~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* Chapter 6 *~~~~~~~~~~~~

As the sun slowly rised, sending its rays in every corner, Remus woke up. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and sat up in the bed.

"James," he whispered gently to the bed at the left," I think we have to get up now."

Luckily James wasn't that hard to wake up in the morning.

Yawning the brown-haired boy walked over to Sirius. He tried to whisper, but it didn't seem to work.

He then used his wand to conjure up a glass of water. With a small grin on his face, he turned the glass upside-down right over Sirius' face.

Sirius let out a yell of surprise and jumped up.

"Wow," Remus said amazed and looked at the empty glass in his hand," Why haven't I thought of that before?"

Sirius sat down on the bed and started to wipe the water of his face.

"What did you do that for?" he spat, glaring at Remus.

"Well, I had to wake you up somehow," Remus answered innocently.

"How about doing the 'normal' stuff?" Sirius said and buried himself under the duvet.

Closing his eyes he tried to shut out James and Remus' voices.

Just as he was about to drift off to sleep again, someone pulled the duvet away.

Sirius moaned, but instead of trying to get it back he simply placed his head under the pillow.

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"Where are they?" Lily asked impatiently. She tucked her long hair behind her ears, and sat down in the nearest chair.

"They're later than usual," Nat said as sat down in the same chair as Lily.

"Don't worry, they won't miss breakfast." Catty laughed as she sat down on the stone floor.

"Why are you always sitting on the floor?" Nat asked looking at her friend.

"Why not?" Catty answered like it was perfectly normal to sit on the floor in a room full of furniture.

In response Nat just rolled her eyes.

"Catty," Lily said, "Weren't you supposed to meet Kate now?"

"Bloody hell! I forgot!" Catty jumped up from the floor, "I'll meet you in The Great hall!"

Catty ran out of the common room, heading for the stairs.

'How could I forget?' she thought angrily to herself.

She spotted Kate standing by the portrait of a black knight.

"Finally," Kate muttered as Catty arrived, "Your memory just keeps getting worse, doesn't it?"

"Sorry," Catty panted, trying to get her breath back.

"It's okay," Kate said and smiled, "So, is it true?"

"What?" Catty gave her a puzzled look.

"About you and Sirius!" Kate exclaimed, "Are the rumors true? Are you finally going out with him?"

"Well, I wouldn't call it 'going out'," Catty said, "We're more like very good friends…And what do you mean 'finally'?!"

"Sure," Kate replied simply.

"Oh, stuff it!" Catty laughed, "Come on."

And with that the two girls headed for the Hall, exchanging stories and rumors.

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Back in the common room Sirius had finally gotten out of his bed.

He ran his hand through his hair once, and then walked down to the others.

"Where's Cat?" he asked looking around.

"She went to meet Kate," Lily said.

"Is she still hanging out with that Slytherin?" Sirius asked, but as soon as the words left his mouth he wished he hadn't asked.