“You know what I’ve just realised mate.” Sirius said while haphazardly shoving his clothes into his case.
“What?” James said, preparing himself for whatever bullshit was about to come out of Sirius’s mouth.
“We’re going to a beach.” Sirius smirked.
“And?”
“Kate’s going to ditch the bows in the hair and the put together blouses and will be in a bikiniiii.” He teased and pushed James’s shoulder.
“Shut up.” James gritted his teeth and piled in more things in his case.
Sirius started to laugh at James’s flushed face and left while saying “hurry up, we’ve got to be their in a couple minutes.”
“Jamie, Siri, you have a good time ok.” Euphemia, James’s mother said as the two prepared to leave. “You can come home whenever you like.”
“We know Mum.” James said and gave her a quick hug.
“Are you sure you don’t want to take some food?” Euphemia worried, rubbing her hands together.
“We’re sure, we have people bringing food.” Sirius confirmed and also gave Euphemia a hug before making his way out the door with his bags.
“James.” His dads voice rang out just as he put his hand on the doorknob. “Come here, you forgot something.”
“So, you’re getting older.” His dad started and James scrunched his eyebrows at his dad.
“And you’re going away to a beach for the week.”
“So?” James said confused.
“And I want you to be safe.”
His dad then handed him a box of condoms.
“Why do I need these?” James asked even more puzzled than before.
“Well, you have a crush on that Kate and a beach is a very romantic place.” His dad explained.
“Just ask your mother.”
“Ew.Ew.Ew. I’m leaving.” James said quickly and pretty much slammed the front door but not before saying. “I love you, see you next week.”
“What did your dad want?” Sirius asked, waiting leant against the wall.
“He gave me these.” James said while holding the box up.
“Great minds think alike.” Sirius smirked, gave a wink and urged James along. “We’ll be late, cmon.”
The two then grabbed their bags and apparated to Alice’s beach house.
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Kate arrived at the house early with bags full of food to fill up the cupboards and familiarise herself with the kitchen and explore the house.
The house was made of wood, the back doors led straight out to the beach. All of the bedrooms were huge, double beds, walk in wardrobes and en suits.
Kate was absolutely breathless by the kitchen. The stove was gas top and had 4 burners.
Kate had brought everything for the food she wanted to make over the week and the favourite snacks of all of her friends. Just after she had put all of her things away into the cupboards Alice and Frank arrived with a pop.
“Hey Kate.” Alice said and pulled her in for a hug.
“I went ahead and put my cooking things away. Is that ok?” Kate asked.
“Of course, you’re going to be the only one using it anyway.” Alice giggled.
Marlene, Alice and Dorcas then arrived and came into the kitchen where the group were conversing.
“Hey guys! The party had arrived.” Marlene announced as she walked in holding multiple bottles of alcohol.
“How have you guys been?” Kate asked while greeting everyone with a hug.
“We’ve been good. Marlene is a nightmare to live with though.” Dorcas rolled her eyes and smiled at her girlfriend. After leaving Hogwarts the two had become official and moved into a flat together.
“We know Dor. We shared a room with her for seven years.” Lily joked.
“Is it the snoring or the mess getting on your tits?” Kate asked Dorcas.
“What’s getting on Dorcas’s tits?” Remus asked as he and Peter appeared in the room.
“Just my mouth actually.” Marlene smirked and Dorcas turned bright red.
“You’ll never guess who we’re waiting for.” Lily rolled her eyes.
“Like that’s a surprise.” Kate answered.
But as if on cue, the two they were waiting for fell into the kitchen, their bags piled on top of them.
“How the fuck did you manage that?” Remus said standing over the two.
“Sirius is shit at apparating.” James breathed out and grabbed onto Remus’s outstretched hand and was hoisted up to his feet.
“Hey guys.” James said and picked up his bag.
“You pick up your bag, but not me?” Sirius huffed and got himself off the floor, glaring at James as the group chuckled at his misfortune.
“Anyway, now that we’re all here, time to pick bedrooms, some of us will have to double up, me and Frank-”
“Frank and I.” Kate corrected.
“Frank and I, will have the master bedroom though.” Alice said and quickly made her way up the stairs, the rest of the group running after her to claim a room. However, Kate had already spied the one she had wanted, next to the living room. Even though it was the smallest, there was a balcony that opened straight onto the beach. The sea and the sand in direct view.
