Distorted I.m.a.g.e.s.[james]

[Jennifer Winston]

Jen walked around the north tower as she had her wand in hand and a book hovering in front of her. She was busy reading the words when she looked up. She knew she was lost and didn't care sooner or later James or Lupin would run into her. She made her way along the halls as the portraits that hadn't seen people in years looked at her. She glanced at them now and than she she pushed on and waved her wand at the book. With a loud snap the book shut and Jennifer gabbed it and pushed it into her bag that was at her side.

She pushed her long brown hair out of her face as she had forgotten why she had left the common room. Her belly started to rumble. "Oh yeah!" Jennifer said with a giggle she was on her way to the kitchen. She must have taken a wrong turn she really needed a map that told her all the secret passage way's in the castle. But she didn't and she looked at what she was wearing and bit her lip. She was in a red top and jeans with her black robe over it. She raised her wand in the air as if she was conducting music. She looked at the window she passed and went over to it she could see that no one was at their tree. She started to walk agian as she ran her hand along the wall as she skipped up and down.

Jennifer put her hand in her pocket as she pulled out a Chocolate Frog and popped it into her mouth. She stuffed the wraper and started to hum a little tune she had made up. She wanted to find her way back but was ok until she heard the voice that she never wanted to hear. Peeves. She looked around as she heard him round the conner and than she felt her robe be pulled up into the air with her still in it. She tired to slip out of her robes but some how Peeves was keeping her in. Jennifer was kicking in the air when she heard foot steps coming from some where. She was still trying to her out of her robes when she heard his Voice.

[James Potter]

Just another day at Hogwarts, and James Potter had detention. Surprise, surprise. Normally, he would've laughed it off and went (usually with Sirius), making faces at the teacher behind their back the entire time, but tonight was different. Tonight, his detention was with Slughorn, and the big fat git had made James miss Quidditch practice.

Naturally, the seeker was fuming, and had earlier vented and complained to Sirius and Remus, which helped a little. Both had been in the class with him when he'd blown up a cauldron, and therefore he wanted their input ont he fairness even more so than usual. Sirius, whom knew exactly why he'd done it, wholeheartedly agreed with James that it was unfair; Remus, however, thought the punishment was just.

Feeling extremely put out, James decided after his detention to nick something from the kitchens. A way to 'get back at the Man", so to speak. So, stomping down the corridors, it was easy to say he was distracted. But he wouldn't miss the cackling of Peeves or the yelps of his dear friend, Jennifer, when he turned the corner.

Hazel eyes wide, he whipped out his wand. "Put her down, Peeves!" he commanded, his ire about detention forgotten. Peeves simply blew a raspberry, and dropped jen rather uncerimoniously. Determined not to let her get hurt, James took a few, hurried steps forward, and caught her in his arms. Giving her a wry grin, he spoke. "Well, I knew we were friends, but I wasn't quite sure just how far you were falling for me." he teased.

[Jennifer Winston]

Jennifer look around at him as she was sure was had hit the ground she saw James and smiled at him. Jennifer looked at him and wanted to laugh but in steady gave a sigh of relief. "Oh my, thank merlin you came along!" She said with a airy sound as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. She let go and felt her feet meet the ground. " For a minute I thought he was going to hang me up." Jen said with a cheeky grin. She pushed her hair into a ponytail she she looked down at the ground not knowing she had dropped her bang. " Drats! " She yelled as she got to her knees and started to pick up the objects that had fallen out. She looked up at James and smiled. " You know from this angle you look rather cute." She told him with a giggle. " A right side better than you normal do." She pick up the last of her stuff and stood up.

She put her bag back over she shoulder. "Just kidding" She told him with a smile as she looked around to make sure everything was in her bag. " You are still the cute little James Potter I know and love." She told him as she looked at him smile brightly. " You know what I need a map of the school to know where I am at all times." She said with a smile as she took her wand in hand and looked at the ground. " Been to the kitchen I see." She said as she saw a bit of his food on his shirt. She looked around and than back at him with a rather soft smile. She looked at her best mate and than a thought popped into her head. "Rictusempra!" Jen said as she cast the tickling charm at James with a laugh.

