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Chapter 6

The next day the tired sixth year Gryffindors made their way down to breakfast. Once again, the rainbow Hufflepuffs weren't there. Sandy was telling anyone that would listen all about their colourful misfortune.

However, the big news that morning was that Sirius Black and Aurora Matheson were a couple. Nobody knew how or when it happened but many students were heart broken.

"Come one, tell us what happened last night," James urged.

"None of your business," Aurora said as she buttered her toast.

"Tell us, Padfoot," Remus insisted.

"I don't kiss and tell," Sirius grinned.

"Since when?"

"Since Rory will bash me if I say a word."

"It's obvious who wears the pants in that relationship," James whispered to Faith.

"Oh, leave them alone."

Remus wasn't feeling particularly hungry that morning so he excused himself to go for a walk.

"Want some company?" Faith asked.

"Sure. We'll see you all in Charms," Remus took Faith's hand and they walked from the Great Hall.

The emerged from the castle into the sunlight. It was a clear, warm day. They headed around the outer edge of the forest.

"The full moon is coming up soon, isn't it?"

"Tuesday," Remus answered.

Faith had known about Remus and his condition for about three months now. She'd been out for a walk one night with Lily and Aurora when they stumbled upon James, Sirius and Peter changing back from their Animagus forms.

The girls threatened to tell the Ministry they were illegal Animagi if they couldn't give them a good enough explanation. Remus didn't want his friends to get in trouble because of him so he had no choice but to tell the girls.

"You know, telling you that I was a werewolf was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I expected you to run a mile."

"I admit I was rather shocked when I found out but really, Remus, it doesn't change the person you are. You just happen to get a little nasty once a month, it happens to us girls too."

"Good point," Remus laughed.

"I get so worried about you though," Faith said, her voice quivering slightly.

"Like I keep telling you, there's nothing to worry about," he squeezed her hand.

"But still…what if something were to go wrong?"

"Nothing will go wrong. I promise you."

"I know but I'll be worried anyway, it's a girlfriend's prerogative."

"Well, I have to admit it's nice to know someone cares about me," Remus said.

"Plenty of people care about you and don't ever forget that," Faith kissed him on the cheek.

"Come on, we better get back to class," he smiled and they headed back to the castle.

Later that night, Lily, James and Remus headed for their Prefects meeting. When they entered the room they found that Snape and Malfoy were the only ones in there.

"You're not supposed to be in here," Lily glared at Snape.

"Well, if it isn't Lovely Lily and her body guards," he sneered at James and Remus.

"Get out," James said with surprising calm.

"Unfortunately Narcissa has fallen ill, I have so kindly offered t o sit in for her," Snape stood up and approached Lily.

"If I had to kiss Malfoy I'd be sick too," Remus snickered.

James high-fived him behind Lily's back and Malfoy grunted.

Snape ignored them all and spoke to Lily; "I heard what happened with Andrew. Terrible news. Can't say I'm surprised though."

Without a word Lily slapped him across the face. The slap reverberated off the walls and Lily gasped and stepped back. She'd never slapped anyone like that before.

Snape was stunned at first but quickly recovered, "you filthy little mudblood!"

"I wouldn't even think about it," James said as Snape drew his arm back to hit Lily.

Snape dropped his arm; he wasn't stupid enough to hit Lily in front of James and Remus without his own army of Slytherins.

At that moment the Head Boy and Girl arrived with the other Prefects. Snape went back to his seat after briefly baring his teeth threateningly.

The meeting passed without incident. No one dared to start trouble and risk losing points. After the meeting concluded, the three Gryffindor's hurried back to Gryffindor Tower via a few shortcuts.

In the common room they found Faith reading a book while Peter was struggling through his Potions essay. Sirius and Aurora were fighting over a game of snap.

"I won," Sirius insisted.

"You cheated!" Aurora threw her cards on the floor in anger.

"I did not!"

