Pretty Little Bumble Bea /James Potter/ ❁book 1❁

❁Chapter 32❁

Chapter 32

"Happy birthday, Bea!" her friends shouted as she descended the stairs from the Gryffindor boy's dormitory. The boys insisted that she sleep in their dorm the night before just so that she could get her presents in the morning with everyone there, and even though it was early in the morning when she reached the common room, the smile was already on her face.

"So, I know James has something planned for you, Bea, but I'm with you for the day and no one can take you away from me until four!" Violet grinned excitedly, pulling Bea along until they reached the floor where their friends where.

"Four?"

"Yes, four! I need to help you get ready for tonight!" Violet exclaimed as though it was obvious, guiding her to sit on the floor whilst she took the seat next to Bertie, "but for now...presents!"

"Yay!" Bea laughed softly, still tired and still occasionally yawning. She leaned on James beside her who was on duty to hand her each present that she had gotten.

"First one is from mum...and dad," Remus spoke from the other side of her, and seeing as the present was nearer to him, he handed it to her.

She let out a sigh, knowing that the present wasn't really from her parents and just her mother, and ripped open the paper it came in. She allowed a smile onto her lips, a small one, at the sight of the bracelet. It was a gold colour, shining in the dim light of the common room and jewelled with small diamonds. It really was lovely, and to go with it was a letter from her mother to let Bea know how proud she was of her.

She just wished both parents felt the same.

"Here, let me help you," James smiled, reaching for the bracelet and her hand and slowly clasping the bracelet around her wrist, "lovely."

She grinned at him, looking around for the next present which Remus handed her once again. It was his present for her, and as she unwrapped it, she was more than happy to find jelly slugs resting on the top. She couldn't stop herself from pulling one out of the bag and biting its head off, almost squealing when she saw what else he got her.

"I can plant these over summer!" she exclaimed wide-eyed as she looked at the exotic seeds Remus had gotten for her. She moved the seeds to the side, almost gasping at the last present he had gotten her.

It was two charms for the bracelet her mum had bought her, a wolf was one of them - not a werewolf, but a wolf, as well as a small daisy and they, were beautiful. She clipped them both onto the bracelet, throwing her arms around Remus whilst whispering, "thank you!" into his ear multiple times.

"My turn!" Vi grinned, moving to kneel in front of her and handing her the square present that Bea took from her grip. She scanned the front of it, soon ripping open the paper to see a photobook resting in her hands, "it's all the pictures we took on my dad's camera...I know how much you loved those pictures you always used to ask about them so I made this for you."

"Oh, Vi," Bea whispered. She was trying her best not to get emotional but it wasn't working out in her favour, she threw her arms around Vi tightly, a laugh escaping her lips, "I love it so much, Vi, it's perfect! It's amazing! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"No problem, Bea!" Vi laughed softly.

It was silent for a second, and Bea managed to catch Sirius' eye who looked rather upset, guilty even and it didn't take her long to realise why "Sirius-"

"No, I just - I'm going to get you something, obviously, it's just I uh, I don't really have any money right-"

"Sirius, your friendship is the best gift you could possibly give me," Bea smiled softly, reaching for his hand and pulling him into a tight hug, "I love you so much and you don't have to get me a present for me to love you any more than I do!"