyfriends. Alice was wearing purple dress robes whilst Lily was wearing dark green robes that complimented her eyes. Tom and Frank were waiting in the common room trying to make small talk. When the girls walked in they both stood up smiling. They both straightened their dress robes before taking their girlfriend's arm and leading them out of the common room towards Slughorn's office for the party. "You look amazing Lily," Tom whispered in her ear.
"Thanks Tom," Lily smiled, "you don't look so bad yourself."
James and Adrianna were greeted by Slughorn, "ah James! Who's your date?"
"This is my girlfriend, Adrianna," James answered.
"Nice to meet you," Horace smiled. "Let me introduce you to a few people." James and Adrianna followed after Horace. "You know Adrian, of course. He's in the year above you, James."
Adrian was a blonde haired skinny boy with glasses. He smiled at James. "He-hello Potter," the boy replied.
"Hi," James replied as Professor Slughorn pulled him through the crowd.
"This is Ambrosius Flume," Slughorn continued, "he owns Honeydukes… ah I forgot you probably don't know Honeydukes as you aren't old enough to visit Hogsmeade. Honeydukes is a fantastic sweet shop."
James shook hands with the shop owner. The man quickly recognised James and winked at him; knowing full well that James had broken out of Hogwarts on several occasions to get sweets from his shop. Slughorn pointed around the room, "there is Mr Avery. His son is in your year actually. Over there is Dahlia – she has a superb voice. You might hear her on the wireless. She's not particularly well known yet. Not been out of Hogwarts five years yet you see. Dirk Cresswell is in the year below you, James. Very good with languages – going to go far…. Muggle-born but seriously talented. There's Lucius Malfoy – he's in his sixth year, prefect of course…" Slughorn smiled, "Crystallised pineapple?" he offered, "It's a favourite of mine – Ambrosius always keeps me stocked up on it."
Slughorn continued, "Mr Nott is over there – he was a student here in the thirties. I invited Tom – one of his friends – but sadly he had to decline the invitation as he had some prior commitment. Tom was one of my absolute favourites – a fantastic student, ridiculously talented. Shame he couldn't attend." Slughorn sighed, "there's Regulus, your friend Sirius' brother and Severus Snape. Of course you know Snape; you boys duel often enough." Slughorn laughed. "Well anyway, go and meet some people. Make friends and connections. These parties could be very useful for a boy like you. I mean just thinking about what the paper said the other day about you taking your father's place one day."
"Yes, well, thank you sir," James pulled Adrianna away from the potions master, "come on Ad." Holly was stood in a corner watching everyone. She was quite concerned. Although the ministry were unsure of who the Knights of Walpurgis were, they did have some ideas and she wasn't happy about some of the guests at the party. "How long do you think we have to stay?" James asked Adrianna.
"I don't know but come on James. It might be fun."
James smiled, "ah look there's Sirius and Louise."
They quickly made their way over to their friends and sat beside them. "I hate these parties," James immediately complained.
"Why? I quite like it," Louise replied.
"You would," he muttered in response.
"What was that?" Louise asked quietly.
"Oh, I was just wondering why," James thought quickly.
"It's a great chance to meet people," She explained, "talented and influential people like Dahlia."
Lily and Tom were hiding in a corner. "I hate these parties," Lily complained. "Where are Alice and Frank?"
"I don't know," Tom laughed, "come on Lily it isn't that bad."
Lily suddenly spotted Lily sitting in a booth with Frank. She couldn't see who they were talking to from her place in the corner, "come on. There's Alice."
They made their way over to her friends, "alright guys." It was only when she was up close that she realised Alice and Frank were talking to James and Sirius and their dates.
"Hey Lils," Alice replied, squeezing up closer to Frank to make room in the booth. "Squidge up guys."
Everyone moved around to make more room for Lily and Tom to join them, "bloody hell – how much longer do we have to stay?" James complained.
"You know what James – I think you'd have a lot more fun if you quick complaining," Adrianna laughed. "It's not that bad."
"It's stupid." James scowled, "I don't care about any of this."
"You sound just like Lily," Tom laughed. "Seriously what's wrong with you guys."
As James and Adrianna were leaving some time later, Mr Nott tapped him on the shoulder, "Excuse me Mr Potter."
"Yes Mr Nott?" James turned around.
"I just wanted to say that I hope your father recovers quickly," Mr Nott began, "Although I do hope he will drop this war he's starting with the pure-bloods. He's one of us… it would be an awful shame if something were to…"
Holly was watching from a few feet away, her wand in her hand under her dress robes.
"If something were to what, Mr Nott," James asked through gritted teeth.
"If something were to happen to your father, Potter. Or perhaps that lovely mother of yours or yourself. I see they've got Kilmont following you around like a puppy." He nodded towards Holly. "Of course I could kill you before she even moved for her wand." Within seconds Holly was at their sides.
"Time to go, James." She said in a cold voice. She led him out of the room and back to the common room, "James can you promise me you won't leave the Gryffindor tower tonight? I need to send a letter to the ministry."
"Sure thing, Holly," James replied.
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