Kate leisurely strolled over to the room and claimed it with a satisfied smile on her face as the unpacked her things, knowing she’d hit the jackpot.
“Hey.” Kate heard from behind her, she knew who’s deep voice it was that washed over her.
“Hi.” Kate responded and turned around to sit on the bed to see james leant on the door frame, wearing just his swimming trunks. “Did you get your own room?” She tried to keep her composure.
“Yea I did, Remus and Sirius decided to share so I got my own. You seem to have the best one though.” James pushed himself off the door and over to the double doors. “What a view.”
“I know.” Kate said, her eyes scanning the flexing muscles in James’s back, completely forgetting about the beach.
He suddenly turned around and she’d been caught, giving it away by the sly smirk on the corner of his mouth.
“Are we going on the beach?” Kate asked.
“What do you think?” James answered sarcastically.
“Like you’re not vain enough to just wear your swimming trunks around.” Kate teased him but made her way over the the dresser with her bikinis in.
“Can’t I stay?” He smirked.
“Out.”
“Please?”
“Out, you absolute dick face.” Kate laughed and shoved him out of the door and locked it behind him.
James 1 : Kate 0
Knowing that after being caught ogling his back she had to pull out all the stops. Finding the smallest bikini she brought, thong back and only held together by some string and she smirked to herself.
However, put a cover dress on top the small garment.
“Are we ready?” Kate said innocently to the group with a smile before grabbing a towel from the cupboard.
“Yes, come on guys. I’ll show you my favourite spot.” Alice lead the group out to the beach in a spot in the direct sun.
“I’ll race you out to sea!” Sirius shouted to James, Remus, Peter and Frank made a break for it to the blue shimmering water.
The girls placed their towels down and Kate took off her beach cover.
“Jesus Christ.” Marlene said as her jaw hung open and put her hands over Dorcas’s eyes.
“Wow!” Lily gasped. “When did you get that tattoo?” Her shock quickly turned to confusion.
“Wait, Kate has a tattoo!” Dorcas asked and tried to pry Marlene’s hands off of her face.
“I got it around Easter.” Kate shrugged and sat down on top her towel. Dorcas finally got her sight back and almost screamed.
“Oh my god, that’s beautiful.” Dorcas stared.
The tattoo was small and dainty, flowers on the underboob, which was highlighted by the bikini she had on.
“Alright Dor, that’s enough staring.” Marlene and grabbed her girlfriend.
“Don’t worry, my tattoo isn’t going to steal your girlfriend Mar.” Kate smiled.
“Yea, but you looking really fucking fit might.” She grumped.
“I don’t think Dor is the only one who thinks Kate is ‘really fucking fit'” Alice giggled and looked out to see.
Kate followed her gaze to see James, now the one ogling.
James 1 : Kate 1
The boys finally came out of the sea after spending a good 15 minutes, splashing and dunking each other under the water.
“The water is really refreshing, Kate you should go take a dip.” James smiled.
“Absolutely not.” Kate knew what was coming and dodged out of the way of James’s evil grasp and got up and started to run away from him, sand spraying behind her.
“Fuck off, you prick!” Kate shouted behind her as James sprinted after her.
“No!” James laughed and continued to run after her.
He finally caught up to her, threw her over his shoulder once again and ran into to ocean with her.
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“Guys!” Lily interrupted the groups conversation.
“What are we going to do about plan Jate, it has to happen this week.”
“I’m sorry, plan Jate?” Frank asked confused looking over to the pair that were currently having a wrestling match in the water.
“The plan to get Kate and James together love.” Alice said softly to Frank.
“But I thought they already dated?” Frank looked even more befuddled than before.
“So, they didn’t really date, it was fake to get Lily and James together.” Marlene explained.
“But then they decided they only liked each other as friends.” Continued Dorcas.
“Then, James realised he liked Kate all along but thinks she doesn’t like him back so they keep flirting and doing nothing about it.” Sirius rolled his eyes.
“But Kate definitely liked him when they were faking the relationship but now thinks because the first time they dated it was fake, James is just continuing it as a joke.” Remus added.
“And then was born plan Jate.” Peter finished and everyone nodded.
“Oh, that’s a lot of information.” Frank sighed as he processed it, “So what are we going to do?” He asked with a smile, now in on the plan.
