Marauder Mayhem

Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. You all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.

A/N: QUITE A BIT OF SWEARING IN THIS CHAPTER JUST TO WARN YOU...I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER WARNED YOU BEFORE, BUT I PROBABLY SHOULD. BY THE WAY, I HAVE A NEW FANFIC ABOUT SIRIUS AND RAVEN IF YOU WANT TO READ IT. THE BACKGROUND IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S STILL RAVEN/SIRIUS. IT STARTS WHEN SIRIUS GOES INTO HIDING IN A TROPICAL PLACE AT THE END OF PRISONER OF AZKABAN. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ IT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. I'M JUST SORT OF TRYING IT OUT, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD. IT'S CALLED "RENEGADES" AND YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON MY AUTHOR NAME AND THEN CLICK THE FANFIC AT THE BOTTOM. ALSO, MY BEST FRIEND JORDAN HAS REALLY AWESOME FANFICS AND SOME OF THEM HAVE RAVE AND SIRIUS IN THEM, SO CHECK HER OUT TOO. HER PEN NAME IS PYROJORDIBLACK. HOPE YOU LIKE THIS CHAPTER! I NEED REVIEWS!

Random Thought #1: "You don't understand - there are things worth dying for!" ~Sirius Black (Order of the Phoenix)

Random Thought #2: "Time - don't let it slip away. Raise your drinkin glass. Here's to yesterday! In time we're all gonna trip away. Don't piss heaven off. We've got hell to pay." ~"Full Circle" by Aerosmith

Random Thought #3: "In life we are all either kings or pawns." ~The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapter 23 - October 25th

James got to his feet and narrowed his eyes on the two of them. "What the fuck is this?"

"Prongs, it just happened a few days ago. We wanted to make sure it was gonna last before we told everyone."

"Oh, how thoughtful of you!" James turned and advanced on Sirius. "You wasted all that fucking time scaming us into thinking you were together and now you're doing exactly the opposite? I thought I was your partner in crime, not your victim!"

Lily stood up next to James. "James, calm down."

James rounded on Lily. "And I suppose you already knew, didn't you?" She shut up after that. James continued to yell at Raven and Sirius, "What are you? Dense? Did you think I was gonna be happy for you this time? Cuz you're wrong, I'm not happy! I wasted all that time trying to get you guys together and you shoved it in my face! Now I finally get used to you guys just being friends and now you're together? Get a god damn clue! People don't want to be played with like that! You can both go to hell and stay there for all I care!"

With that, he pushed the portrait hole open forcefully and left the common room. Raven was fuming. She caught the portrait as he slammed it shut and followed him onto the stairwell.

"James, get the fuck back here! I'm talking to you, god dammit!" she yelled after him.

James spun back around and crossed his arms. "You know all he wants out of you is a piece of ass. I can't believe you would fall for his shit!"

"Oh yeah?" said Raven, narrowing her eyes. "Well for your information, we haven't even had sex yet! Do you know what he told me? He said that he didn't wanna screw it up with me and it would be better if we waited!" She thought she had him on this.

James let out a bitter laugh. "You fell for that, too? So did every other girl he tried it on that he knew he couldn't get the first night!"

Raven gasped. "Oh my God, you'd better be joking, James Potter!"

"Yeah?" He looked into her eyes coldly. "You wish!" With that, he ran down the stairs and out of sight.

Raven stared after him for a minute, unable to move. She wanted to cry but wasn't gonna do it in front of anyone. She gave the password and the Fat Lady portrait opened back up. She walked in silently.

"What happened?" asked Sirius. She didn't answer him. She turned and gave him an icy stare and disappeared into her room. "What was that for?" He crossed the room in three strides and talked through Lucy's portrait. "Raven, what did he say to you? He wants you to get mad at me, don't you know that? I'm not gonna beg for you to let me in, but I want you to tell me what he said. Don't I deserve the chance to explain?" The portrait slid up for him. He hesitated and then stepped in. The portrait closed again behind him.

Raven was face down on her bed. Was she crying? He coudln't tell. He sat on her bed next to her and ran his fingers through her hair.

