A/N: Alright, so, in light of the recent reviews, I've known what changes should be made. So, you can rest at ease. Know that the Heads' Dorm is of my own creation. There's no mention of it in the book, but there's also no mention of whether or not the Heads stay in their house or not. So, just know that. Hmm…I think that should be it. Thanks for the reviews. It means I will be continuing.

I'm in love with the girl I hate
She enjoys pointing out every bad thing about me.
I'm in love with a critic and a sceptic, a traitor
I'd trade her in a second.
She's a backseat driver, a drama provider
An instant update of the world.
She's a first class liar, a constant forgetter.
She's attractive but bitter

Forever the Sickest Kids - She's a Lady

It had taken quite a while for Charlie to calm herself down that night, and she had half a mind to go downstairs while she knew Sirius was asleep on the couch and just punch him in the face. But she didn't. She opened her window and watched as her bat flew out into the dark night. In less than an hour, he'd returned with a letter for her, from her brother. She tore at it and read.

Hey, Char,

Hope everything at Hogwarts is good. Hope that Black kid isn't giving you trouble, we know how that family is. Dad is angry. He wanted to see you over summer. It's a good thing you didn't come back. He was in a pretty bad rage when I went to see him. I got a black eye out of it, as always. He almost cursed me when he saw I was gonna take the liquor away, so I left it. Sorry. I guess it just didn't work the way we'd planned. Until he calms down about mom dying, you're not safe at home. We established that a few years ago when he sent you to St. Mungo's. Be careful at school. Don't get into any more fights, and don't let guys turn you into…you know what I mean. I love you, kiddo. I'm heading off to Norway by train in the morning to study up on Northern breeds of Dragons. Hope my papers are good enough to be published this time. Have fun at school.

Reilly

Charlie sighed and stowed the letter into her nightstand where all her letters from her brother went. She let her bat crawl back into the dark before she flicked off her light, thinking about her dad, how much he was suffering, how much he'd made her family suffer with his anger. He'd really loved her mom. She was awesome, after all. She'd come from a family of experienced witch-veela and her dad had always been in a family of pureblood wizards. When Charlie's mom died, nothing mattered to her dad anymore. He was vindictive, frightening. The first time he saw his daughter after it happened, he was drunk and hit her so badly she went to the healers. She shuddered remembering it. She'd only been eleven.

She only went to her dad's house when it was absolutely necessary. Normally she'd stay with a friend. Before it had been the Black cousins…but they were beginning to become…well…they were total bitches now that Charlie was into the whole 'I like muggles because I wanna piss off my dad' phase. So, now she'd taken to staying with Lily whenever her brother wasn't around to bring her to his flat in London.

She sighed and clutched her pillow as she fell asleep.

Sirius was in a rage. Remus and Peter had already retired to the dormitory, but Sirius, on the other hand, was fuming.

"How dare he insinuate I like Charlie! How dare he! I mean seriously, she's hot and she's the only one who's ever been able to go toe to toe with me at looks, flying, and fighting, but we're too unlike. She'd kill me…she's so annoying. I would kill myself if we were together. Jeeze, Prongs. You've lost your touch, mate," Sirius said, talking to himself.

"Sirius, you're so loud, shut up," said Charlie as she yawned from the stairwell. Sirius shut up immediately as he saw the drowsy and beautiful girl in front of him. Her golden and droopy eyes were tired, and she wore only a tank top and a pair of boxers that were a bit short on her. The tank top was short too, showing a shock of her pale, sleek stomach. When she finished yawning, she noticed his stare. "What the hell are you staring at?" she asked, her tone no longer drowsy, but serious.

"Oh…uh…nothing. Just go back to sleep, I'll be quiet," he said, shaking his head of the lustful thoughts. Charlie gave him a look of disbelief.

"Whatever. You'd be louder just to piss me off. What's going on with you lately? We used to have fun, now you're being a total git," she asked, completely descending the stairs and crossing the threshold to the couch where she sat and kicked her legs up on the table.

