Disclaimer: Nothing has changed. I still don't own nothin'.
Rating: Had to bump it up to PG-13. Things are going to get a little nasty. I probably could have gotten away with PG for this chapter but I don't want the rating gods to smite me. I hate it when they smite me.
A/N: 40 reviews! Thanks so much to everyone! I'm definitely gonna finish this story now. Here's chapter 3 for your reading enjoyment.
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Chapter 3
Lily woke early the next morning. Her neck ached and her arms and legs were stiff and numb. She had been woken by an argument that was taking place in the common room.
"We can't keep this up," a female voice insisted.
"I thought you liked sneaking around?"
"At first it was exciting but now I'm getting bored."
"Aurora's getting bored? Well, we can't have that."
"Don't get smart with me, Black."
What were Aurora and Sirius doing up so early? Sirius hadn't been known to get out of bed before midday on weekends.
"Come on, Rory," Sirius begged.
"Don't give me those sad puppy dog eyes, they don't work on me, Black."
"Call me Sirius."
"Fine, Sirius."
"That's much better."
This was followed by silence. Lily, naturally curious as she was, peered over the back of an armchair. She almost squealed. Aurora and Sirius were snogging! Rather passionately too. When Lily saw where Sirius had his hand, she really did squeal.
Aurora pushed him away quickly. Caught off guard, Sirius stumbled backwards and tripped over a chair. He landed on his back with a thud.
"Lily!"
"Aurora!"
"It's six am on Sunday morning! What are you doing down here?" Aurora asked frantically as she searched the room to ensure Lily was alone.
"I slept down here last night. No need to ask what you're doing," Lily looked from Aurora to Sirius, who was slowly getting to his feet.
"It's not what it looks like," Aurora said quickly.
"Come off it, Rory. Lily isn't stupid."
"Shut up, Black," Aurora warned. Normally she was pretty and quite harmless looking but with her teeth bared and her eyes narrowed she was a formidable figure.
"Look, Lils, you deserve to know the truth. Aurora and I are shagging."
"No we bloody well aren't!"
"Ok, we're not but she obviously wants me."
"I'd rather shag Snape!"
"That's not what you were saying a few days ago in the Astronomy Tower," Sirius grinned slyly.
At the mention of Snape's name all of the previous nights events had come flooding back to Lily. The longest relationship of her life had just ended and it wasn't even her fault. Lily felt the familiar feeling of tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Typical guy, thinking with his-Lily."
"Thinking with my Lily?" Sirius questioned.
"You moron. Something's wrong with Lily."
"I'm fine, Rory, no need to worry," Lily hurriedly wiped her eyes.
"What happened last night? Did Snape do something?" Aurora demanded.
"Snape?" Sirius turned to Lily. Snape was his mortal enemy, always had been always would be.
"I don't want to talk about it," she sniffed and ran upstairs.
"I suppose I should go make sure she's all right. I'll talk to you later," Aurora gave Sirius a light kiss on the cheek.
"Ok. You do want to shag me though, don't you?"
She raised her eyebrows in an appraising sort of way then shrugged, "I could do worse I guess."
Smiling, they both headed for their respective dorms.
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Later that morning Lily was still refusing to talk to anyone. Completely exasperated, Faith and Aurora headed down to the common room. The Marauders were waiting for them so they could all go to breakfast.
"How's Lily?" James asked.
"Like you care," Aurora snapped.
"All right, claws back in, Rory," Faith said calmly.
"Can we go to breakfast now? I'm starving," Peter said, bouncing from foot to foot.
Everyone sighed and headed out the portrait hole.
"So did you find out what's actually wrong with Lily?" Sirius asked.
"She's not talking but I suspect it has something to do with her meeting with Snape," Faith guessed.
"If Snape did something to her I'll kill him," Aurora clenched her fists.
"Not if I get to him first," Sirius growled.
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Remus said quickly.
The six of them entered the already full Great Hall. As soon as they did, all conversation ceased. There was a soft humming throughout the students as they whispered and craned their necks to get a look at the Gryffindor sixth years.
"What's going on?" Faith whispered to Sirius.
"No idea," he shrugged.
