Word Count: 581
Pairings: Sirius/Lily, Lily/James
Ratings: PG
Fiery red hair tumbled down the back of the girl sitting on the bank of the lake as she threw her head back, falling over, laughing at something the boy next to her had said. His glasses caught the light from where he sat, propped up on his elbows, shaking silently with laughter, as he turned his head to watch her.
After the girl recovered from her laughing fit, she rolled onto her side, laying her head in the boy's lap. He slowly started to stroke her hair as they continued their conversation.
Sirius stood, shocked, in his dormitory through the entire exchange. He knew they were going to take a walk, but hey, it was his best friend and his girlfriend, and they were best friends. He thought he had nothing to worry about. He had, apparently, thought wrong.
He didn't know what to do. This was something that you only read about in books –– not that Sirius read romance novels; he just knew it wasn't supposed to happen to him.
Should he go down there? Should he go find Remus and try to talk about it? Should he prank them?
Sirius was utterly confused. Why would James, of all people, be moving in on his girlfriend? His most loyal friend, his best friend, should not be trying to steal his girlfriend. It wasn't right.
As he continued to watch the couple from the window, he observed as Lily reached up with a delicate hand and pull James' face down to meet hers in a soft kiss.
Sirius felt himself fill with rage. How dare she, the little slut! It was her, not James. He grabbed his cloak, fully prepared to march down to the lake and take matters into his own hands instead of simply watching from a window. As he stormed by his dresser however, his eye caught a flash of light reflected from the setting sun outside. He turned, squinting a bit, and grabbed the item.
It was a picture, one from earlier that year. Remus had taken it, with his muggle camera, one of those big fancy ones that does black and white. It was Sirius' only muggle, frozen picture and it was his favorite.
It showed him and Lily from behind as they stood on the shore of the lake, much near where Lily and James were sitting now. He had his arms around her, shielding most of her body from view, but her head was tilted back to be facing him and her left arm was reaching up and into his hair. They were kissing. It had been their first kiss in fact, and Remus had been lucky enough to have caught it on camera.
His eyes hardened at the memory, and he carefully replaced the picture. He tossed his cloak on the bed and walked out of the dormitory purposefully.
He reached the common room, and, pulling a girl aside, lead her out the portrait hole. If Lily could do it to him, he could do it to her. And he wasn't going to stop.
His twelve year old heart was shattered, and there was no way he was going to let anyone close enough to put it back together. And so, the romantic, idealistic Sirius disappeared to be replaced by a hardened ladies man, intent on nothing more than having a good time.
Lily had unwittingly sacrificed both Sirius' and hundreds of infatuated girls' hearts for one kiss.
He hoped it was worth it.
Authors Note: This began as a love triangle, but when requested, it evolved into the reason why Sirius became such a ladies man. My reasoning behind why Lily and James broke it off was because Lily blamed him for why she lost Sirius, since, in my mind it was James who had seduced Lily (and she only dates him again in 5th year, for reasons unknown). Sirius, however, sees it as opposite, therefore forgiving James but not Lily.
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