OH BABY {James Potter}

FIGHTS

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: FIGHTS

NOVEMBER 1977

Florence quickly turned her head around to confirm who was calling out her name. Once she had turned around and found James staggering toward her she quickly turned the corner to find her way back to her dorm. She wanted nothing to do with James at the moment. He had voiced his thoughts loud and clear earlier.

"Florence"

"Florence"

"Florence" James called out for a third time.

Florence finally turned around not wanting him to make a scene.

"Hush James" Florence hissed not wanting to get caught out of bed this late. She reached out and grabbed his hand pulling him alongside her back to her dorm.

James silently let the girl drag him, happy that he had found her.

The pair finally found themselves outside the Slytherin common room.

"Pureblood," Florence said the password to let themselves into the common room.

James gasped audibly. Florence turned around to see what he was doing. She took in all of his features from his widened eyes and agape mouth.

'What" Florence exclaimed still pissed at the boy and the situation they were in.

"You just said the SLYTHERIN password in front of me" the boy exclaimed trying to hide the fact the way pureblood slipped out of her mouth made him feel a certain way.

Florence ignored the boy as she dropped his hand and stepped into the common room. The water surrounding the windows made her feel at ease.

She continued through the common room and up the stairs to her room not saying a word to the boy behind her. They eventually reached the her bedroom door. She quietly opened it in case Amara had returned to the dorm. She peered into the darkly lit room. There was no one else there.

Florence headed straight to her bed. She got in and turned away to face the wall.

James sat on the end of her bed and cleared his throat.

"Flo, please talk to me" he asked the girl lying in the bed.

Florence squeezed her eyes shut trying to stop any tears from falling down her face.

"Florence please" he begged, trying to clear his tipsy mind.

Florence cleared her throat. "Go away James, you don't have to put your whole life on pause for me" she said trying to stop her voice from shaking.

"I'm sorry" James apologized. " I was in the heat of the moment when I said that. I'm really really sorry Flo. Truth is I'm fucking scared" he admitted to the girl.

Florence nodded her head and rolled over. "Me too" she croaked out, finally opening her eyes to take in the disheveled sight of James. His eyes were bloodshot as if he had been crying and his glasses ascrew upon his nose.

Florence patted the bed beside her signaling to James to come over. He got up and slid under the cover beside her. He gently put her arm around her pulling her towards him before turning onto his back. Florence put her head to his chest and focused on quick beats of James' heart.

"Can we talk about what happened today?" James asked eager to know what upset the girl.

Florence shook her head. "No it was nothing, don't worry about it".

"You seemed really upset and you missed Sirius's birthday because of it" James digged.

Florence sighed. From what she knew about James is that he didn't give up.