"I think we're about to find out," Remus nodded towards the Hufflepuff table where a girl with medium length blonde hair had stood up.
Her name was Laetitia and she was a fellow sixth year but had never got along with the Gryffindor girls. She was pretty but in an artificial way. Even her eye colour wasn't natural. Born with pale grey eyes, her irises were now a deep indigo.
Aurora hated her especially because Laetitia had dated every boy in the year at one time or another. Even James, Sirius and Remus. She was a…well, let's just say she got around.
Laetitia flicked her hair over her shoulder and sauntered towards the group. She winked at Peter and he very nearly fainted.
"Well, if it isn't little miss can't-keep-her-legs-closed," Aurora sneered.
"You're just jealous, Matheson. Where's your tarty friend?"
"Are you referring to Lily?"
"Of course I am, Siri. When you see Evans just tell her I'll get her back for what she did to Andrew."
"What she did to Lily?" Remus questioned.
"She got caught cheating on him with Severus Snape."
"Snape!" Sirius yelled in outrage.
"Yeah, so tell the filthy mudblood to watch her back," Laetitia threatened.
"What did you call her?" Aurora demanded.
"You heard me," she smirked and walked away.
Aurora made a lunge at her but Sirius caught her around the waist and held her back.
"Let me go! I'll slap that smirk off her face!" Aurora struggled in his arms.
"Settle down," Sirius said urgently.
"Stop protecting her and let me go!"
"I'm not protecting her, I'm protecting you. McGonagall's coming."
Aurora stopped struggling and turned her head. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall was marching over.
"Is there a problem here?"
"No, Professor."
"Glad to hear it, Black, now if you'd kindly let go of Ms. Matheson you can all go sit down."
"Certainly," Sirius released his grip on Aurora and she straightened her robes.
McGonagall gave a small nod then headed back to her table.
"Sirius really saved your ass then," Faith said to Aurora as they sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"Uh, yeah, thanks, Black."
"No problem, honey," he winked.
Breakfast was an odd event for the sixth year Gryffindors. Everyone was talking about Lily and Andrew. The general consensus was Lily had been caught snogging Snape and Andrew had broken up with her as a result.
Andrew wasn't at breakfast that morning and according to the Hufflepuffs he was still up in his room 'grieving'. The group was discussing this as they left the Hall.
"Grieving?" James spat.
"Well it was a long relationship," Faith reasoned.
"Lily didn't kiss Snape!" James suddenly yelled, unable to hold it in any longer.
Everyone in the entrance hall gasped. Snape approached the Marauders with his usual 'bodyguards'.
"What are you on about, Potter? Or course she kissed me," he said as everyone looked on anxiously.
"You kissed her against her will," James took a step towards the Slytherins.
"Why would I kiss a mudblood? I could pick up a disease," Snape shuddered and his goons laughed.
"Shut your ugly face!" James yelled.
Snape, sensing he was on a roll, continued, " you should know I don't make a habit of kissing people beneath me."
James had just about had enough. Not even bothering with his wand, he ran at Snape and pushed him to the ground. Snape yelped in surprise and his fellow Slytherins tried to pull James away.
At this point Sirius and Remus jumped in to help James. Peter tried to sneak away and find a nice, safe place to hide but a large Slytherin by the name of Goyle grabbed hold of him.
"Get him, James!" Aurora cheered and clapped.
"Be careful, Remus!" Faith cried.
The Marauders were seriously outnumbered though. James and Snape were wrestling on the floor while everyone else fought around them. Two Slytherins were holding Sirius and while he was helpless Malfoy punched him heavily in the stomach.
Upon seeing this, Aurora's insides burned with anger. She'd always hated Malfoy but now she had a whole new reason to hate him.
"Rory, don't do it," Faith warned. She had seen the way Aurora's eyes flashed.
"He's going to get it now!" Aurora took a running leap at Malfoy. Landing on top of him on the floor, she began to lash out at his face.
Faith stood there wringing her hands nervously. It was impossible to tell who was winning now. Goyle now had Peter in a headlock and he was squealing, "help me! I'm dying! Oh, please help me!"
