enchanted | james potter

gold dust woman

" But did she make you cry? Make you break down? Shatter your illusions of love? "

Keira sat with Josie and Henry at the Ravenclaw table at breakfast, people had started to slowly filter out of the Great Hall to start making their way to their first lesson. Though, Keira had just gotten there, deciding to stay an extra 20 minutes in bed despite Josie's nagging for her to get up.

"Good morning, sunshine." Josie sang, receiving a grunt and a shaking head from Keira.

"Shhh." She held up a finger to her mouth as she slumped into her chair.

"Fun night?" Henry asked.

"I should know, she came into our dorm at 2 in the morning an absolute mess." Josie interjected before Keira could respond.

Thomas then slumped onto the bench next to Keira, int he same state as her; messy hair, uniform scruffy, and his head resting on his hand.

"Hello." He grumbled, reaching for a plain slice of toast.

It had been a month since the party Keira and Marlene went to. Her and Tom had become very close during that time and hung out a lot, there was a similarity between the two of needing to relax and let off steam a lot. They found that relaxation in drinking and other things, it wasn't good for them, they knew that, but it kept them sane from all the shit they'd been dealing with.

"We have Slughorn first today." Keira mumbled to the table as she picked at the eggs on her plate with her fork. She hated eggs, but it was the nearest food to her so she grabbed them. Josie noticed and put some sausages on Keira's plate, she smiled gratefully at her.

"I can't deal with his jollyness today." Thomas complained into his toast.

"Well, you two have fun with that, we're off since we got up at the normal time and aren't hungover," Josie teased the two opposite her, Keira giving her a sarcastic smile.

"See you later guys." Henry waved, Thomas waving a limp hand back.

"I hate seeing happiness." Keira complained as she laid her head on Tom's shoulder, jealous of Josie and Henry who happily walked out of the Great Hall hand in hand.

Tom simply grumbled in agreement as he ate his toast.

James watched from the Gryffindor table as Keira laid her head on Thomas' shoulder. He was mad, how could she move on so quickly? Is she trying to get back at me?

"Wow." Sirius said, watching the Ravenclaws as well.

"Whatever. I don't care." James said, getting up from his seat as the rest of the group did.

"You sure, mate?" Sirius walked beside him.

"She can do what she wants. It's been months, she can date whoever she wants and I'll date who I want." James said firmly, he didn't want to speak on the matter anymore.

Keira and Marlene had moved seats in Potions, instead of sitting with Sirius and James, they sat on a different table of four with Thomas and Milo. There was clearly some feelings going on between Marlene and Milo and every lesson Keira and Thomas found it incredibly funny to watch their awkward interactions.

Keira sitting with Thomas only fuelled James' suspicions that they were dating, he watched as they laughed together and knocked shoulders. It made he sad, jealous, and angry that he hadn't fully moved on from her yet and there she was, with him acting happy and like life had never been better.

. . .

Just a couple days later it was Friday, the last day of term and on Sunday everyone would be going home for the Christmas holidays.

Keira sat with Josie, Lily, Marlene, and Mary at the Gryffindor table. A couple seats down sat James with his 3 friends. Keira tried with all her might to not look over at him, not even for a second.

It had been a long term, especially the last couple weeks with homework, revision, and extra work from her teachers, and Keira was starting to feel it. Through the parties she went to with Tom, she met other people, people who had remedies to her exhaustion.

At dinner, Keira snuck her hand into her robe pocket, pulling out a small plastic bag, under the table she took one pill out and when her friends were deep in conversation, she swallowed it with her drink.

Soon, the four left the Great Hall to get changed and to the annual Christmas party held in the Room of Requirement.

Keira joined the crowd and just like before, took anything anyone gave to her. The drugs started to mix with the alcohol and soon she found herself completely gone and she sure wasn't going to be coming back anytime soon. She danced, drank, sang, cried a little, and so much more. She felt she was the only one int he room while also feeling claustrophobic from everyone around her.

James saw her dancing and the way she was acting, he knew it wasn't just the drinks, he's seen her drunk a bunch and she'd never acted that way before. He considered going over there and getting her out of here and to bed, but then he remembered they weren't like that anymore and he was too drunk to take care of himself, let alone someone else.

During that night Keira and Sirius talked to each other for the first time in a while, they shared a joint int he corner and intoxicatedly caught up with each other, hugging and saying that they'd missed each other.

"Aren't you dating that Thomas Smith?" Sirius asked.

Keira looked at him with a horrified expression, "Merlin, no!"

"What, really?" Sirius' grin dropped.

"Yes! I can't believe you thought that." Keira laughed.

While Keira told Sirius about her friendship with Thomas and his little thing with Arabella in Slytherin, James was at the other side of the room making out with Lily Evans.

(A/N; look at me updating two days in a row)