so this is love | james potter

chapter 14

"James!" I shout as I walk into the house with Anya by my side. I don't get a response, "James Fleamont Potter!" I shout again.

A head pops out of the kitchen, "Yes, doll!" I roll my eyes at the nickname. Harry comes running out to meet us, his father behind him. James covered in flour from head to toe.

"What has happened to you?" Anya and Harry run to the living room. "Decided you want to live like a rockstar?" I tease as I try to wipe away flour from his nose.

He gives me a blank look, "ha ha, very funny." A smile blooms on his face, he looks around and leans in to give me a kiss. "I was making biscuits for you." He says against my lips.

"For me?"

"Yes, well for all of us." He smiles shyly at me. I almost let out a giggle, his smile is the most beautiful smile I've seen, it makes my stomach fill with butterflies. I can't help but smile back at him.

"Well you go make them, while I teach your child some basic maths."

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Freja's pov

The snow is falling down outside, and due to the fact I get cold faster than you could say niffler, I'm buried beneath 2 knitted blankets to keep warm. "Freja, are you ok? Charlie let me in." I see Tonks sitting beside me on the common room couch.

"Yes, just a bit cold is all." I tell her with a tight smile on my face. She looks at me confused.

She leans forward and feels my forehead "Merlin, you're boiling."

"I don't exactly feel like I'm boiling." When I think of it, my throat does feel a bit sore. "Do- do you think it's bad?" I ask anxiously. "You dont think I'm going to die, do you?"

"What! No, Freja, it's just a cold." She tries to calm me down, but I'm in full swing now.

"I-ive heard that fevers can be a sign of a serious illness." I get to my feet, I'm feeling dizzy. "I'm dizzy,oh no, you don't think it could be a tumor?" I start feeling my neck for lumps.

"Hey, Freja, calm down. It's ok. Let's go to Madam Pomfrey, yeah?" Tonks holds my face in her hands. I hadn't noticed I had started crying until she wiped away a stray tear.

I hate when this happens. Once I had a red dot on my face, I thought I had gotten dragon pox and started freaking out. Marion had to explain to me that it was a pimple, and that it was normal.

"Tonks? You dont think it's dragon pox, right?"

"Freja, darling. It's just a cold, and even if it was dragon pox, you wouldn't die; because you're not old." She squeezed my shoulder as we kept walking towards the infirmary.

We walk through the door to the infirmary, I have tears down my face as the fear eats me up. "Hello dears, oh Freja, darling. You don't look too well, come sit." Madam Pomfrey ushers me towards a bed, Tonks following shortly.

After a short while of examining, Madame Pomfrey says. "You've just caught a cold dear. Here, drink this pepper-up potion, and you'll be all back to normal tomorrow." She hands me a vial of a liquid I have tasted many times before.

I start crying "I want to go home." Tears are rolling down my face non stop. I never get homesick, but I feel so tired and all I want to do is go home and have mum stroke my hair until I fall asleep.

"Oh dear. Miss Tonks, would you be so kind and get Professor Mcgonagall?"

It takes a little while before she walks through the door with Mcgonagall following shortly. They talk about something, which she can only assume is about her.

Mcgonagall walks over with a worried look on her face, "what seems to be the problem?"

At this point tears are freely falling down my face with no sign of stopping any time soon. 'I want to go home." I sob.

"I'll owl your parents, you can go pack your stuff to take home." Mcgonagall states.

"No! Marion, owl Marion." I don't want my parents to come pick me up, they'll ask too many questions and worry too much.

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Marion's pov:

I was sitting on the couch in James' living room. I had finished teaching the children for the day and was now waiting for James to come out from the kitchen with the biscuits he was making. "Are you done soon?" I shouted, hoping he would answer, but no answer came.

I decided to walk to the kitchen to see what in the bloody hell he was spending so much time on, (obviously it could be me being impatient or whatever.)
What I came in to see was not what I had expected, he was standing completely still, with his hands on his head. "You alright, james?" I asked as I stood beside him.

"I burned the biscuits."

"what?"

"I fucking burned the biscuits, marion." he said as he walked over to the table and sat down on a chair.

I sat down on his thigh, my hands cupping his face. "They were just biscuits, we can make another batch later." My thumbs were stroking his cheeks.

he looked up at me with a slight smile, "I know but i wanted to make something for you." Before I could reply a knock was heard on the window, when I turned I saw an unfamiliar owl.

opening the window, letting the brown owl inside.
in its beak it had a letter addressed to me, that's when i noticed the hogwarts seal. "Merlin, what's she done now?" I muttered under my breath.

Dear Miss Rosdahl

Freja seems to have had some sort of panic attack, and wants to go home. She therefore suggested I send this letter to you asking to come get her instead of your parents. It would be in her best interest if you could come as quickly as possible.

Professor Mcgonagall.

"I have to go."

"What why?"

I hesitated, not knowing if this was information Freja wanted to be kept a secret. "I have to pick up Freja." I started shortly.

"At hogwarts?" James asked, stunned.

"Yes, at Hogwarts, so if you don't mind I have to leave."
I probably sounded rude, but all I had on my mind right now was getting Freja home.

"I want to come with you."

"James, someone has to watch harry."

"Can't we just leave him and Anya at your house, i haven't been to hogwarts for ages." he pleaded, giving me the doe eyes.

I wasn't sure what to answer, but I knew saying no wouldnt stop him from coming along.

"Fine, you're an adult, I can't stop you.' I caved
His eyes lit up as he did a little dance, shaking my head, I went to get the children.

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a/n: So HEYYY, it's been a while.
weve reached a 100k reads I AM IN SHOCK. literally wtf.

im sorry it's been so long, but my mental health hasnt been at its peak, and frankly ive been lazy. so sorry abt that.
im thinking abt writing another tom riddle fanfiction. (i can never finish a project without starting another)
and im going to try and update my stories more often (keyword: try)

get ready for marion and james at hogwarts in the next chapter (i should really start planning my stories instead of making things up on the spot)

word count: 1170
published: november 18. 2022