"You've got troubles, well I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and we see it through
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me"
You Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman (from Toy Story)

That night I stayed in the Infirmary even though I was advised not to. James and I sat in chairs next to Sirius's bed. James was fast asleep in his, his arms lying limply off the chair and his head rolled to the side. His mouth was open and drool threatened to spill out of the corner. I would've laughed if I wasn't afraid of waking up Sirius. He was really beat up and deserved the rest.

The only light in the room was from a rather large window with no curtain. Moonlight pooled in from it, vaguely illuminating the dreary room. I could see Snape's body under the covers of his bed. He was rising and falling lightly, his breathing even. I almost felt sorry for him upon spotting the empty seat next to his bed.

It was to be expected though. He was a Slytherin. There was no way anyone in his house cared enough to stay at his bedside and wait for him to wake up. It was times like those that I was glad I was in Gryffindor. We were always there for one another.

There was a large creaking noise, and I slumped down in my chair, closed my eyes, and pretended to be asleep. I heard footsteps and opened my eye a bit, just enough to see who walked by. I caught a flash of bright red hair and new immediately that Lily had entered. She strode right by Sirius' bed without even giving it a glance in the oh-so-Lily-like way. She halted when she reached Snapes' bed.

Lily shuffled to his bedside and pulled a folded card out of her robe pocket and left it on the table. She stared at him for a minute or so before deciding to take her leave.

"Get better soon, Sev," she whispered before walking quietly out of the Infirmary. The door slammed upon her exit, probably harder than she expected. It echoed in the basically empty room.

I sat up in the seat, uncomfortable slouching down. I cast a glance James' way and felt sympathetic for him, knowing he'd be extremely sore the next morning. I heard Sirius' covers rustle slightly. My head snapped in his direction. Sirius began to rise in his bed. It seemed like he was struggling.

I leaned forward in my chair. "Don't overwork yourself. Or at least let me help you."

His head snapped towards me and he looked overly alarmed. "Don't do that, Sophie. You scared me half to death."

"Logically, you should be dead. You know, since you came here half dead. Snape really did a number on you," I said.

"Yeah, well, he caught me off guard. If I had seen it coming-"

"You started it, Sirius. Lily already told me what happened."

"Evans never knows when or how to keep her mouth shut," Sirius mumbled to himself.

I smile lightly. "Well, at least you're better now. You weren't allowed to be treated until you woke up."

Sirius cast a glance in Snapes' direction. "Has Snivellus woken up yet?"

I shook my head.

"Good. He may have put me in a worse condition, but I recovered first. That just goes to prove that I'm better than him."

I smiled knowingly at Sirius' need to keep his ego larger than it should be. It was nice to see he recovered so well.

"What'd Prongs do to himself?"

I laughed lightly. "He fell asleep. He didn't mean to, and he told me that he wasn't going to sleep until you woke up, but obviously that didn't work. I, however, managed to accomplish what he couldn't."

Sirius glared at me. "You mean you haven't slept at all since last night?"

"Nope."

"Blimey! How are you still functioning properly? I'd be dead on my feet, or probably asleep like James. Go to sleep for Merlin's sake," Sirius admonished.

"I'm not even sleepy anymore. Well, a little bit I guess, but I can' go to sleep," I replied.

Sirius sighed exasperatedly and fell against his pillow. "You're a piece of work, Coil."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "Well, you give the rest of us enough trouble. I give you a taste of your own medicine."

Sirius laughed. "You'd never be able to cause as much trouble as me, Sophie. You're too nice and sweet."

I tried not to turn pink enough for him to notice. "I'm not sure if I should count that as a compliment or an insult."

He flashed one his grins at me. "It's a compliment."

There was an awkward moment of silence between the two of us. Then Sirius spoke.

"Hey, Soph?"

"Yeah?"

"It's really nice having you around. You're like me, but nicer and not as crazy… And prettier," he laughed.

My breath caught in my throat, even though I knew he was only teasing me. It still felt nice to hear it from him.

"I should hope I'm prettier than you. I am a girl after all."

"Yes, you're the stunningly pretty girl and I'm the ravishingly handsome boy."

We both laughed and the tension seemed to just vanish. It was comfortable again, like it was back when I didn't fancy Sirius so much. We were just two friends laughing at each other in the Hospital Wing, and that was all I wanted.