Jennifer looked at the window once more and let out a sigh and looked at James with a glint in her eye. " Where have you been I went to find you at your Quidditch practice but you weren't there." She said as she looked at him with wanting look. She knew something had happen to James but she want to know everything down to the last detail. She let her brown eyes scan him as if she would find a button that would make him talk. She pulled out some Chocolate Frog's and popped one into her mouth and offered the other to James.

[James Potter]

"Oh my, thank merlin you came along!" She said with a airy sound as she wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him. She let go and felt her feet meet the ground. " For a minute I thought he was going to hang me up."

James chuckled and let her down on her feet once again. "Nah." he waved off with a small smile. "You know I'd never let a measly old ghost get ya."

" You know from this angle you look rather cute." She told him with a giggle. " A right side better than you normal do. Just kidding. You are still the cute little James Potter I know and love."

Rolling his eyes a bit, James decided to catch her off guard and swept her up into a hug, spinning her around once and then setting her back down in front of him. "I'm not cute!" he protested, though he chuckled lightly. "I'm damn sexy and you know it." he said with a wink, teasing her of course.

"Rictusempra!"

Stifling a rather loud outburst of laughter, James reached out to push her wand away. "Noo..." he whined through his smile. "Noo tickling!!"

" Where have you been I went to find you at your Quidditch practice but you weren't there."

His sour expression returning somewhat, James snorted indignantly. "Detention." he explained with a low growl. "And another reason to hate fat old Slughorn even more."

[Jennifer Winston]

Jennifer as she was a little sorry that she had brought it up. " Well I know that slug can a bit of a greasy toad." She said as she looked at him with a soft sigh." He gave me a Detention for making a little bit of a mess while I made my potion last week." She pushed her hair to the side for the spin had made some of it lose. She looked into his Hazel eyes as she gave him her movie star smile. " We should start to walk you know one foot in front of the other." She said as she poked him in the belly. She had skipped dinner cause of the pile of homework some of her teacher had given her. " I think I am going to try out for the Team!" She said as it entered her mind as she snapped her fingers as it came to her. She was happy that one thing had happen for her this week. She looked back at James as she started to skip once again.

" Potter you have not even told me I look nice." She said as she rolled her eyes. "Guys Can't live with them." She looked at her watch as she knew that James thought of her as one of the boys. Still she had feelings and she hated it when no one told her she looked good in her red lace tank, her The Kate Fit straight leg pant in luxe stretch corduroy, with her sneakers. She looked at herself and thought she looked OK. With the robe over it you really could see it she unbuttoned the top of her robe and now it was visible that she had curves in all the right places.

She knew James always thought she looked nice but she still like to hear it from his mouth. She walked a little faster and knew that she could be a model if she wanted to be. Jennifer let a hum come back over her as she started to skip and dance a little. The way that Jennifer walked was almost dance like she was graceful and still had a presence of love about her she turned and caught a glimpse of James. She stopped and looked at him. " Penny for your thoughts." She said with a smile as she let put a hand of his shoulder.

[James Potter]

" I think I am going to try out for the Team!"

James face lit up a bit and he smiled down at her. "No shit? That's great!" he declared with a light laugh, placing his hand on her shoulder briefly as they walked. "I won't get detention again during tryouts, I promise. I'll go and bring the guys and we'll make a banner and yell and stuff."

" Potter you have not even told me I look nice." She said as she rolled her eyes. "Guys Can't live with them."

James surpressed a hidden smile, deciding to humor her. Stepping in front of her, he bow low and took her hand, kissing the back lightly. "My lady, you look ravishing tonight." he said in a deep, fancy-sounding voice. Straightening a bit he grinned at her. "Aw, come on, Jen, you know I always think you're cute as a button." he said with a pout, trying to look cute and confused. "And besides, you didn't say I looked nice either!" he said with a smirk.

