Don't Let Your Guard Down
chapter 26
I'M SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG! i'm a camp counselor and that pretty much takes up all my free time in the summer... sorry, sorry, sorry!
disclaimer: i'm not rich, i don't live in England, and i definitely didnot write Harry Potter. anything you recognize is from JK Rowling
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"Happy Birthday Lily!" Gigi cried out, jumping on Lily's bed.
Lily groaned and pulled the covers over her head. "I don't want to be eighteen. I like seventeen. Seventeen is good."
"Get up," Kacie said, pulling the covers off of her. "We have lots of things planned."
"Is sleeping one of them?" Lily asked.
"Nope, that didn't make the list," Gigi said.
"Wait, lemme guess," Lily said, "The list consists of presents, alcohol, and lots and lots of cake."
"Nope," Gigi said. "Presents didn't make the list either."
Lily threw her pillow at her and sat up. "I have to take a shower."
"Good," Kacie said. "That gives us plenty of time to discuss how much sleep you're not gonna get." Lily laughed and grabbed a towel and headed for the bathroom.
"Okay, so what did you get her?" Gigi asked, sitting down on the common room couch. "I need to make sure my present is better."
"I got her a book-"
Gigi laughed the moment she said book. "Okay, my present is definitely better."
"Lily likes to read," Kacie reminded her.
Gigi paused. "Damnit."
Kacie laughed but stopped when James entered the room. "Lily's not here, is she?" James whispered.
"She's in the shower," Gigi whispered back.
"Okay, I'm just grabbing a few things and I'll be out of your hair," James whispered.
"Okay, just one question," Gigi murmured. "Why are we whispering?"
James just rolled his eyes and went into his room.
Kacie and Gigi exchanged looks. "James?" James poked his head out of his room and glanced at Gigi. "Are you still having a party for her?"
James bit his lip and looked down at his feet. "Sirius took over."
"You're not even gonna come?" Kacie asked.
James shook his head. "She doesn't want me there."
"Yes she does," Kacie said. "She doesn't hate you but she does hate that she hasn't seen you for two weeks."
"Look, Sirius has it under control," James said.
"This is Sirius we're talking about," Kacie said. "He doesn't have anything under control."
"I know," James said, "That's why Remus and Peter are helping."
"You should come," Kacie urged.
"Drop it okay?"
"Oh c'mon James!" Kacie cried out. "You're the one person Lily cares about most and you're not gonna make it to her birthday party that you planned?"
"Why would I want to come to the birthday party of a girl who will never trust me no matter how much I insist that I've changed?" James yelled angrily.
"Because there's alcohol," Gigi said bluntly. James gave her an angry look and stomped into his room.
"He's really not gonna come," Kacie said sadly.
"Hey, speaking of Black," Gigi said.
"We weren't speaking of Sirius," Kacie said.
"Well, now we are," Gigi said. "How come you didn't tell me he had a girlfriend?"
Kacie looked nervously down at her hands. "Just slipped my mind I guess."
"That's bullshit," Gigi said.
Kacie looked up at Lily's door longingly. "Where's Lily? She's better at making up lies than I am."
"Come on Kace!" Gigi exclaimed. "They've been going out for a month? Sirius having a girlfriend at all is a monumental thing, and no one told me!"
"Honestly Gigi, we didn't realize it would be a big deal," Kacie said with a shrug. "And it doesn't normally come up in conversation but oh! Get this, the bra we found, doesn't belong to a girl James was with, it belongs to Lucie!"
"So Sirius not having a girlfriend doesn't just slip into a conversation but you make room to talk about a bra?" Gigi asked.
"You're missing the point...it's Lucie's bra!" Kacie cried out.
"Oh my god! No way? It's Lucie's!" Gigi paused. "Do I know a Lucie?"
"Lucie is Sirius's girlfriend," Kacie said.
"James had sex with Sirius's girlfriend?" Gigi asked.
"No," Kacie said. "Sirius borrowed the couch for a little bit and…well yeah."
"Oh my god! That asshole! He's the reason Lily and James are broken up? Doesn't he care at all?" Gigi shouted.
"Who doesn't care at all?" Lily asked.
"Sirius," Kacie said, rolling her eyes. "Seems Gigi knows about Sirius having a girlfriend. And what Sirius and his girlfriend did on this couch."
Gigi looked down at the couch and jumped up. "EW! You have to burn these cushions!"
