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Chapter 18: Confusion

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"Ahem, may I have your attention please?" Dumbledore stood up from his seat that night at dinner. The hall fell silent and the attention was directed to Dumbledore, "Thank you. I just wanted to say that I am saddened that this spectacular and entertaining year is coming to an end soon. Since our seventh years will not be returning next year like the rest of you our Head Boy and Girl have planned some fun activities and events for the seventh years. Although, it is going to be a surprise so no one will know until then. But, we will tell you one of the events. One last ball for the seventh years only, but you can invite younger students to come with you. There will be a Hogsmede weekend tomorrow for anyone who wishes to buy dress, dress robes, or other supplies." Dumbledore sat down and the seventh years whispered happily wondering what they could possibly be doing.

When dinner ended the hall gradually made their way to their dorms.

"Oh my gosh Lil! Why didn't you tell me about this earlier!?" Bree demanded as we headed up the staircases.

"Because as Dumbledore said it is a surprise," I replied.

"Tell me, tell me, tell me!" Bree jumped up excitedly.

"Can't sorry," I answered.

"Ugh," she paused then her eyes lit up, "But I bet James told Sirius. Gotta run!" Bree ran off back through the crowd to find Sirius and that left me walking to the common room alone.

I entered the common room and settled down on the couch in front of the fire. It was pleasant being back in the common room with loads of people around me. My thoughts were yanked back to reality when I saw Bree run into the common room and head straight upstairs. I knew something was wrong when I heard the door slam so hard a vase feel on the ground.

I quickly headed up the stairs in hope of solving the conflict before it got out of hand.

"Bree?" I opened the door a crack quietly and poked my head in.

"She's not here," she replied from the seat on the window.

I cautiously walked in afraid something might come flying at me. Bree was sitting at the window seat staring out into the grounds. Her face was flushed with tears and her eyes were blood red. She was obviously crying from something.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She replied promptly.

"Bree I tell you stuff when I don't wanna you have to-" I know Bree and she can't hold in her problems. Before I could even protest against her, her problems were flying out at me.

"I went back to find Sirius and ask him if James told him anything about seventh years week. So I was walking trying to find him but I wasn't having such luck. I thought I smelled a dungbomb and quickly followed the trail of stench. But I only found Peter and James in a hallway trying to shove it in the caretaker's office. So I headed in another direction," I nodded showing that I was following her, "Well that's when I saw something that wasn't right. There Sirius was on the third floor with Katie. He was hugging her and he kissed her," Silent tears began to fall from her eyes.

"On the lips?"

"No, on the cheek but still. Why was he hugging and kissing her anyways?" she pulled her knees up to her chest and curled up in a ball.

"Maybe you misunderstood," I suggested.

"Why wasn't Sirius with James? How do I know he isn't cheating on me? I mean I thought that we meant something to each other. But now I'm just gone?"

"Bree, I know it may seem like it but that is not like Sirius or Katie to go cheating on their girlfriends or boyfriends behind each others backs. It's not like them."

"That's what I thought at first. But I don't know," she rubbed her temples trying to sort out her problems.

Katie walked into the dorm at the wrong moment because Bree looked up with hatred in her eyes.

"Hey guys, I'm not really in the mood to talk. I'm going to bed, night," Katie went into her closet and changed into her pajamas.

"So, where were you K?" Bree asked drying her eyes.

"Um, around," she stood in front of the mirror and took off her erring and jewelry.

"With who?"

"No one really," she walked over to her bed and pulled the curtains aside, "Why?"

"Oh I don't know. Maybe I was thinking that you were CHEATING WITH MY BOYFREIND," Bree screamed. The steam was now bellowing from her ears like the Hogwarts Express.

"What are you talking about?" Katie asked defending herself.

"I saw you and Sirius in the halls. He kissed you and hugged you!" she screamed throwing her hands up in the air.

"What?"

"Oh, c'mon Katie we all know you're slow but you cant possibly forget something that fast!" Bree yelled.

Katie looked insulted as she glared at Bree, "You wanna know what one of your problems is? You jump to conclusions you have no idea what is going on in my life and you have no right to think that I would do something that stupid and rude."

"I am not! I saw what I saw!"

"I'm going to bed now," Katie stated firmly.

"Stop avoiding the subject. Maybe you should sleep in the common room tonight!"

"Maybe you should!"

"I'm not the cheater!"

"LILY!" They both screamed at me.

