After being expelled from Ilvermorny for a particularly daring prank, Thalia Scamander finds herself having to readjust to life at Hogwarts. Lucky for her, she hits it off with a group called the Marauders...evidently she hit it off with some more t...
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Thalia and James walked down the Hogwarts corridors in complete silence. All that could be heard were seemingly worried breaths and sighs from James and the sound of Thalia's shoes clicking against the stone floors. It had never been so awkward between the pair of them before and, despite everything James had done, Thalia just wished that they could go back to normal. Even with the whole 'Lily' issue, they had fun. They laughed constantly and conversation between them was overwhelmingly easy. Thalia missed James but she wasn't a pushover and she most definitely was not going down without a fight. The pair of them reached the stairway to the Astronomy Tower and began to climb up it. Thalia started hating the silence between them and was just preparing herself to say something to break it when they reached the door and James pushed it open. Thalia gasped and her hand raised to her mouth. Laid out, in the most beautiful fashion, was a picnic of all of her favourite foods; floating candles and rose petals; and blankets and pillows splayed across the floor.
"I hope you like it." James said quietly, it was the most nervous that Thalia had ever seen him, "I figured that you deserved a rather large gesture." she smiled very slightly and Thalia lowered her hand, walking over to the blankets and sitting down, immediately reaching out for the chocoballs that caught her eye. James seemed to calm down slightly after seeing Thalia look to be enjoying herself and sat down beside her, summoning two goblets to pour Butterbeer into.
"I asked the house elves in the kitchen what you usually get down there," James said, concentrating on not spilling the golden liquid, "I also took a trip to Honeydukes. I almost got caught and I'm pretty sure I left a shoe behind but at least-"
"Hold on...you're pretty sure you left a shoe behind? How can you not be sure?" Thalia giggled and James looked up at her, a hopeful smile on his face,
"I was in a bit of a panic mode," he admitted, "I also ran into some rats in the tunnel to Hogsmeade and sprinted straight into the shower when I got back so whether I had one or both my shoes on may have slipped my mind."
"You fucking moron." Thalia said between laughs and James significantly perked up at the sound, handing her the goblet of Butterbeer which she took graciously.
"So...um, this picnic isn't the only reason I brought you here." he said and Thalia raised an eyebrow,
"Is that so?" she asked with a smirk,
"I actually wanted to apologise." James said quietly,
"Whatever for?" Thalia joked and the boy sighed,
"Listen, Thals. I fucked up okay? I just- I saw you with Fabian and it's like this monster in my stomach started clawing at my insides. All I wanted to do was punch the ginger out of his hair and ignore you because...I was just so painfully jealous." James looked up at her and she could see the regret in his eyes, even behind his lopsided glasses, "After some enlightening talks from my furious sister though, I realised that I really was in no place to be. I've been flirting with Lily since I was eleven years old and, you would think, when the most beautiful girl in the world joined Hogwarts and stole my heart, I'd stop. I was a moron though and I couldn't seem to let go of Evans, even though the part of my heart that she owned was taken over by you in about a month." he chuckled humourlessly and Thalia put down her Butterbeer, she was too busy drinking in every word that James' was saying to need anything else. "I owe you such an extensive apology that I didn't really know where to start. But I am sorry. I'm sorry that I turned our friends against you, I'm sorry that I didn't just accept my feelings and be mature about it but I'm mostly sorry that I haven't given you all of the attention and love that you deserve to be given." James reached forward tentatively and took Thalia's hand. She was shocked into silence but she managed to give his fingers a squeeze to let him know that she was, in fact, listening very fucking intently. "I really like you, Thalia Scamander...like really fucking like you. It scared me at first, it still does to be fair, and I will wait for as long as it takes for you to be ready to forgive and accept me." James looked deep into Thalia's eyes and she took a deep breath, blinking slowly,
"I like you too." she whispered and a huge grin broke out on James' face, "And I forgive you."
James suddenly leant forward and wrapped his arms around the girl, his head going to rest in the crook of her neck. Thalia smiled to herself as her arms went around James' neck and her cheek rested comfortably on his soft hair.
"I'm very lucky, y'know." James whispered and Thalia hummed, "If this was Sirius and Elle, he would be in the doghouse for at least another month."
"That's bollocks," Thalia scoffed and James pulled away from the hug, lying down on the blanket and softly pulling on Thalia's hand so she did the same beside him. His arm went around her shoulders and she placed her cheek on his chest, feeling his rhythmic breathing and closing her eyes happily.
"You think?" James asked, continuing their conversation as his finger softly traced patterns on her upper arm.
"Definitely," Thalia nodded as she smiled, "Elle is far too in love with that boy. She'd forgive him in an instant. Isn't that what happened with the whole Daphne and Cameron drama last year?" she asked and James' chuckled reverberated through her.
"That whole thing was so fucked up." he muttered, "But Pads is just as in love with Eloise as she is with him. He's fucking obsessed with her."
"They are very perfect for each other." Thalia said quietly and James pressed a soft kiss to her head, making butterflies erupt in her stomach,
"I'd still kill him if he hurt her." he whispered and Thalia breathed a laugh,
"And she'd kill you if you hurt me."
"I'm lucky to have got away with my life this time then." he said and Thalia bit her lip,
"Yes you fucking are."
v short but i've done sm editing of the past few chapter im fucking exhausted
