Chapter 10- An Unexpected Visit

"Reg what the hell are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, why are you being so rude?"

"Oh, I don't know. Why do you think?"
"You have no right to be mad at me!"

"Yes I do!"

"No!"

"Yes!"
"Charlotte, I said no."

"I don't give a shit about what you tell me to do anymore."

"Charlie, take that back or you'll regret it."

"Is that a threat? Because, I'd watch what you say. There are two boys right outside that door that are fantastic at magic, and muggle fighting. And then there's Lily who will take you out with her little finger."

"If you set them on me I'll never forgive you."

There was a pause as Charlie and Reg glared at each other. Reg was honestly shocked, by now Charlie would have backed down and apologized muttering something about incapable of holding grudges, she hadn't yet though. And honestly, Reg had no idea what was going on, why was she so mad at him?

"I couldn't care less if you forgive me or not."

"Just answer this then, what did I do?"

"What did you do? Are you stupid or something?"

Reg made a move forward, approaching Charlie with anger seeping from his eyes but she didn't back down.

"What are you going to do, Reggie? Hit me?" She said quietly before cackling at him.

He just glared at her, he knew he couldn't do anything. Everyone was right outside that door, ready to kill him.

"I'll make a deal with you, an answer for an answer."

"Okay."

"Why are you at James's?"

"I'm living here."

"What?" He roared.

"I actually believe it's my turn now. I'll answer that after mine."

"No, that doesn't count as my next question."

"Then why did you ask it?"

"Because I wanted to and I believe that was your question so back to me."

"Fine, I'm living here. Back to me, why didn't you show?"

"For what?"

"The party I invited you to!"

Lily felt the color drain from her face a little. This is why you shouldn't lie! She told herself. She nudged James a little, hoping to get closer to the crack at the door where the three of them were listening to the argument taking place inside.

"I was never invited to a party."

Charlie glared at him.

"Don't lie. I know you don't like parties, but you could have owled saying you weren't coming."

"Are you really accusing me, me, of lying?"

"It wouldn't be a first."

"That's rich coming from you."

"Really? Resorting to that again."

"It's not like your perfect Charlie. You're far from it. You lie, you're proud, you're stubborn, and you only try when things are a competition."

"Get out if you are going to be this way."

"No, I'll stay where I want."

"Don't make me get James!"

"What, did you finally convince him to go out with you? Already replaced me with that ignorant git."

"What are you talking about? James is my friend, and I have in fact replaced you."

Charlie couldn't help from sounding a little smug, but was desperately hoping James wouldn't read into the whole 'finally convince him to go out with you?' bit.

"You what?"

"You heard me."

"With whom?"

"None of your business."

"You're lying again to make me jealous."
"Reggie, I don't have to lie to make you jealous. You always have been."

"That's another lie. So who is he?"

"Like I said, none of your business."

"Then I don't believe you."

"I really don't care if you do or don't. So are you finished? Can you leave?"

"I'm not leaving till you tell me who it is."

"I thought you said you didn't believe me."

"I was lying obviously."

"Snake."

"Lion."

"Why don't you go run along to your little Death Eaters?"

"Aw, don't tell me you're still upset they wouldn't let a filthy half-blood like you in."

"Please, don't flatter yourself. No one in their right mind would join them willingly."

"Jealous much?"

"I don't even understand why you want to be one."

"Charlie!"

He snapped glancing at the door quickly hoping no one heard.

"I DON"T WANT A FUTURE DEATH EATER IN MY HOUSE! CHARLIE YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS BEFORE I COME IN AND THROW HIM OUT!" James bellowed from the other side of the door. So they were listening.

"Charlie, come with me, now."

"No! I'm not going anywhere with you."

"That wasn't a request, it's an order."

"I'm not a house elf, you can't tell me what to do!"

"Charlie, don't make this more difficult than what it is already."

"You're the problem not me."

"Charlie, if you embarrass me one more time you'll regret it."

"Another empty threat? This is getting tiring."

"Charlie, you know I'm not kidding around. I won't be able to hold them off this time."

"You're the one who tells them in the first place, you are so hypocritical."

"You think you're so special don't you Charlie? Poor, miserable, misunderstood me! I know better though, and I know where to hit you where it'll hurt. I don't misunderstand you. I get you better than you get yourself."

"Go to hell snake."

"I'll see you there."

And with that he disapperated whilst James threw open the door looking furious.

"Charlie what the hell?"

"Who's 'them'?"

"Why didn't you tell him I was your new boyfriend?"

"If he threatens you-"

"Charlie, sweetie, want to talk in our room?"

"He doesn't deserve you, messed up little creep."

Charlie smiled warmly at all her friends, they continued to blabber incoherently in an attempt to make her feel better which was working. Lily of course asking to logical questions and asking if she wanted to talk. James confused and threatening to go kill him. And then Sirius, joking around. The perfect combination of everything she needed to hear. This was why she loved them.

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Charlie was on her stomach, feet in the air and she propped her head in her hands. Lily was sitting on the bed across from her organizing school supplies, again.

