Chapter 28: Matter Of Time.
"So, are you sure that you want to hang out with me and my friends in the library tonight?" asked Sam shyly.
Sirius held in the urge to roll his eyes. He didn't mind spending the night with her but her friends were another story. He had a nagging feeling that they didn't really like the fact that he was dating Sam. "Yes, I'm sure. Anything to spend time with you." Sam smiled and he kissed her.
She walked him over to where James, Remus, Peter, Frank Longbottom, and Kevin Johnson were sitting and talking. Sam kissed Sirius goodbye and left the boys alone. Sirius sat down with a wide smile but it quickly vanished when James spoke. "So, what is Sam letting you do tonight?"
The guys laughed while Sirius scowled. "We are meeting in the library after dinner. And just so you know, it was my idea."
"I'm sure she let you believe that." Frank said.
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Oh shut up, Longbottom. We all know Alice has you by the short hairs."
Frank laughed. "She sure does. I just didn't expect that a girl would do the same thing to you."
"Why does everyone think that I'm some whipped moron!"
James laughed. "You've always been a moron! You follow her around like some lost puppy! You jump whenever she tells you to. What else are we supposed to think?"
"Well, I'm not! I can do whatever I want and Sam doesn't say a word!"
Remus smiled. "That doesn't last long. Trust me."
The guys laughed while Sirius looked nervous. "Wait until you two get serious enough to talk about marriage. You're easy ride will be over!" Kevin said with a smile.
"M-Marriage? It's too soon for that!"
Frank shook his head. "I've been with Alice for over a year and we started talking about it after a month."
Sirius started to sweat. He knew he loved Sam and wanted to marry her but it was still too soon to talk about it. He may have slightly proposed to her but all this talk about marriage made him regret it.
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Sirius was waiting in the stacks of the library. He was supposed to meet Sam and her friends but she was running late. Her friends were already there but he would rather not spend his time in awkward silence with them while they waited for her. He was extremely bored while waiting for her, so he decided to start on some of his work. That didn't last long, so he went into the stacks to waste some time. Sirius turned around when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He was surprised to see Sarah Rudolph standing there. "Hello Sirius." She said sweetly while fluttering her eyelashes at him.
Sirius grinned at her. "Hey Sarah! How can I help you?"
"Wow! You seem a lot nicer tonight. You're not biting my head off."
Sirius smiled sheepishly. "Sorry about that. You caught me on a bad day. How can I help you?"
"You can help me by escorting me to the astronomy tower like we used to."
Sirius gulped uncomfortably. "W-What? You know that I'm with Sam."
Sarah smiled. "Yes, I know that. But really Sirius, how long will it last? With you reputation that you've proudly built up? That you strut around the castle and wear it like a badge of honor? Why are you going out with her when you know it's only a matter of time before you break her heart?"
Sirius sneered at her. "I love Sam! I'm not going to break her heart!"
Sarah lightly laughed. "How many girls did you tell the same exact thing to?"
She had him there. He looked away and sighed. "It's different with her! Sam is the only person that I want to be with! Why is that so hard to believe?"
"Sirius, I know you. This thing you have with her, it won't last." Before he could reply, she kissed him. She pulled him closer and deepened the kiss.
Sirius ran his fingers through her hair and slid his tongue in her mouth. A few minutes went by before a mental image of Sam catching them entered his mind. He pushed her away and he shook his head.
Sarah laughed. "See, you can't change. It's only a matter of time before you break her heart."
She left him standing there alone. He couldn't believe his stupidity. He didn't understand why he just did that. Sirius jumped when he heard Sam's voice. "Sirius? What are you doing back here?"
Sirius smiled nervously. "Just wasting time before you showed up."
Sam looked at him closely. "Are you ok? You're looking a little flushed."
He nodded quickly. "I'm fine. I'm just tired."
"Do you want to go back to your room to rest? We can hang out some other time."
Sirius pulled her to him and kissed her. She deepened the kiss and held him closely. "I'm fine. I just want to be with you."
Sam laughed. "I see. Do you want to go to the Room of Requirement again?"
Sirius nodded happily and wiggled his eyebrows. "Yes, please!" Sam laughed again and led him out of the library so they could be alone.
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Sam and Lily were hanging outside by the lake after classes were over when Sirius and James joined them. James kissed Lily but stopped short when he heard Sam giggle. He looked up and saw Sirius nibbling his sister's ear. "Oi, Padfoot! That's my sister! Keep it in your pants!" James said with a disgusted look on his face. Sirius laughed and held up his hands in surrender.
