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"Hestia? Darling, are you alright?" Mum asked me, closing the door softly behind her. It had been a couple days since I'd been to Sirius's house. I'd gotten numerous owls from him, James, Lily, Mary and Alice, but I didn't respond to any.
"I'm fine," I responded automatically. My mind kept replaying that awful duel between Walburga and Sirius. His wild laughter stuck in my ears.
"No, you're not." Mum sat down on my bed, near my feet. "Are you having boy issues?"
"No!" I nearly shouted. Well, it could be translated into that, but I didn't like Sirius.
"Really?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. She walked out of my room to grab something. Then she came back with three bouquets, one of which had beautiful red roses and purple hyacinths. One even had dandelions, which, even though were weeds, I loved. I smiled, already knowing who might be responsible for this.
"Who's it from?" I asked.
"Padfoot," Mum said, handing me a bouquet with lily-of-the-valleys and lupines. This was probably my favorite. I felt my eyes close, imagining him going to a Muggle florist and buying expensive and exquisite floral arrangements. It was so sweet of him. It was like we were dating.
I decided that he was forgiven. I knew he would never go through the trouble if I weren't worth it. I forgot all about him and his maniac mother.
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It was now August. The rest of my sixth year had gone by quickly. It was one of my best years. James had officially inducted me as a Marauder, though they called me a Marauderette. I pulled a bunch of pranks all around the school, but mostly on Slytherins. The ones one the other houses were harmless. I only got into three detentions. Most of the time, Sirius managed to get me out of detention, or make sure I was nowhere in sight of the teachers when we were pulling pranks.
Even though I was a Marauderette, I was still friends with Lily. More like best friends, actually. Mary and Alice had grown closer, and they'd grown distant from Lily and I.
Because Lily and I live so close to each other, only fifteen minutes away, we saw each other almost everyday. We just rode our brooms to each others houses. I saw Sirius and James a couple times over the months, but Lily didn't come just so she could escape seeing 'the Insufferable.' I still had a feeling that they were meant to be together.
"So, what should we do?" asked Lily, who was sprawled across my bed. I was sitting at the window seat, looking down at the pool. The water was so still, I was tempted to poke my finger in and watch the ripples form around my finger.
"I don't know," I said. I looked around my room. My eyes settled on a Muggle picture of the Marauders and I taken on the last day of school. My mother had taken it with her camera. I was on the right side of the picture, and next to me was Sirius, whose arm was around my shoulders. Next to him was James, Remus and Peter.
"What are you looking at?" Lily asked suspiciously.
I smiled slyly. "Oh nothing. Just thinking we should pay a visit to those insufferable Marauders that I'm associated with."
"No!" Lily shouted.
I grinned evilly. "Oh yes."
Sorry my chapters have been a bit short, I just don't have enough time anymore so I do short chapters in hopes that I can update as soon as possible. Please review!