A/N: That was a very depressing chapter, wasn't it? I know... *sniff sniff* :*( Ok, enough with that.... As you can see, this is quickly becoming a Sirius oriented fic. Guess who my favorite character is!
Disclaimer: Hmm... I wonder...

Strangest Friends
Chapter 13: The Pact

Jamie woke up suddenly. She sat up and looked around. It took her a few seconds to realize that she was in the hospital wing and why she was there. She looked at the chair next to her. Sirius was curled up in it, sleeping. Jamie smiled at him and felt the same warm feeling she had felt earlier that day. Or was it the same day?
Sirius slowly awoke. He saw Jamie looking at him and he rushed forward, wrapping her in his arms.
"I was so worried," he whispered to her.
"I'm fine, Sirius," Jamie said. "What happened? How long was I out? How are Lily, James, and Tessa? Is Remus back yet?"
Sirius let go of Jamie, sat on the edge of her bed, and said, "One question at a time, please! Remus is fine and you were out about three days."
"Wow," Jamie said.
"And after You-Know-Who attacked you, he went down to the Great Hall and started killing people left and right," Sirius continued.
"Are Lily, James, and Tessa all right?" Jamie asked in a hushed voice.
"Lily and James are fine, but Tessa..." his voice trailed.
"Oh my, God," Jamie gasped. One of her best was friends was dead. No way. It was impossible.
"Jamie," Sirius said, "I'm sorry."
Jamie buried her face in her hands. "I can't believe it. Tessa. Dead. It can't be," she said in-between sobs.
Sirius embraced her and put his arms around her again. "Sssh..." he cooed to her. "It's all right." He ran his fingers through her hair.
Jamie suddenly felt angry with Voldemort. "I can't believe him, just come to our school and start killing people. I swear, I can't believe it. Does he have no conscience? No sense of guilt?"
Sirius listened to her vent in silence.
"He better not hurt anyone else that's close to me, Sirius, I'm serious. (A/N: Sirius, serious, that's funny!) He's going to get it," she said, clenching her hands into fists.

Madam Pomfrey walked into the room a few hours later and took Jamie's temperature, gave her some chocolate, and allowed her to leave. She was still shaking from head to toe as she walked out of the wing, and Sirius let her lean on him so she could walk. She would sob once in awhile, and Sirius was tell her it was all right again. When they walked into the common room, Lily and James rushed over to them. The whole room was sort of hushed.
"Why is it so quiet?" Jamie asked, looking at the black streamers where the Gryffindor lion normally was.
"I think everyone's just to freaked to talk," James said. "No one actually expected anyone to die."
"Yeah," Lily said, motioning for them to sit down.
They sat in silence, and every once in awhile someone would come up to them and tell them they were sorry about Tessa and that they hoped things got better for us. Lily showed them a letter she recieved from Tessa's parents informing them that they were invited to go to Tessa's funeral. They all agreed to go and Lily wrote Tessa's parents back. She had already gotten permission from Professor McGonnagal to go and they were to leave on the Hogwarts Express the next day. There wasn't any school for the past three days.
After about an hour of meaningless small talk, Headmaster Dumbledore had come up to speak with the Gryffindors.
"First, I would like to tell you that I am as sorry as you all for the death of Miss Tessa Scott. I would also like to let you all know that all of the seventh years are invited to atteng her funeral, taking place in London tomorrow. I'm sure some of you will go," his eyes drifted to James, Sirius, Remus, Lily, and Jamie. "It won't be the same without her. I also will be attending the funeral. I have also been asked to inform you that there will be no more dances. Also I would recomend that you are all back in your dormitories or in the common room by 7:30, for your own safety. You will be allowed to go to Hogsmeade, but you must alert Professor McGonnagal or myself before you leave. The Hogwarts Express will be leaving at 7:00 in the morning tomorrow. If you plan on coming, dress apropriatly, and also bring a change of clothing. Thank you." With that he left the common room through the portrait hole.
Lily sighed and leaned back on the couch. "I can't believe it."
"I know," Jamie whispered. "It seems like yesterday I met her on the Express."
"Remember when we all first met?" James asked, a smile on his face.
"Yeah," Sirius said, smiling for the first time in days.
"I was in the compartment already, reading or something and Lily and Tessa came in to ask if they could sit with me. I said yes, duh," Jamie said.
"And then James and I got on and there were no more compartments with enough room, so we were forced to sit with you guys," Sirius said.
"I knew you guys, though, remember?" Jamie pointed out. "Weren't our parents friends or something?"
"Something like that," James said.
"And then I knocked on the door, asking to sit with you all too," Remus added, "And you said yes."
"And after that we were known as the juvinial delinquints," Lily laughed.
"I remember that I didn't want you guys to sit with us," Jamie smiled. "Something about cooties, remember?"
"We weren't to keen on sitting with a bunch of girls," Sirius said. "Wow, it seems like we've known each other forever, when it's really only been about seven years."
"Seven awesome years," Lily said.
"Seven unforgettable years," Remus said.
"Let's make a pact, or a promise," James said. "That, no matter what happens, we'll always be friends, through the end, always there for each other."
Sirius put his hand in the middle of the group. "Forever."
James put his hand on top of Sirius'. "No matter what."
Lily put hers on top of James'. "Through thick and thin."
Remus set his atop Lily's. "There for each other."
Jamie laid her hand on Remus'. "Together forever."

