"I cannot believe that you would do something like that!" Lily screamed at Sirius, who looked miserable enough as it was. He felt as though his heart had been ripped out, ripped in half, and then stomped on by a thousand Hippogriffs.

"You are such a jackass, you know that? Delilah loved you, Sirius, she really loved you, and she just found out that everything you said to her was a lie!" Loraina shouted, gesturing around wildly.

"I never lied about loving her," Sirius growled.

"Like we really believe that," Loraina scoffed.

"You don't know what you're talking about!" Sirius roared. "I love her with everything in me!"

"If that was true, you wouldn't have messed about with Missy!" Loraina fired back, her hands on her hips.

"C'mon, Loraina, I can't stand to be around him anymore, knowing that while Delilah worried about him being distant and trying so hard to make him happy, he was just cheating on her," Lily growled, looking at Sirius as she walked out with Loraina.

Sirius slumped as the door closed and closed his eyes, swallowing the lump in his throat. He had been an idiot, he knew that, and he now wished he had just ended things with Missy. Anything would have been better than this. It was now almost the end of November, and Sirius was fully aware of the fact that there was going to be a Christmas Ball. Delilah would have no problem getting a date, he knew. There was no way he could handle seeing her with someone else.

He wanted desperately to know how she was doing. She hadn't shown up in classes after the incident; he hadn't expected her to, after she ran off. What shocked him was when she hadn't even come for any classes for the next two days. He wasn't sure what excuse she was using to get out of classes, but it was apparently working.

Remus entered the room with a weary expression.

"I just ran into Loraina and Lily downstairs. They seemed pretty fired up."

"Yeah," Sirius whispered gruffly.

"I'm sorry, Padfoot, but it's kind of hard to feel sympathy for you. We all knew this was going to happen," Remus said honestly.

"I know," Sirius croaked. "I just...I just miss her so much already. It's only been three days, and I feel like something's missing."

"That'd be your better half," Remus said. Sirius expected him to be joking, but he wasn't.

"I don't know how much longer I can last like this, Moony."

"She's not doing any better," Remus supplied. Sirius practically leapt at his friend.

"You've talked to her? How is she?"

"She's miserable, and yes, I've talked to her. Her parents are trying to bring her home to home school her."

"Why?!"

"Because for the past month or so her grades have been rather dismal," Remus said, looking at him pointedly. "They think that Hogwarts is teaching her all wrong and that they should get her a private tutor to teach her at home."

"But her parents are horrible! They can't do that!"

"She doesn't turn seventeen until February, and then she could come back, I suppose."

"I can't wait that long!"

Remus raised his eyebrows at his half-way to hysterical friend. "Mate, calm yourself."

"Sorry."

"Sirius," James said, panting as he ran into the room. "Missy is looking for you."

"I don't want to talk to her," Sirius grunted, sitting back stubbornly. "I told her it was over and that's that."

"Okay. I'll tell her," James said, turning and jogging away once again. He was soon back in the dorm.

"You missed it. Missy was outside of the common room while Delilah was coming out. Delilah almost punched her, but Lily restrained her. Shame, really. It would have been pretty interesting."

Sirius just groaned, falling back onto his pillows and banging his head against the wall.

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"Lily, my Flower," James greeted dramatically. "Meet me at seven for a special surprise."

"James, I need to study," Lily said, her eyes about three times their normal size. She was staring into a book, but she appeared to not really be seeing it. "I have a huge Ancient Ruins exam tomorrow."

"You need to take a break," he said, gently leading her way from the book. She hissed like a cat and bit into his forearm. With a yelp, James released her and she leapt upon her book greedily.

"Must study," she grunted like a cavewoman.

"Lily," James said firmly, slowly pulling her away from her book this time and turning her around to face him. "You really, really need to take a break."

"No, no, no!" she shouted, stomping like a toddler in a toy store who wasn't allowed to get anything.

He raised his eyebrows at her. "Lily, you are being completely irrational."

"I am not!" she exclaimed, pouting, crossing her arms, and stomping some more.

"Yes, you are," he said slowly, holding her book over his head. At her height of five foot five inches, and his of six foot three, there was no way she could reach the book. She did try though.

