A Sirius Problem By: emilymaude
Chapter one: The on-route entertainment
I don't want to be here. She thought to herself. The train cabin was cold and unwelcoming to her , the opposite of what she'd heard from her cousins. Oh Andy, come to Hogwarts. I swear you'll love it. It's the best and safest place on earth. The train is wonderful, and you'll never forget the friends you meet there. What friends? All my friends are at Ivermony. My REAL home. She looked out the window at the green hills and wildflowers and slowly began to relax. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. I mean when most people's parents move they probably have to go to a much worse place than this. I shouldn't complain. I know it'll be okay. Andy looked down at her shoes and saw the laces were untied. That's funny, I remember tying them earlier. Just as she was about to bend down and tie them she saw a tall red headed girl leaning against the door way to her cabin.
"Don't bend down and tie them." She said, her accent surprising Andy. Oh right, I'm in England now.
"What? Why not?" Andy asked confused. The girl came over and sat down across from her on the red, soft train seats.
"Just don't all right. You'll thank me later." A silence settled over the both of them. Andy pushed her light red hair behind her ear. It felt strange to be around another red head. There were virtually none at Ivermony. Suddenly there was the sound of someone running down the hall.
"Oh god, here we go." The girl said sitting up a bit straighter. Andy turned towards the door while the other girl turned away from it. A voice echoed through the train.
"Lily! Lily where are you?" The voice sounded slightly concerned but also patronizing.
"Who's that?" Andy asked, turning to the other girl. She just sighed, obviously annoyed. Andy turned back to the door and saw a tall skinny boy with dark hair and glasses pressed up against the door. His faced squished behind the glass.
"Lil. Lily, come back to me." He said, his words muffled from being pressed up against the glass. The girl, who Andy now assumed to be called Lily, turned quickly to the boy at the door. A smile broke across her face but it was quickly wiped off and she turned back to the window. The boy opened the door and sat next to her, taking her hand.
"Lily, you know my heart bleeds for only you. I could never go for some like…." He paused turning dramatically from her, grabbing his chest, and sighing. "Sirius." She turned and gasped then continued to pretend she wasn't interested in whatever the boy was doing.
"James I'm serious. Stop it you're embarrassing me." She turned to him and gave him a stern look.
"Don't say his name, you'll only hurt him more." He turned to the door and suddenly there was another tall boy at the sliding glass door. This time he had long dark hair and piercing eyes. The sitting boy, or James as Andy guessed, made an overdramatic face, clutching Lily's arm and pulling her closer. "Sirius, you can't have me, You know I'm in love with lily!" A smile broke on his face but he pushed it away for another overdramatic look. His eyes squinted and his mouth puckered, Andy sat back in awe of the scene playing out infront of her. Though clearly it was a joke, it was very amusing.
"I know James, but I must have you." His hands reached out and leaped across the compartment sitting next to James, desperately wrapping his muscular arms around him and laying his head on James's shoulder.
"Get off me you Prat." He said pushing Sirius away. He cleared his throat and continued with his shtick. "No. Me and Lily are meant to be together. Forever and always right Lily?" He turns to her and puckers his lips, waiting for a kiss but she bats his face away. Almost dying trying not to laugh.
"Fine," Sirius says, standing up and snapping his fingers. "Remus?" He waits in a lordly like position. His hand up in the air along with his nose. "Remus?" He asks a little louder waiting for someone. He turns and a slightly shorter boy with an unamused face comes slouching into the room. "Remus, I command you to kill James. He's broken my heart and if I can't love him no one can." He motions for Remus to go over to James, But Remus stays still. Sirius breaks character and goes over to Remus, whispering in his ear. "Come on man, we practiced this. Just a little while longer and you can go back to bed." He pats Remus's back and goes back to his earlier position. Remus goes over to James and sits on him. Lily bursts into laughter and James face drops into annoyance.
"Remus. What the fuck man, we practiced this. You're supposed to come over and try to slit my throat then Lily pushes you away, professes her love for me, kisses me, then we walk away and have sex till the end of term. Do you not remember?" He stands up, pushing Remus off of him and into Sirius.
"Um, excuse me?" Lily asks. James turns to Lily and puts his finger on her mouth.
"Ssssh, my love. All of that can still happen, just you wait." He turns back to Sirius.
"No that's not what I…" She was interrupted by Sirius hand covering her mouth.
"No more. Every word you utter but breaks my heart more. I…" He stops. "I…" He takes his hand from Lily's mouth. "Fuck, I forgot my line."
"Really, Sirius. You had one job." Another boy is at the door, much shorter this time, and not quite as handsome as the other ones. The boys all laugh as Lily stands up with a slightly amused look on her face. The boys all collapse into the seat across from Andy with one big sigh. Lily sits next to Andy, exchanging an apologizing glance. Another silence falls over the room. The boys all at once look back and forth from Lily to Andy, Lily to Andy, over and over.
"No way." James said. An amazed smile on his face. "Since when are there two Lily's?" He looks at the other boys.
"What?" Andy asks. Confused by the English boy's words.
"Oh, and she's the American model?" Sirius says, standing up offering a hand to Andy. She takes it and stands up. What the heck is happening? Andy thought to herself. "Tell me, what's your name love?" He asks while staring at her green eyes.
"Andrea, well Andy. Everyone calls me Andy." She says timidly.
"Well Andy, welcome to Hogwarts, I think you're going to like it here."