James and Lily were sleeping silently on the train. Sirius and Jamie were reading the same book together. Remus was looking through his Wizarding Cards. They were the only ones of the seventh years that came. Although, they made up half of the class. Professor Dumbledore was looking through a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, shuddering every once and a while. It was extremely quiet on the train, compared to when it was normally in use for when they were going to or from the school. Also a lot less crowded.
"Jamie, are you going to be ok?"
Jamie looked up from the book she and Sirius were reading and saw that it was Professor Dumbledore that spoke.
"Yeah," Jamie said, confused a bit. "Why do you ask?"
"You went through a terrible ordeal," Dumbledore said looking at her over the top of his half moon glasses. "Not many people are blessed with life after Voldemort gets through with them."
Jamie forced a smile. "I'm doing pretty ok, so far. I have wonderful friends to help me through it all." She glanced up at Sirius. "I don't know where I'd be without them."
Dumbledore nodded and turned back to his beans.
Jamie stood up and said, "I'll be right back. I need a breath of air."
Sirius watched her with confusion, and shrugged.
Jamie walked down the aisle, which she was used to being crowded with mobs of people. She walked to the end of the train and pushed the door open. There was a small platform that she stood on, looking at the trees rush by. She breathed the fresh air, which was very cold. She crossed her arms and glanced at her watch. They had been on the train for about three and a half hours. They should be in England soon. Jamie was longing to see her parents, but dreading the funeral. She felt a tear stream down her face and whipped it off and turned to go back into the train, but ran into Sirius.
"I'm sorry, Si," Jamie said, backing up slightly.
"You ok?" Sirius asked her.
"You ever notice how much we say that to each other?" Jamie asked him with a smile splitting across her face.
"True true," Sirius said, looking around them. "It's really pretty around here."
"Mh hm," Jamie agreed. "It's better than in England. All traffic, you know?"
"Yeah," Sirius said. "How you doing?"
"Better than expected," Jamie sighed. "You?"
"I never was that close to Tessa. She sometimes got on my nerves, you know?" Sirius said. "I feel really bad about it now."
"It's ok," Jamie said, and he put his arm around her waist.
"Think we should go back to the others? I was supposed to come and find you," Sirius said.
"Sure," Jamie said, and opened the door and walked down the aisle to where their compartment was.
"Speak of the devil," Dumbledore said, smiling at the couple as they walked into the compartment. "James was just telling me about what Sirius got you for your birthday, Jamie."
"Was he now," Jamie said, glaring at James.
"May I see it?"
Jamie held out her hand and Dumbledore looked at it and his eyes widened. "Wow..."
"Yeah, I like it a lot," Jamie said, sitting down, still glaring at James, who was smiling happily.
They arrived at the funeral in what seemed like no time. They changed into their funeral clothes in the bathrooms of King's Cross Station. When they went out into the street, Jamie spotted her parents and walked over to them.
"We have room for a few," her mother said. "And I saw the Evans over there with their mini-van."
"Sirius will ride with us," Jamie said, pullin Sirius into the backseat with her.
"Professor Dumbledore, will you give us the pleasure?" Mrs Williams asked the Headmaster.
"Of course," he said and slid into the passenger seat.
Lily and James were making faces at Jamie and Sirius through the back windows and then ran off to the Evan's car. They had a quiet ride to the funeral home, and the saddness rushed back to Jamie. She gripped Sirius's hand in hers, and a few silent tears ran down her face. Sirius wipped them away and smiled slightly at her. She nodded and sighed.
When they got there, it was extremely quiet. Jamie went to Tessa's mother, who was sobbing, and hugged ehr tightly. She was like her other mother.
"Thank you for coming, Jamie," she said to her.
"We're all here," Jamie said, and pointed at her friends. "We're here for you."
"Thank you," she said and walked away.