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Why Can't We All Be Friends?
Chapter 2
A few weeks passed pretty normally. James and I had spent as much time as possible in the common room, in fear of getting caught again. Nothing to much happened with Sirius and Sara, but there was time to change such things.
The particular day that I'm describing right now would be smack dab in the middle of October. Since Sirius and Sara hadn't begun to accept the inevitable, I decided to hurry them along.
James, Sirius, Remus, Sara, Peter, and I were down in the common room, doing various things. James was copying Remus's homework, Sirius was complaing, suprise suprise, I was copying Sara's History of Magic notes, Peter was trying to be part of the group, failing, of course, and Sara was writing in her imfamous notebook.
"My back hurts," Sirius said for the umpteenth time that day.
"Okay, Sirius," James said, giving in. "Why does your back hurt?"
"I was helping Hagrid move some unnecessarilly heavy crates down on the grounds," Sirius said. "I don't know what was in tehm, in fear that he would show me. Well, I threw my back out."
"Oh, that's too bad," James said, turning back to copy Remus's star chart.
My mind suddenly clicking in the ingenious way that it did, I said, "You need a massage. You know who's really good at those? Miss Sara Potter."
"What?" Sara asked, looking up suddenly.
"Come on, remember the other day when my back was really bad and you worked it out for me?" I asked, smiling slyly.
"Well..." Sara said, looking helplessly at James for help. He just grinned.
"Please?" Sirius asked. "Puh-puh-leaze?"
Sara laughed and said, "Okay, I'll do it. Lay down on the floor."
Sirius obliged and Sara kneeled down next to him. I watched her in amusement as she shakily set her hands onto Sirius's broad shoulders. I glanced at James who winked at me. Sara gently massaged his back in small circles.
After a few moments, she lifted her hands up and said, "How's that?"
"That was great," Sirius said, sitting up. "Thank you, you're an angel."
Sara flushed a light shade of pink and mumbled a you're welcome.
Later that night, Sara was literally bouncing off the walls in our bedroom.
"I'm never washing my hands," Sara said, placing them on her face and jumping up and down on her bed. "He has such stong muscles. I think I'm going to faint." She jumped onto her back.
I laughed and said, "I was never like that with James was I?"
"Believe me, I had to threaten to kick you out, remember?" Sara asked, looking at her hands. "Thank you so much, Lily."
"Hey, what are friends for?" I asked. "After all, it was wide open for you, and I know that you would have jumped at being in a position like that."
"Oh yeah," Sara said, sighing contently.
~*~*~*~
Well, it was about a week later and James and I were in the common room with Sirius and Sara, who were sitting next to each other, might I add, thanks to me, Lily Evans. James and I were getting quite... close, and Sara and Sirius were announcing, play by play.
"Crickey, you'd think that they'd come up for air once in a while," Sirius said.
"Now, Sirius, they have a fair chance to end up in the finals at this rate," Sara said. "They are experts at this kind of thing."
"Okay, we get the hint," I said, backing away from James. "Lay off."
"Blimey!" Sata said turning to Sirius with a fake shocked face. "They're going to lose points for that!"
"Shut it, Potter," James said.
"You first, Potter," Sara retorted.
"You know, I don't think that James and I will ever kiss in public again," I said, "if you're going to act like this every single time."
Sirius and Sara looked at each other and identical grins cracked across their faces before they burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Sirius put his hand on Sara's shoulder to keep himself from falling off the love seat, no pun intended, they were seated on.
"You know what?" I asked before thinging about the consequences, "You two would make a really good couple."
Sirius and Sara froze, the laughter dying almost instantly, and looked at me in surprise.
"Lily..." James said warninglt. I could tell he didn't want me to elaborate.
"Oh come on," I said, elaborating. "It's so obvious that you two like each other. That and you have so much in common. You would probably be even better than James and- hey, an owl!"
James instantly recognized the owl as his families and said, "What's going on?"
He untied the letter and saw that it was addressed to Sara. "Here you go."
"Why..."
"Don't ask me," James shrugged.
Sara ripped the letter open and pulled the parchment out of the envelope. She held in front of her slightly, and Sirius read it aloud quietly:
"Dear Sara, James, and Jessie,
I hope everything's going well with you. Unfortunatly, things aren't so hot here. I'm very sorry to tell you but Eric died yesterday..."
