The Breakup Plan •James Potter• |editing|

❁Chapter 25❁

[A/N this chapter contains a potentially upsetting scene that involves violence and non consensual sexual advances, if you are sensitive to this particular subject or it will cause you to become uncomfortable, I suggest skipping this chapter]

Chapter 25

"Why are you two hugging on my bed?" asked James as he walked through the door, eyeing the two curiously as he closed the door behind him. his eyes softened suddenly when Nora pulled away, seeing the tears streaming down her face he rushed to her, falling in front of her, his hands resting on her legs as he stared up at her, "are you alright? What happened? Oi Moony did you hurt her?!"

James was surprised to say the least when his eyes snapped angrily to Remus, only to have them widen when he realised that tears where watering in his eyes too, which he moved to wipe furiously, a puff of air falling from his lips as he shook his head.

"Remus didn't hurt me," Nora laughed softly, her hand caressing James' cheek, "I'm alright, love, I promise."

James frowned as he stood up, taking Nora's head in his hand, he swept his thumbs over her face to wipe her tears, pressing his lips to her forehead, "tell me what's wrong, baby, please?"

Nora nodded her head, turning to smile at Remus, "it's good news, James, I promise."

"Really?"

"Amazing news," Remus piped in, clutching the photograph of his mother tightly, watching Nora's smile widen as she nodded.

"What is it?" asked James, sitting on his bed and gesturing Nora to move closer to him, and soon as she did, did he wrap his arms around her tightly, pressing a kiss to her cheeks comfortingly.

"Nora and I were in the library," Remus started, his voice croaky from the dryness that the tears had left him with, a small smile on his lips as he recited what had happened from the library until moments ago when the two teenagers realised that they were related.

When Nora realised that she had a family, a cousin that loved her, a cousin who was her best friend, and who she knew would help her. She wanted to meet Hope, her aunt, Remus' mother, she longed to meet her. She didn't even know, she didn't think to look down the platform when at kings cross and think that she would see the woman that her mother left behind.

Just like herself.

"You're cousins?!" James gasped, clasping his hand over his mouth, his eyes wide as he looked between the two. It may have been the sandy coloured hair that they both shared or their eyes that where almost exactly the same, but there was an evident relation that James hadn't noticed before.

They didn't look like siblings, but some features the two shared where slightly similar, what Remus must have gotten from his father's side, of course, was his height, because Nora was more than a foot smaller than he was.

"Oh merlin, Nora Robinson you are full of surprises," James whispered, shaking his head, a laugh of disbelief tumbling from his lips, "you need to meet Hope, you need to meet Remus' mum, she's brilliant!"

"Thanks for the input, James," Remus scoffed, running a hand through his sandy brown hair when Nora did the same, "I'm going to write to mum, I'm going to tell her everything."

"You are?!" asked Nora, wide eyed as she turned to him suddenly, "but what if she doesn't want to meet me, what if she doesn't want you around me. My parents where horrible to your dad, Remus!"

"You are not your parents, Nora, you are nothing like what you say they are, you are my best friend, and bloody hell, now you're my cousin, she's going to love you!" Remus exclaimed, "I promise."