I didn't realize that I had fallen asleep until I was being shaken like a rag doll by Alice. I bolted up and looked around the room groggily. Everything was a little blurry, but I could that I wasn't in the Hospital Wing anymore.

"You're finally awake! I was worried that you were dead or something," Alice exclaimed, grinning wildly in the way only Alice could.

"Why am I not still in the Infirmary," I questioned.

"Oh, well when James woke up, you and Sirius were both dead asleep. James said you look uncomfortable and felt bad, so he carried you up here. He couldn't take you to our dormitory for obvious reasons, so he just left you here on the couch," Alice explained.

I nodded, feeling instantly guilty about not waking James up the night before when he looked uncomfortable in the chair.

"Do you know how Sirius is doing?"

"Mary told me that he was allowed to leave already. He got fixed up as soon as he woke up, and they just let him go. I expect he's having some fun before detention."

"Detention?"

"Yeah, you all have detention from that prank. Did you forget," Alice asked.

"Completely," I muttered.

"Well you might want to get changed. You look awful, no offense," Alice said with a sympathetic smile.

I nodded and headed upstairs to get changed into one of my other uniforms. I ran into Peter when I arrived back in the Common Room.

"Sophie, I've been looking for you," he said.

I raised my eyebrows. Peter never took the initiative to talk to me; I always figured I scared him or something. "Well, here I am."

"I talked to McGonagall. James has detention with Slughorn, Remus and I have detention in the astronomy tower, and you and Sirius are in one of those empty classrooms with a handful of other students. Some prefect is overseeing your's," Peter told me.

I nodded. "Thanks. Do you know which classroom it is?"

"No. Sirius told me he knew though, so you might want to find him."

"All right, thanks."

I took off and began my search for Sirius. I knew exactly where to find him. He was where he spent almost all his free time, in the courtyard. I was, however, surprised to see him with Sarah. They seemed to be having a contest of 'who can devour the other's face faster'.

I skipped over happily with a fake smile, ready to play nice with Sarah Summers.

"I hope I'm not breaking anything up."

Sarah opened her mouth, but Sirius beat her to it. "Only a little bit, nothing we can't finish later."

I smiled. "Okay. Peter told me that we have to go the empty classroom, but he didn't say which one."

"I know where it is. It's probably close to the time, so we can just head over now. It might be easier. See you, Sarah," Sirius said. He leaned over and pecked Sarah on the lips.

I could see the gloating in her eyes, but after the bonding time I had with Sirius last night, I didn't really care. I was still happy just having him as my friend.

We seemed to be the last two to arrive. Everyone else was sitting down, and the only available seats were in the corner up in front. Right near the prefect in charge. We sat down miserably and kept quiet.

"Now that Mr. Black and Ms. Coil have graced us with their presence, I'll start roll call. The other prefect should be here shortly," she said.

The prefect was a short, pretty girl who exuded leadership and a don't-mess-with-me attitude from every pore. She had blonde hair wound tightly in curls that stopped an inch below her chin. Her eyes were light brown. I had the inkling that if Sirius wasn't dating Sarah, and we weren't in detention, he'd be chatting her up.

Sirius and I were called right after Andrea Adams. It was one of those constants. When our year was called in alphabetical order Andrea Adams was always called first, then Sirius, then me. Life just worked out that way.

The door creaked open and someone, I assumed them to be late prefect, strode in. They brushed by me and started talking to the short girl. There was something vaguely familiar about him.

He turned around and I immediately recognized him. It was Keith.

The girl finished role call and then she introduced herself. "My name is Ainsley Cook, and this is Keith Williams. If there are any questions, just ask one of us."

Keith didn't seem to notice Sirius or me until he started scanning the crowd. As soon as he spotted me, he brightened up a bit and offered a smile. I returned it with one of my own. I saw Sirius scowl out of the corner of my eye.

"Why do you like him so much," Sirius whispered to me.

"Why do you hate him so much," I retorted.

"Because he's annoying. He's that typical, perfect type of boy. No personality. I wonder why girls even like that type of guy."

I smiled bemusedly. "I'm pretty sure that you've had more girlfriends in one year than Keith has had in his entire Hogwarts experience."

