The Art Of Falling/ JAMES POTTER

21

Callianna was feeling nauseous. She couldn't quite process the morning's events. Every time she tried thinking about everything that happened, she felt herself almost throwing up.

This was a long dream of the young girl's. And since it finally became real, she had a hard time accepting that it was indeed the reality.

"How many more times will you smile to yourself and almost throw up before you tell me why?" a voice came from the side, startling Cally. "Merlin, you made me jump Cal. A little warning next time?"

"Cally, I'm literally sitting right next to you and called your name multiple times during the lecture. So now you either tell me what's going on or I'll find a veritaserum somewhere and find out the truth my way." he threatened jokingly.

"I-" Cally closed her mouth suddenly, feeling nauseous again trying to tell her friend about everything. "Hey, take a deep breath. You got this." Callum encouraged his friend.

Noticing the girl still not being able to talk, he thought of something else "How about you write it?". Then handed her a piece of parchment.

Cally fought the feelings in her stomach and wrote on the paper. When she finally slid it in front of Callum, boy almost jumped out his seat, making everyone in the class look at him.

"Is everything alright, mr. Tonks?" Professor Mcgonagall asked. "Yes madam. I just thought I saw a spider." he quickly answered before looking at the paper in front of him again.

'James confessed his love this morning' was written on the parchment. Callum gave Callianna a look meaning they would talk about it later before giving his focus back to the lesson.

"Tell me everything. Now." Callum ordered as soon as they found themselves a spot on the courtyard. "Where's Lily?" Callianna asked innocently.

"Don't try to change the topic." the boy warned the girl. "No seriously, I thought you would be sitting with her at the class but you didn't." she continued.

Cally's questions made the boy sigh in defeat "We just had a little... disagreement is all. Don't worry too much about it. Now will you please tell me what happened with Potter?" he begged.

"Alright alright. Remember the letter that you sent and got lost in mail? Well it appears it finally arrived and somehow ended up at James' hands." Cally explained briefly. "Yeah Lily already told me about it?" Callum was still clueless. But then he saw the look on Cally's face and it finally clicked "OH!" he finally realized the contents of the letter.

"But doesn't that make it a love confession from you? I thought you said he confessed his love?" he asked. "That's the thing. I was just in the greenhouse to take my mind off of yesterday's events when James suddenly bursted in, looking like a lost deer." she smiled to herself as she described.

    "Slow down. What do you mean by yesterday's events?" Callum asked with a questioning face. Cally blushed furiously as she played everything about last night in her mind once again.

    "I may or may not have kissed James Potter on somewhere close to his lips." she confessed as she covered her face with her hands in embarrassment. Callum was growing more shocked by every word that came out of the girl's mouth.

     "And he also confessed his feelings this morning and we shared a proper kiss." she blurted out before giving any chance for her friend to speak.

     "MERLIN!" the boy exclaimed as his hair turned into an orangish yellow. This was enough to understand how shocked he was- plus the yelling of course.

     "Shh. You're going to make everyone look at us." Cally quickly covered his mouth. "This is huge news Cal! Isn't that what you've been wanting all along?" Callum asked.

     "I don't know, I mean yeah of course I've wanted it but it was more of an impossible dream for me. And I don't know what to do now that it became real." she started getting anxious again.

    "You're going to start dating him of course, what else?" the boy answered like it was no big deal. "But I don't want to rush things up. What if he gets annoyed by me or something now that our relationship is more romantic than friendly?"

    "Stop worrying too much. He's known you your entire life. I'm sure he loves the person you are entirely. But for your further reassurance, why don't you talk about your feelings and also hear about his?" Callum suggested genuinely.

     His words made Cally calm down a lot. It was good advice. She smiled at the boy before hugging him "Thanks a lot Cal! What would I do without you?" Callum returned the hug with a rare smile on his face.

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This is a short chapter I know but I didn't want to keep you guys waiting any longer. I'm a med student so it's very hard for me to update regularly with all the less attention the book is getting. So I would be really really happy if you guys just voted and commented your ideas at all to motivate me💕💕