Faith looked around desperately for Remus; he'd be able to help Peter. She spotted him nearby and watched in horror as Crabbe, another large Slytherin punched him in the face. Remus fell to the ground and Faith ran to him immediately.
"Remus! Are you all right?"
"I think so," Remus peered up at her intently. "Except I'm seeing two of you."
"It's ok. You'll be fine," Faith said soothingly.
"Get out of the way, blondie," Crabbe ordered.
"Leave him alone," Faith stepped in front of Crabbe.
"What are you going to do, blondie?" he stepped towards her.
Faith gulped. She barely reached up to his armpit. His neck was about as wide as her thigh.
"Umm…"
That was a good question. What could she do? But she definitely had to do something fast. Without another thought, Faith kicked him hard in the kneecap.
"Hey! That hurt!"
"That's what you get for being a meanie!"
"Stop this at once!"
Professor Dumbledore emitted some loud and bright fireworks from the tip of his wand. Everyone stopped fighting immediately. Everyone except Aurora that is. Sitting astride Malfoy she was still hitting him.
"Don't you ever hit Sirius again!"
"My face! My beautiful face!" Malfoy tried to shield himself from her blows.
"Rory!" Sirius hissed.
"Ms. Matheson! Get off him this instant!" McGonagall demanded.
Aurora didn't stop though.
"She gets carried away sometimes," Sirius explained as he pulled her off the cowering Slytherin.
"Wait till my father hears about this," he scrambled to his feet.
"Yeah? Bring him here and I'll take him on too," Aurora growled.
"Shut up or you'll end up in more trouble," Sirius slapped his hand over her mouth.
"Back to your common rooms!" McGonagall ordered.
The crowd reluctantly dispersed. Dumbledore surveyed the students. Malfoy's face was covered in scratches and bruises while blood was trickling from James' nose. Remus was going to develop a nasty black eye and Peter was convinced he was going to die.
"It think it would be best to get you lot to the hospital wing then work out your punishment later," Dumbledore peered over the top of his glasses.
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"I can't believe I have to clean the Prefects bathroom for a month!" James complained an hour later.
"At least you don't have to help Filch dust all the portraits on the fourth floor," Peter whined.
"I think I got off pretty easy. All I gotta do is clean out a greenhouse with Rory," Sirius grinned. It was bound to be the easiest detention of his life.
"What about you two?" James asked Remus and Faith.
"Polishing trophies," Remus groaned.
"I got off with a caution."
"What?" Sirius demanded.
"Innocence has it's advantages, sweetheart."
"Flobberworm," Remus said to the Fat Lady.
"Right you are," she smiled down at him then swung forward.
The common room was buzzing with excitement. Lily was sitting by herself in an armchair. It was a strange sight to see her without her 'fan club' but everyone was avoiding her carefully.
"Finally! What's this I hear about a fight?" Lily jumped up.
Lily was even more pale than usual and her eyes were red and puffy. Her hair was in a loose ponytail and she was wearing jeans and a baggy jumper. With her hands perched on her hips she glared at the group waiting for someone to answer.
"You should have seen it, Lils! I got that pretty boy Malfoy!" Aurora exclaimed.
"So you started it?"
"Well, technically James started it then we all joined in later."
"Potter started it? I should have known," Lily sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Princess Lily, I was actually defending you," James folded his arms across his chest as everyone looked on in interest.
"So? Do you expect me to fall at your feet and praise you?"
"Well…yeah."
"I can tell you now that it ain't gonna happen. I don't need you to defend me!"
"You can be a real prima donna sometimes," James snapped.
Everyone was expecting Lily to get angry but on the contrary she began to cry. Before anyone could do anything she turned and ran up to her room.
"Good one! She doesn't need to be insulted right now!" Aurora punched James in the arm.
"She's really fragile at the moment, she needs our support," Faith said to him quietly.
The two girls headed upstairs with their other room mates, Lucy and Tamara. James shrugged off a few girls who were attempting to comfort him and headed for his own room. The last thing he wanted to do was make Lily cry.
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A/N: Poor Lily. Sadly things won't get any easier for her. But remember what goes around comes around so she'll get her revenge. More coming soon!
Please review! It makes me write faster. Honestly!