Sam and Lily shared a look and laughed. "Oi, Lily! That's my brother! Keep it in your pants!" Sam said in mock disgust. Lily imitated Sirius and held her hands in surrender.
James shook his head and laughed. "You are such a prat!"
"Where's Remus and Peter?" asked Lily.
Sirius pulled Sam closer to him and she kissed him briefly on the neck. "Remus is with Hannah and Peter is in the library." He said as Sam snuggled closer to him.
James groaned. "Do you mind?"
Sirius looked away from Sam and stared at James. "What?"
"Mate, stop snogging my little sister in front of me! It's disturbing!"
Sam rolled her eyes. "Oh James really! It doesn't bother me when you are all over Lily in front of me! You should be happy that we are together! Now, stop acting like such a baby!"
Lily was shaking with laughter. "You see what I mean?"
Sam nodded while the boys stared at them in confusion. "What are you talking about?" asked James.
"Before you two got here, we were talking about what kind of fathers you two would be. Especially, if you had a girl." Sam said while Lily blushed.
James laughed while Sirius started to sweat. "Oh really? How'd we do?" James asked.
Lily blushed further when she saw how James was looking at her. "We think that the two of you would be excellent fathers. You would be very protective if you had a little girl. You know, the way you are with Sam and all of her men."
"How many men has she had?" James asked while eyeing Sam closely.
Sam rolled her eyes and laughed. "Oh, shut up! I've only ever been with two people!"
James glared at Sirius. "I still have trouble with the fact that my baby sister has had sex before me."
"What? I thought…ew! The mere thought of my brother having sex with anyone makes me sick!"
"Now you know how I feel." James grumbled.
Sirius laughed. "He was waiting for Lily to finally come 'round."
James and Lily blushed. "I think it would be brilliant to be a father. When can we start trying for one?" James said.
Lily laughed when James started wiggling his eyebrows at her. "After we say 'I do.'"
Sirius didn't feel comfortable with this conversation. It especially got worse for him when Lily mentioned a double wedding. He paled at all the talk about marriage and babies. He turned when he heard Sam laugh. She was staring at him and laughed harder when she noticed how pale he looked. "Sirius, calm down and breathe! We aren't talking about getting married and having babies tomorrow! It's not like you've asked me to marry you."
Sirius slightly smiled but it soon vanished when she smiled and winked at him. He knew what the wink meant. She was thinking about the partial proposal he made the first night they slept together. A part of him was ecstatic that she remembered it but another part of him had really hoped that she would have forgotten all about it. He was starting to feel a little claustrophobic. Things with Sam were moving a little too fast for his liking. Sirius couldn't take it back because he didn't want to hurt her. Sarah's words flooded his mind and he felt trapped.
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Sam and Sirius were sitting in the common room doing their homework. Actually, Sam was trying to do her work but kept getting distracted by Sirius blowing in her ear and kissing her neck. She bit her lip and let out a giggle. "Sirius, I have to get this done."
Sirius continued kissing her neck and closed her books with his free hand. "You're entitled to take a break once in a while. I think it's time for one right now."
Sam laughed and pushed him away. "That's what you said when we took that break ten minutes ago."
Sirius wiggled his eyebrows. "Well, I wasn't done with that break yet. Come on, what's ten more minutes?"
Sam rolled her eyes and set down her quill. "Fine, ten more minutes and then you let me get back to work."
Sirius laughed and nodded. "Whatever you say."
Sam rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to speak but Sirius kissed her. Sirius pulled her chair closer to him and deepened their kiss. "Aw, you two are so sweet together. It makes me nauseous." They looked up and saw Lilac, Patty, Mary, and Alice staring at them. "With the way you two are going at it, I'd say that you should just go up to his room and shag already." Lilac said.
"We would but my brother's up there. That would be kind of awkward." Sam laughed. "Do you want to join us?"
They quickly sat down and Sirius inwardly groaned. "Well, if you are sure?" Alice said while taking out her books.
Sam laughed as Sirius turned in his chair and glared at his books. "Don't you lot have boyfriends?" He grumbled.
The girls looked up at him in surprise. "Yes, we do. Why do you ask?" asked Mary while eyeing him closely.
Sirius glared at her. "Then why aren't you with them now?"
Sam slapped his arm. "Don't be such a prat!"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "I'm not being a prat. I was just wondering why, if they do have boyfriends that they aren't with them instead, and are hanging out with us?"
