Chapter 9: Don't Let It Go To Your Head.
It was three weeks into the semester. They were sitting down to dinner and were surprised when Lily sat down next to them and groaned loudly. She turned to look at James and asked. "What exactly does your sister see in that prat Lewis?"
James shrugged. "No idea, really. I was really hoping that she would have dumped him by now. Why do you ask?"
Lily looked at the end of the Great Hall and they followed her gaze. They saw Sam and Patrick talking. Actually, Patrick was talking while Sam nodded dejectedly. "I just overheard him tell her, for the tenth time that she shouldn't eat so much anymore because he was afraid she would get fat, and she agreed! When was the last time she took crap from anyone?"
They all scowled together. "The day after never." said Sirius, gripping his cup too hard.
"That ass! When I asked her about it after the first time, she said that he was just looking after her well being. What kind of shit is that?" They were staring at Lily, amazed. They couldn't believe Lily actually agreed with them and they couldn't believe the language she used.
"For once, Evans, I believe we agree on something." Said James. Lily beamed at him and he blushed.
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"You could do so much better than him! You're worth twenty of him!" exclaimed Sirius.
Later that night, Sirius, Remus, James, and Lily confronted Sam after she came back from the library hanging out with her friends, Michael, his friends, and Patrick. "He's right, you know. You're too good for him." said Remus. Sirius, James, and Lily all nodded in agreement.
"Sam, you're my sister and I love you. This guy is no good!"
"Listen to them, Sam. They are right. You don't need someone telling you what to wear, how to put your hair, and what to eat. You need someone to love you as you are. You can do so much better." said Lily.
Sam was quiet up until now. She couldn't believe they were trying to ruin this for her. She stood up and they went silent, secretly praying their words of concern got through to her. "I can't believe you all. I've finally found someone who truly cares for me and you're trying to ruin it! Patrick isn't perfect and neither am I. We are happy together."
"You can't possibly be!" grunted Sirius.
Sam glared at him. "What do you care! The only reason you care is because I'm falling in love with someone else. Same goes to Remus!" Sirius and Remus stared in shock.
"You're falling in love with him?" Remus exclaimed.
"Yes! James, you're my brother, so I've basically expected this. Lily, you are my best friend! I can't believe you want to take this away from me! Patrick told me he loved me! He says he wants to be with me forever! Why would he say that, if you think, he doesn't care for me?"
They gaped at her. They couldn't believe how thick she was being. "Either you accept my relationship with Patrick or our friendships are over!"
"You can't mean that." whispered Lily. She looked completely devastated.
Sam looked at her best friend and almost cried. "I do. I love you all. Some more than I should." Sirius and Remus looked away from her. "But I'm with Patrick and if you can't accept that then you can't accept me."
She got up and walked out. They were silent for a few moments before Sirius spoke up. "No offense, mate, but you're sister is acting like a stupid git."
All he got were nods from the rest of them.
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(a week later)
Sam and Patrick kept a united front. She was amazed how Sirius, Remus, and Lily refused to talk to her. James was different.
They were talking one night when she asked why he was still speaking to her. "Because every year since you have started Hogwarts we had incidents of not speaking. I call them the worst times of my life. I may not like Patrick but I love you." Sam hugged her brother. James continued. "But if I hear he speaks to you in any disrespecting way again, I'm going to punch him all the way back to his first year."
Sam laughed and hugged James again. "I promise, he won't."
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Lily was sitting alone in the library and saw Sam with her friends and Patrick. She rolled her eyes and sighed. She honestly didn't know what Sam saw in Patrick. Sure, he was handsome as ever and she supposed he could be charming but she knew he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Lily noticed that Sam was staring at her with a sad look on her face. Lily missed her best friend desperately but she had to stick to her guns. Patrick was a complete creep and didn't deserve to lick the crap off of Sam's shoe. She was happy that Remus and Sirius were on her side. They didn't give into Sam's threats. Lily also understood why James still talked to her. She knew the times where Sam didn't speak to him were complete torture for both of them.
"Can we sit with you?" Lily looked up and saw James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter staring at her. She smiled and nodded. James quickly sat down next to her and in spite of herself, she smiled.
Lily saw Sam looking at them, longingly. Lily really did feel bad but Sam needed to realize that they were only looking out for her best interest.
Lily saw Remus staring at Sam. It seemed to her that Remus finally realized how completely smitten he was with Sam. Of course, she knew that he always had a small crush on her but was scared when he realized she felt the same way. When James and Sirius got up to look something up, she took the opportunity to speak to Remus.
"How are you holding up?"
Remus looked startled for a moment before speaking. "W-What do you mean?"
She looked at him knowingly. "When did you finally realize you were in love with Sam?"
Remus looked shocked. He started to stutter but she stopped him. "Don't worry. I honestly think that James and Sirius are too thick to know this."
Remus smiled. "I guess you're right. I think I finally realized when I saw her in Diagon Alley before the summer holiday was over. I could also pin point it to when Sirius and I saw her naked."
Lily choked and coughed. "W-What?"
Remus filled her in on the whole story and Lily laughed out loud. "She honestly thought that you and Sirius didn't enjoy it?"
Remus shook his head. "I highly doubt it. I think she just said that so her dad and James wouldn't get upset."
James and Sirius returned with some books. They glanced over to where Sam was sitting with the ponce and saw they were leaving. Sirius and Remus shared a looked and left, leaving James and Lily by themselves.
They smiled awkwardly at each other and continued to work in silence.
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Sirius and Remus were looking for Sam and Patrick.
They walked for several minutes before walking through an empty corridor. They heard moaning. They looked at each other nervously.
Remus and Sirius saw movement behind a pillar and went to check it out. They saw Sam and Patrick snogging like rabbits. They couldn't see his hands.