Rating: Had to bump it up to PG-13. Things are going to get a little nasty. I probably could have gotten away with PG for this chapter but I don't want the rating gods to smite me. I hate it when they smite me.
A/N: 40 reviews! Thanks so much to everyone! I'm definitely gonna finish this story now. Here's chapter 3 for your reading enjoyment.
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Chapter 3
Lily woke early the next morning. Her neck ached and her arms and legs were stiff and numb. She had been woken by an argument that was taking place in the common room.
"We can't keep this up," a female voice insisted.
"I thought you liked sneaking around?"
"At first it was exciting but now I'm getting bored."
"Aurora's getting bored? Well, we can't have that."
"Don't get smart with me, Black."
What were Aurora and Sirius doing up so early? Sirius hadn't been known to get out of bed before midday on weekends.
"Come on, Rory," Sirius begged.
"Don't give me those sad puppy dog eyes, they don't work on me, Black."
"Call me Sirius."
"Fine, Sirius."
"That's much better."
This was followed by silence. Lily, naturally curious as she was, peered over the back of an armchair. She almost squealed. Aurora and Sirius were snogging! Rather passionately too. When Lily saw where Sirius had his hand, she really did squeal.
Aurora pushed him away quickly. Caught off guard, Sirius stumbled backwards and tripped over a chair. He landed on his back with a thud.
"Lily!"
"Aurora!"
"It's six am on Sunday morning! What are you doing down here?" Aurora asked frantically as she searched the room to ensure Lily was alone.
"I slept down here last night. No need to ask what you're doing," Lily looked from Aurora to Sirius, who was slowly getting to his feet.
"It's not what it looks like," Aurora said quickly.
"Come off it, Rory. Lily isn't stupid."
"Shut up, Black," Aurora warned. Normally she was pretty and quite harmless looking but with her teeth bared and her eyes narrowed she was a formidable figure.
"Look, Lils, you deserve to know the truth. Aurora and I are shagging."
"No we bloody well aren't!"
"Ok, we're not but she obviously wants me."
"I'd rather shag Snape!"
"That's not what you were saying a few days ago in the Astronomy Tower," Sirius grinned slyly.
At the mention of Snape's name all of the previous nights events had come flooding back to Lily. The longest relationship of her life had just ended and it wasn't even her fault. Lily felt the familiar feeling of tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Typical guy, thinking with his-Lily."
"Thinking with my Lily?" Sirius questioned.
"You moron. Something's wrong with Lily."
"I'm fine, Rory, no need to worry," Lily hurriedly wiped her eyes.
"What happened last night? Did Snape do something?" Aurora demanded.
"Snape?" Sirius turned to Lily. Snape was his mortal enemy, always had been always would be.
"I don't want to talk about it," she sniffed and ran upstairs.
"I suppose I should go make sure she's all right. I'll talk to you later," Aurora gave Sirius a light kiss on the cheek.
"Ok. You do want to shag me though, don't you?"
She raised her eyebrows in an appraising sort of way then shrugged, "I could do worse I guess."
Smiling, they both headed for their respective dorms.
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Later that morning Lily was still refusing to talk to anyone. Completely exasperated, Faith and Aurora headed down to the common room. The Marauders were waiting for them so they could all go to breakfast.
"How's Lily?" James asked.
"Like you care," Aurora snapped.
"All right, claws back in, Rory," Faith said calmly.
"Can we go to breakfast now? I'm starving," Peter said, bouncing from foot to foot.
Everyone sighed and headed out the portrait hole.
"So did you find out what's actually wrong with Lily?" Sirius asked.
"She's not talking but I suspect it has something to do with her meeting with Snape," Faith guessed.
"If Snape did something to her I'll kill him," Aurora clenched her fists.
"Not if I get to him first," Sirius growled.
"Let's not jump to conclusions," Remus said quickly.
The six of them entered the already full Great Hall. As soon as they did, all conversation ceased. There was a soft humming throughout the students as they whispered and craned their necks to get a look at the Gryffindor sixth years.
"What's going on?" Faith whispered to Sirius.
"No idea," he shrugged.
