The Better Chaser; James Potter

Chapter 45- New Years Eve

I couldn't believe how Potter and I thought of the same exact gift, with the same exact details.

Does this mean something? I mean it's too much of a coincidence for us not too talk about it right? Should I just tell Potter what's been on my mind and what's been bothering me?

Nah! I'm not a Gryffindor- no need blurting out my confused feelings! I need to figure out exactly what I feel before I talk to him

But I do want to talk to him, so after an amazing day with all our friends and the last of them left- I decided to try and confront Potter. I was just saying goodbye to Lily with Remus- Remus was staying the rest of the break with us- and I turned around to go talk to Potter. Remus came with me, probably to talk to Sirius. I walked towards his room and was about to knock but froze when I found the door slightly ajar and overheard what they were talking about,

"I'll admit it was weird getting the exact same gift from her, but it means nothing Padfoot- stop reading into it," James groaned

"You're such a shit liar!" Sirius retorted, "I can tell you've been shagging it up with someone- you're not so tense anymore," he teased

"Well if it matters to you that much I did hook up with someone fairly recently," Potter confessed

I felt my heartbeat quicken, is Potter actually going to tell someone?

"It's Michelle, y'know the blonde in 5th year," Potter said, "I hooked up with her right before the break, but not after the slug club party, that was some other chick," He laughed, "I actually have plans with her for new years,"

At this my heart dropped. I thought he was making it up at first, but he specifically mentioned that it wasn't the slug club party- which was me- and said he was seeing her again. That's too detailed for him to be lying- there must be some truth too it.

I stumbled back and knocked into Remus and when he saw my expression he knew- he knew everything, he's always known.

"Fuck," Remus said softly,

"Did you hear that?" Potter asked Sirius from inside the room,

My eyes started watering so I pushed myself away from Remus and the boys' room and made my way downstairs and outside. I ran through the garden to the outskirts of the field and breathed heavily as I came to a stop.

I'm not crying over this dumb Gryffindor.

Get yourself together Watson!

I calmed myself with a few shaky breaths before I dropped all emotion from my face and started to head back to the house.

I made my decision and was going to let Euphemia and Fleamont know in the morning.
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As suspected, Effie and Monty asked a few questions- for safety purposes, but otherwise agreed. I would take the knight bus as transportation and stay alert, pretty basic stuff. They wanted someone to accompany me but I wanted to go alone and after a bit of convincing- they agreed.

I laid low the next few days, barely interacting with Potter, mainly talking to Remus or Sirius, or Potter's parents. Potter did try and talk to me, mainly annoying me, but I was able to avoid him. We had one last order meeting of the year, and the whole group came. We are the new generation of wizards and we're more than ready to fight in this war. It was fun showing the girls the ropes and introducing them to people, but they wouldn't be assigned any missions until next summer.

New years eve was approaching and the day of, I was in my room getting ready. I was trying to decide on an outfit and had no clue what to wear.

On one hand I wanted to have a fun night and go out, forget Potter and whatever he's doing to me,