Sirius was in the common room with the other Marauders, Marlene was off somewhere with Lily, and Georgia was up in the dorm, she claimed that she had some studying that she needed to get done and she couldn't focus when the boys were jabbering like a flock of ducks.

"Is it just me or has Georgia been ignoring us lately?" Sirius asked the others. He was draped over one of the couches, and Remus rolled his eyes from his spot on the floor in front of the fireplace, a book in his lap, and a chocolate bar at his side. "You can't really blame her Sirius, you haven't exactly been spending a lot of time with her ever since you and Marlene got together."

"Well, it's not my fault! If she wanted to spend time with me, she should have just said something."

"She shouldn't have to ask for your time." James pointed out. "You still spend time with us without us having to beg for your attention, so there's no reason why she should be groveling at your feet."

"If I didn't know better, then I would say that you're mad at me James."

James didn't answer. In his opinion, Sirius had been acting like a prick to Georgia. As soon as Sirius had realized that he was interested in Marlene and he just had to have her, it was like he had just thrown Georgia to the curb. James didn't blame Georgia for trying to avoid Sirius. For Merlin's sake, James was chasing after Lily Evans but he still made time for Georgia and all of his other friends as well.

James stood up, muttering something about how he had been feeling really tired lately and was going to be going to bed early and he went up to the dorm, leaving Remus and Peter to deal with Sirius.

He found Georgia laying on her stomach on her bed, flipping through her Charms textbook, and she looked up as he entered the room. "What's got you looking all pissed off?" She asked him as he sat next to her on the bed, and she sat up, looking at him in concern.

"Sirius has become a real prick as of late." He muttered. "He's trying to blame you for the fact that the two of you don't hang out anymore. Can you believe it?"

Georgia sighed as she closed her book and set it to the side. "It honestly doesn't surprise me." She admitted to him. "Sirius doesn't like to think that he's at fault for things. I suppose that I'm partly to blame for this, though, it's not like I've made a conscious effort to spend time with him."

"It's like he thinks that you're helpless without him...I'm not nearly that bad am I?"

"No, not even close." Georgia placed a hand on his shoulder. "James, he's probably just going through a phase. We're getting into our teenage years, all those hormones and stuff are going to be all over the place, his testosterone is going to be at its peak in a couple of years, and that's going to make him extremely cocky, even more cocky then he already is now. You're going to have moments like that yourself, although I daresay that it won't be nearly as bad. Your mother will knock it out of you as soon as it starts to arise and you start to get too out of control. It might be worse for Sirius because he'll be doing things to purposefully defy his family, and that will land him in a load of trouble. And I'm not just talking about harmless pranks either."

James groaned as he laid back on the bed. "Why can't things just stay like they were when we all first became friends? Things were perfect back then."

"Because we're growing up James, and when people grow up, they start to change. You know what's not going to change though?"

"What's that?"

"You're always going to be my brother, and there isn't a single thing on this Earth that's going to be able to change that."

The two embraced, and Georgia sighed as she laid her head on James' shoulder. She knew that while things may seem hard right now, that they would get better, they had to get better.

Sirius and Marlene just seemed to be getting closer to each other as each day passed, and honestly, it was starting to get a little bit sickening.

"Maybe she has him under a love potion." Remus suggested. The group was up in the dorm playing Exploding Snaps with the exception of Sirius, who was once more off somewhere with Marlene. It was like Sirius couldn't function without Marlene these days, often Georgia would walk into the common room with Remus or James to see the two snogging each others faces off.

Georgia had also been spending less time with Peter recently. She couldn't explain it really, but Peter was...well, he was changing, for lack of a better term. Just in the way that he was talking to her, the way that he was acting around her, it was almost creepy. Like the other day at lunch, he had sat next to Georgia, and had placed his hand on her leg. Remus had seemed to notice this change and rarely left her alone with Peter anymore, but James didn't seem to realize that anything was wrong, not even when Remus tried to point things out to him.

Georgia never said anything to James about it, she didn't want to be the cause of any trouble. Besides, it was entirely possible that she was just imagining things or overthinking the whole situation...right?

Winter turned into spring, but Peter's treatment of Georgia wasn't really getting any better, in fact, it was starting to get worse. Now he was openly asking her to go out with him, at least once or twice a week, and every time, Georgia's answer was the same. That she wasn't romantically interested in Peter, that she didn't see him as anything other then a friend.

Try as Remus might, he couldn't be around Georgia all of the time, there were occasions that they had different classes after all, and one day, Peter had cornered Georgia in the hallway. "Oh come on, Georgia. What harm could one date possibly do?"

"Peter, I've already told you no!" Georgia said in exasperation, he was really starting to get on her nerves at this point. "I don't see you like that, I don't see you as anything other than a friend, and now I don't even know if I want to see you as that anymore!"

"Hey punk, I think that she told you to get lost." A boy said. He was a Slytherin, a fifth-year. "So why don't you just listen to the little lady and move it along huh?"

The boy was buff, a beater on the Slytherin team, and Peter squeaked nervously before quickly running away.

The boy turned to Georgia. "Are you okay?" He asked her, and Georgia nodded her head. "Uh, yeah, I'm fine." She was a bit nervous herself, given that she didn't really have the best of experiences with Slytherins in the past.

"I'm Brian." He gave her a kind smile. "Brian Bones."

"Georgia Kelly."

"I know who you are, I've been watching you." He suddenly realized what he had said, and he chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry, that came out a lot creepier than I intended it to, I only meant to say that you've caught my eye once or twice. Can't really blame me though, pretty as you are."

Georgia blushed darkly as she tucked her hair behind her ear. "Um...thanks, I guess."

"Hey, um, would you maybe want to go to Hogsmeade sometime? Not as a date or anything like that, but maybe as a chance to get to know each other better? I know that our house hasn't really treated you the best, and if you'll let me, I'd like a chance to prove myself, to show you that I'm not like Malfoy and the others."

Georgia bit her lip, considering it. Like he had said, it wouldn't be an actual date, not like what Peter had been trying to force her to do. And who knew? This could actually turn out really well. "Alright." She said, giggling as Brian grinned widely. "Great! We can meet at the Three Broomsticks around one on Saturday, maybe get some food while we talk?"

"Food sounds perfect."

"Awesome, see you then." Brian walked away, and Georgia smiled softly to herself, wondering what exactly the upcoming weekend would be bringing her.