"I'm sorry," he started. "I wasn't thinking. Well, I was thinking, but the only thing I was thinking is how much I wanted to kiss you when I saw that you were okay." He laughed lightly. "I had a dream that you wouldn't wake up, and when I saw that you were very much awake I just couldn't stop myself."

Raven spoke through her pillow, her voice muffled. "I'm not mad about that. If you hadn't done it, I would have."

"Then what are you mad about? I know James said something to you. Was it about me? You hafta tell me! What, are you gonna be mad at us both for the rest of your life?"

"Maybe," she replied sternly. She sat up and he could see the tracks of the tears that had rolled down her face and onto the pillow. He reached up and with his thumb he wiped them from her right eye.

Raven made up her mind quickly. She suddenly placed her lips on his and kissed him. Sirius wasn't expecting this, but got into it and she pushed her tongue into his mouth. She pushed him down on the bed and climbed on top of him. She kissed him again, even more passionately. Sirius just laid there, dumbfounded.

"Boy, when you need attention," he said into her mouth as she kissed him again and then pulled away only to throw her shirt over her head revealing a bright purple bra. Sirius' eyes widened as she leaned in for another long kiss. He rolled over on top of her and pulled away. "Raven, what are you doing?"

"It's called sex, Sirius. It's fun; we should try it," she answered him simply.

Sirius quickly got off the bed and stood next to it. "This isn't the time for that."

As she sat back up, Raven looked at him like he was crazy. "I think it is," she said adamantly.

Sirius sat on the bed next to her. "I told you. I don't wanna mess this up, Raven. I don't think I've ever really cared about a girl I was with before I met you, and I don't wanna throw that away."

"You're saying you're not gonna care about me anymore after we have sex?"

"No, that's not what I'm saying!" he said quickly. "I'm saying every other girl I've gotten into bed within the first week, and I don't want you to be like that!"

"It's been almost three weeks, Sirius."

"I know, but I'm scared! This is one of the longest relationships I've ever had! There was that one Ravenclaw I learned the Dirty Dancing thing for, but I was like fourteen then!"

Raven looked into Sirius' eyes and could tell he was completely sincere. She suddenly burst into tears and Sirius quickly put his arms around her. She sobbed into his chest. Why would James have told her that? He was upset, but he was still her best friend. How could he have wanted to hurt them both like that? It could have ruined them if she had believed James.

"You ready to tell me what James said?" Sirius asked as he gently rubbed her back.

"He said... he said..." she cried some more and then took a deep breath. "He said that you just wanted to get in my pants, and then I told him what you said after you woke up, ya know, at my cottage? And then he laughed and said that you say that to every girl you think you can't get the first night."

"What?" squeaked Sirius. "He *said* that? Raven, it's not true! I swear it's not true!"

"I know," she said, calmly, "you just proved it to me."

"I..." he trailed off. "You mean that was all just a test?" Raven nodded. A smile slowly crept along Sirius' face. "And what would you have done if I had said, 'You're right, let's do it!' ?"

Raven smiled deviously. "If you hafta ask, you're not as smart as you think you are."

"So you would have kicked me out and never talked to me again?"

"Yup!" They both laughed together. Raven layed back down on her back. Sirius layed down on his side, facing her. She looked sideways at him. "So what are we supposed to do now?" Sirius rose an eyebrow at her suggestively. Raven hit him lightly across the chest. "I meant about James, you dickhead!"

"Dickhead, huh?" Sirius tried to keep a straight face. "What, may I ask, is a dickhead exactly?"

Raven tried not to laugh. "...You..."

"If I'm a dickhead and you're going out with me, then what does that make you?" he asked her, running a finger down her cheek.

Raven sighed. "An idiot."

"You think we'd be the perfect pair...a dickhead and an idiot."

"You'd think so."

"Our first fight," he said, leaning in to kiss her briefly.

Raven grinned as he pulled away. "I'm not gonna sleep with you yet."

"I *know* that!"

A/N: HOPE YOU LIKED IT. PLEASE REVIEW! NEXT CHAPTER I'LL TRY TO HAVE THEM MAKE UP WITH JAMES. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD PLACE TO END. ONCE AGAIN, CHECK OUT "RENEGADES" MY NEW FANFIC.