Chapter Three

" Black! Lupin! When I catch you two, I swear-"

The rest of Filch's words were drowned out by another dungbomb going off. Sirius and Remus exchanged mishcievous smiles as they continued running down the hall.

They quickly reached the front doors and ran to the edge of The Forbidden Forest to hide from their enraged caretaker. Once inside and well hidden, they both collapsed laughing.

When they'd recovered, Sirius said,

" Did you see the look on his face? And the way Ms. Norris jumped twenty feet in the air when that first one went off? Man, that was great. Filch will be trying to get her off the ceiling for a week."

Remus nodded in agreement and they both broke down laughing again.

" What's so funny?" Asked Gemini, who'd just landed.

" We booby trapped Filch's office. It was great!" Exclaimed Sirius, enthusiastically.

" Great. You guys went and did a great prank without me. Some friends you are." Said Gemini, beginning to pout.

" You're going to make me cry. By the way, James is looking for you to apologise."

The smile suddenly fell from Sirius' face to be replaced by a scowl.

" Oh, so he wants to apologise now, does he?" He asked, his tone bitter.

Gemini rolled her eyes.

" Oh, come on, Dogbreath. He really feels bad about what happened. Why do men have to be so stubborn? Do you really have to get down on the ground and punch each other's lights out to settle every argument?"

Sirius and Remus looked at each other then replied, in unison,

" Yes."

Gemini sighed and said,

" Whatever. Come."

Sirius rose to his feet and grudgingly followed.

Gemini led him out of the forest and they came across James.

" Hey, Padfoot." James greeted Sirius, quietly.

Sirius muttered something that neither James nor Gemini heard.

" Look, Sirius, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have blown up at you. I was just really pissed off and needed some time to myself." Explained James.

Sirius sighed.

" So what was actually wrong with you?" He asked.

" Lily blew me off again and I was really mad."

" You couldn'tve just told me that?" Asked Sirius.

James shook his head.

" I guess not."

Sirius rolled his eyes.

" Jesus, you look pitiful, Prongs."

James smiled.

"Shut up."

Gemini let out a breath and said,

" Now that you two are on speaking terms again we should rescue Fluffy from the clutches of The Forbidden Forest."

The boys agreed and began walking.

" Prongs, I gotta' tell you about this awesome prank that Moony and I just did..."