Author's note: Hey guys. Here's chapter 19. I would have put it out
yesterday but I like to get rewarded with reviews! So here's the next
chapter, it's full of fluff and a bit of angst but you'll hopefully like
it. The thank yous are as follows:
Lily Rose Evans- Thank you, I'm glad that you like it. Here's the next one.
MegHarts- Heh, here's your fluff! I hope you like it. Its Sirius related!
Bell- Good to know you remember details. Yes they did almost get hitched. I'm sorry about the whole organic chemistry thing. I hope you do well. What is your first language? I can't remember.
Isis Stormwing- Great, another new reviewer. I think? Yes, I will put extra space in just for you okay! I thought that was okay, but I will make sure in this one! Harry will come along in a bit. Hopefully before the end of summer. but they still have to get hitched and all that good stuff, so stick around. I'm simply thrilled you like it.
EmeraldDream- I'm glad my writing is improving and I'm glad someone noticed it. I even lengthened this chapter with a bit more descriptive details because it was mainly dialogue.
Céline- I'm sorry that this first lesson was so short. I just was having trouble writing it and so I made it rather short, but I will make them better soon, I promise. I'm probably going to have to make up some things but yeah. I can do that.
Myr Halcyon- I'm glad you like it, and I'm glad I attract new readers. As for the shortness, I had a bit of a block surrounding the first lesson and the notebook I wrote most of this fic in makes it seem longer because it's not a large notebook, but anyways. I know how the reading for a while then writing goes. I've been reading since they actually had the whole music scene in here. Wow, that was so long ago.
CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- I'm glad that you still like it and I hope that you like this chapter too!
Everblue3- You'll see in this chapter what Sirius wanted to talk to Bella about. No James & Lily action in this one but there should be some more soon. even though I have to do a massive rewrite after the next few chapters. It got too corny and I can't get past this one part. SO, I'm going to insert more lessons and a little jealousy via a certain person and I think then I can remove the block from my brain. About the emails, everyone is just lucky I keep all my reviews! And, dinner won't be for at least a chapter. I think?
So here is the lovely next installment of Lily Without Hogwarts and since I haven't done one in a while. I OWN NOTHING! The AU maybe, but pretty much everything else is J.K. Rowling's. oh, and I own Vixen. Heh. So, go read it and then review it because I am completely beholden to my reviewers and I make sure to thank each and every one of them because they are so nice and I love them! SO read! ~Frankie~ .
Chapter Nineteen: A Lover's Spat
~In London~
"Bella?" Sirius asked when he appeared in her house.
"Sirius? What are you doing here?" Arabella asked rather surprised at his sudden arrival.
"You left before I could talk to you," he said in a slightly dejected voice.
"Why do you want to talk to me?" Arabella asked quietly and ran her hand through her hair nervously.
"I miss you," Sirius said quietly, looking up at her sadly his long black hair falling into his eyes.
"I miss you too Si, but you know it won't work. We tried," Arabella said her voice just barely above a whisper as if she was trying to convince more then just Sirius.
"Why can't we try again?" Sirius asked the tone of his voice suggesting desperation.
"You know why!" Arabella exclaimed wondering why her heart was beating so fast and she was getting goose bumps.
"I'm not mature enough for a serious relationship, yes, I know, but I'm trying," Sirius said firmly trying to reign in his emotions.
"Trying? If you were trying then why did you bother James and Lily today by taking their pictures?" Arabella asked looking stern which was better then turning into a puddle of Sirius-obsessed goo on the floor.
"I was messing with Remy! I never planned to do anything to James and Lily but when I saw them looking so cute I went and got that camera and I took their picture! If Remus hadn't cursed me I would have left the room right after that," Sirius explained in a rather manic tone of voice.
"Right, I believe you," Arabella said sarcastically and rolled her eyes.
"Bella, please, don't you believe I can change?" Sirius asked desperately.
"No, I honestly do not believe you can change Sirius," Arabella said angrily while she fought that which was telling her he had changed; her heart.
"Why not?!" Sirius asked starting to get angry himself.
"Because, for you to change Sirius you would have to think before you act and you have never done that! You almost got someone killed because of it!" Arabella said shaking with anger and fear. Her head and her heart fighting against each other viciously.
"That was Sixth year Bella! And Snape is fine!" Sirius exclaimed loudly not believing that she would bring up such an old argument.
