Two Weeks Later:
It had been extremely difficult trying to convince Alison. She wouldn't talk to Lily at all. In the end, James took Lily's memory and took Alison to see what really happenedthrough a pensieve. Then Alison went back to her dorm and apologized to Lily. Both of them cried a lot.
None of them had really seen Remus for a long time and all of them had been looking for him for over four hours. In the end, James was the one to find him. He was spending most of his time, sitting on a window sill on the huge stair case. James told Remus that he believed him and they shared a brotherly hug.
Remus then went to Alison. She got up and told him that she was sorry that she didn't believe him when he tried to tell her the truth. Remus just smiled at her.
"I'm SORRY!" Alison said hopelessley, "I'm sorry, it's just that I like you too much! I get annoyed if I see you with another girl!"
Remus kept on smiling.
"Okay, look. The suspense is killing me!" Alison moaned.
Remus then came forward, smiling away and grabbed hold of both her hands. He leaned forward, tilting his head to the side. Alison tilted her head as well and they shared their first kiss.
"Took you long enough," Alison said against his lips.
Remus chuckled.
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James and Lily were right now, sitting under the beach tree by the lake. Lily was sitting on James' lap, with his arms tight around her, like he would never let go. Lily didn't want him to.
"Lily, what's your favourite colour?" James asked randomly.
"Well, isn't that a bit random?" Lily asked, laughing.
"I guess. I'm just curious. What if I have to buy you flowers one day and I don't know your favourite colour?" James said.
Lily pulled back and stared at him, "do you actually think about stuff like that?"
"Sure."
"I have never met any one weirder than you, James. But maybe Sirius-"
"Just answer the damn question."
Lily laughed and thought about it. What WAS her favourite colour? It used to be green...
"Hazel," Lily smiled.
James was quiet for a minute and then he softly kissed Lily's cheek, "Mine is green."
"Why am I not surprised?" Lily chuckled.
James laughed and pulled Lily closer. She leaned back and rested her head on his shoulder.
"James, what's your favourite food?" Lily asked.
"Are we playing twenty questions today?" James chuckled.
"Answer, Potter," Lily rolled her eyes.
"LILY NUGGETS!" James yelled.
Lily burst out laughing, "that has got to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Is than even a real food?"
"What do you think, dumb ass?" James laughed.
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It was Saturday and Lily, James, Sirius, Iris, Remus and Alison were sitting in the boy's dorm at six o clock, enjoying butter beers and a very intense game of truth and dare.
"Okay, James!" Sirius yelled when the bottle landed on James, "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," James laughed.
"You sure?" Sirius' eyes twinkled.
"Yep,"James smiled.
"Okay, then I...I dare you to...to lick butter beer out of Remus' belly button!"
"WHAT!?" Remus yelled.
"Ew, NO!" James exclaimed while Lily, Iris, Alison and Sirius rolled around laughing.
"Then switch to truth, loser," Sirius laughed, tightening his arms around Iris.
"Why must every one choose me?" Remus moaned.
"So what's it gonna be, James?" Sirius asked, his eyes ablaze with excitement. Iris laughed at his expression.
"Fine, I'll do the dare," James grumbled.
"Don't I get a say in this?" Remus asked.
"Nope. Sorry, Moony," Sirius laughed, "lift your shirt."
"THAT IS SO INAPPROPRIATE!" Remus yelled.
"Just lift the God damn shirt," James rolled his eyes.
"No, I wont," Remus crossed his arms over his chest.
"Remus...we're warning you," Sirius said, advanced towards him with a butter beer bottle.
"Fine," Remus huffed, lifting his shirt. Sirius poured butter beer into his belly button. He let it over flow so that Remus' stomach was covered in sticky sweet liquid.
"HEY!" Remus yelled and Sirius burst out laughing. Sirius went back to where he had been sitting before and took Iris into his arms again, kissing her forehead. She smiled and squeezed his hand.
"Oh, I can't wait to see this!" Lily grinned, rubbing her hands together.
James scowled at her and she blew him a kiss. He laughed and bent down.
"Don't move Lupin," James said.
