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The Things We Do


**Remus**

I watched as James came in through the portrait hole and went straight to Lily. He pulled her away from Christine and seemed to ask her something. She got really happy, and then he did too. She went back to Chris and started talking really fast, ending her speech in giggles. James went straight up to the dorms in a kind of daze. He must have asked Lily to Hogsmeade!
I was just about to pass out from shock when Sirius came in. He walked over to me and Peter and sat down, not saying a word. I could tell he was angry at something, but I didn't know what.
"I think Prongs just asked Lily out." The only response he gave was a grunt and kept glaring at the table. "Yeah, and then he threw your broom into the fire."
"WHAT?" He looked thoroughly alarmed.
"Oh good, a response. What's up Padfoot?"
"Aurora's mad at me." I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Is this news to you? She's always mad at you."
"This time it's different. I promised that I wouldn't tell James that Lily liked him, but I did and she heard me. She also heard that I knew that she liked me. After I shoved James off to go ask Lily, she came out from behind a bookcase and told me she wasn't sure if she liked me anymore and that she definitely didn't want to be my friend right now." I blew out a low whistle. Sirius had certainly gotten himself in deep this time.
"Sirius, do you like her?" I think that question startled him.
"What? That's beside the point. She's my friend Remus, well she was, and she's mad at me. She's holed herself up in the library again. What do I do?" Dodging the question, as usual.
"Sirius, I can't help you 'til you answer my question." He looked back to his hands.
"I don't know, I guess. She's pretty, and definitely different from other girls. What do I do Moony?" Not for the first time, I wished he wasn't so impatient.
"I don't think I can answer that Padfoot. You need to get her out of the library first. And for that, you need their help." I looked pointedly at Chris and Lily sitting across the room. He sighed and nodded.

**Christine**

"Hello ladies." I looked up to see Sirius smiling charmingly, if not a little weakly at Lily and me.
"Hey Sirius, what's up?" He sat down across from us and looked at us seriously.
"I'm afraid Aurora's hidden herself in the library and it's all my fault. I need your help to get her out." I glared at him.
"All your fault? What did you do to her Sirius?"
"I broke a promise to her and she overheard me as I did. And, I'd just found out that she liked me. She just told me that she's not sure if she likes me anymore and she doesn't want to be my friend right now either. I like her now, though." Whoa, what a confession! Lily and I exchanged a quick look.
"Why do you like her Sirius?" Lily asked him.
"And if you say 'cause she's pretty, it's not going to help you much." I added. He nodded and thought for a moment. Finally, he gave a small smile.
"Because she can beat me in an argument and because she doesn't back down from anything." Well, that was an unexpected answer. I was expecting something lame like, "she's nice and she's smart." I could tell Lily was surprised too.
"We can get her out of the library." Lily told him. I pinned him with a hard look.
"But the rest is up to you. If you send her back into that damned library, you're bringing her out!" He nodded eagerly.
"Do you think she'll forgive me?" I didn't know, but Lily answered him.
"Probably. She forgives everyone eventually. It's just whether or not she forgets." I didn't want to say it, but Auri had a great memory.
Lily and I entered the library and exchanged worried looks.
"Well, should we split up? I don't think we'll find her if we stick together." Lily nodded.
"Yeah, just send up sparks if you find her." She moved off to the left and was quickly hidden by bookcases.
I looked into the brightly-lit library and set off to the right. I understood why Auri always wanted to hide in here. Apart from loving to read, it always took forever to find her. I glanced down every aisle as I passed it, hoping she'd be there. I really didn't want to spend the evening surrounded by books. It just reminded me of the homework I didn't do. Okay, let's be smart about this. What does she like to read? Astronomy text books, muggle fantasy, and history books. Okay, now where are those sections? The fiction should be just ahead. That'd be really helpful if the section wasn't thirty rows long.
Thankfully, she was there. I couldn't believe my luck. I sent up sparks for Lily and waited for her to join me. When she got there, we entered Aurora's row cautiously. She was sitting on the floor, leaning up against a bookcase and reading. She was turning the pages every twenty seconds or so. Ugh! Speed-reading was not a good sign. There was a stack of books next to her and she was already halfway through her current book. As we got closer, I could see she'd been crying. This wasn't going to be easy.
"Auri, are you okay?" Lily tried. No response.
"Auri?" I ventured.
"I'm fine, I just felt like reading." Yeah, right.
"He talked to us about what happened." Lily said. I was glad she didn't say his name. I got the impression it wouldn't help matters much.
"Oh really, and what did Sirius have to say? Did he go on and on about how sorry he was?" She was angry, but at least she stopped reading for a moment. Of course, she didn't close the book, but it was an improvement. Lily and I exchanged a look again.
"No, but he did say something about liking you." I said casually. She looked up sharply.
"What?" Her voice was filled with shock, not anger. That was a good sign to continue.
"Yeah, and he gave good reasons too. Not just the usual 'she's nice, she's pretty' kinda thing." I mimicked Sirius' voice hoping to make her smile. She almost wanted to, I could tell.
"What were his reason's?" Now she closed the book. I fought back a sigh of relief.
"Well, he said he liked you because you could beat him in an argument, and because you never backed down from anything." Lily said conspiratorially. Oh, she was good at this. I saw a spark of interest in Aurora's eyes light at those words. Yep, she still liked him.
"Really?" Lily and I nodded in unison. Now she smiled.
"That's so sweet!" Then her face darkened. Crap. "That doesn't take back what he did though, he broke a promise to me. How can I ever trust him after this?" Double crap, she was reaching for the book again. I snatched it up before she could pick it up.
"I'm sure that the only reason he broke that promise is because he saw no other way around it. Please don't be so hard on him Auri, you've broken promises before too." Lily told her and Aurora shrank back visibly.
"I said I was sorry about that. And I thought I'd made up for it." She said in a small voice.
"And you have! Lily was just trying to remind you that if you can be forgiven, the least you can do is return the favor. Sirius likes you, forgive him for this and be friends again." I persuaded her.
"I can't talk to him yet." She said.
"Okay, so don't. But at least come back to the Tower. You can talk to him later." Lily negotiated. Aurora just nodded and got up, leaving the books where they were.