"That's not the point. I just hate perfect people. That's why I hang out with Prongs. He's probably the furthest thing from perfect," Sirius joked.

"Well, I wouldn't be talking if I were you," I teased.

"That hurts, Soph," Sirius fake pouted.

"Black! Coil! Stop talking. This is a silent detention," Ainsley hissed.

I flashed her a bit of a dirty look. Keith laughed.

"Play nice now, Sophie. I wouldn't get Ainsley mad if I were you," Keith warned, "She's scary."

I giggled and started looking out the window. There were people just lounging outside. I wanted to join them so badly. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Sirius pull a piece of parchment, a quill, and ink out of his bag. I smirked slightly.

Sirius was starting to become antsy.

"What are you drawing," I asked, peeking over his arm.

"A person."

"Well, aren't you specific? Fine, I'll just wait until you're done," I pouted, slumping in my chair with my arms folded.

A couple of minutes later Sirius slid the parchment in my direction. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Who is that," I asked.

"Well, it's for Prongs. I dunno why I thought of drawing it, but it sort of just popped in my head," Sirius said, shrugging.

I bit my lip to keep from smiling too much. "I don't think he'll appreciate your humor as much as I do."

"Yeah, well, he better hand it in the dormitory."

I glanced at the parchment again, choking back laughter. I was staring at a picture of my best friend, Lily Evans. Except she looked infinitely more flirty than she did in real life. Her hair was tousled and framing her face. She was winking and blowing kisses repetitively like a muggle cartoon. Lily would castrate Sirius if she ever saw it.

"I like it," I said.

"I'm glad I have your approval."

I nodded. "As Lily's best friend, I have authority over all things Lily Evans."

"Of course," Sirius replied.

"No talking," Keith said from his seat. He was working on homework.

Sirius scowled. "He just doesn't want you talking to any other guys. I bet he'll turn into your stalker. One day you'll look over your shoulder and he'll be following you. Then you'll come running to me, apologizing, and I'll just say I told you so."

"Have you been taking Divination again," I teased.

"Maybe."

We fell into silence and remained that way for the rest of detention. Ainsley and Keith seemed happy about it. Ainsley dismissed everyone and Keith cornered me before I could even leave the classroom.

"So, what are you up to now," he asked shyly.

"I was planning on going up to my dormitory to sleep. I was up all night last night," I replied apologetically.

He furrowed his brow. "Why?"

"Sirius was in the Hospital Wing. I was waiting for him to wake up with James, but James fell asleep. I stayed awake for a little bit talking to Sirius before I fell asleep. It was really late though. I though I saw the sun rising before I went to bed," I replied.

"Oh, that's all right. See you around I guess," Keith said before leaving.

I felt bad, but I was exhausted. I couldn't have spent time with Keith for a million galleons. The only two people who would be calm enough for me to hang out with were Remus and Mary, but I would fall asleep and feel bad.

Sirius was waiting for me outside the classroom. "Was he giving you trouble? Harassing you or anything?"

I sighed. "No, Sirius."

He stuck his tongue out at me.

"So, where are you off to," I asked casually.

"I'm going to try to find Sarah before dinner. What about you," he asked.

"Probably going to sleep. I think I might just skip dinner tonight. Not all of us got the amount of sleep you did," I replied.

"You can't skip dinner! It's the best time of the day. We all get together and swap stories about our days," Sirius exclaimed.

"You sound like Marlene and Alice."

"That's the point."

We continued walking together until Sirius spotted Sarah walking towards the library and headed after her. We said goodbye to each other, but I stood in the hallway for a couple of minutes too long and watched Sirius chase after Sarah. The pang in my heart returned. It was then that I knew it was certain.

I could hardly stand being just friends with Sirius.

Long chapter. Do you guys forgive meeeeeeeeee? I could go into so much detail about why I haven't updated since May, but I'll make the long story short. I had writer's block and then my computer broke. I'm not even on my own computer right now. I'm borrowing my Papa's laptop until I get a new computer.

The lyrics are something I did with my story Move Along. I think I'll try it for this story and see how it works out. This chapter is really just there to strengthen Sophie and Sirius' friendship. There'll be no more Sophie thinking she doesn't like Sirius anymore. She's one hundred percent certain that she likes Sirius.