"Because you turned into a bitch," Sirius said, refusing to look at her.

"Well, I'm glad you spared my feelings in your judgment," Charlie said with a roll of her eyes before standing up and walking to the stairwell.

"Charlie," Sirius called after her. She turned to look at him.

"Don't forget, Quidditch tomorrow morning, bright and early. It's tryout day and we should watch," Sirius said. Charlie rolled her eyes at him before going up the stairs. Sirius left the common room after that, making his way to the boys' dormitory where he saw Peter snoozing peacefully and Remus still awake.

"Moony, what are you doing up? You're getting more raggedy by the day. You should be resting," Sirius scolded, flopping down on his bed with a roll of his eyes.

"I can't sleep. James's stupid owl woke me up with a letter," Remus said, tossing the envelope at Sirius who looked at it rabidly. "You're not gonna open it, are you, Pads?" Remus asked, sounding taken aback.

"Of course I am. He leaves us here to go hang out with his future wife. The least I can do is have some blackmail material for when I see him at Quidditch tomorrow," Sirius said with a smile, ripping open the letter. He stared at the contents for a few minutes before nearly falling off the bed from shock.

"What is, Padfoot?" Remus asked in confusion.

"Prongsie is Quidditch captain," Sirius said with a smile. "Maybe he'll kick Charlie off the team," he finished deviously, his expression one of visualizing it.

"You're such a good person," Remus spat sarcastically before looking over at Sirius who was getting off the bed and snatching the Marauder's Map up off the dresser.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good," he said softly, igniting his wand and staring at the parchment. "Aww, that poor oaf is sleeping by himself. No teachers around at this hour. I guess I get to pay our dear friend a visit. Wake up Peter…someone will have to squirm under the door and open it from the inside."

"Not necessary. James left his Head's letter in here. The password's on it," Remus said, handing it to Sirius who glanced over it quickly. Sirius smiled widely before leaving the common room. As he made it to the bottom of the stairs he got out of the common room, much to the Fat Lady's nonsense protests of him waking her up. He stared at the map, seeing the coast was clear before setting out to the Head's dormitory and muttering the password. He opened the door with a creak only to see James sitting on the couch eating something.

"Padfoot, how the hell did you get in here?" James asked with a shocked face.

"You're irresponsibility opened the door," Sirius said, waving his hand at his friend before walking to the couch and snatching the sandwich from James. "Aww, I didn't know you'd even prepared me a midnight snack. Thanks, mate." He took a monsterous bite before trying to talk with his mouth full.

"So…ooo goth a wetter fom da quittik peopa," he began.

"Eat then talk, please, Padfoot," James said, shaking his head. Sirius shrugged and shoved James's letter into his hand. James read it over before giving a broad smile. "I'm running freaking tryouts tomorrow? That's awesome."

"I'm gonna help," Sirius said as he swallowed his meal.

"Obviously. We need a new chaser, after all. And a Keeper," James said slowly.

"Two chasers. You can officially kick Charlie off the team," Sirius said with a smile.

"Why would I do that?" James asked, wrinkling his nose in perplexity.

"Because she's a bitch," Sirius said simply.

"And the best chaser Gryffindor's seen in centuries. We can't get rid of talent like she has. No one can do aerial acrobatics like she can. No one flies faster than her except me on a really, really good day. She'd be suited for a Seeker if it wasn't for her impatience," James said, shaking her head. "She stays."

"Oh, fine!" Sirius said with a roll of his eyes. "Anyway, next thing on the agenda: Can I sleep here?"

"No…" James said, a look of horror crossing his face.

"Please. Peter snores and Moony can only sleep through it because he's part dog," Sirius whined.

"So are you," James argued, shaking his head. "Besides, Lily's pissed at me enough already. If you stayed the night in here, she'd probably shank me with a dull blade in my sleep tomorrow night."

"It's a sacrifice you need to make for your best friend," Sirius said, putting on a nice pouty face. James sighed.

"Just make sure you're gone before anyone is awake tomorrow and you're sleeping on this stupid couch," James said, shaking his head. Sirius grinned broadly.

