A/N: I'm baaack....not for long though... I have a lot of shit going on in my life right now. Damn guys!!! I hate them....well not really but just how they cause you so much stress! Aahh...I'm getting off topic here.. I just felt really bad because I've been putting this story on hold for such a long time! TWO WHOLE MONTHS!!! I'll try to write more if I get the inspiration. Here's another chapter for the reviewers. I love you guys so much even words can't describe it!!! I'm being 100% truthful. You guys brighten my day, and you make me actually want to continue this fic. This fic would probably be in the garbage already if it weren't for all of you! I tried to make this chapter as long as I could. I tried at least.... ;]
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Two months had passed since the death of Brigitte Loretti. It had taken two whole months for things to resume back to normal at Hogwarts. Remus Lupin did not cope with her death well. He ended up going to a wizard psychiatrist for a month before he was back to his old self. Two long months. He was glad to be back. He had found solace in Stefanie Linton for the past month. They would go on walks and talk for hours about everything. He felt like he was finally moving on. He would never feel the same way about Stef the way he felt about Brig. Brig was his one true love, and she was gone. She would never give him her bright, sunny smile ever again. She would never give him feather like kisses ever again. It pained him to think about her but he knew he had to move on. That was why when Stef asked him to go to Hogsmeade with her, he agreed. He knew Brig wouldn't want him to be filled with unhappiness.
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"Stop it, Sirius Black!" Stephanie Valentine exclaimed. They were having another tickling fight. Normally, she wouldn't object to it but she had left her History of Magic paper undone until the last possible moment. She couldn't help procrastinating. She had been dreading doing the paper. History of Magic was the most boring subject in the history of Hogwarts. She didn't understand why they had to take such a pointless class.
Sirius gave her a small pout. "Why not?"
Her heart melted. She couldn't possibly say no to that cute little pout of his. "I'm sorry, Sirius."
"What's the matter?" He asked and stopped tickling her. He looked at her with full of concern. Her heart skipped a beat whenever he looked at her so intensely. It was as if he was trying to send her a deep message.
"I have to finish Binns' paper." She exasperated. "I'm really sorry, Sirius, but I can't have any fun until I finish this thing."
He shot her a hurt look. "Fine. No one to play with." He whined like a little kid.
"I'm sorry." She apologized again. "I promise I'll make it up to you next weekend."
"Are you sure you don't have another history paper due then? I wouldn't want to add to another thing you have to do." He shot back.
Steph gasped. "Excuse me? You think I want to sit here on a Saturday doing my history paper? You think this is what I considered to be fun?"
Sirius didn't say anything so she continued ranting. She was seriously pissed. "Why are you so damn selfish?"
Now was the time for Sirius to say something. "I'm selfish?" He asked incredulously.
"Yes, you, Sirius Black. I do my homework unlike some people. School is important to me. It's not all about pranks, you know." She was on the verge of bursting. She couldn't take anymore of it, with school and now Sirius. This was the second fight they had in the week. Two fights were too much for her.
"Fine, if I'm so bloody selfish to you, maybe we should break up." He said angrily. He didn't even realize what he had suggested until the words came out.
Those words stung her. How could he possibly want to break up, she thought. Maybe it's what he always wanted, her mind said. After all, he was never one for long term relationships. "Maybe we should break up then." She retorted.
"Good! Now I won't have you on my back about being selfish!" He shouted and rushed out of the common room before he saw the pained look on her face.
Steph felt her lips trembling. Did what she think just happened? Did they just break up? Did Sirius just leave her? Tears were streaming down her face. She sobbed to herself. Forget about the paper, she couldn't do it with a broken heart. All her heart felt was excruciating pain.
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Calm down, he kept on muttering to himself. He wanted to punch something. The wall looked so tempting. He knew he would regret it but he didn't know what else to do. Just as his fist was about to come in contact with the stone wall, someone caught his attention. The girl was crying. Sirius was a sucker for crying girls. He walked quietly over to her. He couldn't see her face at first because her blonde hair was covering it.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
The girl looked up from her tear stained face. It was Ginger. "Sirius?" She asked in disbelief.