"If I get a disease, I'll kill you, Potter," Remus warned, humor dancing in his eyes.
James grinned and lowered his head. Remus squeezed his eyes shut and James stuck out his tounge.
"I can't do it!" James burst out, "I'll take the truth!"
Sirius, Iris, Lily and Alison laughed until their sides were aching with pain.
"Fine, chicken," Sirius laughed, "If you were a girl, who would you rather date: Remus or me?"
"What kind of a question is that?" James asked.
"Just answer!"
"NEITHER!"
"You have to pick one!"
"Fine, Remus!
"WHAT?" Remus asked, "James, you have officially ruined our friendship!"
Every one burst out laughing.
"You guys, let's play I never!" Alison moaned, "I'm totally out of dares and questions!"
"Yeah," Remus said, "and I don't want any one licking me. Yuck. It sounds ever grosser when I say it aloud."
"Fine," Iris said, "if you have done what ever it is, you should....take a sip of your butter beer."
"I wanna start!" Sirius chanted, "I have never...I have never gotten stuck in a chimney."
"What kind of a question is that?" Alison asked incredulously.
How ever, Iris had gone red and took a sip of her butter beer.
"Oh my God! You have too!" Sirius laughed.
"It wasn't my fault! My cat went up there and I needed to get her down! Johnny was crying for the cat..."
Iris' eyes became wet and every one hastily changed the subject. Sirius bent down and kissed her cheek, wiping away her tears. Iris held his hand to her face.
"My turn! I have never been jealous of any one in this room," James said.
Sirius lifted his hand because he had been jealous of James during the ball when he saw that James had Lily and every thing he wanted.
Iris raised her hand because she had been jealous of James and Lily when her and Sirius weren't together.
Lily raised her hand because she had been jealous of Iris two weeks ago, when James and her were in that fight.
Remus raised his hand because he had always been jealous of James and Sirius. Because both of them were normal and not werewolves like himself.
They all turned to look at Alison who sat there without raising her hand.
"What?" she asked.
"Are you saying you've NEVER been jealous?" Sirius asked.
"I haven't," Alison said.
"Not ever? That's impossible," James said.
"I have been jealous, but not of the people in this room," Alison said.
"Alison.." Iris chuckled. She checked her watch and saw that it was ten past seven. She was late for her therapy session.
"Oh crap, I'm late! I have to go, guys," Iris said, getting up and slinging her bag over her shoulder. There was a wave of 'aws' and 'don't go!'s.
"Can't you miss this one?" Sirius asked.
"I don't think so..." Iris said.
"Oh well," Sirius said, getting up. He walked Iris out of the dorm and closed the door behind them. He kissed her and she laughed and walked down the steps. Sirius kept staring after her for two minutes, wondering what on Earth he had done to deserve such a great fortune.
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Iris entered the door and without looking at Adam, she said, "hi."
"Hello, Iris," he said in a weird tone.
Iris looked up and saw that his hair was messy, his blue eyes glassy and his tie was loose. The desk behind him had three empty bottles of fire whiskey on it. And the way Adam was smiling at Iris made her cringe.
"Erm...maybe I should come back later," Iris said, turning to the door. She tried to open it but it was locked. Now she started to panic. Was he going to do what she thought he was going to do?
She turned around and saw Adam advancing towards her with a sick smile on his face, "Iris, let's run away."
"What?" Iris asked, bewildered.
"Iris, I love you. We can travel the world, have kids and get married! Just say yes!" Adam said, grabbing her shoulders and slamming her against the wall.
"Get off! You barely even know me!" Iris cried, trying to get away from him. Her wand was in her bag and the bag was on the couch.
"But I love you!" Adam said and he started kissing Iris' neck and slipping his hand under her blouse, gripping it and leaving marks there.
"GET OFF ME!" Iris screamed.
"What's so great about Sirius? I'm better and I love you more," Adam said against her neck.
"You've known me for three weeks! I've known Sirius for seven years! GET OFF ME, HENDRIX!" Iris yelled.
Adam picked his head up and grinned and he forcefully, pressed his lips to hers. He smelled exactly like Chris did and she wondered why this would always happen to her.
