I'm so sorry I didn't have this posted last week. The past week has been a tough one, as I have been dealing with some family things which has taken a toll on me. I did have this chapter almost done last week, but I couldn't finish it. It's here and done now though :)

Chapter 14.

Lexis was furious with Regulus. How could he just stand there? Even if had tried to do something, anything she wouldn't be mad. But he just stood there. Lexis felt betrayed, she thought they were sort of friends. Apparently Regulus let his friends get tortured by psychos. So Lexis did what she did whenever she felt hurt. She took a shower. Lexis sighed as the smell of coconut engulfed the steamy room and felt herself relax as the water washed away the tension in her muscles and cleared her mind.

45 minutes she reluctantly forced herself out of the shower and pulled oh her PJ's.

"You took your sweet time in the shower." Marlene glared.

"Oh I am SO sorry Marlene. I'll try my best to think of you next time I shower." Lexis replied sarcastically.

"That's all I ask." Marlene smiled and disappeared into the bathroom.

"She seems bitchier than normal. Is it because of her break up with Black after four days?" Lexis rolled her eyes.

"Oh yea, she's been over the top. Bawling on minuet then screaming at someone the next." Lily groaned. "It's been a joy living with her."

"I can hear you!" Marlene called from the bathroom. "And I will kill you!" Lexis and Lily exchanged glances and Lexis threw her hand over her mouth to smother her giggles.

"Opps." Alice whispered grinning evilly.

"You could say that." Lily smirked. The room went quiet as Alice was writing a letter to her family and Lily and Lexis were working on homework.

"I'll be back, I need to get a book out of the library." Lexis said standing up.

"Don't be long! Curfew starts in an half an hour." Lily warned.

"Pshh, yea cuz I care so much about curfew" Lexis laughed and Lily rolled her eyes.

"Non-verbal spells. Non-Verbal spells." Lexis muttered to herself looking for that section on the shelves. "Aha!" Lexis pulled down the book she was looking for and sat down at a table to read. Non-verbal spells are harder to perform than verbal spells. Oh thank you! Didn't pick up on that! Lexis thought sarcastically but kept reading. When being preformed the witch or wizard must be thinking of nothing but the spell they wish to perform. If a wizard is distracted and is in the learning process of learning non-verbal spells, it is highly unlikely he or she will be able to perform even the simplest spell. Well that would explain why I haven't been able to do anything in DADA , Lexis groaned and slammed her head down on the table.

"Ouch" She muttered aloud.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, you may lose brain cells." She heard a voice behind her say.

"Oh! Hi Remus, you scared me." Lexis sighed.

"You mean I just scared the infamously brave and daring Lexis Knight?" Remus joked.

"Hey, I've been a little rattled since Saturday. I'll be back to my brave and daring self in no time." Lexis grinned. "What brings you over here?

"I thought you looked like you needed someone to talk to. Anything I can do?" Remus asked gently.

"Unless you can get me a new brain, I doubt it." Lexis rolled her eyes.

"I'm afraid I can't do that" Remus chuckled "If I changed any part of you Sirius might murder me."

"Urg don't talk about HIM." Lexis muttered. "I don't even want to THINK about HIM."

"You really hate him that much?" Remus asked surprised.

"NO! That's the problem! I don't HATE Black at all!" Lexis moaned.

"What do you mean?" Remus asked her confused. "Sirius seems to think you want nothing to do with him anymore."

"Why the bloody hell would her think that?" Lexis mused.

"You're dating his brother." Remus pointed out.

"No I'm not. I never was. I was getting back at him for dating Marlene." Lexis informed him.

"Oh well he'll be pleased about that." Remus laughed.

"NO! No don't tell him that. He'd never let me live it down." Lexis panicked, eyes wide.

"Okay! I won't. Don't worry Lexis." Remus promised her.

"Thank you." Lexis sighed. "I just don't see why he has to be so bloody difficult. He flirts with me, then when I finally start to like him, BAM he's dating Marlene. Is it all just some sort of sick game?"

"No, I think Sirius started dating Marlene to make you jealous. He never said it outright, but after living with the boy for 5 years you can tell what he's up to."

"Well congratulations Black, it worked." Lexis mumbled. "Why won't he just leave me alone?"

"Wait, didn't you just say you like him?"

"I guess I did."

"Then why would you want him to leave you alone?" Remus asked her confused.

"Because every time he opens his damn mouth I forget that he is a complete prick and I just wish he would… GAH! Bad thoughts Lexis bad thoughts."

"Why are they so bad?"

"Because! I've hated him for so long and now he's gone and made me forget why and I WANT to go out with him, but I know he'll just dump me after he gets bored and it's easier to just not let myself like him! Save myself from getting hurt later on." Lexis finished quietly

"Lex, I doubt Sirius will ever hurt you." Remus looked her in the eyes.

"Have you seen how many girlfriends he's had? And how many of those girls dumped him?"

"Well, I think he might have gotten dumped in third year once."

"Exactly. Dating him would be practically begging for a broken heart."

"Don't you think you're being a tad over dramatic?"

"Maybe a tad. But that's me." Lexis shrugged.

"Well I think you should give him a chance, he might surprise you as much as you surprise him."

"What do you mean?" It was Lexis' turn to be confused.

"Well, he wasn't expecting you to stay mad at him so long, and he wasn't expecting you to start respond to all the flirting, and he wasn't expecting you to get back at him by 'dating' Regulus. You've surprised him a lot." Remus shrugged.

"Well he should know better than thinking he has me figured out, shouldn't he?"

"This IS Sirius we're talking about here. Can't expect too much from him now can we?"

"No I suppose not." Lexis shook her head. "Why isn't he here convincing me that I should give him a chance then? He hasn't even talked to me since I started 'dating' Regulus."

"Well I just came over to ask if you needed help finding a book. And Merlin knows you needed someone besides Sirius to talk to tonight. Be honest, would you really listen if he was the one talking to you right now?"

"Well, I suppose not." Lexis admitted reluctantly.

"Exactly." Remus smiled. "I can't tell you what to do, but Sirius really does like you, he's never liked someone for 2 years and when you're in the room he stops paying attention to everyone else, even James. And that's saying something." Lexis didn't say anything but Remus saw a small smile tugging on the corners of her lips.

"I better get going, Lily will curse me if I'm up past 11 on a school night, and frankly I've had enough curses to last a life time since Saturday." Lexis said standing up and smiling. "Thanks Remus."

"For what?" Remus smiled and rolled his eyes after she left muttered, "Women."

Alright, I know it's not my best one, but I think it's kind of cute! I thought it was time to get Remus more involved and I think this worked nicely. The next chapter is going to be a tough one, and school is starting to pile up on me, so if the next one is late please forgive me! I don't need a lot of reviews this week, let's just go up to 60 :)

P.S. I didn't spend a whole lot of time editing this one, so let me know (nicely!) if you find something I missed :)