Sirius's Problems-Chapter 3

A/N: Okay, I haven't posted in a long time, but I was grounded, and then I had school... you get the idea. Also, I KNOW LILY'S LAST NAME IS EVANS, OKAY!? Something interesting happens in this chapter to do with that name...

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Sirius returned to his room in Gryffindor Tower. It was late. He didn't feel like returning to the Ball. He just wanted to relax. He went down to the common room and sat back in a chair. He fell asleep for about an hour, and woke up to loud sobs coming from the portrait hole. It was a girl. "She probably didn't have a date for the dance. Stupid reason to cry." He hid away, because he didn't feel like anyone questioning him about McGonagal (a/n:thanx for the sp tip, the hairy one!) and Snape, especially a crying girl. She'd feel sympathetic and be all, "oh, I'm so SORRY, Sirius, I was all caught up in MY problems not to recognize yours." No, he didn't want sympathy. Save it for Snape, because Sirius was always swimming in sympathy. His favorite uncle died when he was seven, then his mom died, and then his dad when on alchohol... his life was really messed up. "But the worst," said Sirius to himself, "is my secret about…" The sobbing girl entered the room. It was Lily! Following her was James.

"But Lily, I don't understand. What's wrong?" James asked her what was the matter several times, but all she did was cry and point to a letter that she threw in the fireplace. She ran up the stairs to the girls' dorm and screamed at James, "Leave me alone!!"

All this time, Sirius was behind the chair he had sat in earlier. He went over to James and asked, "What's wrong with Lily?" James was too tired of asking what was wrong and dancing to be surprised that Sirius was behind a sofa. He told Sirius that he didn't know, and went to bed.

Sirius went over to the fireplace and whispered, "Restorus paprecus." he grabbed the letter that Lily had thrown in the fireplace, and read it. "No wonder why she's so upset," he thought. He went up to the 5th years' dorm after James.

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Sirius woke up at five in the morning. It was early for most people, but for Sirius it was a miracle. He knew that Lily and James had to get up soon, because it was time for their inauguration as Prefects. He wanted to meet up with them to say sorry to Lily. He knew what it felt like to have a step. It wasn't fun.

Sirius met Lily at the breakfast table, and told her how he knew what had happened. She understood him. She said that she felt bad not telling anyone and was bursting to tell her secret. "Sorry for intruding and all, but I think you should tell James. He is your boyfriend, after all." he said to her. "What's his name, anyway?"

"Who?"

"New step-dad."

"Oh. David Evans. I really don't like him. He's...I dunno, weird. I never thought my mother was serious about him. I didn't think that she'd replace dad. Anyway, I have to get ready for the inauguration. Don't tell James, I want to tell him, okay Sirius?" Sirius could never keep a secret, unless it was his own, of course. But then again, he could never lie to Lily, either. She seemed to have that magic around her. Of course, she was a witch, but this was a special magic. He understood how James liked her. "Promise," Sirius said to Lily when she left.

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A/n: Okay, how did you like it? Please review! I know you're all mad at me for not posting for long, but PLEASE review. Thank you to all who did review, and a special thanx to Pinetree104 for putting me on her Fav. Authors list. Thank you, everybody!