Patty glared at him. "If you must know, they are with their friends. We don't see the need to neglect our friends just to keep our boyfriends happy."
He gave her a sneering smiled. "Well, maybe you should start. So, they don't run off with some other girls."
Sam's eyes widened. "Sirius! Would you stop!"
Mary's mouth thinned into a tight line. "We aren't worried about them. We aren't dating anyone with your reputation of loving them and leaving."
Sam groaned. "Mary, stop! What has gotten into you all!"
They ignored her and kept arguing. "I love Sam! I would never do that to her!" Sirius spat out. He honestly didn't understand how Sam could be friends with such annoying people.
"Wow! That sounds familiar! Didn't you say that exact same thing about Sarah Rudolph, Monica Winston, Krista Michaels, and Robin Lynch…? I could go on forever." Lilac glared and sneered at him.
Sirius let out a very forced laugh. "That was very funny! You know what else is funny? How your devoted boyfriend, Adam Brown, describes how you kiss. I think he said that you reminded him of a leech trying to suck his face off."
The other girls struggled to keep their laughter in while Lilac was fuming. "He did not! Why am I even bothering talking to you? You are just going to break her heart! And we're going to have to comfort her because that's what best friends do!"
"You lot are not her best friends! Lily is her best friend! I honestly have no idea why she wastes her time with you!"
"That's it! Stop it! This is ridiculous!" Sam yelled.
Lilac and Sirius looked at her before continuing their fight. "You know, I never understood what she sees in you! Remus, I understood! I really do miss him. He was at least polite and didn't mind when we hung out with them. I really do miss him. Sam, why can't you get back together with him? Anything is better than this loser who will just cheat on you!"
"I'm not the one who would cheat!" Sirius grunted. Sam gave him a look. Sirius shifted uncomfortably. "I meant that I wouldn't cheat on her!"
Patty rolled her eyes. "Sure you wouldn't!"
Sam had enough. She collected her belongings and walked away. "This is so stupid! I'll be in the library when you lot finally grow up!"
Sirius glared at them when she left. "What the bloody hell is your problem?"
Alice sighed. "We saw you and Sarah kissing in the stacks."
Sirius sighed. "She kissed me. I pushed her away."
Mary rolled her eyes. "Not soon enough. You better not hurt Sam!" He glared at them before leaving to go up to his room.
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Sam was walking back from the library to the common room when a raven haired girl stopped her. "Hey Sam! Wait up!"
Sam turned around and slightly smiled at her. "Hello Monica. How are you?" Monica was one of the only girlfriends that Sirius had that Sam actually liked. Sam knew that Monica was Sirius' first lover but it never bothered her. Even after Sirius broke up with her, Monica was always very nice and friendly towards her.
"I've been better. I think we need to talk about Sirius." Monica said with a sigh. Monica looked at Sam and sighed once more. "I'm worried that he is going to hurt you."
Sam gave her a curious look. "Why do you say that? What do you mean?"
Monica wouldn't look at her. "Look, I didn't want to tell you this because it is something that Sirius should be doing. A few days ago, I was in the library and saw him kissing Sarah Rudolph. I confronted her after you left with him and told her to stay away from him because he is with you. Sarah said that she was just trying to warn him not to break your heart. Sam, I'm sorry. I just thought that you had to know."
"You're lying! Sirius would never do that to me! He loves me!"
Monica shook her head. "I'm sure he told you that. He told all his girlfriends that. Sam, I'm not telling you this to hurt you. I just didn't want him to make a fool out of you like he did with me."
Monica left Sam standing there looking rather upset. Sam quickly walked back to the common room and saw Sirius sitting there with James, Lily, and Remus. He looked up and smiled at her. His smile quickly vanished when he saw the look on her face. "Remus, can I talk to you in private? It's really important." Sam wouldn't look at Sirius and was staring hard at Remus.
James laughed. "Sirius didn't get you pregnant, did he?"
Sam glared at him and James quickly shut up. Sirius looked at her with fear in his eyes. "Y-You're not pregnant, are you?"
Sam rolled her eyes. "Would you two shut up! I'm not pregnant! If I was, don't you think I'd talk to you instead of Remus! I just need to talk to him in private!"
"Is everything ok?" Sirius asked with concern in his voice.
She barely nodded. "Everything is just peachy. Remus, can we talk?"
