A/N: Sixth chapter! WOO HOO! More joyousness! I'd like to thank all my faithful reviewers *sniffle, sniffle* You know who you are!! Ok, this chapter's going to be really crappy (soooooooooo sorry :( ) but I had to get it out of the way J I'm very sad I couldn't follow up on chapter five . . . . . *sob* But anyway, no flames please. Once I get this over with, the story'll flow more smoooooooooooooothly.
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Sirius blinked at Lily.
"What? Is something the matter? Did you . . ."
He stopped in mid sentence and blinked.
"I . . ."
Blink, blink, blink.
"Feel . . ."
Blink, blink.
"Would you excuse me? I have to go see someone."
He got up, his eyes glazed over, and walked out of the room. Lily stared at him for a second, face still slightly pale, then rounded on James.
"This is all your fault! You knew, didn't you? You knew! How could you do that to your friend?!" she hissed at him.
"Do what?"
"That!"
"What's that?"
"Take a guess, moron!"
"What, did you have your eye on Sirius?" he asked jokingly.
Lily shot him a murderous look and spun on her heel, stalking back to where she had been sitting in a huff.
"What's up her a –"
"James?"
"Yeah, Remus?"
"I wonder what she was talking about. Why'd she get so mad?"
"She's Lily, Remus."
"Oh. Right."
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Kat and Becca shoved the invisibility cloak into James' chest (A/N: not his chest, his . . clothe-storing . . .thingie . . .) and scrambled out the door.
"Well," Kat – or Severus - said, her face still somewhat flushed, "that was interesting."
"Interesting doesn't begin to describe it! That was so awesome!" Becca – Lucius – exclaimed.
They strolled back to their rooms in leisure, each insisting that her part in the distraction had been better.
Kat was just about to reach for the doorknob to the girls' dormitories when a black-haired figure bounded in front of them.
"EEEEEEEEEE!" Becca screamed.
Kat's eyes widened and she opened her mouth to scream in turn, then clamped it shut and smoothed her robes, acting as though nothing had happened.
Becca looked lethally at Sirius' maniacally grinning face.
"You moron! You scared me half to death! I was about to put a spell on you before I realized you –"
She cut off as Sirius grabbed her and pulled her into a passionate embrace.
Kat's face contorted, and she pretended to vomit on the floor.
"Gross," she muttered. "I really don't need to see that."
Sirius broke away eventually, after much retching from Kat, and addressed the breathless Becca.
"Lucius," he began.
"Lucius?!"
" . . . I know I've always loved you . . ."
"I'm not Lucius, you dolt!"
" . . . and I hope you'll return the feeling . . ."
"I'M NOT LUCIUS!"
" . . . I think – what? You're not Lucius?"
"NO!"
Sirius' eyes came back to their normal brightness, the glassy look melting away, and he looked around quizzically.
"Where am I? And . . . GOOD GOD! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOUR FACES????"
Grand time for the potion to wear off, Kat thought wryly. To Sirius, she said,
"Wait here! And don't move! I'm going to get to the bottom of this . . ."
She yanked Becca - who was looking worriedly at her transforming hands – into the dormitories and slammed the door shut before ripping off her pirate clothes.
Becca caught the hint and undressed in turn, donning the traditional Hogwarts robes. By the time they had wriggled themselves into attire, the transformation had stopped and their faces were back to normal.
Kat pulled a stray hair behind her ear and straightened up from tying her shoes.
"Right," she said briskly. "What we need to figure out is why in hell Sirius likes you."
"Maybe," Becca said huffily, "he just does! Thought of that?"
"What I mean," Kat answered in exasperated tone, "is why he fell in love with Lucius, not you!"
"Oh . . ."
They stepped out side to find a very impatient Sirius Black tapping his foot.
"Finally! What happened to you guys? I remember your faces getting all contorted, but . . .waaaaaaait a minute. They weren't your faces, they were . . ."
"Lucius and Severus', "Kat finished stoutly. "Now, what do you remember as of this morning, Sirius? I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to find out."
"Well, " Sirius said with a gleam in his eyes. "First, I breathed. Then I breathed again. I went down the stairs with Prongs and Mooney and breathed some more. Then I inhaled. Then I exhaled. Then I inhaled. Then I exhaled. Then I . . ."
"ENOUGH!" Becca shouted. "You know what we mean!"
"Do I?"
"YES!"
"I do?"
"Sirius . . . ."
"Ok, ok. Geez. Right, like I said, I went downstairs with James and Remus, and we sat down to have breakfast. We were about to eat when Lucius and Severus" – he glanced at them, receiving two very flat looks, and continued. "So they did their little dance thing, and then they left. That's it."
"That's it?" Kat said quizzically.
"Um . . .yeah . . . I mean, unless you count my drinking in James' glass . . ."
Kat groaned, echoed by Becca. Sirius looked around.
"What? What? Why is everyone groaning all of the sudden? Hey, as a matter of fact, Lily groaned when I drank that too, and then . . ."
"And then?" Becca prompted.
"And then . . .I can't remember . . . What happened? All I remember is saying 'You're not Lucius' and then watching your faces go all . . . weird . . ."
Becca blushed and shifted her weight.
"Yeah, Sirius, you, um . . . you kissed me."
Sirius gave a start and blushed ever so slightly, then regained his charm.
"Well, if I kissed you, then it's impossible I was under a spell!" he declared. "Because, fair maiden, I love none other than you!" he kneeled and took her hand, kissing it lightly on her fingers.
"Really?" Becca asked, her eyes widening. "Me too! This is so great! Kat, isn't this great?"
"Yeah, it's just spiffing, Becs. Absolutely spiffing. If you want me, I'll be in my room. This is too . . . . odd for me."
She suited her words nicely by walking into the dormitories with something of a flounce.
"She's just jealous," Sirius said with a grin. "Would milady like to accompany me to the Great Hall?"
Becca giggled and took his hand, and they walked down together.
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A/N: Well, it wasn't as boring as I expected, but the ending really sucked. Sorry :) *ducks rotten tomatoes* But did you get it? Sirius fell in love with Becca because she was "Lucius" and right when she said "I'M NOT LUCIUS!" the polyjuice potion started wearing off, so Sirius couldn't be in love with "him" anymore, since she wasn't Lucius. Ingenious, isn't it? I thought so too :) R/R please! No flames! They're evil and make me sad….