Jealousy Kills || James Potter

Chapter 20

*⚠️Trigger Warning: Sexual assault + Substance abuse? ⚠️*

Third person pov

"You guys, we should throw a party in the common room on Halloween. Have it be a costume party!" Dorcas excitedly exclaimed.

Seeming as it was nearing closer and closer, as Halloween would be taking place in a week, it only seemed normal for these teens to throw a party, as they managed to for every and any reason there was.

Odetta had already picked out her costume. She would be matching with Lily, as angel and devil, except she would be the devil, and Lily would be the angel.

Alice decided she was going to match with Frank, they were going as Alice and The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.

Marlene and Dorcas also wanted to match, as they were the only two left over in their group who were unpaired. They'd decided to go as pirates.

The boys on the other hand, had the most original costumes in the world.

James had decided to go as a deer, picking out antlers from hogsmeade along with a red nose.

Sirius was dressing up as a dog, except with cat ears and a cat tail.

Remus was dressing as a wolf, (though it didn't seem like he quite needed to dress up for it, but it's the thought that counts), and which he had gotten fake paws and a tail for.

Peter was going as a mouse, with a rats tail and surprisingly he was able to find mouse ears.

The day they'd all revealed their costumes to each other was definitely a laugh.

"Oh wow you guys are so original. Nobody has ever thought of that before." Odetta said, gasping as she put her hand over her mouth, giggling alongside Alice soon after.

"Well no matter us, you look bloody fit in that costume detta." Sirius flirted playfully to Odetta, who was struggling to fight back a laugh while play-posing for Sirius.

"Yeah I could say the same for you Evans" James said, smirking right after, like he always did.

There was a moment of silence and stillness.

Then suddenly there was a remark heard from across the common room.

"Way to kill the mood Potter, I was marveling over your friend, Lynch, there." The guy, who seemed to be no younger that a 6th year said, scoffing soon after.

While his comment definitely didn't go unnoticed, James and Odetta we're more disgusted at the fact that he just called them friends, rather than that.. predatory remark he left.

"We are not friends!" James and Odetta yelled to the boy in unison, who just threw his hands up in defense and went back to what he was doing.

James scoffed.

"Who does that guy think he is? Us? Friends? Gross." He said to Odetta.

"Yeah, ew no. If anything, we're more enemies than anything, I can't believe that guy had the balls to say that." Odetta replied.

The group silently watched the two as they'd just had their first "whole" conversation and not argued.

"Is the world ending?" Sirius asked concernedly.

"For the love of Merlin, shut the fuck up padfoot." Remus replied to his comment, placing his hand on his forehead and shaking his head as he did so.

"You two just had your first conversation without arguing. Im pretty sure the world's ending." Sirius replied in defence, pointing back and forth between the two who were standing shoulder to shoulder now.