A/N: I accidentally deleted my first chapter, and since it's been so long, I'm not sure I remember everything. Just bear with me, alright? Anyway, Remus' girl comes in this chapter. But I'm not sure whether they'll stay together for long or not. I guess you'll just have to read and find out! Oh, we're doing children's books in Language, and we handed them in the day before break started, so I can't tell you if my storytelling has improved any. But, hey! At least if I get a good grade on this, I could have a B in class! Yay! Be happy for me (or I'll stop writing)!

Girls

By Wolf Speaker

Chapter 2:
Eavesdropping

Sirius couldn't believe it. His dreams were all coming true, except for the fact that all of his friends (except for James) were making fun of him. So what if he liked a girl? At least he wasn't gay (A/N: No offence to anybody that is, I have a lot of friends who are). Besides, they should be happy for me, Sirius thought. After all, I've always hated the girls I've dated in the past. Well, at least Charlotte wasn't getting crap…

*

"LILLY!" Charlotte yelled, blushing. "How can you say that? You have James!" Charlotte put a mocking tone into James' name.

"So?" Lilly asked. "You and Sirius waited about a day. Me and James were friends for over a year before we started dating."

"Yeah, well you're way too stiff," Charlotte retorted.

"Oh really?" asked Lilly, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes.

*

"You guys want to go to the Forest tonight?" asked James.

"Sure," said Sirius.

"If you want to," replied Remus.

"I- I g-g-guess so," stuttered Peter.

"You know, Peter, you don't have to come if you don't want to," said James, in a surprisingly sympathetic tone (A/N: I know, Peter doesn't deserve it, but James doesn't agree with me. He says he doesn't know that he'll be betrayed yet, so it shouldn't be obvious. I hate it when he's right).

"Okay!" Peter said, seeming very relieved.

"Okay. I'll get the cloak in a little while, then we can go," said James, keeping his voice low.

Little did they know their plans were to be spoiled by the two "innocent" little girls across the room, unobserved in the shadows.

*

"Accio Invisibility Cloak!" whispered Lilly.

Charlotte saw a silvery cloak coming towards them in the shadows. After realizing what Lilly had said, she assumed it was an invisibility cloak. She had only heard of them, and read about them, though she had never seen one. She supposed that it was Lilly's but she must have been mistaken.

"Lilly, how did you afford that?" whispered Charlotte, observing Lilly putting her finger to her lips. "Those are supposed to be really expensive!"

"It belongs to James. We're going to listen in on the boys," said Lilly with that mischievous twinkle again.

"Okay. Will that cover both of us?" asked Charlotte.

"Of course! It covers James, Sirius and Peter when they- never mind," she said quickly.

"Let's go," said Charlotte, realizing Lilly didn't want to talk about it.

*

"We can go now," said James. "I'll go get the cloak."

As they were waiting, Remus and Sirius talked about the Hogsmade trip that weekend. Sirius mainly joked at Remus for having a crush on Molly Walters (A/N: This is future Molly Weasley, in case you can't tell).

"So what if I do?" defended Remus. "Just because I like someone doesn't give you the right to make fun of me!"

"But Remus," said Sirius. "It's just so easy! You always defend your ways like this, and I find it rather amusing!"

James came back at that moment, looking rather upset.

"You guys, the cloak is gone," he said quickly.

Sirius appeared worried, but Remus got suspicious.

"Where did you have it last?" he asked, already knowing the answer.

"Lilly and I went on a walk around the grounds the other night, why?" James said.

"Did you show Lilly where you keep it?" Remus asked.

"NO! HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE HER!" yelled James. "It's not like she's like that Arthur Weasley."

"I'm just saying, you know Lilly. She'll do anything for a little fun. She probably has Charlotte with her," concluded Remus

"HEY!" Sirius and James yelled at the same time.

"Will you guys chill? It's not like they're out stealing! Or sneaking into Honeydukes or something!" Remus said quickly.

