My eyes wandered around the girls' dormitory, trying to look anywhere but at the irate red head in front of me. Her face was so red that I almost matched her hair and I was certain that Lily wanted to strangle me.

"Tell me you're joking. Please, Sophie, tell me you didn't really cut class to go to Hogsmeade with Sirius Black," Lily pleaded.

I offered a halfhearted smile. "I'm not supposed to lie."

Lily groaned and collapsed backwards on her bed. We were the only two upstairs.

"You that you're making it awfully hard for me not to give you a detention, right?"

I look down at my hands with guilt. "Yeah, I know, but I still appreciate it."

"Why did you even want to skip?"

She looked up at the same time I did and we locked eyes. I hadn't told anyone about my feelings for Sirius; although Remus seemed to have figured it out all by himself (I also suspected Lily was on her way as well). In that second it seemed like Lily finally figured it out and understood everything.

"That's a stupid reason," she muttered, hopping off of her bed. She headed down to the common room without another words.

I fell against my bed in a similar manner to Lily's and groaned. I buried my face in the pillow and let out a couple of muffle screams of frustration. I knew Lily wasn't really mad, but she was frustrated all the same.

I felt sorry for the next person to set off her temper.


I bounced down the stairs an hour later, certain that everyone would still be at dinner and I would have the common room all to myself for some relaxation. As usual, I was wrong.

"James, what are you doing," I sighed exasperatedly. His back was turned to me and he seemed to be trying to cast a spell on his face.

At the sound of my voice he almost fell off of his spot on the table. "Sophie! Err, hold on one second."

He pointed his wand at his face (which I still couldn't see) and tried what I think was a counter curse. I sighed and leaned against the wall.

"What did you do to yourself, James?"

"I didn't do it! I swear. I sort of just chose the wrong time to mess with Evans…and, well, see for yourself."

James turned around and I tried my best not to laugh. I ultimately failed, but you would've done the same thing in my situation. Because I had gotten Lily royally ticked off, James had gotten his face re-arranged.

Literally.

James' face was completely upside down. His mouth was where his forehead was supposed to be, and his forehead took the former place of his mouth. Even his chin was at the top of his head. I was certain that his neck was itchy from his hair, too.

"What did you say to her," I exclaimed through my laughter.

"Nothing out of the ordinary," his mouth spoke from the top of his head, "She sort of just snapped today."

"Hmm… I wonder why," I said innocently.

"What did you do to piss her off," James deadpanned.

I bit my lip. "Sorry, but I just can't take your seriously with your head like that. We need to fix it."

His eyes widened, making him look terrified. "Don't even think of coming at me with your wand. I'd sooner be stuck like this forever."

"You're such a baby, Potter. I wasn't even going to try fixing it by myself. We'll get Lily to fix it," I said brightly.

"Oh no we won't. I'm not going to let everyone at Hogwarts see me like this. Can't we just go to The Infirmary instead," James begged.

"Like I said before, you're such a baby. Come on," I sighed, nodding my head towards the door.

"Wait- someone might see me in the halls. Can I at least get my invisibility cloak?"

I grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of the common room. "Not a chance. Let's just hurry up before dinner is over and everyone does see you."

"Good point."


"You must've done something terrible to get Miss Evans so upset with you Mr. Potter. She's a clever girl; you should do best not to get on her bad side again. She may not be so merciful next time," the nurse admonished.

James hopped off of his bed with his face back to its former glory.

"I'm going to miss that look," I sighed overdramatically.

"You're the only one."

"No, I'm sure Lily will too."

He made a face and rolled his eyes at me. As I opened my mouth to speak, I was cut off by the doors slamming open. A large group of people I recognized mobbed into the room, two of them severely injured.

I felt my mouth drop open as I saw Remus and Peter drag Sirius in. He was almost entirely bloody and unconscious. Snape was dragged by Avery. He was in a better state than Sirius. My body tensed.

Bellatrix, Mulciber, Regulus, a bunch of Slytherin I didn't know, Mary, Alice, Frank, Alice, and even Lily all tried to squeeze through the door at once. They all stopped in their tracks when James spoke up as the nurse rushed Sirius and Snape to beds.

"Did Snape do that to Sirius," James roared.

Bellatrix burst into shrieks of laughter. "Is Potter upset that his mate got beat by Severus? Well, get used to it, Potter. This will start becoming an ordinary thing."

"Shut your trap before I hex you," I snarled, stepping forward next to James.

"Don't start something you can't finish, Coil!"

I reached for my wand. "Just watch me."

"That's enough from all of you," a voice announced from the doorway. We all froze in our places, knowing without looking that Dumbledore was standing in the doorway.

He strode into the room. "There's no need for more fights today. The previous one between Mr. Black and Mr. Snape were enough. Now either stay and get along or leave."

Bellatrix glared at me before marching out of the room, the rest of the Slytherin filing after her.

"Mr. Potter, would you mind informing Mr. Black and Mr. Snape that they'll have to serve detention in one week when they come to," Dumbledore requested on his way out of the room.

"No, sir."

I felt Lily eye me carefully, knowing the thoughts that were racing around my head. She knew just how worried and frantic I was feeling.

"You got your head fixed, Potter," Lily noticed.

"I wouldn't have had to if you had just said yes to the date," James retorted. She only rolled her eyes and ambled over to the seat next to Snape's bed. I tried not to let out a snort. I would never fully understand why she was still friends with him.

"Of course you're here for that blood purist and not one of your fellow Gryffindor," James muttered under his breath. I saw Lily tense before deciding to let the comment slip.

I stood awkwardly between them before making my way to the seat next to Sirius' bed. "What happened?"

"Sirius started it… He saw Snape walking down the hallway with his Slytherin lot and couldn't help himself. When was he ever one to spare Slytherin of an insult? Things just got out of hand… There was almost a full out battle between all of us," Alice replied hesitantly.

My breath hitched in my throat before I calmed down. I looked at him, knocked out on the bed and couldn't help but sigh.

Why was he such an idiot?


I am so sorry for the wait. I got caught up in being high school for the first time. I had a chapter written, but when I went back to read it, I thought it was complete crap. Then I got writer's block and only fixed it tonight. Initially, this chapter was about their Hogsmeade visit and the detention, but I like this much better. I'll try to make the next chapter extra long. It should be a continuation of this one and the detention.

I'll try to get it up as soon as I can. Promise.