Sirius was surrounded by his new girlfriend and her friends so there wasn't much he could have done when Andrew stormed into the common room and the proceeded to slap Maddie across the face.

Sirius knew that James was glaring at him from across the room so when he finally managed to look up, he was ready for it.

"You going to do something about that Padfoot?" James mouthed from across the room.

"I am doing something about it…"Sirius mouthed back and when James looked at him in utter confusion, Sirius raised his drink to his shaking pale lips, and downed it in one. "Getting drunk."

Sure, Sirius was pissed. But what was he going to do? It wouldn't look good to an already insecure Riley if he stood up rasing hell and ruined the party by starting a fight.

No, he'd have to deal with Covington later, and for now fake a good time with Riley.

"Wow." Sirius was snapped back into reality by Jess' disbelief.

"She left laughing too. No offense Riles, but your sister is fucked." Keira finished her drink and stood up to get a new one, dragging Jessica and Chloe with her.

"You didn't need to just sit there to please me, Black, I know that must have been upsetting." Riley turned to her head away from Sirius, but he grabbed her chin softly to turn her eyes to his.

"Riley, she's not my problem anymore. And you heard Keira, she left laughing. She clearly doesn't care about herself babe, and I know that it's fucked up, but if she doesn't care about herself, then there isn't anything that we can do for her." He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss just as Remus was entering the party.

"Somebody want to tell me why Maddie is outside snogging Covington?" Remus was furious, but nobody wanted to retell the already old story.

"Ah so they've made up. Good." James welcomed Remus to the party with a quick hug, whispering that he'd explain later. "And who is this beautiful young lady?"

"Wow, sorry Ellie. Everyone this is Ellie Dresser." Everyone looked from their good time long enough to give a quick smile, then returned to their party.

"Wow tough crowd." Ellie laughed as Remus led her over to the bar.

"You want something to drink?

"I'll just have some water. I don't really like to drink all that much, especially with new people around. Is that alright?" Ellie looked up to see a smile spreading over Remus' face.

"Ofcourse it's alright. I don't usually drink a lot anyway. I'm the one that has to make sure my friends make it home at the end of the night." He replied with a wink.

The party was going well. People were mixing drinks, drugs, and new friends and that usually added up to fun. Outside however, Maddie and her date were still having a bit of a row.

"Smacking me across the face in front of everyone…ballsy my dear." Maddie stroked Andrews hair as he had her pinned up against the wall leaving a trail of kisses down her neck.

"Allowing strange boys to take shots of your stomach? Slutty my dear." Maddie pulled his hair, making his neck snap back to look her in the eyes.

"I was having fun Andrew. And now I have to explain to my friends why I allowed you to drag me out like that. Like they're not already going to be pissed for me being with you." Maddie knew that she had a lot of explaining to do once she got back to her bedroom tonight, and that is why she planned on not getting there until her friends were passed out.

"I hit you my dear, just for that reason. Yes you were a little out of control, but this way your friends will be even more upset, and hopefully start distancing themselves from you. It will make things easier. It's about time you stopped caring what that Mudblood and Mugglelovers say about you sweetheart. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you infront of your friends, but I meant what I said. Things have to be different now that your with me." Maddie didn't even flinch when he called her best-friend a mudblood, instead she just grabbed his head and kissed him passionately.

"I have to meet with Dumbledore tomorrow night." She said as they finally broke apart.

"What's the old windbag want to talk about now, didn't you see him right before the feast?" It was no secret that Andrew and his house had nothing but hate for their headmaster.

"He wants to go over my schedule, and probably just to check up on me. Wants to make sure his little magical prodigy has been doing her homework." She sighed as Andrew wrapped his arms around her, spinning Maddie away from the wall.

"I guess that's what happens when you date the most talented witch in the school, you need to learn to share your time with others." Andrew leaned in and pecked Maddie on the cheek. "Come on babe, they're waiting for us down stairs, you think you can manage not to black out until after?" He laughed as Maddie smacked him playfully and grabbed his hand leading them towards the dungeons.

"I'm sure you can figure out ways to keep me awake under the table babe." Maddie winked and the two walked through the tapestry that would lead them directly to the door.

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"Anyone interesting?" Jessica came up behind Chloe as she sat at the bar watching the crowd.

