nice day for a swimm.

[James Sirius Potter]

spare me your freaking
dirty looks now don't blame me

James was feeling the pressure. It was already August and his precious swimming time was running out. It was such a pity that school had to start in the fall, but he could deal with it. He ran slowly out to the lake, and stripped down from his robes. Okay, to his socks and boxers ... So no porn on this thread. But needless to say, he really had no need for the clothes anyway, except for the fact that this was his free period, and he had to get back in Hogwarts in an hour if he wanted to stay alive. He was a seventh year after all. I mean, he was being healthy if he ditched something, right? After making a prominent display of stripping in front of the first years, who were surely terrified, he cannon balled into the water. Always the showoff, he couldn't avoid it. It was practically in his blood.

Wow, that rush of the cold water gave him a start every time he did this, which was a lot ever since he had arrived at the school. He could hardly believe that he was getting ready to leave the school he had always loved, of course, after his own home, because luckily, he had one. His father was an orphan with no place in the world until he came to Hogwarts and figured out about the whole sheeeebang thing. Killing Lord Voldemort a couple thousand times was pretty amazing. He tried to take in his surroundings. The sky was so blue ... the grass perfectly cut. He was really going to miss it here. He climbed out onto the lake's bank to dry off, after all ... school started in an hour.

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[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

To Alexandra's dismay, August was upon them and September was soon looming up on them. As much as she was excited about her seventh year popping in and saying hello, she was nervous. She no longer had her sister around all the time like she was used to. She was used to sharing a dormitory with her and Averie, partying with them endlessly, and having an older student to help her. Now, her sister would be at school, yes, but she wouldn't be nearly as close. Alex could already feel the two of them drifting and it was rather heartbreaking. Sniffle. Harmony had decided to come back to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and had also been named the Head of Gryffindor. Which excited Alexandra a lot, but really there wasn't anything that could fix not having her sister all the time.

Alexandra, as usual, was strutting her stuff in her short board shorts and her bikini top, both lined with a Gryffindor lion. Nothing but the best for a Samuels girl, and yes that was exactly how it was and had always been. Alexandra didn't expect, though, that when she put her towel down so that she could lay out, that she would see a wet Potter crawling out. Man, he was hotttt. But so was his younger brother Albus. Neither of them had many flaws, physically at least. Heck, even their younger sister Lily was gorgeous. Those Potters, with their Potter and Weasley gene running through their veins. A small smile moved to Alex's face as she looked up to him with those brown eyes of hers.

"Hey, James." He was a fellow seventh year, and more importantly a fellow Gryffindor. Alexandra was pretty sure they were the only two this year in Gryffindor (as of yet), but none-the-less she was excited.

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[James Sirius Potter]

spare me your freaking
dirty looks now don't blame me

The wind was slightly fluttering in the breeze, and James was having a major nostalgia attack. It was almost as if he had been in this exact place before. He sighed and took a look around, to see Alex Samuels. To be honest, he had had a crush on this girl for a long time, but didn't really like to show it. He liked to keep his options open when it came to the ladies. He tried to keep his eyes on her face, but as a teenage boy, they had to do at least some checking out. She was so gorgeous, it wasn't even funny. Maybe this year he'd finally get the nerve up to ask her out, but that was probably not going to happen. He was way to stubborn.

"Hey," he said softly, trying not to think about the fact that he was in boxers. He promptly jump back into the water to hide the fact. Once again, that rush made him stop breathing. Okay, not really. But he loved that feeling. He popped up and looked back at Alex. Slowly, he crept up to the bank where she was standing and tugged on her legs. Using his best pouty face, which was hard since he had like, no estrogen in his body, he said, "GET IN YOU PANSY!" He laughed, and then dove back into the water. lalaaaalaaa

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|notes, For Ms. Samuels
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[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

Alexandra giggled as James tugged on her leg, being too stubborn to get into the water yet. "Is it cold?" She asked in a whiney tone as she tried to pull away from his grasp. "James, stop it!" She giggled, laughing and then finally removing her leg from his grasp, backing up a few steps as she blushed. Alright, she honestly couldn't help it. She'd been confessing to her sister Harmony and their friend Averie that she was head over heels for James Potter since like.. the moment they stepped in for their sorting ceremony. Gahhh, it was soooo cliche. Grew up crushing on each other, yea. But that's how things work around here, right?