Sara's mouth fell open. "No..."
"Sirius, go find Jessie. Lily, get Professor Dumbledore or McGonnagal," James ordered.
Sirius and I jumped to do our assigned tasks, for once not saying anything sarcastic. Meanwhile, Sara was reading the letter she had recieved from her aunt, also James's mother. Eric was Sara's brother who was 22-years-old and had been the appointed guardian of Sara and her sisters, Jessie and Geri.
James put his arm on Sara's arm and said quietly, "Sara, are you going to be all right?"
Sara looked at her cousin and forced a smile. "We get to stay with you, James. Guess we better get used to each other more." Then she broke down and began to cry.
James wrapped his arms around her in a hug and told her reassuring things until Sirius came back with Jessie.
"Sara? What's wrong? James, what's going on?" Jessie asked. Jessie had long curly brown hair and blue eyes. She was 14.
Sara looked up at her sister and choked out, "Eric... he's..."
"Oh my," Jessie said and Sirius caught her before she hit the ground.
When I finally reappeared with Dumbledore, I found Jessie sitting on the the ground, staring into space as James was informing her all of what happened in a low voice. Sara had her knees pulled up to her body and was leaning into Sirius's chest. Sirius had his arm around her. The site made my heart jump, but I didn't say anything.
"Excuse me, Potters and friends. I just recieved a letter from Mrs Audrey Potter informing me of the recent happenings. Eric had it written that he wanted only to be cremated and not have a service. She also said taht we should not pull you from school because of this, so you won't be. Now, all of the things that you had at your old house have been taken to your Aunt and Uncle's," Dumbledore said, moving his gaze from each Potter teen to the next. "Now, since today is Thursday, Sara and Jessie, you don't have to go to classes tomorrow. I expect you to be there on Monday though." He gave them one more last sad look and concluded, "If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm sure you can talk to your friends or me."
Dumbledore put a comforting hand on Sara's shoulder before leaving the Gryffindor common room. Sara looked at James, who gave her one more comforting look before she broke down crying again into Sirius's chest.
A/N: REVIEW!!!!!!!! Sorry this one's so short! I have a good idea for the next one though so, do the happy dance!
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, it's not mine.
Why Can't We All Be Friends?
Chapter 2
A few weeks passed pretty normally. James and I had spent as much time as possible in the common room, in fear of getting caught again. Nothing to much happened with Sirius and Sara, but there was time to change such things.
The particular day that I'm describing right now would be smack dab in the middle of October. Since Sirius and Sara hadn't begun to accept the inevitable, I decided to hurry them along.
James, Sirius, Remus, Sara, Peter, and I were down in the common room, doing various things. James was copying Remus's homework, Sirius was complaing, suprise suprise, I was copying Sara's History of Magic notes, Peter was trying to be part of the group, failing, of course, and Sara was writing in her imfamous notebook.
"My back hurts," Sirius said for the umpteenth time that day.
"Okay, Sirius," James said, giving in. "Why does your back hurt?"
"I was helping Hagrid move some unnecessarilly heavy crates down on the grounds," Sirius said. "I don't know what was in tehm, in fear that he would show me. Well, I threw my back out."
"Oh, that's too bad," James said, turning back to copy Remus's star chart.
My mind suddenly clicking in the ingenious way that it did, I said, "You need a massage. You know who's really good at those? Miss Sara Potter."
"What?" Sara asked, looking up suddenly.
"Come on, remember the other day when my back was really bad and you worked it out for me?" I asked, smiling slyly.
"Well..." Sara said, looking helplessly at James for help. He just grinned.
"Please?" Sirius asked. "Puh-puh-leaze?"
Sara laughed and said, "Okay, I'll do it. Lay down on the floor."
Sirius obliged and Sara kneeled down next to him. I watched her in amusement as she shakily set her hands onto Sirius's broad shoulders. I glanced at James who winked at me. Sara gently massaged his back in small circles.
After a few moments, she lifted her hands up and said, "How's that?"
"That was great," Sirius said, sitting up. "Thank you, you're an angel."
Sara flushed a light shade of pink and mumbled a you're welcome.
Later that night, Sara was literally bouncing off the walls in our bedroom.
"I'm never washing my hands," Sara said, placing them on her face and jumping up and down on her bed. "He has such stong muscles. I think I'm going to faint." She jumped onto her back.
