Remus stood outside the cabin, hands in his pockets. He sighed. He really wished none of the past week had happened. Sure he was glad to be going out with Melanie but in a way he really did miss Leah. And he really hated himself for how much he had hurt her. He sighed again. The door opened behind him and Melanie emerged. She said nothing, just slid her arms around his waist and laid her head on his back. He turned around and smiled, genuinely, at her. He put his arms around her and leaned down to kiss her. She was wonderful really. So understanding. He smiled to himself.
"Bella honestly I can't stand it. Seeing the two of them together," Leah said bitterly to Arabella the next morning. "They're so into each other. Its just so hard."
"I know, pet but you're going to have to deal with it as best you can," she said gently, handing her a cup of magically brewed cappuccino. Leah took the cup off her, muttering quick thanks, before taking a gulp.
"But it hurts so bad," she wailed. Arabella put her own cup onto the coffee table in front of her, sat down next to Leah and hugged her.
"I know honey, I know," Arabella sympathized, as Leah broke into heart-breaking sobs again. There was a sudden knock at the door and Arabella got up, reluctantly to answer it. It was James looking extremely muddled up.
"Um, is Sirius up?" he asked. Arabella shook her head slightly so that several pieces of hair escaped out of her ponytail. "Well could you wake him, please?" James' face looked slightly pleading. Arabella nodded, eventually and invited him in. She slipped out of the room. James looked at Leah, awkwardly.
"Here," he said, handing her a box of tissues.
"Thanks," she gasped, almost controlling herself. James sat down next to her and began twiddling his thumbs, glancing at Leah every so often.
"Sirius?" Arabella called softly, knocking at the door of his room. "Sirius?" she said again, louder this time. She opened the door and walked in. "Sirius?" she said, looking at the lump in the bed. She approached him and pulled the blanket back, slightly. She leaned down, grinned and kissed him gently. Sirius' eyes opened.
"Morning," he said, pulling her into the bed, next to him. (DON'T start getting ideas!!!)
"James wants you," Arabella said.
"James can wait," he replied, kissing her again.
"So . . ." James said to Leah who's sobs had stopped. "Are you ok?" he asked, in an almost genuine voice.
"As if it mattered and as if you even cared - no," Leah snapped.
"You really hate me, don't you?" James asked, shocked.
"Good guess Sherlock," Leah answered, wiping her tears away. "You didn't exactly do anything to make me like you," she said.
"Yea, I guess I was a bit of a bastard," James admitted.
"You're telling me?" Leah said, laughing a little.
"Sirius," Arabella said, pushing him away. "James wants you and I've gotta get back to Leah."
"Ok, ok," Sirius said, reluctantly. Arabella made for the door.
"To be continued, ok?" she said, smiling.
"Right," Sirius answered, dragging himself out of bed.
Arabella closed the door, quietly and returned to the living room to find James and Leah in fits of laughter.
"Um, Si will be out to you in a second," she said to James.
"Oh right, ok," James said, wiping his eyes. Sirius appeared at the door in a pair of jeans, bare feet and wriggling a t-shirt over his head. He stifled a yawn.
"Hey," he said, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. James jumped up.
"Buddy we need to talk," he said, heading towards the door.
"Bye James," Leah said, looking at him, through red-rimmed eyes. "Thanks." James nodded.
"See ya," he said. "Bye Bella. COME ON, Si." With a swish of his wand Sirius was ready.
"So how are you coping now?" Arabella asked Leah. Leah heaved a sigh in response.
"Barely keeping it together actually," she admitted. "BUT he's not coming back so I just have to get over it." She sighed, closed her eyes, re-opened them and smiled a watery smile. "Ok," she breathed. "I'm ok."
"Bella honestly I can't stand it. Seeing the two of them together," Leah said bitterly to Arabella the next morning. "They're so into each other. Its just so hard."
"I know, pet but you're going to have to deal with it as best you can," she said gently, handing her a cup of magically brewed cappuccino. Leah took the cup off her, muttering quick thanks, before taking a gulp.
"But it hurts so bad," she wailed. Arabella put her own cup onto the coffee table in front of her, sat down next to Leah and hugged her.
"I know honey, I know," Arabella sympathized, as Leah broke into heart-breaking sobs again. There was a sudden knock at the door and Arabella got up, reluctantly to answer it. It was James looking extremely muddled up.
"Um, is Sirius up?" he asked. Arabella shook her head slightly so that several pieces of hair escaped out of her ponytail. "Well could you wake him, please?" James' face looked slightly pleading. Arabella nodded, eventually and invited him in. She slipped out of the room. James looked at Leah, awkwardly.
"Here," he said, handing her a box of tissues.
"Thanks," she gasped, almost controlling herself. James sat down next to her and began twiddling his thumbs, glancing at Leah every so often.
"Sirius?" Arabella called softly, knocking at the door of his room. "Sirius?" she said again, louder this time. She opened the door and walked in. "Sirius?" she said, looking at the lump in the bed. She approached him and pulled the blanket back, slightly. She leaned down, grinned and kissed him gently. Sirius' eyes opened.
"Morning," he said, pulling her into the bed, next to him. (DON'T start getting ideas!!!)
"James wants you," Arabella said.
"James can wait," he replied, kissing her again.
"So . . ." James said to Leah who's sobs had stopped. "Are you ok?" he asked, in an almost genuine voice.
"As if it mattered and as if you even cared - no," Leah snapped.
"You really hate me, don't you?" James asked, shocked.
"Good guess Sherlock," Leah answered, wiping her tears away. "You didn't exactly do anything to make me like you," she said.
"Yea, I guess I was a bit of a bastard," James admitted.
"You're telling me?" Leah said, laughing a little.
"Sirius," Arabella said, pushing him away. "James wants you and I've gotta get back to Leah."
"Ok, ok," Sirius said, reluctantly. Arabella made for the door.
"To be continued, ok?" she said, smiling.
"Right," Sirius answered, dragging himself out of bed.
Arabella closed the door, quietly and returned to the living room to find James and Leah in fits of laughter.
"Um, Si will be out to you in a second," she said to James.
"Oh right, ok," James said, wiping his eyes. Sirius appeared at the door in a pair of jeans, bare feet and wriggling a t-shirt over his head. He stifled a yawn.
"Hey," he said, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. James jumped up.
"Buddy we need to talk," he said, heading towards the door.
"Bye James," Leah said, looking at him, through red-rimmed eyes. "Thanks." James nodded.
"See ya," he said. "Bye Bella. COME ON, Si." With a swish of his wand Sirius was ready.
"So how are you coping now?" Arabella asked Leah. Leah heaved a sigh in response.
"Barely keeping it together actually," she admitted. "BUT he's not coming back so I just have to get over it." She sighed, closed her eyes, re-opened them and smiled a watery smile. "Ok," she breathed. "I'm ok."