A/N: This is a continuation of the last chapter, from the boys' perspective. The last chapter ended with:

"You're quite fascinating." (Sirius)

"Like a science project?" (Cassi)

"No, no I didn't mean it like that, I didn't even think of that…I meant-" (Sirius)

"I know what you meant."

"You do? Then why'd' you ask?"

"To prove a theory."

"A theory? What theory?"

"Well I think I'm going to bed. See you in class Sirius."

"What theory?"

Sirius moved back over to the table where his friends sat, plotting their next prank. Remus was hesitant about taking part, especially after the almost-fiasco that afternoon, but Sirius and James had managed to convince him and nervous little Peter to take part. This next prank was a four person job, and with some of the spells they had found in books, mainly Magical Jokes, they would be able to create such a disruption that everyone would hear about it, and the people that did it. This next plan was not particularly concerned with getting caught, although they didn't tell Remus that.

But now, the plan wasn't the thing at the forefront of Sirius' mind. No, it was a girl, a particularly fascinating girl that had a way of making him feel clueless. Like she knew some great secret that should be so obvious to him, but wasn't. And though he usually hated to feel stupid or left out (he got enough of that at home), she also had some sort of magnetic energy that drew him to her. He couldn't get enough of her presence and being with her, especially when it was just the two of them, made him feel like she was going to let him in on that great secret of hers. He actually felt privileged to know her and to be able to spend time with her. Now that he knew she had a theory about him, she became even more mysterious, and he wanted even more to be with her, to know her secrets and tell her all of his, secrets he wouldn't tell anyone else, at least at the time.

When he sat down at the table, he didn't consciously realise he was. Sirius was so deep in his thoughts that his face showed that he wasn't really there. James, Remus and Peter were already looking at him, curious about his loud inquiry, and now they were more curious than ever.

"I told you to leave her alone." Remus said gloating as would be normal. The worst part was that he didn't even sound like a pompous, egotistical prat, so you couldn't really be mad at him.

"Yeah, yeah"

"So what happened?" James asked he looked genuinely interested.

"She has a theory!"

"So?"

"She has a theory that she won't tell me!" Remus laughed and James joined in, Peter was grinning wildly. "What's so funny?"

"Sirius, you're upset because she has a theory that she won't tell you?"

"Yeah, I want to know what she thinks of me, and the rest of you, that's always fun…Why do girls have to be so confusing?"

"I thought you said that you were like the Girl Guru or something." James said.

"Well some girls are more complicated. They just need a bit of thought is all."

"Listen, Sirius, Cassi is a really nice girl, don't screw up her friendship with your stupid mind games. We already know that Lily hates us, well not me, but how long do you think it will take an annoyed girl to agree with her friend's judgement?"

"Remus does have a point." James commented.

"Why don't you just become her friend? Then won't she tell you what she thinks?" Peter spoke up for the first time.

"Actually, Peter's right, if she doesn't want to be your friend then you know that she hates you like Lily, but if she does, then well she obviously doesn't think you're an arrogant, bigheaded, egotistical prat."

"Anything else you'd like to add to that Remus?" Sirius asked offended that his friend had found so many adjectives.

"No, no, that's what Lily thinks of you two. Her words, not mine. But Sirius, don't screw this up. Something tells me that these are not girls you should mess with. I'm pretty sure they would kill you."

"You think I would be beaten by them?" Sirius scoffed at the thought.

"You realise that Cassi already knows hexes and Lily is a quick study. And with Rebecca and Alice's connections, almost every first year girl would be against you. Those four girls are close and they would stick together and beat you like it was nothing."

"Again, Remus has a point. But I'd like to think we could take them, the four us against the four of them."

"I'm not getting involved in a fight with them." Remus said

"I don't think we should fight the girls in our own house." Peter added.

"Well not to worry, because we aren't going to get into a fight with them." James said. "Let's get to bed, we've got class tomorrow." He snapped the open book shut and the boys trudged up the stairs, each of them thinking something different.

Peter thought of all his friends, how they had accepted him even though he was so different. They were all smart. He could tell just from the day he had spent with them. He wasn't smart, not at all, he was actually quite dumb, there wasn't anything that he knew that he excelled at, it was a wonder that he was even accepted to Hogwarts. He went up the stairs tired, but happy, and full of wonder at the openness of the headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore.

James thought of the "Lily" Remus had spoke of. He was curious, a normal curious, but he found that he was curious of everything. School, girls and life at Hogwarts. Everything was new and different, and he wanted to know more. This year is all new, it's completely unknown, and instead of finding it scary, he found it exhilarating. He climbed to his new dorm that he shared with his new friends, excited at the prospect of a new future.

Remus thought of all the people he could be considered friends with, there was Lily, Cassidy, Alice and Rebecca, James and Remus and Peter. That was 7 friends that he had never had. And as he passed a small window, he saw the quarter moon shining brightly, and all his happiness plummeted. He remembered the secret of his life, he remembered the one thing he couldn't share with anyone here, no matter how much he liked them. He couldn't tell them, he couldn't tell anyone. It was a miracle in itself that he was at Hogwarts that Dumbledore had let him in, but he couldn't ask for his new friends to accept what he was. Pushing his last thoughts to the back of his mind, focussing only on his new friends, he walked through the door of the dorm he shared.

Sirius was thinking of Cassidy, the girl he didn't understand, the girl he wanted to spend time with and understand better. He realised that he wanted to be her friend, he didn't need to be told by Remus or Peter or James not to screw this up, and he wanted to be her friend so badly that he knew he couldn't screw this friendship up. He also realised that he wouldn't really mind if she would beat him at a duel. It would be embarrassing…but if it was her…how could he hex her? He decided that he would try his hardest to be her friend and starting tomorrow he would look for things in common, but now, he needed rest.

They climbed into their four poster beds, pulled the curtains shut and fell asleep, before their heads even hit their pillows.

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