"But you didn't think! You just acted and almost got Remus expelled! Not to mention yourself!" Arabella exclaimed angrily her head not giving up the fight, her fears making her volatile.
"Damnit Bella! I've changed! I thought about doing this for weeks but I didn't think we would be arguing about this!" Sirius said in an exasperated tone. "I thought you'd gotten over that!" he exclaimed.
"I have!" Arabella argued furiously.
"Then why the bloody hell did you bring it up?" Sirius questioned his eyes ablaze with confusion and anger while a part of him just wished to pick her up and kiss the breath out of her and the other knew that would be just what Arabella could use to make more excuses because that's what she was doing. Making excuses so as not to get hurt.
"It was an example Sirius!" Arabella exclaimed running out of examples as she argued.
"Well I'm not like that anymore Bella. I think about you every day. I think what I can do to get you back but I rack my mind daily for an answer and I find none. So, now I ask you. What can I do go get you back?" Sirius said growing quieter as he asked each question.
Arabella stood there looking sad, tired and defeated. Her heart was slowly winning the battle but she needed to know something first. "Why?" she asked pushing her hair back out of her face slowly.
"Because I love you and I want to spend my life with you Arabella Figg! I want to marry you and have children with you. I want a family Bella, and I want it with you," Sirius said desperately getting sick of trying to convince her how deeply he loved her. "And if you don't return the feelings, fine!" he said angrily in defense of his pride and turned away storming out of Arabella's house with a loud bang as he slammed the door behind him.
Arabella collapsed to the floor and finally let out the tears that she had been holding in since Sirius had began his explanation of everything. "Damnit Sirius, why don't you ever stick around for an answer?!" Arabella said quietly and picked herself up off the floor wiping the tears from her eyes. As a distraction she began to feed her cats and hoped that Sirius wouldn't do something terribly stupid while he was venting.
Sirius walked angrily through the London streets blowing off steam just by exerting the energy of walking. People parted for him like the Red Sea; they instinctively knew that at that moment he wasn't seeing anything but the walk in front of him and wherever his destination was. He walked into the Leaky Cauldron about 20 minutes after leaving Arabella's still royally pissed off and he ordered a drink and sat at the bar brooding.
"Sirius?" called out a familiar voice as he sat down.
Sirius looked around and spotted Peter Pettigrew walking over to him. "Hey Pete," Sirius said despondently as he wallowed in his drink.
"What's wrong Padfoot?" Peter asked settling on the stool next to Sirius.
"Bella," Sirius said and swallowed whatever liquor resembling thing he had ordered before slamming his glass down on the bar causing many people to look in their direction and Tom the bartender to look at them critically.
"What happened now?" Peter asked gently patting his friend congenially on the shoulder.
"I told her I wanted to marry her and she brought up old ass arguments!" Sirius exclaimed starting to get a slight buzz off the alcohol.
"Like what?" Peter asked though he thought he already knew.
"The Snape thing," Sirius said angrily and a few heads turned in the pub as people recognized the well-known name.
"Oh geez, then what happened?" Peter asked feeling sorry for Sirius.
"I stormed off," Sirius said glumly, depression starting to sink in.
"You staying at home or with James these days?" Peter asked quietly knowing that Sirius wouldn't leave The Leaky Cauldron in any form fit enough to get himself home.
"James," Sirius said getting his third drink from Tom and throwing it back quickly a brief burning sensation in the back of his throat as he swallowed.
"You want me to make sure you get back there?" Peter asked eyeing Sirius' fourth drink which he knocked back just as quickly as the third one.
"Yeah Pete, I'd really appreciate it," Sirius said stretching out the ly in really, drunkenly.
By the sixth drink Sirius was slurring his words rather badly and Tom cut him off. "Take him home Pettigrew. He doesn't need anymore liquor, he needs a nice warm bed," Tom said handing Peter a handful of floo power from underneath the bar.
"Thanks Tom," Peter said and pulled an almost passed out Sirius towards the grate. "Godric's Hollow!" Peter called out holding Sirius up. They got out at James' house after much spinning and Sirius mumbling something about vomiting. Peter helped Sirius into the room he usually stayed in and helped him climb into bed. "Sleep it off buddy," he said to an already passed out Sirius before he went to go find James.
Author's Note: There, the final Marauder. I hope you're all happy as I really wish I didn't have to write that prick in but yeah. There he is. The next chapter had a little of Moldy Voldie so be warned, or it should. I haven't typed it up yet. So, please review and I will try to get out the next chapter within a few days. ~Frankie~
Lily Rose Evans- Thank you, I'm glad that you like it. Here's the next one.
