"Are you sure you remembered everything Paisle…"

"I'm sure dad…"

"Well…Don't forget to write, and I'll see you at Christmas, ok?"

"Ok dad, see ya." A brown haired girl stood on tip-toes, kissing her father lightly on the cheek, and embracing him in a warm hug goodbye, she would miss her father, but she had gotten over her home-sickness in her first year. She turned around, and stepped onto a large red train. Paisley Thompson was heading into her seventh and final year at Hogwarts, something that she wasn't sure if she was happy about or not but either way it was the case.

Making her way down one of the corridors, it wasn't long before she heard someone call her name.

"Oi, Paisley! We're in here!"

Looking up she saw her red-haired friend hanging out of a compartment, smiling, she made her way happily towards her friend, who was stepping out of the compartment. "Lily!" Paisley smiled, hugging her friend she hadn't seen her since the end of term, so she was quite happy to be back with her friends. She noticed that Lily's hug was particularly tight, but Paisley didn't really mind. It wasn't that she didn't love being at home, it was just she missed her friends terribly.

When she walked into the compartment after her friend, a smile settled on her lips as she saw Emily, another one of her friends, so the two were quite soon in a warm hug as well, she really had missed having her girls to talk to, about life and guys, which then led her eyes to fall on James and Remus,

"Well then. Where's my hug oh loveable one?"

James really was a prat. Paisley rolled her eyes before bending down and hugging James, who was lazily slouched in one of the seats, she then proceeded to hug Remus who greeted her probably the sanest out of the lot. She had always wondered how he got tangled up with the marauders.

"So…Where's…" Paisley had started to ask, her eyes looking around the compartment quite easily picking up the person who was not there. However, her question shortly received an answer at the sound of laughing coming from the door. Paisley turned around and her eyes fell on a girl only slightly taller than herself, with blonde hair and blue eyes that were a shade darker than her own. Around her shoulder was an arm, which belonged to none other than one Sirius Black. The compartment fell silent, and Paisley could almost feel Emily and Lily's eyes on her. The smile slid from Sirius' face slightly, as his grey eyes locked with Paisley's blue ones.

"Who's this Siri?" The blonde girl asked, breaking the silence that had lain over the compartment, Sirius shifted slightly uncomfortably. See, the year before he and Paisley had been dating, two months before the summer, then half way through the vacation, Sirius had wrote her a letter telling her it 'wasn't working', Paisley had replied with the usual 'ok, we're still friends though right?' and the two had seemingly ordinary letters, but Paisley didn't think he would have someone new already…He'd replaced her that quickly?

"Oh right yeah, sorry. Charlie, Paisley, Paisley, Charlie." Sirius replied, his arm still around the girls shoulders. Paisley wanted someone to say something, anything… Because, blondey and her really weren't hitting off to a good start, they were just glaring at each other. However, Paisley saw her smile and snake an arm around Sirius' waist, the girl whispered to Sirius, although it was completely obvious that she wanted Paisley to hear. "I thought you said she was pretty." Paisley heard the sharp intake of breathe from her friends, and Paisley just crossed her arms. She ignored the uncomfortable look on Sirius' face and completely blanked Charlie, she hugged Sirius lightly, causing a deeply pissed off look from Charlotte, before coming back. "It's nice to meet you Charlie and great to se you Sirius, great to see you don't wallow in the past."

Giving him a sweet smile, she turned back to look at Lily and Emily and gave them a look that clearly told them to say something. So, Emily brought up conversation with Remus. Paisley was so thankful that she had the friends she did. She sank into a seat next to Lily, against the window, and turned to look at the scenery that was not passing the train. She was quite content going back to her quiet self, that would just sit and do nothing until someone spoke to her. That was the way she had always been, quiet, with no opinion, until she met the marauders of course. She had fallen for Sirius the moment she had met him, she didn't know what it was, his eyes, his smile, his arms that she always felt so safe in, his bubbly personality…Whatever it was, it had made her fall hard.

She wasn't really listening to the conversations going on in the compartment; she was too busy wallowing in self-pity. It wasn't the fact that the two had broken up, it was just that she had been replaced so easily, like she was one of his little girls to pass the time. She didn't even notice when Charlotte, Charlie, whatever, left the compartment, and things fell silent once more. She felt Lily nudge her gently however, and her gaze turned back from the window, to meet the eyes of her friends, and she smiled lightly. "Where did Blondey go?" Sirius shot her a small glare, and Paisley just rolled her eyes. What did he expect? The girl had pretty much called her ugly to her face, and Paisley really wasn't in the mood. However, his gaze softened and she saw the glint in his eyes come back and her stomach started to flip once more so, she averted her gaze to the empty seat opposite her. "Well... This is going to be one fun year." Paisley heard James mutter, shortly after followed by a sharp nudge in the ribs from Remus. However, Paisley had to agree with him.