𝑩𝑨𝑫 𝑰𝑫𝑬𝑨|| 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

"you pushed me up against my wall,"

It was now the 1st of September and school was starting again. As per usual there was a sorting ceremony which Ophelia barely made through without falling asleep. The entire time she watched with her hand supporting her head. Occasionally, her eyes would glance over at the red table where she would make eye contact with James but she instantly looked away.

After the ceremony, Ophelia hurried out the Great Hall and went back to her dorm. She headed straight to bed which was a bit difficult considering it was the first day and everyone was excited to see each other again.

But also she was full of excitement because the last Ravenclaw Quidditch captain had left and she was now the captain of the team. She was determined to win the Quidditch house cup that year so she would need to train her team even more then the other houses.

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James was sat at the end of his bed the next day before class started, flicking through a Quidditch magazine whilst Peter watered his plants. He hummed as he lifted up the small yellow watering can above the potted plants.

"Can you not him Pete?" James asked as he looked up. "We get it James. You're depressed that you and your girlfriend broke up but don't take it out on others." Remus said as Peter stuck his tongue out at the boy and watered his plants again. "She's wasn't my girlfriend." James replied.

"Then you two are fucking good actors." Sirius said as he popped his head out from the wardrobe doors at the messy haired boy. This made him roll his eyes and huff.

~☕︎︎~

James needed to drop off a new container of broom polish at the broom closet down at the Quidditch pitch so the other boys left him and headed to their first class. Alone, the Gryffindor made his eyes to his class.

That was when he noticed Ophelia standing with Evan Rosier. He watched with wide eyes of shock when she allowed him to kiss her forehead and walked away before he approached her with quick steps.

"What was that?" He asked. "What?" She replied with furrowed eyebrows. "Since when were you two a thing?" James asked in reply. "He asked me out this morning." Ophelia said.

"What? He's a dickhead!" James exclaimed as he glanced at the boy who was turning the corner. "Well, that seems to be my type." She replied before walking away leaving the stunned boy alone in the corridor.

~☕︎︎~

"She's dating him!" James exclaimed to Remus later the day back in his dormitory. "Why do you care so much?" Remus asked, not glancing up from the book in his hands. "I'm just concerned. He's an asshole!" He exclaimed which made him nod in agreement. "But she also thinks your an asshole after that comment you made." Remus replied which made him sigh and nod.

"I'm gonna go cheer myself up by putting itching powder in Snivellus' bed." The messy haired boy announced before leaving the chestnut haired boy who began to whistle.

~☕︎︎~

The boy made his way to the Slytherins common room. Thanks to the Marauders' Map, he knew all the passage ways in the castle including one into the Slytherin common room with the entry being hidden behind a tapestry.

But there was a flaw in his plan and sitting in the main part of the common room was the Gang of Slytherins including Regulus, Evan and Severus. James stayed hidden behind the tapestry which was hung up on the wall but pulled a bit away so he could look at the Slytherins.

"Mudbloods are so stupid. I can't believe she said yes to you." Snape said with a nasally laugh which made Evan chuckle. "Yeah, Potter must of done something to break her." James sighed loudly and looked down at the floor for a split second.

"But what if she falls in love with you?" Regulus asks the slightly older boy. "Then that will be even more embarrassing her. She's gonna regret showing her face around here." Evan said with an evil smile.

James let go of the tapestry and backed down the passage way, hurrying to the Ravenclaw to warn Ophelia that Evan had something malicious planned.

~☕︎︎~

Ophelia was lying on her back above her covers with her hands resting on her stomach. Her autumn brown eyes were connecting the stars painted on the top of her four poster bed.

She then let out a loud sigh as her eyes gently closed before rolling onto her side to attempt to fall asleep however, she couldn't.

Instead she tossed and turned around until she sat out a huff of frustration. Then she decided a cup of tea would help her fall asleep so she got up and left her common room.

Because she was rubbing her eyes, she didn't see the Gryffindor boy and jumped into him which knocked her over. "Sorry." James apologised as he held out his hand to help the girl up but she scoffed before getting up herself. "I think Rosier has something planned to seriously embarrass you." James explained, speaking quickly but she rolled her eyes.

"I don't really care Potter." She replied with a slight spit. "What do you mean you don't care?" James asked with furrowed eyebrows and wide eyes. "Why do you care so much?" She asked in reply, avoiding his questions.

"Because I'm still a decent human being." James replied which made her ironically laugh. "Yes, because a decent person would make fun of an orphan." She spat back before walking away but he grabbed her hand. "Wait-" But she didn't wait and yanked her hand away before walking away, her eyes going glassy and tears sprung to them however none fell.