Alexandra's mind raced around a little bit, wondering what he was thinking, was he staring at .. well any of her? She bit her lip harshly before jumping over his head and into the water just to throw him off. When she emerged from the surface, she spluttered a bit, and pushed her hair back before swimming over to him. "Happy now?" She laughed, biting her lip again. "You look good in those boxers, by the way."

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[James Sirius Potter]

Since he couldn't bear to get that thread layout, James was totally feeling naked. But that might just have been because he was only in his boxers which he was trying to dry out. FAIL. He looked up at Alex and said slowly, "Why would it be cold? I'M IN HERE!" Ahaaa, his own hotness was a source of great humor for himself. Was that a blush he saw on the lady's cheeks? He tried to think of what could possibly cause that, but then he remembered that he was grabbing on her slender legs. Oh, yeah. That would probably be it. He moved his hands away, as if he had touched an iron. That really hurt him, on the inside. I mean, he was really enjoying touching her legs, and he couldn't deny that it made him happy to do so.

He saw her, almost ready to pounce. And then she jumped, and it looked like she was about to land right on top of him. Some what pervy thoughts entered his mind, but a quick shaking of the head made him realize that he was delusional. High off the lake water. James supposed that her landing on him wouldn't be such a great thing, on account of the fact that he wouldn't be able to drag her off of him. She was coming towards him, and a grin played across him face. "Ecstatic." He heard her next comment and then it was his turn to blush. "Well, we can't all be Beckham's now can we?" Wait, was he saying he didn't look good? He tried to start over, "I mean, you look pretty good yourself miss. A little less skin than I would prefer, but you give and you get." What a mess he was.

[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

"James..." Alexandra whined as he started talking almost nonsense, before complimenting her. She blushed again, unable to help the blood rushing to her normally pale cheeks. "A little less skin?" Alex scoffed, looking up in his eyes, winking at him. "James, I do have a smaller bottom on under these." She admitted, remembering that under her board shorts she had worn her bikini bottom. She never felt right in just the board shorts, for some reason. It was like free ballin', minus the balls. "Oh Jamesie.." She giggled, not sure whether she could take off her board shorts and lay them on the bank next to them or not. She watched him carefully, trying to keep his attention focused on her eyes as she slithered her way out of the board shorts and sat them on the bank. She adjusted her top, which she was sure he was happy to see her do, and swam just a tad bit closer to him. "Better?"

Alexandra couldn't believe she was in this situation right now, actually. This was really the first serious encounter she'd had with James. Previous to this, she had basically run away every time they got the chance to talk, placing the blame on her homework or her sister. Now, she had no excuse to get away, it was summer, her sister was at home in the Lilac District, so she couldn't really make one.

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[James Sirius Potter]

And then she started stripping. He gave a nervus chuckle and put a hand over his eyes, although he couldn't help opening his fingers a crack. She was really beautiful, and he was greatful that she was right there. "I'm sure you have some junk in the trunk. Other wise, you'd be anorexic, and I am pretty sure your not." He sawm a little closer to her. "Just kidding, I like my girls thin." OH crap, he ruined it. He had used 'my girls' when technically, Alex wasn't his girl. Just a girl that he wished was his. He still had that stubborn hand over his eyes, but carefully pulled it off. "You're decent right? I wouldn't want to have my childhood innocence ruined around you. Or maybeeee." He said, drawing the letters out. He cupped his hand and then made a huge SPLASH. It was war.