"They didn't have sex," Lily said, rolling her eyes. "They were just fooling around."
"Yeah, and apparently that tramp was naked while doing so!" Gigi exclaimed.
"You're calling Lucie a tramp for not having sex with Sirius?" Lily asked. Gigi nodded furiously. "This coming from the girl who has had sex with Sirius."
"Shut up," Gigi said. "Do you-" Gigi stopped mid sentence when she saw Lily get white as a ghost. James had just come out of his room.
James just glanced at Lily and zipped out of the room. Gigi turned from Lily to Kacie, who just shrugged. "So…I'm guessing James has no idea about the whole Sirius and Lucie thing."
Lily let out a small sob and covered her face with her hands. "This is the worst birthday ever."
"It gets worse," Gigi said. "Kacie bought you a book."
"HEY!" Kacie cried out, putting her arms around Lily and sticking her tongue out at Gigi.
Gigi entered the boys room later that day, ecstatic that James wasn't there.
Remus looked up. "Oh, hey Gi."
Gigi stormed over to Sirius, grabbed his collar, and lifted him off his bed so he was on his feet. "You are the worst friend ever!"
Sirius pulled her hands off of him. "Last time I checked, you and I weren't friends."
"I'm talking about Lily!" Gigi cried out.
"What's going on?" Peter asked.
"I think Gigi has found out who the owner of the bra is," Sirius said, backing away from Gigi. "I didn't mean to break Lily and James up."
"But have you told him?" Gigi asked.
"Well…not exactly," Sirius said.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Gigi cried out.
Sirius turned to Remus. "Another person who wants me dead."
"You do know that James isn't going to the party tonight, right?" Gigi asked. The boys nodded. "And you realize that Lily is the one thing in this world that he cares most about, right?"
"I thought he cared about me most," Sirius said.
Gigi punched him hard in the arm. "You're gonna let your best friend sit in a room by himself and be miserable while the love of his life is having a birthday party?"
"Would this be a bad time to say yes?" Sirius asked, rubbing his arm.
"Ugh! I can't stand you! I don't get how James is best friends with an arrogant asshole!" Gigi burst out, throwing her hands up in frustration.
"Look!" Sirius cried out so loud, it caused Gigi to stumble backwards. "My life is not your life!"
"It is when you ruin the one good thing about my best friend's life!" Gigi cried out.
"NO!" Sirius shouted. "This is my life! What I do with my girlfriend is my life! What I talk to my best friend about is my life! Not your life! And right now you're trying to control me so I'd appreciate it if you'd just BACK AWAY!"
Gigi did the opposite of that and lunged at Sirius and they started wrestling on the floor. "GUYS!" Remus exclaimed, practically flying out of his desk chair, quickly followed by Peter, to try and break them up. Gigi kept punching Sirius, striking him right in the eye and then the mouth. Sirius wasn't fighting Gigi because he wanted to but mostly to defend himself.
Remus picked Gigi up with his left arm, holding her tight as she flailed her arms trying to slap Sirius. Peter held Sirius back in the corner so he couldn't run after Gigi. They both glared at each other as they breathed heavily.
"I think you should go," Remus said to Gigi.
Gigi gave one last evil glare at Sirius and stomped out. Peter turned to Sirius. "Whoa, if looks could kill, you'd be dead."
Sirius touched the blood on his lip and jerked his arm away from Peter and sauntered into the bathroom, slamming the door shut.
Remus turned to Peter. "Right now, being dead seems like a pretty good idea for him."
"SURPRISE!"
Lily shrieked as she saw how full the room was. Lily grinned from ear to ear but when she looked around and noticed that James wasn't there, she couldn't help but frown. Lily hugged Gigi and Kacie. "Thanks guys."
"Me next! Me next!" Sirius said, jumping up and down waiting for his hug, completely ignoring Gigi's presence. Lily laughed and hugged Sirius, Remus, and then Peter.
"Whoa Si, what's with your face?" Lily asked. "And is that a black eye?"
Sirius turned away from Lily. "Yeah, I walked into a wall."
"You couldn't tell open space from a wall?" Lily questioned.
"Try the punch, it's delicious!" Sirius exclaimed, obviously wanting to change the subject.
"Spiked with some sort of alcohol I presume?"
"You know me so well," Sirius said, giving her another hug. Lily shrugged and headed towards the punch.
