Relief flooded his features. "Brilliant. No more skirt chasing and Quidditch for me, I finally did something." He said, but then turned more somber and poured them both another healthy shot. "We don't get to do those things we did, do we? Everyone who knows us here... They know different us's, don't they?" It felt like a loss suddenly, James, The Boy Who Couldn't Be Bothered, felt real loss at a life he'd never know.
"Um, Lily," he said, slowly, surprising himself by using her first name, he hadn't done that since they'd dated, "Do you know, did I ever...?" Suddenly the awkwardness of the question hit him and he shook his head, "Never mind." Asking an ex-girlfriend who barely called herself a friend if she ever heard about him getting married or having a family in a life that didn't exist anymore was too much, even for him. He took his shot and smiled at her. "Anyway, um, were you, um, seeing anyone when you got pulled?" He figured it was a friendly enough question.
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Date: 2013-01-30 06:21 am (UTC)"Um, Lily," he said, slowly, surprising himself by using her first name, he hadn't done that since they'd dated, "Do you know, did I ever...?" Suddenly the awkwardness of the question hit him and he shook his head, "Never mind." Asking an ex-girlfriend who barely called herself a friend if she ever heard about him getting married or having a family in a life that didn't exist anymore was too much, even for him. He took his shot and smiled at her. "Anyway, um, were you, um, seeing anyone when you got pulled?" He figured it was a friendly enough question.