A/N: Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! Another chapter! You all just have to keep on reviewing and these chapters will be able to be posted sooner! Hehe! Okay, well this chapter is a bit…sad, I guess. A bit depressing, in a way. WARNING: Things will be happening in this chapter that you guys may be shocked at, but it's all part of the whole story!!!!!!!! Just read and you'll see… Oh, another WARNING: This ending is a cliffhanger…well, kinda. More like a cliffhanging surprise! You'd never believe that this could happen! But anyway (u prolly don't read these, so I shouldn't bother even mentioning anything—or do you read author note's? hmmmm…. haha lol) Moving on! READ AND REVIEW! (thanx to all of those who reviewed last time!)
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MEMORIES
CHAPTER 14: Been There, Done That
Written by Foxy
The last song of the night ended, as well of the last dance of the night, and they all cheered and clapped and hooted and hollered to their excellent DJ, before Dumbledore made a good-bye speech. They weren't looking forward to being reminded that it was a good-bye…
"I'm saying good-bye to you now, but this isn't it. I hope I will see you all frequently over the years, and in ten years, I hope I'll be seeing you all back here for another reunion! I bid thee farewell and all the luck to every single one of you here today. I hope your future is filled with many achievements and much fun!"
Everyone clapped and cheered again, and they all started dispersing towards their brooms in the courtyard, or the Hogwarts train, or to the fireplace in the dungeon.
Savannah had come with Sirius by Floo Powder, but now she realized she didn't want to go home with him. Well, she couldn't go home with him was more like it. She didn't know how she could stay with him…
She sighed, deciding that maybe she'll take the Hogwarts Express back to the station and hopefully apparate back to the studio in Canada, since she couldn't apparate to school, and walk the extra mile back to school.
Savannah, Sirius, James, Lily, Remus, Kaitlynne, Peter, Allie, Josh, and Daniel all met at the entranceway to bid their good-bye right then before heading back home.
"We've got to catch the train back to the station," Josh explained. "We didn't come by Floo Powder."
"Oh, I think I'm headed towards the train station, also," Savannah said slowly.
Everyone stared at her bewildered. "But…" Lily said.
"I'm just going to apparate back to Canada tonight, I think," she explained quietly and awkwardly, staring at the ground, refusing to look at Sirius or anyone else.
"But you still have two more days here in England!" James protested.
Sirius didn't say anything because they both (and everyone else) knew that she wasn't going to stay with him tonight.
"I know…but…where would I stay?" she asked, again uncomfortably.
"Come stay with me," Daniel offered. "I still have two bedrooms free. You could use our guest room."
Wow. Sirius got extremely angry with steam shooting out of his ears, daggers coming out of his eyes, his teeth gritted together and his fists clenched so rough that his knuckles were white.
A.k.a.—He was mad!!
Savannah didn't seem to notice. "Oh, really?? That would be so kind, Danny."
"Hey, in fact…well, this may be a crazy idea, but it suddenly just hit me. After next week, you got to find a place to live in England, right?" Daniel said, oblivious to the eight glares shooting his way, knowing what was coming next. "Well…how about you move in with me?"
Sirius, James, Peter, Remus, Josh, Lily, Kaitlynne, and Allie all dropped their jaws simultaneously and stared at him in complete shock, not believing he had just asked her that.
"Oh, I couldn't do that," Savannah argued. "I wouldn't want to intrude."
"Intrude?" Daniel said with a hearty laugh. "No way! It would be fun. It's been quiet since…since Minnie passed away and it would be nice to have a roommate living with me for a while. You especially," he commented. And the jaws just kept dropping and dropping and the eyes just got bigger and bigger.
"Well…" Savannah said, thinking about it. "It would be nice to come back to England and live here. Especially in Godric's Hollow. It would be a lot easier living with a friend, also."
"Then do it," Daniel convinced her. "It would mean so much to me if you did.."
"Wow…this means so much to me, Daniel," Savannah agreed. "I'd…well, I'd absolutely love to move in!"
And the jaws hit the floor and the eyes all popped out of their sockets…oh and Sirius blew up…or at least it looked like it.
"We'd better hurry up or the train will leave without us," he pointed out.
"Bye guys. I'll see you guys around and I'll write to you when I get a chance," Savannah said, waving good-bye to all of them, unaware of their expressions on their faces. Daniel and Savannah walked off then.
"Oh, my GOD!!!" Lily cried in disgust.
"What the hell?" Josh cried.
"They're living together now!?" James cried.
"Please tell me I didn't witness that," Kaitlynne said.
"I'm dreaming, right?" Peter commented.
"Somebody pinch me," Allie muttered.