Remus stood up and they went up to his room. He sat down on his bed with a sigh. She paced back and forth in front of him and was not saying a word. Remus had no idea what this was about but he knew that it couldn't be good. "Sam, what's going on?"
Sam stopped pacing and eyed him closely. "Remus, why did you cheat on me?"
Remus' breathing slowed. "What are you talking about? Where is this coming from?"
Sam sighed and sat down next to him. "I just need to know. Was it something I did? Something I didn't do?"
He shook his head. "It wasn't about you. It was the possibility of you being pregnant, being drunk, and she was just there. I was a moron and made a mistake. Why are you asking me about all of this now?"
She wouldn't look at him. "I'm losing him."
"Who? Sirius?"
Sam nodded. "I just heard something that might have happened and was wondering if you cheated on my because there was something wrong with me."
Remus hugged her. "There's nothing wrong with you. I was stupid, that's all. Sirius would never cheat on you. He knows better than to do that."
Sam hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Remus. I needed to hear that."
Remus smiled and kissed her forehead. "Anytime. That's what I'm here for. You should really talk to him about all of this, not me."
"I know. I just needed to talk to you first. I just had to make sure that it wasn't completely my fault."
They were walking down to the common room when James' angry voice stopped them on the landing. "Why shouldn't I say it? Everyone else thinks it! My baby sister is a whore!"
Sam's breath caught in her throat. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "James, why the hell are you talking about her like that?" yelled Lily.
"Because it's true! My parents raised her better than this! They don't want some slut as a daughter! She gave it up quickly to Moony and she barely went out with Sirius for two weeks when they slept together! Isn't that what you just told me, Padfoot?"
Sirius nodded. "I did but she isn't a whore, James. It's not like there is a line of guys outside her room holding tickets."
Remus was about to run downstairs to defend her but she stopped him and held a finger to her mouth to make sure he kept quiet. Sam was hurt by Sirius' lack of defense. It seemed to her that he barely cared about what her brother was saying about her. "You! I know what you are like with your girlfriends! You are just going to break her heart!" James growled.
Sirius was shocked. Out of all the people he cared about he thought James had a little more faith in him. "I'm not going to hurt her! I care about Sam! She means everything to me!"
James sighed and sat down. "I know. I'm sorry, mate. I shouldn't have said those things to you."
Sirius barely smiled. "It's alright, Prongs. You were just worried about her."
Lily looked disgusted with the both of them. "What about Sam? Aren't you the least bit sorry about what you said about her?"
"Well, maybe if she spent a little less time on her back, I would be. She has got to learn not to sleep with every guy that crosses her path."
"She doesn't sleep with every guy that crosses her path! She has only been with two people! She was in love you them both!"
"She did sleep with Remus rather quickly." Sirius said in a small voice.
Remus held her while Sam shook with anger. Lily growled. "I can't believe you two! You both claim to love her but it's unbelievable! How can you say these horrible things about her! Sam isn't a whore! How can I possibly be dating such a bastard?"
James quickly stood up and blocked Lily from leaving. "Are you breaking up with me?"
Lily shook her head and sighed. "No, I'm not. For some reason, I love you even though you don't deserve it. You two have to realize that what she is doing is perfectly normal. She was in love with Remus and she's in love with you, Sirius. Sam isn't doing anything wrong!"
Sirius looked guilty while James nodded. "I just wish that she would keep her legs closed until after she's married." James grumbled.
Lily punched him in the arm. "Shut up! I don't want you to ever say something horrible like this about your sister again! The both of you!" They nodded slowly in agreement.
Remus held Sam while she silently cried. He couldn't believe James or Sirius. He didn't understand how they could say such horrible and untrue things about her. Sam pulled away from him and went up to her room. Remus stomped down the stairs and glared at his friends. "I honestly can't believe you two!"
The three of them looked at him and were surprised to see how angry he looked. "What's up, Moony?" James asked slowly.
Remus was fuming. "Sam heard everything you two said! I had to comfort her while she cried! James, how could you say that about your sister! Sirius, how could you say that about your girlfriend! You two should be ashamed of yourselves! She is the farthest thing from a whore! Yes, we slept together and it was only a few months after we got together but we were in love! We did it for the right reasons and not because she had to fill a quota!"
Sirius sighed. "I guess I better go talk to her."
"Don't bother! It's better to let her cool down unless you want your balls chopped off! You don't deserve to like the crap off of her shoes!"
Sirius sneered and glared at him. "Fuck you." He turned and left the common room.