"I'm just looking for Keira…have you seen her?" Chloe hadn't seen Keira since the whole Maddie/Andrew fiasco and that was a few hours ago. The clock on the wall that was counting down till two, much like the giant clock in Times Square that counted down to midnight, was etching closer and closer to zero. The party always ended at two because it allowed for those new "couples" to leave together and spend a little bit of time with each other before going to bed and waking up for their first day of classes.

"She left with Jacob about a half hour ago. Sorry I was supposed to tell you, but I couldn't find anyone." Jessica continued to scan the crowd alongside Chloe when her eyes landed upon James Potter.

Chloe saw where her friends eye's had landed and let out a large sigh.

"What?" Jess tried to oblivious.

"You know I love ya right?" Chloe put a loving arm around Jess' shoulders.

"I know what your going to say 'Lo. Really I know I need to get over it, but he's just so..hot." Jess replied with a smile.

"He's a very hot boy, in love with a very beautiful girl, who I think is actually starting to love him back."

"Evans? Come on the 5 don't know how to love. Well, besides Emma, but other than that…when have any of them had a serious boyfriend."

"Maddie and Sirius had it good for a while, and…" Chloe started to talk about Grace and her love life before Jessica cut her off.

"Yeah and look where that got her. Her ex is dating her sister…right infront of her. What's better than that… is she's now dating a Slytherin… which is probably the worst thing she could do." Jessica saw the clock slowly ticking down from ten, and all the couples getting to end the night with a kiss.

"Well we better get going, I'm pretty tired. You coming up to the room Jess?"

"Nothing else to do, although I do have a pretty good buzz going on, so I guess the night wasn't a total failure." Jessica turned to Chloe with a smile, and the two friends helped each other walk out of the portrait and head towards their dorms.

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"Come on Lilabear time to go." Grace had finally found her drunk friend falling asleep with her head in her hands on a couch up on the second floor of the room.

"I'm screwed Gracie" Lily moaned as she attempted to stand up, only to be caught quickly by Grace.

"What's up baby girl?" Grace sat back down pulling Lily onto her lap.

"Potter."

"James?" Grace laughed at the way Lily managed to have put so much love and hate into the way she said his name.

"I think I've done it Grace…I think I'm starting to fall for him. That or this alcohol is getting to me…but God he is gorgeous.

'I think it's a little bit of both babe, but come on…let's go up to bed, and if tomorrow you want to forget this conversation we will…or we can keep talking about it." Grace pulled her friend off the couch and half carried her back up to their room.

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Remus was standing outside the Hufflepuff portrait holding Ellie's hand.

"I had a really great time Ellie." Remus was trying hard not to blush. He usually didn't talk to girls like this; he usually didn't talk to girls at all. That was James and Sirius' department, Remus was usually just the friend. Things however were different with Ellie. She was the type of girl he had always wanted to meet. She didn't like to party, which was a huge relief because Remus didn't think that he could handle anymore head cases in his life, and she was extremely easy to talk to.

"Suprisingly…I did too Remus." Ellie too had never seriously talked to a guy. She was shy, and spent more time with books in the library than with people. She knew that she had to work for her grades, but would never admit that she used to watch Remus in the library late at night when it was just the two of them. She was usually in the back, so he never really saw her….but she loved to watch him work at a new concept until he could master it.

"Do you think you'd want to…I don't know…hang out again sometime?" Remus couldn't help it this time, he started to blush, especially when Ellie leaned in and gave him a chaste kiss on the lips.

"I'd love to Remus. Good night, I'll talk to you in the morning." Ellie left Lupin speechless outside the entrance to her common room. It took Remus a few seconds to realize what had just happened, and threw a fist into the air. He was happier than he had been in a long time.

"He hasn't been completely useless you know. He may have lost his mind now, but our dear headmaster did once have the right idea with the "greater good". Our Lord grows stronger every day, but he needs more supporters; that's where we come in. We need to convince more and more people to join our cause. Of course with Dumbledore's speech this evening it will be a bit harder. It needs to be done under the surface, but it can be done." Lucious Malfoy looked over the small crowd of about 17 students who had gathered in an abandoned classroom down in the dungeons.

"We need to branch out into the other houses" Lestange explained to the group.

"That's where our secret weapon comes in." Lucious had seen the couple enter the room, and decided to introduce them to the crowd. "I'm sure you all remember Andrew Covington, pureblood from London, and of course you all know the newest addition to our cause….Madeline O'Rahilly."

AN: last one for the night. Hopefully four new chapters is enough of an apology for my nine million year absense. Ofcourse I did leave it with a bit of a cliffy )

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