Finally, Friday arrives and our long waited girls night is here. We all have been so excited about it. There's just one thing. You see, Aurora isn't a Gryffindor like us. That means she isn't allowed in our dorms.
So we came up with a genius plan on how to sneak her in. Well, I don't know how genius it is actually.
I would have to sneak into the boys dormitory and steal James's invisibility cloak to get Aurora in. It would be easier to just ask James, he'll lend it to me probably, but no. I'm not talking to him.
So here I am, ear pressed against the boys dormitory door. Making sure that there is no one inside.
I hear complete silence and carefully open the door. The door creaks loudly and I slightly cringe at the sound. I step into the room and slowly close the door behind me.
I take a look around the room. The room of course is messy, as always. There are clothes all over the floor and beds, sweets are scattered on the table and some even on the floor, the beds are unmade and messy - the average marauders dormitory.
My face crunches up in slight disgust at the sight. But their messy room is not what I am here for. I quickly make my way over to James's bed.
I drop on to my knees and pull out his trunk from under the bed. He always has his cloak in there. I open the trunk and to my surprise there is no cloak. I furrow my eyebrows as I start looking through his stuff. But there are only his clothes and some quidditch stuff.
I huff and close the trunk and slide it back under the bed. I get up and start lifting his covers - maybe it's on his bed? I try to do it as quickly as possible because I don't want to be caught by them. That would be pretty embarrassing.
I lift James's pillow and find something else there. Under the pillow is a picture. But not just a picture. It's a picture of me.
I place down the pillow that's still in my hands and sit down at the edge of the bed. I carefully pick up the picture that's lying on the sheets. It's a small picture of me smiling. A picture that my aunt took of me this summer in Italy.
How did James get a picture of me, taken by my aunt, who lives in Italy, and isn't a witch? Did my mum send it or something? Actually, I wouldn't be surprised.
"You don't get what I mean, Padfoot." My head snaps towards the dormitory door where the muffled voice came from.
"Prongs, trust me, I do." There is another voice.
My eyes widen and I quickly jump off the bed. I put the picture back down and place the pillow on it. My eyes scan the room trying to find either the cloak or a place to hide.
"No, no you don't." The voice is closer now.
My heart is racing and I'm starting to panic. I really don't want to get caught like this.
I look over to a chair that is not so far from James's bed and guess what. The cloak was just laying there.
"How could you even miss that?" I ask myself frustrated.
I run over to the chair and pick up the cloak. I quickly wrap it up around myself just in time.
The door opens and in walk the four boys. The first is James, who is annoyed and goes straight to his bed. Second is Sirius, he is trying to talk to James. Third is Peter, who looks tired. And fourth is Remus, who just looks unbothered.
"James, I understand that you're upset-" Sirius tries to talk to James again.
"But you don't understand how I feel!" James snaps and turns towards Sirius.
Everyone in the room is taken aback, including me and James himself.
James sighs and runs his hand through his hair. He sits down on to his bed. "Look, I know that you guys just want to help, and I appreciate that. But I fucked up. I hurt her and made her upset. She doesn't want to talk to me, and that is understandable."
I stand there, watching how he sits on his bed, with a frustrated look on his face.
"She liked me and I broke her heart. I am a fucking moron. And I didn't even realize that I was in love with her." He slightly laughs at the last part.
My lips slightly part and I feel my heart skip a beat. Suddenly my legs feel weak, my hands are shaking and my stomach is doing all sort of flips. Is this all real, or is this just a dream?
"I'm glad you finally realized that you are in love with her." Remus smiles softly at James.
James looks down, his cheeks a bit red. "I guess I was so blind and used to having her by my side all the time, that I didn't even realize, I had fallen for her." He falls onto his back - arms and legs spread out on the bed. "I am so utterly in love with Y/N L/N!" He giggles and brings his hands to his face.
Everyone in the room starts laughing.
"Mate, you're head over heels for her, look at you!" Sirius falls onto his own bed, laughing at James.
I feel like I'm frozen in place, not able to move. Everything feels so surreal right now. Is this really how he feels?
"Took him long enough to realize, but at least he did." Peter grins.
I shake my head. I really need to get out of here right now. But how will I do that?
"I think I'm so in love that I'm imagining her perfume. I can smell it all around here." James mutters with a stupid love-sick grin on his face.
Shit
Sirius sniffs the air. "Wait, I think it's not only your imagination. I can smell it too." He looks around the room confused.
Okay, now is definitely the time to go.
I carefully get my wand from my robe pocket, point it towards the bathroom and mutter a spell.
There is some rumbling and weird noises coming from the bathroom.
"What was that?" Remus looks at the others.
They all get up and hurry towards the bathroom.
This is my chance. I quickly run to the door and leave through it. I let out a breath of relief.
"Never again, I'm agreeing to something like this." I mutter to myself
-
Me, Marlene, Lily, Mary, and Aurora are sitting in a circle on the floor playing truth or dare. Although, I wasn't really focused on the game. My mind was focused on one person and one person only - James.
"Hello, Y/N?" I snap back from my thoughts and see Mary waving her and in front of my face.
"Sorry, I zoned out." I smile at them apologetically.
"It's fine, but it's your turn to ask Lily." Mary points towards Lily.
"Truth or dare, Lily?" I ask her.
She pauses for a moment. "Truth."
I think for a moment, what should I ask her? My head is empty right now. "Uh, do you like someone?" Basic and typical question.
"Uh-" Lily blushes slightly. "I don't think so..."
I smirk at her reaction, "You sure?"
"You're kidding me, right? From that reaction alone you can tell that you do like someone." Marlene grins.
"Is it the Ravenclaw boy you study with?" Aurora joins in.
Lily looks away from the group and clears her throat "No, no way."
"I knew it! I knew you would start liking Jasper!" I laugh at her.
Lily turns red and hides her face. "It's just a silly crush, it will go away soon."
"Yeahhh, sureee." Aurora laughs.
"Whatever." Lily rolls her eyes with a smile on her lips. She takes the bottle and spins it.
The bottle spins around a few times until it stops on me.
"Y/N, truth or dare?" Lily asks me.
The safer option is definitely truth. "Truth." I answer.
"Boring." Mary complains. I glare at her.
"Tell us, what you were thinking about earlier. You've been in your thoughts the entire night." Lily questions.
"Oh, I wasn't thinking of anything. I'm just stressed over our homework and stuff, you know." I lie. Maybe it worked.
"Your lying is awful." Mary says bluntly.
Well, never mind.
"You picked truth, now tell the truth." Lily encourages.
"Exactly." Aurora agrees with her.
"Fine, I was thinking about James." I sigh.
"Not Potter, right?" Marlene warns.
I give her a sheepish grin.
They all groan.
"But I have a reason!" I quickly defend myself.
"Y/N, he's a twat who doesn't deserve you." Lily points out.
"And what he did is unacceptable." Adds Mary.
"Yes, but-" I try to defend James but no one listens.
"You need to forget about him. Let him suffer and feel guilty." Marlene states.
Everyone agrees with her.
I sigh. "Yeah, whatever." I mumble. I guess I'll figure this out by myself.
Also I had a very interesting dream that I will use for Y/N's and James's sixth yearð
Just realized after typing this that its sounds something completely different and dirty minded.
ITS NOT, OKAY??!
It will add very much to the plot.
Anyways, I hope y'all are doing well!
Love you all!<33
Edited 7/20/2022