MegHarts- Heh, here's your fluff! I hope you like it. Its Sirius related!
Bell- Good to know you remember details. Yes they did almost get hitched. I'm sorry about the whole organic chemistry thing. I hope you do well. What is your first language? I can't remember.
Isis Stormwing- Great, another new reviewer. I think? Yes, I will put extra space in just for you okay! I thought that was okay, but I will make sure in this one! Harry will come along in a bit. Hopefully before the end of summer. but they still have to get hitched and all that good stuff, so stick around. I'm simply thrilled you like it.
EmeraldDream- I'm glad my writing is improving and I'm glad someone noticed it. I even lengthened this chapter with a bit more descriptive details because it was mainly dialogue.
Céline- I'm sorry that this first lesson was so short. I just was having trouble writing it and so I made it rather short, but I will make them better soon, I promise. I'm probably going to have to make up some things but yeah. I can do that.
Myr Halcyon- I'm glad you like it, and I'm glad I attract new readers. As for the shortness, I had a bit of a block surrounding the first lesson and the notebook I wrote most of this fic in makes it seem longer because it's not a large notebook, but anyways. I know how the reading for a while then writing goes. I've been reading since they actually had the whole music scene in here. Wow, that was so long ago.
CapriceAnn Hedican-Kocur- I'm glad that you still like it and I hope that you like this chapter too!
Everblue3- You'll see in this chapter what Sirius wanted to talk to Bella about. No James & Lily action in this one but there should be some more soon. even though I have to do a massive rewrite after the next few chapters. It got too corny and I can't get past this one part. SO, I'm going to insert more lessons and a little jealousy via a certain person and I think then I can remove the block from my brain. About the emails, everyone is just lucky I keep all my reviews! And, dinner won't be for at least a chapter. I think?
So here is the lovely next installment of Lily Without Hogwarts and since I haven't done one in a while. I OWN NOTHING! The AU maybe, but pretty much everything else is J.K. Rowling's. oh, and I own Vixen. Heh. So, go read it and then review it because I am completely beholden to my reviewers and I make sure to thank each and every one of them because they are so nice and I love them! SO read! ~Frankie~ .
Chapter Nineteen: A Lover's Spat
~In London~
"Bella?" Sirius asked when he appeared in her house.
"Sirius? What are you doing here?" Arabella asked rather surprised at his sudden arrival.
"You left before I could talk to you," he said in a slightly dejected voice.
"Why do you want to talk to me?" Arabella asked quietly and ran her hand through her hair nervously.
"I miss you," Sirius said quietly, looking up at her sadly his long black hair falling into his eyes.
"I miss you too Si, but you know it won't work. We tried," Arabella said her voice just barely above a whisper as if she was trying to convince more then just Sirius.
"Why can't we try again?" Sirius asked the tone of his voice suggesting desperation.
"You know why!" Arabella exclaimed wondering why her heart was beating so fast and she was getting goose bumps.
"I'm not mature enough for a serious relationship, yes, I know, but I'm trying," Sirius said firmly trying to reign in his emotions.
"Trying? If you were trying then why did you bother James and Lily today by taking their pictures?" Arabella asked looking stern which was better then turning into a puddle of Sirius-obsessed goo on the floor.
"I was messing with Remy! I never planned to do anything to James and Lily but when I saw them looking so cute I went and got that camera and I took their picture! If Remus hadn't cursed me I would have left the room right after that," Sirius explained in a rather manic tone of voice.
"Right, I believe you," Arabella said sarcastically and rolled her eyes.
"Bella, please, don't you believe I can change?" Sirius asked desperately.
"No, I honestly do not believe you can change Sirius," Arabella said angrily while she fought that which was telling her he had changed; her heart.
"Why not?!" Sirius asked starting to get angry himself.
"Because, for you to change Sirius you would have to think before you act and you have never done that! You almost got someone killed because of it!" Arabella said shaking with anger and fear. Her head and her heart fighting against each other viciously.
"That was Sixth year Bella! And Snape is fine!" Sirius exclaimed loudly not believing that she would bring up such an old argument.
"But you didn't think! You just acted and almost got Remus expelled! Not to mention yourself!" Arabella exclaimed angrily her head not giving up the fight, her fears making her volatile.