"I think we're about to find out," Remus nodded towards the Hufflepuff table where a girl with medium length blonde hair had stood up.
Her name was Laetitia and she was a fellow sixth year but had never got along with the Gryffindor girls. She was pretty but in an artificial way. Even her eye colour wasn't natural. Born with pale grey eyes, her irises were now a deep indigo.
Aurora hated her especially because Laetitia had dated every boy in the year at one time or another. Even James, Sirius and Remus. She was a…well, let's just say she got around.
Laetitia flicked her hair over her shoulder and sauntered towards the group. She winked at Peter and he very nearly fainted.
"Well, if it isn't little miss can't-keep-her-legs-closed," Aurora sneered.
"You're just jealous, Matheson. Where's your tarty friend?"
"Are you referring to Lily?"
"Of course I am, Siri. When you see Evans just tell her I'll get her back for what she did to Andrew."
"What she did to Lily?" Remus questioned.
"She got caught cheating on him with Severus Snape."
"Snape!" Sirius yelled in outrage.
"Yeah, so tell the filthy mudblood to watch her back," Laetitia threatened.
"What did you call her?" Aurora demanded.
"You heard me," she smirked and walked away.
Aurora made a lunge at her but Sirius caught her around the waist and held her back.
"Let me go! I'll slap that smirk off her face!" Aurora struggled in his arms.
"Settle down," Sirius said urgently.
"Stop protecting her and let me go!"
"I'm not protecting her, I'm protecting you. McGonagall's coming."
Aurora stopped struggling and turned her head. Sure enough, Professor McGonagall was marching over.
"Is there a problem here?"
"No, Professor."
"Glad to hear it, Black, now if you'd kindly let go of Ms. Matheson you can all go sit down."
"Certainly," Sirius released his grip on Aurora and she straightened her robes.
McGonagall gave a small nod then headed back to her table.
"Sirius really saved your ass then," Faith said to Aurora as they sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"Uh, yeah, thanks, Black."
"No problem, honey," he winked.
Breakfast was an odd event for the sixth year Gryffindors. Everyone was talking about Lily and Andrew. The general consensus was Lily had been caught snogging Snape and Andrew had broken up with her as a result.
Andrew wasn't at breakfast that morning and according to the Hufflepuffs he was still up in his room 'grieving'. The group was discussing this as they left the Hall.
"Grieving?" James spat.
"Well it was a long relationship," Faith reasoned.
"Lily didn't kiss Snape!" James suddenly yelled, unable to hold it in any longer.
Everyone in the entrance hall gasped. Snape approached the Marauders with his usual 'bodyguards'.
"What are you on about, Potter? Or course she kissed me," he said as everyone looked on anxiously.
"You kissed her against her will," James took a step towards the Slytherins.
"Why would I kiss a mudblood? I could pick up a disease," Snape shuddered and his goons laughed.
"Shut your ugly face!" James yelled.
Snape, sensing he was on a roll, continued, " you should know I don't make a habit of kissing people beneath me."
James had just about had enough. Not even bothering with his wand, he ran at Snape and pushed him to the ground. Snape yelped in surprise and his fellow Slytherins tried to pull James away.
At this point Sirius and Remus jumped in to help James. Peter tried to sneak away and find a nice, safe place to hide but a large Slytherin by the name of Goyle grabbed hold of him.
"Get him, James!" Aurora cheered and clapped.
"Be careful, Remus!" Faith cried.
The Marauders were seriously outnumbered though. James and Snape were wrestling on the floor while everyone else fought around them. Two Slytherins were holding Sirius and while he was helpless Malfoy punched him heavily in the stomach.
Upon seeing this, Aurora's insides burned with anger. She'd always hated Malfoy but now she had a whole new reason to hate him.
"Rory, don't do it," Faith warned. She had seen the way Aurora's eyes flashed.
"He's going to get it now!" Aurora took a running leap at Malfoy. Landing on top of him on the floor, she began to lash out at his face.
Faith stood there wringing her hands nervously. It was impossible to tell who was winning now. Goyle now had Peter in a headlock and he was squealing, "help me! I'm dying! Oh, please help me!"