" Penny for your thoughts."


James laugh and patted her hand lightly. "Don't know if I trust you, let me see the penny first." he joked, then realized he'd accepted without even knowing what she was talking about. He was pure-blood see, and only knew of Knuts and Sickles and Galleons. "What the fuck is a penny?" he asked her, looking a bit bewildered.

[Jennifer Winston]

"What the fuck is a penny?"

Jennifer laughed and thought aobut it for a moment. "A penny is muggle money its a really small coin that is worth nothing." She said as she snapped her fingers and put her hand in her pocket and pulled out the small copper coin."This is a Penny." She said as she gave it to him. "My sister gave it to me she loves muggle things, oh yeah and the penny for your thoughts is a muggle saying." She said as she looked at James with a smile and pushed her hair out of her face once agian and looked at him. "Mr. Potter you look rather Sexy today." She said with a smile as she started to show her teeth and looked at him. "Happy?" She looked at him with a nodded.

"I won't get detention again during tryouts, I promise. I'll go and bring the guys and we'll make a banner and yell and stuff."

She looked at James with a smile as she heard this. "You better cause I am going out for Keeper." She told him as she looked at him and started to think of try outs. " What are you guys going to yell? Huh?" She asked with a smile as she looked at him with a threating look. She was happy that she was trying out and she hoped that she made the team. She took a deep breath and looked at her shoe. " You know that I have wanting to try out for a while but was afraid." She said as she opened her mouth. " Prongs I am worried I wont make the team." She said as she looked at her hand." I mean what if I fall off my broom?" She said as she relive the last time she was on her new broom. She gave a uneven sigh.

[James Potter]

"A penny is muggle money its a really small coin that is worth nothing." She said as she snapped her fingers and put her hand in her pocket and pulled out the small copper coin."This is a Penny." She said as she gave it to him. "My sister gave it to me she loves muggle things, oh yeah and the penny for your thoughts is a muggle saying."

James tilted his head to one side, looking a bit confused. "But why would they want to give you a penny for your thoughts? I didn't think Muggles used Pensieves...."

Shaking his head a bit to clear it, James decided to forget the penny before he hurt himself.

"Mr. Potter you look rather Sexy today." She said with a smile as she started to show her teeth and looked at him. "Happy?"

Laughing lightly, James took this opportuniy to kiss Jen on the top of the head. "Why thank you." he replied in the same, extravegent voice. He winked.

"You better cause I am going out for Keeper." She told him as she looked at him and started to think of try outs. " What are you guys going to yell? Huh?"

James passed her a cheeky grin and pumped one fist into the air, triumphantly. "We're going to yell. 'Go Jen! You're the shit!' and then Sirius will streak." he looked at her almost seriously. "And I will too if you want."

"You know that I have wanting to try out for a while but was afraid." She said as she opened her mouth. " Prongs I am worried I wont make the team." She said as she looked at her hand." I mean what if I fall off my broom?"

James waved off her fears slightly with his hand. "Then I'll just run up and catch you like I did today." he gave her a comforting smile. "You'll do just fine. Trust old Prongs."

[Jennifer Winston]

"We're going to yell. 'Go Jen! You're the shit!' and then Sirius will streak." he looked at her almost seriously. "And I will too if you want."

Jennifer went a deep red and looked at James with a smile as she tried to picture him streaking. She looked into his eyes as she pushed back her hair that was driving her crazy. " Why Mr. Potter if I didn't know any better I would say that you were flirting with me but I know better and Yes I want you too as well. She gave a little laugh as she gave him a stolen glance. She gave a great sigh as she push pass her little moment she knew that he was madly in love with Lily but at times it seem as if he was not. But she still made sure he stay with Lily she didn't need a potter in her life at the moment.