"I saw you! You looked at the card before you put it down! That, by definition, is cheating!"

Remus joined Faith in a large armchair and James and Lily sat on the floor by the quarreling couple.

"Can't we just flip a coin?" Sirius sighed.

"Certainly not. Let's arm wrestle for it."

"What are you fighting over?" James finally asked.

"Professor Taseer still wants her storage green house cleaned out. She won't let us do it together though."

"Why not?"

"She said, and I quote 'You're at Hogwarts to learn magic and not make babies. There will be plenty of time for that after you finish school.' Crazy old lady," Sirius added under his breath.

"Making babies? What went on between you two?" Lily demanded.

"Nothing," Aurora shot Sirius a warning glare.

"Well, long story short, she wants only one of us to do it. So far Rory has kicked my butt in chess then I squared it by beating her at snap. Whoever loses the arm wrestle will be cleaning the greenhouse," Sirius explained as he swept the cards aside.

"You're goin' down, Black," Aurora took off her jacket and handed it to Lily.

"You've got no chance, baby," Sirius rolled up his sleeves and lay down on his stomach as Rory did the same.

"He's gonna win easily," James remarked to Lily as the pair grasped hands tightly.

"I wouldn't be so sure," Lily grinned, she knew what her best friend had in mind.

"How could she possibly win?"

"Watch and learn. You two ready?" Lily asked.

Sirius nodded and Aurora slid forward then nodded too.

"Ok then. On the count of three. One…two…three!"

Before James could even blink Sirius had let Aurora press the back of his hand to the carpet.

"Rory wins!" Lily raised her friend's arm in the air.

"You didn't even fight back!" James smacked Sirius in the back of the head.

Then James realised why. The way Aurora was lying ensured there was a nice view down the front of her top. Sirius had obviously been a little preoccupied.

"You cheated!" Sirius protested as Aurora sat up and pulled her jacket back on.

"No I didn't," she said calmly.

"You did that deliberately! You knew I'd look down your shirt!"

"You can't blame me because you're a pervert," Aurora shrugged.

"How can you expect me not to notice?" Sirius demanded as he got to his feet.

"All's fair in love and war…and arm wrestling," she grinned.

Sirius's expression softened, "all right, I'll do the cleaning but you owe me big time."

"I promise I'll make it up to you," Aurora put her arms around his neck.

Sirius leant down and kissed her deeply and passionately. James and Lily looked away quite awkwardly. They weren't exactly used to the sight of their best friends kissing yet.

Lily turned to ask Faith a question but found her to be busy kissing Remus. In fact, everywhere Lily turned she saw happy couples. She'd never missed Andrew more than she did right that second.

"I'm going to bed," Lily announced to James and the kissing couples.

"Good night," James smiled at her.

Lily's stomach fluttered in response. She simply passed it off as too much pudding for desert and headed up to a restless night of sporadic sleep.

At breakfast the next morning everyone was acting weird. Half of the Hufflepuffs were not there and everyone was wondering why.

"My cousin Lisa is at the table, I'll go ask her," Aurora leapt out of her seat and dashed to the Hufflepuff table.

"Why is she always so chirpy in the morning?" Sirius wondered out loud.

"I think it's got something to do with her name," Faith answered. "In Roman mythology Aurora was the goddess of the dawn."

"Really? Well, you learn something new everyday," Sirius smirked. He made a mental note to pick on her about being named after an ancient Roman goddess.

Aurora then returned from talking to her third year cousin. She was bouncing up and down which was very unlike Aurora.

"I've got brilliant news!"

"Spit it out then," Sirius pulled her onto his lap.

"Did you notice that Andrew wasn't at the Prefect meeting last night?"

"Yeah, but I figured he was still multicoloured," Lily shrugged.

"No, the colour is gone now. He was actually comforting Laetitia," Aurora continued to bounce much to Sirius's displeasure.

"Comforting her? Why?"