I laughed and said, "I was never like that with James was I?"
"Believe me, I had to threaten to kick you out, remember?" Sara asked, looking at her hands. "Thank you so much, Lily."
"Hey, what are friends for?" I asked. "After all, it was wide open for you, and I know that you would have jumped at being in a position like that."
"Oh yeah," Sara said, sighing contently.
~*~*~*~
Well, it was about a week later and James and I were in the common room with Sirius and Sara, who were sitting next to each other, might I add, thanks to me, Lily Evans. James and I were getting quite... close, and Sara and Sirius were announcing, play by play.
"Crickey, you'd think that they'd come up for air once in a while," Sirius said.
"Now, Sirius, they have a fair chance to end up in the finals at this rate," Sara said. "They are experts at this kind of thing."
"Okay, we get the hint," I said, backing away from James. "Lay off."
"Blimey!" Sata said turning to Sirius with a fake shocked face. "They're going to lose points for that!"
"Shut it, Potter," James said.
"You first, Potter," Sara retorted.
"You know, I don't think that James and I will ever kiss in public again," I said, "if you're going to act like this every single time."
Sirius and Sara looked at each other and identical grins cracked across their faces before they burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Sirius put his hand on Sara's shoulder to keep himself from falling off the love seat, no pun intended, they were seated on.
"You know what?" I asked before thinging about the consequences, "You two would make a really good couple."
Sirius and Sara froze, the laughter dying almost instantly, and looked at me in surprise.
"Lily..." James said warninglt. I could tell he didn't want me to elaborate.
"Oh come on," I said, elaborating. "It's so obvious that you two like each other. That and you have so much in common. You would probably be even better than James and- hey, an owl!"
James instantly recognized the owl as his families and said, "What's going on?"
He untied the letter and saw that it was addressed to Sara. "Here you go."
"Why..."
"Don't ask me," James shrugged.
Sara ripped the letter open and pulled the parchment out of the envelope. She held in front of her slightly, and Sirius read it aloud quietly:
"Dear Sara, James, and Jessie,
I hope everything's going well with you. Unfortunatly, things aren't so hot here. I'm very sorry to tell you but Eric died yesterday..."
Sara's mouth fell open. "No..."
"Sirius, go find Jessie. Lily, get Professor Dumbledore or McGonnagal," James ordered.
Sirius and I jumped to do our assigned tasks, for once not saying anything sarcastic. Meanwhile, Sara was reading the letter she had recieved from her aunt, also James's mother. Eric was Sara's brother who was 22-years-old and had been the appointed guardian of Sara and her sisters, Jessie and Geri.
James put his arm on Sara's arm and said quietly, "Sara, are you going to be all right?"
Sara looked at her cousin and forced a smile. "We get to stay with you, James. Guess we better get used to each other more." Then she broke down and began to cry.
James wrapped his arms around her in a hug and told her reassuring things until Sirius came back with Jessie.
"Sara? What's wrong? James, what's going on?" Jessie asked. Jessie had long curly brown hair and blue eyes. She was 14.
Sara looked up at her sister and choked out, "Eric... he's..."
"Oh my," Jessie said and Sirius caught her before she hit the ground.
When I finally reappeared with Dumbledore, I found Jessie sitting on the the ground, staring into space as James was informing her all of what happened in a low voice. Sara had her knees pulled up to her body and was leaning into Sirius's chest. Sirius had his arm around her. The site made my heart jump, but I didn't say anything.
"Excuse me, Potters and friends. I just recieved a letter from Mrs Audrey Potter informing me of the recent happenings. Eric had it written that he wanted only to be cremated and not have a service. She also said taht we should not pull you from school because of this, so you won't be. Now, all of the things that you had at your old house have been taken to your Aunt and Uncle's," Dumbledore said, moving his gaze from each Potter teen to the next. "Now, since today is Thursday, Sara and Jessie, you don't have to go to classes tomorrow. I expect you to be there on Monday though." He gave them one more last sad look and concluded, "If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm sure you can talk to your friends or me."
Dumbledore put a comforting hand on Sara's shoulder before leaving the Gryffindor common room. Sara looked at James, who gave her one more comforting look before she broke down crying again into Sirius's chest.
A/N: REVIEW!!!!!!!! Sorry this one's so short! I have a good idea for the next one though so, do the happy dance!