I looked at them confused at what they were asking for but then I realized that they wanted me to take sides, "This is your problem you go and take care of it." I raised my hands in defense and headed to the door.

"Lily! Please help me here!" Bree pleaded.

"I think you should back ME up here!" Katie protested.

"I think I should stay out of it," I turned the knob, "Bree maybe Katie is right you may be jumping to conclusions-"

"Sure take her side!" Katie looked smug.

"-But Katie, Bree does have a point and I don't think she would make up something like that." Bree gave Katie a death stare before stomping off to her bed.

"G'night Lil. I'll talk to you in the morning, you're a good friend, YOU DON'T STEAL YOUR BEST FRIENDS BOYFRIEND," Bree aimed the remark to Katie.

"Well, at LEAST SHE DOESN'T ACCUSE HER FRIEND OF DOING SOMETHING SHE DIDN'T!" Katie yelled, directing the comment towards Bree.

"I SAW YOU BOTH TOGETHER!" Bree screamed.

"What? You mean just now?"

"YES!"

"We weren't together, Sirius was helping me."

"What? You needed him to help you kiss him?"

"I have problems that you don't even know about and Sirius just happened to be there!" Katie closed her curtains closed. Her fast breathing slowly came to a steady pace.

Bree too decided to go to her bed and yanked the curtains so hard that they flew all the way to the other side making her even madder.

I couldn't stand to be in the room much longer so I went down the stairs to the common room.

When everyone heard my foot steps coming down the stairs they all bolted their heads in my direction.

"Er, spell backfired," I made up not wanted to cause a rumor.

I spotted James and Sirius sitting in the corner and headed their way.

"Lily babe!" James sat up, "Finally came to your senses to come and join us!"

"Shut it Potter. Black, what the hell did you do?" I spat.

"Look Lil, if it's about your transfiguration homework, I'm really sorry. I didn't get it and I needed it don't worry you'll get it back before it's due."

"I wasn't talking about that you dimwit, and give me my homework back!"

"Then what did I do? What are you talking about?"

"She saw you two and I don't think what's going on but you better stop-"

"Two? Who? Lil, clue me in please," Sirius truly looked confused.

"You don't know what that was all about?" I pointed to the stairs.

"No, I'd come up and see but it was impossible to get o the passage with everyone in here," he replied.

"Alright I guess I better explain since your clueless," I was about to sit down next to James but quickly changed my mind and saty down next to Sirius instead, "Well, after dinner we were walking to the common room and Bree was carrying on about seventh years week. I told her I couldn't tell her anything so she went to find you thinking maybe James told you everything. Then I guess she saw you and Katie hugging and kissing, got the wrong picture and got all upset," I finished.

"Oh, Sirius said in understanding, "Did Katie tell her why I was hugging her?"

"Didn't have a chance. They were too busy accusing each other."

"Oh this is great, Padfoot," James said sarcastically, "You cheat on Bree with my sister. Wait a minute! If you get married we'll be related! Then if you have kids they'll look just like me!"

"Like we'd want little clones of you running around. The world would surely crumble to pieces before they even turn two," I said drying.

"Oh, but my Liliful, when we have our children there will be even more of me running around," he answered sweetly.

"Ew, in your dreams-"

"Already are."

"Yuck!"

"Yeah, I know," he put his arm around me, "I love you too."

I pushed his harm off and replied, "Don't worry, I hate you."

"Glad you feel the same way."

"Shit, I have to get up there," Sirius walked over to a couple and pulled them apart and away from the passage way. Once the focus on the room was away from him he slipped under a run and disappeared, presuming to Bree's room.

"So, Lil...we're all alone," James scooted his chair closer.

"No we're not look at all the people around us," I moved to Sirius vacant seat.

"I'm bored and who knows how long Sirius will be up there fore. You know girls, their all teary and complicating."

"We're complicating?" I argued, "Guys are worse."

"Girls are way worse. Us guys are easy. You can easily tell what mood we are in, happy usually, while girls are all mood swingy. Girls constantly cry for no reason at all. Not to mention they expect s much from you."

"You think your life is so easy don't you?"

"Nope, one thing is hard-getting you to go out with me."

"You're so judgmental," I replied.

"Whatever, Evans. I'm hungry, lets go!" he grabbed my hand and yanked me out of the common room.

"Potter, let go of me! I don't want to be apart of your trouble making schemes!"

"You make going to get something to eat sound like it's a bad that," he smirked.

"No, but we just ate. You can't possibly be hungry already."

"I'm a growing man!" he joked.