"What were they thinking!?" Remus cried
Sirius didn't say anything as he felt as if a hundred knives were just stabbed into his body, but by the pained look on his face, everyone knew he was hurt by what had just happened.
"She'll come to her senses, Si," James said, patting his back.
"No she won't. I'm such an idiot, though. Just because I was a jealous freak who got so pent up with anger doesn't mean I had to sabotage our damned relationship."
"I'm not sure how to say this," Lily started. "But the way she's acting with him…I think you had every right to be jealous," she commented.
"I just didn't have every right to kiss some other girl," he finished.
"Well…no you didn't," she said uncomfortably.
"It doesn't matter, though. What's done is done," Sirius sighed. "She'll have to swing by my house sometime, though. Her stuff is at my house. I'll talk to her then."
"Promise me there won't be any yelling involved," Kaitlynne pleaded.
"I don't want there to be any yelling," he pointed out.
"But there will be," James added and Sirius glared at him, even though he knew perfectly well that there was probably going to be some.
And with that, Sirius, Peter and Lily went downstairs to the dungeon fireplace. James and Remus and Kaitlynne walked outside towards their broomsticks. And Allie and Josh ran to the train that was just about to leave, and took a compartment away from Savannah and Daniel.
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Late, late that night, about three-thirty in the morning, Sirius heard someone sneak into the house quietly. He sighed, knowing perfectly well that it was Savannah. He tiptoed out of bed and into the hallway down to the guest room, where she stood with her back towards him, packing up all of her things.
"Packing so soon?" Sirius finally said, leaning against the doorframe.
Savannah jumped a mile and whirled around. "Sirius!!" she hissed. "What are you doing up??"
"You're not exactly the quietest person. I advise you never to become a burglar."
"I was never planning on it," she snapped, before turning back to her stuff.
"Savannah, stop. Can I talk to you?" he asked, walking closer to her.
She looked up from the nightstand to give him a hurt expression. "No," she finally responded, before turning towards the drawers full of clothes.
He walked over to her and put his hand on her arm to stop her from what she was doing. "Please?"
She took a deep breath, and tore her arm away from him. "What do you want?" she asked with an annoyed look on her face.
"I thought you said you weren't mad at me."
"I'm not. I'm frustrated."
"Well, don't be."
She laughed in his face. "How can I not be, Sirius Black!? Or did it all slip your mind the events of this absolutely horrendous evening?"
"No, trust me, it will forever be implanted in my mind, but-"
"What will???" she coiled in disgust.
He turned to her with an unhappy look on his face. "The hurt expression on your face when I looked up afterwards."
"You mean the one I always give you?" she said.
If there's a prize for rotten judgement
I guess I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history; been there, done that
He sighed, fighting back the urge to yell at her. "I made a mistake."
"A stupid one."
"Yes, but-"
"A pathetic one."
"I know, and-"
"A dumb one."
"You're right, but-"
"A senseless one."
"I know! But-"
"A foolish one."
"Savannah!" he cried. "I know!! I made one of the hugest mistakes in my entire life and I can't take it back! But, please don't leave here never wanting to speak to me again. I don't think I could deal with that."
"Sirius, I don't plan on that happening, but don't expect me to call you up and ask you if you want to hang out someday. And don't expect me to owl you every week of what happened the past week and what I plan on doing in the upcoming week. And don't expect me to throw my arms around you every time I see you again. And don't expect me to…to actually forgive you for what you did."
Sirius sighed. "I don't expect any of that. All I want from you is…is a smile and a promise that you'll be okay."
Savannah sighed. He made it sound like they were acting a part in a play…but he was good at it. She forced herself to look up at him and when she did, a smile automatically escaped to her lips just thinking about him. "Sirius, I'm going to be fine. I just hope that in the end, you and I will regain our friendship like we always end up doing."
"We don't end up having a friendship…we end up trying out the relationship again," Sirius pointed out.
I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming 'Get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out!'
Savannah sighed. "That's not going to happen," Savannah said softly.
"I figured you'd say that," Sirius said.
"And I know I always say that but this time I'm serious," Savannah said. "But I hope we can end up as friends."
He smiled quickly. "That would be so great."
"Good," she said gently.
"I'm going back to bed now, but take your time cleaning everything up and I hope you have as much at Daniel's as you did here," he added, trying to be nice, but making a face at the name 'Daniel.