"I'm bored." Charlie exclaimed rolling onto her back. She stretched out like a star and blew the lonely strand of hair out of her face.

"Go talk to Sirius then." Lily said studying the two piles in front of her.

"I don't want to." Charlie said, momentarily forgetting that they were supposed to be in love.

"I thought you liked him?" Lily questioned looking up from the piles for the first time in last few hours.

"Of course, I'm just. Okay, I'll go talk to him if you promise me you will stop this obsessive repacking of yours! I know when you do it Lils, I've been best friends with you for six years, you only repack like this when something is troubling you." Charlie said as she got to her feet. She waited for a moment to see if Lily would say anything.

"And I've been waiting around like a good friend, for you to open up, but it's not happening. I see you tell James everything now and not me." Charlie started stomping off angrily. Lily shot up and followed her, yelling as they went down the stairs.

"It's not my fault! You don't tell me anything either. You didn't tell me about that night with the motorcycles, or what happened at the party or what happened between you and Reg!" Lily felt guilty about tacking on the last one but her friend hadn't been opening up for a while. She was like a wall now. Also, she could feel the presence of the boys watching from the other room.

"I tell you the important things! I don't waste your time with everything anymore because you're your off in Lily land only caring about yourself. 'What does this mean, do I really like James?' and 'This potion essay was only supposed to be twelve inches I hope he doesn't take off because I went over!'" Charlie yelled back pantomiming in the air the type of faces and hand gestures Lily often made.

Lily stopped dead in her tracks, mouth falling slightly. Charlie kept walking but turned around when Lily stopped.

"What? Nothing to say, that's a first. I know you want to lecture me, mother me. But I've already got one that does more than enough; you're supposed to be my friend!" Charlie spat out at her, her words full of remorse more than anger. Lily turned red in the face, out of embarrassment or anger Charlie wasn't sure.

"You're damn right I want to lecture you! What the hell has gotten into you? Running off, sleeping with Sirius," Lily started as Sirius called out 'Hey!', "and you are so blocked off!" She finished screaming.

"Well then, you'll probably want to ground me for this." Charlie said as she grabbed Sirius by the front of his shirt and kissed him on the lips without threatening to stop. Sirius could feel the hot anger on her mouth. After a few lengthy minutes while Lily stared, dumbfounded, Charlie broke it off smirking at Lily.

"Charlie!" Lily started yelling again but Charlie took Sirius's hand, looping it with hers, and walked off toting him along. He gave a backwards wave a silly grin stretched across his face.

"What was that?" Sirius asked when they were out of earshot. Charlie turned to him, her eyes looking a little watery. But without a moment to lose Lily emerged toting James with her in a similar fashion.

"Charlie, you may think I'm a mother and a kill joy but I'd like to see you beat this." She grabbed James face pulling it to hers. She smashed their lips together, almost roughly. It was far from usual Lily, it was fierce and passionate. Charlie's mouth opened a little, when she watched enough she turned to Sirius who smirked, waiting for Charlie to kiss him even harder than Lily was kissing James.

"Hey Sirius, you want to know where I was that night with all the motorcycles?" She asked loudly knowing she really didn't need to clarify the night what so ever, they all knew what she meant. This caused Lily to tear her face away from James. Her eyes were hard and teeth slightly gritted as Charlie smirked. She was going to win, she always did. One of the many problems of too much pride and being more stubborn than a mule, you would do embarrassing things, dangerous thing, things you hated, all to win. As if she could stop herself though, it's who she was.

"Charlie, are you serious?" Sirius asked quietly, as he turned her around putting an arm around her. Their backs were to the other two.

"No you are." She said giggling from her temporary high of the fact that Lily couldn't beat her.

"Haha, so this was just a joke?" He asked crossing his arms by removing the one he had rested comfortingly on her shoulder when they turned around.

"No, no, I'll win if I tell you and I'm not going to lie and just say I did. I hate liars." She said, knowing fully she only hated them because she was one, to get out of trouble anyway.

"Basically I went to this place, called Rick's Shack. They sell motorcycles in the back there, I think I was there once when I was younger and always wondered what they were. So there were some boys, five, and one had this really bad beard attempt growing in but anyway," She paused turning around to see Lily leaning forward trying to inch closer to them and listen in, reminding Charlie of a caterpillar.

"They basically wanted to do, stuff, um, you get what I mean, and I refused. But then when the fat guy, Rick, threw me the keys I missed and they got them. Then the one with the beard wanted me to come get them, and, he accidentally cut my lip and pushed me. I fell, which gave me that cut on my head. So I biked home and challenged you to a race." Charlie finished and looked up at Sirius's face. It was unreadable and he nodded once before turning around to face James and Lily. Then he suddenly turned around again facing Charlie.

"I thought you crashed or something trying to ride home." Sirius asked, his voice unnervingly calm.