Sirius pulled Patrick off of Sam and he saw her left breast exposed. She stood in utter disbelief. "S-Sirius! Remus! What are you doing!"
Sirius and Remus were gazing at her exposed left breast but quickly recovered. Sirius gripped Patrick tightly at the scruff of his neck. "I'm going to take Patrick, here, for a little walk. Moony, you take her back to the common room. When I get back, the three of us are going to have a little chat."
Sam and Remus saw Sirius dragging Patrick down the hallway to the Ravenclaw portrait entrance. Remus turned to Sam. He noticed that her breast was still out in the open. He didn't know what came over him but he softly ran his finger across it and guided it back into her shirt. He buttoned her blouse and all she did was stare. "R-Remus…?"
He leaned in and kissed her deeply. Remus felt her partially kiss him back. When they parted, she slapped him across his face.
"H-How dare you! You know I'm with Patrick! Why would you do that?"
He kissed her again with a little more force. He heard her moan in pleasure before pushing him off. She slapped him again. "Why do you keep doing that! Why can't you stop?"
Remus looked at her with such passion that she almost couldn't breath. "I'll stop when you stop kissing back!" He growled.
She looked shocked. "Why d-do you keep doing that?" She asked in a small voice.
Remus ran a hand through his hair. "Because I'm in love you, you git!"
"You're what?"
Remus sighed. "I'm in love with you. I have been for a while."
"W-Why didn't you tell me?"
He saw her looking at him in what he assumed was shock. "When I finally figured it out and got up the courage to tell you, you introduced us to your boyfriend."
They finally started to walk back to the common room. "Remus?"
He gave her a sideway glance. She continued. "I'm sorry. If I wasn't with Patrick, I would be so thrilled."
"What are you feeling now?"
She sighed and turned to face him. "Confusion. I guess I felt confusion ever since I came to Hogwarts."
They entered to the empty common room and waited for Sirius in deafening silence.
Sirius strolled in five minutes later, looking rather smug. He saw them sitting on opposite ends of the couch. He sat down in front of them and noticed a big red mark on Sam's neck. He glared. "He gave you a hickey!"
Sam slightly blushed. "So what? People get them all the time."
"You don't!" growled Sirius. He wished Remus would say something instead of just sitting there in what seemed to be discomfort. "Samantha! This has got to stop! You are too smart to be acting so stupid!"
Sam glared at him. "Why is it that when I finally find someone who cares for me, I'm being stupid! You have a different girlfriend every week and it's just Sirius being Sirius!"
Sirius gritted his teeth. "It's different! You are just a girl and I'm-"
"A boy! What kind of crap is that?"
"You are too young and moving too fast with that prat!"
Sam scoffed. "You don't know anything about what we have been doing together! You act like we're blowing off classes so we can shag like bunnies!" Sirius opened his mouth to speak but she interrupted him. "Don't even think about asking what I know you're going to ask me!"
"Have you and he…?" interjected Remus.
She nervously looked at him before replying. She smiled when she answered. "No. He wants to but I'm not ready. I will only do that when I'm in love with someone."
Remus looked up in astonishment and saw her giving him a knowing look. He beamed with excitement. Sirius sat there, confused. "You know, I think you both have gone completely nutters!" Sirius stormed off to bed, leaving the two of them alone.
"Y-You want me to shag you?" stuttered Remus.
Sam laughed out loud. "That's all you've got out of that?"
Remus blushed. "No. Just all the important points."
Sam sighed. "I'm sorry but you have to know that I do care for Patrick and I want to see how things go with him."
Remus looked like he had just been punched in the gut. "I-I guess I have to understand. Hopefully, all works out, and you leave him."
Sam rolled her eyes. "Thanks for those sweet words."
She moved closer to him. "But before I go back to Patrick, I think I have to do this."
She leaned in and kissed him. It only took him a second to respond. The finally separated five minutes later. They looked deeply into their eyes and leaned in again. Before they could kiss, Lily stormed in.
Lily ran over to Sam. "I know we aren't speaking to each other but I really need my best friend. Sorry to take her away, Remus."
Lily dragged Sam up to her room and put a silencing charm around her bed, so they wouldn't disturb her roommates. "What's this all about?" asked Sam.
Lily hugged Sam tightly. "Firstly, I wanted to say that I know it's only been a week but I've missed my best friend."
Sam hugged her back. "I've missed you too. Now, tell me, what is this all about?"
Lily groaned loudly. "I…uh…kissed your brother."
Sam gasped. "Y-You what!"
Lily nodded sadly. "Yeah, I did."
"W-What the hell happened?"
Lily sighed. "It started after Sirius and Remus left to follow you and Patrick. We were alone and talking about how much I missed talking to you. We finally left the library. We were on our way back to the common room and I started to cry. He hugged me and then out of nowhere I kissed him. He smiled at me and said, and I quote, 'I knew you couldn't resist me!'"
Sam rolled her eyes. "My brother just doesn't know when to quit."
Lily sighed. "I know. I called him an annoyingly arrogant prat. Then I slapped him and came back here."
Sam never laughed so hard in her life. "Oh Lily, you've just made my year! Honestly, you should just give in and date my brother. Sure, he can be the annoyingly arrogant prat you called him but he is also a very loyal and loving person."
Lily glared at her. "Thanks so much! You're a big help!"
"No need to be sarcastic! Look, you were just upset about the row we had. The kiss didn't mean anything except a moment of weakness. Nothing more, nothing less."
Lily smiled at her. "You're completely right! There's no reason for me to act so irrational. It will never happen again."
Sam left Lily after that and wished Lily would finally realize how perfect James was for her. But she knew things like this had to take their time.