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And then wedding bells were ringing…
It was Remus' and Kaitlynne's wedding with Peter as the best man and Allie as the maid of honor. Lily, Savannah, Kaitlynne's two sisters Penny and Vanessa and her cousin Marjorie were all the bridesmaids. James, Josh, Sirius, and Remus' cousins Timmy and Zeus were his ushers. Penny's daughter, Sara, who was only five, was the flower girl and Timmy's son, Nathan, who was seven, was the ring-bearer. Their wedding was held in a beautiful Catholic church that they had found right by a peaceful river in England. It was big enough for both of their families, friends, relatives, teachers, and neighbors to sit in and it was a perfect day to get married. The sun was high in the air and there was a crisp, cool breeze in the air, which was very enjoyable to everyone. The reception was being held at Kaitlynne's grandmother's house, which had a huge backyard with a lake, a swimming pool, tennis courts, a volleyball net set up, and a huge amount of lawn for people to dance and chat and talk and eat and have fun.
Most of the younger kids went straight for the pool and the teenage kids went for the rowboat near the lake. The older adults and Remus and Kaitlynne went for the dance floor. And…the younger adults went straight for the volleyball net and got competitive playing around in their dresses. That included James, Sirius, Lily, Savannah, Allie, Josh, Daniel, Peter, Penny, Vanessa, Marjorie, Timmy, Zeus, and a few other people, and in the end there were sixteen people wanting to get a volleyball tournament going.
Allie made a mental note to set up a volleyball net in the bubble outside her Aunt's house for the Christmas reunion.
James, Sirius, Lily, Allie, Daniel, Peter, Josh, and Savannah were one team, and Vanessa, Zeus, Penny, Penny's husband Kaleb, Kaleb's friend Shaun West, Marjorie, Timmy, and Timmy's wife, Kendal were another team.
"Okay, we agree that the losing team has to go up there and sing Karoake later this afternoon?" James settled, almost positive that they'd win.
Being out there in the sun wearing their dresses, which were becoming very dirty and sweaty, reminded them all of their early Hogwarts days when they didn't care what they looked like or acted like and just had fun.
"SPIKE IT!" Lily cried to Sirius, who did just that.
"7 vs. 5!" Allie cried, serving the ball.
In Hogwarts, they would get in trouble and would never care what their punishment was, just as long as their agenda included fun.
"Aww…can Joshie-poo not handle a little bid of mud splattered into his eye?" Allie said, laughing after the ball bounced and splattered mud all over him.
"Oh, you are so dead!" he cried, immediately running over to her and chasing her.
"EEEEK! JOSH GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THOSE MUD-COVERED HANDS!" she shrieked, laughing at him, trying to run away. Eventually, he tackled her and threw her into the pool with her beautiful blue maid-of-honor dress on. She just laughed it off and pulled him in with her.
In Hogwarts, they would jump into the lake with their robes fully on whenever it got unbearably hot, knowing there would be consequences, but definitely not caring.
"Dive for it, Savannah!" Daniel cried, and dive she did and saved it and won them a point.
"YES!" Sirius cried. "And yet another point for the High and Almighty Britainteers!" Sirius cried.
"Hey, I never agreed to that name," Lily said, and they all laughed.
So there they were, back to the early, good ol' days where no one worried about relationships and no one cared who kissed who or who cheated on who.
"Oooh, it looks like the Little Britainteers are falling behind a little," Penny commented and everyone laughed.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" Kaleb cried.
"Eighteen vs. sixteen!!" Kendal cried, before serving.
They all seemed to forget and not care about what had happened in the last year and a half between Sirius and Savannah and Daniel and Minnie…and James and Lily as they relaxed over a nice… competitive game of volleyball. They were having fun. That's all that mattered.
"SPIKE
IT!" Vanessa, Zeus, Penny, Kaleb, Shaun, Marjorie,
and Kendal all cried at Timmy who had a perfect set-up to win them a point…and
win them the game. He spiked it and
James, Savannah, Sirius, and Peter all went for it, hitting each
other's heads and missing the ball.
Everyone laughed as the other team started screaming up and down.
"YES!" they all cried. "We
won! We won!"
"Yes, Timmy!! Good shot!" Vanessa cried, giving him a huge hug.
"HAH! You have to do Karoake!" Timmy said rubbing it in the other team's face.
"Oh, God," Savannah muttered. "This should be…interesting."
"Oh, come on! We'll have fun with it!" Sirius cried, winking at her.
"Okay, but you aren't picking the song this time. There is no way I'm doing Barbie Girl again!" Lily cried. (A/N: I know, I know. This is the eighties and that song didn't come out for another twenty years, but I don't care!! I don't want to look up the names of old eighties songs! lol. Deal with it.)
"Ow, wow. I am completely scarred for life because of that one night at Three Broomsticks," Savannah said, shaking her head.
Sirius and Lily laughed. They had played pool one night at Three Broomsticks until about midnight. Sirius and Lily vs. James and Savannah. Unfortunately, Sirius and Lily had lost miserably and were forced to sing Karoake. Lily let Sirius pick the song…big mistake!!
"Aw, come on. It wasn't that bad!" James defended. "It was…cute."
