A/N: What's this? Chapter 14, of course! :)

Rachel had done absolutely nothing the whole day. She just sat down and drank tea and read books. When her father came home at seven in the evening, she was still sitting there, already onto her second novel.

"Don't tell me you've been here all day," her father said to her, hintingly joking.

Rachel looked up blankly. She blinked a few times and replied, "I left for the library at ten in the morning to get my books. If that counts."

Her father smiled at her. He sighed. "Well, I'm glad you're not off doing all of those muggle drugs. You don't know how many patients I have your age because of that."

"Oh, I don't think I want to know," Rachel quickly replied.

Her father gave her another smile before he walked into the house and left his daughter to her reading.

She hadn't moved all day. And the only way Sirius knew that was because he was in his Animagus for all day hiding in a bush watching her.

It was definitely creepy.

But it didn't seem to matter because it wasn't like Sirius really had a home now. So, for some reason, the first thing that came to mind the moment he left Number 12 Grimmauld Place was to check up on Rachel. And she seemed to be doing fine.

She seemed absolutely happy, actually.

So it was late at night when Rachel finally went inside that Sirius got out of his Animagus form and decided to Apparate to the Potters'. Last summer they had made it perfectly clear that he was always welcome and Sirius was hoping that that offer still stood now that he really didn't have anywhere else to go.

With a pop, Sirius found himself facing the Potters' giant house, surrounded by gardens, a courtyard, and, most importantly, a Quidditch field. The sun was just setting at the late hour of nearly ten in the evening and he wasn't surprised to find James and his father at the front of the house. They both looked up when they heard the pop and James broke into a smirk when he saw Sirius.

"Hey Padfoot, what're you doing here?" James asked, walking up to Sirius, followed by his father.

"Um, well," Sirius began, "I kind of left home." Wow, no kidding.

James' father smiled. "Well it's a good thing you're always welcome here!"

Sirius smiled gratefully. "I was hoping you'd say that."

The three men laughed and talked as they walked into the house and prepared a room for Sirius.

That was when Sirius realized that he had finally found his family. It was right under his nose all along.

"What the bloody hell is this?"

Rachel shot a glare at Marlene. Maybe sometimes she should have kept her opinion to herself.

"It's your birthday present!" Lily exclaimed happily.

Lily, Dorcas, and Rachel had decided to take Marlene to see a film for her seventeenth birthday. The cinema they had chosen was one of the biggest and newest around. Obviously, Marlene wasn't happy.

"I don't get it," Marlene replied.

"Told you she wouldn't like it," Dorcas sighed.

"Is, like, the building mine or what?" Marlene asked. "Is this a Muggle thing?"

Rachel massaged her temples as she tried to calm down. I will not slap Marlene, I will not slap her…

"We're taking you to see a film, Marls," Dorcas explained with a bored tone. "It's a Muggle thing."

"What on earth is a film?" Marlene asked blankly.

"Don't you pay attention in Muggle Studies?" Lily asked.

"Uh, no, I sleep during Muggle Studies," Marlene replied.

"I thought that was History of Magic," Rachel mentioned.

"That too," Marlene replied with a smirk. Sirius smirks… Merlin, listen to yourself. Rachel shook her head and sighed. She needed to forget all about that.

Lily shook her head. "Well, we can see a romance, comedy, or action," Lily said, reading off the billboard. "I say romance."

"Ew, no," Rachel immediately said. "Comedy. We're seeing a comedy."

"What? Are you kidding me?" Dorcas exclaimed. "I'm in a 'watch people try to kill each other' mood. We're seeing an action film."

"No—"

"Shut up!" Marlene exclaimed. "It's my birthday and I say we go see…" Marlene paused and looked at the billboard. "Ooh, what's King Kong? Let's go see that."

As Lily groaned, Dorcas whooped and Rachel shrugged indifferently. However, she quickly turned to glare at Lily.

"What's your problem, King Kong's supposed to have romance," Rachel said. "I personally wanted to see Pink Panther, but I'll be mature and let you three have your fun."

"But… Pink Panther is a kid's thing," Lily replied.

"No it's not!" Rachel exclaimed defensively.

"What is Pink Panther?" Marlene asked.

Rachel waved her off. "It doesn't matter, let's go watch King Kong. I heard it's good. Action, horror, romance, and idiotic humans," Rachel replied. "I actually can't wait."

The four of them laughed and walked together into the cinema for what turned out to be the best day of that summer.

"Woohoo! Can't catch me, Prongs!"

"Bring it, Padfoot!"