Faith looked around desperately for Remus; he'd be able to help Peter. She spotted him nearby and watched in horror as Crabbe, another large Slytherin punched him in the face. Remus fell to the ground and Faith ran to him immediately.
"Remus! Are you all right?"
"I think so," Remus peered up at her intently. "Except I'm seeing two of you."
"It's ok. You'll be fine," Faith said soothingly.
"Get out of the way, blondie," Crabbe ordered.
"Leave him alone," Faith stepped in front of Crabbe.
"What are you going to do, blondie?" he stepped towards her.
Faith gulped. She barely reached up to his armpit. His neck was about as wide as her thigh.
"Umm…"
That was a good question. What could she do? But she definitely had to do something fast. Without another thought, Faith kicked him hard in the kneecap.
"Hey! That hurt!"
"That's what you get for being a meanie!"
"Stop this at once!"
Professor Dumbledore emitted some loud and bright fireworks from the tip of his wand. Everyone stopped fighting immediately. Everyone except Aurora that is. Sitting astride Malfoy she was still hitting him.
"Don't you ever hit Sirius again!"
"My face! My beautiful face!" Malfoy tried to shield himself from her blows.
"Rory!" Sirius hissed.
"Ms. Matheson! Get off him this instant!" McGonagall demanded.
Aurora didn't stop though.
"She gets carried away sometimes," Sirius explained as he pulled her off the cowering Slytherin.
"Wait till my father hears about this," he scrambled to his feet.
"Yeah? Bring him here and I'll take him on too," Aurora growled.
"Shut up or you'll end up in more trouble," Sirius slapped his hand over her mouth.
"Back to your common rooms!" McGonagall ordered.
The crowd reluctantly dispersed. Dumbledore surveyed the students. Malfoy's face was covered in scratches and bruises while blood was trickling from James' nose. Remus was going to develop a nasty black eye and Peter was convinced he was going to die.
"It think it would be best to get you lot to the hospital wing then work out your punishment later," Dumbledore peered over the top of his glasses.
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"I can't believe I have to clean the Prefects bathroom for a month!" James complained an hour later.
"At least you don't have to help Filch dust all the portraits on the fourth floor," Peter whined.
"I think I got off pretty easy. All I gotta do is clean out a greenhouse with Rory," Sirius grinned. It was bound to be the easiest detention of his life.
"What about you two?" James asked Remus and Faith.
"Polishing trophies," Remus groaned.
"I got off with a caution."
"What?" Sirius demanded.
"Innocence has it's advantages, sweetheart."
"Flobberworm," Remus said to the Fat Lady.
"Right you are," she smiled down at him then swung forward.
The common room was buzzing with excitement. Lily was sitting by herself in an armchair. It was a strange sight to see her without her 'fan club' but everyone was avoiding her carefully.
"Finally! What's this I hear about a fight?" Lily jumped up.
Lily was even more pale than usual and her eyes were red and puffy. Her hair was in a loose ponytail and she was wearing jeans and a baggy jumper. With her hands perched on her hips she glared at the group waiting for someone to answer.
"You should have seen it, Lils! I got that pretty boy Malfoy!" Aurora exclaimed.
"So you started it?"
"Well, technically James started it then we all joined in later."
"Potter started it? I should have known," Lily sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Princess Lily, I was actually defending you," James folded his arms across his chest as everyone looked on in interest.
"So? Do you expect me to fall at your feet and praise you?"
"Well…yeah."
"I can tell you now that it ain't gonna happen. I don't need you to defend me!"
"You can be a real prima donna sometimes," James snapped.
Everyone was expecting Lily to get angry but on the contrary she began to cry. Before anyone could do anything she turned and ran up to her room.
"Good one! She doesn't need to be insulted right now!" Aurora punched James in the arm.
"She's really fragile at the moment, she needs our support," Faith said to him quietly.
The two girls headed upstairs with their other room mates, Lucy and Tamara. James shrugged off a few girls who were attempting to comfort him and headed for his own room. The last thing he wanted to do was make Lily cry.
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A/N: Poor Lily. Sadly things won't get any easier for her. But remember what goes around comes around so she'll get her revenge. More coming soon!
Please review! It makes me write faster. Honestly!