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James Potter ; Who is the best? C'est moi (noonescabbage) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-01-20 02:36:00

Entry tags:

harry potter, james potter, plotty mcplot

who. Harry and James Potter
what. Father-son bonding. Over women-folk.
where. Harry's flat
why. I would like to take a break from the torture porn!

James had had enough of the singing. He could handle the nudity well enough, but the singing drove him a bit batty. He wasn't really sure which was worse, singing about nothing in particular at all hours or singing awkward truths at people he cared about. Both were pretty bad.

So he found himself seeking refuge at Harry's. It seemed that Harry needed a mate and James could use the company. They both had their own separate relationship troubles. If nothing else, James figured they could bitch and moan about their lives over a pint.

James figured it best to give his son some space. He apparated outside of Harry's door with a loud crack and then knocked. "Oi, mate. S'me."

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	future_auror 2008-01-21 12:05 am UTC (link)
	Harry tried to hold in a laugh. "What did you sing?" He tried to imagine his dad singing and it brought another laugh to the surface. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 12:06 am UTC (link)
	"Some depressing rubbish about falling out of love."James crossed his arms over his chest and tried to contain a laugh, himself. It was just so ridiculous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Harry glanced down, feeling sympathetic for his father. "You really... you fell out of love?" he asked uncertainly, not sure how to react to this. "But I thought you said you'd always..." He sort of understood where his dad was coming from, but he wasn't sure he wanted to hear that his parents were never going to end up together. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"Kinda... feels that way..." James' voice was low. He couldn't meet Harry's eyes. He was terribly uncomfortable about this. "Lily Evans walks on bloody water in my world but we just... aren't working." He sighed. "I'm sorry, mate." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"I... it's okay, Dad." Harry really tried to mean it, but he was still looking down. "I sort of... understand." He was quiet, trying to wrap his mind and feelings around all this, then added, "I'm glad you told me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry, mate." James wanted to reach out and comfort his kid but he could barely comfort himself in this situation. "We both love you, you know." James didn't know what else to say. "Keep saying you understand. Problems with your bird?" James corrected himself quickly, "Ginny, I mean." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Harry nodded. "Yeah, I know. It's... weird, you know? I'm finally able to meet my parents, but they aren't even together." He looked up rather quickly. "I... don't know. I don't know if I'd really call her mine. I think..." He sighed and tried to gather his thoughts. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah." James couldn't imagine that sort of thing happening to him. He frowned. Really, there wasn't a big enough apology he could give to Harry. "You think?" It was better to focus his attention on Harry. Better to stray away from James' love life for a bit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

future_auror
2008-01-21 04:04 am UTC (link)

He shrugged one shoulder. "I don't know what to do. I feel like she belongs to a different me, like she should be with a different me. Maybe it's selfish of me to say that... to want to be with the Ginny I knew back home. This is Ginny here, but it's not, at the same time. And part of me wants to be with her, but I..."

Harry felt so lost and confused and worst of all, he wasn't sure he should or could be with the girl he loved. He blinked rapidly, looking away.

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	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 04:12 am UTC (link)
	James listened quietly, feeling for his son. There wasn't any good advice on what to do if your girlfriend wasn't quite your girlfriend. "Sorry, mate," he said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 04:20 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know what to do, Dad. We waited so long, I even thought I might never see her again, and then Voldemort was dead, and everything was going to be fine, and then I ended up here. And I'm not saying here is a bad place, or that I... regret meeting you, but... sorry's a good word for it," he mumbled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"I get it," James said. Harry might not have put it wonderfully, but he understood well enough. "I can't tell you what to do. I don't know what's best for you. You do, though. You gotta figure it out. And it has to be what's best for you, yeah? Not what everyone else might want." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Harry nodded, aware he looked somewhat glum. "I'm sorry, Dad, I didn't mean to... you were talking about you and mum. But that's why I feel like I understand." He hated this, this moping around, this glum feeling. "D'you want to go out? Where was that place that had the stuff that was like firewhiskey?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"Don't apologize." James looked at Harry. There was sympathy in his eyes. "I'm glad you told me. Glad we're together. Misery and company and all that." James almost grinned. "You want to get pissed?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