**Remus**
I kicked Sirius under the table when I saw Aurora enter the common room. He glared at me for a second, then followed my gaze. He almost got up, but I kicked him again.
"What was that one for!" He demanded.
"Don't go over there yet. Talk to her tomorrow." I told him.
"Why?" I shook my head at him.
"'Cause she's probably still a little mad at you." I watched as Lily and Christine led her up to the Girls' Dorms. "See, they took her straight upstairs. Just wait 'til tomorrow."
"Okay, fine." He agreed.
"Oh, and Sirius, whatever you do, don't say the words 'I promise'. Even if she asks you to promise something, don't do it. Tell her you want to earn her trust back before you promise anything else."
"And how do you know so much about this topic?" Sirius asked with a grin. I shrugged.
"It's a gift." Sirius just laughed.

**Christine**

"No! You can't make me! I refuse to do it!" Aurora shouted at me the next morning. I sighed and with a yank, her covers were on the floor.
"You're named after the goddess of the dawn, you'd think I wouldn't have to curse you out of bed every morning! Get up Aurora!" I yelled back. Lily just kept getting ready for school, chuckling to herself.
"Not every morning. Today's just special." Auri whined back.
"You're right, not every morning, every other morning. And it's not your birthday for another week. Get up or I make you dance down to the common room in your pajamas." Finally, she rolled out of bed and gave me a dirty look. I just shrugged and went to get dressed. "Sirius is going to try to talk to you. You know that right?" I called after her.
"Yeah, I don't care. I can talk to him without tearing his head off now." She answered. Lily gave me an amused look.
"The scary part is that yesterday, she really would have tried that." She told me.
"I heard that!" Auri shot back. We all burst into laughter.

**Remus**

"Here they come." Announced James. I had filled him and Peter in on Sirius' situation this morning. Next to me, Sirius' smile faltered.
"Does she look angry at all?" I looked up to check and saw she was laughing with the other girls.
"Nope, she's laughing. Looks pretty much like smooth sailing." He heaved a sigh of relief.
I watched as the girls walked past and took their usual seats farther down the table. Aurora's eyes had strayed over to Sirius' bowed head. He was deliberately avoiding eye contact and she looked... was that disappointment? I nudged Sirius with my elbow and told him what I saw.
"Are you serious?" I fought the obvious joke and nodded. His smile came back instantly. He started to get up and James and I had to force him back down.
"Let her eat breakfast first at least!" James exclaimed.
"Oh, right." Sirius said.
As soon as the girls got up to go to class, Sirius insisted we go too. I had to fight bursting into laughter at his behavior, but I wanted to hear the conversation, so I agreed.

**Christine**

We had just gotten out of the Great Hall when I heard Sirius' low voice behind us.
"Aurora, can I talk to you for a minute?" The three of us turned around to find all four boys waiting for her answer. I looked at her. Her face was kept neutral when she responded.
"Yeah, sure, if you talk while we walk. I don't want to be late for class." He nodded his agreement. That must be my cue.
"Come on, let's give them some space." I suggested to the boys. They joined me and Lily and we walked a little bit ahead of them. But not far enough that we couldn't hear their conversation.
"I want to earn your trust back, Aurora." Sirius began.
"Oh? How do you plan on doing that?" Aurora asked stiffly. Come on Auri, I know you want to forgive him, let him in!
"Very carefully." I could practically hear his grin. "Will you let me make it up to you next weekend in Hogsmeade?" Again, I could hear him grin.
"I don't know... " Now I could hear her grinning! But she was going to make him beg for it. Good!
"Please? I hear Zonko's has got some great new jokes in this week. And I know for a fact that you've been craving a butterbeer for a full month. Come on, come with me?" She won't be able to pass it up.
"Well, I suppose it could be fun. But promise me you'll never break another promise again first." Ugh! She's testing him! Say no Sirius, say no!
"No." Good boy! "I told you, I want to earn your trust back before I make anymore promises." Oh, he's good, he's very good.
"Then okay, I'll go with you." There was a collective sigh of relief from the five of us walking ahead of them. I looked over at Remus.
"That was my line you know." He told me. I laughed.
"Figures, that numbskull couldn't come up with something that good." I told him. He blushed faintly. I had to look away to hide my own blush. Okay, so I won't admit it to anyone else, but I like him. I like him a lot.