"Ugh," Gigi muttered, making a face at Lucie and Sirius dancing.
Jesse turned to her. "Did you say something?"
Gigi snapped out of it and looked at Jesse. She attempted to smile. "Nope, I said nothing."
Jesse took her hand. "Wanna dance?"
Gigi gulped down the cup of punch in her hand. "Not right now. I need more punch."
Jesse took her cup. "I'll get you more." And with that, he walked away.
"Hey Gi," Remus said, joining her by leaning against the wall. "Do you-"
"A month, huh?" Gigi asked, trying to act cool.
"A month what?" Remus questioned.
"Sirius and Lucie."
Remus looked over at what Gigi was looking at. "Yeah, it's been about a month."
"I didn't think he had it in him," Gigi said. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm happy for him-"
"No you're not."
"No I'm not," Gigi responded. "To hell with him, he messed things up between us. I can hate him all I want."
"So that's quite a black eye you gave him," Remus said.
Gigi grinned. "He deserved it." Gigi turned to Remus. "I can't believe you didn't do it first. Or Kacie. Or Lily. Doesn't anyone care that Lily and James broke up because of that scumbag? Doesn't anyone see something wrong with Sirius being all happy with Lucie when he screwed things up between James and Lils?"
"Yeah, but what can you do?" Remus asked.
"Punch him!"
"Well, you've got that covered," Remus noted.
Gigi gulped and looked sincerely into Remus's eyes. "I just really hate the guy, ya know?"
Remus put his arm around her and patted her on the back and then whispered, "No you don't…but I'll pretend to believe you."
Gigi gave a weak smile and put her head on his shoulder, deciding that she wouldn't even try to argue with Remus. "Thanks."
"What kind of birthday girl sits in the corner sulking?" Kacie asked, coming over to talk to Lily.
"You've got me all wrong," Lily said. "I'm standing, not sitting."
Kacie rolled her eyes. "C'mon Lils. Tryto have fun. This is an entire party...for you."
"I know, I know," Lily mumbled, taking a sip of the punch. "And I am having fun, I swear."
"You're the worst liar ever," Kacie said.
Lily looked her straight in the eyes. "And you're absolutely gorgeous and the best person on this earth."
Kacie looked at her. "I'm gonna pretend that's not a lie," Kacie said with a laugh.
"Whoa, two pretty girls standing in the corner? We can't have that," Sirius said, walking up to them nonchalantly.
"And now there's three pretty girls standing in the corner," Kacie teased.
"Don't mock me Kace," Sirius said. "I could be forced to do something I don't wanna do."
"What would that be?" Kacie asked. "Walk away?"
Sirius turned to Lily. "You're a bad influence on her. She gets those snide remarks from you."
"And you got your arrogant side from James…what's your point?" Lily asked.
Sirius paused. "Did I even have a point?"
"Probably not," Kacie noted.
All three of them looked out at the dance floor, enjoying the party. They all laughed as Peter attempted to get up on a table and dance but tripped ("I think it's time to keep Peter away from the spiked punch," Kacie noted). Lily tried hard not to look at all the couples snogging while dancing, but it was hard to turn away.
Lily turned to Sirius. "How do you do it Si?" Lily asked.
Sirius looked down at his cup of punch. "Drink punch?"
Lily rolled her eyes. "No." Lily looked at Sirius from head to toe. "You just walk into a room and have everyone stop and notice you. Smile and get every girl to fall at your heels. Run your hand through your hair and get girls to come over and talk to you. Stand tall and have every guy wishing to be you," Lily asked.
"Oh good, now his head will be even bigger," Kacie said with a groan.
Sirius grinned. "Now Lily, if I didn't know better, I'd say you're hitting on me."
"Good thing you do know better," Lily said.
"I've spent my whole life trying to get noticed by my family," Sirius said with a shrug. "They never cared much about me which I'm glad about now obviously, but I wasn't happy about it when I was younger. So when I came to Hogwarts, I told myself I'd do anything I had to to get people to know who I was. Plus, it helped that I had James as a friend. He was always so confident and outgoing and it rubbed off on me."
Lily nodded. "Makes sense," Lily said, and then gave Sirius a suspicious look. "Thanks, that was a pretty sincere answer."
"Plus my absolutely drop dead gorgeous looks are a huge help," Sirius said.
