"You're just a stranger, I know everything about"
- Olivia Rodrigo.
IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE ATHENA BLACK was murdered by death eaters. Or at least that's what the Wizarding world thinks.
In fact she had no idea that wizards and magic even exist...
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NO MATTER HOW HARD JAMES TRIED HE COULDN'T get Athena Black off his mind. It wasn't like he wanted to think about her, but unfortunately they shared most classes together so he didn't really have much of a choice.
His brain just subconsciously thought about her.
Ever since their conversation by the shrieking shack he saw her in a more different light, a more humane one. She wasn't some evil pureblood fanatic that he originally painted her out to be but she was just a normal person who suffered silently in fear of rejection from her friends and parents.
He was lucky he had people around him that cared for him and his wellbeing, that's they'll always be there for him no matter what. But the more he thought about her , he realised she didn't really have many people, no one to support her during her attacks.
"Potter can you stop staring into oblivion and work on the potion!" Athena said snapping James out of his stare
"Sorry but no can do" James shrugged. "Gotta reserve all this energy for the quidditch today and for the Halloween party in the common room"
"I don't really care for your petty house games, now start chopping!" She slammed the knife on the cutting board
"You could have chopped my hands off!" James gasped
"Don't underestimate my aim Potter, if I wanted to chop them off believe me I wouldn't have missed!" She smirked as she started to stir the boiling potion.
"I need to ask you something!" James said ignoring the ingredients he needed to chop
"I'm working on a potion Potter"
"Are you okay from the hogsmede trip?" He asked her , making sure to lower his voice.
"Can we forget that happened Potter, you saw me at a bad time alright" she sighed
"Black I can't forget about that" James said without realising how close they were standing next to eachother.
"Well I'm asking you to" she mumbled under her breath
"Ath– Black I cant forget okay, even if it was bad timing like you said, you need someone to be there for you " james explained hoping she would comply.
He was so determined for her to open up to him, he knew what it was like to feel alone and inside your own head. He couldn't let someone else go through that even if it was Athena Black.
"I have Regulus, he knows about it alright and he will be there for me!" She said
"Did you take a Calming potion today?"
"Yes Potter I did, I always take them" she sighed.
"I think you should go see Madam Pomfrey about this, she will be able to give you a supply of them so you don't have to make them yourself!"
