Bloom Again /James Potter/ ❁book 2❁

❁Chapter 26❁

Chapter 26

Her Christmas was the best one she ever had, it was absolutely perfect for her and she was happy with her presents but the best present she got was spending it with her friends. Beau had gotten her a new set of dungarees, James had gotten her paint supplies that seemed to be the best make and whilst she absolutely loved them...and the many vibrant colours that she couldn't wait to use - it must have costed him so much.

"Paint me," he whispered in her ear as she stared down at the paints. His lips brushed against her earlobe and she could feel the shiver down her spine, and she leaned into him...leaned into the pleasure, "paint us."

"Paint us...doing what?" she asked, eyebrow raised, and she turned to see a smirk on his lips.

"Well what do you want us to be doing?" he asked, his hand running over her stomach, "because I can certainly give you some ideas if you're short."

She rolled her eyes, "your mind needs to be washed, and so does that mouth."

She gasped when he pulled her in tighter, kissing her neck and whispering, "your mind seems to be just as bad as mine if you thought it too."

"Piss off," she huffed, glaring at him and stopping when he grinned, but he wasn't teasing, and she raised a brow - wondering why he looked so happy after her words.

But he had lifted her chin and captured her lips on his own and whispered, "we're bickering again."

"You seem awfully happy about that," she had whispered, allowing her head to fall into his forehead whilst the butterflies erupted in the pit of her stomach.

"I am more than happy about that."

Her Christmas day ended on the astronomy tower with her boys. It was just her, and the boys...and Peter was chatting about a girl he was talking to, and how she wanted to talk to him - she really wanted to talk to him, and Merlin he wanted to talk to her so he did, and he chatted so much he was sure his lips had gone numb but she giggled, Bea did you hear me?! he had said, she giggled!

And she was curled into Remus' side, her legs sprawled over James whilst Remus' head lay on Sirius' shoulder and as the stars sparkled above them, they were all content listening to Peter, nodding along to him and laughing and smiling.

"Did you ask her out?" asked Sirius, running his fingertips over Remus' cheek and in his hair whilst the boy smiled lazily.

"Did I - what, no!" Peter exclaimed, "of course not...I had just met her."

"What was her name, Pete?" Bea asked, leaning over and lacing her fingers with James who had brought up a very funny prank idea, though she was involved with it and she wasn't sure trouble was something she should be getting into.

"Isla," he sighed softly, dreamily almost - as though he had been drinking a love potion, but Bea knew better than to think that, she had even asked him as he rambled on about this girl, and the length of her hair and how pretty the freckles on her face was.

"Why does that name sound fam- oh Merlin!" Bea gasped, soon piecing bits together at the description he had given her, "I know her! She defended me against those girls!"

"What girls?" asked Remus and her eyes widened, suddenly looking to James for help. She had decided not to tell her boys what had happened that day that seemed like forever ago, thinking it would cause them unnecessary anger.

"Just these girls being idiots," James said, "but Isla was nice, wasn't she Bea?"

"She was," Bea nodded, "you seem to really like her, Pete."