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A/N: If you mention diddlysquat about OotP, I will find the hottest flame I can and stick your head in it!  I'm not allowed to read it until I'm out of school.

Oh- one of the "voices" is supposed to be italicized, but it's only working half the time no matter what I do.  So humor me and pretend that's what the *text* is.

Dracomalfoygirl7- yeah, I have no clue where to put it… I think im in drama now but… oh, well.  Thanks for reviewing!


Recap:

*Thanks.  And I love you. *

Don't mention it.  I love you too.  Never forget it.

Heather felt herself being towed along behind Sirius, pondering.  What on earth made a vision invisible?

Chapter 15: Anger Leads to Suffering

She could see, all of the sudden.  Everything was clear around her.  She followed Sirius to the Great Hall, and watched him grab two plate settings and begin to fill them, picking carefully.  Heather got the idea that he was carefully picking out Lily's favored foods.  James, Remus, and Peter joined him.

"How is she?"

"She'll be alright.  But she asked me to stay with her tonight, if you didn't mind, Remus."

Remus smiled and held up his hands.  "Hey, hanging out with deadly evil creatures is completely optional.  I don't mind being ditched for Lily."

Sirius laughed.  "I figured you'd say that.  Thanks, man, I don't want to leave her alone tonight."

Remus look at his watch, sighed, and bid them goodbye.  Peter looked between James and Sirius, and said, "I'll just go get that cloak, shall I?"

"Thanks, Peter."

Once they were alone, James's brow creased.  "What is with her?  Like, why. . . How come. . . . You know?"

Sirius looked at him with a carefully blank look on his face.  James nodded in grim acceptance.

"Okay.  You can't tell me."

"I'm sorry, James, I promised."

"It's okay.  I just wish she'd tell me sometime."

"She will.  Just give her some time.  And give me Snape and Avery's head on a platter."

James nodded and headed out to meet Peter just as Snape "accidentally" ran into Sirius.

"Oh, sorry, Black, didn't see you."  Heather gasped.  And nearly fainted.  How could she not have known?  SIRIUS BLACK!  He had tried to kill Harry the previous year!  Why, that slimy, disgusting traitor. She breathed deeply.  Hufflepuffs don't deal well with betraying friends.  At all.

"Snape."  He said it quietly.  He sounded as though Snape would soon be found puréed all over the castle.

"Going to see the mudblood?  Or what is it you and those pathetic friends of you do all the time?  Lupin, what's he up to?  Hmm?"

Heather got the impression that Snape hated every single one of these men specifically, and that he had tried to obtain this information many times before.  It looked as though Sirius was ready to snap.

"You know what Snape?"  His voice was a dangerously low growl. "You just go down to the Womping Willow and Prod that giant knot with a stick and find out, alright?  And when you're done, you LEAVE MY LILY ALONE!" These last words had gone from an almost inaudible whisper to a roar so loud Heather was certain it had silenced patrons of the Three Broomsticks.  Sirius picked up two full plates and went up to the hospital wing.

James met Sirius on his way.

"Was that you?"

"Yes.  And Snape had better keep away from me when I'm this angry."

James hesitated.  "What happened?"

"He started nagging me about Lily.  And then he wanted to know where Remus went every so often.  And so I told him to just go on and find out and when he was done he could kindly stay away from. . .  from. . .  from. . . .   MERLIN!"

James looked very confused.  "What?"

Sirius's eyes were wild with fear.  "James, I told him how to get past the Willow.  I told him to go look at Remus!  I need to go get him!"

"Wait!" James had suddenly clutched his left hand.  "Lily needs you.  Let me go."

"James, something could happen to you and it would be all. . . my. . ." Sirius was facing an empty hallway.  James had run off.  "Fault.  Be careful buddy."

A/N: I'll try to have the next one up in a week, but I have a ton of schoolwork to do, so no promises.  Oh, and I wasn't going to do that- you know, have Sirius tell Snape, but I figured there was nothing else he could do that would make Sirius madder, so I went with it.

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