"You got it. I'll wake up all the Gryffindors bright and early for Quidditch tryouts in the morning. Oh, and it's a Saturday, even better," Sirius said with a grin before lounging more comfortably on the couch. James rolled his eyes before standing up and walked back to his room, holding his new letter and the Marauders' Map.

"Night, Prongsie," Sirius said with a smirk.

"Go to sleep, Sirius," James said, walking into the room.

The next morning, Lily was pounding on James's door furiously.

"What is it, Evans?" James asked with a roll of his eyes as he opened the door to see her in her pajamas.

"Why the hell did I wake up to find Sirius on our couch?" Lily asked angrily, her green eyes blazing with ferocity. James was taken aback for a moment before he carelessly mussed his hair again and shook his head.

"He got locked out of the Gryffindor common room last night and didn't remember the password and I found him when I went to do an extra patrol because I'm so responsible. I told him he could stay here the night," James said with a smile.

"Why didn't you just let him into the Gryffindor Common Room?" Lily asked, speaking to James as if he was a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

"Um…because…I forgot the password," James said with a shrug. He was a good liar, a really good liar.

"James Potter, you are so irresponsible! Dumbledore must be mad to give you this job! I swear I'm going die before this is over because of you. You'll irritate me to death!" she shouted at him. James sighed.

"I'm sorry, Lily. I really am. I should have been smarter," he said softly.

"Damn right you should have," she said with a glare.

"I truly am," he promised, his voice not betraying the lie. Lily pursed her lips for a moment before storming off back to her room. Sirius peered up from the couch and gave James a thumbs up before walking towards the door.

"What time is it?" James asked drowsily.

"Well, your girlfriend woke me up at like four," Sirius said, shaking his head. "She was doing something loud and it woke me up. She didn't notice me until five minutes later when she started pounding on the door."

"It's four in the morning?" James asked, groaning.

"Yep. Beautifully rainy day for Quidditch tryouts, huh, sunshine?" Sirius asked coyly before leaving the room and heading off down the corridor in the direction of the Gryffindor Common Room. He walked in to see Charlie sitting on the couch, a Muggle magazine in her hands. She glanced up as she saw him enter but shook her head and looked back down. He flopped down next to her.

"Still in the same clothes from last night, Black? People are gonna talk," she said with a smirk as she closed the magazine and tossed it onto the table.

"Yeah, well, I like people talking about me. Unlike you, little miss I'm-perfect-but-I-like-to-hide-it," he said, mimicking her voice perfectly. She rolled her eyes and looked up at him.

"What did I do to deserve this new treatment out of you?" she asked, shaking her head.

"Oh, not much, just growing up," Sirius said with a smile.

"So I guess you're growing down. You're acting like a six-year-old," she said, shaking her head at him.

"You know, James told me the exact same thing last night," Sirius noted, smiling.

"Before or after your queer loving?" she asked, smirking.

"Oh, pretty girl's got jokes?" Sirius said, eyes widening.

"Well, you two do spend almost every waking minute together so it's what we all assume," Charlie said with a sigh.

"And asking Lily out everyday?" Sirius asked.

"A cover-up to keep his popularity and permission in the boy's locker room," Charlie said, shrugging slightly.

"Oh, you're hilarious!" Sirius said sarcastically. "Is that the reason I snog a girl a day?"

"Yep. We all know it's true. The guys on the team are all gay too, so they don't really mind," Charlie said with a smirk. After a pause in which the two laughed silently over memories, things that were said, Charlie sighed. "You see, why can't it be like this anymore?" she asked, her eyes softening.

"I don't know," Sirius said with a shrug before standing up. "Come on, we better get to tryouts they start in less than an hour and we have to wake up the whole house."

"Why is that again?" Charlie asked with a soft sigh.

"Because we're officially allowed to torture everyone younger than us by any means necessary now," Sirius said with a shrug.

