"I honestly don’t understand life and its trials. You would think something that could be stored in a photo album would be a little easier to figure out, but looks, I suppose, can be deceiving. Me? I learned a little too late that life can come back at you and give you a nice kick in the rear."

Six years out of school, Sirius Black reflects on the happiness, tragedy, friendships, love, and loss of the past 13 years, finding that sometimes the best things come from learning the hard way.

Exploding Snap, Agosto, and the dare. James reveils his deepest, darkest secret to Sirius.