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Chapter Three: An Untold Secret

== Aleesia ==

"Finally!" Mallory said happily as we stepped into Honeydukes. "I've been dying to get some more Peppermint Toads."

"I promised Maryann that I'd get her some Icemice," Arwen laughed. "Have no idea how she likes those things..."



"Hey, those things are good!" Mallory protested. "Ahh, I love Honeydukes."

I laughed. "You love food."

"Yeah. I think I'm going to ask Potter where the kitchens are so I can get some food," Mallory yawned.

"Mallory!" Arwen said, but we all laughed.

==Sirius==



"Couldn't we just take the normal way for once?" Remus called in the tunnel that lead to Hogsmeade.

"Of course not, brainiac, Peter still hasn't gotten his permission form signed," James replied. "We're nearly there."

"Aaaah! I just felt something big and squishy in front of me!" Peter screeched.

"That was my ass, you moron," I said, rolling my eyes. "Will you quit worrying, Wormtail?" He had made several different complaints because he kept trodding on my body parts, thinking they were a dead corpse or animal. He always hated the tunnel.

"Trying to get some good stuff, eh, Wormtail?" James joked.

"Shut up," Peter and I both roared.

Finally, we were in the dusty storage room of Honeydukes.

"Got the cloak, James?" Remus said.

"Remus, you are a very book-smart guy, but you are so dense when it comes to adventures," James said impatiently. "Of course I've got it!" He took out the silvery cloak.

"Right then, we can all fit. Wormtail, don't screech with excitement when you see those toffees you like so much." He threw the cloak over us, and he walked into the store.

"Okay, everyone but Peter get out," James ordered, and quickly but quietly, Remus,

James, and I all slipped out from under the cloak. Nobody had noticed. Nobody ever did.

The first person I spotted was none other than Aleesia. She was with her friends, laughing and joking.

"You might wanna wipe that drool off, mate," James said.

"What?" I rolled my eyes. "I wasn't drooling over anybody."

"Sure, man, whatever you wanna tell yourself," James shrugged.



Next thing we knew, James had a Cockroach Cluster up his nose.

== Aleesia ==

I spotted him soon. He was with his friends, and James had something revolting in his nose, it seemed.

"Black is here," I said casually.

"They always come," Mallory shrugged, paying for her all her food. "You guys wanna get a drink at the Three Broomsticks?"

"No, wait, let's stay a bit longer..." Arwen's voice trailed off. "I still need a look around."

"Oh, uh, okay," Mallory shrugged, and she opened her Chocolate Frogs and ate it.

"But, Arwen, you already got all your stuff," I pointed out. "What do you need to stay for?"

"I just want a bit of a look around," she said casually, browsing around.

"Arwen, we've been here about 500 times," I laughed.

"Leave her be," Mallory said thickly through a mouth of Chocolate Frog. "Even I still like to go around here and look at the nutty stuff they had. Ooh, pecans!"

I laughed again. It amazed me how Mallory ate so much yet stayed the perfect size. I envied her.

Black, Potter, and Lupin all started walking toward the door. Black gave me a half-smile and said, "All right there, Morisetti?"

"Fine, great," I said, and he nodded and walked impressively out with his friends.

"So you guys are chums now, eh?" Mallory swallowed.

"Chums? We're not chums," I rolled my eyes. "Mallory, you are so weird." I looked

to Arwen for support, but she had a strange look on her face.

"Arwen? You okay?" I raised my eyebrows. "You don't look so well, girl."

"I'm fine, great, okay!" she said too enthusiatically, putting on a huge clownish smile. "Let's get out of here and get that butterbeer, shall we?"

"Uh... right?" I said weakly. Mallory just shrugged and Arwen continued to smile creepily.

We walked out of Honeydukes and over to the Three Broomsticks. It looked like Black and his mates went in there too.

"Butterbeers now, right?" Arwen says chattily. "Pay up, girls, I don't have enough!" Her voice is way high and cheery.

"Arwen, what is the matter with you?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I just loooove spending time with my best girlfriends!" she said in a high falsetto. "Oh, I love you guys!"

"Dear God, Aleesia, give her the money!" Mallory said, looking horrified.

"Oh, you're so mean," Arwen giggled, and she took the money and walked away.

"Alright, Arwen is either extremely depressed or she's now a huge lesbian," Mallory said, shaking her head. "Do you know anything, Alee?"

I shook my own head. "Nope. Not a thing..." I looked over to her. She was walking all weird, with a swing in her hips.

Surprisingly, she brushed by Black's table. I heard her say, in a breathy girlish voice, "Hey there, Sirius."

I gasped. The look in Arwen's eyes...?

Was Arwen in love with Black?!