[crap, sorry]

[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

Alexandra couldn't help but laugh as he covered his eyes. When she felt like she was appropriate to be seen, she tried to pull his hand from his eyes, but was unsuccessful. "Your girls?" Alexandra wondered, having heard the comment. She cocked her left eyebrow at him curiously as she looked around. "Well, I see only one girl here, and whether she is yours or not is undetermined. It all goes with a question that I think you are too chicken to ask." Alexandra bit her lip again, laughing before he splashed her. "James Sirius Potter!" She shrieked, shoving a large bit of water at him. Yes, she did in fact know his middle name. Ahh, the effects of crushing on a boy practically your whole life. Laughing, she smiled at him. "You'll regret you did that." She said, swimming over to him swiftly.

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[James Sirius Potter]

Uh-ohhhh, she had caught him. "Uh, joking, Alex. JOKING." James was starting to shake, it was getting cooooold. Either that, or the fact that he was actually feeling really uncool. Like he was a jerk, rusty, robot. "What question are you implying?" He said, also rasing his eyebrows. Two could play this game. He really did know the question he was dying to ask, but he was really afraid of rejection. With Alex, he was afraid of everything, like her face. Okay, not really. He wasn't used to this, but hopefully he could get better at it. At least a tad better, because to be honest, he was lacking in the suave.

He felt a wave of water, and sputtered, pretending to cough up water. She was a feisty one. He splashed her again, with repeated attacks. It began to feel as if his hands were speaking morse code to the water. So he swam into the murky water, coming up behind her. He wrapped his lany arms around her, hoping he had put that deoderant potion in his underarms, and said softly, "Gotcha."

[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

Alexandra laughed a little when he tried to pull it off as a joke. "Mhm, course you were." She cocked an eyebrow again, listening when he asked which question she was speaking of. "You know, I wanted you to like.. ask me on a date, or to be your girlfriend." She teased, winking again. The wink really meant nothing, as she was completely serious. "Are you too scared to ask me, Jamesie?" Alexandra bit her lip, looking up at him, trying to keep a straight face. She laughed. Alright, she'd tried to look sexy for him, but sometimes it just didn't work. Maybe laughter was the key to his heart anyway.

As Alexandra swam towards James after some more splashing, he disappeared. Now where did he go to? She looked about in the water, not noticing him coming up behind her until he scared the bujeesus out of her, causing her to jump slightly when he grabbed her. She heard him whisper in her ear and she had to keep herself from squealing in excitement. "Oo, you've got a firm grip." She complimented.

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[James Sirius Potter]

Oh, this could be a problem. It wasn't like James didn't want to ask Alex out ... because he did. It was just that he really liked being single and flirting with other girls. He wasn't sure if Alex was the jealous type. "How about a date, because to be honest, I like to have a good selection of ladies." He laughed, but was totally sirius. Crap, he really liked her though. "Aw, screw it all. IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVERR, YOU GOTTA GET WITH MY FRIENDS." He sung the popular muggle song at the top of his lungs, while simulatneously spalshing her. "I really like you Alex," He said, shrugging his shoulders, "And I would love to have you be my girlfriend ... I just don't know."

It was almost unbearable to be so close to her. His arms were still around her, but they we're a tad loosened. He sneakily slid around to be hugging her from the front. "Is that so?" He said, chuckling. Albus had always been the winner when it came to wrestling and stuff. It felt kind of good to be strong. It could cause you to do irrational things. And that was what happened. He looked into Alex's eyes, and then leaned forward. His lips were super close to hers, and his hormones were beginning to kick in, but he forced him self to turn away. Haaa, not really. He always got what he wanted. He was hoping for a 90/10 approach, but closed the distance anways. What a lovely kisser he was. Yesss, indeed.

[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

Woah, he wasn't going to ask her? How often was it that someone like Alexandra Olivia Samuels was turned down. What the heck? Did he know who she was? Dood, Harmony Amelia Samuels' sister, sister in law to Mr. Jeraud Deveraux. Well anyway, despite it all, Alexandra was kind of shocked. "Mm, selection of the ladies eh? Look James, I'm not one to get jealous, so you hanging out with other girls is fine with me. That is as long as you don't get all kissy kissy with them." Alexandra joked, splashing him playfully again. "James, I've liked you since we were sorted together first year. Something about you just completely kept me in awe until.. well now. And I'm kind of surprised that I'm a way I'm being rejected, even though you say you like me. Come on, if you like me, act on it." Alexandra could be so gosh darn convincing. Go her!

