A/N I know, I know, it's been ages :P So sorry! But hey, Happy *verylate* 4th to all the americans out there! Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 10: New friends, Old friends
After that day in the corridor, Lily and Sirius became better friends than anyone, including them, had ever expected. James had seen them walking together, and this seemed to be the final straw, for he stormed back into the castle, and slammed the door. Sirius was still sleeping in the ROR, and had expressed no wish to move back into the dormitory, despite Lily's many insistences that he at least try to sleep there. And so life continued, but there was a damper in the air, and a pall seemed to fall over the whole school, except of course the Slyterins, who seemed to feed off the negative air in the castle, and were for once the happiest people in it. Even the teachers were affected by it, and the stony silence in which the four marauders sat made them almost long for the days of whispering in class, and the random pranks…. Almost. Snape was even more vicious towards the four boys, for he seemed to think that the prank had been planned with the intention of killing him. He found any way he could to get the boys in trouble, and they were all too upset, or mad respectively, to care about it.
Lily for her part had thought something's over. She realized that she missed Vivian more than she had cared to admit, and the misshape with Snape made her realize that what Vivian had done was nothing compared to what was tearing the Marauders apart. So one frosty morning, she turned to Vivian who was silently brushing her hair in the girls dorm bathroom when no one else was around and said "Look Vivian. I know we've been… avoiding each other lately but I want to make up… that sounded crude." She sighed. "Alright… I guess what I'm trying to say is… I've seen what happened to the boys, and I don't want that to happen to us because of some silly secret that you let out. I really do miss you, and I want to be friends again. I'm sorry Viv." She looked at Vivian with a small smile on her face. "EEEEEE!" the next second she was both chocked, and deafened as Vivian grabbed her around the neck and hugged her with all her might, and screamed girlishly into her ear. "Oh Lils! I'm so so so sorry I told everyone your secret! It was stupid of me, and I really do regret it. I'm really sorry" Lily hugged her tighter "I know Viv. I forgive you. After all, you're my best friend!" Vivian pulled back and grinned impishly at Lily "Oh really? Well I heard that you and Black are getting pretty chummy yourselves." Lily winked "Don't worry Viv. I'm not stealing your man." Vivian instantly glared "What? That is NOT what I meant! I do not like Black!" "Whatever you say Viv." "It's true! Lily! LILY!" Vivian stomped after a laughing Lily, and just like that, their friendship was fixed, and as unbroken as it had always been.
Lily making up with Vivian seemed to simultaneously make Sirius happy, and sad. He was cheerful enough around her and Vivian, who had become friends with him as well, but when he and Lily were alone, he sunk. She became of a support of a kind to him, which he felt guilty for, but he needed it, and was grateful, making their bond even tighter. Apparently Remus saw this, for he approached Lily one day as she headed to class. "Hey Lily, can I talk to you for a sec?" She nodded surprised "Uh...Sure Remus, what's up?" He bit his lip "It's about Sirius." Lily sighed frustrated. "Look Remus, if you're going to tell me he's dangerous and I shouldn't hang out around him, then shove it! I've gotten enough of that bullshit from Sirius himself." Now Remus looked surprised. "Wait… Sirius said that?" "Yes. He's sorry for what he did, and he's beating himself up for it every day." "Ya well...Maybe he deserves it." Lily shook her head. "No matter what he did, Sirius' self-esteem is already low enough. His confidence is… overly high sure, but he's been living with his family for so long, trying to prove how he's not like them for so long, it's starting to get to him. And just when he'd moved out and truly gotten rid of them, he goes and does this, and it destroyed him. He's devastated by it. He's really truly sorry, and I think you know that Remus. I think you and Potter both do." Remus frowned angrily "But Lily! What he did was heartless! He could've killed Snape! And he used me to attack his enemy! He knows how I feel about what I am, and I couldn't have lived with myself if I'd done something to Snape! And now Snape knows about me! I don't trust him, and I really don't want him knowing! Sirius was a bloody fool about things, and I don't think I can forgive him for that." "Ever?" "Ever." Lily smiled sadly, and turned to walk away. Then she paused and looked back at Remus "You know Remus…When me and my sister used to fight, we'd make up, no matter how big the problem was… until I came to Hogwarts. She couldn't forgive me for something I had no control over, and I felt terrible for it. But I forgave her, even when I was upset, and mad, because she's my sister. And who knows, maybe one day in the future, me and Petunia will finally make peace." She shook her head "You and Sirius and Potter…You're brothers. You may say you'll never forgive him, but trust me. You will. You guys are too close for that. And friendships like that don't just end because of one drunken mistake. Trust me. I know." She smiled bitterly. "Petunia's not the only one who's run away because of Hogwarts." And with that she turned around was marched to class, leaving a shocked, and slightly guilty Remus behind her.
A/N I apologize for any mistakes in the plot or spelling/grammar there may be. I was in a rush to get this up, and didn't really proofread it or even re-read it, and parts of this was written weeks ago :P So sorry! But I hope you've enjoyed this :) Also, about the 4th of July greeting at the top; Ya, about that, I planned to update this story on the 6th... That obviously didn't work out. :P Sorry again lol :)