Sirius zoomed through the Potters' gardens on his broom, James closely on his tail. They had been flying around and taking turns trying to catch and tackle each other to the ground. It was idiotic but very expected of the legendary Padfoot and Prongs.

"And why am I not surprised?"

Sirius and James stopped their flying to see who had spoken. It was Remus who had mentioned in an earlier letter that he would be visiting some time that week. Sirius smirked and rolled so he was hanging upside down from his broom.

"Cool trick, huh Moony?" Sirius asked.

"Sure," Remus replied. "Not sure how it will make you a better Beater."

"It only makes him more perfect than he already is. Obviously," James replied sarcastically.

Sirius rolled his eyes and jumped off of his broom. He smirked. "Prongs gets it," Sirius said.

"Yeah, and I'm unbelievably infatuated with him as well," James chaffed.

Remus laughed and Sirius glared at the two of them. They walked inside where sandwiches and cold lemonade was waiting for them. Peter had already eaten the cookies and Sirius hit his arm when he noticed this.

"Aw, come on, Wormtail!" Sirius exclaimed. "You have to leave some good stuff for us!"

"Sowee," Peter mumbled with his mouth full of cookies. A few crumbs fell out when he tried to talk. Sirius and James laughed and Remus shook his head.

"Why am I friends with you?" Remus questioned. "The enigma of life."

"You're using big words," James observed. "Must be feeling better."

"Vaguely," Remus replied. "It's obviously not as easy without you three," he added sarcastically.

The four of them laughed and Peter said, "I suppose I have to go. My parents are dragging me to the mountains for the summer. I'm dreading it."

"Oh, a day in the mountains could do you some good, Wormtail!" Sirius exclaimed excitedly. "Maybe you'll lose some weight, get in shape for the ladies."

"You could join the Quidditch team!" James exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Maybe you'll actually be able to keep up with Padfoot here out of Animagi form," Remus added.

"Oi, stop joking around, you lot," Peter grumbled.

"I suppose we'll have to leave him alone," Sirius sighed. "Take some good pictures for us though!" Peter left with a goodbye.

"Well, anyways," James began. "Sirius and I are heading to Muggle London tomorrow. Wanna come along, Moony?"

"Nah, I can't, thanks for offering, though," Remus replied.

"Then it's just us two, Prongs," Sirius said with a smirk. "We'll be picking up birds like mad."

Rachel groaned loudly as the warmth and softness of her duvet left her body. She tried to make a grab for it and pull it back without getting up and opening her eyes, but her assailant had thrown the duvet in a far corner of Rachel's room. Rachel stuffed her face in her pillow and screamed into the soft fabric.

She finally stopped screaming and yelled into her pillow, "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I'm perfectly fine."

Rachel's head shot up, her face distorted into a frown. "Lils?"

"Marlene and Mary are downstairs raiding your fridge," Lily replied simply. "Do you know what time it is?"

"Um, early?"

"No, late," Lily said sharply. "It's two in the afternoon."

Rachel suddenly jumped in shock and tumbled out of her bed. Her face hit the rug that was on her hardwood floor and she groaned as she stood up. "I have got to stop doing that…" she mumbled, rubbing her cheek. "Anyways, stop lying, it's not two in the afternoon."

Lily didn't reply. She only grabbed Rachel's clock off of her nightstand and shoved it in her face.

"Holy fuck, it's two in the afternoon!" Rachel exclaimed. How had she managed to sleep so long?

"Yeah, now get up, we're going to Muggle London."

Rachel pouted. "But I don't wanna—"

"You're coming," Lily interrupted. Rachel knew there was no arguing with Lily when she had her mind set on something. "We're heading out for gelato and tea."

On the other hand, Rachel couldn't really turn down gelato and tea. She grabbed her housecoat off of the chair at her desk and pulled it on with a sigh. "Fine."

"And close up your robe, goodness," Lily said.

"Uh, I didn't ask you to storm into my room," Rachel shot back.

"Well, I wouldn't have if I knew you slept in your undergarments," Lily replied. "Since when do you do that, anyways?"

"Since I'm not in Scotland any longer and it's summer so it's boiling hot," Rachel replied. "Duh."

Lily rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she said. "Now go get ready before Marls and Mary eat all of your food."

Whee, there's that. Now, I have unfortunate news, my friends. Th next update won't be until Friday because I have to study for finals and yadda-yadda-ya, so I have no time to write. However, when I say Friday, I mean Friday the latest (in the circumstance that I have writer's block).

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