Sorry I've been gone so long! I totally lost track of my ff account in between high school and college and then life happened and I got super distracted. Anyways, I found my folder with all the chapter of this story that I'd already written on my old desktop and I figured that I'd upload them here since you guys have been so patient. Sorry again!

Usual disclaimer rubbish, I don't own them, blah blah blah. Enjoy!

Chapter 11

Sirius frowned in concentration as he tried to smooth down a lock of hair. He ignored James' cough and continued with his attempt to control his hair. Once it was finally tamed, he straightened his jacket and with one last glance in the mirror, turned out of the bathroom.

"It's about time," Remus said, stretching and standing up.

"Sure you don't need to fix your makeup before we go?" James asked sarcastically, causing Peter to giggle.

"Sod off," Sirius replied. "When did you get back, Pete?"

"Umm, I-I was here last night," Peter stuttered, hurriedly looking down and searching for a sock.

"Alright," Sirius said skeptically, turning to the others. "So what d'you want to do?"

"Let's find Snivellus," James suggested.

Ten minutes later they were down at the edge of the lake. Their search for Snape had turned up nothing; no one seemed to know where he was, nor had they seen him for the past few days. Sirius shrugged this thought off and instead returned his mind to Aidan; he could hardly contain his excitement over the fact that she was returning. The Marauders sat down in the shade of a large beech tree by the lake deciding to enjoy the last of their break.

"Padfoot!"

Sirius jerked upright and turned to see Aidan running toward him at full tilt. Her rucksack, scarf, and gloves were strewn across the ground behind her; it looked as if she had dropped them while she was running. She was moving so fast that he had hardly enough time to stand up before she slammed into him with surprising force, coming from a person so small.

"Aidan," he replied blankly; his brain seemed to be stunned.

She buried her face into his neck, which seemed to awaken him. He wrapped his arms firmly around her slim waist and lifted her in the air; she seemed thinner than before. Aidan wrapped her arms around his neck and held onto him tightly.

"I missed you," she whispered. He shivered as he felt her lips move against his neck.

"I missed you too," he replied softly, kissing her hair and setting her on the ground.

Aidan looked up at him and gave him a lopsided grin, her blue eyes narrowed against the bright sunlight. Sirius hesitantly ducked down and kissed her, but the moment his lips touched hers the indecision vanished. A fire lit under his skin wherever they touched and his thoughts became hazy. All he could think about was Aidan, and the feel of his lips against hers. He was shocked, but not displeased by the ferocity of the kiss; teeth, tongue, and lips clashing together.

Someone started clapping, causing Aidan to blush and pull away, gasping for breath as he himself was. Sirius looked up to see James grinning at him and applauding. He chuckled as the colour slowly faded from Aidan's cheeks.

"Nice one, mate," James chuckled as Sirius and Aidan turned toward him.

"Thanks," Sirius grinned back.

"Hi," Aidan said, giving James a small smile, before noticing his swollen lip. "What'd you do to your lip?"

"Prongs doesn't get on well with birds," Sirius sniggered.

"Blaze. I missed you," James said, picking her up and placing a wet, sloppy kiss on her cheek, ignoring Sirius' comment.

"Blaze?" Both Sirius and Aidan looked up at James, frowning in confusion.

"Moony and I came up with it," James shrugged casually. "She has a red coat, yeah?"

"Well, I missed you too, Prongs," she grinned and hugged him back. "And I like the name."

"Yeah," Sirius agreed, thrusting his hands into his pockets to keep them warm. "It's fitting."

Aidan grinned before turning to greet Remus. "Hey, Moony," she said, looking up at him.

"Hi, Aidan," he replied, smiling at her.

Aidan grinned back and hugged him, wrapping her arms around his waist and burying her head in his chest. "I missed you, Moony."

He kissed her on the cheek and then she turned to greet Peter. After the hellos had been exchanged the Marauders all sat down at the base of the tree again. James was sprawled on his stomach, watching a group of girls out of the corner of his eye, Peter was sitting behind him, looking nervous and agitated, and Remus was lying on his back, reading a book. Sirius sat with his legs stretched out in front of him, leaning against the tree trunk, Aidan curled up next to him. She rested her head against his chest and he linked his fingers into hers, bringing their hands up to his lips and kissing the back of hers.

"Padfoot?" Aidan said after a few minutes of sitting in silence.

"Hmm?" he looked down at her.

"I love you," she replied quietly, kissing his fingertips and closing her eyes.

"Love you too," he replied, elated.

A few minutes later, after feeling Aidan shivering against him, Sirius suggested that they go back to the common room. James nodded and stood up, stretching. Remus and Peter followed suit and Aidan jumped up, pulling Sirius up by his hands. She led the group back toward the school, pausing on the way to pick up her belongings. Once she had stuffed the hat and gloves back into her rucksack and slung it over her shoulder they walked into the castle, hurrying up to Gryffindor tower. Aidan ran up to the girls' dormitory and put her things away before returning to the common room and dropping down into an armchair, on top of Sirius.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face in her neck, his skin burning where they made contact. Aidan shivered and squeezed his hand before leaning against him and staring at the fire. Sirius rested his head against hers and joined her in gazing at the flames. He wanted to freeze this moment forever; not worrying about anything, just sitting in the warm common room with Aidan in his lap.

Next chapter should be up sometime within the next couple days, unless you'd rather I just blocked them all together. Only reason I'm not doing that now is because work is crazy and the internet is patchy tonight. Thanks guys!