"Ginny?" He sat down next to her.
She sniffled. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see if you were okay." He said.
She laughed bitterly. "What have you done with Sirius Black?"
"Fine, if you don't want me to care, I won't." He said and began to get up before Ginger tugged him back. He fell back onto the steps.
"That's not what I meant." She said. "Thank you." She whispered.
Sirius looked over to her. Ginger actually looked innocent with the tears running down her face. "What happened?"
At his words, she started crying again. "Jonathan-n...broke up with me-e."
"It's okay. You're a better person than him." He said.
"What are you doing here? Where's your girlfriend?" She asked him.
Did she have to bring up Steph? He sighed. "We had a fight."
"I'm sure it was nothing." She said reassuringly.
"I don't care." He said coldly and stared down at his feet. He felt her hand go over his. He looked up, and he felt himself closer to Ginger than he had before.
"Are you sure?" She whispered. He could feel her breath on him. At that moment, he wanted nothing more than to kiss her lips. He got his wish when he crushed his mouth on top of hers. He kissed her as forcefully as he possibly could. It was like letting go of all his anger. It felt so good. It wasn't the same as kissing Steph but he couldn't have cared less. Ginger was a good kisser too. They got up from the steps and she took a hold of his hand, leading him the way up to her dormitory.
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"So where are we going?" Remus Lupin asked. Even though, Stef had asked him to go to Hogsmeade, she didn't mention where exactly.
"You'll see." She said giving him a mischievous grin. Remus chuckled. He didn't know what would have happened to him if it wasn't for Stef. She had stood by his side for the past two months.
They walked in silence for some more before Stef took his hand, and dragged him over to Zonko's Joke Shop.
"Zonko's?" He asked skeptically. That was her surprise? Definitely different from any other he had received.
"Yup!" She said smiling. "What do you think?"
"It's....interesting." He replied.
She looked crestfallen at his reaction. "I thought you would like it." She said quietly. Immediately, he felt guilty.
"I didn't mean for it to come that way. I'm just a bit surprised." He said.
"Oh." was her simple reply.
"Why are we even standing out here? Let's go in!" He suggested enthusiastically.
"Okay." She shrugged and they went into the store. They started looking at eye catching items around the store. He found something that Sirius would definitely like. "Stef, come over here." He called to her. She sauntered over to him.
"What's that?" She asked curiously.
"It's a spy globe." He grinned.
She raised her eyebrow. "And what may I ask are you going to do with that spy globe?"
"Spy on Snape."
"I'm so sure that's all you're going to do." She teased.
"Well, there's always adding a touch to it."
She laughed lightly. "You're so sly, Rem."
"Rem?"
"Yes, I think it suits you." She gave him a small smile. Things were getting towards a different level now. The whole platonic friendship thing was slowly going out the window. Remus knew it but he wanted to move on. It was doing him no good dwelling on the past.
"Let's get some butterbeer." He said suddenly.
Stef snapped out of her reverie and nodded. "Okay, let's go." He stuck his hand out for her to hold. She accepted it, and they walked out of Zonko's hand in hand. Life was full of surprises just waiting around the corner.
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Lily Evans couldn't have been happier. She had everything. For once in her life, she didn't feel a bit lonely. She had her friends, family, and of course, James. Just the thought of James brought a smile to her face. He made her look forward to going to classes because that meant spending time with him. She loved him so much but she never had the guts to tell him how she felt. She wanted the moment to be perfect. She sighed happily as she went into the common room. However, the sight of her best friend crying brought her moods down immediately.
"Steph!! What happened?" She exclaimed worriedly.
"Lily, it was horrible. We broke up." Steph burst out into another batch of tears.
"You and Sirius?" She asked.
"Yes." Steph said.
"But that's impossible! You guys were still lovey dovey when I last saw you guys." Lily said.
"That's all gone." Steph said sullenly. "He's gone. I lost him, Lils. I lost the first guy I love."