"I. Want. My. Book. BACK!" she screeched, clawing at his chest.

"Woah, woah, woah!" he chuckled. "Okay, okay. Take your stupid book."

When she looked at him with fire in her eyes, he retreated, holding his hands up.

"Okay, then. I'll just be going then."

She growled in response.

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"Delilah, is there a reason you did not meet me in my office as requested?" Orion asked silkily. He had sidled up to her out front of the library, and she sighed, turning to face him.

"I had a bit of a bad day, and I got ill," she said back haughtily, turning to enter the library.

"What happened?"

"If you must know, your jackass cousin was sleeping with the biggest slut in Hogwarts. And I caught him," Delilah huffed, stalking away, this time in the opposite direction of the library.

"Now, Delilah," Orion said in his smooth voice. "I was a lot of things, but I was never, ever a cheater. And I've really changed. Why don't we give things another go, yeah?"

"I'm sorry, but no," Delilah said with a shake of her head.

"You know you want me Delilah," he said, taking her hand and kissing it gently. Delilah couldn't stop the small shiver that went down her spine. She wasn't positive if it was because of his charms or because of her disgust at his attempts.

"Orion, I would rather fornicate with a Hippogriff then you," she sneered, yanking her hand back and quickening her pace. Orion was not so easily deterred.

"Come on now, you don't mean that," Orion persisted.

"Yes, actually, I do."

"But that's illegal."

"And so was our relationship."

"Touché."

"Indeed. This conversation is over."

"I'll get you back, Delilah."

"Hit me with your best shot, Orion. I'm done with you Black boys."

"We'll see about that."

Delilah watched him go with a blank look on her face before shaking herself and walking off, the library forgotten.

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"Loraina, where are you off to?" Remus asked as he chased after her.

"Oh, I was just going down to visit the Frankerts," she said with a small smile. Frankerts were little, miniature wolves with extremely sweet demeanors but the bad habit of eating just about everything.

"That would explain the outfit," Remus said, gesturing to her. Her long sleeved shirt was tucked in to her jeans, which were tucked into rubber boots. Her hair was in an extremely high ponytail, and she wore no jewelry.

"Yep," she chirped. "Care to join me?"

"Sure," Remus said. They made their way to the little pen on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where the little creatures played. Loraina walked in with confidence, sitting on the ground and playing with them. Remus soon joined her.

"Did you know about Sirius and Delilah?" Loraina asked suddenly.

"Oh. Um..."

"It's okay if you did. You were protecting your friend. I would have done the same."

"Yeah, I did know."

"I just want to know. How long was it?"

"Um, since the Quidditch Match."

"That's almost their entire relationship! He was only a one woman man for two weeks!" Loraina screeched. This seemed to startled the Frankert she was playing with, who preceded to leap onto her, baring his teeth. "EEK! Oh my God!"

In an instant, Loraina was lying on top of Remus, who had been knocked to the ground by the other startled little wolves. Her face hovered just over his, and he felt all of the air leave his lungs. Remus was uncertain if it was due to her close proximity or the force at which she had fallen upon him.

Her breath smelled like vanilla, and it was intoxicating. He could smell her orange shampoo again, and without thinking about it, he kissed her. In an instant, the kiss turned from sweet and soft to passionate and rushed, months of pent up feelings pouring into it.

Remus suddenly broke away from her.

"A Frankert is chewing on my hair," he grinned. Loraina giggled and lowered her mouth to his once again.

Author's Note: Yes! Remus and Loraina are finally together! I finally did it! And Delilah and Sirius are going to be miserable for a little while. And just what is Orion planning. Here's a little preview from the next chapter:

"Stay away from her, Orion," Sirius hissed. "You're just going to hurt her and we both know it."

"You mean like you did?"

"Shut up. You don't know anything."

"She told me, you know. We had quite the nice little conversation about it. I'm going to beat you, Sirius, you just wait."

Sirius pushed his cousin against the wall.

"She's not a prize to be won."


"To me she is," Orion sneered. "And this is all just a little game that you're going to lose."

Sirius pushed Orion against the wall one more time for affect before dropping him.

"Then let the games begin."