"Good enough for me," Charlie said before walking towards the stairs to the girls' dormitories. She shouted up the stairs. "Hey, children! Get your butts down here for Quidditch tryouts. You know you wanna try out for the team!" There was a massive amount of fumbling and then rushing girls, including first years, who came down the stairs within ten minutes, dressed in workout clothes, jackets and all. Sirius smiled, assessing it adequate before he shouted commands of his own and got the boys down in five minutes.

"I win," he said with a smirk.

"That's because the girls cared what they looked like," Charlie said with a roll of her eyes and a flick of her wrist. She went up the stairs to her dorm next and got changed and retrieved her broomstick. When she got back down, everyone was waiting for her. She smiled and they headed out towards the pitch. James was sitting in the stands, captain's badge gleaming on his chest.

"Well, looks like my wonderful assistants made sure you guys were ready. Teammates, take your seats in the stands for judging," James said as Charlie, Sirius, Jason Richmond, and Annette Dawes climbed the stands to sit and watch. Annette was the other chaser and Jason the other beater. Annette and Charlie made a ferocious team, not to mention she had the world's biggest crush on Remus. Charlie and Annette sat next to each other watching as James put the new people through rigorous training.

"Alright, Charlie, come on down here," James said, waving Charlie from the stands. She smirked and descended the stands before hopping down with her broom in hand. "As I'm sure you all know, Charlie's well on her way to be a professional Quidditch player with her skills. She's the fastest player this school has ever known. Whoever can grab a bristle from the tail of her broom, is one step closer to being the next chaser. And she will try and trick you."

"I like these tryouts. They're way better than when you and I tried out, Potter," Charlie said, mounting her broom. James signaled for the others to all mount brooms and then he blew his whistle and Charlie shot into the air. Sirius watched as she zoomed in and out of people, causing them to collide with each other. She looped circles around them and sped past them. None could catch her. The only one who came close was Davey Smith, a fifth year. He was pulling off some of the same tricked Charlie was, and, when James had grounded everyone else, he was satisfied with Davey being the new chaser.

James then proceeded to tell Charlie and Annette to get ready for some practice shooting and called over the three boys trying out as Keepers. All three were sixth years. He sent each of them up at a time as Charlie and Annette shot on them. The only one who blocked a good number of goals was the one they were happy with: Charlie Simms.

After a two hour practice, the team dragged itself to the locker rooms to change back into some dry clothes and then headed for the school. Charlie was in the mood for a nice and calming shower, and that's exactly what she did when she got back to the common room. She came back down to see that Sirius had the same idea, as he was sitting in sweats, hair wet and smelling fruity. She sighed and sat in the squishy armchair across from him, this time with her headphones in her ears. Sirius rolled his eyes at her as he read over his class schedule again.

Annette hopped down the steps in different clothes, her dark brown hair hanging down by her face in small beach-curls. Remus came down the stairs next and Annette almost dropped the small mug of butterbeer she held in her hand. Remus placed his hand behind his head, scratching the back of his neck as he noticed her. He had a thing for her too. It had always been awkward for those two to be in the same room together. But, Annette was one of Charlie's best friends, and a friend of Sirius too. Just like Remus was a mutual friend. They'd end up together sooner or later, that was sure. But Remus was thinking the same thing about Charlie and Sirius.

It seemed she only looked at him every once in a while, sending fleeting glances. He would check her out quickly and then look away. They were good at it, hiding how much they did like each other. They had probably even convinced themselves they didn't like each other either. Remus gave a light chuckle as he watched.

"What are you laughing at, Moony?" Sirius and James asked at the same time as James opened the portrait hole and stepped into the common room, Lily behind him.

"Nothing," he said, shaking his head. Annette glanced at him before looking at her hands and then taking a long sip of the warming beverage in her hands. Sirius and Charlie continued their look-tag, while James and Lily sat on opposite ends of the common room, James never taking his eyes off of Lily.

Would the awkwardness never end?

A/N: A bit shorter than the last chapter, but you'll get over it. I hope you like it, and now I've introduced Moony's love interest. Please read and review. Oh, and we officially know Charlie's back-story, which is nice.