"Cute?" Savannah cried, laughing. "Sirius falling off the stage into the group of twenty-year old fawning girls was not cute!"
"Okay, so it was rather…amusing," James said, laughing.
"Yeah, and dumb!" she cried. They all laughed again, as Sirius winked at her with a grin on his face. He put his arm around Savannah's shoulders and started singing Barbie Girl to her, to which everyone laughed and started singing along.
James and Lily both watched Sirius and Savannah together with a smile on their faces. It felt good to see Sirius and Savannah having fun, hanging out, making fools of each other, laughing, playing, and everything else they were doing together without the jealousy and the anxiety shown on their faces. In fact, if James didn't know Sirius and Lily didn't know Savannah, they could have even thought that Sirius wasn't still in love with Savannah and Savannah wasn't stubborn to forgive him. They were all just having fun at the reception, not caring about anything else but trying to have fun.
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"Well, well, well," Kendal said to Savannah later that night.
"Well?" Savannah replied with a laugh.
"You are either dating two men at once and are very good at hiding it…or are dating two men at once and not very good at hiding it," she replied with a smirk and a grin.
Savannah laughed. "What do you mean?"
"You and Sirius?" she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "And you and Daniel? Ring a bell?"
"Yeah, a silent bell. I'm not dating either one of them. Sirius and I were dating…but we broke up and are now friends, and-"
"Friends?" she said with a raised eyebrow. "Is that what it's called?"
Savanna grinned. "Yes. And Daniel and I are roommates and have known each other since we were six-years-old. We know everything about each other!"
Kendal rolled her eyes with a playful grin. "Fine. Go ahead and deny it. But I bet before the year is over, you'll be dating one of them. And in about…five years, you'll be married to the other."
"Oh, Miss Psychic? Are you that sure?" Savannah said with a playful laugh.
"I am actually."
Savannah sighed with a grin, not saying anything…mostly because she was hoping that maybe it could come true. All she ever wanted since she was about ten was to settle down at an early age and have a few kids and live a perfect life. Unfortunately…it hasn't been the perfect life and she was nowhere near settling down. She watched Timmy and Kendal…and Kaleb and Penny…and Remus and Kaitlynne throughout the night and wished it were she. She saw little five-year-old Sara wading in the lake and wished it was her daughter in the perfect little pink frilly dress…with mud stains all over covered in water. She watched Nathan playing tag with the other kids and laughing and falling down and wished it were her son having all the fun. Unfortunately, it wasn't her daughter or her son and deep down she was afraid that it would never be her daughter or her son she was watching.
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Later that night, around midnight, Daniel and Savannah left the reception with both of them fairly drunk, but sober enough to know what they were doing and saying.
"That was fun," Daniel simply said when they apparated into their living room.
Savannah smiled weakly. "Yeah, if you like seeing two of your best friends as happy as can be with you sitting off to the side miserable, wishing that it were you that was getting married…oops, did I say that out loud?"
Daniel gave her a once-over. "You're not happy?"
Savannah sighed. "It's not that I'm not happy…it's that I could be more happier."
Daniel gave her a sympathetic smile. "There are plenty of guys out there who'd want you. I know you're going to marry someday and have at least two kids and have the perfect life you've always dreamed of, Savannah."
"How do you know that?" she questioned.
"Look at you! You're smart, you're funny, you're sophisticated, you're beautiful, you're talented, and you're perfect. You're everything a guy is looking for."
"What about you?"
"Huh? What about me?"
"You've known me for as long as I could remember. Would I be the kind of girl that you'd be looking for?" Savannah asked hypothetically.
He paused, unsure of what to answer. Eventually he opened his mouth to speak. "You are what I'm looking for." And with that said, he leaned in and gave her a kiss on the lips, and Savannah gratefully kissed him back. "You have been for a long time now. I just didn't know how to tell you."
Savannah smiled wide. "You're so perfect for me…in every way."
Savannah couldn't help but think that Daniel would be different than Sirius…better than Sirius. She knew that Daniel would never cheat on her. She knew that her life was all starting to come together now…everything seemed perfect now.
Perfect…she thought as she leaned in to kiss Daniel once more.
A/N: Uh-oh…scandalous! gasp! What's going to happen next !? You're just going to have to tune in next time to see what happens…
Will Savannah and Daniel stay together?
What's going to happen between Savannah and Sirius?
NeXt ChApTeR:
--Christmas bells are ringing
--A closer friendship between Lily and Sirius start generating (NO NOTHING WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN THEM!)
--James and Lily have another argument… damn
--A Christmas surprise? Hmm….
--James and Sirius' friendship shows more next as well yay!
Disclaimer: That song was "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" from Hercules (I LOVE THAT MOVIE!! hehe!)
