Chapter 21

"OUCH!" A voice rang out across the darkened dorm as Alaina tumbled to the floor. At first, her heart quickened as she thought that the unnerving voice had gained a body. Then, however, she realized she recognized that sweet voice.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" Alaina yelled from the ground. Brittney quickly recast the spell that turned on the lights. Alaina was laying on her back, sprawled across the ground. Her face was contorted in rage. Then suddenly out of no where, the Marauders appeared.

Peter defiantly looked the most frightened. He had given a squeak when the Invisiblity cloak had been whipped off of his face. His dirty blond hair was disheveled and Peter himself was trembling. Surprisingly to Alaina, Remus looked the most calm. He merely smirked and proceeded to sit next to Alyssa on the bed. She had patted the spot next to her and grabbed his hand. James had been the one who had taken the cloak off, and he was the only one who seemed none fazed about the fact that he was in the girls' dormitory in the middle of the night. Sirius however, was blushing deeply and was leaning over Alaina, with worry in his eyes.

"Are you alright?" Sirius asked, and he held out his hand. Alaina rolled her eyes and grudgingly took it. As soon as she was on her feet, Alaina released his hand quickly as though she had been burned. At first she felt bad at the look of disappointment on Sirius' face, but that quickly disappeared.

"What are you doing here, Sirius?" Alaina muttered as she gazed into the boy's lovely blue eyes. Alaina could not help but get weak in the knees, but she kept her composure. Alaina could feel her heart thumping extremely loudly in her chest.

"I came to say that I am sorry," Sirius whispered and looked at his feet. "Alyssa let us in but you were not here. Then Lily and Brittney came in and then you, so we all hid." Alaina rolled her eyes and strode past to sit on her bed. Sirius also turned so that he could face her.

"You came in here to say that you are sorry, yet when I come in you hide." Alaina said, skeptically. "And if all that you wanted to do was say sorry, why did you bring James, Remus, and Peter? That does not make any sense, Sirius!" Alaina banged her fist down on the bed and groaned.

"We were worried about you girls, too," James added. He was talking to Alaina, however he was actually looking at Lily. "So we decided to come and give Sirius moral support. Not that the Great and Wonderful Sirius Black needs it of course!" James slapped Sirius roughly on the back, a huge smirk on his face. Sirius however, had no reaction. He continued to watch Alaina stony faced.

"Look, Lainy," Alyssa whispered from beside her boyfriend. "I knew that they were in here the entire time. I told them to hide. You and Sirius were both being extremely stubborn today, so I thought that it was about time you heard what the other has to say."

Alaina hung her head in shame. She knew very well that she had acted like a slut, for lack of a better term, that day. She had been planning on dumping Jake that day, but after the fight with Sirius, the only thing she was worried about was making him extremely jealous. Alaina figured that snogging Jake in front of Sirius would be one of the best things she could do to make Sirius feel that way.

Of course, her plan had backfired as soon as she had executed it. Even right after she had kissed Jake the way she had, she had felt completely atrocious. Just one look at Sirius' face made her feel terrible about the mistake she had made.

"Please don't be mad at me," Alyssa pleaded. Alaina jumped at the sound in her voice. Alyssa actually thought she was mad at her? The thought was completely laughable!

"I am not mad at you, Lyssa." Alaina said and she passed Sirius to hug Alyssa tightly. "I could never be mad at you." Alaina heard Sirius groan behind her. She spun around and found herself rather closer to him than she would have liked. Sirius had walked right over to her.

"Glad that makes one of us," Sirius growled, his eyes filled with fury. Alaina gulped under his scrutinizing stare and felt rather frightened. Sirius seemed to realize her sudden fear and relaxed. He hesitantly rested his hands on her shoulders, but once he did they both sighed in relief. "Alaina, I am so sorry for what I said last night. I really did not mean a word. Will you ever forgive me?" Alaina looked up into those icy blue eyes and found that she defiantly believed the poor bloke.

"I will on one condition," Alaina whispered, and Sirius looked rather anxious. "I will if you forgive me too." Sirius nodded his head furtively and Alaina couldn't help but grin. They hugged briefly, and would have held it longer if echos of 'Aw," did not sound about around them.

"Drat," Sirius groaned as he released Alaina. She turned a nice shade of pink and bit her lip as their six

friends broke into fits of laughter. "Well, maybe we should go back to bed..." Alaina nodded her head and grinned at him.

"Yes, I believe that is best, Sirius." Alaina whispered. Sirius forcefully dragged the rest of the laughing Marauders out of the dorm. When the girls finally thought that they were safe to go to sleep, the door burst open and Remus came running back in to kiss Alyssa good-night. At the end of their kiss, both Remus and Alyssa were blushing red.

So, once again the lights were dimmed and the four girls rested in their beds. Brittney had once again dimmed the lights, when suddenly Alaina shouted.

"OH MY GOSH!" Alaina was sitting bolt up in her bed, her face blood red. Her friends said words of worry when Alaina stuttered out. "The boys were in here when I changed!"

There was a moment of silence, and then all fours girls doubled over laughing, and drifted to sleep.