you & me. (james potter x reader)

six.

november 1st 1977.

i pulled my potions book out of my bag after taking a spot in the classroom. with adam and clay sitting right behind me.

i felt a nudge on my robe and i turned around to adam, "can i borrow a quill?"

"yeah sure." i responded. i grabbed my spare quill and handed it to him.

"thanks," he responded.

after our breakup it was weird for a bit, but nothing too extreme that we couldn't talk to each other. however it took awhile before we became friends again. not like we had much choice either really after knowing each other for so long. our families wouldn't agree if we decided to cut each other out. it was bad enough that our arranged marriage was cancelled and that we had to get new partners.

he had been set up with believe it or not julia parkinson. unfortunate for him he wasn't that keen on marrying her. but it was his fault in the first place. for cheating on me. otherwise we would've had a nice perfect wedding and have nice perfect kids who would follow the nice fucking perfect blood line.

my mother absolutely lost it in the letter when she found out he cheated on me. i don't think i've seen well not exactly see but you know i mean, well i dont think i've seen her this angry since leo decided to be rebellious. if i thought that was bad i had another thing coming. the letter from her came two days after i had broken up with adam. thankfully not a howler.

dear daughter,

i cannot believe Sir Adam Black would do such a thing. theres much irony behind it. i am organising with Sir Cygnus Black to cancel the arrangement and discussing things with Sir Orion Black to set things up with one of his sons. most likely not Sirius so do not be getting your hopes up. regulas behaves and thats what matters.

however in this case i will be discussing the final details when you return over winter break. i wish for you to not stay at that dreaded castle for those three weeks, as we have important business to deal with whether you like it or not.

attached to this letter is a letter for regulas. from his mother and i so please do not open it and give it to him when you see him next. tony does tell us he sees you two together a lot so i suspect you wont have any problem giving this to him. with this you are not to discuss things such as this new arranged marriage with anyone but regulas and antony.

the news between you and adam black refusing to marry caused shame and embarrassment for both families. especially his.

but it's your life on the line and i'm always watching.

signed, your mother.

instead it was almost like one of the girls predicted it. in a year or so time regulas and i will be forced to marry. it's not like either of us knew what fate awaited us. but we were simply children. sure we were the same age, but the one year school gap made a difference. sometime i wish i never started hogwarts one year early. but my mother couldn't help herself when the opportunity was given, and despite my fathers request she sent me on the train aged ten. far away from home.

the remainder of potions was a bore. once it finished i followed adam and clay as we ponded and headed to our next class. defence of the dark arts. entering the class we saw that it was mainly full and i sighed when spotting one of the only free spots was beside james.

reluctantly i pulled the seat out from side him and sat down, "good day y/n, been awhile since i last saw you," he said smiling.

i looked at him forcing a fake smile onto my face, "quite, i do miss your company though. well mainly the others i'm not so sure about yours."