Title: Hate to Say I Told You So

Author: Child of the Wolves

Summery: Takes place when Lily is seven, she lives in London with her mother, and her father lives in New York. One night, Lily's mom leaves and doesn't come back and Lily is sent away from her home to live with her father. Seven years later, about a quarter through her fourth year at Polion, her wizarding school, her father dies of cancer and she is sent straight to Hogwarts to finish off the quarter. Once the quarter is finished Lily goes back to her mother for the winter holidays, but she's met with a surprise.

Disclaimer: I don't own it... ext. ext. I hate disclaimers.

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"Mr. Black. Out. Now."

"But it was only a little jo-"

"Out! Now!" Barks the unhappy Professor McGonagall.

The dark eyed boy marches out of the classroom, a nonchalant attitude in his stride, his eyes glittering with the usual mischief. He had only been trying to make Lily laugh. She hadn't let a peep out of her since Charms when he lit his hair on fire by 'accident.'

She seemed to have gone into a stupor when he had asked why she moved back again. Now she only smiled half-heartedly at his futile attempts to make her face light up with laughter as it used to. Now she was shooting him a glance, which clearly says, you don't deserve this, but it's still entertaining.

He waits outside with his book bag, waiting for the strict Professor to let his friends out of her razor-sharp grasp. Finally, the bell rings and the door slams open, knocking him completely over. James, Remus, and Lily walk out to find him sprawled on the floor, cursing up a storm and holding his nose, which was now bleeding, however faintly.

"Uhh. smooth," is James's one of a kind remark. Across his face is his trademark lopsided grin, his own baby blue eyes dance with enthusiasm and laughter. He finally can't help himself as Remus starts to double over in laughter and he begins to let out a chuckle, which turns quickly into a storm of hooting and cackling.

"This your way of making me laugh, dear? 'Cuz it ain't working, I'm sorry to say." Lily replies over James's guffawing and Remus's roaring. She talks in a calm, controlled voice, but her eyes show laughter, begging to be set free.

"Lily, you always were a hypocrite!" Sirius exclaims through his hand as he spies her dancing eyes as the corners of her mouth start to twinge up in a smile.

"Not hypocritical, dear Sirius. Just duplicitous." She replies with a sassy grin. "I read it in a book," she explains quietly before grasping Sirius's hand with her own paler one. "Come on, you'd definitely want to use this to miss Potions."

Sirius grins as the he, Remus, and James make their way down to the hospital wing, with Lily following slightly behind, not quite sure where she's going. He would win her over. He doesn't know why she's so shy now, but she'd go back to her old ways. He's sure. She will. Of course she will. After all, she's with him, Sirius Black!

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Lily lies on her bed in her dorm. Sirius's face had stopped bleeding in about 2 minutes but he had then told the nurse that the door must have done a few other things to him, making up things as he went along, letting them get worse and worse. Finally he had said his arm and two ribs were broken, and the nurse had insisted he stay the night, obviously concerned the blow didn't addle his brain. So now the 'Great Sirius Black' was the 'Temporarily Out But Soon To Be Better Than Ever Sirius Black,' must to her delight.

She blinks, jumping slightly as Pyro bounds onto her bed, starting his own scratching post on her leg. She lets out a surprised cry and grabs the large dog-like cat, placing him on her lap, stoking him gently until his large fluffed out head lays still on her knee, his body making the whole bed vibrate with purrs as only he could. She stares into his coat. Dappled light and dark brown.

It reminded her of her father's eyes. Flecked different colors, green among them. He had always had the most unusual eyes, and Lily had always told him she could make people notice them much easier if he'd only let her apply a bit of mascara and eye liner. She'd done it once, actually, while he slept. The consequences wouldn't have been so pretty if her father was anybody but the man he was. Was. The word rings through her head. Was. He's gone now. No use remembering him. Memories can't conjure up real people, even in this world.

She is brought back to reality with a startled cry as a head crashes through her curtains. It's long, pale, with hazel eyes and dusty brown hair, spiked in all directions and lighter at the tips. Instantly, it's joined by another, not as thin, with one silver studded earring and black hair which juts out in every which direction. Remus and James were in her bedroom. (A/N: tempted to leave you here, but I hate short chapters. Love me)

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"Oof. That was my toe Remus!"

"It wasn't me!"

"Lily!"

"You have big toes!" The redhead whispers harshly to James. "Don't see why we have to hide under this thing, it's clunky, and anybody could hear us a mile away anyw-" She's cut short as they near the hospital wing and a large, scrawny looking cat with unnaturally golden eyes prowls by, obviously in search of 'evil-doers.'

"That's why." James replies, luckily not catching the whack Lily sends his way. "Alohamora," he mutters, wand in hand and a faint click is heard as they swing the door open, revealing a completely empty room with neat beds lined up along both walls. All neat, that is, with the exception of one. One specific one, which contains short brown hair, and a loud snoring being.

They all jog over as Lily snatches the cloak off, muttering about breathing being at the top of her list, thank you. All three shuffle until they completely enclose the small cot which Sirius lays upon, snoring heavily, his mouth open, Adam's apple bobbing up an down so hyperactively, you'd think it was an Elmer's Cookies elf.

James withdraws his wand once more, placing it to Sirius's temple, looking up to the others, and a lopsided smirk upon his face. "Say the word, and we'll go into his dreams. Should be entertaining, and quite useful for blackmai-"

With that both of the other teens instantly mutter, "word," and James's grin grows even wider. All of them feel a strange bubbly feeling come over their limbs as James mutters one simple word, each of them falling to the floor at the same time, all in peaceful bliss, body's in front of the cot, minds inside The Great Sirius's head.

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I've been such a bad author. *whap* I'm evil. I admit it. I would give stupid excuses such as 'school, friends, and sports were keeping me busy' but I know you don't want to hear it, so I'm skipping that. I'll just say I was at my favorite story, (Denial, it's on my favorite's list, you should go read it ^-^) and I decided to re-read my reviews for some insane reason. Then I found out this is on somebody's favorite list after only 2 chapters, and I decided to come back.

Wow. How inspiring. Anyways. Onto the things you actually read.

I couldn't help it; we need to have a look inside a fourteen-year-old wizard's head. Why? Because. I said so. Will it be dramatic and dark and remind Lily of her past, or will it be filled with marshmallows with appetites? I don't quite know yet. Review and tell me. If you don't, I'll draw numbers from a hat. Fear the hat. The hat knows all.

It's shorter than the others, I know, its only almost 4 pages. But I haven't started on my homework yet, so I'll hopefully update again before Friday. After that, I'm off at a soccer tournament, all weekend. Should be fun, but it's our last one until the season's officially over and the team is broken up. So, bear with me.

I know. it seems like a pointless chapter, but it isn't, I promise. I just need time to show Lily starting to come out of her shell. :D

Anyways.. *cough* I'm done, and please, still review, we're back, I'll be trying to update as much as possible! Tell people about us, we need more. Because I'm American, and the bigger is always the better. Phsaw.

I *heart* you all.

-Kin