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29: James Potter - Flowers

House: Ravenclaw

Requested by: rubythethirdd

 James Potter and I had been together for almost six months now, and I adored him. I had had feelings for him for quite a while but was trying to deny it, until my close friend and study partner made me realise.

- Flashback -

"You like him, don't you?" Remus asked as James walked away from our table, with Sirius and Peter trailing after them. As always, Remus and I were sat in the library on the same table we were every Sunday to study.

"What?! That's absurd," I scoffed, looking back down at my work sharpish.

"It's okay to admit it, (y/n)," Remus chuckled and I rolled my eyes. "Plus I think he might have eyes for you too."

"Huh?" I was shocked, my eyes wide as I looked at Remus with surprise.

"See, you do like him," he said, poking my arm.

"Whether I do or not doesn't matter, he's head over heels in love with Evans and there's nothing I can do to change that... nothing," my voice trailed off, fiddling with my large quill.

"Oh please, that was just a little year three crush," Remus said but I wasn't so sure. "There's nothing between them (y/n), trust me, we'd know. They're nothing more than friends now."

"He doesn't have any feelings for her?" I asked and Remus shook his head with a smile.

"You've got a chance with him," he said but I scoffed, not believing it.

"Even if James no longer has feelings for Lily, it doesn't mean he'd say yes to me," I said and Remus sighed.

"Just think about it," he said and for the remainder of the night that's all I could think about. For days he played on my mind and whenever I saw him I found myself tensing up. Remus continued to tease me about him at each of our study sessions in the library. I always told him off whenever this happened, it irritating me immensely.

One Sunday I was waiting for Remus, tapping my foot impatiently as I waited at our table, checking my watch every few minutes and tutting under my breath. He was already half an hour late, and if he took a minute more I was just going to get up and leave. That was until a shadow was cast over the table. "Finally Remus- James!" I exclaimed when I realised it was my crush. He stood there sheepishly, shifting his weight and rubbing the back of his head.

"(y/n), can I talk to you for a moment? In private?" He asked nervously, and I nodded following him out of the library and towards an empty corridor. "Okay so... there's something you need to know - Remus has been trying to get me to tell you for months but I guess I've not had the confidence," he said with a nervous chuckle.

"You? Not having confidence?" I teased and a small blush came to his cheeks.

"Yeah, you see I... I have these feelings for you... I was wondering if maybe you'd let me treat you to a date in Hogsmeade?"

- Flashback Over -

And that was how our relationship began. After the first couple of dates in Hogsmeade he asked me to be his girlfriend which I happily accepted, not even thinking about his past feelings for Lily. He was such a romantic, planning dates all the time and not wanting to leave my side, saying he missed me when we were apart. Remus told me during one of our study sessions that apparently he talks about me all the time, to the point where it was irritating the boys. He was so sweet and kind that I couldn't understand how Lily didn't fall for him.