James waved off her fears slightly with his hand. "Then I'll just run up and catch you like I did today." he gave her a comforting smile. "You'll do just fine. Trust old Prongs."

Jennifer gave a loud gasp as she looked at James. " Oh James really! That is so sweet of you I would 'ave to give you a gift for that." She said with her brown eyes sparking in the light as she looked at her friend and took a deep breath as she popped her fingers and looked at the floor for a short second. She pressed her lips together and looked back at James." James? Do you think that anyone in their right mind would think that I was a person to ask on a date?" She said as she looked at him. She took a breath as it was a fact that no one in all her years had asked her out on a date or anything. " I mean I am so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts. They all say the nicest things. You're so great, you're so nice but none of you wanna date me! So you wanna help me James? Tell me, tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up and then maybe I can fix it!" She said almost in tears as she had been holding that in for a long time and it had come out at last. She looked at him as she stopped in her tracks waiting for him to answer.

[James Potter]

"Why Mr. Potter if I didn't know any better I would say that you were flirting with me but I know better and Yes I want you too as well."

James snorted with laughter at that one and put an arm around her as they walked. "Yeah, we'd get in major trouble, but can you imagine how legendary that would be?" he gave her a somewhat mischevious smile. "We'd have a group of girls chasing around the pitch, and I can just see Sirius' face..." James grinned widely, imagining what jokes they'd crack as they ran around the pitch, naked as the day they were born, with about twenty girls screaming behind them. Ha, it'd be priceless.

" James? Do you think that anyone in their right mind would think that I was a person to ask on a date?" She said as she looked at him. She took a breath as it was a fact that no one in all her years had asked her out on a date or anything. " I mean I am so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts. They all say the nicest things. You're so great, you're so nice but none of you wanna date me! So you wanna help me James? Tell me, tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up and then maybe I can fix it!"

James blinked at her, stopping in his tracks and turning to face her. "Don't be ridiculous!" he chided, tilting up her chin a bit. "You're amazing, Jennifer Winston, and guy would have to be blind to not notice it." Trying to make her feel better, he gave a small smile. "If it helps any, Jen, if Lily hadn't already captured my heart you might be a big contender for my next girlfriend." he said with a playful wink.

[Jennifer Winston]

"Don't be ridiculous!" he chided, tilting up her chin a bit. "You're amazing, Jennifer Winston, and guy would have to be blind to not notice it." Trying to make her feel better, he gave a small smile. "If it helps any, Jen, if Lily hadn't already captured my heart you might be a big contender for my next girlfriend." he said with a playful wink.

Jennifer blinked at James with the hurt still in her and something was happening to her. She felt as if she was wearing something that was too hot. She started to fan herself as she looked around. " James do you have water I can't breath." She said as she started to gasp for breath she was starting to get dizzy and the fact that she couldn't breath was something that was freaking her out. She looked around and put her back against the wall as she look at the ground. Nothing was helping she looked at James who seemed so far away from her she looked around as she started to hear echos around her as if she was in a tunnel. She tried to look into James eyes but he was too far. She could hear his words around her.

"We'd have a group of girls ...we'd get in major trouble...ridiculous!"

She started to feel the ground under her shake as she looked at the ground and saw it get closer as she came to the floor. She felt as if someone was stepping on her chest. She was fading in and out as she put her hands on the ground the only thing she could think about was getting James to safety. She tried to get up but couldn't get herself up as she knew something was wrong as she put her hands over her ears as James voice seemed to be screaming at her. She shut her eyes tight as she could feel her throat tighten and she knew something had hit her in the head for the plain fact that she felt a warm liquid start to soak up in her hair. She made fading fast but words still ringing in her head as she felt something in her ears the warm liquid was now in her ears. Sound still fought its way through to her brain as she tried to overcome this feeling.

"Lily captured my heart...big contender for my next girlfriend!"