"I take back my 'sincere' comment," Lily said. Lily glanced over at Gigi. "Unlike you, having a confident and outgoing best friend seems to have made my life harder."
"Doesn't help that she's extremely pretty either," Kacie noted.
Sirius took a gulp of his punch and looked over at Gigi sitting with Jesse and then turned back to Lily. "But you're happy with your life, aren't you? I mean, if you all of a sudden became this over confident, really outgoing person, I'd be scared. And I'd hate it." Sirius paused. "Either that or I'd want to date you."
Lily smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not changing. I was merely wondering."
"Good," Sirius said and then saw Lucie walking over to him. "Does that mean you're not gonna date me?"
Lily smiled. "I have a feeling we're better as just friends"
Sirius thought about that. "Hmm…I've never heard that from a girl before." They all laughed. "Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna go take my confidence and outgoing-ness and go snog my girlfriend."
"Have fun with that," Lily said and then paused. "Although, I'm not sure how you wouldn't have fun with that." Sirius threw his head back and laughed and then sauntered away to find Lucie.
"Don't," Gigi said sharply.
Sirius looked at her. "Don't what?"
"Come over here."
Sirius looked down at himself standing next to Gigi and grinned at her. "Too late."
"Hey, how 'bout I make your left eye match your right eye?" Gigi snapped.
"And how about I make your right eye match my right eye," Sirius said.
"You wouldn't punch a girl," Gigi said.
"You're right, I wouldn't," Sirius said. "I'd be punching you."
"Look Black-"
"You can't just go around beating people up because you're angry Giliba!" Sirius cried out.
"Oh, you're one to talk!" Gigi cried out. "You beat up Severus every damn time you see him. And what about Bellatrix? I've seen you lunge at her a few times!"
"If you beat me up every time you were angry at me, I'd be dead!"
"GOOD!"
"Nothing I do is good enough for you," Sirius argued. "I try being nice to you, and you yell at me, telling me I'm being fake. I attempt to be your friend, and you tell me you hate me. I try staying away from you, and you still somehow find a way to argue with me. I give up Giliba! I'm done with this!"
"Your idea of being nice to me is handing me the potatoes at dinner," Gigi said. "Your idea of a friend is having someone to snog. And your idea of staying away from me is hanging around with my friends so eventually I have to be near you."
"Hey, that is so untrue!" Sirius cried out. "Sometimes I hand you the green beans."
"You're impossible!" Gigi exclaimed. "You know what? I give up too! I've been done with this for a year and a half now!"
"You can't give up!" Sirius said. "I said it first! I give up first!"
"Okay, now we're arguing over who gave up first. This is ridiculous!"
"I'm leaving," Sirius said angrily and then turned back to Gigi. "And for the first time, I'm gonna be the first one to say this: stay away from me."
"If I recall, you came up to me!" Gigi said.
"Because you're standing next the punch!" Sirius shouted and then walked away in a huff. Gigi looked behind her at the punch bowl and scowled.
"You keep drinking like that and Sirius will take advantage of you," a voice said from behind Lily, watching her down yet another cup of spiked punch.
"He wouldn't do that," Lily said.
"Here Lils, take another cup," Sirius said, handing her a huge cup of the punch.
Lily and Remus exchanged looks. "And I'm putting the punch down now," Lily said to Remus. Sirius just shrugged and walked away.
Lily shrugged at Remus. "For some reason, being drunk seems like the best idea right now."
"You want to spend your birthday throwing up?" Remus asked, raising his eyebrows.
"More like I want to spend it numb and forgetting everything," Lily said with a shrug.
Remus looked at Lily warily, deciding what to say next. "He planned the whole thing you know," Remus said.
"Huh?"
"Down to what music should be played at what time," Remus explained.
"What are you talking about?"
"James," Remus said. "He's been planning the party for a month and a half now."
"Then why didn't he come?" Lily asked, trying to hide that she wanted him there.
"When you guys broke up, he turned the party planning responsibility over to Sirius-"
"Sirius couldn't plan a thing like this without messing it up," Lily noted.
"-with Peter and I helping him," Remus said.
"That makes more sense," Lily said.
"James refused to have any part in it that past two weeks. But he was the one who planned most of it. The food, the music, the drinks, the games."
"Games?"
"Spin the bottle, strip poker, Twister, etc," Remus said, glad to get a tiny smile out of Lily.
