Chapter 4

"Do you think she's dead? She's not moving or making any noise. Maybe we should poke her."

"That won't help. Remember that time James Potter fell asleep in history of magic and no one could wake him up for hours."

"Maybe we should try pouring freezing water over her head."

"Or she could wake up now!" I said opening my eyes and surveying the three girls surrounding my bedside. There was a short girl with bouncy brown curls and bright brown eyes that looked inquisitive, there was a tall girl with short black hair and grey eyes that looked uneasy and there was the tall redhead who James had been looking at yesterday. "Hi!" They chorused. The overall effect was a little overwhelming. "Hi?" I replied a little timidly. The redhead stepped closer to me. "I'm Lily Evans, that's Andromeda Black and Alice Denman." They all waved as their names were announced. It took me a while to respond. "I'm Katherine Potter, but you can call me Kate." As soon as the word 'Potter' had been mentioned the faces of every girl in the room suddenly turned to one of shock. "As in related to James Potter?" Lily asked.

"Yeah I'm his twin sister." I said "Why?"

"I'll tell you! Lily has a crush on James!" Andromeda (the brunette) yelled happily. I smirked, knowing that the crush was definitely not one-sided. "I do NOT have a crush on James Potter!" Lily screamed as we all fell about laughing, however her face was turning steadily crimson. I laughed and said to Lily "Don't worry. James has a crush on you too." I saw a glimmer of hope in her eye before she said

"I don't care." However I caught her smile before she turned away.

"Okay girls. I have to get myself pretty for classes today. I'll see you at breakfast." I walked into the bathroom to have a shower.

When I came out the other girls were still there, but were dressed in their uniforms like me. "I thought I told you to go downstairs and I'd catch up with you." I said feigning annoyance. Andromeda jumped up and linked arms with me and said "Yes, but it's your first day and we didn't want you getting lost or being alone." I felt a rush of appreciation for my new roomies. I mean, I barely knew these girls and they were already looking out for me. Most of the girls back at Beauxbatons were just uptight bitches. Andromeda snapped me out of my mindless reminiscence by grabbing me and steering me down the stairs where I found Sirius, James and Remus waiting for me. When Sirius saw me he ran over to me, picked me up and spun me around. I giggled as he set me down and said "Hi." James came over and said "What the hell Padfoot?" And I giggled some more. Sirius replied to James by saying

"What may you be referring to Prongs?" but before James could answer, another voice chimed in

"Sirius, I'm going to say this as nicely as possible because you're my cousin and you're not insane like the rest of our family." Sirius nodded "But what the HELL was that?" I looked from Andromeda to Sirius. They were cousins? "Dromeda and Prongs, I am going to answer you together. I was just saying hi to my friend." James still looked annoyed as he took my arm and dragged me to the far side of the common room. "Listen to me Kate. Sirius gets through girls faster than Wormtail gets through pairs of pants. I'm just warning you. Sirius is my best friend, but you're my baby sister. I don't want you to get hurt." I knew James was just looking out for me and doing what he thought was right.

"Thanks big brother." I said nudging him in the arm. "I know you're looking out for me. Now give me a hug." He looked less than keen so I just pulled him into a hug myself. "There you go." I said and we walked back towards the group. James looked slightly happier as he fell into conversation with Remus. I looked around and realised that Sirius had vanished. I understood the meaning of James's smile. Andromeda saw me and seized my arm again. "Now for BREAKFAST!" she said."

A/N I know this chapter isn't the best and I know (at least I'm pretty sure) that Andromeda is a couple of years older than Sirius, but I wanted her to be in the story to be kind of a neutral party between Kate and Sirius. Thanks for reading!