"Well of course it's so. If it wasn't so, would I have told you?" Alexandra let a sly smile play across her pale features as he came around to hug her from the front. Ah, it was much more comfortable this way as she didn't feel so trapped, and she could see his adorable features. She bit her lip, looking down at the water. When she looked back up, he'd seemed to go 90 already, and before she could even move forward and go 10, his lips were on hers. Her stomach fluttered wildly with nervous jitters as they kissed. She felt as though everything was finally coming together in her life, since before she could only hope and wish for James. When they had pulled away from the kiss, she let her head face down, looking at the water again, their foreheads touching. "I really like you, James."

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[James Sirius Potter]

She looked pissed. James was actually disappointed in himself. He quickly apologized, "Alex, really I didn't mean it like that. If we end up together, than I won't have a need to flirt with anyone else, because I'd have you." He smiled, and then winked, hoping and praying that she would forgive him. Her revealance for the sorting made him take a step back. "Since first year?" He said, his voice going up a notch. All this time, she had liked him, but never bothered to talk to him? I guess that would explain the running away thing when he tried to talk to her. Ahhh, yes, that would explain a lot.

"I do like you." He said, attempting to get any closer. That was barely possible, as he was starting to press up on the girl. Chill it, James. Take it easy. She was a pretty good kisser herself. It seemed as if they were practically perfect for each other. "In fact, I like you a lot, actually." He cupped her face in his hands, and just looked. He had her, the prize he'd been longing since he could remember thinking girls didn't have cooties. He wrapped his arms around her and grinned, "Who needs school anyways?" The bell was blaring for class to start, but right now that was the last place he wanted to be. He'd risk detention for another moment with Alex. He really wanted her to be the one to decide what their future was together, because he would probably be undecisive anyways. "So, about ... us." He said, as slowly as he could.

[Alexandra Olivia Samuels]

"It's alright, James. Really." Alexandra confirmed, an almost saddened look on her face. A small sigh slipped from between her thin lips as she ruffled his brown hair slightly. "I like the new look, by the way." She had always remembered James with shorter hair. Of course, always messy just like his father's, but shorter. "It makes you very ... manly?" She kind of chuckled at her last word, not completely sure that was the word she wanted to use to describe it.

"Well, I don't have a class until tomorrow, so I'm doing alright." Alexandra smiled a bit at him, not wanting to come on too strongly, but her legs were starting to ache from keeping herself up in the water. He seemed more of a swimmer than she was, as he had no complaint. She wrapped her arms around his neck as his were around her torso, and wrapped her legs around his hips. "I like this, quite comfortable." Alexandra couldn't really help herself, leaning in for another short peck on the lips and listening intently. "Hm, about us? What about us James? We're technically not an us ... yet." A sly smile crossed her face and she looked into his gorgeous eyes.

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[James Sirius Potter]

He ran his hand through his hair and chuckled, "Really? I actually liked it short, but long seems to be a charmer now a days." His eyes lit up, his heart racing. "I am known to be a man now, since the gender change." Of course, there was no gender change in the works for James. He was really enjoying getting over puberty, and could never imagine giving all that up to become a girl. Uhh, ew. Not that girls were gross or anything, it was just that he really had no appetite for ... anything like that.

Her legs were suddenly around his hips and he had to make sure his breath didn't catch too much. Stupid, stupid hormones. They would be the death of him. "Yes, very comfortable, indeed." He muttered, and slowly made his way towards the shore, not to get out of the water, just so he could have some ground to stand on. He could standed there for as long as he needed too. Jesus, she was intoxicating. As she pecked his lips, he found himself wanting more. "You know, their could be an us." He said, pretending to contemplate the situation.