Jennifer wanted it to stop and she wanted to be able to see what was going on but she couldn't. She knew James was still there and she knew that she wanted him to stop yelling at her. " James stop----Yelling----at me." She said no louder than a whisper she could now smell that the warm liquid that was on her was in fact her own blood. She was bleeding and she was doing this whole thing in front of James it was so embarrassing why did she have to go and have her emotions come out and start to have a panic attack and fall and hit her head really hard. She could feel the place where she had busted open her head. She need to go to the hospital wing. She opened her mouth to try and tell James to take to the wing but nothing came out.

She was going to say the words one way or anther she put everything she had left to form the words. "Hos----pit----al---- wi----ng!" She said with a soft sigh as she blacked out. She knew nothing that had happened she had hoped it had been a day dream that she would wake from it to see James with his smile as he was still taking to her about Lily. She knew that this night mess up her chances at getting on the team but it was the fact that she had only eaten candy all day and was getting worked up about a stupid thing called dating. She knew that James was going to know what happened if he had hurt her so much? Or if it was someone else? She didn't want to tell him that it was something about her and about how she wanted to feel special. She wanted to wake up and she wanted it NOW!

[James Potter]

" James do you have water I can't breath."

Her deep brown eyes seemed to cloud over in that instant and James suddenly felt afraid for her. What was wrong? Why couldn't she breathe? Afraid that somehow maybe he was squeezing the arm around her shoulders too tightly he let his arm drop stupidly off of her and took a few steps backward, his own hazel eyes wide with fear and confusion. "Jen...." Could it be somethign Peeves did to her? He'd revive the ghost somehow and kill him again several times over if that was the case.

" James stop----Yelling----at me."

Beginning to be even more afraid, James shook his head, waving his hands from side to side slightly. "I'm not yelling at you, Jen!" he yelled, though in fear; realizing how hypocritical that sounded too late. "Jennifer, what's happening to you?" he called, trying to get her to come back to a place where he could reach her, she seemed to be almost floating away. Throwing caution to the wind, he reached otu and grabbed her shoulders to steady her, noticing the crimson blood staining her hair too late. "Jen!" he cried, beginning to panic. "Jennifer Winston you stop that right now!" he managed, hoping that maybe she'd come to her senses and open her eyes already.

He hadn't even heard her say anything about the hospital wing; he was one step ahead of her. Swooping her up into his arms, bridal style, he made a mad dash for the fourth floor and Madame Pomphrey, not caring who he knocked over or ran into ont he way. 'C'mon, Jen...' he pleaded silently as he ran, glancing down at her serene face with fear in his eyes. 'I just lost Dad... I don't want to lose you too!' He didn't think he could deal with any more hurt or death.

[Jennifer Winston]

Jennifer could feel the air on her face as James ran with her to the hospital wing. She knew that she must had gotten a panic attack. Her mother got them a lot and she would have to stop and sit down and clam herself down. Jennifer also knew where the blood came from it was when she put herself on the wall she had not felt her head hit the wall behind her. Jennifer felt a bed beneath her that told her she was in the wing. She was starting to feel a warm sensation as she tried with all her might to open her eyes. Jennifer wanted to see James when she could see his face she would know she was going to be ok.

She felt the blood her cleaned out of her hair as she knew someone was cleaning her up. She wanted to know who it was; who wanted to care for her was it James. She could tell her eyes were open cause she saw a very fuzzy picture that she knew would change after a while it would be clear. Everything start to clear as she looked up at the celling." James where are you???" She said as she looked around the room looking her him.

She had to see his face if he was not there than she was going to get up and go looking for him. She knew she could find him somewhere in the school even if she had to track Lily down and ask her. She sat up and felt the room spin and went back with her head on the pillow. She took deep breaths as she wanted to see someone but there was still a little fuzzy. She put her hand on her hand." Oh I have a headache!" She proclaimed with a moan of pain.