“Well, tonight is Kate’s late birthday party, and we’re all going to get tired really early and head up to bed after the long day of travelling. Conveniently leaving the two alone.” Alice smirked.
“Well aren’t you guys little schemers.” Frank laughed at their borderline insane antics.
“We just need Kate to accept she likes James.” Lily rolled her eyes. “But fuck, is that girl stubborn.”
“Shit, they’re coming back up, act natural.” Remus whispered to the group.
“Hey Kate!” Marlene shouted to they friend.
“Yea.” Kate answered with a smile.
“Can you make us Pizza for dinner?” Marlene asked, innocently, like they weren’t just scheming two seconds ago.
“Of course, is that ok with everyone?” She asked.
Everyone agreed, Peter very enthusiastically.
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Kate was slightly terrified by the speed that her friends were devouring the pizza she had made. Like at a inhumane speed.
“Please calm down before you choke.” Kate said softly before taking a piece for herself.
“But it’s so good!” Peter muffled, pizza half in his mouth.
The pans of pizza disappeared quickly, everyone satisfied with meal one of the trip.
“Now it’s time to get fucked up!” Sirius celebrated and grabbed the bottles out of the cupboard and placed them on the table. Drinks were poured and then drank, everyone getting drunker and drunker with each sip. Mixes of drinks that should have never been mixed were slid down throats and the group moved to the more comfortable living room, adorning cushioned sofas, instead of wood chairs.
“We should play, never have I ever!” Marlene gasped as if a genius idea had just came to her. Kate knew she wouldn’t have agreed to this if she was even a little more sober, however joined the circle forming on the floor with a bottle of rum and shot glasses.
“This is such a bad idea.” Lily said, joining the circle.
“Definitely.” Kate agreed with a nod.
“Everyone knows the rules, if you have, you drink.” Sirius started. “Never have I ever, gotten a detention.”
A collective groan echoed as everyone but Lily did a shot.
“Sirius mate, it’s supposed to be something you haven’t done.” Remus explained.
“I know, but you’ve got to start of nice so now we can get into the nitty gritty.”
“Ok my turn.” Dorcas said, next to Sirius.
“Never have I ever, smoked a blunt.”
Sirius, Remus, Peter, James, Alice and Frank all took a shot.
“Never have I ever, gotten a tattoo.” Marlene said.
Only Sirius and Kate drank.
“You have a tattoo?” Sirius asked.
“Yep.” Kate replied.
“Wouldn’t expect that from you Taylor.” Sirius looked somewhat impressed.
“Never have I ever, had sex, specifically with Amos diggory.” Alice smirked, an obvious attempt to get Lily to drink.
However, Kate drank too and the group, minus James looked confused.
“What?” Marlene pretty much screamed.
“I dated him last summer.” Kate cringed, realising now that she’d never told them about Amos. “Onto the next never have i ever.” She tried to change the subject, but was quickly interrupted.
“You’re not a virgin?” Dorcas said confused.
“No.”
“How did we not know this about you?” Lily asked shocked.
“Yea, you’re like a dark horse.” Remus joked.
The night ended quite quickly after that, everyone saying they were tired and heading up to bed to sleep. Kate couldn’t help but smile a little when it was only her and James left. He was always there to lift her mood, even if her friends had left her birthday party early even though they were all sleeping under the same roof.
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James felt that the atmosphere in the room had changed and went to sit next to Kate on the spot she had claimed on the sofa.
“Hey, you doing ok?” He asked softly.
“Yea.” Kate shrugged nonchalantly.
“How come they didn’t know about any of the Amos stuff?” James asked thoughtfully, puzzled on why he, someone Kate didn’t really know at the time, told him over her best friends.
“Because they didn’t care about my life before I started dating the hot, popular quidditch player.” Kate explained and yawned.
“It’s always been Lily&Marlene and Alice&Dorcas plus me.” She smiled sadly.
“Well hey, At least it’s Kate&James right?” He smiled and it made her laugh. She looked angelic. The prettiest picture. Before she replied.
“Kate&James forever.”
Saying a small goodnight, giving him a kiss on the cheek, falling into old routine. The padded along to her bedroom slowly and closing the door quietly behind her.
That was only because she is drunk, James concluded before heading up to sleep himself.
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an/hey! i’m so sorry it took so long but my exams are over so i thought i’d give you guys a really long chapter. 2000+ words!!. I really hope you enjoy <3
have a good read :)))))
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