Suppose that I missed you

Suppose that I care

And suppose that I spent all my nights running scared

And suppose

That I was never there

PREVIOUSLY:

When she said "Thanks." And kissed his cheek—they were like brother and sister okay?—she heard someone say "What's going on here?"

Sirius...

"Sirius, it's not what you think!" yelled James. Sarah looked at Sirius, her tear-streaked face softening his expression. He almost forgot what he saw and forgave her and ran over there to hug her tightly.

Almost.

"What do you mean 'not what it looks like'?" Sirius bellowed. "I come down here to see my best mate getting all cozy with—!" he stopped himself, remembering that she was there. James knew what he wanted to say, and there was no need to finish.

"Black," Sarah began, and Sirius felt his heart sink as she addressed him by last name. "It's really not what it looks like. I just felt—" she swallowed hard, and glanced at James and then looked back at him, "—a little sad, so James was being nice, and comforted me. Nothing is going on between me and him. We just simply have a sibling kind of relationship." She then got off the couch and headed toward him.

Sirius thought she was most likely going to come hug him or something, but just as she neared him she turned and headed towards the portrait hole—not looking at him. Once she left Sirius looked at James.

The first thought James had was: If looks could kill, I'd be dead by now...

Sirius walked over there, and then simply said, "Is what she said true?"

"Yes."

"Did she tell you why she was crying?"

James looked away. "No."

Sirius kept looking at him. "Do you think you know why?"

James shifted in his seat, "No..."

"You're lying."

Sirius kept staring at James and when he looked at him, he came out and said it.

"Did you know that she didn't have a date today?" James said an angry expression on his face.

"What? No one asked her?"

"No. And you made it worse!" James yelled.

"What? How is this my fault?"

"Because, when she was having fun you went and scared the guy off! And then you went and pretty much rubbed it in her face by dancing with the other girls while she was sitting alone. You didn't even cast a look in her direction once!"

"So, what?"

"She watched everyone have fun, especially YOU! You should've asked her! But you didn't, and she started to cry! And don't even try and say it wasn't your fault, 'cause both me and Lily know it was." And with that, James left, leaving Sirius all alone.

Sarah went to the place where she knew nobody would be. The library. She cried in the library, and she tried to stop, but couldn't. When she finally did, she started to walk back to the common room.

Just as she reached the portrait hole a letter dropped by her side. She reached for it, only to see what it was. Her hands started to tremble. Her breath caught in her throat. Tears started to form in her eyes.

A black letter.

She slowly opened it, making sure she wasn't imagining all this. As she read what it said she fell onto her elbows and knees. She was clutching the letter so tight that her hand started to bleed. She was gritting her teeth, as she held back her scream. Tears rapidly pooled out of her eyes, but she wasn't sobbing. She stayed like that for who knows how long, until the portrait door swung open.

"Sarah!" she heard a voice yell, as they ran to her side. She looked up still in the same condition, and she saw who it was.

"Sirius..." she whispered before falling limp into his arms. She couldn't see, hear or feel anything.

Sirius slowly picked up Sarah. He entered through the portrait hole, and set her on the couch. He held her hand and kneeled on the floor next to her, waiting for her to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes and looked straight into his. She sat up, looking down, not daring to look into his eyes.

"Are you going to be alright?" he asked her, making sure it would be okay if he left.

Sarah only nodded, not trusting her voice. As he got up to leave he heard her whisper something.

"Will you stay with me tonight?" His eyes widened as he stopped mid-step. He must've heard her wrong. She was looking at him with pure sorrow in her eyes. He just wanted to make all her hurt and pain go away, but knew he couldn't.

He walked over to her and squeezed her hand. Smiling up at her he said, "Sure."

She leaned against him, and had her arms around him. Even just this made his heart pound. It felt as though it would jump right out of his chest. She soon fell asleep, and so did Sirius. He fell asleep happily, wishing he could do this every day.

I wish I could hug her like this for the rest of my life... Sirius thought.

What am I doing? Sarah thought as she hugged Sirius tightly, falling asleep. But I can't help it...

I used to know her brother

But I never knew I loved her

'Till the day she laid her eyes on me,

Now I'm

Jumpin' up and down

She's the only one around,

And she means every little thing to me

A/N: heyy! sorry took all day. it's just that my mum made me leave for like 4 hours. and i didn't have a lot done so....yea...ENJOY! Press the review button after you read this word.........REVIEW!