The guys didn't seem to notice they were being listened to.

*

"Lilly! Why are we listening to them again?" whispered Charlotte.

"Because the boys always do it to us. The only place we're safe is our dormitory. So I just thought we'd pay them back," said Lilly in a barely audible voice.

"Seriously? Aw, dude!" said Charlotte, never being more obvious that she was American.

"Shh! They're talking about something else now!" hissed Lilly.

"Okay, lets just get off that subject so James can cool down. Anyway-" but he was cut off by Severus Snape coming over.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? I hope you guys aren't thinking about going into the Forest again. We can easily tell Professor Dumbledor that his little beast isn't following his orders," he grinned.

"And then you'd be in trouble for knowing. Why are you in here, anyway?" asked James, realizing they were in the Griffindor common room.

"Yeah, you slimy git. You aren't allowed in here. Go back to Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle," said Sirius with a very evil glare.

"I'm here to get Charlotte Went. Dumbledor wants to see her," he sneered. "He said it was very important, and he gave me the password. He's having it changed tomorrow."

"Well we don't know where she is. Her and Lilly disappeared a while ago," growled Sirius.

"Charlotte, we have to go back to our dormitories, then come back after we put the cloak back," Lilly whispered.

"Okay," she whispered back.

*

"I wonder what Dumbledor wants to see you for?" queried Lilly.

"It's probably about my telekinesis. Like what I did to Lucius?" she added, seeing Lilly's confused expression.

"Oh yeah. I wonder if he's angry about that?" Lilly answered.

"I doubt Lucius even remembered what happened. What I did was really complex, and I'm surprised I didn't faint. When I do something that hard, like with a person, it usually ends up with a concussion for both of us," explained Charlotte. "He would have forgotten why he was even there."

"Well, we should go downstairs. I'll say I found the cloak at the bottom of the stairs," said Lilly.

*

"You wanted to see me, Professor?" asked Charlotte after the very long walk with Snape, who was being his usual slimy self.

"Explain to me how you became telekinetic," said Professor Dumbledor calmly. It made Charlotte feel a lot better that he was so calm about it.

"Um… well, my dad was- is telekinetic, and it just sort of got passed down to me," she explained. "He was called 'Trash' in school for it, and that's still what all of his friends call him."

"Is that so?" asked Dumbledor. "What school did he go to?"

"Well, he was expelled from a lot of schools because of it since he didn't know he had it, but he went to Edgeview Alternative School when he found out," said Charlotte.

"Well, I just want to say, try and keep it under control. I'll understand if little things happen, but nothing big. You may go," said Dumbledor.

"Thank you," said Charlotte rather bewildered.

*

"What'd he want?" asked Lilly the moment Charlotte came in through the portrait hole. Sirius came over looking worried.

"He wanted to know how something happened, and my family history," said Charlotte calmly. She didn't want to tell Sirius about her telekinesis. She would absolutely hate it if he didn't want to be near her anymore.

"What happened?" asked Sirius, still looking worried.

"You know, when she stunned Lucius," said Lilly. Charlotte gave her a thankful smile.

"Oh yeah," said Sirius, grinning. "Well, at least you're not in trouble."

"Yeah, but now Narcissa glares at me every time she sees me. It's like they're married or something," she answered, with a sly smile.

"Yeah, well if they get married, they'll have one bastard of a kid," said James. "I hope my kids won't have to know that piece of shit."

A/N: Okay, the whole Charlotte's dad thing was from a book I read called Hidden Talents by someone I don't remember. I highly recommend it. Anyway, I just want to say that this was finished a while ago, but I didn't really have a chance to upload it right away. I would also like to thank my friends from Kennedy Middle School for helping me find my inner writer (who happens to be very small and extremely hard to find). Finally, reviews are always welcome, and I am in desperate need of them, as I already have terrible self-esteem (ask anybody who knows me). Thank you, and R/R!