"Um, no, I didn't crash. It's really not that hard to ride." Charlie said biting her lip. He nodded once again, silently. Then he did something Charlie didn't expect, he pulled her into a hug, she was startled at first but then sank into his warm embrace.

Lily watched the scene before her, silently rambling all the curse words she knew. It wasn't about winning anymore, she wanted to know. Charlie told Sirius and not her? Six years of friendship was overruled by her boyfriend? Then again Lily did the same secretly at night with James, but still. This was important!

James peered around Lily, watching his friends embrace. Sirius would tell him, even though he had been assured that she had probably just crashed riding home which was why she was so hurt. Sirius's demeanor wasn't suggesting that though, unless it was all an act for Charlie, which technically the whole thing was. Sirius had helped Charlie the night of the party but let her believe that they had done other things so he could pretend to go out with her. Which wasn't terrible seeing as she was away from Reg and only had to act like they were going out in front of him, also Sirius had to stop his habits with other girls till January because of the bet.

Sirius looked into Charlie's eyes and she smiled a little. She turned around and walked to the kitchen humming a song. Lily gave James a butterfly kiss on the cheek and ran after her. Sirius grabbed her arm as she was going by, halting her for a second.

"So why do you think her sleeping with me was so bad?" He asked her with fake confusion plastered onto his face. James burst out laughing and a thin smile appeared on his lips. Lily looked between the two of them and decided to laugh along.

Charlie was leaning against the wall so they couldn't see her. She heard them all laugh at Sirius's comment and she first thought to laugh but let a silent tear fall from her face splattering on the wooden floor. It was laughable her sleeping with him, not that she wanted to, but still.

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James grabbed his wand silently from his bed stand. Sirius was hovering over him, rocking on his feet looking at the door. They slid out quietly shutting James's bedroom door behind them. They started to move toward the stairs but James suddenly stopped. He turned around and stopped right outside the girl's room. He turned the knob which gave a slight squeak he hoped the girls didn't hear. Peering in he saw Lily sleeping.

Her hair was splashed on the pillow like a halo. Lips parted slightly and a little whistle escaped her lips when she sighed happily in her sleep. James smiled and glanced at Charlie's bed, which she slept in as well.

He shut the door silently and he and Sirius apparated to a sketchy little place, a grimy window had a neon sign glaring through it. Saying, Rick's Shack. The two boys walked in, Sirius in the lead, wands tucked in their back pockets. A group of boys, five, looked over at them. Sirius immediately noticed the one Charlie had described with a scraggly beard.

He walked over, towering over the man. Glaring into his eyes, before looking intently into each persons'. James realized now how exactly Sirius was a Black, he had centuries of threatening and talking down to people in him. James approached the group, flexing his muscles a little but realized that Sirius was the one who was going to do the real damage here.

James looked around accessing the shop, a few skimpily dressed girls stood in the corner whispering to each other. Two fat balding men were sitting the back, looking like they couldn't care less about the commotion. James was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a loud crack and someone shouted. Turning back around he immediately blocked a punch from one of the boys. Sirius was always so smart, five against two and they couldn't use magic. Sirius and the bearded one were shouting at each other, James had obviously missed the whole conversation.

James staggered for a moment when someone punched him in the eye, his vision was fuzzy for a second but he dropped to avoid another punch. It was time to take his Quidditch skills and use them in the real world. He elbowed the guy next to him, hard in the rib causing him to back up attempting to catch his breath. James slammed his other arm out, tense, to have maximum impact and hit the other square in the jaw. The one he just hit backed up and ran towards the other guy, whispering loudly in heavy voices. They ran out of the shop knocking down various items in the escape.

James watched their retreating figures before he heard Sirius yelp, spinning around he saw the remaining three attack Sirius. He was doing a good job but James grabbed the coward who was attempting to attack from behind and lifted him off the ground, tossing him like a rag, he was rather little. The other one was punched in the eye by Sirius and decided he had enough, running over to his friend who he helped up. They also ran out. By now the man with the beard was leaning against the wall, sitting from being pushed back and downwards.

Sirius crouched over him his eyes stormy like they could shoot lightening out of them,

"What was she to you anyway?" The bearded man asked spitting blood from his mouth with every word. He made a face at the end, mocking Sirius.

"She's my girlfriend." Sirius whispered, James felt like he intruded on something and pretended to be nursing his eye wound and hadn't heard, and then Sirius punched him in the face, he slumped and blacked out.

Hope you all like! And don't worry, it's not the end of Reg. Though it'll be the end for another couple everyone likes soon. Story is winding down now, I know it feels like it's just starting but there are prob. Only 4 to 5 chpts left. (might do a sequel?) It feels short, but I wanted it to only take place the last two weeks of summer, and I like my other story, Carry You Home, a lot better. I think I'll be writing another James/Lily or Sirius/O.C. in the future, but first person POV. I tried 3rd for this, and honestly, I hate writing in it! Future story will be a lot longer, and better, it'll have a much better plot though I'm still working that part out. Anyway, R&R. Next chapters will be all Lily/James, this was a lot of Charlie.

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