"Damnit Bella! I've changed! I thought about doing this for weeks but I didn't think we would be arguing about this!" Sirius said in an exasperated tone. "I thought you'd gotten over that!" he exclaimed.
"I have!" Arabella argued furiously.
"Then why the bloody hell did you bring it up?" Sirius questioned his eyes ablaze with confusion and anger while a part of him just wished to pick her up and kiss the breath out of her and the other knew that would be just what Arabella could use to make more excuses because that's what she was doing. Making excuses so as not to get hurt.
"It was an example Sirius!" Arabella exclaimed running out of examples as she argued.
"Well I'm not like that anymore Bella. I think about you every day. I think what I can do to get you back but I rack my mind daily for an answer and I find none. So, now I ask you. What can I do go get you back?" Sirius said growing quieter as he asked each question.
Arabella stood there looking sad, tired and defeated. Her heart was slowly winning the battle but she needed to know something first. "Why?" she asked pushing her hair back out of her face slowly.
"Because I love you and I want to spend my life with you Arabella Figg! I want to marry you and have children with you. I want a family Bella, and I want it with you," Sirius said desperately getting sick of trying to convince her how deeply he loved her. "And if you don't return the feelings, fine!" he said angrily in defense of his pride and turned away storming out of Arabella's house with a loud bang as he slammed the door behind him.
Arabella collapsed to the floor and finally let out the tears that she had been holding in since Sirius had began his explanation of everything. "Damnit Sirius, why don't you ever stick around for an answer?!" Arabella said quietly and picked herself up off the floor wiping the tears from her eyes. As a distraction she began to feed her cats and hoped that Sirius wouldn't do something terribly stupid while he was venting.
Sirius walked angrily through the London streets blowing off steam just by exerting the energy of walking. People parted for him like the Red Sea; they instinctively knew that at that moment he wasn't seeing anything but the walk in front of him and wherever his destination was. He walked into the Leaky Cauldron about 20 minutes after leaving Arabella's still royally pissed off and he ordered a drink and sat at the bar brooding.
"Sirius?" called out a familiar voice as he sat down.
Sirius looked around and spotted Peter Pettigrew walking over to him. "Hey Pete," Sirius said despondently as he wallowed in his drink.
"What's wrong Padfoot?" Peter asked settling on the stool next to Sirius.
"Bella," Sirius said and swallowed whatever liquor resembling thing he had ordered before slamming his glass down on the bar causing many people to look in their direction and Tom the bartender to look at them critically.
"What happened now?" Peter asked gently patting his friend congenially on the shoulder.
"I told her I wanted to marry her and she brought up old ass arguments!" Sirius exclaimed starting to get a slight buzz off the alcohol.
"Like what?" Peter asked though he thought he already knew.
"The Snape thing," Sirius said angrily and a few heads turned in the pub as people recognized the well-known name.
"Oh geez, then what happened?" Peter asked feeling sorry for Sirius.
"I stormed off," Sirius said glumly, depression starting to sink in.
"You staying at home or with James these days?" Peter asked quietly knowing that Sirius wouldn't leave The Leaky Cauldron in any form fit enough to get himself home.
"James," Sirius said getting his third drink from Tom and throwing it back quickly a brief burning sensation in the back of his throat as he swallowed.
"You want me to make sure you get back there?" Peter asked eyeing Sirius' fourth drink which he knocked back just as quickly as the third one.
"Yeah Pete, I'd really appreciate it," Sirius said stretching out the ly in really, drunkenly.
By the sixth drink Sirius was slurring his words rather badly and Tom cut him off. "Take him home Pettigrew. He doesn't need anymore liquor, he needs a nice warm bed," Tom said handing Peter a handful of floo power from underneath the bar.
"Thanks Tom," Peter said and pulled an almost passed out Sirius towards the grate. "Godric's Hollow!" Peter called out holding Sirius up. They got out at James' house after much spinning and Sirius mumbling something about vomiting. Peter helped Sirius into the room he usually stayed in and helped him climb into bed. "Sleep it off buddy," he said to an already passed out Sirius before he went to go find James.
Author's Note: There, the final Marauder. I hope you're all happy as I really wish I didn't have to write that prick in but yeah. There he is. The next chapter had a little of Moldy Voldie so be warned, or it should. I haven't typed it up yet. So, please review and I will try to get out the next chapter within a few days. ~Frankie~