𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 ( james potter x oc)

feelings

chapter 35

The following day she spent with Remus. Trying her best to help him as much as possible before his full moon on Monday. But the boy was being extremely stubborn about it.

"Seph i'm fine just go away" Remus groaned pulling his bed covers over his head

"You clearly aren't Rem. I brought chocolate if you wanted any and i made another vile of wolfsbane and i have books -"

"The chocolate will be nice" he spoke stopping the girl from talking anymore and holding his hand out ready to recieve the sweet treat

"Sorry it isn't your favourite they were all gone" Persephone mumbled

"P-probably because Remus has them all already" Peter piped up from the bed next to Remus'

"I suppose so Peter" the girl laughed breaking a bit of the chocolate and handing it to the ill boy "Your plants look nice , have you gotten any new ones?"

"I-I have actually. You n-noticed?" the blonde said sitting up in excitement

"I have yes. They really match with your part of the room" Persephone complimented pointing specifically to the purple plant that sat on the windowsill

"Thankyou Seph" Peter blushed turning to water his plants again

"Him and his plants" Remus muttered rolling his eyes

"Shush I think it's cute" Persephone whispered offering him another piece of chocolate

"Don't let him hear you say that. You'll get his hopes up"

"Hopes up for what?" she whispered and Remus gave her a look " Surely not"

"Pete has a little crush. That got squashed when he found out you liked James" Remus whispered back

"I do not like James , I have a boyfriend"

"One who you don't like , yeah. Remind me why are you dating Junnon because to me it seems like a distraction from a certain boy with glasses" the boy stated , raising an eyebrow at the girl. A knowing look on his face.

"And if I told you it was , would you say it is a clever idea?" Persephone slowly said looking towards James' empty bed

"I would tell you that James loves everybody endlessly but people forget that they have to show love back to him sometimes. So unrequited love really doesn't go well with him." Remus started
"If you're trying to make him jealous you may aswell just stop because he will just make sure that you are 100% happy with Junnon because he would rather see you happy then try and pursue you and make you feel uncomfortable" the boy finished waiting for the girls reply

"He loves Lily , he doesn't-"

"He loves her less than he shows." Remus cut off

"What is that supposed to mean?" the girl quizzed

"I'll let you figure it out. But in the meantime a story would be brilliant" he said gesturing to the book on the bedside table

"Pride and Prejudice?"

"Perfect"

The two sat there reading the story and slowly drifting off to sleep , Persephone slept on the small chair with her head laying on the book that was placed on Remus' bed. Rather uncomfortable James thought as he entered his dorm with Sirius.

"She's taken my boyfriend. Unbelievable" the Black sighed

"Shut up , she's sleeping" James said turning to the boy sternly. He walked over quietly and gently picked the girl up placing her on his bed and tucking her in.

Sirius who watched the interaction felt somewhat pain for his bestfriend , he knew James liked Persephone and he knew she liked James back but neither will admit it to eachother. It was frustrating to say the least.

James sat beside his bed simply observing the girl whilst throwing his snitch around in the air , the same snitch that he has probably had with him since 4th year.

He hasn't told the boys : but he's imagining they've guessed that his feelings for Lily were almost non-existent. Instead he was developing quite strong ones towards the girl who was infront of him.

Whatever had happened at Persephone's birthday party in August had placed a massive wall between the two. James knew it was his fault for going back to Lily , but he felt jealous - a feeling he very rarely experiences. He just wanted to explain that to her but he doubted she would let him get that far in his explanation. The worst thing was that she never got the gift he gave her , infact it was still sat in the corner of James' bedroom in the Potter manor untouched.

James' thoughts were halted when he saw the tears falling from Persephone's eyes. "Percy" he said shaking the girl lightly as her tears came heavier "Persephone wake up" he said shaking her again

The girl jolted up and almost immediately found comfort in James' arms. James didn't question it and simply just let her rest there. He needed this hug , maybe less than she did right now but he needed it nonetheless.

"You're okay Percy. I'm here" he comforted

"That's a name I haven't heard in a while" she chuckled wiping her eyes "I like it"

"I'll use it more often" he smiled stroking her head "Are you still mad at me?"he then asked softly

"I could never be mad at you for too long James" the girl lightly giggled "You're hard to hate"