"It's not over yet! You have to go find out and talk things over."
"Easier said than done."
"All relationships have their ups and downs. This is just one of the downpoints."
"But this is the second fight in the week."
"Steph, how do you expect things to mend if you don't go mend them?"
"Magic?" She replied meekly.
"Haha. Not funny. I bet you guys fought over something stupid."
"Kind of. He was annoying me and I told him to shut it."
Lily gasped. "How rude."
"Well, I had a history paper to do." Steph pointed out.
"I was just joking."
"I knew that."
"Yeah, sure. We're getting off topic here."
"I don't want to face him though."
"Why not?"
"Why can't he be the one to apologize to me? Why do I have to apologize him? He's the wrong one here!" She replied adamantly.
"If neither of you make the first step, you'll never get anywhere!"
"Whopee."
"Stop it with the sarcasm."
Steph shot her a look. "I don't feel like thinking anymore."
"But-" Lily started to say before being cut off by Steph.
"No buts. It's over between us. The end." She stated.
Lily decided to give up for now. When Steph was being stubborn, no one could change her mind about anything. "Fine. I won't bother you anymore about it but promise me, you'll try to fix things."
"I'll try."
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Preview For Next Chapter(ONE LINER!):
"BRIG!" He exclaimed, and pulled back immediately. He ran out of the Three Broomsticks before Stef could even ask what happened.
(note: This chapter probably had a gazillion mistakes. Sorry if it was barely coherent...I'm doing my best. =\)
A/N: I was going to end this chapter in a cliffhanger but I decided to save that for next chapter. I'll give you a very small preview of next chapter. Hehehe....I'm extremely evil like that. I intended on writing more but I wanted to upload this chapter as soon as possible. Expect the next chapter to be up in a couple of weeks. It really depends on my school schedule. You know how evil teachers can be. ;) On another note, you have no idea how many times I changed the lines around in this chapter. It took me FOREVER to edit everything. I was so dissatisfied with how I wrote it. There were times when I just wanted to click select all and delete the whole damn chapter... but I kept on going. I knew if I started from scratch, I would never finish this chapter.*sighs* Even writing is bringing stress to me...that's how terrible my life is right now. I'm getting personal here so I'll shut up. Here are the thanks for the previous chapter:
MOOSH - Hm....if you actually wrote a more intelligent comment, I would be slightly hurt but since your comment sucked....I don't care. Flames are okay with me but I would appreciate if you told me WHY you thought this fic sucked so bad. In my opinion, you suck and you can kiss my bootay.
Dark Angel54 - Thanks for the review! ;) I think basically everyone wants Brig to be back but you know, you'll just have to wait and see. There's a lot more to this story than what meets the eye!
Stephie - I am so glad you think this story is good and I do try to write faster....but you know me, procrastinator of the century. 3 chapters a day?! Are you trying to kill me?! Yes, I think that's it. Yup, Brig is a wet cardboard box.... Remus can love ME!!!! hehehehe. Nah, Stef is evill.... Wow, I can't believe I'm writing you this review 2 months later! Besides, I read you everything that's going to happen in the future so you should know everything. =P SHhhH!!!
Brig - Yes, your guy. ;) Yup, such a sweet speech. I loved it too... *giggles* nAh...it was okay...the best i could do. ;D I'll try to update quicker....
Ax - Poor Brig... *wipes away a tear* Don't worry, there's always the other couples to look forward to right? hehe....
SilverTears13 - Thank you muchOz!! I love reviews!!! Feedback is the best-t!
Jess the Great - I know...very depressing. Thanks for the review! Don't be down...smile* More things to come in the future!
DancinEvy - Stef is quite evil in the story. ;P So happy you think the story is awesome. Hehe.
Anon - wow...a 10/10? I'm so flattered. *blushes* I'm not sure if I'll be able to add you into the story but I'll try...
Anon - Thanks!!! Lookiess....another chapter! ;]
THANKS AGAIN TO THE REVIEWERS!!!! *starts blowing kisses* Silly me. =D