Lily tried to hide her smile but it crept up anyway. "I'll be right back," Lily said slowly, putting her glass down.
"So…what?" Lily asked, shutting the door behind her. "You plan a party and then don't even attend?"
James looked up and fell off of Sirius's bed. "Wha-what?"
Lily looked down at her hands, suddenly feeling self-conscious. "You planned that party for me…it's a great party by the way…and then you don't even come?"
James shrugged. "Didn't feel like it."
"Because of me?" Lily squeaked.
"Well it wasn't because of Kacie," James said. Lily gave him a look. "Plus, I'm not really in the mood to talk to the guys either. Not exactly the best of friends right now."
"Why?"
James just gave her a look that said he didn't want to talk about it.
"I'm sorry," Lily muttered so softly that James wasn't sure he heard.
"What?"
"I should have believed you," Lily said.
"Huh?"
Lily took a deep breath and dove into the story, "I know the bra didn't belong to a girl you had sex with. The bra I found in the couch belonged to Lucie. Sirius and Lucie were in there one night and well yeah…you figure out the rest."
James paused. "I am so burning that couch."
"But yeah…" Lily said trailing off. "I should have believed you and-"
"Yeah, you should have," James said softly.
"I'm so sorry," Lily said.
James nodded, getting up from the ground, and walking towards her.
Lily kept babbling on while staring at the ground, obviously getting very nervous of the encounter with James. "Something just snapped in my head when I saw the bra. I should have believed you, but the anger kept boiling up inside me. I mean, c'mon…I found a bra in the couch. How was I supposed to know it didn't belong to you. It's your couch. I just-"
And now something in James snapped, and he took quite a few steps back away from Lily. "You should have known the minute I told you it didn't belong to me," James exclaimed, not realizing that he'd get to upset. "You should have trusted me. God Lily! You keep telling me that you believe that I've changed but admit it, you'll never fully believe that I've changed! You're always gonna doubt what I say!"
"Do you blame me?" Lily cried out. "Look how you treated me for the first six years of Hogwarts! Look how you treated me for the first part of seventh year!"
"But I've changed!" James cried out. "Why can't you believe that?"
"Well I'm sorry!" Lily exclaimed, throwing her hands up. "I don't know what else to say."
James looked her over and finally just shrugged. "There's nothing you can say."
Lilywas taken aback by that response."Wh-what," she asked slowly, her lower lip quivering.
"I love you Lily," James said. "But I love everything about you. I take your faults and understand that it's just part of who you are. I recognize that you've changed over the six years and that you're a different person. I know you're an honest person and I trust everything you say." James took a deep breath. "I just wish you'd treat me the same way."
"James, I do love you," Lily insisted.
"But you don't trust me?" James cried out. "And you don't believe anything I say? And you believe the worst in me, and that's it?"
"James," Lily pleaded.
James looked at her with ice in his eyes. "Do you understand how hard it was for me to try and convince you that I didn't cheat on you? I shouldn't have to try so hard to prove to you that I'm not an asshole. I just stood there trying to make you understand that I didn't do anything and you didn't believe a word I said. How the fuck do you think that made me feel?"
"I don't know!" Lily exclaimed desperately. "But-"
"Awful!" James shouted. "I felt like crap! My own girlfriend didn't believe I wasn't a cheater! My best friends didn't believe it! No matter how old I get and how much I grow up, I will still be the asshole player! And you out of all people don't believe that I've changed! So don't come in here trying to make up with me because you're two weeks too late! You should have believed me the second I told you I didn't cheat! So excuse me if I don't want to get back together with you anytime soon!"
"What was I supposed to believe!" Lily cried out, tired of James reprimanding me. "Look at your past reputation! C'mon James…I had evidence! It was our couch! What was I supposed to do!"
"Believe your boyfriend!" James cried out and then lookedstraight into her eyes with anger and sadness in his eyes."Oh excuse me, your EX-boyfriend."
Lily couldn't even look at him anymore. She just turned on her heels and walked out. When she was gone, James plopped down on Sirius's bed, very surprised at the tear that fell out of his eye. "Happy Birthday," he whispered to the empty room.
Sirius walked into his room to grab another bottle of firewhiskey to spike the punch with when he noticed a very still James lying on Sirius's bed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Want some company?" Sirius asked.
"No," James sighed.
"I have firewhiskey," Sirius said.
