I arrived in my living room and stood up to dust off. Then Sirius came through and fell right on top of me when me back was turned to him. I couldn't help but notice that he smelled nice, and I could feel his ab muscles on my back. Then James emerged from the fireplace and tripped on Sirius foot. Remus and Lily did the same. Peter then proceeded to fall on top of Lily, and we were all laughing in a heap on the floor. Natalie stepped out of the fireplace gracefully, giving an appraising look at the scene before her. She didn't notice James snake his arms around her legs until he pulled her down onto the floor with us.

I kept laughing and also kept noticing how nice it felt to have Sirius on top of me. My dad came out of the Floo Network and laughed at the 7 of us, then proceeded into the kitchen. I pushed myself off of the ground when I felt the weights of my friends shift off of me.

"Welcome to my house!"

"That was a little delayed."

"I'm sorry, it slipped my mind when I was being crushed." I showed everyone to their rooms. Nat and Lily would be sleeping with me, James and Sirius would be in Mike and his twin, Ashton's, former room, and Remus and Peter in Barry's room. When we'd all settled in, me, Nat, and Lily went into Remus and Peter's room to chat. James and Sirius joined us a moment later.

"So what is there to do in Southbury, Connecticut?" Sirius asked.

"Absolutely nothing." "

Are you serious?"

"No. You're Sirius, I'm Kara. We've been through this before."

"No, really. We're just going to do- nothing?"

"There are plenty of ways to amuse ourselves. You won't be bored." As I finished, I once again felt the weight of a dark haired object jump on me. "Megann, you're hurting me."

"Sorry!" she got off and we hugged.

"Missed ya!"

"Missed ya back! Hey Nat, Lily!" The three of them then hugged. This was too much for the guys.

"Oh my God, James, I haven't seen you in forever!" Remus exclaimed.

"You look fabulous!" James replied. They did that air cheek kiss thing.

"Sirius!" Remus screeched.

"Hey, girl!" Peter greeted James.

"Hi there, girlfriend!" Sirius giggled. The four of us were laughing as the Marauders continued to mock us. I noticed that Megann kept most of her attention on Sirius. A pang of jealousy surged through me. Then Sirius, who had tired of the little charade, came up to me.

"So, Kara, who is your lovely friend?"

"This is Megann. Megann, this is Sirius Black."

"Hi!" I was relieved to see that Sirius wasn't too interested.

"Hey," he replied nonchalantly. The rest of the guys were introduced to Megann. I grabbed Sirius's arm.

"She's a Muggle." I whispered in his ear. He nodded once, and inadvertently passed the message on to the rest of the Marauders. So we kept a friendly, strictly non-magic related conversation going.

My dad had left for work and we were all alone in the house. When I decided I was hungry and went downstairs to find lunch, Megann held me back for a minute.

"Hey Kara?"

"Yeah?"

"Does Sirius have a girlfriend?"

"No. Why?"

"Just wondering." she smiled slyly and then bounded down the stairs. I quickly banged my head against the wall, and then followed Megann to the kitchen. Great. Another girl who's going to throw herself at him. And ruin my chances!

Of course, Megann was sitting next to Sirius, so I slipped in between Lily and James. At least Megann was more subtle than some other girls. She kept up conversation with him, and giggled a lot, but she didn't massage his arms or chest like some girls did. That was always good for a laugh.

"What did Megann want?" Lily whispered.

"She wants Sirius." I whispered back.

"Oh. You should tell her how you feel."

"I guess so."

"What are you two whispering about?" James whispered. Lily responded before I could say nothing.

"Megann likes Sirius." James surveyed his best friend and the pretty brunette beside him.

"So what's new?" Lily rolled her eyes and then nodded towards me.

"Oh! Well-" James looked back at Sirius. Lily just shook her head for the conversation to stop. Lunch continued uneventfully, as I became sicker and sicker watching Megann flirt with Sirius. I got up quickly when the meal was over, and my friends followed me outside. James and Lily weren't there.

~*James POV*~

Lily pulled me aside when everyone else went outside.

"Do you think you could find out if Sirius likes Megann?"

"Yeah, sure. Why?"

"Well, because Kara doesn't want to say anything to her if Sirius likes her back."

"I can ask him later. I'll let you know."

"Thanks, James." I wasn't sure if I'd heard correctly. Had she just called me James?

"What?"

"I said, thanks, James." She did. My name sounded better coming out of her beautiful mouth. It was music to my ears.

"You called me James." Lily blushed. Did she actually blush? Maybe it was the heat? I didn't think so.

"Yeah. I did. Would you rather I didn't?"

"No! No. Please, do." Now I was blushing. Lovely. Oh well, I'd do anything if I could do it with her. Including blushing. She smiled at me, and then went outside to join the others. I just stood there, staring stupidly into space with a big grin on my lips. I sighed. This was going to be a good summer.