Delicate | James Potter

1.16

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"Psst."

Silence.

Alice tried again, voice low and soft. "June, are you there? Hello? Hello!"

The familiar face of Juniper Smith appeared in her mirror, though she didn't look quite as enthusiastic as Alice felt. "What do you want? I was almost asleep."

"Oh, sorry." The blonde cringed and grinned sheepishly. "I just wanted to say hi. This is so cool."

"Is that it?"

"Uh... yes?" She rolled over to her side, so that her face was squished into her pillow. It was night time, so she had to whisper, but it was just so exciting being able to talk from so far away and for it to feel so face-to-face. "How was your day?"

"I just saw you for dinner."

"I know that..." The Gryffindor trailed off with a smile. "What about after?"

"I went to bed, same as you." There was an obvious annoyance present in Juniper's voice; apparently her own excitement about the whole thing had worn down a lot. Maybe pestering her every night was a bit much, but Alice had had to dismantle the guilt she had lingering for taking it in the first place before she could properly enjoy it.

"Okay, well... have you spoken to Sirius since the party?" She asked slowly. They hadn't talked much about it since, but she knew June had formed some sort of crush for him after that.

There was a small sigh and through the dark, she saw June's frown. "I did, sort of, but I don't think it was like that."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, he said he didn't want to commit to anything." There came another sigh. "But I was expecting that anyway. I think he has someone else in mind."

Alice thought of Marlene asleep in the bed next to her, maybe that was who- Lily had caught them together more than once after all, and Marlene was certainly beautiful.

"You can do better than him anyway."

June scoffed. "Yeah, okay, sure. We'll see about that."

"You will-"

"I'm going to sleep now Alice, goodnight."

"Okay, goodnight." Alice murmured gently, before dipping a hand out of her bed curtain and sticking the mirror into her small drawer, in which sat the rest of her of most precious possessions. There wasn't much in there really, mainly letters from her mum or gifts she'd been given. Her watch from Dorcas sat along side it too, and a magically preserved daisy that Davey had given her on their walk back from Hogsmeade.

"Alice, is that you?" A soft voice called out. The blonde had thought her roommates to be asleep, but apparently Lily wasn't.

"Yeah. Sorry was I too loud?"