"Laetitia's pregnant!"

The reaction from the group was instantaneous. Sirius swore loudly, Faith gasped and Lily's knife slipped from her grasp and hit her plate with a sharp clang. James even choked on his cereal and Remus had to remove his hand from over his own mouth to thump him on the back.

"Pregnant?" Lily's bright green eyes widened.

"That's not even the best part! She doesn't know who the father is! She's only been able to narrow it down to four guys!"

Lily almost felt a pang of sympathy for Laetitia but it quickly passed.

"What's she going to do now?" Remus wondered.

"I guess she'll have to be home schooled," Aurora shrugged.

"I can't help but feel sorry for her," Faith admitted.

"Well if you play with fire you get burnt," James reasoned.

"Sirius, is there any chance you're the father?" Aurora stared at him intently.

"Hmmm. Well there was that time last Sunday…"

"Sirius!"

"Calm down, I was only kidding. I've never done anything with her so it's definitely not me."

"Don't ever scare me like that again!" Aurora whacked him on the arm.

"Sorry," he kissed the back of her neck.

"Lily?" a tiny voice squeaked.

"Yes," Lily turned around to see a small blonde boy.

"This is from Andrew," he held out a piece of torn parchment.

"Uh…thanks," she took the parchment and the boy ran off.

"From Andrew?" Faith questioned.

Lily unfolded it and read:

Lil,

Please meet me in the library this evening at 7. I need to talk to you. Try not to be late. This is very important.

Andrew.

"He wants to meet you tonight?" Aurora raised her eyebrows.

"Maybe he wants to get back together with you," Faith suggested.

"I just hope he doesn't try anything stupid," Lily folded the note and slipped it into her pocket.

"Would you consider taking him back though?" Sirius asked.

"Honestly, I don't know. I do miss him terribly though."

"You'd give him another chance after what he did to you?" James asked.

"I don't really blame him. It was all really Snape's doing."

James watched Lily closely. She was actually smiling as she imagined their reconciliation. James squirmed uneasily in his seat. He'd certainly missed his chance with her now.

For the rest of the day Lily played out their meeting in her mind. She paid no attention during her classes, preferring to draw love hearts on her parchment.

What is Andrew did want her back? Lily knew that she should stand her ground and tell him to get lost but she still wanted him. Hell, she needed him.

At five to seven Lily nervously brushed a speck of fluff from her jeans. She was wearing her long sleeved blue turtleneck for simple reason that it was Andrew's favourite.

"Wish me luck," she smiled as she pulled her hair into a loose ponytail.

"Good luck," Faith said.

"If he tries anything inappropriate then don't hesitate to hex him," Aurora advised helpfully.

"I won't," Lily assured her as she disappeared through the portrait hole.

"Where's James tonight?" Faith asked.

"He said something about going to visit Sirius while he's busy cleaning," Peter answered.

Of course James wasn't planning to visit Sirius at all. He was lurking behind a bookshelf in the library. Under his cloak he had a clear view of Andrew as he preened himself in preparation for his meeting with Lily.

James knew very well that Lily and Andrew were going to get back together eventually but for now he just wanted to make sure Lily was safe. Andrew was not to be trusted.

James spotted her first from his vantage point. Lily had just entered the library. She smiled politely at Madam Pince and joined Andrew at his table.

"You look great, Lil."

"Thank you. Is something wrong? Why do you need to talk to me?"

"I think we should get back together," Andrew clutched her hand.

Lily tried to look surprised as if the thought had never crossed her mind. James held his breath as she considered his proposition.

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A/N: Whoops. Cliffhanger. Sorry about that. It wasn't a great chapter but please review and let's hope we get more than 100 reviews this time. I'm also toying with the idea of writing a sequel of sorts. It will basically be a Sirius/Aurora reunion between PoA and GoF. I don't know about anyone else but that couple just clicked with me. Tell me what you think about the idea anyway. Thanks!