Iris tried to shove him off but he was too strong. He threw her on the floor and attacked her, ripping the sleeve of her blouse and attacking her neck again. He undid the buckle of his belt and threw it on the couch. Then he started to undo Iris' jeans still pinning her to the floor. His hands travelled up and down her stomach and he grinned.
"GET OFF!" Iris cried, and she slapped him so hard across the face that he froze, his red cheek glowing. Iris took this opportunity and kicked the weak spot between his legs. Adam howled with pain and Iris shoved him off, grabbed her bag and blasted the door open and ran out of the room.
She ran like crazy, avoiding all the questioning eyes of the people she passed. She ran all the way to the Gryffindor common room without stopping. She gave the Fat Lady the password and then ran up the stairs towards Sirius' dorm.
He was there, lying on his bed with one arm bent behind his head and one hand holding a book. He was frowning at it, as if disgusted by what was written. And even like this, Iris thought he looked beautiful.
Iris went over to him and grabbed his book, throwing it on the floor. Sirius looked up and he smiled. It turned into a frown as he looked at Iris' ripped shirt, the tears on her face and her messy hair.
"Iris, what happened?" Sirius asked, his voice worried.
Iris got into the bed beside Sirius, clinging to his side. She wrapped both her arms around Sirius' waist. Sirius draped an arm over her shoulders and the other hand softly stroked her arm. Iris kicked her leg free and wrapped it around his waist, so that it was lying across his torso.
She didn't know why but this made her burst into tears.
"Iris, what happened!? Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Sirius asked again and again. Iris continued to cry.
"Iris, tell me!" Sirius said, sliding a finger under her chin and pulling it up.
Iris knew that she shouldn't tell Sirius because he would probably go berserk, but she also knew that there was no way in hell she would be able to keep it a secret. And when he found out, he would be furious.
"I was..." Iris began in a thick voice.
"Yeah?" Sirius asked.
"I was...almost raped," Iris said. She immediately regretted it because she felt Sirius' muscles tighten. She heard his jaw clench and his arms around her became almost too tight to bear.
Sirius then suddenly turned over so that Iris was on top of him. He forced her to look at him and he asked in a tight voice.
"Who was it?"
Iris didn't know what to say. She had never seen Sirius so mad. The way he choked Chris was nothing compared to the expression on his face at the moment. And Iris knew that if she told him it was Adam, he would probably go and hunt him down.
"Who was it, Iris?" Sirius repeated through clenched teeth.
Iris bit her lip.
"It was your therapist, wasn't it?" Sirius asked, closing his eyes. Sirius felt so guilty. He was the one who had hired this therapist and he had almost raped his angel.
Iris didn't say anything, not trusting herself, which was answer enough for Sirius. He suddenly flipped them over so that he was on top of Iris now. He kissed her forehead and said:
"I'll be back in a few minutes."
He got up and walked to the door.
"Where are you going?" Iris asked, sitting up on the bed. Her tone was panicky and desperate.
"I'm going to go and murder Hendrix," Sirius sneered.
"No, Please! Sirius, don't!" Iris pleaded.
"Iris, I can't just NOT do anything!" Sirius said
"Yes you can! And I need you, Sirius! I need you right now!" Iris cried.
"I'll be back in ten minutes, Iris," Sirius said.
"PLEASE, Sirius! PLEASE don't do this!" Iris yelled desperately.
Sirius' face was torn for some minutes. He stared at Iris and then suddenly walked forward, grabbed her shoulders in a gentle yet firm way and planted a fierce kiss on her lips.
"I'm sorry, love. But I can't do that."
And he walked out of the dorm.
Iris stared after him, cursing herself for telling him. She sank back down on the bed and began to cry again, surrounded by his scent. That just made everything worse.
She waited ten minutes.
He didn't come.
She waited twenty minutes.
He still didn't come.
She waited thirty minutes.
And he still didn't come.
And slowly, Iris cried herself to sleep, still in his bed.
This chapter is dedicated to Iris Black, for making me sound way cooler than I actually am. =) I'm sorry for making you cry, though.
And thank you all! Your comments flatter me beyond words!
-Sherry