Chasers & Beaters

•girls & getting ready•

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j.potter's POV
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"So tell me James, any progress on lily or has there been another girl?" My father asked as I unpacked in my room. Unlike most families, especially purebloods, my family's home was in muggle London so when everyone apparated back after they got off the platform. I commuted with my mother and father.

"No, there-" My mother interrupted my lie. "Oh liar, I've had a reliable source at Hogwarts owling me about your lips locked around a particular curly headed girl who I thought hated you, and vice versa." She said while entering my room. "You've been kissing, Diana Diggory?" My father asked.

"We don't hate each other anymore. And we only kissed once to get a wanker to leave her alone." Oh I also stopped hating her because I've grown a constant feeling of wanting to back her into a wall and shagging her till she forgets how to speak. But I can't say that so, "We are good friends now and I might have her over this summer." I said then drinking a cup of tea.

"Thank god, she's a lovely girl and while I never told you. You were a massive idiot for not liking her." My mother said and then walked out of my room. "What about that Lily girl?" My father asked. "Oh same old same old, she considers me a constant annoyance- but Diana's gonna help me next year." Thank Merlin, something out of my mouth that isn't a load of shit.

"Wonderful, I'll leave you to unpack, dinner will be ready at 7." My father said before patting my back and walking out. I turned to the small fireplace in my room and saw that I didn't have floo powder so I went out to go get some from my father's study, he wouldn't notice if any way missing, he's got too much.

"Hey Jamesie." I heard as I entered my room to find Peter lounging on my bed and Remus reading the titles of books on my shelves. "What are you two doing here? I can't have guests today." I said shutting my door before putting a scilencing charm on my room. "We went to our houses, unpacked-" Remus began and Peter finished, "-realized we had nothing to do so we figured why not annoy you." He added before smirking.

"Where are Ranger and Padfoot?" I asked folding a blanket before sitting on my bed. "Ranger is at her house and Pads is wishing he wasn't at his but then again we don't have the map to tell us." Remus said while grabbing my copy of Romeo and Juliet. "Why and When did you read this?" He asked me as a follow up.

"Fourth year and because lily fell in love with that book." I said without batting an eye. "What map?" Peter asked. "The one we are gonna make in 6th year to get away with shit like pranks-" I answered but Remus finished, "to get me out of the castle on full moons." He said and began to laugh.

"Why- did you take this from Ranger? Like did you copy from hers?" He asked me. "No why?" Shit I forgot that I wrote in them, "I never painted you as a cynic." Mooney said looking up from the pages. "Mooney, I'm not but Romeo being in love with Rosalie and then somehow falling in love with Juliet doesn't up, that would mean that he never truly loved her only her idea." I said facing him and Peter stood in awe.

"You sound like Ranger." Peter said and Remus laughed. "Shut up, wormtail." I said and then my mother began to scream in the other room so we all ran. "Are you okay?! Are you hurt- Sirius Black unwrap yourself from my mother before I behead you." I yelled as I entered my kitchen to see Padfoot hugging my mother and running his hands up and down her torso.

"Jamie! He can let go of me at any moment he wants." My mother said patting his back. "Yeah, James." Sirius said and Remus gripped my forearm as to hold me back. Sirius then got off of her and asked us all. "I have a friend that I would like to bring over here but I don't know if their allowed." He said and looked from me to my mother.

"Who?" My mom asked and then he looked at me, "Um Diana Diggory?" He said and Remus laughed. "Of course she can come over." My mother said and Sirius winked at me before him mooney and wormtail ran to my bedroom. "Do not have a harem in my house, James Fleamont Potter!" My mother yelled as I ran to them.

When I walked into my bedroom, the boys and sat in the doorway as Diana looked around, she grabbed a scarf of mine to play with and wrapped it around her neck and then picking up the book Remus had earlier before looking up to see all of us.

"Hello." She said softly and she smiled. "Ranger, you look good in red and yellow." Padfoot said. "Mhm wasted griffindor potential." Mooney said coming close to her and pulling my scarf off of her. They're idiots, green is her color if not royal blue or Maroon- what the fuck is wrong with me. "I take great pleasure in knowing at least prongs has a brain behind those glasses." She I said and I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Well come on, Mrs.Potter wants to meet you." Peter said and she looked as if she'd seen a ghost. "Well bloody hell I can't- look what I'm wearing and my hair- Merlin! Why didn't you tell me before we got here Sirius!" She said looking down at her gray sweatpants oversized sweater. Her curly hair was up with a large clip and a few strands poking out.

"James give me one of your shirts." She said and I began to unbutton the one I was wearing. "No you fumbling idiot." She then found my quidditch sweater and put it on, then she took of her sweats and jumped into the shorts I left on my bed. She ran into my bathroom and pruned and primed herself and somehow made my clothes look beautiful on her.

"Why do you look like that?" Peter asked confused and all of us smacked the back of his head. "Look like what?" She asked scared. "You look like a Gryffindor and it's freaking me the hell out." Wormtail said and she laughed. "Well I don't want his mother to hate me so if you see any green sticking out yank it off." She said and nodded her head at me, "Let's do this, Bambi, time to meet the mother I've made jokes about." She said and Remus smirked before holding the door for all of us.

"Hello Mrs. Potter, I'm-" Diana began to say as she walked out to my mother with a hand held out to shake before my mother yanked her by the hand and into a warm hug. "I'm so sorry, dear. I apologize for my son being an ass all these years." And she laughed. "Oh don't worry Mrs.Potter, he still is one- just more tolerable." Diana said in response.

"And for that comment you have earned the right to call me Euphemia. You can always come here, Diana." My mother said pulling away from Ranger and kissing her forehead.