"Company sounds good," James joked, taking the bottle from Sirius.
Sirius laughed and walked over tohis bed. He sat there awkwardly for a bit while James didn't stop staring at the ceiling.
"The color of the ceiling is black…that won't change," Sirius said. "No matter how much you stare at it."
James moved his head slightly to look at Sirius and then turned back to staring at the ceiling. "What are you doing here?"
"You mean what am I doing in my own room sitting on my own bed?" Sirius asked. James gave him a look. "Right, not the time to joke." Sirius shrugged. "I'm just getting more alcohol."
James rolled his eyes. "Should have known."
"So…you wanna come down?" Sirius asked casually.
"When the ceiling turns to pink," James said.
Sirius sighed and went into his trunk to get the alcohol.
"Maybe it will turn pink with lace," James said, turning on his side and looking at Sirius.
Sirius stopped in his tracks and turned towards James. "What?"
"I'm burning that couch by the way," James said.
"We didn't have sex!" Sirius cried out.
"Okay, but she was obviously naked! Either that or she got really hot and felt like taking her bra off!" James burst out.
"What're the odds you believe it's the second one?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius!" James exclaimed, getting up from the bed.
"Look, I know! It was horrible and awful and because of me, things got screwed up between Lily and you!" Sirius cried out and then pointed to this eye and lip. "See these? I was punched because of the incident! So I understand what I did! But Remus was in here, you and Lily were off somewhere, and Peter was in the Astronomy Tower! It was the only thing I could think of! And I've spent the last few days trying to figure out how to tell you."
James looked at him. "Who punched you?"
"What're the chances you believe it was Remus who did it?" Sirius asked.
James clamped his hands over his mouth, figuring out who punched Sirius. "Gigi? She punched you?"
"Actually she lunged at me and wrestled me to the ground," Sirius confirmed.
"That's awful!" James cried out and then paused. "…did anyone take pictures?"
"James!" Sirius exclaimed.
"I'd continue making fun of you…but she is freakishly strong," James said. "And I'm not angry at you for fooling around on my couch. It's actually a good thing. Now I'm not in a relationship with someone who doesn't trust me. You actually helped me. So thanks."
"No problem," Sirius said. "I am always willing to fool around with my girlfriend to help my best friend out. In fact I'll do it again…say Saturday?"
"Don't you have a party to get back to?" James teased as he went back to lying down on the couch.
Sirius looked at him suspiciously. "You aren't happy about this break up. You don't really believe what you just said, do you."
James sighed and rolled on his side, sleeping on his arms. "I wish I did."
Sirius walked over to him. "How'd you find out about the bra?"
"Lily was up here a little less than half an hour ago," James said.
Sirius smacked James on the head (OW!"). "You idiot!" Sirius exclaimed. "You didn't get back together with her?"
James sat up once again. "Padfoot, no matter what I told her, she didn't believe me. She was convinced that I cheated on her. She has no trust in me whatsoever and I don't deserve someone like that. I can't just get back together with her and believe that everything is alright."
"Stranger things have happened," Sirius said. "Like me having a girlfriend for instance."
"But this is different, Si," James said.
"If you think this is for the best, then why are you sitting here staring at a picture of you two?" Sirius asked, taking the picture frame from underneath James.
"That isn't mine," James said quickly.
"Then why does it say 'To James, Love Lily' on it?" Sirius questioned.
James didn't say anything.
"Lemme ask you a question," Sirius said, sitting beside James. "If you found a pair of boxers in the couch, what would you immediately think?"
"Well now I'd think they belonged to you and Lucie."
"No, before this whole thing," Sirius said.
James stopped to think about it. If he found a pair of boxers that didn't belong to him, he'd instantly think about Lily. But Lily wouldn't do that to him. He'd trust Lily and knew she wouldn't cheat on him. Then he thought about himself. He didn't exactly have the best track record when it came to girls. In fact, he's cheated before.
James sighed and turned to Sirius. "I get what you're saying."
"So what are you gonna do?" Sirius asked.
James stared hard at Sirius trying to decide the answer to that question. He sighed and looked up at the ceiling. "I have to make sure the ceiling doesn't turn pink." And with that, he leaned back on the bed with his head facing the ceiling.
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Review! It will probably be another 2(ish) weeks til i post the next chapter, but i'm really busy being a camp counselor. But i definitely will updated sooner than I did this time!