future_auror
2008-01-21 04:45 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. I'm not sure I could talk to anyone else about this." Harry wasn't sure he could tell Ron or Hermione, his two best friends about this. Ron was Ginny's brother and Hermione was her best friend. It just wasn't smart. There was Sirius and Remus he might confide in soon, but James, his dad, was closer to his age. It made more sense.

Harry smiled, it wasn't quite a grin, but it was close to it for a second. "Yeah. I think I do." He knew the problems would still be there later, but for now, he needed to take his mind off it and get rid of the ache inside.

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	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 04:51 am UTC (link)
	James hadn't gotten good and drunk in a while. Ever since Sirius had sobered up, he'd strayed away from drugs and alcohol in a show of solidarity. Sometimes, though, the occasion called for liquor and a smoke. "Good." James was on his feet in a minute. "Drink away our problems for the night. Let's go." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

future_auror
2008-01-21 05:04 am UTC (link)

Harry smiled, a little more genuinely than he had a minute before, and got up off the couch. "That one bar we went to when I first got here, right? I'm ready. Last one there has to pay," he said cheekily.

He had his wand out, concentrated hard, and turned on the spot, expecting to feel the squeezing sensation that still made him prefer flying a broom. But there was nothing.

Harry opened his eyes and blinked, finding himself still in his flat. He tried again, turned on the spot, and found he'd only moved a step away from where he'd just been. "What the... blimey..."

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	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 05:09 am UTC (link)
	James apparated. When someone issued a challenge like that, he didn't waste any time. But after waiting a minute for Harry to arrive, he wondered if something had gone wrong. He popped back into the apartment and gave Harry a Look. "What's wrong?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

future_auror
2008-01-21 05:11 am UTC (link)

Harry looked worried and frustrated. He felt like he was back in the 6th-year Apparition class. "I don't know, I can't... I can't Apparate. I tried twice already." Wondering if he was doing something wrong, even though he'd done it hundreds of times before, Harry tried again. What were those D's again? Determination, d-something or other. He concentrated. Closed his eyes, turned on the spot.

Still nothing. He looked at his father with a bewildered expression.

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	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 05:16 am UTC (link)
	"Huh." James looked around. He didn't seem too upset, just confused. "Try ... transfiguring that." He pointed to a chair. He needed to know if Harry's magic was gone or if it was just that he couldn't apparate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Harry looked at the chair and wondered for a moment what to turn it into. A dinner plate should suffice. He pointed his wand at the chair, gave the incantation, and... nothing. "Dad? What's going on?" Harry tried not to sound panicked. He tried to make the chair float. Nothing happened there, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"I think you caught it..." James said. "Don't panic, eh? It's just... it's like the singing. Might last a few days but it'll pass." James smirked. "You might sprout weird powers or something next. Or burst out into song." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 06:05 am UTC (link)
	"So... I can't do magic anymore?" He felt lost. Discovering magic had been the best thing that'd happened to him. Harry's eyes widened. "Weird powers? What kind of weird powers? And I don't want to burst into song." He looked horrified at the thought, especially that he might end up singing at Ginny. "What do I do?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noonescabbage 2008-01-21 06:17 am UTC (link)
	"Not right now, apparently," James said. He shrugged lightly. There wasn't anything he could do about that. "Weird powers.. like the mutants around here, maybe. I don't know." James looked a bit dumb. "You wait 'til it's over and laugh at it because there's not much else you can do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	future_auror 2008-01-21 06:29 am UTC (link)
	Harry looked at his wand, feeling like it had failed him somehow. "Is my wand okay? It's only me that can't do magic?" He sighed a little. "I really need a drink now. Can I... er... Apparate over with you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)