"Yeah but before you know it you'll be growing from side to side instead of up and down."

"Are you calling me fat?" James pretended to be hurt.

"You will be if you constantly eat," we headed to the portrait of fruit.

James tickled the pear and it giggled then a door knob appeared, "Lily my dear, your good at this 'healthy food' thing. But I cleary remember you were the one with the N&N's"

"-M&M's-

"-in your trunk."

"This is going no where," I rolled my eyes and we entered the kitchens.

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(A/N: Sirius POV)

"Bree?" I entered the girls' dorm.

"What do you want, Black?" Great...she's calling me Black. Why does this keep happening?

"I need to talk to you," I made my way over to her bed.

"Careful you might wake your sleeping beauty."

"Impossible-you're already awake."

"I would say 'how sweet' but I'm too pissed and confused."

"Bree, you don't understand what happened," I opened her curtains. She rolled over and looked up at me with her bloodshot eyes.

"How do you know what I'm mad about?"

"I know these things," I sat down next to her.

"I'm gonna kill Lily," she put her hands over her eyes, "Get out before I throw something," she warned.

"Bree I'm not cheating on you-"

She picked up a heavy book, "I'm not in the mood to hear excuses."

"It's not an excuse, it's the truth!"

"Go away," she chucked the book really hard and the corner hit my eye.

"Dammit, Bree! Crap that hurt!" I grabbed my eye.

"Multiply that times a thousand-no million- and that's what it felt like when I saw you and Katie together," she showed no sympathy for me.

"Bree, look, I'm sorry," I sat down still clutching my eye.

"Good, you should be."

"But please listen to me-

"Not now Sirius. I'm too confused," she got up and ran her hands through her hair. Moonlight began to creep though the window.

"Stop being so stubborn," I stood up and headed towards her but she backed away.

"Maybe we..." Oh, God. Don't do it Bree, "Maybe...Maybe we weren't meant to be together."

"No, no, no! We are! You're just not giving me a chance to explain."

"You shouldn't have to explain because nothing like this should have happened," she looked at her hands. Tears were forming in her eyes, "Please get out," she said barely higher than a whisper.

"Bree-"

"Now," she picked up another book.

"I'm not leaving."

"If you don't leave I'll throw this, and trust me I'm not afraid to," she stated.

I still didn't budge an inch. She raised the book above her head, "Don't make me."

She threw it and I blocked it, "Katie was having problems with Ricky and Herbology." I tried to explain but I was interrupted as another book flew my way, "She went to find James," Many were hitting me everywhere. Damn, how many books does this room hold? "Couldn't find anyone," the book jabbed my arm, "I was comforting her!"

I showed no fear and stood where I was. I'm determined to sort this out.

"You leave me no choice...good bye," Before I even knew it the book came hurting at my face. My feet overruled my brain and headed to the door trying to dodge the next book.

I went down the stairs, forgetting about the 'No boys' charm and it quickly turned into a slide. I lost my balance and slid down. When I landed on the floor the stairs quickly went back to their original form.

I didn't bother to get up. I don't care if the few people that were in the common room saw me. I had just lost everything; I just lost my life, for something I didn't even do. I laid there for about forty minutes before Lily and James came in.

They stood before me and obviously realized it didn't go good.

"Sirius are you okay?" Lily bent down over me. I shook my head no.

"Jeez, she really got you, mate," James examined my aching body, "Oiy," he mumbled when he saw my eye.

"I'll go talk to Bree," Lily practically ran up the stairs.

"So, tell me what happened, buddy?" James sat down against the stairs next to me.

"Well..." I started.

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(A/N: Lily's POV)

"Breezy?" I entered our dorm and scanned the area. Where is she?

I went to her bed and opened the curtains. No Bree. I looked in her closet. No Bree. Ah, ha! Her favorite place to hide, under the bed. That's weird, still no Bree.

I searched the entire room and found no trace of Bree.

I took one last look around our room and something odd caught my eye.

Bree's trunk and the end of her bed was lying open, with all the contents pouring out. I walked over to it and peered in. the trunk was a mess, not like Bree. I noticed one silvery cloak missing. I turned around and headed straight for the stairs.

"James!" I ran down the stairs at the same time as James.

"Bree's gone."

"Sirius' gone."

"With the invisibility cloak."

"With the invisibility cloak," James replied, "Dang how much more alike can they get? And that was MY invisibility cloak he took!"

We both ran out of the common room in search of our friends, without getting caught.

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