take my heart, tear it apart
When Cordelia woke the next morning it was complete chaos, although James was still right next to her, arm slung around her waist, breath even and warm on her neck. He was seemingly still asleep despite his roommates being as loud as they possibly can be; how did any of them get anything done?
"MOONY! Where's my Bowie shirt? Did you steal it again??" Sirius yelled while rifling through his clothes.
"No Pads, I didn't steal your Bowie shirt and if I did, I'd be wearing it wouldn't I?" Remus yelled back.
"Did Prongs take it?" Peter asked trying to deflate the situation.
"PRONGS get your ass up and help me!" yelled Sirius.
"Has he ever slept this late?" Remus asked walking over to James's bed.
"No, so wake his ass the fuck up!" Sirius responded.
Remus pulled back the curtain to James's bed and told Sirius "I found your Bowie shirt."
"So he did steal it! That piece of shit!"
"No, he didn't."
"The fuck do you mean?" Sirius asked as he walked over to the bed, standing next to Remus. "Oh, that's what you mean."
Cordelia was in fact wearing Sirius's David Bowie shirt.
"What are you doing here?" Sirius asked unimpressed.
"Sleeping." She answered.
"You stole my Bowie shirt."
"Blame James he told me to."
"Did not." James said, not moving from where he was even though he was awake.
"I distinctly remember you saying 'Steal Sirius's clothes and come sleep with me.'"
"Prongs? My baby sister?" Sirius asked fake-tearing up.
"I did not say that!"
"James go get dressed so we can go to breakfast." Remus told him.
Shortly after Peter, Remus and James left the room but noticing that Cordelia wasn't moving Sirius stayed with her.
"I didn't actually sleep with James you know." She told him as he sat down next to her.
"I know."
"What did you do to Dylan last night?"
"Lets just say he's not leaving the hospital wing anytime soon."
"How many months do you have detention?"
"Three days actually."
"How? No teacher would only assign three days."
"Except for Minnie herself."
"Alright, I can see that."
"Why'd you do it?"
"Do what?"
"Go along with Dylan."
"I know that James doesn't like me back so why not right? If I couldn't have him why not have someone else?"
"You like James?"
"Yeah, I do."
"He likes you too."
"Sirius, I mean romantically, he doesn't like me romantically."
"Yes he does"
"He can't."
"Why can't he?"
"Because you're my brother and you'd kill him if he did."
"I did consider it, but if you're both happy who am I to stand in the way of it?"
"So he likes me back?"
"Yes, he does, but you should talk with him about this."
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“James! Can I talk to you?” Cordelia asks as she runs towards him.
Classes ended a few minutes ago and she wanted to get this conversation over with.
With his signature grin James turns around and says “of course, where to?”
She starts walking to an old abandoned classroom expecting him to follow. He does. She jumps onto a desk before looking at her hands and picking at the cuticles.
“Look I owe it to you to be honest, I don’t view you as a friend”
James looks a bit hurt at this confession.
“I have a crush on you and I’ve liked you for a long time if you don’t view me that way too, just say so and I’ll never mention it again”
“I’ll be honest with you too” James replied.
Cordelia looked up into his gorgeous brown eyes wondering how she ever could have thought Dylan looked anything like the masterpiece in front of her.
“I’ve had a crush on you since the moment you scowled at me the day we first met. And I’d really like to kiss you now if that’s okay?”
“Really?”
“Yes… may I kiss you?”
She nodded and twined her fingers through his beautiful curls as their lips connected. The kiss was soft and sweet like honey. James rested his hand near her knee and she was shocked at how soft his touch was unused to being treated so gentle.
“I won’t break you know, you don’t have to be so gentle” Cordelia told him.
“I know I don’t have to be.” She rested her forehead on his and asked him
“Does this mean you’ll be my boyfriend?”
“Only if you’ll be mine.” He responded.
She felt a bit of warmness in her heart from that and kissed James once more.